Monique Chartier
From the BBC News. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is offering the chance to spend a day with her husband Bill in exchange for help paying off her campaign debt. The offer was sent to supporters of Mrs Clinton in an e-mail from her former campaign manager, James Carville. Mrs Clinton owes $2.3m (£1.5m)from…
Further to Justin’s post “Don’t Let Them Convince You …” and in the spirit of non-partisanship, a quick review of the original impetus for the Tea Parties is in order: Two administrations. Two Congresses. An incomprehensible level of spending. The U.S. government and the Federal Reserve have spent, lent or committed $12.8 trillion, an amount…
It’s not so much taxes as what creates the necessity to tax. (And look, once again, Rhode Island earns a national mention for a dubious achievement.) The mainstream media will report on the tea parties as if they’re just a bunch of whack-job Republicans who only care about taxes on the rich (like New York’s…
Kudos to John Mulligan and the Providence Journal for shining some light on the nice chunk of change that proposed federal judge John McConnell has contributed to his political sponsors. The McConnells [John and his wife Sara Shea] gave $8,800 to Reed’s reelection campaign. They gave $3,000 to reelect Rep. James R. Langevin and $4,600…
Under “Fiji: Undemocracy in Action”, commenter Joe B reminds us that Fiji is a tax haven for many, including the family of the senior senator from Massachusetts. The Obama administration and some members of Congress would like to begin cracking down on tax havens by giving … U.S. regulators the authority to take special measures…
United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg furnishes grounds to ask inasmuch as she has demonstrated that she misunderstands the fundamental requirements of both American laws and the function of the court on which she serves. I frankly don’t understand all the brouhaha lately from Congress and even from some of my colleagues about…
For those of us living in countries with democratic processes and smooth transitions of power, it’s good to be reminded what the opposite looks like. From the Telegraph. (Scroll past the excessively long ad at the top.) President Ratu Josefa Iloilo used a nationally-broadcast radio address to announce that he had abolished the constitution, assumed…
Computer and internet tech stuff is not my forte. But wouldn’t it be far more effective to build (or bolster as needed) protections and barriers into critical computer infrastructure – electric, water, banking – rather than create a shut-down switch to be operated remotely and, most likely, after the infrastructure has been attacked and damaged?…
At the Rise of the House, 4:30-ish, in Room 313 at the State House. (True, all bills and resolutions before the General Assembly are of interest!) House Bill No. 5298 BY Palumbo, Corvese, Malik, Gablinske, Jacquard ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT – THE RHODE ISLAND TAXPAYER AND CITIZEN PROTECTION ACT OF…
… nor will he veto it. Citing the absence in the budget of statutory pension reforms which are absolutely necessary to ensure sustainability Governor Carcieri has returned H5019 Sub A to the General Assembly, permitting it to become law without his signature. Additionally, his letter to the G.A., available