What the crap is this!? Here are some of today's headlines:

• Voice of America: US Military Chief: Iran Has Enough Material to Make Nuclear Bomb
• L.A. Times: Iran has the materials to make a nuclear bomb, top U.S. official says
• FOX News: Top Defense Officials: Iran Has Fissile Material for Nuke, but No Bomb Yet
• Wall Street Journal: Iran Amasses Enough ( Read more... )

Whoa! It seems I was totally wrong when I expected the California Supreme Court to uphold the ban on gay marriage. Instead, they struck down the ban as unconstitutional, allowing same sex marriage in the state. Conservatives are already rallying to try to get a constitutional amendment banning it on the ballots in November, but it seems pretty ( Read more... )

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I need to stop editing this and post it before it becomes out of date again.
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Benazir Bhutto, former Pakistani Prime Minister and frontrunner in the upcoming election, has been assassinated. After speaking to several thousand people at a political rally, her motorcade was shot at and then attacked by a suicide bomber, reminiscent of the attack she survived several weeks ago. Approximately two thirds of the country supported ( Read more... )

After a rousing match, the Good News squadron has beaten the Bad News team 2-1!

Bad News got off to an early start when a 1st grade teacher was sentenced to 15 days in jail for allowing her students to name a stuffed animal Mohammed. This apparently counts as blasphemy under Sharia, which seems ludicrous to me. People name their kids Mohammed all ( Read more... )

I have a friend in the movie business, and he had a very interesting take on the current writers' strike. The writers' guild has their contract up for negotiation right now, but the actors' guild and the directors' guild are both up for contract renewal very soon. My friend says that the reason the writers guild negotiations went to a strike is ( Read more... )

The news of the week comes in two different parts, and I think that they both are distressing.

The high court of Maryland held up a law which has banned all gay marriages there. They didn't, however, say lawmakers cannot repeal the decree if they want. In other words, neither the ban nor gay marriage is unconstitutional there. This nonetheless ( Read more... )

It looks like dhalps beat me to it, and linked to an excellent article. Judge Victor Marrero has ruled that the part of the PATRIOT Act discussing National Security Letters is unconstitutional, saying it violates the first and fourth amendments. Ars Technica has a good explanation of what happened. The basic idea is that these are letters which force ( Read more... )

You know you're onto something when Bruce Schneier picks it up and calls it "a big deal." He found a much more eloquent article on the topic, however.
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