Archive for November, 2008

Bushies rush to enact last minute policies

Submitted by Stars Over Washington Blog
But in this WaPo article, we learn that President-elect Obama will be reversing approximately 200 Bush administration policies and executive orders - especially the ones which were imposed for “overtly political” reasons.
And President Obama may be able legally to perform some of these reversals without waiting for Congress by signing…an [...]

70th anniversary of Kristallnacht today

Submitted by Stars Over Washington Blog
Today, November 9, marks the 70th anniversary, (a word which seems celebratory for an event which was a low point in humanity’s history), of Kristallnacht, when Hitler’s pogrom against the Jews was carried out.
Here are two links to recent posts on the subject which include a few astro-details of that [...]