Oh Mr. Tatum! Be still my heart!
Channing Tatum says he wants to make a film about his stripper past.He tells the Sydney Morning Herald:
“I did it for almost a year. I’ve lived a crazy life, …
Last week’s Supreme Court ruling striking down the ban on direct corporate spending in elections could allow overseas corporations — even those controlled by foreign governments — to pour money into U.S. elections, supporters of campaign-finance regulation warn.
“Clearly there’s a huge opening now,” Stephen Spaulding of Common Cause told TPMmuckraker.
The ruling affirms that corporations, like individuals, have a free-speech right to spend unlimited amounts from their general treasuries on ad campaigns that support or oppose political candidates. It’s true that foreign nationals are currently prohibited by law from making independent expenditures in U.S. elections. But that prohibition has little teeth. According to experts, it doesn’t apply to foreign-owned corporations that incorporate in the U.S., or have U.S. subsidiaries — meaning most foreign multinationals likely aren’t covered. So there’s “essentially no difference” between domestic and foreign corporations in terms of their ability to pump money into U.S. elections, says Lisa Gilbert of U.S. PIRG — a view backed by several other advocates of increased regulation.
Tags: Politics, USAFinally!
The UK economy has come out of recession, after figures showed it had grown by a weaker-than-expected 0.1% in the last three months of 2009.
The economy had previously contracted for six consecutive quarters – the …
Ugh…sounds dreadful.
A stage production based on the Spice Girls and their music is being created by Mamma Mia! producer Judy Craymer, Simon Fuller has announced.
The working title of Viva Forever takes its name from the …
Too right.
Don’t you just hate it when you’re seated on a flight next to a morbidly obese person, and their rolls of flesh spill onto your lap and interfere with your coffee drinking?
Or perhaps you’re …
Biofuels not quite turning out to be the silver bullet everyone was hoping for…
One-quarter of all the maize and other grain crops grown in the US now ends up as biofuel in cars rather than …
Smart move!
British Airways has told employees with no flying experience they can become cabin crew within 21 days as it plans to build a strike-breaking workforce.
BA flights could be crewed by baggage handlers and check-in …
I love you Keith Olbermann. This court ruling is a travesty!
…Today, the Supreme Court, of Chief Justice John Roberts, in a decision that might actually have more dire implications than “Dred Scott v Sandford,” declared …
Nice! And yet I can’t imagine they would ever canvas the nation about whether it is right to tell racist jokes?
The BBC is to ask the nation if its comedians should be allowed to tell …
Have Americans finally seen the light?
There has been much chatter about who now speaks for the Republican Party, and whether the GOP has a message or an agenda to combat President Obama’s popularity. Those questions …
Ugh…sounds dreadful.
A stage production based on the Spice Girls and their music is being created by Mamma Mia! producer Judy Craymer, Simon Fuller has announced.
The working title of Viva Forever takes its name from the …
Ah the plans are out for the customised A380, that costs £300 million, that some Middle Eastern prince has no doubt ordered while drunk on oil profits. Onboard garage, computer generated prayer mats that always …
Last week’s Supreme Court ruling striking down the ban on direct corporate spending in elections could allow overseas corporations — even those controlled by foreign governments — to pour money into U.S. elections, supporters of …
The name says it all really. Brilliant bit of computer wizardy! With a printer and a webcam, you can have a computerised big foot walking around on your desk! Living Sasquatch.
