DEA Intimidation
DRCNet on DEA Uses RAVE Act Threats to Block Montana NORML/SSDP Benefit: An agent of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) used threats of RAVE Act prosecutions to intimidate the owners of a Billings,...
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Mystical, Magical, Mysterious Weapons of Mass Destruction
CNN on Iraq war allies face tough questions on weapons: British Prime Minister Tony Blair faced a stormy House of Commons Wednesday, and pressure has mounted after suggestions that his office amended intelligence reports...
Khamisiyah Revised
More Links on the the Khamisiyah incident are below. Longtime readers of my weblog know the deal, but for the benefit of new readers, the Khamisiyah incident occured when the U.S. Army stupidly blew...
Six Million Dollar Leg
CBC News on Bionic leg a step up, amputee says: A robotics company has created a bionic limb that allows an amputee to walk and climb stairs with natural motion. With a conventional prosthesis,...
My Poor Cubbies
Associated Press on Sosa ejected for cork in bat: Once Sammy Sosa was caught using a corked bat, there was one big question: Was he cheating when he hit any of those 505 home...
Health Screenings
Ross Bynum of Associated Press on U.S. to Screen Troops Returning From Iraq: Col. Paula K. Underwood, an Army doctor, had just returned to her post in Germany from the 1991 Gulf War (news...
Why I Do It
I've been meaning to put up a "why" page. Reading this post over at Peoria Pundit got me thinking about things I've left buried in the subconscious, waiting for release. This post will have...
inJustice Stonewalling
A joint letter on secret detentions of immigration violators by the Department of Justice was sent to the House Committee on the Judiciary today. Tomorrow, the Committee will be grilling Herr Aschcroft on his...
It’s about the children stupid
The email response below to one of my old editorials on transracial adoption which was extremely critical of the National Association of Black Social Workers reveals much about the average "race is everything" mindset....
Props to Casey Lartigue
Casey Lartigue remembers the time he and his friends did the right thing while the rest of the world tried to look the other way: It was New Year's Eve, I was visiting from...