Friday still a popular day to 'dump' White House 'trash'

Friday is still a popular day to 'dump' White House 'trash' as evidenced by the Obama Administration's continuance of an age-old tradition referred to as: White House 'trash day'. Typically carried out on Friday...

Medvedev calls for economy reform

Russia has woken up, it needs a new modern manufacturing base as all those countries of whom where importing more than they were exporting.  " Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called for profound reform...

How much they own? SC Judges disclose wealth

In an unprecedented move the Supreme Court (SC) of India on Monday uploaded on its website, details about the the assets and liabilities of 21 SC judges, including the Chief Justice of India Justice KG...

Don't Make Eco-Perfect Enemy of Eco-Good

Elegant Roots Blog Twitter led me to an interesting blog likening environmentalism to religion: “Green Angst: why being green is like being religious”: The Clean Hippie “This blog is supposed to be about being green and being normal at the same time. But a true...

Update: Boston Globe Now Posts Redacted Revised Docket On Gates

Update Saturday July 25, 2009 12:58 AM EST"The Boston Globe has now posted what it calls a redacted revised docket although it is described as a "police report" at the left side link on its site. And redacted it...

Helen Thomas, Chip Reid Question White House Control of Media

Helen Thomas, long-time fixture of the White House press corps, took issue with Robert Gibbs' today, double-teaming with CBS' Chip Reid on the issue of the pre-packaging of questions for President Obama's town...

Tamil 'Stop Genocide' candidate secures record results

Jan Jananayagam gets record results despite entering the contest in the last minute, however she was not able to win the london seat. "A Tamil rights campaigner won more than 50,000 votes in the European elections...

HR 45 Blair Holt Firearm Licensing & Record of Sales Act of 2009

A Bill Before Congress would prohibit ownership of handguns by those who have not obtained firearm licenses. See it on Snopes . BLAIR HOLT BILL AKA GUN CONTROL! Snopes won't allow HIGHLIGHTing but it is a good...

Score Card for MPs in India

See NDTV coverage of Tamil Nadu Election Watch interview of candidate for the Lok Sabha Elections 2009 Saturday, Apr 18, 2009 , IndiaScore Card for MPs   In Chennai, people have launched an audit system to periodically assess the performance of...

First Lady Dedicated to Washington, D.C.

Essence Magazine celebrates First Lady Michelle Obama's dedication to Washington, D.C. by taking a look at her most memorable and inspiring moments. "Growing up on the Southside of Chicago has clearly given First...

Force Congress To Observe the Law on National Emergencies!!!

Author, researcher and Berkeley Professor Emeritus and former U.S. Representative Dan Hamburg (D-CA) are appealing to the readers of this post to contact your representatives in Congress to demand that they meet,...

Public needs access to electronic records says Ont. appeal court

The Ontario Court of Appeal, in a 3-0 decision issued January 13, has ruled that municipal governments must make available electronic records that the public is entitled to see under freedom of information even if it means developing new software to do so. The case was...

'Humboldt Transparency Project' Busts Diebold-Premier Vote-Rigging Machines

An open-source opscan vote-counting machine created by concerned citizen Mitch Trachtenburg has exposed that Diebold-Premier machines didn't count 200 votes in Humboldt County, CA, as reported in the Times-Standard. The Diebold-Premier machines neglected to count the 200...

Change.NOT: Left Gatekeeper Blocks Support for 9/11 Commission Records Release

By Erik Larson According to their “About” page, Change.org aims to be “the central platform informing and empowering movements for social change around the most important issues of our time”, but they are censoring support for investigating the causes of 9/11, “the...

Obama Wiki White House?

Dan Froomkin proposes ideas for how the Obama White House can live up to Obama's pledge to be transparent and responsive to the American people; make whitehouse.gov include staffer blogging about policy issues and what they're working on, enable RSS feeds, twitter and email...

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