[From GreenerComputing] By Andrew Binstock The golf expression “It’s the rub of the green” means the equivalent of “them’s the breaks.” It refers to the fact that you’re going to have your share of good luck and bad luck when your ball is on the green. Every so often you’ll hit a divot or other [...]
Archive For May, 2008
May 31: Walt Whitman’s Birthday
May 31: Walt Whitman’s Birthday
Levy announces next step in anti-immigrant campaign
[From Long Island Wins] Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy announced the next step in his campaign against Long Island’s immigrant community. He wants to introduce legislation requiring all licensed contractors to participate in the Federal e-verify system. This would mandate that before a worker can be hired, an employer must first file an electronic submission [...]
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[CA] State ban on gay marriage overturned
[From SignOnSanDiego.com] State ban on gay marriage overturned By Greg Moran UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER May 15, 2008 The state Supreme Court struck down California’s law banning same sex couples from getting married, in a historic decision Thursday that declared the law unconstitutional discrimination. The decision will surely touch off an impassioned political fight. The 4-3 [...]
Libertarian Bob Barr Challenging McCain’s Presidential Bid
[From Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines] This isn’t the first time someone has accused Sen. John McCain of not being conservative enough, but now former Republican congressman-turned-Libertarian Bob Barr is upping the ante on his critique of McCain’s conservatism by running against him in this year’s presidential election. The Los Angeles Times: “The government has [...]
Sean Bell Shooting Verdict – Dr. Boyce Watkins Speaks
[From Your Black World] The Sean Bell Acquittal is the Tip of the Racially-Divided Iceberg by Dr. Boyce Watkins www.BoyceWatkins.com Like the rest of the world, the Sean Bell verdict shocked me out of my socks. I was taken aback that the officers in the case were acquitted of all criminal charges. The case hurt [...]
THE NATIONAL BLACK POLICE ASSOCIATION: THE SEAN BELL VERDICT EMBOLDENS LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN JUDGES
[Via Black Prof] The Statement below is by Christopher C. Cooper, JD on behalf of The National Black Police Association, Chicago, IL, cooper@sxu.edu The acquittals of the three New York City Policeman who killed unarmed Sean Bell further damages the psyche and perception of the justice system by people of color. There was blatant disregard by [...]
Department of Bad Ideas: The Rice Cartel
[From Globalisation Institute] Written by Tim Worstall A recent entrant for our department of bad ideas collection, the creation of a rice cartel: Protests erupted yesterday from rice-importing nations as Samak Sundaravej, Thailand’s Prime Minister, proposed a cartel of South-East Asian rice exporters that would seek to gain more control over the price of [...]
Don’t I Deserve Quality Care?
Don’t I Deserve Quality Care? Originally uploaded by Grant Neufeld By Grant Neufeld