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  • The 2024 Election By the Numbers

    Thursday, January 16, 2025
    The majority of voters did not vote for Donald Trump for president; the majority of voters did not vote for Republican candidates for the Senate; and fewer than 51% of voters cast their ballots for Republican candidates for the House of Representatives. The Republican Party now controls the White House, both houses of Congress and the Supreme Court, no matter how that came to be. I believe it is worth bearing in mind that a majority of U.S. citizens did not support the Republican winners.   read more
  • Alabama First State to Require Fingerprints of Prison Visitors

    Sunday, September 09, 2012
    Without citing any security-related need or problems, the state of Alabama has decided to require visitors at prisons to undergo fingerprinting. Under the prior system, guards had only visitors’ photo ID cards to rely on for verifying someone’s identity. That meant taking more time to stop and review each driver’s license before allowing visitors into a correctional facility.   read more
  • First U.S. Town to Ban Bottled Water

    Sunday, September 09, 2012
    One of the towns whose residents fired the first shots in the American Revolution has now become the first to shoot down single-serve plastic water bottles as a menace to the environment. Concord, Massachusetts, which is governed by its Town Meeting, voted 403-364 in April to pass a bylaw banning the sale of the bottles, which is set to go into effect January 1, 2013. It was given a final seal of legality by state Attorney General Martha Coakley last week.   read more
  • Inspector General Criticizes Defense Dept. Internal Security as “Disjointed” and “Fragmented”

    Saturday, September 08, 2012
    The Pentagon does not lack for security policies, according to the agency’s inspector general. The trouble lies with the number of such policies—43 in fact—and the lack of coordination among them. “DoD security policy is fragmented, redundant, and inconsistent,” wrote the IG in a new report. “The sheer volume of security policies that are not coordinated or integrated makes it difficult for those at the field level to ensure consistent and comprehensive policy implementation.”   read more
  • First Catholic Bishop Sentenced in Child Sex Abuse Cover-Up

    Saturday, September 08, 2012
    The case was expected to produce a sensational trial, originally scheduled to begin next month. But prosecutors decided to skip a jury trial and have Judge John Torrence decide the case in a brief court hearing that lasted little more than an hour. Finn’s conviction stemmed from the case of Reverend Shawn Ratigan, who got into trouble in 2010 after it was discovered he had photographs of young girls’ genitalia on his computer.   read more
  • The New Renewable: Ocean Wave Energy Set to Take Off

    Saturday, September 08, 2012
    Off the coast of Reedsport, the first commercial wave-energy device is scheduled for launch. The hope is that the cannon-shaped device will generate enough energy to light 1,000 homes while floating in the ocean. Ocean Power Technologies, the New Jersey company that built it, is also hoping the 260-ton invention will withstand winter storms and not sink. Wave-energy technology is so new that there is no set design yet for this untested renewable energy.   read more
  • Texas Reconsiders Law Imprisoning Prostitutes as Waste of Money

    Saturday, September 08, 2012
    A prostitute sentenced to a state correctional facility is costing taxpayers $18,538 a year, and those sent to lower-security state jail are costing $15,500 annually. Criminal justice reformers argue that convicted sex workers belong in community-based programs that cost considerably less, about $4,300 a year.   read more
  • Chipotle Sued for Rounding up Bills to Nearest High Nickel

    Saturday, September 08, 2012
    The company in response says the tactic was done merely to save time while serving customers. It also claims bills were adjusted both up and down, resulting in the company not making a profit off the practice. However, it has offered to now only round down.   read more
  • Justice Dept. Accuses BP of “Gross Negligence” over Gulf Oil Spill

    Friday, September 07, 2012
    The court document blasts BP’s leadership in no uncertain terms. Referring to “A Culture of Corporate Recklessness,” it states that “The behaviour, words and actions of these BP executives would not have been tolerated in a middling size company manufacturing dry goods for sale in a suburban mall.”   read more
  • Bush-Appointed Judge Slammed for Trying to Eliminate Nevada’s “None of the Above” Ballot Choice

    Friday, September 07, 2012
    Jones assigned himself the case on July 3 and then ruled orally on August 22 that the “none of these candidates” choice was unconstitutional and must be removed. However he never issued a written decision. Jones was accused of dragging his feet to prevent any appeal from putting the option back on ballots, which election officials must start printing by September 7. A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit acted quickly, voting unanimously on September 4 to stay Jones’ ruling.   read more
  • Drone Killing of Civilians Sparks Outrage in Yemen…Apathy in U.S.

    Friday, September 07, 2012
    The United States has ramped up its drone war campaign in Yemen, where 10 civilians, including a 10-year-old girl and her mother, were killed last weekend. The attack provoked outrage among Yemenis, while the American media, which rarely pays attention to the war in Yemen anyway, was largely distracted by the Democratic Party’s national convention. The 10 killed were among 29 who died in Yemen within a week, as the result of multiple drone attacks.   read more
  • Is the House Financial Services Committee Facebook Page Illegally Promoting Partisan Politics?

    Friday, September 07, 2012
    However, it is unclear if the same rules apply to House committee Facebook pages. In the case of the House Financial Services Committee, its Facebook page includes a photograph of President Barack Obama, the title “BETTER OFF?” and the tag “#WECAN DO BETTER.”   read more
  • IRS Will No Longer Help Track Down Taxpayers Owed Money from Retirement Plans

    Friday, September 07, 2012
    Since 1994, the IRS has provided a letter-forwarding service for individuals, companies and organizations trying to track down taxpayers who are owed money from pension funds and other sources. The IRS announced that due to budget constraints, it would limit its letter-forwarding program to assist those seeking to convey a message for a humane purpose or those in an emergency situation.   read more
  • Ohio Secretary of State Rejects Court Order to Extend Early Voting Hours

    Thursday, September 06, 2012
    Republican lawmakers adopted the law claiming it was necessary to restrict access to early voting in order to curb voter fraud and that voting on the weekend and Monday interfered with preparations for Election Day. Democrats counter that the real reason the Republicans want to limit the hours for early voting is that those who vote in the weekend before the election are more likely to vote Democratic.   read more
  • The 82-Year-Old Nun Who Breached U.S. High-Security Nuclear Complex

    Thursday, September 06, 2012
    Officials fired security guard Kirk Garland, the guard who actually apprehended Sister Rice and the others, and are scapegoating him for the systemic security lapses—including inoperable security cameras and guards ignoring alarms—that allowed them to breach the facility with such ease. The government pays $1.2 billion for security at Oak Ridge every year, leading one unnamed DOE official to wonder “what are we getting for it?”   read more
  • Federal Government Drops Abuse-of-Power Case against Sheriff Arpaio, But More to Come

    Thursday, September 06, 2012
    The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Phoenix quietly announced late Friday, just before the three-day weekend, that it would not prosecute Arpaio on abuse-of-power charges. Federal prosecutors spent four years investigating the 80-year-old law enforcement official, who bills himself “America’s Toughest Sheriff.”   read more
  • 10 Occupations with the Largest Percentage of African-Americans

    Thursday, September 06, 2012
    1. Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides—33.1% 2. Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators—30.5% 3. Barbers—27.7% 4. Security guards and gaming surveillance officers—27.2% 5. Railroad conductors and yardmasters—27.2%   read more
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