Day: July 14, 2008

The Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center asks for independent investigation into why detainee died while being held at an immigration detention center.

President Bush lifted nearly two decades of executive orders banning offshore drilling for oil and natural gas, while a Congressional moratorium on drilling remains in place.

Prior to war crimes trial, attorneys for Guantánamo Bay detainee Salim Hamdan say that the interrogation technique constitutes torture.

by Maggie Van Ostrand

Here’s the pertinent part of what the Letters to the Editor just emailed, right after he said he was “out of the office” — yeah, right.

The Greatest Threat to Tyrants.

Copyright 2008, Michael J. Pottebaum

In a display of the continuing mass popularity of this Chinese historical drama, the Hong Kong movie director, John Woo, is directing an two part movie near Beijing, with a budget of $70 Million USD, entitled, “Red Cliffs”, the most expensive Asian film to date. Premiered on July 10, 2008 in China.

President Bush’s move is mostly symbolic because another ban on drilling enacted by Congress remains in place.

The announcement on Sunday of a plan for the government to stand ready to inject billions of dollars into the two beleaguered companies buoyed their stock prices on Monday.

The Federal Reserve has adopted rules to give home buyers more protection from the types of lending practices that have contributed to the housing crisis and propelled foreclosures.