Posts tagged: Government

Meet the Woman With the Most-Stolen Social Security Number of All Time

“In 1938, wallet
manufacturer the E. H. Ferree company in Lockport, New York decided
to promote its product by showing how a Social Security card would
fit into its wallets. A sample card, used for display purposes,
was inserted in each wallet.

Gabrielle Giffords Is Back in Congress

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords just made her first appearance in Congress since she was shot in the head in January.  To vote on the debt ceiling deal, of all things.

Prime Minister Apologizes for ‘Bloody Sunday’ Killings

Amazing — and encouraging — news from the UK, where after 10 long years of work the Saville Report has called the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland entirely unjustified.Prime Minister David Cameron has apologized on behalf of the British government: