Ending the Electoral College Gaining Traction

Efforts Across the country to move away from the electoral college model, and allow the popular vote only to elect the president are moving forward. The National Popular Vote Plan passed the New Jersey State Assembly on Monday, and actions are also going forward in Illinois according to the Hill and local [...]

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Small Victories: Deadbeat Dad Gets Nothing

The New York Daily News is reporting that Leon Caldwell, a deadbeat dad who tried to profit from his sons death in the 9/11 attacks will get nothing. Thankfully. Mr. Caldwell argued that he was entitled to half of the $2.9 Million payout for his son Kenneth’s death in the [...]

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Ok sure, keep cutting research

The BBC is running a story about the spread of bird flu strain H5N1 in Suffolk. The US website PandemicFlu.gov tells us we’re seeking public comment on the first draft of a flu vaccine plan. Color us, nonplussed.
Further:
Pandemicflu.gov
Key Facts About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus
World Health Organization- Confirmed Human [...]

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When Corporate Reign Goes Too Far

As Yahoo! Chief Executive Jerry Yang went before congress to apologize for Yahoo! China’s role in the jailing of a Chinese dissident, the ironic theater of this whole event aside, we thought of other recent news items. ATT & Verizon helping in the domestic wiretapping of Americans without being asked,the sub-prime crisis, the private [...]

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Out of Touch

It’s election season, well… its not really a season since we’re nearly in year two of this election madness with how early it all started, but at any rate the candidates are on their whistle-stop tours of hither and yon talking to “real people” about “real issues”. Hillary Clinton, specifically, is on such [...]

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