Interesting tidbit...
According to Steven Hill of the Center for Voting and Democracy, the combined populations of Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, North and South Dakota, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arizona, and Alaska equal that of New York and Massachusetts, but the former states have a total of nine more votes in the Electoral College (as well as over five times the votes in the Senate). In America, conservatives literally count for more.
From Tyranny of the Christian Right on Alternet
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Give us your tired, your hungry, your seagulls
Just another random photo from my collection. Taken from the Ferry on the way to see the Statue of Liberty.
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Verizon: NSA Didn't Ask Us for Records (AP)
So let me get this straight. When the story breaks last week, you don't immediately deny giving out the phone records. Nothing but silence. But when all the questions and lawsuits start flying, you suddenly remember that the nice men in black never came to the door asking for the phone records. If they never asked, and you never provided what they said you did, wouldn't you deny it immediately, and not wait a week? Hmmmm...
Verizon: NSA Didn't Ask Us for Records (AP)
AP - Verizon Communications Inc. on Tuesday joined fellow phone company BellSouth Corp. in denying key points of a USA Today story that said the companies had provided records of millions of phone calls to the government.
[via Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
'Survivor' Winner Sentenced to 51 Months (AP)
Poor Richard. I think this is payback for subjecting us all to his... you know. Susan Hawk must be smiling right now.
'Survivor' Winner Sentenced to 51 Months (AP)
'Survivor' Winner Sentenced to 51 Months (AP)
AP - Richard Hatch, who won $1 million in the debut season of "Survivor," was sentenced Tuesday to 51 months in prison for failing to pay income taxes on his reality TV prize and other earnings.
[via Yahoo! News: Top Stories]
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