discrimination
Seven state attorneys general, Planned Parenthood, and the ACLU have
sued to overturn the so-called "conscience" rule, which allows doctors, pharmacists, and other health care workers to refuse to perform procedures or dispense medication that conflicts with their beliefs.
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who cares
Do you care whether or not we're in a recession? If so, do you care what people call whatever it is that we're in? President
Bush thinks that you don't. He gave a press conference this morning in which he blasted congress for blocking his economy-fixing legislation, according to CNN:
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opinion
Eliot Spitzer, the governor of New York and that state's former Attorney General, has written an Op-Ed for the
Washington Post in which he claims that the Bush Administration used the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to prevent states from stopping the predatory lending practices that lead to the current financial crisis:
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news from the swamp
President
Bush today proposed several measures intended to reduce traffic issues during the busy holiday season as well as shore up some of the most persistent air travel problems consumers face throughout the year. The most significant proposal would open up a "Thanksgiving express lane" through military airspace, and like the other proposed rules, would require the approval of Congress, says the NYT.
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call to action
A campaign to stop Michael Baroody from getting nominated as head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission sprung up at
StopBaroody.com. While Baroody was Executive Vice President of NAM, the manufacturer's lobby:
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privacy
The New York Daily News is reporting on a signing statement President
Bush issued two weeks ago when signing a postal reform bill, in which he "asserts his right to open mail without a warrant."
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halloween
Howdy kids! Fall Back Day is Sunday and this here is
the very last Halloween that will fall after the end of Daylight Savings Time. Why? The Energy Policy Act of 2005, extends Daylight Savings Time by 4 weeks! The result? An estimated energy savings of 1% nationally.
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nsa
Verizon customers in Maine asked the Public Utilities Commission to investigate whether the cellphone company handed over their phone records to the NSA.
A July 28th letter from the DOJ to the PUC asked them to demure, and intimated at possible legal action.
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gas
Finally! Something else to be mad about besides gas.
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nsa
Good thing we installed that intricate secret network of tin cans and string. Reports USA TODAY:
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drm
The RIAA and the DRM Nazis could have a new target besides small families, single mothers and MIT students. How about the President of the United States? From
BoingBoing:
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bush
Gizmodo IM'd us an online offer to analyze and we chatted. Because we're the Gawker Media Network and we never stop being excruciatingly witty for you.
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shopping
Bush on Claude Allen's recent arrest for refund fraud at Target: "When I heard the story last night, I was shocked, and my first reaction was one of disappointment, deep disappointment - if it's true - that we were not fully informed. Shortly thereafter, I felt really sad for the Allen family."
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bush
Softly but surely, Bush
s lap dog federal agencies help industries gain shielding from
consumer and state lawsuits. Among the erosions:
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Consumerist
news from the swamp
President Bush is expected to use his State of the Union address to tell the Senate to STFU and pass the stimulus package already. [Associated Press]
