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The Homeland Security Department is seeking authority from Congress to mine databases containing Social Security numbers in order to identify illegal immigrants and the employers who knowingly hire them, according to senior department officials.
You have to read this entire article before you finally get a handle on what's being proposed here. Read More
Mr. Bin Laden did not identify his current location. Podcast not available yet but the transcript is below.
Exclusive! From my blog Flogging the Simian (FTS). Read More
Quite simply put, the Pentagon is preparing to mobilize as many retired veterans as possible, including those who are disabled and over age 60. This is the absolutely closest thing to a draft you can get without it becoming a press-gang operation, Viet Nam style. Read More
As such, I thought it would be a good idea to take an in-depth look at the history of Nepal and understand how the country got to where it is today. Read More
In the event of a bird flu outbreak, U.S. money could be produced overseas and Americans checked in drive-through medical exams for signs of infection, according to government plans being finalized.
Does anyone care? I do. And I hope you do too. Read More
Yesterday Bill O'Reilly had a guest named Jon Meacham, deploring the "War on Easter", saying amongst other things:
"What do you think Benjamin Franklin and George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and James Madison would have thought about the ACLU, all right, Pledge of Allegiance, no God, Christmas icons out of the public arena? What do you think those guys would have thought about that?"
However what I want to write about is not my story, but the story of the many documented and undocumented people I've known in the United States. Read More
In particular, Section 8. And if you look at Clause 11, it states that Congress "shall have the power"
To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;
It was this blog which got me to wondering what exactly a Letter of Marque and Reprisal was. Read More
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