In an interview with Ezra Klein of the Washington Post, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) laid out a case against military intervention in Syria and said that not only is the U.S. unlikely to affect the outcome of the current conflict between Syrian Pres. Bashar al-Assad and rebels the rebels who oppose his...
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Grayson: All we really know about bombing Syria is that we don’t know what happens next
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Ted Cruz opposes Syria attack because ‘we should be focused on’ Benghazi
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) says that one of the best reasons to oppose a U.S. military strike on Syria is that Congress should be focusing on the so-called scandal over last year’s terrorist attacks in Benghazi. In an interview on Sunday, ABC News host George Stephanopoulos asked the Texas...
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Stonehenge was built on solstice axis, dig confirms
English Heritage excavations show site has nothing to do with sun-worshipping, and find evidence circle was once complete English Heritage says it has discovered a “missing piece in the jigsaw” in our understanding of Stonehenge, England’s greatest prehistoric site. Excavations...
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Eighteen-year-old honor student shot by family friend in ‘extremely tragic’ prank
Premila Lal, an 18-year-old Colorado track star and honors student, was shot and killed when she tried to play a prank on a friend. Lal’s father, Praveen, told KDVR that his daughter and her 12-year-old cousin entered their old house in order to surprise her 15-year-old brother. They hid in a...
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Egyptian army launches new air strikes on Sinai militants
Egyptian military helicopters carried out a second day of air raids on Sunday in the Sinai Peninsula, where they are facing an insurgency by Islamist militants, witnesses said. Apache helicopters hit targets in north Sinai near the Rafah border crossing with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, witnesses...
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How will Obamacare change your life?
It’s one of the biggest changes in social policy in modern times. In just a matter of weeks, one of the most crucial parts of the new health care reform law — known as the Affordable Care Act and often referred to as Obamacare — will…
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Bush neocon Dan Senor worries that Syria vote means that Congress won’t back Iran strike
Neoconservative Dan Senor, who worked to spin the Iraq war for the Bush administration, said on Sunday that he was worried that if Congress votes against military action in Syria then lawmakers may refuse to use military force against countries like Iran for the rest of President Barack...
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Syria chemical weapons attack not ordered by Assad, says German press
Bild am Sonntag cites high-level German surveillance source suggesting Syrian president was not personally behind attacks President Bashar al-Assad did not personally order last month’s chemical weapons attack near Damascus that has triggered calls for US military intervention, and blocked...
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DC’s elderly residents lose their homes for forgetting to pay as little as $134 in taxes
The Washington Post published the results of a 10-month investigation into an unpaid housing-tax recovery program in D.C. that has led to over 200 residents losing their homes and another 1,200 active foreclosure cases. When a homeowner fails to pay taxes on their property, the city sells the...
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Bachmann, Gohmert and King’s surreal Egyptian presser blames Muslim Brotherhood for 9/11
Tea party-backed Representatives Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and Steve King (R-IA) on Saturday held a press conference in Egypt to thank the country’s military for overthrowing the elected government, and at one point even seemed to suggest that the Muslim Brotherhood had...
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Iowa to allow the blind to carry guns in public
Lawmakers and law enforcement officials in Iowa are debating the merits of issuing blind citizens permits to acquire and carry concealed firearms. The legality of such permits is unquestionable: state law doesn’t allow sheriffs to discriminate on the basis of physical ability. Moreover, as...
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Defense industry gave lavishly to senators who supported Syria strike
The ten senators who voted in favor of military action against Syria have received a combined total of $728,497 from the defense industry in recent years. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a resolution authorizing limited military action against Syria with a 10-7 vote last Wednesday....
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Limbaugh: Obama’s Syria plan is ‘Shuck and Jive’ instead of ‘Shock and Awe’
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh says that if former President George W. Bush’s Iraq invasion was called “Shock and Awe” then President Barack Obama’s attack of Syrian should be called “Shuck and Jive.” “Have you ever heard Obama talk about regime...
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Alaska could be the next state to legalize marijuana
Supporters of marijuana legalization are hoping that Alaska will follow the example set by Colorado and Washington state. Timothy Hinterberger told the Anchorage Daily News that his ballot initiative to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Alaska is about halfway there. Hinterberger, who...
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Senate to hold procedural vote on military strike against Syria on Wednesday
The US Senate will hold a procedural vote Wednesday on a measure authorizing President Barack Obama to use military force against Syria. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday that the Senate will vote on a motion to debate the resolution endorsing “limited military action” in...
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Susan Rice: Attack on Syria would deter Iran
The United States needs to strike Syria in part to send a message to its ally Iran over its nuclear program, President Barack Obama’s national security adviser said Monday. Susan Rice, joining a major public effort by Obama to persuade a skeptical Congress, said the United States was morally...
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Koch Industries to buy electronic manufacturer Molex
Koch Industries, the sprawling US global industrial conglomerate, announced Monday it was buying Molex, a manufacturer of electrical and electronic components, for $7.2 billion. Owned by the billionaire Koch brothers, David and Charles, known for their ultra-conservative political activism, Koch...
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High radiation detected at Fukushima monitoring well: reports
The operator of Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant on Monday said that groundwater from an observation well near the site of a leaky storage tank showed high levels of radiation, according to reports. The finding means that it “now seems more likely” that radioactive water...
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McCain says John Kerry’s comments on Syria strike are ‘unbelievably unhelpful’
US Secretary of State John Kerry was under fire Monday for saying that a proposed US military strike on Syria would be “unbelievably small.” The comment came as Kerry ended a whirlwind diplomatic offensive in Europe aimed at whipping up support abroad for US military action against the...
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Yahoo plans a ‘major expansion’ of news gathering
Yahoo News named a new editor-in-chief Monday who comes from The New York Times and promised a “major expansion” of news gathering at the US Internet giant. Megan Liberman, deputy news editor of The New York Times, started on Monday, taking the position which has been vacant since...
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