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Entries Tagged as 'Government & Politics'

Time to ditch GoDaddy?

March 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This morning I found out that RateMyCop.com, a new site that just launched with the purpose of rating police officer’s performance, had been taken down by its hosting provider and registrar GoDaddy. The site launched to mixed reaction, with a sharp contrast between the negative response of law enforcement and mass media and the […]

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Tags: Complaint Department · Computers · Police, Law, & Justice

One nation, undercover, with liberty and justice for all.

November 7th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Drivers in New York, take notice: the next time you forget to wear your seatbelt or break the speed limit, you may find yourself being pulled over by a taxi or a Honda Civic. The police officer may be wearing nothing more than jeans, an undershirt, and the iconic necklace badge seen ad nauseum […]

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Tags: Police, Law, & Justice

The Subprime Mortgage Market, Bear Sterns, Federal Reserve, and Jim Cramer Meltdown Simultaneously

August 12th, 2007 · No Comments

The recent subprime mortgage meltdown and subsequent meltdown of a Bear Stearns hedge fund that invested heavily in subprime mortgage securities has caused quite a bit of heartache in global capital markets, leaving all three major broad market indexes in the U.S. down for the month of July. Usually, the markets close up on […]

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Tags: Business · Government & Politics · My Thoughts

Graham: Social Security cards should be revamped

August 11th, 2007 · 5 Comments

South Carolina’s Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said Tuesday, August 7, 2007, he will introduce legislation to replace all paper Social Security cards with plastic biometric cards that “can’t be duplicated”, so employers can be certain of the legal status of their workers. Because of course, businesses that hire illegals would be absolutely shocked to […]

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Tags: Government & Politics · My Thoughts

Dick Cheney on Iraq in His Own Words

August 10th, 2007 · No Comments

This is the first time I’ve ever seen eye-to-eye with Dick Cheney on any issue. Transcript follows below.

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Tags: George W Bush · Government & Politics