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This entry will be a rare cross-post for me. The Federal Election Commission decided yesterday that most internet political activity will not be subject to the provisions of the ridiculous McCain-Feingold Campaign Reform Act (also known as the Incumbent Protection Act). The 2002 law severely limited the free speech of Americans in the political realm. [...]
Last week, according to credible online sources, Google hired its youngest employee, 15 year-old Tom Vendetta. That is, if your “credible” sources are Google News, Digg and other online news aggregators. Online news sites ran with the story, using the following “press release” as their source: 15 year old student, Tom Vendetta has been hired [...]
This week in Iraq, the Al Askari mosque (also known as the Samarra shrine) was bombed by insurgents. The mosque is 1200 years old and is one of the holiest sites in all of Shia Islam. As a response, Shiite Arabs demonstrated and incited violence across Iraq, mostly directed against Sunnis. Officials blame at least [...]
I have posted my response to the State of the Union over at FightForLiberty. Direct Link Edit: I’ll go ahead and post it here too. Still trying to decide if I want to maintain both sites or just roll them both into ZackRippy.com. Last night, President George W. Bush presented his annual State of the [...]
“We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and ‘slipped the surly bonds of earth’ to ‘touch the face of God’.” – President Ronald Reagan, 1/28/1986 Twenty years ago, the Space Shuttle Challenger was torn apart 73 seconds after liftoff, [...]