The Age of Majority
I was talking with someone a few days ago who raised a very interesting point about anti-abortionists. The fondness they have of referring to themselves as "pro-choice" promotes the concept that they...
View ArticleKeeping the war on terror going
The BBC on a recent NYT article:The US has carried out nearly a dozen anti-terror attacks in Pakistan, Syria and elsewhere in the past four years, the New York Times has reported.The previously...
View ArticleWhy not supporting the mileage tax idea can be environmentally friendly
I've read quite a few diaries today about how if you don't support a tax on mileage, you're somehow not environmentally friendly, not green, not doing your bit.I beg to differ.
View ArticleRush Limbaugh: Unlawful Combatant?
Having read the released Yoo memorandums that tried to expand Bush's power exponentially, and then read some diaries that reference conservative blogs all but calling for armed uprisings, I have to ask...
View ArticleBristol Palin: Will this single mum now be an Ann Coulter target? (updated)
The BBC are reporting that Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston have decided to split up. Given Ann Coulter's hatred of single mothers, will this now put Bristol on her hit list, or will Ann give her a...
View ArticleTed Stevens to go free, courtesy of DOJ
At first I thought it was an April Fools joke, but no, it's on the Department of Justice website:"In connection with the post-trial litigation in United States v. Theodore F. Stevens, the Department of...
View ArticleBBC: Michael Savage to sue UK government after ban
The BBC is reporting that Right Wing Conservative radio host Michael Savage is planning to sue the British Government after being placed on a banned list for entering the country.A US radio talk show...
View ArticleIn Defense of Dr Tiller: How do you define Murder?
I've seen a lot on right wing blogs this past week of derivatives of the Bill O'Reilly rant that Dr Tiller murdered close to 60,000 people before he was assassinated by a gunman at his church.Having...
View ArticleWhen Right Wingers Attack: The "Liberal Hunting Permit"
I was somewhat shocked to see this picture at the end of May. It has extra significance after the death of Doctor Tiller and the death of the security guard at the holocaust museum.If this isn't an...
View ArticleBBC: CIA tortured months before Bush Memos said it was legal
The BBC's flagship news and current affairs program Panorama tonight rekindles the row on Waterboarding, with an interview with former CIA agent John Kiriakou who reveals that the CIA waterboarded...
View ArticleOver Coffee Thoughts on Birthers
In 2005 when I finalized my emigration from the United Kingdom, one of the documents I had to supply was a formal birth certificate or certified copy thereof.Not having particularly organized parents,...
View ArticleComponents of the Machine: A look at Healthcare
Let’ s take a look at health insurance. In this diary I’ll be looking at health insurance in two countries, the US and the UK. Did you know health insurance exists in the UK even though the socialist...
View ArticleHave I got a financial deal for you!
I've never been a big fan of banks. I've always thought they were in business to rip off their customers. But I was prepared to extend them some leeway when several announced they planned to pay back...
View ArticleRepublicans on the Texas Shootings: Torture the accomplices
By now we've all heard of the shocking events on Thursday at Fort Hood in Texas. But just when you think you've heard the worst of it, along comes the right wing blogosphere with a new call: Use...
View ArticleDear Senator Franken
This is a diary response to Senator Franken's earlier diary on health reform.Dear Senator Franken,While I appreciate that you now feel you can support the health "reform" bill, I have to say I'm...
View ArticleBREAKING: 12 dead, 11 injured in UK shootings
From the BBC:Twelve people were killed by a gunman who went on the rampage across Cumbria in north-west England.Taxi driver Derrick Bird shot dead a colleague in the town of Whitehaven, before driving...
View ArticleOil Spill Toxicology and the pre existing condition
Watching Rachael Maddow talk about suffering the symptoms of oil fume inhalation, and listening to her expert guest saying that doctors would need to refer people to hospitals gave me a sudden thought...
View ArticleIn search of Markos
As you all know, Markos Moulitsas' new book, "American Taliban: How War, Sex, Sin and Power bind Jihadists and the Radical Right" was published on the first of this month. As I live just over the...
View ArticleSympathy for Wisconsin only goes so far
While it is great to see Democrats doing the right thing in Wisconsin and holding up the vote on this deplorable new law, my sympathy for the people of Wisconsin - and indeed for any other American...
View ArticleDon't ask for a supervisor and other call center tips
I've worked in a call center now for long enough to know how things are done where I work, and from what I've heard from other call center workers who work for other companies, I have heard nothing to...
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