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Archive for April, 2010

White House Chases Press Away From Protest Against Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, April 20th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

There was a protest in front of the White House today by several members of the military opposed to the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy:
Six people in military uniforms, including Lt. Dan Choi, handcuffed themselves to the North Lawn fence of the White House today to protest the fact that the military’s “Don’t [...]

Golf Ball Found In Dead Whale

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, April 20th, 2010. Filed under Humor, In The News

Dateline Washington State:
OLYMPIA, Wash. – A gray whale that died after getting stranded on a West Seattle beach had a large amount of garbage in its stomach — ranging from plastic bags to a pair of sweat pants and even a golf ball.
Most of the whale’s stomach contents was algae — typical of the bottom-feeding [...]

Washington, D.C. City Council Approves Medical Marijuana

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, April 20th, 2010. Filed under Individual Liberty, War On Drugs, Washington DC

Barring action by Congress, marijuana will soon be legal for medicinal purposes in the nation’s capital:
The D.C. Council unanimously approved a bill Tuesday to allow chronically ill patients to receive a doctor’s prescription to use marijuana and buy it from a city-sanctioned distribution center.
Under the bill, which passed without debate, a patient who suffers from [...]

Cool Photo Of The Day — The Dirty Thunderstorms Of Eyjafjallajökull

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, April 20th, 2010. Filed under Science

Click photo to embiggen.
Explained here.

Sarah Palin Keeps Dodging The Press, Bars Media From Speaking Events

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, April 20th, 2010. Filed under Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Sarah Palin

Apparently, one of the advantages of that restrictive speaking contract that Sarah Palin uses is that she doesn’t have to worry about answering any tough questions from the media:
Tight security and a host of restrictions will surround political lightning rod Sarah Palin when she comes to Eugene later this week for a Republican fund-raiser.
Palin, the [...]

Supreme Court Strikes Down Law Banning Videos Of Animal Cruelty

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, April 20th, 2010. Filed under Freedom of Speech, Individual Liberty, Supreme Court

In the end, the Supreme Court’s consideration of a Federal law barring depictions of animal cruelty wasn’t even close:
WASHINGTON — In a major and muscular First Amendment ruling, the Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a federal law that made it a crime to create or sell dogfight videos and other depictions of animal cruelty.
Chief [...]

Nanny State Update: FDA Set To Regulate Salt Content In Food

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, April 20th, 2010. Filed under Health, Individual Liberty, Politics

The Food and Drug Administration is getting ready to regulate the amount of salt in the food you eat:
The Food and Drug Administration is planning an unprecedented effort to gradually reduce the salt consumed each day by Americans, saying that less sodium in everything from soup to nuts would prevent thousands of deaths from hypertension [...]

Bill To Give Washington, D.C. A Vote In Congress Is Dead Yet Again

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, April 20th, 2010. Filed under D.C. Vote Bill, U.S. Constitution, Washington DC

When we last left the legislative efforts to give the District of Columbia a vote on the floor of the House of Representatives, the bill was essentially deadlocked in the House after successful efforts in the Senate to add amendments that would have effectively repealed most of the the most egregious aspects of the city’s [...]

Quinnipiac Poll: Crist Holds A Slight Lead In A Three-Way Race

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, April 20th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Congress, Elections, Political Parties, Politics, Republicans

With all the talk about the possibility that Governor Charlie Crist will run as an Independent in the Florida Senate race, it’s helpful to look at what a recent Quinnipiac poll has to say about that possibility:
“Gov. Crist appears a great deal more viable in a November three-way than he is against Rubio in a [...]

Andrew Napolitano Asks, Who Killed The Constitution ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, April 20th, 2010. Filed under Individual Liberty, U.S. Constitution

Judge Andrew Napolitano takes a look at what’s happened to our nation’s founding document:

I think Ed Morrissey sums it up well:
Let’s be honest, though; the Constitution has been an afterthought for Congresses controlled by both parties. Where in the Constitution does Congress derive the authority for No Child Left Behind, for instance, or Medicare Part [...]

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