Month December 2005

The noose tightens

Sen. Conrad Burns and his staff met Jack Abramoff’s lobbying team on at least eight occasions and collected $12,000 in donations around the time that the lawmaker took legislative action favorable to Abramoff’s clients in the Northern Mariana Islands, records…

If the State kills Tookie

Williams’ death will be a great tragedy and a monumental waste of human potential, but it won’t give closure to the victims’ families or reduce violent crime in this country. There is no evidence that killing Williams or any of…

Have you drive a lie lately?

Ford has agreed to no longer sponsor gay events It’s over. Ford lied. For days Ford has been saying this is just about a few ads. For days Ford has been saying they didn’t agree to anything. And for days…

The neocons lose another one

And the Constitution wins. A former college professor was found not guilty Tuesday of key charges linking him to a Palestinian terrorist group that allegedly operated an underground cell in Florida, ending a lengthy trial that balanced allegations of terrorist-related…

Inflatable Dartboard re-inflates

  This graphic is from Monk at Inflatable Dartboard. He has lots more amazing Photoshopped graphics online. On Monday he posted he was quitting blogging after getting a huge tax bill from the IRS. Happily though he returned today. I…