Month: September 2005

The Mobile Register has a brilliant investigative report today on lax federal regulation of oil rig moorings.  Reporters Ben Raines and Bill Finch found that some types of rigs are not even required to withstand hurricane...

View the full, original indictment document at The Smoking Gun. (More on Delay) Chris Matthews (aka “Tweety”) calls it what it is: “Money laundering.” Update [2005-9-28 15:44:26 by susanhu]: Read this...

Representative Barbara Lee has had a proposal before Congress to name the Berkeley Post Office after 94 year-old civil rights pioneer Maudelle Shirek. Ms. Shirek has been a tireless and unabashed fighter from the progressive...

This weekend on Meet the Press, Rick Perry, Governor of Texas stated the following: Mr. Russert: How many deaths have been the result of this hurricane? Gov. Perry: Well, from the direct impact of the hurricane, it appears at...

In the wake of hurricane Katrina, New Jersey authorities have filed lawsuits against oil companies and station operators for, amongst other things, illegal price increases.  New Jersey law bars more than a single price...