Big Bucks Being Made on Cancer Pain

The New York Times brings us another example of how those drug companies that the president loves so much are ripping off the elderly.

Posted on Mar 12, 2006 READ MORE  | 37 READS

Former Top Bush Aide Accused of Refund Scam

The president’s former top domestic policy aide allegedly tried to swindle Target and Hecht’s stores out of more than $5,000. He resigned last month, claiming he wanted to spend more time with his family. (In some parts of the world, that’s called a lie.)
This is the guy LA Weekly called “a notorious homophobe, a ferocious enemy of abortion and an opponent of safe-sex education.”

Posted on Mar 12, 2006 READ MORE  | 20 READS

Symbol of Abu Ghraib Seeks to Spare Others His Nightmare

The photo of him in a hood, arms outspread and with electrical wires trailing from his body became the definitive image of the prison abuse scandal.
He is now heading up a prisoners’ rights organization.

Posted on Mar 11, 2006 READ MORE  | 22 READS

O’Connor Warns Against ‘Beginnings’ of Dictatorship

“It takes a lot of degeneration before a country falls into dictatorship, but we should avoid these ends by avoiding these beginnings,” former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor told a Georgetown audience, according to an NPR report. (Hat tip: Huff Po)

Posted on Mar 10, 2006 READ MORE  | 274 READS

Death Urged For Yemeni Editor in Cartoons Case

Just when we thought the Muhammad cartoon-related madness had faded….

Posted on Mar 10, 2006 READ MORE  | 22 READS

Abu Ghraib Closing? Don’t Cheer Just Yet

Some sources are reporting that the U.S. has decided to close the notorious prison and transfer its prisoners elsewhere, but don’t celebrate just yet: The seeds for future abuse are already well sown.

Posted on Mar 10, 2006 READ MORE  | 36 READS

Report: Tax Cuts Don’t Pay for Themselves

A nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank concludes: “the tax cuts have not paid for themselves, recent economic growth and revenue growth have not been particularly strong, and revenues remain lower than had been predicted before the tax cuts were enacted.”

Posted on Mar 10, 2006 READ MORE  | 47 READS

Colbert Gives Us the Word on the War

Stephen Colbert continues to gain ground on Jon Stewart with his blistering satires of U.S. policy. This time he riffs on a new name that the Pentagon is using for the war on terror.

Posted on Mar 10, 2006 READ MORE  | 40 READS

PoliticsTV Launches Amid Fanfare

A new TV-heavy Internet site dedicated to politics launches with AMERICAblog founder John Avarosis. Looks pretty spiffy.

Posted on Mar 10, 2006 READ MORE  | 24 READS

Tenn. Backs Anti-Abortion Step

Right on the heels of South Dakota, the Tennessee Legislature is moving to ban abortion.

Posted on Mar 10, 2006 READ MORE  | 14 READS

$25,000 Gives Indian Chief Access to Bush

The money is funneled through (surprise, surprise) Jack Abramoff and Grover Norquist. This scandal couldn’t happen to any two nicer two guys.

Posted on Mar 10, 2006 READ MORE  | 19 READS

Dubai Firm Backs Out of Ports Deal

The UAE-owned company dropped its bid to control six major U.S. ports. A United States-owned company will instead take possession.

Posted on Mar 9, 2006 READ MORE  | 19 READS

Spineless in South Dakota

The state’s top newspaper Posted on Mar 9, 2006 READ MORE  | 24 READS

Doctors Attack US Over Guantanamo

Over 250 medical experts sign a letter condemning the U.S. for force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Posted on Mar 9, 2006 READ MORE  | 23 READS

Fastow: Enron’s Lay ‘Lied About Enron Finances’

The energy company’s former CFO testifies that Ken Lay, the former CEO, lied about the company’s financial situation in the months before the company’s collapse.

Posted on Mar 9, 2006 READ MORE  | 31 READS