Thinking of you
June 29th, 2009
Based on studies involving the blind, MIT neuroscientists have some surprising new insights about how people make inferences about others′ state of mind.
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Archive for June, 2009
6/26/09 – Forms of Execution in the United States, 1977-2007
June 29th, 2009
deathpenalty.org – UPDATED: Forms of Execution in the United States, 1977-2007 – Read detailed execution statistics such as how 84.5% of executions over a 30-year period were by lethal injection, of which 57.4% were performed on white prisoners.
Obama Picks a Church: Camp David’s
June 29th, 2009
Though they were sought by most parishes inside the Beltway, the Obamas have chosen Camp David’s nondenominational chapel for their place of worship, Time reports. The decision follows in the footsteps of President Obama’s predecessor in opting for a more private churchgoing experience—especially after throngs arrived hours early to a Washington service he attended in January. The White House disputes the Time piece, CBN notes, saying the Obamas “continue to look for a church home.”
Sanford Scandal Divides SC Republicans
June 29th, 2009
Term limits mean Mark Sanford must leave the South Carolina governor’s office in 2010, and some state Republicans are hoping he doesn’t go anywhere before then, Politico reports. They may be unhappy with his recent conduct, but should he resign, the office would go to a lieutenant governor who’s sparked his own share of controversy by speeding in a state car and having risqué photos on his MySpace page.
Team Romney Ready for 2012 Run
June 29th, 2009
Mitt Romney says he’s not running for office, but his former aides don’t believe him, Politico reports. Romney’s campaign staff never really disbanded. Loyalists meet in Washington every month, hold fundraisers, brief Romney on current events, and strategically publicize his every move. It’s a turnkey political organization none of Romney’s rivals can match. “I’m going be a Mitt guy until he tells me he’s not running,” said one former organizer.
Justice: Bernie Madoff Gets 150 Years In Prison
June 29th, 2009
Sounds about right to me:
My only question is…when do the people responsible for the bankrupt Medicare and Social Security schemes get theirs?
Because what they’ve done isn’t really all that different from what Madoff did.
Blame Founding Fathers for Paralysis on Climate Change
June 29th, 2009
Barack Obama’s narrow victory last week, when the House passed the climate change bill by just 7 votes, raises the question of why it’s so tough to get change enacted even when the president is popular and his party has majorities in both houses of Congress. The problem Democrats face is a structural flaw in Congress, writes Michael Tomasky in the Guardian , which keeps “the most progressive president in decades″ from passing big legislation. The founders wanted a system of divided government, but now Congress is “checking and balancing to the point of paralysis.”
Most Decorated Marine Pilot Dies at 89
June 29th, 2009
This guy had some big brass ones!
Retired Marine Corps Col. Kenneth L. Reusser, called the most decorated Marine aviator in history and was shot down in three wars, has died at age 89.
Reusser flew 253 combat missions in World War II, Korea and Vietnam and was shot down in all three, five times in all.
His 59 medals included two Navy Crosses, four Purple Hearts and two Legions of Merit.
In 1945, while based in Okinawa, he stripped down his ˀU-4 Corsair fighter and intercepted a Japanese observation plane at a high altitude. When his guns froze, he flew his fighter into the observation plane, hacking off its tail with his propeller.
In 1950 in Korea led an attack on a North Korean tank-repair facility at Inchon, then destroyed an oil tanker almost blowing himself out of the sky.
In Vietnam he flew helicopters and was leading a rescue mission when his Huey was shot down. He needed skin grafts over 35 percent of his badly burned body.
RIP Col. Reusser. We humbly salute you!
Hat tip Michael Ledeen
Cross Posted at Proof Positive
Opposing Climate Bill Is Treason Against Planet
June 29th, 2009
Passing the climate change bill was a major accomplishment for the House, even in its watered-down form—but as Paul Krugman listened to the 212 members of Congress who voted no, “I couldn’t help thinking that I was watching a form of treason—treason against the planet.” Despite unassailable proof that the world is changing even faster than expected, legislators are junking science, simply because they don’t like what it entails.
High Court Rules for White Firefighters
June 29th, 2009
The Supreme Court has ruled that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge. In a 5-4 ruling along ideological lines, the court said that New Haven was wrong to scrap a promotion exam because no African Americans and only two Hispanic firefighters scored high enough to make lieutenant or captain.
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