Sgrena Satellite Footage: Hokum?

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Tuesday May 03, 2005 · 8:32 AM PDT

2005/05/03 · 08:32

This story has been floating around the right wing blogs today and it seems really specious to me.

It says that the US has satellite footage that allows people to estimate that the car was going ~60mph.

There's no way this could be accurate in any sort of way. Maybe they were going 60mph for a mile and slowed to 20mph after that. A satellite would only be able to estimate over a large distance.

Can we get them to release this footage, and it will probably show that they were on the back road, not the airport road?

Lynndie England not Allowed to Admit Direct Order

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Tuesday May 03, 2005 · 6:51 AM PDT

2005/05/03 · 06:51

This is a front page story but this part of it is not getting enough airplay.

She originally admits that she was told to pose for the pictures through a direct order, then 5 minutes later she recants everything. She's being forced into patsydom.

At this, lawyers on both sides requested an hour's recess. When they returned, England had changed her tone and her explanation, saying she knew at the time that use of the leash "was not only morally wrong but legally wrong." She continued, "I had a choice, but I chose what my friends wanted me to do."

I guess at this point we all know that the Bush government supports torture so there's no real point in fighting over details, but if anybody wanted anymore proof, here it is.

Ownership Society vs. the Religious Right

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Friday April 15, 2005 · 10:53 AM PDT

2005/04/15 · 10:53

I apologize if something like this has been posted before, but how do these two get along at all?

How does free-market capitalism side with moral objectivism? How do the same people that decry the media for things like SpongeBob and South Park side with the same people that want fewer limits on government oversight of media and monopolies?

Bankruptcy reform, social security reform, health care, welfare reform - where is the religious right when it comes to supporting policies that actually help people directly?

Free market capitalists should hate any law that infringes on media control or one that forces a medical organization to provide health care against their will (i.e. Schiavo).

These two groups make up the majority of the right wing today walking hand-in-hand, but they should be at odds with each other. How is this possible?

I just don't understand.

Loan Shark Prevention Act

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Tuesday April 05, 2005 · 10:01 AM PDT

2005/04/05 · 10:01

I previously diaried about this during the bankruptcy cloture vote, but it seems Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is actually doing something about it.

It specifically targets the credit card schemes with limits on late fees and interest rate bait-and-switch. About time!

If the Republicans wanted to help people get out from bankruptcy, they should be voting for this rather than repealing bankruptcy for most folks.

Right-Wing Terror Movements Omitted from DHS Terrorist List

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Monday March 28, 2005 · 10:09 PM PST

2005/03/28 · 22:09

via Metafilter & Page 15:

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not list right-wing domestic terrorists and terrorist groups on a document that appears to be an internal list of threats to the nation's security.

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Monday March 28, 2005 · 7:12 PM PST

2005/03/28 · 19:12

Haven't seen this before so hopefully it's not a repost...

Why can't I invest my Social Security taxes into an IRA plan?

Question

I think I could do better if you let me invest the Social Security I pay into an Individual Retirement Plan (IRA) or some other investment plan. What do you think?

Answer

Maybe you could, but then again, maybe your investments wouldn't work out. Remember these facts:

-Your Social Security taxes pay for potential disability and survivors benefits as well as for retirement benefits;
-Social Security incorporates social goals - such as giving more protection to families and to low income workers - that are not part of private pension plans; and
-Social Security benefits are adjusted yearly for increases in the cost-of-living - a feature not present in many private plans.

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Ridge Appointed to Home Depot Board

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Wednesday March 16, 2005 · 10:43 AM PST

2005/03/16 · 10:43

Really, does it get more obvious than this?

They are abusing terror threats and then making money off of them. Still waiting for them to endorse an anti-terror Taco Bell burrito. Combine this with Ridge's abuse of Homeland security vacations, the politicizing of terror warnings, using homeland security information against the Texas Democrats, and their surpise at finding out about terror warnings from the Justice Department, can we say that it has been the most useless branch of the federal government?

Can we even say that the war on terror has had any obvious successes?

Mapping USA Next Funding

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Thursday March 10, 2005 · 5:13 PM PST

2005/03/10 · 17:13

Nice little chart like the one the NY Times had for the Swift Boat jerks, but for USA Next and Chris LaCivita Read More

Usury Laws Before Bankruptcy Reformation

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Wednesday March 09, 2005 · 10:37 AM PST

2005/03/09 · 10:37

For more reason as to why the "people need to be more responsible" argument doesn't work is to look at the current regulation of the credit card industry.

Usury laws practically don't exist. particularly for credit card users

Have a look at this table of interest rate limits. Notice that they're all well below the common 15-20% credit card rates. That's because credit cards aren't covered by usury laws.

Also see this frontline special about how the agreements with credit card companies essentially free them from any legislation, especially once you miss a payment.

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