Schwarzenegger’s solar power promise is back Governor-backed Bill, SB 1, aims for a million solar roofs in 10 years, making California world’s solar leader. That would be a serious amount of solar power. Arnold sometimes does some quite progressive things,…

Santos Reyes got 26 years to life “for filling out a driver’s license under a cousin’s name in 1997”, that’s why. He’s appealing on the quite sensible grounds that this is cruel and unusual punishment, especially considering it was a…

Congressman says Syria nuke comment a joke

A drunken Florida prosecutor who streaked across a motel parking lot and mistakenly jumped into a stranger’s car landed in the slammer, a state attorney’s office spokesman said on Wednesday.

My friend John at Crooks and Liars demonstrates the power bloggers can have, forcing an on-air apology from Robert Novak. Good stuff, indeed. Crooks and Liars gets Robert Novak to issue an “on-the-air” apology. I helped him start the blog, and still…

In the United States, President Bush called Berlusconi from Air Force One “to express his regret about the incident,” White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said Friday. The State Department released a statement saying, “We express our deep condolences for…

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