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Prop 8 Struck Down

California judge strikes down Prop 8 (PDF)…

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Top Secret America

A fountain of information from the Washington Post… 854,000 with top-secret access.

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Drugs Inc. – Meth Episode

A look at the ins-and-outs of meth

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Billion Bug Highway

Fantastic animation/report from NPR to cleanse the palate today… It’s about billions of bugs in the sky.

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Aimee Sword Convicted

Sword gets 30 years for sex with son…

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USA V. Arizona (PDF)

The Justice Department has officially filed a lawsuit against the state of Arizona over still yet to be enacted SB1070. Read the filing here (PDF).

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Will Obama Choose A Canadian For The U.S. Supreme Court?

She’s on Obama’s short list. She’s the Governor of Michigan. And she’s Canadian.

Could Jennifer Granholm be the first Canadian to serve on the United States Supreme Court. As far as I can tell, the only other foreigner to serve on the Court was an Austrian-born man named Felix Frankfurter. He was appointed to serve on the nation’s most powerful stage by FDR. But Granholm (along with the two openly-gay women supposedly on the President’s short list) would…


Napolitano Sparks Diplomatic Row With Canada

It’s a story that leaves some folks wondering ‘How Did She Get Her Job?‘. Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano suggested that the 9/11 attackers entered the United States through its border with Canada. The 9/11 commission came to a different conclusion in 2004 — The hijackers actually entered the country legally through major U.S. airports. Napolitano says the whole thing is a big misunderstanding.

Canada, quite obviously, is not happy with the Homeland Security Chief at the moment..