Today the US Supreme Court said that some of the Congressional districts in Texas have not been properly racially gerrymandered:
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld most of the pro-Republican Texas congressional map … The court, however, said that part of the new Texas map failed to protect minority voting rights … Justice [...]

The graph above shows the number of Americans that pay no income taxes. The Tax Foundation says:
America has become divided between a growing class of people who pay no income taxes and a shrinking class of people who are bearing the lion’s share of the burden.
Libertarians don’t like income taxes. It seems that the lower [...]

This sounds reasonable:
THE race is on to keep humans one step ahead of robots: an international team of scientists and academics is to publish a “code of ethics” for machines as they become more and more sophisticated.
And then this:
“Security, safety and sex are the big concerns,” said Henrik Christensen, a member of the Euron [...]

The Road to Euro Serfdom notes that “unfortunately the new government of Slovakia is poised to undo much of the good work done by its predecessor”. See here:
Fico (Likely Prime Minister) has already pledged to scrap one of the key pieces of legislation introduced by Dzurinda’s government – a 19 per cent flat tax – [...]

And now for the most ridiculous comment by a Democratic presidential wannabe for this week (John Edwards):
Edwards said wiping out poverty would cost $15 billion to $20 billion a year …
Hmm, the US has spent $9 trillion over the last 40 years to end poverty - yet the poverty rate has not budged. See two [...]

We all suspect that individual members of Congress are spending money like drunken sailors. This has now been quantified by the National Taxpayers Union Foundation (via Ringo’s World):
… analysis shows that the average Representative supported five cents in federal spending reductions for every dollar of increases, while the Senate’s ratio was just two cents on [...]

Fidel Castro’s socialist scientific labs and world class manufacturing facilities have achieved a breakthrough in automotive design:

A few of the advantages stressed by Cuban engineers are:
- No fossil fuels required
- No air pollution (… well, almost none)
- No air conditioning needed
- Guaranteed to dazzle your girlfriend
Perhaps you can think of more advantages to this transportation [...]

I wrote here that I hoped the young French woman named Sabine Herold comes back on to the international scene at some point. To me, she is a potential hero that could someday reshape France. At 25, she will now run for parliament… and then maybe even president (via Instapundit):
Miss Hérold claims that neither Nicolas [...]

Via Armed and Dangerous:
In Nablus, a young man is kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists — who then set him free on learning he is an American because they don’t want to end up like Abu Musab al-Zarqawi so recently did.
I am irresistibly reminded of a piece of cynical wisdom from the mouth of the mad [...]

Pity those German workers (via Kallini Brothers):
Volkswagen is looking to lengthen their employee’s work week, without any additional financial compensation, a cost-cutting move to designed to help stabilize the company’s bottom line.
But before labor sympathizers get out their sandwich boards and picket signs, it must be noted that the automaker is asking for a [...]

Some celebrities should just keep their mouths shut on anything that touches on the political. When they speak, they are gaffe machines. Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks (above center) just keeps bringing on more disdain for herself and her band. Here is Natalie’s latest pearl of wisdom (via Michelle Malkin):
“The entire country may disagree [...]