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Argh! New Parenting Advice? Follow the Dog Whisperer

11-27-09 3:56 A GMT-08

Because you want to have to support and control your kids all their lives like you do your dog. So don't explain things, just control. So much missing in this article. I'm wondering where that rolled up newspaper is hidden. You can't just get kids to obey without question without something to back your up. That back up is usually the threat of punishment or previous bouts of explanation lacking in dog handling because they don't understand us.

Rightwing uproar over Best Buy’s ‘Happy Eid al-Adha’ wish to Muslims

11-27-09 3:49 A GMT-08

RWNJs furious that store celebrates November Muslim holiday instead of December Christian one, RIGHT NOW! Oh dudes? What about Chanukah? Christians don't care as long as they can impose their will.

Tags: eid al adha best buy holidays chanukah christmas solstice

Sandra Tsing Loh:

11-27-09 3:36 A GMT-08

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Thanksgiving Held After Massacre of Pequot Indiians

11-27-09 3:33 A GMT-08

@blogdiva linked to her blog post about a thanksgiving feast held after a massacre of Indians in 1637, after which a day of Thanksgiving was proclaimed. I'm pretty sure that there was an earlier one, but the 1637 incident shows how negligent in feeling white Christian societies have been towards others.

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The Nation: Why Not Tax Wall Street?

11-26-09 9:06 P GMT-08

Proposals to reign in Wall Street start to emerge says William Grieder. I certainly hope something in that direction is accomplished before the fever fades.

Tags: wall street financial regulatory agencies federal bank the fed senotoir chris dodd senator richard lugar representative jim clyburn seantor bernie sanders goldman sachs citibank alan greenspan

9 Insider Secrets to Getting Hired

11-24-09 7:07 P GMT-08

I don't know if these tips work, but this US News report at yahoo.com sounds like the extra effort will pay off. Good luck if you're out there searching for a new job. I'm going to put a copy in a personal spot, in case I even need these hints.

Tags: job search hints economy jobs

WP: Hasan Had More Contacts with American-Yemeni Iman al-Aulaqi (al-Awlaki)

11-21-09 8:04 P GMT-08

Report says the Major and the cleric discussed money transfers and other actions (that has Sen Levin calling the Ft. Hood shooting spree a terrorist action.) Still, there were two terrorists in Massachusetts who never acted because MA has strict gun laws. Texas has very lax codes. Another factor is the lack of full and complete checks of anyone who buys the most dangerous types of guns, like the cop killer that Hasan used.

Tags: ndal hasan fort hood shooting gun control gun rights massachusetts texas background checks

Lies about ACORN set off Twitter Mob with #acornfacts

11-20-09 5:36 P GMT-08

Twitter is the most fun when the Tweeps start a big mob action themselves. And this one was glorious. Actually better than the Swine Flue mob that erupted last spring.

Tags: acorn twitter flashmob political lies

Washington Post- ABC News Poll President's Numbers Mostly Positive

11-20-09 5:05 A GMT-08

Seeing all the lies told about him, just staying in the plus column is a major victory.

Tags: obama approval numbers

Where Palin Fits On The Creation - Evolution Scale

11-19-09 4:59 P GMT-08

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Goldmans Sachs to Give "A Good Trading Day's Haul" Back to American Public

11-19-09 9:33 A GMT-08

$100m for each of 5 years, or 2.3 percent of 2009 bonuses will be "tithed" out to small businesses over the period.

Tags: goldman sachs tithing bonuses trading day insulting to americans

Poll: Americans Want a Surcharge on the HIghest Earners in US To Help Fund Health Care Reform

11-19-09 9:02 A GMT-08

Oh that's a poll that has to be redone so that Mainstream news can use the second, doctored one as proof that this one was wrong.

Tags: poll health care reform surtax on wealthy

Too Many Breast Cancers Diagnosed by Mammograms?

11-18-09 8:08 P GMT-08

LA Lady: I've seen this in my own family. My sister found a series of "lumps" by self examination as promoted in the 80s. Each one caused extreme stress and expensive medical bills as it was removed and examined though we haven't had breast cancer in our immediate family whether post or pre-menopausal type. Luckily, she had good employer based insurance for it. So I'm for the new guidelines. Why get women into unnecessary "pre-existing condition" problems for lumps, even cancerous ones that disappear rapidly. Eat lots of fruit, veggies, whole grains, and other whole foods you can find at a local farmer's market.

Tags: medicine breast cancer mammograms

The Nation: Newsweek Taps Bush Aide For Obama Reporting

11-18-09 6:53 A GMT-08

If it seems like Republicans are pushing the news, that's because they are.

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Alert Net at Reuters: Why boosting food output is not enough to beat hunger

11-18-09 6:36 A GMT-08

Inequality, not lack of supply creates hunger as food is priced out of the reach of the poor according to report. Thanks to @Liam_Fox at Twitter.com

Tags: world hunger niger food inflation inequality

Huffington Post: 18 Biggest Falsehoods in Sarah Palin's book

11-18-09 5:55 A GMT-08

You can also vote to tell them which whoppers you think are the worst.

Tags: sarah palin going rogue political lies

Palingate: So how many abortions do these people claim Sarah had?

11-18-09 2:47 A GMT-08

I get lost in the long winding narrative. But they seem to imply that Trig is a rent a baby. But if a woman has an abortion why rent a baby about the time hers was to be born?

Tags: sarah palin abortion rent a baby

Exxon Gets their Iraqi Oil Field Deal

11-16-09 12:45 A GMT-08

Exxon gets 80% of "one of the largest" oil fields "in the oil rich south" according to the UK Telegraph. I know this is old news to some, but I just wanted a record here of the fact, and to inform anyone who hadn't heard yet. It did happen as we said it would. bTW, Telegraph, isn't the name of the largest partner usually first in news about a partnership? WTF?

Tags: exxonmobil royal dutch shell iraqi oil

Jenny Sanford Endorses Opponent to Husband For Next Year's Governor's Race

11-12-09 6:12 P GMT-08

Mrs. Sanford is no political lightweight either. This could send ol' Mark off to Argent... Oh wait. The pretty journalist isn't going to need a washed up old pol. Well maybe he can pitch a tent on the Appalachian trail, or join the soup lines with the rest of the unemployed homeless, the folks that Republicans usually ignore.

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Balloon Boy Parents Reach Deal to Stop Deportation of Mother

11-12-09 6:05 P GMT-08

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Massachusetts Man Says He Was Fired for Telling Colleague Her Gay Marriage Is Wrong

11-11-09 8:08 P GMT-08

Link goes to Fox News. Just wanted to make a comment. I've been there. You're taught by the fundie church that by standing up to "the infidel" you're going to win brownie points with God and get ya closer to the big man on that sea of glass when you die. And in the meantimes you're earning creds with your Christian buddies, a war story to tell and make yourself look good. Or maybe you know you're a tool for the Christian dominionists. Don't play martyr, now. I'ts just makes you look like a fool.

Tags: christians proselytizing fox news massachusetts same sex marriage

Blaming Muslims For the Fort Hood Massacre Will Only Create More Victims

11-10-09 5:30 P GMT-08

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Examiner.com -- Robert Taylor: The Fort Hood massacre: more blowback from America's interventionist foreign policy

11-10-09 9:17 A GMT-08

Good piece. Agrees with the Bible that They who live by the sword will die by the sword.

Tags: fort hood shooting

Teabaggers attack Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel

11-10-09 6:57 A GMT-08

Tags: teabaggers teaparty elie wiesel holocaust survivor

Health Care Around the World: Why American Health Care for Uninsured is Like that Of 3rd World Nations

11-07-09 7:39 P GMT-08

Interview with TR Reid on the 4 methods of health care in the world and the types of insurance and other bundled medical programs in the developed world found in the nations of the world.

Tags: tr reid health care health insurance univeral health care

Neda's Mother: She Was Like an Angel

11-07-09 7:16 P GMT-08

Her mom, talks about Neda's life. New: Neda found it impossible to get work because she was divorced.

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Why negative thinking makes the world a better place

11-07-09 5:32 P GMT-08

Writer's brush with positive thinking program illustrates how focusing on a positive outlook can hurt in the long run. 'come to think of it, positive thinking started out as a busineess ploy, didn't it? A ploy by already powerful and rich white men to ingnore the harm their business practices have on the world. Maybe they should go back to the EST scam. Oh yeah.that was for underlings. h/t @R_A_W at Twitter.com

Tags: positive thinking est brainwashing reality based community

Jake Tapper Interviews Roland Hedley Jr. On Twitter

11-07-09 7:03 A GMT-08

Over his new book based on his Twitter posts. (Has to be a first.) The Insufferably sufferable journalist opens up to the ABc's Political Punch columnist, or not. Now I know what I want for Christmas.

Tags: roland hedley jr doonesbury jake tapper

Focusing on Ft. Hood Killer's Beliefs Are an Easy Out to Avoid the Deeper Reasons for the Massacre

11-06-09 9:19 P GMT-08

Fort Hood and it's vicinity have have a lot of problems with killings and low morale. The fact that Hasan did not act until the day before he was to be deployed shows his actions were more about being denied his right to avoid war than because of his religious beliefs. Hat tip @ontd_political at Twitter.com for link

Tags: fort hood texas massacre 1991 george hennard jr iraq war vietnam war killeen waco

New book tells how Right Wing and business push mainstream news media into a right wing bias.

11-05-09 4:18 A GMT-08

Calls liberal bias of news media "and urban legend" and shows how the right forces news media to back up their own propaganda. Hat tip Twitter colleagues, probably either @maafa or @mparent77772

Tags: mainstream news media right wing organizations propaganda

Meg Whitman's radio whoppers

11-02-09 5:04 P GMT-08

Right Now Ms. Whitman is a California concern, but such things go on in your state as well, and it's good to see some reporting on them which we do this far from the election. Beside should she win the governor's seat she's likely to be running for president by 2016 at the latest.

Tags: meg whitman elephant killer former ebay ceo ebay sold ivory ivory sales kill elephants ivory sales kill people

ROFLMAO Slate Imagines Barack Obama's Facebook Wall

11-02-09 4:26 A GMT-08

Must read. No registration required.

Tags: obama emmanuel robert gibbs joe biden joe lieberman arnold schwarzenegger

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Linkblogs do not substantially contribute traffic to my blog that I can discover. They all go offsite, and are often accessed from my blog. It's possible to access them from the RSS according to my settings. Still, even if I were to get ads clicking on a linkblog from the RSS won't drive more people to my blog than otherwise because they leave my resources. (Note to self, do more posts, less LBs with sources I find). I explain because I sometimes borrow links from people at Twitter, and often forget who put them up. (To fellow Twitterers: If you have a link to your blog, I will point it there, but Twitter, being impermanent, cannot hold your link for people to discover from there. I only 'borrow' them to get news out to as many people as I can who might not have seen the reports and videos found by the smart people I follow at Twitter or find in search rooms.

Joe Biden's on John McCain's Healthcare Bridge to Nowhere

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posted 10-02-08

I think the audience was supposed to keep quiet, but after this bit they couldn't hold back their laughter. All Sarah Palin's talking points couldn't match this.

According to a Newsweek article I was reading the other, "Got Insurance?", day Joe Biden is actually correct or even a little modest: John McCain's health care plan will cause 21 million people to lose their health care coverage from their employer in the first year alone. Newsweek though also counters with something they might have gotten from the McCain camp which says:

About 21 million higher-income people would take the tax credits and buy their own insurance. So it would be a wash in the first year.

Excuse me? How many higher income actually go without health insurance. I don't know any. They either get better coverage than most through their work or they are already purchasing it. I don't see 21 million (about 1/4 of the number of people who usually vote for president every 4 years, IIRC) of affluent means but without insurance. Maybe they would switch their insurance coverage, but go from no insurance to being insured. Yeah, right.

Sometimes Mainstream News works too hard to seem 'balanced' and therefore ends up not reflecting reality. In fact, I know that Barack Obama never promised universal health insurance. That is what Hillary Clinton and John Edwards were promising by forcing people by penalty of law to buy it. That was the deal killer for me on Hillary, especially when I knew how much money she got from the health insurance industry to jump start her campaign. Obviously, they were counting on getting a whole lot more back.

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