The Meat (and potatoes) Behind That Annoying Law
I intially found the huffah about HR 3402, "Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005" linked from a little livejournal community, read the news.com article and, I'll...
View ArticleMcCain's TV ads also violate fed law - should cost millions!!
The Sep 12 article by brownsox Coleman's Ad In Violation of Federal Law, Could Cost Millions inspired some detective work, and to my amazement, it was not hard to find at least one McCain TV ad that is...
View ArticleThe Torture Goes On
Waiting for Bush to leave office, that is. And, every day is another opportunity for further disasters. One big disaster that may be waiting around the corner is the possible pardon of every person...
View ArticleEditorial: Open Letter to President Obama on Marriage Equality
Please read and feel free to distribute this "Open Letter" to President Obama, boldly asking him to think about his experience growing up in America as as an African American minority, and all of...
View ArticleFeds try to stop drug violence, start winger panic
I was reading the website Talking Points Memo when I came across this item: Fever SwampFrom TPM Reader JC ... Usually just ignorant and stupid but i think Drudge is pushing the envelope today with...
View ArticleStunning Revelation about the National Debt Obligation
Please forgive me for a short diary. I shouldn't be writing one at all given the time I don't have however, I just received an email from The Peace Team via The Pen.It seems there is a law which...
View ArticleThe stupidest, most tone-deaf, DOJ position ever
This was in last night's Overnight News Digest yesterday, recapping a story from NPR.org but a lot of people probably missed it:Today, a subcommittee of the Committee On The Judiciary heard some...
View ArticleFederal funds = federal law
UPDATE: There has been some misunderstanding, and I place that at my own door. I've done some editing to clarify what I meant. Let's start with: The new law requiring contraceptive coverage applies to...
View ArticleSomewhere In The American Woods A Weed Is Growing Wild
She's still very young, little more than a foot tall. Her life is a bit boring now, but no doubt it was more exciting while she was still in the seed.Maybe the plant who dropped her was eaten by a...
View ArticleTo The FBI: While You're At It......
Crossposted from Hillbilly Report.By now most people have heard about the leaked tapes from the office of Mitch McConnell and the ensuing hissy-fit it drew from the Senator for Communist China. Of...
View ArticleMany Employers Still Refuse to Pay the Minimum Wage
Until the fire in 1911, the Triangle Waist Company in New York City employed about 500 workers, mostly young immigrant women, who worked nine hours a day on weekdays and seven hours on Saturdays, while...
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A twisted history of American in the dark - electricity and ACA
Lady Liberty Got Some Energy The history of electricity in America carries some weight for the United States as the Federal Government dies a painful death at the hands of the GOP and rabid Tea Party...
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60 Cases and Counting: What Gun Case Will SCOTUS Take Next?
Two cases are pending this fall which offer the Supreme Court opportunities to delve into Second Amendment rights and the powers of Congress to regulate interstate commerce.The Court's seminal...
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Firearms Law and Policy - Do consumers have standing to challenge laws...
United States Supreme Court building at dawn In Lane v Holder three gun owners have appealed to the Supreme Court to answer this question. Do consumers have standing to challenge the constitutionality...
View ArticleYet Another Federal Judge Backs Gay Marriage Rights (But this time it's in...
Federal District Judge Arenda Wright Allen made history on Thursday by striking down a Virginia law banning same-sex marriage in the state. It is the first state in the Deep South to follow the rising...
View ArticleDEMOCRACY: Loosening campaign limits, US Supreme Court just decided to take...
The US Supreme Court's further elaboration of "money equals speech" in its decision today isn't thoughtfully rendered, except in the sense that it sends democracy to the rendering plant, tossing...
View ArticleSaving the American Dream by Destroying Home Value
The Great Recession plunged untold numbers of former homeowners back into the ranks of those who rent. And as housing prices skyrocket, wages remain largely stagnant, and "lost" good jobs continue to...
View ArticleThe American Civil War, 2015.
There is no Godwin's Law for evoking the Civil War in a discussion of politics. To most Americans, the Civil War was a seminal event in this country, one accompanied by the prerequisite amount of blood...
View ArticleCherry Picking Bible Verses, State / Federal Laws as well as our State /...
On June 26, 2015 Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a policy directive to “All State Agency Heads” regarding “Preserving Religious Liberty for all Texans”, which followed the Supreme Court's ruling that...
View ArticleBreaking! Trey Gowdy violates Federal law mouthing off? Ex Benghazi...
I will update this as more information becomes available. Base on an exclusive report on MSNBC, the legal team for fired former Benghazi investigator Todd Podliska is firing aback, and they're taking...
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