Archive for April 6th, 2006

Libby Claimed Bush Authorized Plamegate Leak - April 6, 2006

Published by Yuletide on April 6, 2006 in News, Politics and Uncategorized. 0 Comments

Libby Claimed Bush Authorized Plamegate Leak - April 6, 2006

APRIL 6–A former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney told a federal grand jury that President George W. Bush authorized him to leak information from a classified intelligence report to a New York Times reporter. Details of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s testimony were included in a court filing made yesterday by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, who is prosecuting Libby for perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false statements in connection with the probe into the leaking of CIA agent Valerie Plame’s identity.

via The Smoking Gun
Funny how these things disappear from our radar only to pop back up again (or not)…

LED Images on your Bike Wheels! Incredible!

Published by Yuletide on April 6, 2006 in Hacks, Resources and Uncategorized. 0 Comments

Wow. This is just stunning!!! Now I have something to do this summer!!!!
SpokePOV: LED Bike Wheel Images

Spoke POV is an easy-to-make electronic kit toy that turns your bicycle wheel into a customized display! The project includes a free schematic design, open source software for uploading and editing stored bitmap images, and a high-quality kit with all the parts necessary to build your own.

Tired: A red blinker on your seatpost
Wired: Programmable full-wheel images in any color

via Make originally…

Healthcare for Massachusetts Campaign Update - 4/5/06

Published by Yuletide on April 6, 2006 in Policy and Politics. 0 Comments

From the Health Care for Massachusetts Campaign:

This campaign is a citizen-led initiative to ensure that every Massachusetts resident has access to affordable, comprehensive and equitably financed coverage for medically necessary health and mental health care services. The proposed Health Care Constitutional Amendment requires the Commonwealth to enact laws to accomplish this goal.

Some people have asked “Do we need the Health Care Constitutional Amendment now that we have a health reform bill?”

The answer is: “Yes, Now More Than Ever!”

We need the Health Care Constitutional Amendment now more than ever to make sure the promise of these current health reforms are fulfilled and that we have the tools to finish the job if we need them to ensure that comprehensive coverage for everyone is affordable and sustainable over time.

History tells us that legislation by itself is not enough. The employer mandate in the 1988 Universal Health Care Law was repealed before it was ever implemented. History also tells us that even a ballot initiative for a law may not be enough. The people enacted the Clean Elections Law only to be stalled and eventually repealed by the Legislature. The only major, progressive reform that has been fully implemented - education reform - has a constitutional anchor backed up by the Supreme Judicial Court.

The Health Care Amendment creates that constitutional anchor for affordable, comprehensive, equitable coverage. It will make sure that the promise of today’s reform is fulfilled and that if additional reform is needed tomorrow, we’ll have the political and legal tools we need to get the job done.

Sincerely,
Barbara Roop, PhD, JD :: Campaign Co-Chair
John Goodson, MD :: Campaign Co-Chair
Email: mcarr@healthcareformass.org />
Phone: 617-868-1280
Web:

 

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