Uh oh, another one of Fidel’s suit-case bombers gets citizenship:
A 105-year-old Cuban-born man who had at least one pending wish finally had it fulfilled — he became a U.S. citizen.
Jose Temprana celebrated by sipping champagne with friends at the Hispanic Community Center in Miami on Friday.
“I feel different,” said Temprana, who served 30 years in […]
AP:
The car bomb scare in London and the attack Saturday at the Glasgow airport underscore the need for a strong immigration policy in the United States, Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani said Saturday.
Run that by me again. What does the apparent failed terror attacks in the UK have to do with illegal immigrants in the […]
The Associated Press occasionally lets its veteran reporters opine on various issues in “analysis” pieces. Most of the time it’s by their Capitol Hill people, writing on the topic of some political stuff, like how much capital Bush has left, or other domestic stuff, Here’s the latest one of these opinion pieces, this time about […]
Finally-former British PM Tony Blair’s wife Cherie will reveal details about the moment that Tony proposed to her in an upcoming BBC documentary:
“I’d cleaned the toilet and he suddenly announced when I was on my knees that maybe we should get married,” the human rights lawyer told the programme “The Real Cherie Blair,” which is […]
The NYT today carries an op-ed by former deputy assistant to president Nixon Egil Krogh (pictured above, right with Nixon and Elvis), who recounted some of the illegal activities he carried out on behalf of that Administration, for which he eventually served prison time. Krogh, who retold the story of a secret meeting where he […]
Mike Connery over at MyDD has an interesting post up about the general (and worrying) disconnect between young progressives (centered around social networking sites) and the blogosphere at large (which is generally centered around an older audience and an older set of bloggers). In some respects, this goes to the core question of how to […]
Bush said of the “surge” today in his weekly radio address:
“We’re still at the beginning of this offensive, but we’re seeing some hopeful signs.”
Uh, is it just me, or have we been in “the beginning” of the “surge” for six months now? Bush announced his “surge” plan on January 10th, and the Administration says […]
Another natinonal poll shows Bush at 27%:
… The poll has bad news for President Bush, too. His job approval rating slipped to 27 percent, his lowest number ever in a CBS News poll — 3 points less than last month and 1 point below his previous low of 28 percent in January. His disapproval rating […]
Today’s quote of the day goes to Republican White House hopeful Fred Thompson, who recently said, in reference to Cuban immigrants:
“I don’t imagine they’re coming here to bring greetings from Castro. We’re living in the era of the suitcase bomb.”
What alternate reality do these people live in, that they seriously believe that Cuban immigrants, as […]
Separate and unequal: legally married “unionized” gay couples in New Jersey are discovering that civil unions laws can be overridden by federal statutes that allow their employers to discriminate against them:
Smaller companies that buy private health insurance plans for their employees are compelled to offer them to same-sex couples under the state’s civil union laws. […]
I know I haven’t written about the terror busts in London yet, and as some readers may have noticed, I will often times ignore stories that are really big simply because they already dominate the news. Anyways, I thought I’d say a few things about it.
Naturally the story is getting a lot of play on […]
McCain is getting read for another Baghdad-Market escapade, this time wrapped in the flag:
“I’m going to Iraq on Monday. And I’m going to be proud. I would rather spend the 4th of July with the men and women in Iraq than anywhere else in the world.â€
“The project started in 2003 with a $2 million contract to help the new Department of Homeland Security quickly get an intelligence operation up and running.” So began the lede of a Washington Post story Thursday. That 2 million dollar no-bid contract? It eventually ballooned to $124M. The Washington Post reports on the absurd waste […]
Congressman Bill Delahunt (D-MA, Chair of the House Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight) recently >alleged during a hearing that the Alabama coal corporation Drummond is tied to right-wing militias in Columbia, which are supressing and killing union activists. AP:
Drummond has denied having made any payments. The Colombian arm of the Alabama coal […]
US Weekly editor Janice Min writes on Paris and George:
A prominent and rich family. A drunk-driving arrest. Serious doubts about intelligence. A misspent youth. Sudden inspiration through the Bible. It’s interesting how two of the most unpopular and divisive figures in America today–George W. Bush and Paris Hilton–have so much in common. And on Wednesday, […]
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