current events

Including evading the judicial process.

President Bush has used his executive privilege to refuse lawmakers' demands for White House documents relating to the Congressional investigation of recent firings of federal prosecutors. Granted, it's not illegal for him to use this executive privilege, but it's still a veritable slap in the face to Congress' attempts to seek the truth about those suspicious firings. The subpoenas ask for documents and for former political director Sara Taylor and former presidential counsel Harriet Miers to testify in front of Congress-- neither of which the White House is willing to authorize.  Read More »

Conan said it right when he called the Bay Area a unique place. 

And the title's right: in San Francisco, plastic bags are illegal, but medical marijuana isn't. Now, it appears Oakland is much the same. 

This is just one of several environmental/political/social issues bouncing between cities in the Bay Area.  Read More »

I don't get what is going on with the Florida Department of Children and Family's because it seems like they aren't doing the quality job you would hope they were doing. Candace Clark, a woman whose children were in foster care, kidnapped her child (Courtney Clark) from the foster home and had her for four months before the police were notified.  Read More »

I don't know if anyone had heard about this story a while back but I am going to copy the new update from YAHOO to get you up to speed.

“DRY CLEANERS WINS MISSING PANTS CASE By LUBNA TAKRURI, Associated Press Writer 41 minutes ago  Read More »

President Bush vetoed an embryonic stem cell research bill today, marking the second time he has vetoed legislation on stem cell research-- out of three times he has used the veto pen. 

I'm glad to hear that Democrats are not entirely discouraged-- they'll just wait for a pro- stem cell r  Read More »

The Vatican has issued a new set of commandments-- this time, for drivers. 

The Associated Press announced Tuesday morning that the Vatican recognized driving as a prevalent form of transportation that served many itinerant and migrant people.  Read More »

Browsing the Associated Press, I discovered that the military is hiring more mental health professionals to assist with what is perceived as a growing persistence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, among other mental ailments.

All I have to say is, duh, and where the hell has this addit  Read More »

I wrote about this earlier, either on Old Lady Syndrome or here, but here's the follow-up: the City of Berkeley has approved Mayor Bates' proposal to raise parking meter rates to pay for additional enforcement of new rules governing public behavior on the streets of Berkeley. 

The new rul  Read More »