Before this one, the last year that ended in “13” turned out to be one of the unluckiest in American political history. Now comes word from astronomers that a recently discovered comet is heading our way in 2013, predicted by some to blaze ten times brighter than a full moon.
Advocates have vowed to keep pushing for reform. As part of their efforts, they plan to remind Republican members of Congress about their presidential nominee’s defeat among Latino and Asian voters . . .
Moody’s and fellow rater Fitch Ratings have kept the U.S. credit rating at AAA, but both have placed it on a negative outlook for a downgrade, pending a change in fiscal course. Standard & Poor’s downgraded the U.S. for the first time ever . . . in August 2011.
The United States and New Zealand conducted secret tests of a “tsunami bomb” designed to destroy coastal cities by using underwater blasts to trigger massive tidal waves.
The more things change . . . Never mind, nothing ever changes in Washington . . .
Let’s hope the Senator “saw the light.” We could use another voice of reason in the US Senate . . .
FBI checks for all of 2012 totaled 19.6 million, an annual record and an increase of 19 percent over 2011.
It’s difficult in the extreme to see how anything good comes out of this for Republicans.
Donald Trump had a few choice words for his fellow Republicans following the compromise over the so-called fiscal cliff.
Marine Combat Vet Joshua Boston wrote a hard-hitting letter to Senator Diane Feinstein in reaction to her threat to require nationwide registration of firearms. Read it here.