I think the thing that pisses me off the most about the birtherism and the coverage is that no one will come out and state that what is obviously motivating this crap is racism. Period. End of story.
Michigan’s teachers are warning the public that the deep cuts to elementary and secondary education spending proposed by Gov. Snyder, combined with the newly signed Emergency Manager bill, pose a grave threat to the state’s education system. Gov. Rick Snyder has proposed a $900 million cut to the School Aid Fund for K-12 education.
Gov. Rick Snyder has proposed a $900 million cut to the School Aid Fund for K-12 education.
Latino advocates are blasting a billboard erected near a largely Latino district in Southbridge that demands voters show ID on Tuesday's special election primary for a Statehouse seat. The billboard, sponsored by Tea Party-connected groups Empower Massachusetts and Show ID to Vote, tells voters to "protect the integrity of the vote" and "show ID." The groups say they also will dispatch "poll observers" to monitor the 6th Worcester District House special primary Tuesday ... State law does not require voters to show ID to vote.
The billboard, sponsored by Tea Party-connected groups Empower Massachusetts and Show ID to Vote, tells voters to "protect the integrity of the vote" and "show ID." The groups say they also will dispatch "poll observers" to monitor the 6th Worcester District House special primary Tuesday ...
State law does not require voters to show ID to vote.
The Georgia Senate passed an Arizona-style immigration bill late Monday after removing one of the measure's toughest components. The legislation would give police authority to question suspects about their immigration status. But state senators stripped out a requirement for many private employers to check the immigration status of newly-hired employees on a federal database called E-Verify. The E-Verify requirement is the "guts" of the state House of Representatives bill, said Phil Kent, spokesman for the Virginia-based nonprofit Americans for Immigration Control. Kent predicted that the Georgia House will restore that requirement, and a final bill will clear the legislature later this week.
The legislation would give police authority to question suspects about their immigration status.
But state senators stripped out a requirement for many private employers to check the immigration status of newly-hired employees on a federal database called E-Verify.
The E-Verify requirement is the "guts" of the state House of Representatives bill, said Phil Kent, spokesman for the Virginia-based nonprofit Americans for Immigration Control.
Kent predicted that the Georgia House will restore that requirement, and a final bill will clear the legislature later this week.
Add birth control to the growing list of taboos in the Florida House of Representatives. House leaders threw out a proposal yesterday that would make April 12 "Birth Control Matters Day," because House Rules Committee chair Gary Aubuchon, R-Cape Coral, thought the resolution was "controversial." This newest installment of women’s-topics-that-make-Florida-legislators-uncomfortable comes on the heels of a dust-up over the word "uterus" last week.
This newest installment of women’s-topics-that-make-Florida-legislators-uncomfortable comes on the heels of a dust-up over the word "uterus" last week.
Sen. Sherrod Brown raised $1.3 million for his re-election bid in the first quarter of this year. Those funds mean the Ohio Democrat has $2.5 million on hand as he embarks on his campaign for a second term, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Those funds mean the Ohio Democrat has $2.5 million on hand as he embarks on his campaign for a second term, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Glenn Beck doesn’t see Sarah Palin running for president and said she has done some damage to her political brand. [...] "There are some things about Sarah Palin," he said, going on to suggest Palin made a mistake by selling her personal story in her first book after leaving the governor’s office, rather than demonstrating some policy credentials. "She should have come out with that first book, and it should have been deep policy," he said. "It should have shown that, yes, she knows where Russia is."
"There are some things about Sarah Palin," he said, going on to suggest Palin made a mistake by selling her personal story in her first book after leaving the governor’s office, rather than demonstrating some policy credentials.
"She should have come out with that first book, and it should have been deep policy," he said. "It should have shown that, yes, she knows where Russia is."
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), the national Tea Party star who is considering a run for president, appeared Monday night on Sean Hannity's TV show to clarify something: If elected, she is not ruling out a second term. Earlier in the day, the Des Moines Register reported Bachmann as saying: "I'm a principled reformer, and my goal is to see the country turn around. I'm also committed to being a one-term president if that's what it takes in order to turn things around, because this is not about a personal ambition." This was widely interpreted as a one-term pledge.
Earlier in the day, the Des Moines Register reported Bachmann as saying: "I'm a principled reformer, and my goal is to see the country turn around. I'm also committed to being a one-term president if that's what it takes in order to turn things around, because this is not about a personal ambition." This was widely interpreted as a one-term pledge.
Columbia Business School associate professor Jonathan Levav recently combed through more than 1,100 parole hearings for inmates from four Israeli prisons. Eight judges presided over the hearings in a 10-month time period. [...] Levav discovered that at the beginning of the day, judges paroled prisoners about 65 percent of the time, a number that then gradually dropped to almost zero until a break. After the food break, the judges immediately began paroling prisoners about 65 percent of the time again.
Levav discovered that at the beginning of the day, judges paroled prisoners about 65 percent of the time, a number that then gradually dropped to almost zero until a break. After the food break, the judges immediately began paroling prisoners about 65 percent of the time again.
In life, Pall Arason sought attention. In death, he is getting it: The 95-year-old Icelander's pickled penis will be the main attraction in one of his country's most bizarre museums. Sigurdur Hjartarson, who runs the Phallological Museum in the tiny Icelandic fishing town of Husavik, said Arason's organ will help round out the unusual institution's extensive collection of phalluses from whales, seals, bears and other mammals. Several people had pledged their penises over the years - including an American, a Briton, and a German - but Arason's was the first to be successfully donated, Hjartarson said.
Sigurdur Hjartarson, who runs the Phallological Museum in the tiny Icelandic fishing town of Husavik, said Arason's organ will help round out the unusual institution's extensive collection of phalluses from whales, seals, bears and other mammals.
Several people had pledged their penises over the years - including an American, a Briton, and a German - but Arason's was the first to be successfully donated, Hjartarson said.