Monthly Archives: August 2009
Hail cannons, lightning rods, elephant repellents, and Texas schools
“What’s the white powder you put on your lawn every week, neighbor?” “Elephant repellent…works pretty well, doesn’t it?” I just heard about the hail cannon… a 20-foot tube/sound chamber that makes a huge bang every four seconds, supposedly disrupting hail … Continue reading
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The Chicago Cubs: a dirty bomb
The Cubs, not satisified with three moderately crazy and dysfunctional folks (manager/hot-head Lou Pinella, 136-million-dollar big bat dingbat Alfonso Soriano, and Gatorade machine abuser. pitcher Carlos Zambrano), managed to add another one this year, in the person of outfielder race-card-player … Continue reading
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TIME Magazine tells the “Food, Inc.” story in print
Interesting to see mainsteam media like TIME take on the corporate food/ag giants. …pigs fed on American corn that was grown with the help of government subsidies and millions of tons of chemical fertilizer. When the pig is slaughtered, at … Continue reading
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Texas Republicans want textbooks rewritten to exclude liberals
Just when you thought “conservatives” couldn’t get any crazier, Texans prove you wrong. Oh, and in case you misapprehend what’s going on here, what will happen to the old books, you know, the ones with real history in them????? AUSTIN … Continue reading
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Over 100 deaths in US among locked-up immigrants
Do I remember …….Nah…..let ‘em rot in cells. Don’t let em see a doctor. Link An American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit filed in Washington, D.C. forced the Department of Homeland Security on Monday to reveal 11 previously undisclosed deaths at … Continue reading
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Who’s behind the healthcare protests? Follow the money.
A couple more entries into the field: link Conservatives for Patients’ Rights is led by health care entrepreneur Rick Scott, the co-founder of Solantic urgent care walk-in centers, which he’s spread across Florida and is looking to expand…Scott left his … Continue reading
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Whole Foods and John Mackey can suck it
John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, wrote a guest editorial for the Wall Street Journal opposing health care reform. If you can believe it, the title is: The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare Basic features of this “plan:” • Remove … Continue reading
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Chris Matthews puts gun-toting teabagger on Hardball
Turkana: Matthews and MSNBC put the lunatic on the air! One right wing lunatic already has called for acts of violence against proponents of health care reform, and here another showed up at a health care reform rally armed with … Continue reading
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