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  • Can Biden Murder Trump and Get Away With it?

    Monday, March 11, 2024
    Rumors are spreading that the U.S. Supreme Court will vote 5-4 to rule that a U.S. president cannot be prosecuted for anything he does while he is president. Some Democrats are suggesting that Joe Biden bring a gun to his first debate with Donald Trump. If he shoots Trump, he would be immune, but if Trump shoots Biden he would be prosecuted because he is not a sitting president.   read more
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Who is Thomas Frieden?

    Monday, July 27, 2009
    With a long career in public health, Thomas R. Frieden’s credits include spearheading successful programs to curb tuberculosis in New York City and India. President Barack Obama’s choice to take over the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...   read more
  • Two of FBI 10 Most Wanted Nabbed in One Week

    Sunday, July 26, 2009
    The past week was a good one for the FBI, as agents captured two men on the bureau’s famed “10 Most Wanted” list. First, there was gang member Emigdio Preciado, Jr. (aka “Junior,” “Trigger,” “Spooky,” and “Snyper,”), who was apprehended in Mexico ...   read more
  • Bank of America Drastically Cut Small Business Loans after Bailout

    Sunday, July 26, 2009
    According to data compiled by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Bank of America isn’t quite the friend of small business it claims to be. The overwhelming majority of loans made through the Small Business Administration are called ...   read more
  • Indian State Proposes Rehab School for Delinquent Monkeys

    Sunday, July 26, 2009
    Take humans out of nature, squeeze them into cramped, urban environments, and violence and bad behavior go up. Apparently, it’s the same for monkeys in India, who increasingly have turned aggressive and destructive as deforestation in Punjab has f...   read more
  • “High-Frequency” Traders Make Billions Beating Normal Stock Investors to the Punch

    Sunday, July 26, 2009
    Faster than a speeding bullet, the new super traders of Wall Street are today utilizing powerful computers and advanced mathematics to buy, sell and even manipulate stock markets like never before. “High-frequency” trading uses advanced algorithms...   read more
  • Iraqi Imprisoned without Charges for Telling the Truth

    Sunday, July 26, 2009
    Hussam Mohammed Amin has been described as having the most impossible job in Iraq before the U.S. invasion in March 2003. The major general was responsible for overseeing the compilation of a massive volume of data showing that Iraq had no weapons...   read more
  • Obama Rejects U.N. Visits to Guantánamo

    Saturday, July 25, 2009
    President Barack Obama’s stated goal to make government more open has not extended to requests by United Nations officials to visit the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay or learn more about secret prisons once operated by the CIA. Last month, S...   read more
  • Food Stamp Use by Military Families on the Rise

    Saturday, July 25, 2009
    Military families outpaced the rest of the country in using food stamps last year by a considerable margin, according to the Department of Defense. From 2007 to 2008, the use of food stamps by military personnel and their dependants increased 25%,...   read more
  • Energy Department Accused of Wasting Energy

    Saturday, July 25, 2009
    Officials at the Department of Energy might want to review their mission statement. One of their primary tasks is to be a leader in the efficient use of energy while operating offices and laboratories across the country. But much of the agency has...   read more
  • Florida Town Manager Fired for Marrying Porn Actress

    Saturday, July 25, 2009
    Scott Janke’s career as a city official has ranged from rubbing elbows with Sarah Palin in Alaska to getting fired recently in Florida for being married to a porn star. Janke’s last job was as city manager for the small, conservative town of Fort ...   read more
  • Army Admits Nerve Gas Leak Detectors in Kentucky Did Not Work for Two Years

    Saturday, July 25, 2009
    Proper storage of deadly nerve gas agents at military facilities requires the use of monitoring devices to ensure the protection of base personnel and local communities from possible leaks. But the operators of the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentuck...   read more
  • U.S. Still Training Honduras Military after Military Coup

    Friday, July 24, 2009
    Despite President Barack Obama’s denunciations of last month’s coup in Honduras and promises to cut ties with its military, the U.S. government is still training Honduran officers at the controversial Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Coop...   read more
  • Guantánamo Soldiers Helped Chinese Communist Interrogators

    Friday, July 24, 2009
    Not only were interrogators from China allowed to question Uighur prisoners held at Guantánamo Bay, but U.S. military personnel helped out in the process, according to testimony provided at a congressional hearing last week.   Three Uighurs who ...   read more
  • Record Number of Prisoners Serving Life Sentences

    Friday, July 24, 2009
    The national obsession with “Three Strikes” laws and other mandatory sentencing rules that began decades ago has produced today a record number of prisoners serving life sentences. This comes at a time when government budgets are squeezed more tha...   read more
  • New SEC Regulations Shine a Brighter Light on Board Directors and Executive Pay

    Friday, July 24, 2009
    Life will be getting a little harder for corporate executives and boards if the Securities and Exchange Commission adopts new rules governing compensation and other corporate procedures. Although the changes are not considered “tide-changing” in t...   read more
  • Georgia Man Spent Year in Jail for Owing Child Support After DNA Proved He’s Not the Father

    Friday, July 24, 2009
    A Georgia prosecutor and judge saw nothing wrong in 2008 with their decision to imprison a man for not supporting a child he did not father. Such is the case of Frank Hatley, 50, who thought he had fathered a son from a relationship in the 1980s, ...   read more
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