Blog Profile / Drudge Retort Weblog
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| Filed Under: | US Politics / Liberal | |
| Posts on Regator: | 18639 | |
| Posts / Week: | 67.5 | |
| Archived Since: | March 4, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
60% of Families in Richmond Single-Parent
First Things First, an organization dedicated to keeping dads involved in kids' lives, reports that 60 percent of all families in Richmond, Va., are single-parent households and 86 percent of black families are single parent. "We have a major father absenteeism issue in Richmond," First Things First executive director Truin Huntle said. Show More Summary
Decision on Arming Syrian Rebels Near
The United States could make a decision as early as this week on whether to arm Syrian rebels, a U.S. official said Monday. Secretary of State John Kerry put off a Middle East trip to attend meetings on the subject. What has changedShow More Summary
Leading Nazi's Long-Lost Diary Found
The U.S. government has recovered 400 pages from the long-lost diary of Alfred Rosenberg, a confidant of Adolf Hitler who played a central role in the extermination of millions of Jews and others during World War II. Rosenberg, a Nazi...Show More Summary
Zimmerman Murder Trial Begins
George Zimmerman's murder trial begins Monday at the Seminole County criminal courthouse in Florida, seven miles from where the Neighborhood Watch volunteer carrying a concealed gun shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teen, on Feb. Show More Summary
Repub IRS Agent: I Targeted Tea Party
An Internal Revenue Service manager, who described himself as a conservative Republican, told Congressional investigators that he and a local colleague decided to give conservative groups the extra scrutiny that has prompted weeks of political controversy. Show More Summary
Mail Scanners Caught Ricin Actress
A computer system that captures images of "every mail piece that is processed" by the Postal Service was critical in helping federal agents track the Texas woman arrested today for allegedly sending ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Show More Summary
Heat Beat Spurs to Even Series
In perhaps the biggest game of his professional career, Mario Chalmers led all scorers with 19 points in the Miami Heat's 103-84 victory against the San Antonio Spurs. Tied 1-1, the best-of-7 NBA Finals now shifts to Texas for three consecutive games. LeBron James finished with 17 points, a postseason low.
Male Train Drivers Skirt Dress Code
More than a dozen male employees working for the Roslagsbanan train services in Stockholm, Swedwn, have been wearing skirts in order to keep cool. Driver Martin Akersten said temperatures can hit 95 degrees Fahrenheit in the train cab during the summer. Show More Summary
Ayotte: I Support Immigration Reform
Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) announced Saturday that she supports the immigration reform bill that will be taken up this week in the Senate. In a commentary on her website, Ayotte wrote, "The broken immigration system we have now is unworthy of a great nation. Show More Summary
Senior Dem: Issa Squashing IRS Testimony
A top House Democrat suggested Sunday that the Republican-led House committee leading probes into Obama administration activities is squashing testimony in the IRS scandal. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the committee's highest-ranking Democrat, said chairman Rep. Show More Summary
Drugs and the Rat Park Experiment
Stuart McMillen's comic book Rat Park, which can be read for free online, is about the science of drug addiction. "[D]rug addiction is the fear at the heart of drug prohibition laws. The fear is that drugs have such worrying potential for addiction that they should be made illegal so that no one can ever try them," McMillen writes. Show More Summary
Walsh: Bush Was Right on National Security
Brian Walsh: The revelations this week that the federal government under President Obama has been collecting massive amounts of telephone and Internet data from tens of millions of Americans has re-opened strong divisions within both political parties, and presents questions for Democrats and Republicans alike. Show More Summary
Lawmaker: Reopen Debate on Patriot Act
An outspoken critic of the government's electronic surveillance programs, Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colorado), said Sunday that he was not convinced that a program to collect huge amounts of information about Americans' phone calls had led to the foiling of any terror plots. Show More Summary
NSA Leaker Reveals His Identity
The individual responsible for one of the most significant leaks in U.S. political history has asked The Guardian to reveal that he is Edward Snowden, 29, a former technical assistant for the CIA and current employee of the defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. Show More Summary
TSA Takes Chewbacca's Light Saber
Star Wars Chewbacca portrayer Peter Mayhew had a dust-up with Transportation Security Administration agents in Denver when they attempted to confiscate his light saber-shaped cane. The seven-foot-two, 69-year-old actor, who was returning to his home in Texas after Denver Comic Con, uses the unique cane to aid his walking. Show More Summary
Author Iain Banks Dies of Cancer
The Scottish author Iain Banks, who achieved success both in mainstream fiction and science fiction, has died only two months after announcing that he had terminal bladder cancer. He was 59. Banks asked his publisher to rush the release of his latest novel, The Quarry, so he could live to see it on bookshelves. Show More Summary
Afghan Soldier Kills 3 Americans
Two U.S. soldiers and an American civilian have been killed in a possible insider attack in eastern Afghanistan. A man wearing Afghan army uniform opened fire on soldiers in Paktika province, close to the border with Pakistan. ISAF forces...Show More Summary
Santa Monica Gunman Carried 1,300 Rounds
A gunman with an assault-style rifle killed at least six people in Santa Monica on Friday before police shot him to death in a gunfight in the Santa Monica College library. The gunman killed two people in a house and then two more on campus. Show More Summary
Push for Statehood in 8 Colorado Counties
Three county commissioners in rural Colorado are proposing that they join seven other counties like them and become the state of Northern Colorado. The counties are Weld, Morgan, Logan, Sedgwick, Phillips, Washington, Yuma and Kit Carson, which have a total population of 336,000. Show More Summary
Boy, 4, Finds Gun and Kills Dad
A four-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his father at a home in Prescott Valley, Ariz., Friday. Justin Stanfield Thomas of Phoenix, a veteran who served in Army Special Forces, was visiting a friend with his son when the boy found a gun. Show More Summary