October 2009
Obama will bypass Congress to detain suspects... →
“President Barack Obama has quietly decided to bypass Congress and allow the indefinite detention of terrorist suspects without charges.”
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
[h/t bullevard]
September 2009
DeLay Tangos a Little Too Hard on Dancing -... →
Former House majority leader Tom DeLay showed off a dignified tango last night on Dancing With the Stars, performing the dance faithfully, if a bit robotically—until the end, when he dipped partner Cheryl Burke, stumbled, and almost dropped her. Though he scored an 18, tying for last with Kathy Ireland, Delay seems determined, the Wall Street Journal reports. He was in obvious pain from a...
“The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday rejected an amendment to include a...”
– Senate panel votes down public option for health care bill - CNN.com
Hybrid Owners: No Carpool Lanes For You →
in short: California lawmakers passed a law in 2004 that qualified certain hybrid vehicles for travel in the HOV lanes. the law inspired thousands of citizens to buy cars that qualified, and now lawmakers are wanting to remove the incentive for buying these cars.
“What we’re saying is that the hybrid isn’t good enough anymore,” Adam Keigwin, chief of staff for Sen. Leland...
WatchAyn Rand & The Simpsons: “Mediocrity Rules!”
12 of the best pole vaulting Fails of all-time →
i’ve personally matched a few of these. my best worst fall story: it was my senior year & i was one of our school’s top jumpers, regularly clearing 15’. we always practiced in the gymnasium and on this particular snowy february day, the girls varsity soccer team was scheduled to practice in the gym when we were done. so, as any high school hot shot would do with 20 attractive...
“So to all conspiracy theorists claiming that gold is being manipulated on a...”
– ZeroHedge: Exclusive Smoking Gun: The Fed on Gold Manipulation via poor taste
“In the film, Michael describes capitalism as evil. I disagree. I don’t think...”
– Arianna Huffington on Michael Moore’s New Movie via United Liberty
UL adds: “After all, Huffington is riding on a goldmine created by capitalism, and, well, so is Moore. Plus, there’s the all-too-obvious irony that I wish more would point out, that Moore will be charging money for people to...
U.S. Commander of Afghanistan only talked to Obama... →
is this normal? afghanistan is obama’s self-proclaimed primary war and he only cares to speak to the hand-picked general once? sure, he’s had other communications with other importants, but still. i won’t pretend to know anything about the military, so please correct me.
More school: Obama would curtail summer vacation -... →
“Obama and Duncan say kids in the United States need more school because kids in other nations have more school.
“Young people in other countries are going to school 25, 30 percent longer than our students here,” Duncan told the AP. “I want to just level the playing field.”
While it is true that kids in many other countries have more school days, it’s not...
“If I were to say ‘God, why me?’ about the bad things, then I should have said...”
– - Arthur Ashe, explaining how he coped with being diagnosed with HIV, the result of a tainted blood transfusion
sunnynsassy:
Going to stop with the “Why me?s” on all the bad stuff. Today was the beginning.
(via davereed)
Watchspiegelman:
Ladies and gentlemen, your President is a robot. Or a wax sculpture. Maybe a cardboard cutout. All I know is no human being has a photo smile this amazingly consistent.
On Wednesday, the Obamas hosted a reception at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, during which they stood for 130 photographs with visiting foreign dignitaries in town for the UN meeting. The President...
“Research using a massive sample of 24 million individual credit files has found...”
– Homeowners who ‘strategically default’ on loans a growing problem — latimes.com
Nanny State Doesn’t Like Competition | Cato @... →
“Lisa Snyder of Middleville, Mich., says she takes no money for watching the three children for 15-40 minutes each day so that the neighbors can get to work on time.
The Department of Human Services, acting on a complaint that Snyder was operating an illegal child care home, demanded she either get a license, stop watching the kids or face the consequences, WZZM says.
Snyder calls the...
SAD Fate In Store For Rocky Mountain Aspens? :... →
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Scientists with the federal Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS) in Moscow, Idaho, have predicted the near total disappearance of aspen in the Rocky Mountain region by 2090, when they say up to 94 percent of Western forests will be unable to support the trees. Their research is set to be published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management.”
this makes me very sad. the...
How Goldman Backed Moore's 'Capitalism' Movie ::... →
“The funniest moments of all in the movie, though, may just be in the opening and closing credits. We see that the movie is presented by “Paramount Vantage” in association with the Weinstein Company. Bob and Harvey Weinstein are listed as executive producers. If Mr. Moore appreciates any of the irony here he sure doesn’t share it with viewers, but for those members of the...
The Definitive Guide to a Minimalist Mac Setup... →
but when my icons are so awesome, it’s hard to not keep them in my dock.
Family Pics Deemed Child Porn by Wal-Mart at... →
“A recent story in the San Francisco Chronicle begins with an arresting anecdote:
Last fall A.J. and Lisa Demaree took a memory stick with family photos to the printing center at the Wal-Mart store in Peoria, Ariz. Some of the photos showed their three young girls, all under 5 years old, partially nude in the bathtub. The Demarees say these were innocent pictures that all families take....
The Growing Debt Bomb | Cato Institute →
“The real reason Obama insists upon making the young and healthy buy insurance...”
– Coverage Story: Does the cost of uncompensated care justify forcing people to buy health insurance? - Reason Magazine (via jeffmiller)
also FTA:
“At a July press conference, President Obama claimed “the average American family is paying thousands of dollars in hidden costs”...
davereed:
Future of Forestry - Slow Your Breath...
Don't blame the uninsured for emergency room... →
“[A] study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association in October 2008, says the uninsured are not responsible for crowded emergency rooms (emphasis mine):
‘The JAMA study also found that patients with public insurance, such as Medicaid and Medicare, are more likely to crowd into emergency rooms for minor complaints than are the uninsured. Only about 17 percent of...
Worst. Blog. Name. Ever. →
it took me a minute…
“This is the message that the Maroochydore...
UN: Global Currency Should Replace Dollar →
XRAY :: for web developers →
“XRAY is a bookmarklet for Internet Explorer 6+, and Webkit and Mozilla based browsers (including Safari, Firefox, Camino or Mozilla). Use it to see the box model for any element on any web page.”
Public option: a private insurer killer? --... →
Watchthirtysomething:
@briansolis manages to make Kansas City look hip. Great job!
Indians ask for H1N1 kits, get body bags →
” Indian bands in Manitoba, Canada, are furious their federal request for H1N1 flu prevention and vaccine kits resulted in them receiving scores of body bags. “To me this is an ominous sign that the government is predicting a grim outcome,” said Chief David McDougall of St. Theresa First Nation.”
[via digg]
