FINANCIAL TIMES: After decades of importing every drop of fuel, Israel has struck it rich, uncovering vast reserves of natural gas in the Mediterranean… The men on board the Sedco Express are busy testing the field’s multiple wells in preparation for the long-awaited day next April, when a US-Israeli consortium will start pumping the gas […]
Month: August 2012
Ohio Early Voting Ruling: Court Orders State To Restore 3 Days Of Voting Before Election Day
HUFFINGTON POST: A federal judge sided with the Obama campaign and ruled Friday to order Ohio to restore three days of early voting before Election Day, a decision that could affect the outcome of the 2012 election in a key battleground state. Judge Peter C. Economus of the Southern District Court of Ohio granted an […]
Al Gore: Electoral College System Should Be Replaced By Popular Vote
HUFFINGTON POST: …In a discussion during Current TV’s coverage of the Republican National Convention, Gore and his co-panelists argued that Electoral College system had a corrosive effect on the power of votes and presidential leadership. For voters, casting ballots in a state that is predictably red or blue feels pointless in determining presidential elections. For […]
Field Poll shows Californians lean toward dividing electoral votes
HUFFINGTON POST: …California voters are inclined to support a proposed ballot initiative that would change how the Golden State allocates its electoral votes in presidential campaigns, but they’re not yet sold on the idea, a Field Poll released today showed. Currently, California employs a winner-take-all system that awards the state’s entire 55 electoral votes to the […]
INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL NEW ERA
An article “East King mulls improvements” reports: “A NID [Neighborhood Improvement District] would improve city life for everyone who lives or works there, supporters of the project said Tuesday. “But the new tax needed to pay for it — proposed as an additional 2.16 mills, or a 5 percent increase over current city and school […]
Drillers rattled as ethane, propane prices plunge
PITTSBURG POST-GAZETTE: …Ethane in July cost about 31 cents per gallon, a drop of about 60 percent from one year ago and the steepest drop among the hydrocarbons extracted from the Marcellus Shale gas formation that underlies much of Pennsylvania. An unseasonably warm winter that reduced the need for heaters didn’t help things, driving the […]
Harvard: Dozens of undergraduates may have cheated, including plagiarism, sharing answers
WASHINGTON POST: Harvard University is investigating whether dozens of undergraduate students cheated on a take-home exam last spring. School officials said they discovered students may have shared answers or plagiarized on a final exam. They declined to release the name of the class, the students’ names or the exact number being investigated, citing privacy laws. […]
Republican AG Candidate changes tune on investigating Sandusky case
What a difference an election makes! Republican candidate for Pennsylvania Attorney General David Freed for months has been nothing but complementary and supportive of Gov. Tom Corbett’s role in the long-running Jerry Sandusky case.
Penn State, NCAA, Big Ten sign agreement on Sandusky-related changes
HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS: Penn State has signed off on an agreement that outlines the changes it will make and the new procedures it will adopt in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal… It calls for the selection of an integrity officer for athletic programs and describes the duties of former U.S. Sen. George […]
Pa. voter ID opponents appeal to high court
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: Challengers seeking to block the new voter ID law argued in a filing with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday that a lower court decision applied the wrong legal standards in assessing the potential harm of the requirement. The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and other opponents of the law requiring photo […]
Federal Court Reversal for Texas Voter ID Rules
From NEWSMAX: A Texas law requiring voters to show photographic identification before casting a ballot was rejected by a federal court in Washington, marking the second time this week that election rules approved by Republican Governor Rick Perry were found to disenfranchise Hispanic and black citizens.
Pentagon Says SEAL Broke Law, Mulls Legal Action Over bin Laden Book
NEWSMAX: … “You are in material breach and violation of the non-disclosure agreements you signed,” the letter by Jeh Johnson, the Pentagon’s General Counsel, said. “The Department of Defense is considering pursuing against you, and all those acting in concert with you, all remedies legally available to us in light of this situation.” U.S. officials […]
Paul Ryan Address: Convention Speech Built On Demonstrably Misleading Assertions
It was just one of several striking and demonstrably misleading elements of Ryan’s much-anticipated acceptance speech. And it comes just days after Romney pollster Neil Newhouse warned, defending the campaign’s demonstrably false ads claiming Obama removed work requirements from welfare, “We’re not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers.”
Mitt Romney Delivers Republican Convention Speech
HUFFINGTON POST / AP:… “America has been patient,” he told the nation. “Americans have supported this president in good faith. But today, the time has come to turn the page.” The campaign themes are mostly set. Romney depicts the president as a once-inspiring but disappointing figure who doesn’t understand job-creation or ordinary Americans’ frustrations. Democrats […]