Why Did Gas Prices Increase So Quickly?
Why Did Gas Prices Increase So Quickly? September 15, 2008Art Carden Why does the price of gas increase immediately when a hurricane threatens supplies, even though the gas at the pump has already been paid...
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211 Public Interest Organizations Support Whistleblower Rights
211 Public Interest Organizations Support Swift Action to Restore Strong, Comprehensive Whistleblower Rights September 8, 2008 To: Sen. Joseph Lieberman; Sen. Susan Collins; Sen. Daniel Akaka; Sen. George Voinovich; Rep. Henry Waxman; Rep. Tom Davis;...
Jackbooted Thuggery By Transit Cops
Per the norm, violent thug cops beat up on citizens for not being subservient and sufficently scared: Two female cops were busted for punching, kicking and pistol-whipping a Bronx driver until his head cracked...
Finding a multiracial identity, in small numbers
Finding a multiracial identity, in small numbers By Mike SwiftMercury News Article Launched: 08/16/2008 01:30:14 AM PDT Click photo to enlarge Sarah Gaskins and husband Lam Do, sit with their children Luke Do, 8, and…...
Per the Norm, Mainstream Media Gets It Wrong On Rape
Melissa McEwan of Shakesville on "lol your ugly ": "So there's this woman, Bernann McKinney, who was recently in the news for paying to have five puppies cloned from her dearly departed pet pit...
Obama’s $1000 Rebate Plan Won’t Work
Obama’s $1000 Rebate Plan Won’t Work August 11, 2008Art Carden Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama has proposed a plan to ease the pain of high gas prices by granting an “emergency” $1000 tax rebate to...
Problems, and Government Interventions, Keep Growing
Problems, and Government Interventions, Keep Growing August 6, 2008William F. Shughart IIDetroit Free Press According to a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, most Americans want government to “do more to solve problems.” As Congress...
Politicians, Voters Pillage Set-Aside Funds to Plug Budget Gaps
Politicians, Voters Pillage Set-Aside Funds to Plug Budget Gaps August 4, 2008Michael Reksulak Mirroring a $534 million shortfall in Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s 2008-09 proposed budget for Los Angeles, planned expenditures for California as a whole...
HIV Achilles Heel? Hopefully So.
Lee McGuire of KHOU-TV News on "Doctors may have found a way to destroy HIV": Paul and his team have zeroed in on a section of a key protein in HIV’s structure that does...