May

27

Civil Unions

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From here.

May

26

Obama to name Sotomayor as Supreme Court pick

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From: CNN.com
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Obama has chosen federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, two sources told CNN on Tuesday.
Obama plans to announce his nominee at 10:15 a.m. ET Tuesday, sources told CNN.
Sotomayor, a 54-year-old judge on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, was named a district [...]

May

25

U.S. holds journalist without charges in Iraq

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From: Los Angeles Times

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Ibrahim Jassam, a cameraman and photographer for the Reuters news agency, is being held by the U.S. without charges.

Reuters cameraman Ibrahim Jassam has been held since September. The U.S. military rejected a court order to release him, saying he is a ‘high security threat.’ No evidence has [...]

May

21

Taiwan’s Solar Stadium is 100% Powered by the Sun

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[From Inhabitat ]
Taiwan’s Solar Stadium is 100% Powered by the Sun
by Diane Pham

Taiwan recently finished construction on an incredible solar-powered stadium that will generate 100% of its electricity from photovoltaic technology! Designed by Toyo Ito, the dragon-shaped 50,000 seat arena is clad in 8,844 solar panels that illuminate the track and field with 3,300 [...]

May

21

Credit Card Legislation Includes Gun Rights

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[From The J-Walk Blog]
Makes perfect sense:

House passes measure expanding gun rights.

Gun rights advocates found an unlikely ally in the Democratic-controlled
House of Representatives on Wednesday as lawmakers passed a measure allowing
concealed, loaded firearms to be carried in national parks…
The Senate
voted 67-29 on Tuesday to attach an identical measure to [...]

May

20

Cash-for-clunkers program crashes up against the environment

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Getting vouchers to turning in your old guzzler for a new guzzler does nothing to promote more efficient cars.

By Dan Becker and James Gerstenzang

The automakers are filling up again at the Capitol Hill bailout pump. The latest idea is “cash for clunkers.”
Interested in junking your old gas-guzzling Hummer — or maybe Lincoln Town [...]

May

18

FBI infiltrated Iowa anti-war group before GOP convention

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[From DesMoinesRegister.com ]
BY WILLIAM PETROSKI

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An FBI informant and an undercover Minnesota sheriff’s deputy spied on political activists in Iowa City last year before the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.
Confidential FBI documents obtained by The Des Moines Register show an FBI informant was planted among a group described as [...]

May

17

The “Yes We” Can

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Green Party endorses national Day of Action for Single-Payer health care on May 30

May

15

Nate Silver needs to discover proportional representation

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[From Jonathan Lundell at Pragmatos ]
Self-described election junkie Nate Silver (FiveThirtyEight) has a piece in the NY TImes today bemoaning the failure of the US electoral system to produce competitive elections except as a rare exception.
Sadly, his solution is pretty lame:
The good news for fans of competitive elections is that some of these factors could [...]

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