Category: Politics
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McCain breaks his word on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
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…
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The New Three-Fifths Compromise
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…
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Google Grows a Pair
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…
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U.S. Intel failed on Underpants Bomber due to Misspelling, Software
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…
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On Yesterday’s “Terrorist” Incident
Airport security yet again failed to catch a person’s improvised weapon aboard a plane yesterday. Passengers yet again proved that they aren’t going to let shit happen on a plane in the first place. The cabin of a plane is no longer a viable place from which to carry out a terrorist act. The American…
Zeke Weeks 