And with that, five months in the wonderful year that has been 2010 are done. Time may not be flying, but it sure is hauling ass...
Given the paucity of news over the holiday weekend, this is a pretty spartan edition of the Wrap, as you might expect.
However, to kick it...
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For the week ending May 29, 2010, we commissioned R2K to poll three questions on space & exploration. Full results including demographic breakdown and methodology are here. To best gauge opinion instead of generating partisan responses we avoided any specific names or parties, and kept the Q & A as short and defined...
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While Sunday on a holiday weekend meandered along, out of nowhere came a political game changer from the Islands:
"In this contest of values there's room for only one standard bearer for our party," said Ed Case. "So today I withdraw my candidacy in favor of Colleen (Hanabusa)."
With that,...
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Would he or she be charged with criminal negligence as in this case:
In 1994, petitioner Edward Hanousek, Jr., was employed by the Pacific & Arctic Railway and Navigation Company as the roadmaster of the White Pass & Yukon Railroad. In that capacity, petitioner supervised a rock quarrying project at...
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As if it wasn't already heartbreaking enough that BP's oil spill has destroyed the livelihoods of fishermen throughout the Gulf Coast, those fishermen are now getting sick while cleaning up BP's spill. One of those fishermen began feeling ill a week ago and has been hospitalized since Friday with aches, an upset stomach,...
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Steve Benen of the Washington Monthly has noticed a distinct deflation of Republican electoral expectations as of late:
For the last several months, congressional Republicans acted as if taking the majority of at least one chamber was practically a foregone conclusion. The question wasn't whether the House GOP would be in...
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As we honor those who served and sacrificed, wearing this nation's uniform, it's also worth taking a moment to remember that many of them were and are lesbian, gay, bi and/or trans. Mostly not openly so. Because if they had been openly so, they would not have been able to remain in the military....
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The Navy says Mark Kirk is lying.
The man is saying he served in Iraqi Freedom when he, well, didn't.
Who says? The Navy.
I called up the Navy Office of Information and left a message. Unlike the half dozen calls I've made to Matt Towson, the press secretary...
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After telling David Gregory that he thought Tony Hayward is "doing a fantastic job," BP Managing Director Bo Dudley comes up with a novel argument for saving Hayward's skin: that nobody thought the blowout preventer could fail.
CROWLEY: Do you think after this is all over that there are BP...
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BP Managing Director Bo Dudley thinks CEO Tony Hayward is "doing a great job...a fantastic job" and should keep his job, even despite BP's oil spill in the Gulf:
Yeah, a real heckuva' job, Tony. Consider:
