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RIP Former Beatles, Stones Manager Allen Klein 77
07-04-09 10:43 P GMT-08
Apparently he was a pretty good hussler for himself too.
Tags: beatles rolling stones
Red States Lead in Divorce, Teen Pregnancy, and Online Porn
07-03-09 9:45 A GMT-08
Family values, indeed.
LAT: Medical bills behind most bankruptcies in 2007
06-25-09 8:52 A GMT-08
Almost 78% of medical related bankruptcies were in spite of the affected families carrying private health insurance at the onset of their medical problems. We can haz public option plez?
NYT: Documents Back Saudi Link to Extremists
06-25-09 8:42 A GMT-08
Oops! Money flowed to Taliban and terrorists before 911. The Saudis try to dig out from under a growing pile of evidence.
Public Favors Public Option in HealthCare Plan
06-22-09 12:59 P GMT-08
Having a public option also the best way to keep costs under control. Write or call your Congress person and ask them to make sure the American public is given a real choice and health care reform is given a real chance.
My favorite Mainstream Picture of Iranian Demonstrations
06-18-09 10:35 A GMT-08
Read the yellow sign. I think that says it all.
Foreign Policy: What's Really Behind Israel's Call for 'Natural Growth' of Settlements in West Bank
06-15-09 2:49 P GMT-08
I also contend that what is at stake here is cheap (free) land for 'settlers'. Imagine the popularity of the government that can offer such a deal for adventurous types. That's why Olmert wanted to seize Lebanon up to the Litani when Israel was considering giving back West Bank. What politician dares go against the hunger for cheap land in Israel?
Reuters: Spring Break Swine Flu May Have Been Around for Over a Decade
06-12-09 1:24 A GMT-08
The immediate ancestors of H1N1 Swine flu that emerged from Mexico during Spring Break are likely to have been around for more than a decade. The current outbreak most likely started in January in that nation. More evidence that the Mexican govt doesn't really care about its people.
Report from Gaza: 'We are a human experiment'
06-10-09 11:13 A GMT-08
Pension Groups Take Chrysler Sale to Supreme Court
06-08-09 4:54 P GMT-08
Also, owners of previously purchased vehicles are worried about the car company's liability if their automobiles are shown to be defective.
Spreading Rogue Protein Responsible for Alzheimers
06-08-09 4:34 P GMT-08
A rogue protein called tau can spread throughout the Alzheimers' brain to destroy tissue. The protein is being compared to the "prion" of vJCD (and mad cow disease).
Slate: Tragic -- Former Animal Tester Exposes the New Cruelties
06-07-09 6:03 A GMT-08
Are new methods really better than old ones?
Washington Post: Sotomayor's Gun Rights Decision Similar To New Ruling by Revered Conservative Circuit Court Judge
06-03-09 6:01 P GMT-08
7th Circuit panel found the knock down of DC's gun right law was okay. 2nd amendment applies only to federal govt or federal enclave like DC. The Decision was a unanimous ruling by 3 Republican appt jurists including Richard Posner.
Alter Net: The Tiller Murder Wasn't a Lone Killer's Sick Plot; It Came Out of the Radical Anti-Abortion Movement
06-03-09 1:09 P GMT-08
Hat tip @AlterNet at Twitter.com
Badtux: It's Not Just Doctors That Gun Goons and Religionists Are Targeting. Judges are often threatened, too.
06-02-09 3:46 P GMT-08
The new motto of the US: If someone doesn't agree with you, you hunt 'em down and kill 'em, apparently.
Tags: gun nuts religionists
Tweet Tees
05-31-09 5:10 P GMT-08
How about 1 that says "Can't breath! Need more room." or "We can haz 200 letters B4 we scratch ur eyes out?"
Video: Shocking! Hear Supreme Court Nominee Tell Congress of Dependence on Ethnic Heritage to Guide Judgement (this is not the Sotomayor comment you've already heard)
05-31-09 6:52 A GMT-08
Someone gets their backside handed to them.
Signs Say Recession Ending. Will We Bump Along the Bottom?
05-28-09 5:51 P GMT-08
I'm guessing yes, because the Wall Street banks who got the money don't want to lend it. They'd like to make Obama look bad so they can have their War and 'Tax Cuts for the Rich' Party back on top.
John Yoo Attacking Sotomayor
05-28-09 5:20 P GMT-08
Probably the best thing he's done in a decade. She'd be a shoe-in if this were a general vote with his 'help'.
NYT: When the Justices Ask Questions, Be Prepared to Lose the Case
05-26-09 3:15 P GMT-08
The side of a case before the US Supreme Court that gets more questions from the bench is statistically more likely to lose, but even more important is which side gets more negative words spoken about it (and the report did not indicate --to my understanding-- that those disparaging messages had to come from the bench). What's next? Rap slams at the Supreme Court? But one lawyer says study taught her to shut up when a judge was questioning the opposition.
Centrist Print Journalists Say Shut up, Sit Down, and Get Your Ideas From Us!
05-26-09 12:56 A GMT-08
Well, I call the center right because the center has shifted so far to the right, but I see I'm agreeing with the blogger about the propaganda style coming from the newspaper crowd. And MSN is furious about losing control of the American psyche. And watching the Baltimore Sun journo start ranting himself over "cable news" esp MSNBC's stars (no bias there? yeah, right) is priceless.
Firedoglake: Reagan's Anti-tax Strongholds Feeling Bite of Recession the Worst
05-25-09 3:54 P GMT-08
Discussion of cities and economy of scale, but also of how Big Money co-opts (through their wheel greasing money) Judeo-Christian conservatives. Author believes all that money now is gone, but haven't we seen some of that bailout money we gave the big banks being diverted to politics especially surrounding EFCA? Also a lot of political donations can be hidden by donating to the Chamber of Commerce and other non profits w/o disclosure who can then use it for 'political education' as long as they refrain from endorsing specific candidates. Hat tip @ericgrant at Twitter.com
Twitter is the New Cave Art?
05-25-09 2:31 P GMT-08
Well, maybe it's not quite as long lasting, though I think I've read some posts from early newlists that come from the mid eighties. They were often approaching twitter like brevity. Even for the early adopters, scientists and computer geeks sending up anything on those sloooowwwww dial up connections from comparatively snail speed computers to glaciially updating BB services a little script was a big thing. Hat tip @irasocol at Twitter.com
AP: Search for homes for 'Slumdog' children picks up
05-24-09 8:29 A GMT-08
WP -- Former Senator Bob Graham: Eye's Forward on Intelligence
05-24-09 7:18 A GMT-08
Graham's revelations that CIA records do not coincide with his meticulous ones in re when they talked to him in his role on the Senate Intelligence Committee. Why they need better record keeping.
Washington Post: Revealing the Hidden Cost Of Credit Cards
05-24-09 7:10 A GMT-08
Notes the fact that the person who pays his or her bill every month is using free money services paid by the rest of us. Now that the Congress and Obama have put constraints on the gouging of the rest of us capitalism with do what it does best, go after those who are getting the service for free.
NASA New Head is Former Shuttle Commander
05-23-09 7:08 P GMT-08
That has to be good for safety.
Tags: nasa space exploration
Civil Union Reality May Keep Adopted Children From Bedsides of Dying Parent
05-23-09 7:04 P GMT-08
It is not, is never actually the same. Plus it is a way to tell families they are second class citizens.
NY Times. Californian doesn't even even charge for the extraction of oil in state?
05-22-09 4:53 P GMT-08
In a report mostly going over the talking points of California's search for money and the federal government denying loan guarantees the Jennifer Steinhauer talks about CA starting to charge for oil extraction. ???? WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING THAT?
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Ballot Designs Still Confusing Voters
posted 05-11-08
The worst confusion recently was found during the Super Tuesday primaries in Los Angeles, a high population high minority city of an important state AP report "Confusing ballot designs still plague elections". See source for details.
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