- Saudi women defy ban to take driver’s seat – Middle East – Al Jazeera English
- A number of Saudi women have defied a ban on driving by getting behind the wheel in the conservative kingdom.
Friday’s show of defiance came in response to calls on social networking sites to defy the ban that prohibits women from driving in the kingdom.
“We’ve just returned from the supermarket. My wife decided to start the day by driving to the store and back,” said columnist Tawfiq Alsaif on his Twitter page on Friday.
“I took King Fahd Road [Riyadh artery] and then Olaya Street, along with my husband, I decided that the car for today is mine,” local resident Maha al-Qahtani tweeted.
- Justice Thomas Caught Up In Yet Another Ethical Tangle | AlterNet
- Any one of these instances would be troubling, but the fact that one justice has managed to accrue such a list is deeply disturbing and raises serious questions about what else Thomas might be hiding.
- Obama Breaks Law With Impunity And Cherry-Picked Legal Opinions | Alas, a Blog
- The New York Times reports on the process by which President Obama came to the Orwellian legal conclusion that our actions in Libya are not “hostilities,” and thus do not need Congress’ approval under the War Powers Resolution.
- McCain warns GOP against isolationism – The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room
- Senate Armed Services Committee ranking member Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) warned Sunday that the GOP is at risk of becoming an isolationist party and he urged Congress to pass a resolution giving President Obama authorization to continue the air war in Libya.
- Banking Law Prof Blog: Bad News for B of A
- CNN Money reports that not only is Bank of America stock down 35% over the past 12 months, B of A faces more real estate related losses that will require it to raise more capital and could even require another bailout.
“While BofA is heavily involved in virtually every segment of today’s consumer, commercial and investment banking world, it remains a consumer banking franchise. As such, its stock price is a reflection of its consumer banking operations and, in turn, the health of the American consumer. Within these circles, BofA’s mortgage operation is the real engine but also the real drag on the company. In fact, I view BofA as a proxy for the American housing market.”
- Scott Adams: Still a Douchebag | Alas, a Blog
- When last we checked in with Adams, he was busily explaining how women are children… This did not garner him the universal acclaim that his pontifications usually do, which caused him to sniff haughtily that those who disagreed with him were just dumber than his usual sycophantic readers. This…did not, shockingly, result in a mass conversion to his point of view.
- Guinea Peeg Looks Like an Adorabuhl Mini Hippo! | Cute Overload • by Meg
- Hairless is RARELY cute, People, and I had to see this one to believe it.
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