Month July 2007

The spawn of Arnold. Workers comp gouging by insurers

About the first thing Arnold Schwarzenegger did after becoming governor of California was ram through workers compensation “reform.” Well, someone is definitely getting compensated, but it’s sure not the injured worker. Profits for workers compensation insurers in California are way…

Iran claims capture of spy squirrels

Iranian news agencies this week reported the capture of 14 squirrels equipped with espionage systems along their border equipped with GPS, cameras and listening devices. What’s more, this could even be true, both that Iran caught them and that they…

MoveOn.org pretends to be anti-war

If MoveOn was genuinely anti-war, their current campaign would target all members of Congress who support the war. But it doesn’t, it only targets Republicans. MoveOn is primarily a PAC that exists to raise money for Democrats. They say this…

Free Haneef

Mohamed Haneef is being charged with terrorism in Australia because he lent his SIM card to a relative later accused of plotting car bomb attacks. He has not been linked with or charged with that plot, just with lending his…