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Saturday 17 November 2007

Archive for the 'government' Category

Police to search for guns in homes

Saturday 17 November 2007 @ 7:46 pm

Boston police are launching a program that will call upon parents in high-crime neighborhoods to allow detectives into their homes, without a warrant, to search for guns in their children’s bedrooms.

Comments (0) | Posted in government

Mail companies refuse to distribute Muhammad caricature

Friday 16 November 2007 @ 9:16 pm

Sweden’s largest direct marketing company has joined the national postal service in refusing to distribute a political newspaper containing a caricature of the Muslim prophet Muhammad.

Comments (0) | Posted in bias, government

15 counts of theft filed against former DSHS employee

Friday 16 November 2007 @ 1:33 pm

OLYMPIA — A 28-year-old woman told authorities she stole more than $24,000 in child-support payments while working for a state agency in Olympia because she needed to feed her gambling addiction at local casinos, court records state.

Comments (0) | Posted in crime + punishment, government

Female U.S. corporate directors out-earn men: study

Thursday 8 November 2007 @ 3:23 pm

NEW YORK (Reuters) - They may be a small minority in corporate boardrooms, but women directors typically earn more than men, a new U.S. study has found.

Comments (0) | Posted in Feminista, economics, government, men + women, society

Court rejects ‘Roe v. Wade for Men’

Wednesday 7 November 2007 @ 11:30 am

LANSING, Michigan (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit nicknamed “Roe v. Wade for Men” filed by a men’s rights group on behalf of a man who said he shouldn’t have to pay child support for his ex-girlfriend’s daughter.

Comments (0) | Posted in Activism, counterPULSE, government

Illiberal Statism

Wednesday 7 November 2007 @ 11:15 am

For years, conservatives have been claiming that conservatism is dying in America. That isn’t true. Actually, liberalism is dying in America. But, unfortunately, it is being replaced by another ideology far more dangerous than liberalism. After you consider the following issues, I hope you will join me in an act of self-censorship that will culminate in a lifetime commitment to refrain from calling Democrats “liberals.” Instead, I would urge the use of the more appropriate term “statist.”

Comments (0) | Posted in government, interesting, sex and metropolis

Socialist oil death spiral

Tuesday 6 November 2007 @ 2:25 pm

The high price of oil is a direct consequence of artificial supply constraints imposed by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and other countries, including the United States, and the incompetence and mismanagement found in most state-owned oil companies. OPEC is an international government cartel made up of Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Libya, Angola, Algeria, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Venezuela. These nations control about 77 percent of the world’s known liquid crude oil reserves.

Comments (0) | Posted in economics, government

Ex-girlfriend files restraining order against female mayor

Tuesday 6 November 2007 @ 2:22 pm

Rocky Mountain News: On the same day her ex-girlfriend took out a temporary restraining order against her, Edgewater’s Mayor Ronalda Goodner attempted to stop the woman as she drove a school bus.

Comments (0) | Posted in domestic violence, government, psychology, sex and metropolis

Judge Suspended Over “Inappropriate Behavior”

Friday 2 November 2007 @ 10:55 pm

A local juvenile and domestic relations court judge has been suspended following an incident that happened last month in Wise County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.

Comments (0) | Posted in crime + punishment, government

Zogby Poll: Majority Say Two-Party System “Not Working Well”

Tuesday 30 October 2007 @ 2:33 pm

The newsletter survey also shows that, by a wide majority, most Americans are displeased with the current two–party political system. Two out of three adults – 67% – said they were dissatisfied with the Democrat–versus–Republican dominated system, while just 31% said they were happy with it.

Comments (0) | Posted in government, interesting, society