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Audit the fed debate in process.

By kgb999 on Thu, 05/06/2010 - 7:13pm |
In a bit of a surprise (to me), the Audit the Fed Amendment debate has been called to the floor.CSPAN-Coverage here.Sanders just introduced the bill with some amendments, and Dodd rose as a cosponsor to endorse it. Now Grassley is...

At least 56,000 images captured from school-issued laptops.

By kgb999 on Tue, 04/20/2010 - 8:45am |
Gee, never been so glad you tend to sleep with your clothes on ... eh kid? Image of Blake Robinson in slumber captured by Pennsylvania's Lower Marion School District using his school-issued laptop. When a lawsuit was filed on...

Would Lincoln's proposal have stopped the bailouts?

By kgb999 on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 9:53am |
I have to admit, I'm none too fond of Blanche Lincoln. But it seems as things progress she is poised at the brink of becoming somewhat of a tragic figure - though not a particularly sympathetic one.  In addition to...

Remembering candidate Obama.

By kgb999 on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 7:21pm |
The administration's decision to implement an offshore drilling plan depressingly similar to one Democrats thwarted Bush from enacting for about a decade got me to thinking. What would candidate Obama think of all this?Well, let's check in with the candidate...

Harriton High School webcam spying: federal investigation launched.

By kgb999 on Mon, 02/22/2010 - 10:10pm |
Apparently a school district in PA decided to use the laptops they had issued to the students as a spy device to take images of whatever was going on in front of the web-cam. The news broke last week when...

Gee. Thanks for the laptop!

By kgb999 on Fri, 02/19/2010 - 10:00am |
Ok, this is one of the most unsettling tech stories I've seen in a while .... from philly.com (h/t Geekology). A Lower Merion family has set off a furor among students, parents, and civil liberties groups by alleging that Harriton...

Keeping the good ones.

By kgb999 on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 6:30pm |
There has been much talk, to the point of obsession, about getting rid of democrats who simply don't represent progressive goals. Some prefer primaries. Others prefer third parties. Still others prefer supporting a primary challenger and then voting third party...

Actuarial Value.

By kgb999 on Thu, 12/31/2009 - 7:10am |
The whole heath care reform thing got me wanting a little more information on what "Actuarial Value" really means.  Generally, it's the percentage of medical expenses that the one can expect their policy to cover. But honestly, WTF does that...

Bill Moyers on Banking (updated)

By kgb999 on Fri, 10/09/2009 - 7:14pm |
This is pretty much a duplicate of a post by Arianna Huffington highlighting tonight's topic on Bill Moyers' show - big banks and how they are screwing us all. The whole issue makes me both mad and heartsick. Here's Arianna's...

Attack on Zelaya: toxic gas or hot air?

By kgb999 on Sat, 09/26/2009 - 1:00pm |
Another day another murder attempt on Honduras' Manuel Zelaya. The embassy in which he is sheltered was attacked with potentially deadly gas ... or was it? Catholic priest Andrés Tamayo who is with Zelaya and his supporters in the Brazilian...

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