Archive for May, 2005
Simple Revenge
Now that the veil has been lifted on the mysterious identity of ‘Deep Throat’ (aka Mark Felt), one thing has become very clear. Felt ratted Nixon out because the president didn’t promote him to FBI director.
Bob Woodward said Felt helped The (Washington) Post at a time of tense relations between the White House and much [...]
Live 8 Doesn’t Matter
If you are at least 30 years old, you may remember the Live Aid concerts performed back in 1985. Today, Live 8 was announced, and once again the event is being organized by Bob Geldof.
Bob Geldof unveiled plans for a repeat of 1985’s Live Aid concert, called Live 8, to highlight the ongoing problem of [...]
Is It Really Him?
Ex-FBI official says he is ‘Deep Throat’.
UPDATE: WaPo confirms…the mystery is solved. CNN has the story.
Why I’m Not a Catholic – Reason #465
Bishop Denies Request for Non-Wheat Communion Wafer
A New Jersey woman whose 9-year-old daughter is allergic to wheat, which is used in Communion wafers, has failed to persuade her Roman Catholic bishop to let the girl use a non-wheat substitute for the church sacrament. In an hourlong meeting with the bishop at the diocese headquarters on [...]
Overturned
Via AP: The Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm for destroying Enron Corp.-related documents before the energy giant’s collapse.
More: Full story here.
Ego Reaching New Heights
Does this guy love himself or what?
Minimum Wage Crisis!
Hardly.
States say $5.15 an hour is not enough.
More states are raising their minimum wages, pushing hourly rates above $7 in some and shrinking the role of the federal minimum wage, which hasn’t gone up in eight years.
Eleven states have raised their rates since January 2004, and Wisconsin will become the 12th on Wednesday. Employers there [...]
Lock it Up
Protect your ice cream from thievery.
Canada Fesses Up
Via BBC: Canada Red Cross used HIV blood.
The Red Cross in Canada has pleaded guilty to distributing contaminated blood supplies which infected thousands of Canadians with HIV and hepatitis C.
More than 3,000 people have died since getting the tainted blood in the 1980s.
The blood scandal is widely regarded as one of the worst public [...]
The DNC Political Roadmap
This is the closest thing to a forward looking plan that I’ve seen come from a democrat in years. The liberal college student lists 10 reasons NOT to kill Bush.
Oh the irony.