The United States wishes to enter into a "bilateral agreement" with Iraq concerning security assurances and American troop presence. Traditionally, a bilateral agreement between two sovereign nations is called a "treaty." According to the U.S. Constitution, in order for the United States to enter a treaty, the president must sign it and two- ( Read more... )

I think my professors are taking kickbacks from the Big Optometry in exchange for the lengthy readings. My lawsuit will be forthcoming. Class action, anyone?


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So much going on! And all you get is a crappy poll!

Within the past week, Memo's, a 24-hour Mexican restaurant, opened on the Ave, between 47th and 50th (it replaces Smokin' Dicks BBQ). This is the subject of today's poll.

Poll Memo's

Oh A3, I hardly knew ye ( Read more... )

The President of the United States proclaimed, "We do not torture."

The President of the United States will veto a bill that would prevent the United States from engaging in torture.

In a related story, John McCain sold his soul.

Just came across an absolutely terrific article on the increasingly-popular practice of denying driver's licenses to undocumented individuals in the United States. I'm not a fan of his use of the term "illegals" but Schneier's argument argument is cogent and logical. If you intend to have an opinion on the matter, this is a must-read.

I've commented on this before, but it appears that at some point, someone in the DNC made a bit of a clerical error in data entry. You see, on a fairly regular basis I receive invitations to fundraisers. Normally enough. But the DNC regularly invites me to $28,500 per individual events. I think I once donated $35 to them. But I don't see how I ( Read more... )

Poll Pirates!

Discuss.

[EDIT: And please forgive the typo, which I cannot edit now. Hells bells.]

If 28 U.S.C. 1369(c)(4)1 were a shape, what shape would it be?

1 For those too lazy to look it up, it reads: "the term 'accident' means a sudden accident, or a natural event culminating in an accident, that results in death incurred at a discrete location by at least 75 natural persons"

Who said, "Anybody who committed a crime in this country or in the country they came from has to be deported immediately, with no legal process. . . . You put them on a plane to wherever they came from."

Was it:

1. Tom Tancredo
   
2. Mike Huckabee
   
3. Ron Paul
   
4. Hillary Clinton

The answer? Oh, you guessed it, it was Hillary ClintonRead literally, of course ( Read more... )