Mobile payment processor Square announced on Monday a new checkout feature for the iPad that helps merchants stay in touch with customers as well as offering a new feature called the Square Card Case. According to PC World, Square Register is a new iPad app that retailers can use to process payments, and Card Case is an app that is like a virtual wallet filled with virtual … [Read more...] about Square Register Card Case, iPad App: New Square Features for Consumers, Retailers
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California Prisons – Supreme Court’s Scary Power Grab
The U.S. Supreme Court effectively ordered California on Monday to release 33,000 inmates over two years from an in-state prison population that numbers about 143,000. Kent Scheidegger of the tough-on-crime Criminal Justice Legal Foundation blogged that Californians shouldn't "bother investing much in a car. It will be open season on cars, given … [Read more...] about California Prisons – Supreme Court’s Scary Power Grab
Sarah Palin’s Birther Baptism by Fire
As governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin "demonstrated many of the qualities we expect in our best leaders," The Atlantic's Joshua Green reports in a must-read story. "She set aside private concerns for the greater good, forgoing a focus on social issues to confront the great problem plaguing Alaska, its corrupt oil-and-gas politics. She did this in a … [Read more...] about Sarah Palin’s Birther Baptism by Fire
GOP: Try Again on Medicare
Nice try, Republicans, running a political protection racket to push your Medicare scheme. Scrubbed of the sweet talk about saving Medicare, your offer boiled down to this: You older folks support us, and we won't touch a hair on your government health-insurance plan. Only those 55 and under get whacked.Somehow this appeal to greedy geezer-ism didn't go over so well. Perhaps it … [Read more...] about GOP: Try Again on Medicare
An Interview With Robert Novak
Whether you like him or hate him, Robert Novak's combination of insider dope, political pronouncements, and glowering TV presence have made him a Washington institution. So the announcement in July that he was suspending his newspaper column because of a brain tumor came as a jolt. What other journalist has been tearing up the town with so much relish for the past 51 years? … [Read more...] about An Interview With Robert Novak
The Barack Obama William Ayers Connection: Chicago Annenberg Challenge, ACORN and More
In the best tradition of Bill Clinton's famous declaration that the answer to the question of whether or not he was having an affair with Monica depended on "what the definition of is is," Obama was clearly splitting hairs and concealing the truth when he said that William Ayers was "just a guy who lives in my neighborhood." The Obama-Ayers Connection (Image: … [Read more...] about The Barack Obama William Ayers Connection: Chicago Annenberg Challenge, ACORN and More
The Importance of the Corn Economy
Our food supply depends to a large extent on corn. We feed corn to cattle and cows to provide meat on the table and milk in our glass. It is fed to chickens to provide a staple in our diet and eggs for our morning breakfast. Corn is used to make fructose which is a basic ingredient used to satisfy our "sweet tooth". And, unfortunately, it is now used as a tool by global warming … [Read more...] about The Importance of the Corn Economy
The Electoral College Versus the Popular Vote
Since the 2000 presidential election, there have been calls for changing the way the president is elected because though George Bush received the majority of Electoral College votes, Al Gore received a larger number of votes nationwide. Democrats in particular have been very vocal about this and many on the left still harbor feelings that the George Bush ‘stole’ the … [Read more...] about The Electoral College Versus the Popular Vote
Ron Paul on the Verge of Going Third Party?
Rep. Ron Paul's 1988 Libertarian Presidential campaign started with great promise: A former four-term Republican US Congressman running on the ticket of America's third largest party. But it ended in failure and even scandal. Many were predicting over 1 million votes--a Libertarian record. Paul ended up with 435,000. Ron Paul on … [Read more...] about Ron Paul on the Verge of Going Third Party?
Madeleine McCann Suspect Robert Murat: Witnesses Recognize “Lazy Eye”
What's the real story behind Robert Murat, the only named suspect in the case of a missing four year old girl named Madeleine McCann? Witnesses have now come forward and challenged Murat's version of the events of the night of May 3. Details have now emerged for the first time of the face-to-face showdown between Murat, 33, and three key witnesses. … [Read more...] about Madeleine McCann Suspect Robert Murat: Witnesses Recognize “Lazy Eye”