- With a new tape surfacing showing him allegedly smoking crack as recently as last weekend, embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is leaving the campaign trail and checking into rehab.
- Protestors in Nigeria descended on parliament Wednesday to demand the government and military rescue hundreds of girls kidnapped from schools by Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
- Following through on Monday's announcement, the NBA is moving ahead with efforts to force LA Clippers owner Roger Sterling to sell the team after his lifetime ban.
- Massive consolidation in the pharmaceutical industry has led to a major increase in drug prices across the board, with the price of some treatments more than doubling since 2007.
- New security analysis of US traffic signals and the computer systems that control them suggest they are vulnerable to hackers with relatively inexpensive and legal equipment.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
What did you expect? Wage Slaves aren't just going to oppress themselves!
ReplyDeleteabsolutely Domestic TERRORISTS
ReplyDeleteColor me happy. Time and past time, says I, for the Democrats to use their control of the Senate to force the Republicans to stand up and openly oppose ideas and programs that are popular with the American People. Make them own that sh*t.
ReplyDeleteKind of the inverse of the Evil Spock with a Goatee Universe over at the House, where the Goopers stage managed over fifty moronic attempts to roll back a popular bit of legislation - highlighting the fact that the Democrats are the Good Guys who want nice things for us regular folks. There is a great deal more to politics than theater alone, but a little well staged theater never hurt.