The site for ranting and reporting by John Masters
This NOT a fake story…I repeat, this is true. You can read the whole thing in the Orlando Sentinal. Apparently, a few years ago, against policy and at the behest of then Secretary of State and now U. S. Representative Kathryn Harris, the State Dept. of Agriculture had to test “Celectial Drops” as a possible cure for Citrus Canker.
Read moreThe White House and the Senate Republican leadership are pushing back against pressure from some of their conservative allies about the coming Supreme Court nomination, urging them to stop attacking Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales as a potential nominee and to tone down their talk of a culture war.
Read moreThe New York Times is reporting on a new study which claims there really aren’t any “bi-sexuals,” at least when it comes to men. This is another really poorly done study, but of course that qualifies it for main-stream-media coverage.
Read moreWe had a fun time here, but it sure seemed hectic.
Read moreIn an article in The Nation, David Corn explains how Rove the Toad’s attorney will try to keep him out of jail in Plamegate.
Read moreWe’re off and running with the 2005 hurricane season. This is the earliest ever for four named storms. Dennis has just become a named tropical storm.
Read moreJustice Sandra Day O’Connor resigned from the Supreme Court yesterday. Despite being placed on the Court by arch-conservative Ronald Reagan, Justice O’Connor was often the swing vote maintaining some sanity and progressive thinking within the Court. Here thoughtful votes and reasoning, and her protection of civil rights will be sorely missed. You have to wonder why she’s really leaving the Court at this point.
Read moreMildred, the church gossip and self-appointed monitor of the church morals, kept sticking her nose into other peoples’ business.
Read moreThe Internal Revenue Service’s annual report on wealthy Americans found that the “number of affluent individuals and married couples who paid no federal income taxes jumped more than 15 percent in 2002.”
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