The Alabama Supreme Court, a.k.a. the Republican Exxon Eight, for the first time in the ongoing bingo wars in the state refused to side with Alabama’s Republican Governor Bob Riley. It ruled against the governor’s gambling task force on immediately raiding VictoryLand in Macon County to seize electronic bingo machines. Surprisingly, the Karl Rove elected…
Daily Archives: August 11, 2010
Gulf Coast Protesters Demand Extension of Oil Drilling Moratorium
The U.S. Department of the Interior is holding several forums on offshore drilling along the Gulf Coast this week, and protesters let the government know how they felt in and outside those meetings (shown in the video above). Without shouting or fighting, according to local TV and newspaper coverage, protesters made it clear they want…
