Republicans who control the Wisconsin state Assembly plan to use their last day in session this year to vote on measures making it more difficult to recall public officials from office and requiring photo identification at the polls. [...] Proposed changes to the recall law would disallow recalls unless the officeholder has been charged with a felony or an ethics violation.
Proposed changes to the recall law would disallow recalls unless the officeholder has been charged with a felony or an ethics violation.
Recent polls suggest that Dick Cheney spawn “Liz” might be having a bit of a rough ride in her battle to seize fellow Republican Mike Enzi’s Senate seat for herself, like any self-respecting dictator’s daughter would do. Like a 53-point-gap rough ride. (Ooooh, that smarts.) So Liz has done a Smart Thing, and that is to make that video up there proving that she is really really really from Wyoming. Because what else could matter? Sure, there had been that little shitfuffle when she goosestepped over to the Fish & Game Department and told some TERRIBLE LIES about how long she’d been a resident, because of how she hadn’t been a resident. But is Liz Cheney carpetbagging? One look at that video, showing five generations of Cheneys, will prove that she is not.
So Liz has done a Smart Thing, and that is to make that video up there proving that she is really really really from Wyoming. Because what else could matter? Sure, there had been that little shitfuffle when she goosestepped over to the Fish & Game Department and told some TERRIBLE LIES about how long she’d been a resident, because of how she hadn’t been a resident. But is Liz Cheney carpetbagging? One look at that video, showing five generations of Cheneys, will prove that she is not.
Dan Rather is continuing his criticism of CBS News for leaving him out of its commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Rather's first big break came on the day of the assassination; he was a young reporter working for CBS in Dallas who was one of the first to break the news that Kennedy had been killed. That scoop began a legendary career, almost all of it with CBS. Since then, though, Rather and CBS have fallen out completely, with the veteran newsman suing the network over his messy ouster following the so-called "Rathergate" scandal in 2004. The breach is total enough that, though footage of Rather will be shown in CBS's special coverage of the anniversary, Rather has not been invited back to share his recollections. Instead, the man who spent most of his working life at CBS will be seen looking back on NBC's "Today."
Rather's first big break came on the day of the assassination; he was a young reporter working for CBS in Dallas who was one of the first to break the news that Kennedy had been killed. That scoop began a legendary career, almost all of it with CBS.
Since then, though, Rather and CBS have fallen out completely, with the veteran newsman suing the network over his messy ouster following the so-called "Rathergate" scandal in 2004. The breach is total enough that, though footage of Rather will be shown in CBS's special coverage of the anniversary, Rather has not been invited back to share his recollections. Instead, the man who spent most of his working life at CBS will be seen looking back on NBC's "Today."
Remember the guy who pushed a lawnmower around the National Mall during the 16-day government shutdown? The volunteer mower, Chris Cox, was back in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, but this time, he wasn’t cutting the grass. Instead, he was being honored for his efforts by two organizations, one of which presented him with an enormous chainsaw. Cox found fame after tourists spotted him doing maintenance work around the national monuments during October’s two-weeks-plus shutdown. He’d “stepped up” to keep them well-groomed for visiting veterans.
The volunteer mower, Chris Cox, was back in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, but this time, he wasn’t cutting the grass. Instead, he was being honored for his efforts by two organizations, one of which presented him with an enormous chainsaw.
Cox found fame after tourists spotted him doing maintenance work around the national monuments during October’s two-weeks-plus shutdown. He’d “stepped up” to keep them well-groomed for visiting veterans.
Russian officials bugged a private strategy meeting convened by Russian LGBT activists and four major international human rights organizations in October, an intensification of the campaign to clamp down on LGBT rights ahead of the Olympic games in Sochi. This surveillance was revealed on Nov. 12, when a state television channel broadcast audio from the meeting as part of a program presented as an exposé of the “threat to Russia” posed by the “homosexualists who attempt to infiltrate our country.”
This surveillance was revealed on Nov. 12, when a state television channel broadcast audio from the meeting as part of a program presented as an exposé of the “threat to Russia” posed by the “homosexualists who attempt to infiltrate our country.”
The idea came to Jorge Odón as he slept. Somehow, he said, his unconscious made the leap from a YouTube video he had just seen on extracting a lost cork from a wine bottle to the realization that the same parlor trick could save a baby stuck in the birth canal. Mr. Odón, 59, an Argentine car mechanic, built his first prototype in his kitchen, using a glass jar for a womb, his daughter’s doll for the trapped baby, and a fabric bag and sleeve sewn by his wife as his lifesaving device. Unlikely as it seems, the idea that took shape on his counter has won the enthusiastic endorsement of the World Health Organization and major donors, and an American medical technology company has just licensed it for production.
Mr. Odón, 59, an Argentine car mechanic, built his first prototype in his kitchen, using a glass jar for a womb, his daughter’s doll for the trapped baby, and a fabric bag and sleeve sewn by his wife as his lifesaving device.
Unlikely as it seems, the idea that took shape on his counter has won the enthusiastic endorsement of the World Health Organization and major donors, and an American medical technology company has just licensed it for production.