The Sportswriter who Blogged his Suicide
Martin Manley hated waking up early, but on his 60th birthday he did — or more likely, never went to sleep the night before.
Entries by Joe Miller
Syria: Cameron and Obama Move West Closer to Intervention
David Cameron and Barack Obama moved the west closer to military intervention in Syria on Saturday as they agreed that last week’s alleged chemical weapon attacks by the Assad regime had taken the crisis into a new phase that merited a “serious response”.
Assad Calls Obama’s Bluff
The timing was probably not a coincidence, falling as it did on two anniversaries. August 18, 2011, was when President Obama first demanded Syrian president Bashar al-Assad step aside, and August 20 last year was when Obama warned that the use of chemical weapons would “change my calculus.” It was a year to the day after Obama’s warning that Assad launched what is to date the regime’s largest chemical weapons attack.
Gay Lawmaker to Christians: ‘We’ll Take Your Children’
On Wednesday, New Jersey Assemblyman Tim Eustace, who sponsored the bill and is openly homosexual, bombastically compared change therapy to “beating a child” and suggested that the government take children seeking change away from their parents
IRS Profiling Expands: American Legion Now Targeted, Lois Lerner Believed Responsible
The Internal Revenue Service is targeting the veterans’ organization the American Legion, and a U.S. senator believes that Lois Lerner — a key figure in the IRS scandal – is to blame.
Obama’s Military Teaches Colonists Were ‘Extremists,’ Advocates of Individual Liberty Dangerous
The colonists who came to the New World and built the foundations of what now is the United States were “extremists,” and discussions that include mention of “individual liberties” are a dangerous sign, according to the U.S. government.
Guardian Partners with New York Times Over Snowden GCHQ Files
The Guardian has struck a partnership with the New York Times which will give the US paper access to some of the sensitive cache of documents leaked by the National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden.
VA Paid $11K Bonus to Surgeon Who Left Op Room Before End of Surgery
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) paid an $11,189 performance pay bonus to a surgeon who left the operating room before a surgery was completed, leaving residents to continue the procedure without him, according to a Government Accountability Office report released on Friday.
Delta Warns ObamaCare Will Drive $100 Million Spike in Health Care Costs
Delta Air Lines has issued an urgent warning about the impact of ObamaCare, claiming the law’s implementation will contribute to a roughly $100 million increase in health care costs next year alone.
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner Agrees to Resign
Embattled San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has agreed to resign Aug. 30 after 17 allegations of sexual harassment.