Something is deeply wrong with the American political process. Despite polls showing 70% of us want the wars in the middle east ended and our troops brought home now, the probable nominees of the "major" parties are a warmongering lunatic a
Mohammad Barikbin came to the USA in 1988 and says he has spent every day since then fulfilling the American dream. The Iranian immigrant started a catering business in Philadelphia, then a taxi company and a taxi call center, all while investing in
McCain has relied on lobbyists to run his campaigns. Since a cash crunch last summer, several of them -- including his campaign manager, Rick Davis, who represented companies before Mr. McCain's Senate panel -- have been working without pay, a gi
[Collection] McCain's Closest Advisers Mostly Lobbyists: The Washington Post publishes another damning front page story highlighting McCain's deep ties to lobbyists: . . . .
Google Inc. will begin storing the medical records of a few thousand people as it tests a long-awaited health service that's likely to raise more concerns about the volume of sensitive information entrusted to the Internet search leader.
It can stop you from voting, destroy your dental appointments, make it difficult to rent a car or book a flight, even interfere with your college exams. More than 50 years into the Information Age, computers are still getting confused by the apostrop
But he [McCain] vehemently defended the lobbyist's professionalism, telling reporters, "Vicki Iseman is an energetic and passionate woman who has bent over backwards to please me."
Turkish troops have launched a ground incursion across the border into Iraq in pursuit of separatist Kurdish rebels, a move that dramatically escalates Turkey's conflict with the militants. It's the first confirmed ground operation by the Tur
Weeks before the NY Times released the McCain-Iseman story, EllaLohan was leaving comments on McCain campaign videos around the Internet such as "Ask McCain about Vicki Iseman. I dare you..." How did she know? Who is the mysterious EllaLoha
Several hundred protesters have attacked the US embassy in Serbia's capital in anger at Western support for Kosovo's independence. Protesters broke into the US compound in Belgrade and briefly set part of the embassy alight. Found an unidenti
That's because of a physical property of the computer's memory chips. Data in these DRAM processors disappears when the computer is turned off, but it turns out this doesn't happen right away. It can take minutes before that data disappea
The nationalisation of troubled British bank Northern Rock, which was rocked by the global credit crunch six months ago, was approved by parliament. The government must now obtain an order which transfers the bank to public ownership, powers which we
The Bush administration is bracing for a diplomatic backlash after conceding it used British territory to transport suspected terrorists on secret rendition flights despite repeated earlier assurances the US had not. An "administrative error
Mr Brown's father Bryan, who has given statements to investigating officers, said about a week after the alleged incident he spoke to the officer who tasered his son. The officer said "it shut him up, didn't it?", and hung up, he sa
Elections are sometimes portrayed as practically giving people automatic “remote control” on the government. Elections kindly provide a chance for people to pre-program the government for the following years. The government will be based on the popul
The machine-shredded stuff (45 million pages) is confetti, largely unrecoverable. But in May 2007, a team of German computer scientists in Berlin announced they had completed a system to digitally tape together the torn fragments.
Nelson forecasts a likely surplus of 22 million large-lot homes (houses built on a sixth of an acre or more) by 2025—that’s roughly 40 percent of the large-lot homes in existence today.
With no public approval required to begin construction, repeated calls against the TTC at public meetings, with seldom a word of support, may easily go unheeded.
"The amount of tax loss caused by Davison's promotions is incalculable but likely in the hundreds of millions of dollars." The government said it sued Stover and Davison because pursuing their customers "may be an insurmountable o
14 years ago, John McCain used his Keating Five lawyer to file extortion charges and harass the guy who blew the whistle on wife Cindy's drug theft. A classic case of the "little guy" losing..
About every 2 weeks, a SWAT team breaks into the wrong house in America--many times killing innocent, unarmed Americans. A look at the increasing militarization of America's police.
One in nine homes in the city of 100,000 residents is either in foreclosure or in the preliminary stages. Many neighborhoods have homes with dying lawns and broken windows.
SalesTraq, a research company that tracks the Las Vegas housing market, reported Monday that 2,177 homes were repossessed in January, surpassing the 1,962 sales in the new and existing home markets.
Crooks in Richland County SC beware, you can run--especially if it's over 40 mph-- but you can't hide, the M113A2 is coming to town. What kind of crime is the county having?
Activists crowded into a State House hearing yesterday on a proposed resolution that would request Congress to begin impeachment proceedings against President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
With the establishment of a military command responsible for Africa, the US was hoping to promote peace and stability on the continent. The problem is, the Africans want no part of the American military.