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There are a million WordPress Widgets and plugins (I haven't widgetized the theme yet, but I'm getting around to it) that can add all kinds of crazy features to this site. What I'm wondering is, what features would you like to see? Live Chat? More Newsfeeds in the sidebar? Random Quotes? Spyware infections? (just kidding. I'd neeeeevvveerr....do that). Drop a comment if you have any ideas, and I'll give them some consideration.

The Supremes Summer Tour 2006. Whistleblower Stop #1

They've done it again. Excellent. "WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it harder for government employees to file lawsuits claiming they were retaliated against for going public with allegations of official misconduct." Read it over at Yahoo News

Rothbard on Barnes on Orwell on War

I am always amazed when I read Rothbard. I wonder if he and Bill Hicks are pals in the pretend after-life. Here is just one choice cut out of an incredible article about the great Harry Elmer Barnes: "One of Barnes

Quick note about comments

I thought I should explain some things about leaving comments here. We always welcome just about any comment from anyone, because we post here to discuss issues. We have, however, been receiving at least 2 dozen spam comments per day. These spammers create scripts that automate the process of sending comments, including filling out form info - email, URI, name etc. One way to combat the spam is to restrict who can leave comments to registered users. I will not take that step, because it...

80th Sticker

When I sold my sticker company and my 600 something stickers, I also gave up control of the stickers and site. The time honored classic "I wish I could go back in time to murder Woodrow Wilson," was removed by the current owner based upon some really crappy advice or something. Well, now I'm selling stickers again. And I can have back all the ones that were too much for ol' Rick. So here goes one of the old greats - now with improved jpg. of a time machine.

Woodrow W. Bush

John M. Peters at LRC has written a great bit about how much George Bush reminds him of an earlier born-again, ivy league, disaster of a mass murderer of a president: Woodrow "ruiner of all things good" Wilson. I'd have to say I agree.

“Anything They Want To Know”

Brian Ross at ABC News says that guilty-pleaders Rep. "Duke" Cunningham and Jack Abramoff have been singing like Lemmy about the corruption of other Republican friends of theirs - including the number one recipient of Abramoff money, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert. "Whether they like it or not, members of Congress, including Hastert, are under investigation," one federal official said tonight. Hastert, bribed? No Way! I'm shocked! No wonder Ol' Denny has...

Iran Proposal to US Offered Peace With Israel

by Gareth Porter Iran offered in 2003 to accept peace with Israel and cut off material assistance to Palestinian armed groups and to pressure them to halt terrorist attacks within Israel's 1967 borders, according to the secret Iranian proposal to the United States. The two-page proposal for a broad Iran-U.S. agreement covering all the issues separating the two countries, a copy of which was obtained by IPS, was conveyed to the United States in late April or early May 2003. Trita Parsi, a...