Day May 25, 2006

ABC News stands by Hastert story

Despite a flat denial from the Department of Justice, federal law enforcement sources tonight said ABC News accurately reported that Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert is “in the mix” in the FBI investigation of corruption in Congress. ABC’s law…

House leaders whine about FBI search

Why? Members of Congress said they were not defending any possible wrongdoing by Jefferson. But they said the constitutional principle of separation of powers had been violated. It was the first time law enforcement authorities, acting on behalf of the…

Lay and Skilling found guilty of conspiracy

Former Enron executives Kenneth L. Lay and Jeffrey K. Skilling were found guilty today on most counts in their landmark conspiracy and fraud case. Each count carries a sentence of five to ten years in prison. Harsh? Think of the…

The Minutemen and neo-Nazis

FireDogLake crossposts from David Neiwart of Orcinus who documents in great detail the links between the Minutemen and the white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups. Neither is it a big surprise that the leading anti-immigrant enterprise, the Minutemen, is constantly being…

Bono. Not satire, sadly

Via BlairWatch quoting a dead-on flame of Bono and his ever more corporate ‘charities’ from The Sharpener, whose servers are currently melting down under the load. Veteran satirist Tom Lehrer said that the world of comedy changed in 1973 when…