Monthly Archives: June 2009
American Psycho Sanford trumpets tea parties: “tipping point of American psyche.”
On Fox News SC Gov. Mark Sanford endorsed the radical, astroturfed “tea parties”, calling them a “tipping point of American psyche.” Here’s a guy who ought to know about psyche tipping points The unspooling of S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford continued … Continue reading
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“PEACE officer”? Cops stage raid on political party in San Diego.
oh, the sarcasm. link Cops stage raid on political party in San Diego. Helicopter, pepper spray…yeah those 60 year old lesbians are really pretty dangerous, especially with their backs turned. Maybe we’ll find out how this cop managed to come … Continue reading
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Waxman-Markey Strips EPA of Clean Air Act Authority to Fight Global Warmingcl
This bill is a joke; largely written by lobbyists, it will do essentially nothing to reduce coal burning…and, it removes the EPA’s recently won authority to regulate CO2 emissions. We’d be better off with nothing. link Specifically, the Waxman-Markey bill … Continue reading
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How health insurance companies cancel your coverage
link While here in the United States, we let insurance companies not only get in between our doctors and patients but actually block them ever seeing one another. This week we heard testimony in a Congressional committee that the insurance … Continue reading
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You want poo sauce on that steak?
Your industrial food complex once again distributes free extras with its products. A Colorado meat company is expanding a recall of beef due to possible contamination by E.coli O157:H7 bacteria after an investigation found 18 illnesses may be linked to … Continue reading
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Before press conference, SC newspaper told Sanford they had him nailed.
Mark Sanford doesn’t deserve credit for coming clean on his own, according to new details published by the Columbia SC State. That newspaper not only met Gov. Mark Sanford at the Atlanta airport, but also, before Sanford’s presser that afternoon, … Continue reading
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General Electric CEO: Business needs health care reform
per ThinkProgress: last night, Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO of General Electric, appeared on Charlie Rose and said that businesses [and the Chamber of Commerce] spending money to obstruct legislation like this is “just lunacy“: [partial transcript] From a business … Continue reading
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Kershaw – Koufax watch, part 2
see prior post. Career stats for Sandy Koufax (SK) as of 10/15/57, age 21y 9mo, and Clayton Kershaw (CK) as of 6/26/09, age 21y 3mo. SK: IP 205.2 W 09 L 10 H 182 ER 91 K 182 BB 108 … Continue reading
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Sanford: God can take my son, I’m stayin…
Speaking to his cabinet today, Part-time Gov. Mark Sanford of SC said that King David “fell mightily, fell in very, very significant ways, but then picked up the pieces and built from there.” link Yes, that King David, as in … Continue reading
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Nestle to package products in Charmin?
Nestle seems to have gotten caught with its poop in the cookie jar: Nestle USA Friday recalled its refrigerated cookies, one kind of Nestle’s famous Toll House products, after federal health officials linked the dough to infections from the bacteria … Continue reading
