Month May 2006

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…

Greens setting the agenda

Greens stir state and federal elections debate in a sea of red and blue Pasadena, CA For perhaps the first time in local political history, a third party with candidates in races for Congress and the state Assembly appears to…

Toast

Speaker Hastert Federal officials say the Congressional bribery investigation now includes Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, based on information from convicted lobbyists who are now cooperating with the government. Congressman Jefferson “I have been racking my brain all day…