It’s already installed and in use in towns all over the US, including San Francisco. Sometimes the sensors overhear the arguments that accompany gunfire, which then get included as evidence — did you know the police have microphones installed all over town?
It seems fairly ridiculous that this possibility has not been accounted for and avoided in some way.
Romney’s foreign policy spokesman, who is openly gay, has been hounded out of the campaign by outraged conservatives. Not that he was making any pro-gay policy calls or anything. They just don’t want a gay person in the campaign.
The law requires that at least 80% of premiums paid are actually spent on healthcare — as a result, these companies are being forced to drop their premiums. Of course, $1.3bn is a drop in the bucket, but the core idea — that administrative and marketing costs should account for less than 20% of your healthcare — seems unarguably sound.
If the teacher refuses the fine they will face up to 30 days in jail. Guys, I’m telling you, keeping the south in the union was totally the wrong call.
“We decline to stretch or update statutory words of plain and ordinary meaning in order to better accommodate the digital age,” said the ruling. This is a potentially big deal, I think.
They knew about in advance, to the point that they created a special form to use when complaining that your tax refund was sent to a random scammer. Why isn’t this a bigger story?
Starbucks supports marriage equality, and a petition in support of their position currently has 10x the signatures of NOM’s own petition for the boycott. Just one more example of the turning tide in favour of marriage equality.
Other things Edwards has categorically denied: having an illegitimate child. But kudos to TPM for their use of quotation marks in that headline.
To an electorate already deeply (and rightfully) suspicious of Romney’s commitment to his principles, this is going down terribly. This could be the moment that sinks the Romney campaign, except that there are no viable alternatives left at this point, meaning it sinks the GOP in the general, too. Grab the popcorn, kids.
