The New York Times–surprise!–only took 5 days to uncover “dirt” on Sarah Palin. Surprise #2!: the NYT took 10 months to look into the John Edwards scandal. Surprise! #3!–the Times lost another 30,000 subscribers. Are there really any surprises at the
American taxpayers shell out $70 billion a year for 37 years with ZERO results as to the War on Drugs. Drugs remain cheap, available and everywhere after 37 years. It's time to legalize all drugs to stop the War on Drugs. Here's why!
Moscow has condemned the deployment of the Dallas and the McFaul— which brought 55 tons of relief supplies— as part of what it describes as a growing presence of NATO warships in the Black Sea.
The McCain campaign, has been negotiating with Rep. Ron Paul to win his support and acquire the names of his sympathizers among the delegates and alternates at the Republican National Convention. (Good luck with that.)
A military base on the Island of Qeshm would allow Russia to monitor the United States' and NATO's activities in the Persian Gulf zone. With the help of special equipment Russia could effectively monitor who is sailing toward this sea bottlen
What few people realize is the only thing removed from corn to make ethanol is the carbs that cattle can't digest, as too much carbs give them gas and that can cause bloat which can kill.
Our government continually spends billions of billions of [our] dollars to help rebuild areas that are almost certain to get wiped out again. Let’s start with Florida. In 2004, the Sunshine State endured four direct hits from hurricanes, prompting C
Pakistan's top security official Monday admitted that al Qaida's leadership moved freely in and out of the country and vowed that "no mercy" would be shown to extremists based in its tribal territory that borders Afghanistan.
Russia's decision to send troops to Georgia has set a new standard for defending its national interests and the United States must learn to live with it, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
U.S. officials in Baghdad worry that success has gone to Maliki's head. They fear that his tough bargaining on a long-term security agreement with the United States is a sign that Maliki thinks he can move ahead on his own. [Dec. 31st? ;-) ]
American forces on Monday handed over security responsibility to the Iraqis in a province that the U.S. once feared was lost _ a sign of the stunning reversal of fortunes since local Sunnis turned against al-Qaida in Iraq.
The old cliché “Come shekels, Come shackles” had never been more apparent than when President George Bush gave Executive Order 13397, turning churches that have taken Faith Based Funds over to the Department of Homeland Security.
Police in riot gear battled hundreds of protesters with pepper spray and smoke bombs and arrested 130 people on Monday at the start of the Republican presidential convention. Charges ranged from trespassing to property damage and assault,
Google Inc is set to introduce on Tuesday a new Web browser designed to more quickly handle video-rich or other complex Web programs, posing a challenge to browsers designed originally to handle text and graphics.
Delegates had scarcely settled into their seats when it was disclosed a lawyer was representing Palin in an investigation of her firing of the state's public safety commissioner and the pregnancy of her 17-year-old unmarried daughter.
Waves crashed high against flood walls Monday and New Orleans' rebuilt levee system survived its first hurricane in three years, but Gustav exposed weaknesses the Army Corps of Engineers won't plug any time soon.
A man offered two cents to an undercover officer in exchange for sex. The man was one of 10 arrested during an undercover prostitution sting in Bonita Springs Thursday night, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office reported.
"In the last 6 years, Washington has stepped up its sales and transfers of high-technology weapons, military training, and other military assistance to governments regardless of their respect for human rights, democratic principles, or nonprolif
Russia warned the West against supporting Georgia's leadership, suggesting that the United States carried weapons as well as aid to the ex-Soviet republic and calling for an arms embargo until the Georgian government falls.
China has resorted to stealth intervention in the currency markets to amass US dollars, using indirect means to hold down the yuan and ease the pain for its struggling exporters as the global slowdown engulfs the economy.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said the U.K. economic conditions "are arguably the worst they’ve been in 60 years … And I think it’s going to be more profound and long-lasting than people thought. We have a credit crunch
I have joined the parade of candidates attempting to offer legitimate and real change as I am seeking the office of Maricopa County Superintendent of Schools. Because I was not asked to seek the office as County Superintendent until this past July, I
The City of Milwaukee is digging in its heels in its attempt to foreclose on the home of a man who failed to pay a $50 fine for parking an unlicensed van in his parents' driveway. The city foreclosed on Tubic's $245,000 home
Capping the number, officials complain, hinders competition by preventing new, upstart airlines from entering the market. To mitigate the impact of the caps, the administration is proposing to auction off some takeoff and landing slots to the highest
The Gulf Coast braced Sunday for Hurricane Gustav, a storm that officials fear could devastate coastal Louisiana and parts of New Orleans that were largely spared from Hurricane Katrina's onslaught three years ago.
I recently wrote an article entitled "Stop Voting," which was about the illegitimacy of the elections systems here in the good ol' USA. Let's open this umbrella a little wider.
Stagliano’s facing what would practically be a life sentence in federal prison for producing movies made by consensual adults, starring consensual adults, and intended for purchase by consensual adults. Good thing the feds got the “terrorism” think l