Common Sense

Or is he a pirate ghost. I can never remember which one he is.
The ghost pirate says…

“Come to Texas Tea & Coffee in McGregor, Texas for a special showing of Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl. It’s being put on by the nice people at Common Sense Blog, including their fabulously sexy […]

This is perhaps the clearest, most concise explanation of the net neutrality debate I have ever read. It got a front-page listing on Google news and I can see why.

I thought they would wait until January to redraw the district(s) ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court this week. Instead a panel of federal judges has given both sides two weeks to offer up alternative maps.
U.S. District Judge T. John Ward said proposed changes to the map are due by July 14. Oral arguments were […]

Quite a newsflash for some people in that party.
A Republican club invited the Wise County-based Minutemen to tell about their escapades guarding the Rio Grande. But what they heard was too loony even for Aggies.
When the Minutemen’s quirky leader started rambling about a secret plan to “merge Canada and Mexico with the United States,” the […]

I mentioned yesterday that I read in 2004 about the banking transaction tracking secret plan that was divulged by the New York Times last week. From The Price of Loyalty, page 181-82:
He knew immediately that a key for Treasury would be tracking the financial web behind the terrorists who wreaked tis destruction. Throughout the summer, […]

An advisory committee recommended Thursday that girls 11-12 years-old be vaccinated against HPV, the leading cause of cervical cancer.
The panel’s recommendation was hailed by health experts.
“It’s a wonderful thing. It’s good news all around,” said Dr. Connie L. Trimble, associate professor of gynecology and obstetrics and pathology at Johns Hopkins’ Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, […]

I usually point out really stupid letters to the editor in my own Waco Trib. The ones that really grate on my nerves and prove to illicit some commentary. This one is different; I actually really liked it and thought you should read it.
Losing America
I would not knowingly countenance disloyalty or rebellion. But we Americans need […]

A lot of people are mad about last week’s NY Times story about the government tracking international banking records. Rep. Peter King is calling for investigations as to whether the Times has committed treason, the House was debating a resolution today chastising the Times for printing the story; my own senator John “Box Turtle” Cornyn […]

First the Beavers win the College World Series, now Tom DeLay is getting into the act, playing celebrity auctioneer for a beaver vest. From Wonkette:
Tom DeLay, Shaved Beaver: Together at Last
We knew we should’ve renewed our membership at the Safari Club. They had a celebrity auctioneer Tuesday night, you see, by the name of Tom […]

The president may have done something unconstitutional!
The US Supreme Court dealt a serious blow to the Bush administration on Thursday by ruling that military commissions created to try prisoners at Guantanamo Bay violate both US law and the Geneva conventions on the treatment of prisoners.
In a far-reaching decision that has implications for all 450 prisoners […]