Daily Archives: May 13th, 2006 «

 

Special interest junkets: Massachusetts lawmakers exposed

Posted by: ST on May 13, 2006 at 11:52 am » 10 Comments

A reader sent this link to a Boston Herald piece that talked about the free rides some Massachuetts lawmakers have rec’d courtesy of special interest groups: Congress’ crackdown on lobbyist gifts and junkets hasn’t clipped the wings of several members of the Bay State delegation and their staffs, who flew free of charge this year [...]

 

Ruling expected today in California exit exam case

Posted by: ST on May 13, 2006 at 11:33 am » 16 Comments

(Scroll down for the Saturday update – original time and date of this post was May 12 at 11:57 a.m. ET) I blogged about this case earlier this week – the ruling on it is expected today. A preliminary ruling was issued Monday that signaled bad news for the state: SAN FRANCISCO, May 9 — [...]

 

NSA ‘scandal’ leak fallout continues – AT&T and Verizon being sued

Posted by: ST on May 13, 2006 at 11:30 am » 8 Comments

There have been many fallouts from the NYTimes original ‘revelations’ regarding the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping program, fallouts that I’ll remind everyone of at the end of this post. Today, we learn that as a result of the USAToday’s rehashing of an old NYT story about NSA datamining, that Verizon is being sued. Via AP: TRENTON, [...]

 

Media love affair with Bill Clinton continues

Posted by: ST on May 13, 2006 at 10:28 am » 16 Comments

If you’re a Republican, from time to time you’ll hear or read a Democrat say – in response to you’re bringing up a Clinton misdeed – something like this: “Why are you so obsessed with Clinton? He’s not President anymore!” While it’s understandable that Democrats who chastize you for bringing up the name of he-who-walks-on-water [...]

 

Was it prescription drugs or was he drinking?

Posted by: ST on May 13, 2006 at 9:56 am » 6 Comments

The Boston Herald reports today that witnesses told the Capitol police that Rep. Patrick Kennedy, who recently checked into a rehab center after blaming an early morning Capitol Hill accident on his use of prescription drugs, was seen drinking that night at a bar called the Hawk and Dove: Capitol police in Washington, D.C., investigating [...]