“Five years to the day after a military junta released her from political house arrest, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi achieved a long-awaited victory: Her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), triumphed on Friday in the Southeast Asian country’s first credible par[...]
Archive for November 13th, 2015
November 13th, 2015 - 10:50 pm § in Misc.
Abortion returns to Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court announced today it will hear a case involving a restrictive Texas abortion law, which women’s advocates fear may portend reversal of Roe v. Wade. This is the law that Wendy Davis, then a Democratic state senator, and later a defeated candidate for Texas governor, famous[...]
November 13th, 2015 - 8:49 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
GOP legislator tries to shut down student’s Ph.D. dissertation
Missouri state senator Kurt Schaefer, a Republican, wants the University of Missouri to stop Lindsay Ruhr, a graduate student in social work, from studying the impact of Missouri’s waiting period law on women’s decision about whether to have an abortion. Missouri law makes it illegal for[...]
November 13th, 2015 - 7:52 pm § in Misc.
BUCHENWALD 83
I do not know where this was taken. Anyone? [...]
November 13th, 2015 - 7:50 pm § in Misc.
Jimmy and Rosalynn
Jimmy Carter steals a quick kiss from his wife Rosalynn The 91-year-old was spotted stealing a quick kiss from the former First Lady Rosalynn during a Habitat for Humanity project before leaving a press conference hand-in-hand with her. DAILYMAIL.CO.UK[...]
November 13th, 2015 - 5:23 pm § in Misc.
TERRORISTS ATTACK PARIS; 132 KILLED, 352 INJURED
On a day reminiscent of America’s 9/11/2001, terrorists staged coordinated attacks against several Paris nightspots and crowd venues Friday evening, leaving 132 people dead, including at least 1 American, and 352 injured, many seriously. Gunmen fired AK-47s into crowds of cafe patrons, and sl[...]
November 13th, 2015 - 3:48 pm § in Uncategorized
More about Rubio’s finances …
“Senator Marco Rubio, who wants to be our president, cashed in his retirement savings at the end of a 15 year period in which he earned at least $4,585,000.” YEAR INCOME TAXES 2000 82,710 11,769 2001 89,879 13,883 2002 124,721 21,661 2003 122,718 17,414 2004 301,864�[...]
November 13th, 2015 - 3:12 pm § in Uncategorized
Where $443,509 is poor
In the U.S. Senate, that’s where: Marco Rubio (R-Fla) ranks 98th in the Senate with an estimated net worth of $443,509 in 2013. A guy worth only $443.5K ranks second from dead-last in personal wealth among senators. Not a very representative institution, is it? (Click here for source and st[...]
November 13th, 2015 - 1:00 pm § in Uncategorized
Pressure builds on President Romney to run again
The mood is becoming increasingly desperate at Republican Establishment Headquarters. With Trump and Carson leading the party’s charge over a cliff, sober party elders in a borderline state of panic are turning to an old, worn, frazzled, but dependable, stalwart to bail them out: President Ro[...]