There’s an Associated Press story on this FISA business out there about how Congress has failed to re-up the FISA program. Bush is going to go ahead and go to Africa. The legislation passed on Tuesday in the Senate lapsed because the House didn’t even take it up. Recess started at noon today… I think. […]

The Democrats once again caved on the FISA bill, which contained a clause granting immunity to the telephone companies, telecommunications companies which provided data to the president for its warrantless wiretap searching program. The vote was an opportunity because of the Potomac primary, the vote was Tuesday in the Senate, and we have three senators […]

It’s a Q&A with Barack Obama December 20th in the Boston Globe, Charlie Savage wrote the story. < this section has been updated — due to factual error > – in a continuing effort to post only the truth and verifiable information. Thanks for the heads up -Gordo. 8. Under what circumstances, if any, is […]

From the Times of London… “Al-Qaeda Leaders Admit: ‘We are in Crisis. There is Panic and Fear’ — Al-Qaeda in Iraq faces an ‘extraordinary crisis.’ Last year’s mass defection of ordinary Sunnis from Al-Qaeda to the US military ‘created panic, fear and the unwillingness to fight’. The terrorist group’s security structure suffered ‘total collapse.’ These […]

Jail politicians who ignore climate science: Suzuki “David Suzuki has called for political leaders to be thrown in jail for ignoring the science behind climate change. At a Montreal conference last Thursday, the prominent scientist, broadcaster and Order of Canada recipient exhorted a packed house of 600 to hold politicians legally accountable for what he […]