22Aug Officer “Insensitive” as Dog Dies During Traffic Stop
Image by Darcie via Flickr
KTLA News
August 19, 2008, 7:43 AM PDT
AUSTIN, Texas — A San Marcos police officer has been reprimanded for his actions during a traffic stop where a dog died.
Officer Paul Stephens recently pulled over a speeding SUV, which was apparently going up to 100 miles per hour. Dash [...]
21Aug Lower the Drinking Age to 18
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On the face of it, the notion seems counterintuitive, but to the presidents of some of the nation’s most prestigious colleges, it makes a lot of sense: Lowering the legal drinking age might get students to drink less.
But any chance for the academic leaders to begin a public discussion [...]
14Jul scientology is a cult
First of all we need to agree on the terms used. Scientology is the belief or the doctrine of the Scientology “technology” or “religion”, while Church of Scientology is the organisation.
People should be free to believe whatever they want, including Scientology. What I have against the Church of Scientology (CoS) is its deceitfulness, its [...]
14Jul Remote Area Medical, Featured on 60 Minutes, Reveals the Growing Health Care Crisis in America
Remote Area Medical (often abbreviated as RAM) operated for awhile with the persistent support of founder Stan Brock until the television show, 60 Minutes, aired a broadcast about the organization back in March of 2008. Recently, there was an update and the news wasn’t great. Why? Because Remote Area Medical, an organization which serves those [...]
14Jul US terrorist watchlist now has more than 1,000,000 names
The national Terrorist Watch List has now crossed one million names — that’s a million suspected terrorists (including nuns, members of Congress, and people named “Robert Johnson”) who will spend their days being harassed, denied the fundamental right to travel, and punished for having a name vaguely like the name used by someone who may [...]
10Jul Lee Iacocca - Where Have All The Leaders Gone?
Lee Iacocca, the man who rescued Chrysler Corporation is now 82 years old. Here are some excerpts from his new book:
‘Am I the only guy in this country who’s fed up with what’s happening? Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder.
We’ve got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship [...]
08Jul What if we threw out all the illegal immigrants?
By Shirley Skeel From MSN.com
This is one in an occasional series on financial what-ifs.
At least 12 million illegal immigrants live in the U.S. Most pick crops, wash dishes, build houses, cut lawns and do other jobs for between $6 and $15 an hour. They make up about 5% of the total U.S. work force. But [...]
07Jul Google Evil Geniuses
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