The contents of a woman's handbag have long remained a mystery - often even to the owner - but a new design offers to shine a light on the problem.
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, right-wing groups pounced on opportunities to nurture their pet projects. -
It's not surprising that many of the RSC's proposed cuts would accomplish other far-right goals besides decreasing the deficit. "Operation Offset" would encourage Defense Department employees to open health savings accounts. More dramatically, it would eliminate:
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (in part because "CPB and PBS continue to use federal funding to pay for questionable programming");
Federal loans for graduate students ("graduate students make an informed decision to invest in their own futures");
Title X family planning services for teenagers (the program provides "free and reduced-priced contraceptives, including the IUD, the injection drug Depo-Provera, and the morning-after pill to teenagers, without any parental involvement or consent"); and
The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities ("the general public benefits very little" from them).Facing life in a U.S. prison, the 'Prince of Pot' sparks an extradition war that could test the limits of the war on drugs -- and legalize pot in Canada at last.
A torture victim provides a frightening first-hand account of the Islamic Republic of Iran's extensive anti-gay crackdown.
To Conserve Gas, President Calls for Less Driving -
"We can all pitch in," Mr. Bush said. "People just need to recognize that the storms have caused disruption," he added, and that if Americans are able to avoid going "on a trip that's not essential, that would be helpful."We do?!? Practice what you preach, bastard....
