This site is an Appeal For Redress in support of our mission in Iraq.

An Appeal For Redress is an authorized means for active duty military to submit a grievance to Congress. It can be signed by Active Duty, Reserve, or National Guard military personnel.

More >>>

Weeks before it plans to have its manhood lopped off and live full time as a woman, Susan Ashley Stanton will be in Washington trying to get lawmakers to understand transgender issues.

The former Largo City Manager, will head to Washington D.C. today as Susan Ashley Stanton.  Tonight, Stanton is scheduled to make a public appearance at a reception honoring transgender advocates.  He'll meet with legislators on Tuesday to lobby lawmakers to support two proposed federal laws.  Event organizers say it will be the biggest transgender lobbying effort ever.

More >>>

Feminists fight for the rights of Muslim women… to play golf at Augusta National... and not much more.

More >>>

Cable modem companies, DSL providers, broadband over powerline, satellite internet companies and even some universities all have until the end of today to ensure "...the ability of law enforcement agencies to conduct electronic surveillance by requiring that telecommunications carriers and manufacturers of telecommunications equipment modify and design their equipment, facilities, and services to ensure that they have the necessary surveillance capabilities."

More >>>

Some of the things for which you should be reported as a suspected terrorist include the usual things, like weapons of mass destruction, and hate groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and Neo-Nazis, but also includes people who “Make numerous references to US Constitution,” “Claim driving is a right, not a privilege” and “Attempt to ‘police the police.’”

More >>>

South Korea's LG Philips LCD has developed the world's first A4-sized colour electronic-paper - a paper-thin and bendable viewing panel.

The e-paper - which measures 35.9cm across its diagonal and is just 300 micrometres (0.3 millimetres) thin - can display up to 4096 colours, the world's second largest liquid crystal display maker said in a statement.

More >>>

Ahhhh... romance...

If this doesn't work, he should move to the phrase of "abandonment," which refers to sleeping in separate beds. Abandonment could mean that he would sleep in a separate room, wouldn't talk to her, and so on. If abandonment doesn't work, we move to beating, but as the religious scholars have said, beating in this case is not the kind that draws blood or breaks teeth. They said it is similar to beating with the edge of his garment or a toothpick. But as you said, some people misunderstood this, and so, many poor women had their legs broken.

More >>>

The recent rash of worldwide adoptions by U.S. celebrities has placed an inordinate amount of pressure on the world’s orphans to get cleaned up in advance of announced baby-hunting excursions by American stars. These international baby drives have even spawned a cottage industry of adoption-service businesses. Many of these promise to turn grimy, malnourished beggars into neatly-coiffed cherubs in 48 hours or less; for the right price.

More >>>

A popular conservative blog will step up its efforts this week to force Republican leaders to pull Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) from the powerful Appropriations Committee. In addition, the website will begin a coordinated effort to target members of the GOP Steering Committee in order to save the party from electoral disaster in 2008, the editor in chief of the site said Sunday.

More >>>

Foreign minister says Israel is not interested in controlling Palestinians, most Israelis support two-state solution. 'We are convinced that in order to establish a Palestinian state we must withdraw from additional territories,' she tells Egyptian newspaper

More>>>

Many taxi drivers expressed frustration as new airport penalties began for those who refuse rides to passengers carrying alcohol.

More>>>

Troops surrounded the town of Youssifiyah and told residents over loudspeakers to stay inside, residents said. They then methodically searched the houses, focusing on possible secret chambers under the floors where the soldiers might be hidden, residents said. The soldiers marked each searched house with a white piece of cloth.

More>>>

Thousands of fans have already started lining up outside the women’s jail in Lynwood, California for conjugal visits with Paris Hilton, who will soon start a 45 day sentence. Paris’ publicist had promised that his client will try to service each fan waiting in line, though a potential reduced sentence may complicate matters.

More >>>

FOR a small, high-tech country such as Estonia, the internet is vital. But for the past two weeks Estonia's state websites (and some private ones) have been hit by “denial of service” attacks, in which a target site is bombarded with so many bogus requests for information that it crashes.

More >>>

"The Iraqi government is a huge disappointment," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told CNN'S Late Edition on Sunday.

"So far, they've not been able do anything they promised on the political side," the Kentucky Republican said, citing the Iraqis' failure to pass a new oil revenue bill, hold local elections and dismantle the former Baath Party of Saddam Hussein. "It's a growing frustration."

More >>>

Sometimes I think the companies that make cell phones, gadgets and PCs never actually use their own products. In particular, one of my biggest complaints is how these vendors put annoying little lights on everything but fail to illuminate their products in ways that are actually useful.

More >>>