Webslinger
I’m boycotting the Super Bowl this year – any organization that has no problem airing this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7X0UuA1pZ4 but then censors this for racy content: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68WTMYxoSck needs to re-examine its standards.
Three years ago, John McCain had this to say regarding the United States’ discriminatory policy on homosexuals serving in the military: “The day that the leadership of the military comes to me and says, ‘Senator, we ought to change the policy,’ then I think we ought to consider seriously changing it because those leaders in … Read more
In short, the Supreme Court ruled today that proprietors of corporations are entitled to more freedoms than non-proprietors. Does anybody remember the three-fifths compromise? When considering this case, did the Supreme Court consider Section 2 of the fourteenth amendment? It states: Representatives shall be apportioned …counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding … Read more
I’ve long disapproved of American companies’ willingness to go along with oppressive regimes’ human rights abuses. Some companies have given information on dissidents to governments and helped in the apprehension of political prisoners. This has attracted significant attention over the years, both in the media and in Congressional inquiries. For years, Google has censored search … Read more
Well, this isn’t good. According to an official White House review, the intelligence community failed to notice red flags about the underpants bomber. Why? The software that would have correlated intel and raised alarms was rendered ineffective by a one-letter misspelling of the would-be bomber’s name. From the White House’s review of the government’s failures … Read more