Firebombs target Kurdish club in Vienna
“Authorities say arsonists tossed firebombs at a Kurdish club in Vienna, causing no injuries or major damage but angering the city’s Kurdish minority.”
Turkey and US talking about Iraq
The top US commander in Iraq talked with Turkey about Kurdish rebels in Northern Iraq. Turkey has been regularly invading Iraq to attack Kurds. Will they soon have explicit permission?
Sad, but true: Republican P.I. intimidating Hispanic voters
Although it sounds like a paranoid rant, it is true that at least one Republican lawyer is trying to intimidate Hispanic voters by threatening to call “Immigration” and telling the voters that they cannot vote.
Kids less likely to graduate than parents
“The United States is now the only industrialized country where young people are less likely than their parents to earn a diploma.”
Iran holds U.S. women’s rights activist
“An American university student in Iran to visit family and research women’s rights has been arrested and held in prison for more than a week, rights group Amnesty International said.”
Neb. teen mom asks for help, but lawmakers want to say “No”
A 16-year-old mother of a 10-month-old baby asked a hospital for help because the mother has been abused and kicked out of the house. She is using the Nebraska safe-haven law that lawmakers are going to overturn even though the program is helping to reduce child abuse.
Science improves the lives of some MS victims
Scientists, those nefarious villains to Creationists and global-warming deniers, may have discovered a drug that can reverse the terrible effects for some multiple sclerosis patients.
Not a conspiracy theory: your printouts can be tracked
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has discovered that many printers embed codes into your printouts that make it possible to track your printouts back to your printer.
Gov. Palin “needs” clothes, please donate in her name
Many people are talking about Gov. Sarah Palin’s $150,000 shopping spree even though it is completely irrelevant to the serious issues we face today and a sad waste of time. Since people are talking about it anyway, can we at least do something positive? Sen. John McCain explained the shopping spree by saying, “She needed … Read more
US attacks targets in Pakistan, again
The US again attacked targets in Pakistan. The US population and leaders are still not talking about the merits or consequences of these attacks.