Wanted: Contractors to help buy ‘distressed assets’

Both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal are reporting today that the Treasury’s bailout plan is pushing forward through Congress. The plan is not without its detractors, however. See the flip side for a quick rundown and some irresponsible predictions…

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Feminism Is Dead-Hillary Proves It.

I didn’t plan to use my debut post talking about the presidential campaign. Certainly not talking about Hillary Clinton. But as a young woman, I feel that someone has to comment. The headline isn’t misleading or designed to get reads- its real: Feminism is dead and Hillary Clinton proves that. I’ll explain [...]

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NIE Spin & Bush – We’re still going to war if he can swing it

As we all know and reported on earlier here, the new release of the National Intelligence Estimate makes the Powell UN speech look like childs play. Now the administration is saying they didn’t get the estimate until moments before it’s release, and they too where shocked by the findings. But, that doesn’t [...]

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Canned Politics- Past Its Expiry Date

Howard Kurtz, journalist and host of CNN’s reliable sources has a piece in the Washington Post this morning, writing about the pro-Hillary questioners at the last democratic debate. Hillary is beginning to run her campaign more and more like Bush in drag. No wonder Murdoch supports her.

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Well, they got what they wanted.

The New York Times is reporting that whites have won the majority in the New Orleans council elections. Normally, the race of the race wouldn’t be national news, except this is a post-Katrina New Orleans, where many of the displaced are black, and it would seem not too many are upset about that.

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Philly takes a positive stand against discrimination

The Washington Post is running a story about Philly’s city government plan to evict the boy scouts from their rent subsidized meeting center, if they refuse to renounce their discriminatory policy against gays because it violates the cities equity rules. It is important to note, the troop that currently meets here isn’t [...]

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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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Time for another override.

Bush Vetos Health and Education.
From The AP:
He also signed a big increase in the Pentagon’s non-war budget although the White House complained it contained “some unnecessary spending.”
From The Baltimore Sun:
According to the committee, lawmakers rejected proposed cuts that the White House wanted in healthcare access, education, medical research, job training and grants to alleviate [...]

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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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And people think the time for Feminism has passed…

It’s something we hear all the time, Feminism as a movement has been relegated to the constantly offended set. The “ball busters”, “feminazi’s”, etc. No more is it for regular women, polite women. Feminism is passed its prime, something that lacks utility. Hillary is running right? See, problem solved. And yet, [...]

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5 New Lost Generations

This war has created its own lost generations, we’ve counted five so far, although it would not be surprising to find more. Two American, two Iraqi, and one more broadly effecting us all.

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