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Why Sarah’s Sex Life Matters 2008-10-22 09:48:28 10 Zen Monkeys A lot of people have said "I don't know if it's fair to look at Sarah Palin's sexuality the way people are — I just don't know if it's sexist or appropriate. Why can't we just treat her like a human being?" Okay, I'm going to tell you why ...

Authentication, Encryption & Tracking Technologies: The benefits of Hybrid Technologies for Asset Protection 2008-10-22 09:18:45 TradePub.com PubFeeds (full feed) for smallbiztrends Download Now! Organizations have been investing heavily in IT and IS security initiatives due to the rash of recent reported data loss in the headlines and the implementation of Privacy Act and Security Breach legislation. A full half of American companies reported a laptop th...

Authentication, Encryption & Tracking Technologies: The benefits of Hybrid Technologies for Asset Protection 2008-10-22 09:17:26 TradePub.com PubFeeds (full feed) for businessknowhow Download Now! Organizations have been investing heavily in IT and IS security initiatives due to the rash of recent reported data loss in the headlines and the implementation of Privacy Act and Security Breach legislation. A full half of American companies reported a laptop th...

Authentication, Encryption & Tracking Technologies: The benefits of Hybrid Technologies for Asset Protection 2008-10-22 08:10:12 TradePub.com PubFeeds (full feed) for drewsmarketingminute Download Now! Organizations have been investing heavily in IT and IS security initiatives due to the rash of recent reported data loss in the headlines and the implementation of Privacy Act and Security Breach legislation. A full half of American companies reported a laptop th...

Authentication, Encryption & Tracking Technologies: The benefits of Hybrid Technologies for Asset Protection 2008-10-22 07:37:16 TradePub.com PubFeeds (full feed) for datacenterknowledge Download Now! Organizations have been investing heavily in IT and IS security initiatives due to the rash of recent reported data loss in the headlines and the implementation of Privacy Act and Security Breach legislation. A full half of American companies reported a laptop th...

The American Dream 2008-10-22 07:35:03 Personal Development for the Book Smart An American businessman was standing at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow-fin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish. “How long it took you ...

Authentication, Encryption & Tracking Technologies: The benefits of Hybrid Technologies for Asset Protection 2008-10-22 07:25:41 TradePub.com PubFeeds (full feed) for evancarmichael Download Now! Organizations have been investing heavily in IT and IS security initiatives due to the rash of recent reported data loss in the headlines and the implementation of Privacy Act and Security Breach legislation. A full half of American companies reported a laptop th...

Authentication, Encryption & Tracking Technologies: The benefits of Hybrid Technologies for Asset Protection 2008-10-22 05:50:28 TradePub.com PubFeeds (full feed) for ducttapemarketing Download Now! Organizations have been investing heavily in IT and IS security initiatives due to the rash of recent reported data loss in the headlines and the implementation of Privacy Act and Security Breach legislation. A full half of American companies reported a laptop th...

Dan Malloy Interview 2008-10-20 11:23:20 Phoresia.org We are stoked to bring you an interview with Dan Malloy this week. Dan is the first pro surfer we’ve interviewed. In the past two years we’ve focused heavily on surfboard construction so most of our interviews have been with shapers. However, as the “green” movement in surfing ...

Mike Huckabee updated Fri Oct 17 2008 8:09 am CDT 2008-10-17  Squidoo: Mike Huckabee Mike Huckabee for President! Former 2008 presidential candidate and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is out to show people the American dream is still alive. Read on and see why! Email this page to a friend! Stumble It! | digg this Add to del.icio.us | Lensroll

Barack Obama in 2008 updated Thu Oct 16 2008 10:31 am CDT 2008-10-16  Squidoo: Barack Obama in 2008 Obama Picks Biden as VP Running Mate. Barack Obama named Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware as his vice presidential running mate early Saturday, balancing his ticket with a seasoned congressional veteran well-versed in foreign policy and defense issues. Presidential candidate Barack Obama sa...

Accertify and Quova Partner to Protect Online Merchants From Credit Card Fraud 2008-10-15 11:01:31 Mobius Venture Capital Headlines Accertify's Interceptas(TM) Solution Integrates Quova's IP Geolocation Information to Significantly Reduce Risk of Cyber Theft MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA and CHICAGO, IL--(MARKET WIRE)--Dec 18, 2007 -- Quova, Inc., the leading worldwide provider of Internet geolocation data and services, today ...

Arts & Letters Daily (16 Oct 2008) 2008-10-15  Arts & Letters Daily - ideas, criticism, debate The Dickinson sisters' neighbor was quite shocked: "I went in there one day, and in the drawing room I found Emily reclining in the arms of a man"... more When Keats wrote of "some watcher of the skies / When a new planet swims into his ken" he meant Herschel. Science dazzled the Roma...

no promised land, no holy book, no chosen people 2008-10-14  Robot Wisdom auxiliary rss? [1] [2]Dark-matter bubbles sound different (phWorld)$90 'Heathkit2008' (Make)Electron ?= moebius photon (flickr w/links)Icon-design tips (1pg-arcanish)IfTheWorldCouldVote (map)aSullivan's WhyIBlog, the short version (Fim w/link)Generic 'meta-' prefix dates from 1917 (Wiki)Jan2008 ... , meta , links

On Disclosure 2008-10-14  Buckeye Surgeon About a month ago I decided to reveal my true identity on this blog. For a year I had been known simply as "Buckeye Surgeon". I didn't make a big deal of the change. No announcement. It just happened that one day I published a new post with my name and picture in the upper right ha...

Happy Hour is for Amateurs 2008-10-11  PhilaLawyer.net Title: "HAPPY HOUR IS FOR AMATEURS" The long awaited Philalawyer book, Happy Hour Is for Amateurs: A Lost Decade in the World's Worst Profession is being printed as you read this and will be available in bookstores on October 14, 2008. For those of you who can't wait that long, clic... , Blog

Analyzing U.S. 2008 Elections with Mathematica 2008-10-06 12:29:10 Wolfram Blog The 2008 United States presidential election is arguably the most interesting U.S. presidential election in my lifetime. Already, millions of Americans have registered to vote for the first time in their lives. Regardless of the outcome, America is going to elect either its fir...

Bailout - Taxpayers and Ordinary Citizens Are Paying For the US Economic Bailout 2008-10-06 12:21:49 The Economic Advisor At first the President and the U.S. Senate wanted $700 billion.On October 1, 2008 they wanted $850 billion.The President and Congress have tried to scare the American people.What happened to the first $700,000,000,000?Now the Congress and the President want another 150 billion. This ba...

Who won the vp debate 2008-10-06 12:05:14 togaac.com Every Americans asked who won the vp debate, as you may know, after US presidential debate between Obama and McCain, now it's time to Vice Presidential Debate. i found information Jackbook.com the VP debate held Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 9 P.M. Eastern Time, 8 P.M. Central Time. ...

No Taxation Without Information! 2008-10-06 12:02:24 Independence Institute - Publications In the last decade, generous Coloradans approved additional funding for K-12 education, increased tobacco taxes and Referendum C-the state's largest tax increase in history. In addition, taxpayers agreed to numerous local and regional tax increases, such as RTD's FasTracks. Also, in t...

Buy a cool shirt and support StayLocal.org 2008-10-06 11:21:48 The Dirty RSS Feed From the StayLocal.org eletter: And Just in Time for the Holidays… How can a place be so hip and such a throwback all at once? New Orleans is one of the few American cities that manages to pull it off. We can’t explain it, but we can proclaim it, with a little help fr... , Friends

Pittsburgh Episcopal Diocese Votes for Split 2008-10-06 11:02:58 NYT Pennsylvania The Pittsburgh diocese is one of several that disagrees with the American church on biblical teachings on salvation and other issues including homosexuality.

Tax rebate for families and business tax cuts: What will you do with yours? 2008-10-06 10:33:42 Taxes Exposed Congressional leaders announced the deal with the White House today on an economic stimulus package that will give most tax filers, 116 million families, refunds of $600 to $1200, and more if they have kids. Americans who pay income taxes would receive up to $600, working couples $...

PALIN AND THE ALASKAN INDEPENCE PARTY 2008-10-06  MY RIGHT MIND! What is the Alaskan Independence Party?"I'm an Alaskan, not an American. I've got no use for America or her damned institutions."- Joe Vogler, FounderDeveloping... , INDEPenDENCE

Pitbull Palin Mauls McCain 2008-10-06  president � WordPress.com Tag Feed Good article - one of the main points is Palin's coldness or detachment from emotion. You can see an example of this in her answer here - when she was asked on abortion and what if her teenage daughter was raped and become pregnant - it is interesting to see the difference between her ...

Autism / Vaccine Poll 2008-10-06  Healthcare Industry News Nearly one in four Americans believe vaccines cause autism, even though no scientific evidence supports the link.

shipbuilding 2008-10-06  Neil Gaiman's Journal Remember when Euan Kerr came out to interview me and help with the beehives?The interview is now up. There's an embeddable player that I'm going to try and embed here...-- and you can read the article, find the player and see some photos of me in a bee-suit (and a really lovely bee pho... , completely , Graveyard

Your click could mean $1.5 million for malnourished children around the world. 2008-10-06  Pirate Papa: A Journal of Anarcho-Green D(o).I(t).Y(ourself). Parenting I'm throwing this up for a personal request. Unfortunately, you have to be an American Express Card-holder in order to vote, but if any of you kind folks out there happen to have an American Express card please vote for this important project! Thanks, Pirate Papa.International Medical ... , Parental , Activism , Food , Alternative , Politics

World's Money Men Winning the Jackpot of OUR money 2008-10-06  congress � WordPress.com Tag Feed The experts tell us there will be another “bloodbath” on Wall Street today. There may be, or it may be another “dead cat bounce”. All that matters is that the American public was told if the big 700 billion dollar bailout package passed, all the problems would be fixed. Anyone...

Syria Looks To Barack Obama Win To Prop Up Regime 2008-10-06  OpinionBug.com Syria is banking on a win by Barack Obama to prop up the ailing regime and is reaching out to his advisors. Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu at INN writes, “He said that Syria wants Senator Obama to win the presidential election to help Syrian President Bashar Assad bring back prosperity to Sy... , Middle , Northern , Politics , Syria , United

Paul Krugman: Health Care Destruction 2008-10-06  Economist's View The McCain health care plan has a reverse Robin Hood effect in that it takes health care insurance away from those who need it the most and gives it to those who are healthiest and most able to afford coverage: Health Care Destruction, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: ...Cons... , Economics , Health , Politics

Feds launch dragnet to stop ‘October surprise’ attack 2008-10-06  Joels Trumpet WND: As Pakistani investigators hunt the terrorists behind the massive Marriott Hotel bombing in Islamabad, FBI agents in the U.S. have begun aggressively hunting for Americans who have recently returned from trips to Pakistan where they may have trained at al-Qaida camps, WND has lea... , The

Today at 10AM Eastern: Barbara Comstock of Save the Election.com 2008-10-06  Fausta's Blog My guest this morning is Barbara Comstock of Save the Election.com. We will talk about how Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), or “card check” legislation would strip American workers of their right to vote by secret ballot in union-organizing elections. Chat’s open at 9:45AM ... , Blog , business , politics , EFCA , Employee , Fausta's

Make-Believe Maverick 2008-10-06  vietnam � WordPress.com Tag Feed Rollingstone.com A closer look at the life and career of John McCain reveals a disturbing record of recklessness and dishonesty.  Tim Dickinson has written a must read that shows the crafting, of the myth, that John McCain has created. At Fort McNair, an army base located along the P...

Obama and McCain describe differences on Iraq policy 2008-10-06  Americas - International Herald Tribune Obama and McCain offered conflicting visions of how to shrink the American military presence in Iraq, the best way to encourage further political progress there and what it would mean to succeed after more than five years of war.

10/6/08...no sector left behind 2008-10-06  markets � WordPress.com Tag Feed TB’s Quote of the day: ”Who am I?...why am I hear?”…Admiral  James Stockdale when he was a running mate with Ross Perot. The statement was met  by laughter but TB worried that he might have Alzheimer’s. But it was just a statement to introduce himself that fell flat. TB alw...

Something different… 2008-10-06  Our Own System A coal miner in Wyoming has taken a nontraditional approach to reducing health care expenses: incenting workers to receive care at the nation’s best health care organizations. From Bloomberg: The coal producer says it has found an unconventional way to cut health costs: Seek out ... , 1,000,001 , costs , unconventional

Ghetto Finance Monday 10/06 #1: You been played... 2008-10-06  finance � WordPress.com Tag Feed Last week I was schoolin' y'all on the connections between banks and all those who do business with them.  I also hipped you to the lame nature of this 'bailout'. Today, those two ideas have reared their ugly heads as markets all around the world are falling steeply.  Why?  First, W...

This is going to be the BEST Monday of my Life!! ; ) 2008-10-06  Everyone's Blog Posts - Powerful Intentions: Law of Attraction Community This is going to be a very exciting day. I'm feeling extremely well and am looking forward to a most Fantastic day. I only have 3 or 4 training sessions and half the aerobic class to teach. I will finish reconciling my checkbook this morning. I'm going to stay with it until it's all do...

Depression-Higher Death Rate Link In Elderly Diabetics 2008-10-06  Daily Diabetic Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Claudio Arnese Previous studies have already indicated that depression and diabetes could be a deadly combination in young and middle-aged patient groups. Now, University of Washington researchers have reason to believe that depression is associated with... , Research

Uncle Sam 2008-10-06  Anastasia Suen's Book of the Week Uncle Sam by Anastasia Suen American Symbols Picture Book Reading level: Ages 4-8 Library Binding: 24 pages Publisher: Picture Window Books He has become one of the country’s most well-known characters. Tall and firm, Uncle Sam stands for a strong U.S. government. Join meatp... , Coloring , Craft , Lesson , Word

Study: Girls Report They Cannot Become President 2008-10-06  Tennessee Guerilla Women This study confirms what many of us have known all our lives. Girls tend to grow up knowing that they cannot ever become president. And the study was conducted before the misogyny infested Democratic primaries. I'd like to see a study of the impact on girls of that particular historic...

Behind Enemy Lines [Vinnie] 2008-10-06  Ace of Spades HQ I get grief every time I do this, but here's a nice blog worth checking out. Stilettos in the Sand. It's the daily chronicle of the life of an American woman in Saudi Arabia. And with that, I do believe... ,

Five Cleantech Senate Candidates to Watch 2008-10-06  Wind Power News - RenewableEnergyWorld.com Will 2008 be known as the "energy/cleantech election?" Will the American public side with a "Drill Now" approach, or will the public embrace commitments to new alternative and renewable energy technologies? The better question is, "Will the election bring the kinds of changes to Congr...

A Financial Crisis Solution That Doesn't Solve the Problem 2008-10-06  MauledAgain To say that what Congress did on Friday was disappointing would be an understatement. What Congress did was, and remains, downright dangerous. A huge sum of money has been thrown in the direction of institutions and people who are either malevolent or ignorant. Banks and other institut...

United States Prison Population, Heatherwood Apartments Mill Creek 2008-10-06  capitalism � WordPress.com Tag Feed United States Prison Population, Heatherwood Apartments Mill Creek By Andy Alt / Political Dimensions Oct 6, 2008 - Why does the United States have the highest prison population in the world? What causes crime? You see, every once in a while I like to ask easy questions that I know hav...

David Mamet: Why I Am No Longer a 'Brain-Dead Liberal' 2008-10-06  Silicon Moon Great essay in The Village Voice by David Mamet, who is a playwright, essayist and screenwriter. He wrote plays such as "Glengarry Glen Ross" (won a Pulitzer and Tony award for this work) and did the screenplay for movies such as "Wag the Dog." It's interesting to read about this ico... , paul , liberalism , milton , intellectuals , conversatism , politics

Wolves under Pall(in) of slaughter 2008-10-06  advocacy � WordPress.com Tag Feed Dawn posted this. I feel very disheartened to know that after 8 continuous years George W Bush and his wars on terror and the environment (with the second 4 coming out of nowhere), we may get even more of the same... or worse. Talk about the difference between a pitbull with lipstick a...

New Books: October 6, 2008 2008-10-06  new-books � WordPress.com Tag Feed Here’s a list of books we have recently acquired. Click on the links to check availability and location (the “New Books” location is a temporary one). Also, if the book is not checked out, any AU faculty, staff or graduate student can have a book delivered to an AU departmental o...

Frederick Jackson Turner and the Frontier Thesis 2008-10-06  Geographic Travels with Catholicgauze! Frederick Jackson Turner was an American historian who is best known for his Frontier Thesis. The thesis, as defined in his seminal work The Significance of the Frontier in American History, stated that western expansion made American culture and civilization what it is. That moving ... , Historical

Monday morning links 2008-10-06  Maggie's Farm Front Page enjoyed American CarolHow the NYT handled the Ayers storyBlue State Blues. DriscollGermany to EU: Drop deadStaying out of poverty is simpleWinking updateVote fraud expected to be rampant this yearOil prices heading downThis may explain why the Arctic ice was melting, but not... , Hot

Anime Convention in Washington, DC 2008-10-06  The DC Traveler Here’s a wacky convention – Anime USA, designed to bring together fans of Japanese Anime (animation) and Magna (comics – pronounced MAHN-ga, and to educate people about and help promote Japanese arts and popular culture. Pronounced ah-NEE-may, it’s a popular form of art used i... , Art , Events , Just , People , Special , , Anime , Anime , city , DC , DC , DC , DC , DC , DC-travel-information , destination , Japan , Japanese , Japanese , local-attractions , Maryland , site-seeing , The-DC-Traveler , tourist-information , travel , travel , vacation , Virginia , Washington , Washington-DC , Washington-DC-travel

Praise the Lord For Antony Tudor!!! 2008-10-06  Swan Lake Samba Girl (photo of Tudor’s Pillar of Fire from Artsjournal) Last night I went to one of the best Works & Process events at the Guggenheim that I’ve been to in a long time. (By the way, I spent practically all weekend, despite a severe cold turned into sinusitis turned into a migrai... , American , Ballet , Guggenheim , Jose

California, U.S. are sued for failing to protect tiny mammal 2008-10-06  SacBee -- Environment While the American pika cannot boast the majesty of the polar bear or the symbolism of the gray wolf, scientists insist the furry mammal is just as deserving of protection from global warming.

expectation 2008-10-06  Right From Left Whether you believe the hype or not, whether or not you believe the polls, McCain-Palin begin October behind.I'm skeptical about the polls, but Obama did get a bit of a bounce from debate #1 and the electoral map has shifted. It will continue to shift around. With a good debate perfor...

Reports link Karzai's brother to Afghan heroin trade 2008-10-06  Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune Assertions and drug seizures in Afghanistan link Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of President Hamid Karzai, to the Afghan heroin trade, according to American and Afghan officials.

Of Rough Riders and Social Engineers 2008-10-06  Just a Girl in short shorts talking about whatever Although Professor Obama is usually seen as the intellectual in the presidential race, John McCain is no slouch in the study of history. However, unfortunately, through his reading, he has come to see himself as the second coming of Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders. Is it any wond... , Rough , neoconservatives , Barack , collectivism , constitution , John , liberatrian , statism , Theodore , welfare , gay , liberty , Republicans , freedom

"A high and dark man she had never seen before" 2008-10-06  Language Log Earlier this year, we had some fun with a quirk of web-trained statistical MT that sometimes causes odd mistranslations of country names. This happens because information in parallel web pages is often localized rather than translated; some of the posts are "Made in USA == Made in Aust... , Lost

Miami Herald Scrambled Ombudsman... by gimleteye 2008-10-06  EYE ON MIAMI It is a strange entry on the Sunday opinion page of The Miami Herald: "Palin news is balanced; opinion line up isn't". Apparently the right wing spin machine is hard at work on the mainstream media: ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos writes of Palin's supporters, that they are wrong ab... , Miami , McClatchy , Gimleteye

An American Flop 2008-10-06  Daimnation! I can't say I'm surprised by An American Carol's dismal box-office performance this past weekend - a spoof of Michael Moore is so 2004, and except for the occasional horror movie, films which aren't screened for critics do not make money. (Frankly, I thought the producers could base a... ,

Thirty Days of Smear 2008-10-06  Simple Justice American national politics has devolved to the lowest common denominator.� Don't vote for the other guy.� I wouldn't have known about this but for watching cable news this morning, since I'm in New York.� Nobody bothers to air television commercials in New York, as we're a lost cause.�...

Doha on ice 2008-10-06  Free exchange WELL, that settles it. The Doha round negotiations are definitely on ice now. Last week Peter Mandelson, the EU’s trade commissioner, quit to become Gordon Brown’s business minister.�Very nice for Britain—he is a capable man—but it leaves the EU’s negotiat...

Montagnier, Barre-Sinoussi, and zur Hausen share Nobel 2008-10-06  Scientific American A pair of French scientists who isolated the AIDS-causing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and a German scientist who determined that human papillomavirus (HPV) causes cervical cancer were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine today.�The Nobel committee's decision to give the Nobel to... , Biology,Health

Friday Links: (Monday Edition), Colds & Asthma, Obesity & Steroids, Halloween 2008-10-06  Asthma Mom Cold-Induced Wheezing = High Asthma Risk in Kids Almost 90% of young children who wheezed with a cold before they turned three developed asthma by age six, according to a new study. Why is that significant? Here’s why: [m]uch attention has been focused on another common infectiou... , Asthma , Asthma , Asthma , Children's , Children's , FDA , Friday , Holidays , House , aids , aids , caramel , carved , colds , fda , halloween , kids , mccain-palin , obesity , pumpkin , rhinovirus , rsv , steroids , strimple , turn , u.s. , usda

Will Primary Care Be Re-Empowered by an Ailing Economy? 2008-10-06  medinnovationblog Richard L. Reece, MD, and Brian Klepper, PhD, September 25, 2008 Prelude: The following appeared on September 25, 2008 in Healthleaders.media.comFor some time, we have speculated that America's health system is sliding towards a financial crisis that could spill over into the general e...

The end of an era on Wall Street? 2008-10-06  goldman-sachs � WordPress.com Tag Feed Just before midnight 10 days ago, as a financial whirlwind tore through Wall Street, someone filched a 75-pound bronze bust of Harry Poulakakos from the vestibule of his landmark saloon on Hanover Square in New York. Digging into a bowl of beef stroganoff the day after the bust disapp...

Eric Kimmel & Greek myths 2008-10-06  Chasing Ray I reviewed The McElderry Book of Greek Myths a couple of months ago along with Charles R. Smith's The Mighty Twelve and Lynn Curlee's Mythological Creatures. At the time I was quite pleased to have three gorgeous books on myths and mythological creatures land in my lap and saw this as... , Wicked

Book Announcement: We Shall Overcome by Tsesis 2008-10-06  Legal Theory Blog Yale University Press has published We Shall Overcome A History of Civil Rights and the Law by Alexander Tsesis.� Here is a description: Despite America’s commitment to civil rights from the earliest days of nationhood, examples of injustices against minorities stain many pages of ... , Legal

Judge for Yourself: Jewel of Medina in U.S. Bookstores 2008-10-06  mediabistro.com: GalleyCat The controversy surrounding Sherry Jones's The Jewel of Medina, a novel in which the youngest wife of the Muslim prophet Muhammad tells the story of their marriage from her perspective, intensified last week, after an attempt to firebomb the book's British publisher created momentary u... , Authors

The Incredible Edible Egg! PBN celebrates World Egg Day 2008-10-06  The Parent Bloggers Network Did you know that World Egg Day is Friday, October 10? Well, maybe you didn’t know that, but we’re betting you already knew that they make a pretty darned good meal. Unlike a lot of products in the grocery stores these days, eggs are actually quite affordable. Plus, you ... , Food

The Missing Dirt On Arianna Huffington 2008-10-06  Gawker: Top The New Yorker published its profile of Arianna Huffington. Though disappointingly far from the juicy takedown we hoped for, it does contain a few interesting nuggets. We learn, for example, that the Republican-divorcée-turned-internet-pub lisher bizarrely "hides" all three of her ... , moguls , arianna , barack , election , huffington , journalismism , maureen , media , michael , new , politics , the , tim , top

Imitation Bizarros? by Mike Gold 2008-10-06  ComicMix Many years ago my dear friend, mystery novelist Elaine Viets, took a look at the growth rate and postulated that by, well, roughly now virtually every American would be an Elvis imitator. Luckily, we came to our senses. Or maybe not. Either way, I love logic. Another dear friend, the l...

India may sign 123 Agreement on October 10 2008-10-06  jammu � WordPress.com Tag Feed India may sign 123 Agreement on October 10   The Indo-US Civilian Nuclear Deal -- or the so-called 123 Agreement -- is expected to be signed in Washington on October 10, two days after the US President George W Bush would sign into law the legislation in this regard passed by the US C...

The Measure of a President 2008-10-06  academia � WordPress.com Tag Feed From the New York Times: During the Presidential campaign, much has been made of Barack Obama’s slender physique, with some commentators going so far as to argue that he is too thin for most Americans to relate to him. Does candidate height and weight play a role in electoral success...

How pulpit pimps cost us 700 billion $$$ 2008-10-06  money � WordPress.com Tag Feed Okay we're going out for the long one on this. New information is in according to Religion News Blog which says that so-called prosperity teaching and word of faith heresy have lured many a people into the current American financial disaster. Many have warned, but greed is a power...

Life on Mars 2008-10-06  Counting Sheep One of my favourite BBC shows is about to be mangled, mutilated and twisted by the craptastic American television formulaic ratings sweep system and it premieres this Thursday night.If you haven't seen Life on Mars on BBC America I implore you now to net flix it, you tube it, or se...

Angels Live To See Another Day 2008-10-06  SOX & Dawgs Erick Aybar’s single in the 12th inning scored Mike Napoli from second base to give the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim a 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox in front of 39,067 at Fenway Park to keep their postseason hopes alive. With the win the Angels ended an 11-game losing to stre... , American , Boston , Los , MLB , Playoffs

John W. Whitehead: America's Shadow Government: Part One 2008-10-06  The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed "All men having power ought to be mistrusted."--James Madison America's next president will inherit more than a financial catastrophe when he assumes office. He will also inherit a shadow government--one that is fully staffed by unelected officials, fully operational and ready to take...

Naomi Wolf Freaking Out the Puget Sound With Lies About the Military 2008-10-06  LT Nixon Rants Moran Naomi Wolf Continues To Not Heed AdviceFeminist moran, Naomi Wolf, has advocated some very silly ideas in the past. Presumably because she can't get any, Ms. Wolf has argued for abolishing our beloved pornography because it kills men's libidos, while simultaneously advocating fo... , media , hippies , morans , Fun

U.S. court decision big win for consumers 2008-10-06  eLegal Canton For the London Free Press - October 6, 2008 Read this on Canoe In a major victory for American consumers, the Washington state Supreme Court, following in the footsteps of Ontario consumer protection laws, has held AT&T cannot remove a consumer’s right to file a class-action laws... , General , class , EULA , In

I pray that angels come down from heaven and heal these polls 2008-10-06  Pharyngula Isn't technology wonderful? It allows the woo-woos to spread their nonsense so much more rapidly, and to look slick and shiny and modern while they do it. Take a look at this report and polls on a site called AOL Health — AOL Quackery is more like it — which describes a sur... , Pointless

India "National Innovation Act" and Trade Secrecy Provisions 2008-10-06  The Trade Secrets Vault Spicy IP blog reports that Indian government has now released a draft version of the National Innovation Act, 2008 (hereafter "NIA"). Trade Secrecy Provisions The interesting and perhaps most substantive (at least in terms of enforceability) part of this Bill are the provisions on tra...

Will the States be the First to End Peremptories? 2008-10-06  Juries Texas Supreme Court Decision Could End Peremptory Strikes in Jury SelectionA recent decision (Davis v. Fisk Electric Co., No. 06‑0162) by the Texas Supreme Court regarding peremptory strikes could reshape the state's jury selection process. "As these strikes have outlived their origi...

Joe Vogler and the AIP 2008-10-06  Mudville Gazette Is there a difference between forming a political party that wants to use the ballot to achieve it's goals and forming a terrorist organization that prefers to use bombs? At TPM Election Central the answer appears to be "no". Will the name Joe Vogler start appearing in the mainstream ...

Morning Buzz: Monday 10.6.08 2008-10-06  LA Observed The Angels stayed alive in the American League playoffs, dropping the Red Sox 5-4 in 12 innings. ESPN Update: The Dodgers open against the Phillies Thursday in Philadelphia, play here Oct. 12, 13 and (if necessary) 15. MLB Some "temporary student workers" for L.A. County have kept the... , Morning , Obituaries

Television Viewing And Aggression: Some Alternative Perspectives 2008-10-06  ScienceDaily: Mind & Brain News Psychologists investigated the effect that exposure to violent TV programs has on negative behavior in children from different ethnic backgrounds. The results showed a positive relationship between the amount of violent TV watched and negative personality attributes among white males a...

Marching To Debt Freedom - Couple #1 - Month 12 2008-10-06  JosephSangl.com Introduction Couple #1 is THROUGH with debt!� They have been married for many years and have two children.� They are now ELEVEN months into their Debt Freedom March. Couple #1's Thoughts This Month I am so thankful for your help and encouragement in these tough times. If we were ... , Couple , Debt

It's "For the Children"? 2008-10-06  No Looking Backwards Tammy Bruce on the Obama/Wright relationship:If you had heard this sort of stuff from your own church or social group, wouldn't you have walked out and never returned? What can you say about a man that stays there and then brings the kids?If that, alone, shouldn't be reason enough to s...

New McCain Ad: “Dangerous” Obama 2008-10-06  Stop The ACLU This ad hits Obama hard. He tried to dodge the issue through Joe Biden at the VP debate, and tried to come across as a hawk during his debate against John McCain, but would a hawk who supports our troops say and do these things? As Ed says, Obama is the Code Pink candidate. Jodie Ev... , Barack , Elections , John , News , military

ROUNDING UP THE USUAL SUSPECTS 2008-10-06  Dr. Sanity Thomas Sowell wonders if facts matter anymore:The current financial bailout crisis has propelled Barack Obama back into a substantial lead over John McCain-- which is astonishing in view of which man and which party has had the most to do with bringing on this crisis.It raises the ques...

Monday: Didn't the media give us 8 years of Bush? 2008-10-06  nyc � WordPress.com Tag Feed Just sayin'. So, does anyone have a theory why the media is shoving Obama down our throats this year? Is it that they want to teach us values? The first African-American president? If that is true, why couldn't we have the first female president? Wouldn't that have been just as val...

Sarah Palin Tina Fey American Express Spoof “Saturday Night Live” 2008-10-06  Pop Crunch Sarah Palin wants to spoof her spoofer. The Alaska governor may be working on a parody of Tina Fey’s popular American Express ad spots that will air on an upcoming episode of Saturday Night Live, according to The Chicago Sun-Times. , Comedy , Sarah , Saturday , Tina

It's official: Blawg Review, and legal blogging, have arrived. 2008-10-06  What About Clients? Today I'm in hard-working heavily-German southwestern Ohio, where it's always German-American day. And this morning from Germany's Rhineland-Palatinate--the area thousands of west Germans (including a few Hohl families) left for America in the 17th and 18th centuries, and where more... , International

Obama and psychological manipulation 2008-10-06  thoughts � WordPress.com Tag Feed Whoever is behind the Obama campaign is a master of psychological/emotional manipulation.   The emotionally charged words and slogans, "hope", "change", "believe", coupled with Barack's kind and compassionate demeanor  (see the end of this video of Obama with a needy college stude...

FlipSide Kids 2008-10-06  simple Impossibly cute flair, simple lines, and beautifully crafted clothing is what you get at FlipSide Kids. And it's something I know every girl needs in her wardrobe, reversible attire. That's right two in one.Each side is expertly finished and could easily stand on it's own. With an elas... , reviews , giveaways , homemade , american , girls , kid , clothing

What Is An International Sales Specialist? 2008-10-05  Cindy King International Sales Another useful question that came up recently here on CindyKing.biz.  Definitions are always helpful to broad English speaking audiences. So, without looking at a dictionary… Here is my definition of an international sales specialist. An international sales s... , International , cross-cultural , international , international , new

U.S. gives advocacy group the OK to open an office in Iran 2008-10-05  L.A. Times - World News The American-Iranian Council, a nonpartisan group promoting better ties between the nations, still needs permission from the Iranian government. Now the ball is in Iran's court.

It's A Crazy World Out There 2008-10-05  human-dignity � WordPress.com Tag Feed At What Price Human Dignity Our world is complex and confusing, actually, it’s a crazy world out there. Part of the craziness is the tendency to label and patronize groups in ways lacking of human dignity.  Such acts toward others deprive them of their dignity, the one that that be...

Monday Open Thread 2008-10-05  Jack & Jill Politics The American Promise - remember what we’re fighting for Good morning. Let’s begin this great week here at JJP on a positive note. But, that needs your participation. Drop those links. Engage in debate. Give us trivia and gossip too. And always, have a peaceful day. , Uncategorized , Open

D.C. Elites: Middle America Loves Palin's Folksiness! 2008-10-05  Ben Casnocha: The Blog Reconciling the attitudes of the wise Few and the uneducated Masses -- the elites and common folk -- has been a point of contention throughout American political history. In the early days, John Adams was famously wary of an overly democratic democracy, whereas Thomas Paine championed ... , Current

31 for 21 2008-10-05  EmmaSage Emma Sage got to 'babysit' her class's butterfly project for the weekend......We started out with a pupa.....actually there are still two pupa's leftLast night, she was excited and told me all about what happens when the butterfly will emerge......'green goo'This process happened last ...

OH THRILL ME, TOYOTA AVENSIS GENERATION THREE 2008-10-05  Good Car Bad Car Toyota produces a lot of very high quality, long-lasting, durable vehicles. When I say 'a lot', I think you understand that I mean: plenty, loads, tons.In fact, it's more than likely that this year Toyota will sell more cars globally (including its sub-brands like Lexus and Scion) than... , Across , Toyota , Marketplaceg

Why did Messy Media Fail 2008-10-05  TechWag This is an excerpt from an upcoming book - Boom and Bust in the Blogosphere. Messy Media was a UK based group/team blog over a number of different properties that stopped publication in July of 2008. The blogging web site started with a large amount of fanfare around the project hoste... , web , funding , education , layoff , business , Politics , sad

Following Up On Thursday 2008-10-05  Basketball Predictions A few more notes:The calendar is becoming more clear. Midnight Madness, again, will be on the night of Friday the 17th. The next BP65 will come out less than a week later. The following BP65 will come out 17 weeks before Selection Sunday (March 15th, 2009), which will be November 16...

20 MILLION WILL LOSE THEIR COVERAGE? 2008-10-05  Health Care BS Arguably, the most consistently successful stratagem ever devised by the Democrats is their perennial campaign to frighten the elderly into voting for them by claiming that Republicans want to do away with Social Security. Every election, with the grim inevitability of Greek tragedy, �... , McCain , Obama , Political , Reform

Wiener Takes All 2008-10-05  Blawg Review Scouring the Google for an image that captures the spirit of the carnival of law blogs on German-American Day, your editor could find none better than this movie poster for the dogumentary Wiener Takes All.Contemporaneously with the publication of this week's Blawg Review at midnight i...

17 Tenets of American Insecurity 2008-10-05  ElementalTruths.Com © What follows is a digest of the source of many American  insecurities. Within the confines of our nation Americans have unrealistic expectations. This is especially true for those of us who grew up in the explosion of the television era in the 1950’s and 1960’s. We have d... , Elemental , communication , tips

"Hi. I'm in Jail, Please Get Me Out of Here..." (Part 2) 2008-10-05  kf5-kiva-fellows-5th-class � WordPress.com Tag Feed !-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } -- Jail in Beirut wasn't really a high-security sort of place. Most of the “prisoners” were being led around without handcuffs, and no one was carrying a weapon. People were actually fairly friendly. M...

election 2008-10-05  coffee.mill ��� We live in an amazing, wonderful experiment of democracy in the U.S., and the drama of regime change, so fraught with murder and mayhem in many other countries is here full of bombast and innuendo, half-truths and outright lies, but for 200 years it has given us the chance to try t...

Germany Calling... 2008-10-05  Mark and MS Richy called from Germany to say "Hello" and to ask how things were going with my MS.I go tomorrow for blood work and have a physical on Thursday. So, we will see what the doctor says.He asked if I knew who I was going to vote for as president. I said at this time, I have NO idea! He ... , Friends , Multiple , Cleaning , Job , Green , Germany , computer , Doctors

The Illusion of Wall Street Reform 2008-10-05  The Situationist The following op-ed was co-authored by Situationist contribtor Jon Hanson and a Situationist fellow. “In crisis, beware illusion of reform“ was published in the Providence Journal. * * * IN CASE you missed it, global financial markets have been rocked by a series of unsett... , Illusions , Law , Politics , Public

Sunday Morning Comin’ Down 2008-10-05  d r i f t g l a s s In which the Mouse Circus takes another step down that long, shiny hellroad to full-on Hollywood SquaredomBecause if two heads good, well then, by golly,four heads better!On Fox News Sunday Chris Wallace excitingly repeats the phrase “Master Strategist, Karl Rove” 100 times. I ass... , Sunday

Law Student Blogging - Setting Up Your Own Research Blog 2008-10-05  legal-research � WordPress.com Tag Feed Introduction [caption id="attachment_65" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Laptop Keyboard"][/caption] According to a March 8th, 2008 blog post from the Frugal Law Student, every law student should blog.  It is a thesis statement that I whole-heartedly agree with.  Blogging...

Hillary's Senate Floor Statement on the Hanky Panky 2008-10-05  Anglachel's Journal Yes, I'm a few days late with this and haven't had time to read it in full until today. I've added Hillary's news page as a live feed to the sidebar to keep up with what's coming out of her Senate office, which is an amazing amount. I'd link my own Congress critters' news feeds, too, e... , Housing , Roubini , Economics , Clinton , Class , Hillary , Democratic , Class , Political

3rd Party 2008-10-05  Real Live Preacher - Comments In reply to Why political debates aren’t very helpful: I realize I am being simplistic in bringing up a 3rd party, but I do believe our country is far too vast to be represented by a 2 party system that is less like a counter-balance & more like enemies... Politics has become a mora...

The millionaire quiz 2008-10-05  Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money This post comes from J.D. Roth at partner blog Get Rich Slowly. How much do you know about millionaires? My wife recently had dinner with her friend Linda, who is a high school social studies teacher. As they ate, Linda bemoaned the lack of personal-finance and economics education in... , investing , spending , saving , Get

Hillary's Senate Floor Statement on the Hanky Panky 2008-10-05  Anglachel's Journal Yes, I'm a few days late with this and haven't had time to read it in full until today. I've added Hillary's news page as a live feed to the sidebar to keep up with what's coming out of her Senate office, which is an amazing amount. I'd link my own Congress critters' news feeds, too, e... , Housing , Roubini , Economics , Clinton , Class , Hillary , Democratic , Class , Political

1957 300C stamp 2008-10-05  Chrysler 300C The post office came out with a stamp of a 1957 300C which is cool. All though i as a American citizen can't show it to you. because I am not a news organization. We must control our images. As we know when a government or semi-government office takes something "extremely seriously"... , art , Awards+Reviews , design , 300C , limited

Facial Recognition Software, For Everyone 2008-10-05  Slaw Few people probably noticed the changes to one of the software features in Google Pack last month.  Fewer still have considered the privacy implications. Picasa, a photo management and sharing system, launched a facial recognition system.  Users tag their photos, and the software sea... , Google , Internet , Privacy

Super-Priced Art 2008-10-05  Portfolio.com: Culture and Lifestyle Comic books have made their way into a lot of grownup places, from the pages of the New York Times Book Review, where John Hodgman recently reviewed all four volumes of Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus, to Philadelphia's Institute of Contemporary Art—currently hosting an R. Crum...

U.S. Presidential Candidate Barak Obama: Theres no one as Irish As Barack O'Bama. 2008-10-05  Ireland - The Voice Of The Nation Firstlly, Barak Obama, could be the, First Black President Of United States. I don’t have a vote in any Presidential election. Secondly, and this is the really important bit, I should have – Here’s why, Barak Obama is Irish. Contrary to the widely held and popular belief that the... , The , Barack , US , Ireland , Irish , Illinos , Hardy , Theres , Irish.

Ifill: Palin "Blew Me Off" 2008-10-05  mediabistro.com: TVNewser Gwen Ifill joined Tom Brokaw and others on Meet the Press this morning as part of a panel discussing the VP debate. She describes how she was put in a tough position as moderator because of both candidates' styles. "Joe Biden decided that he was going to debate John McCain, and she dec... , Politics

The mortgage meltown explained -- by 'Saturday Night Live' 2008-10-05  L.A. Land From time to time over the last 30 years or so, "Saturday Night Live" has done some pretty good political analysis wrapped in sketch humor. This weekend was one of those times. If you have seven minutes, watch this weekend's SNL take on the bailout. It starts to get good about halfway ... , Humor

Kentucky Republicans Answer for Failed Policies 2008-10-05  BlueGrassRoots - Front Page The Repubicans running in the Congressional and Senate races in Kentucky face a serious dilemma. Aside from Brett Guthrie every one them were around and voted for the very failed policies that have led to our economic debacle. No matter what their vote on the bailout, every Repubican i...

What John McCain Was Really Doing When He Was Shot Down Over Vietnam (Part 2) 2008-10-05  American Leftist Eli, over at Left i On the News, yet again helpful on a subject that most Americans want to either rationalize or ignore. Most media commentators, predictably, celebrate it, as they do the worst excesses of the current war on terror. , "Support , US , John , American , Republicans

Why Are Newspapers Struggling? 2008-10-05  Legal Schnauzer I recently attended a retirement party for a friend who worked at The Birmingham News.My friend worked at the paper for 43 years, so he was pretty much ready to retire. But he wound up leaving the paper a bit earlier than he had planned. That's because the News offered a buyout package... , American , newspaper , John , The , buyouts

Husband and Wife--- Share Same Views 2008-10-05  Smiles & Trials My husband and I are following the election very closely. Despite our busy life with our awesome kids, we manage to keep our lines of communication open and flowing freely. Politics is often a source of discussion with us outside of an election so you better believe with a new pres... , politics

Law and Disorder October 6, 2008 2008-10-05  Law and Disorder Radio Updates: Troy Davis Update Dr. Alan Berkman: Fighting Cancer Alan Berkman on Marion Control Unit European Center For Constitutional Rights: Nora Marx Case DHS Spy Satellite Violates Posse Comitatus Bailout Bill Loops In Green Tech, IRS Snooping Taxes Could Get Sky High With Aeri... , Civil , Death , Guantanamo , Human , Truth

The Cell Phone, Angel or Devil? 2008-10-05  generation-x � WordPress.com Tag Feed It is late in the year of 2008 and I am one of the very few Americans that I know that does not own a cellphone.  I've never owned one, in fact.  There was a time in the early part of this decade when cellphones were making the awkward and annoying transition from being a flashy nove...

The recalcitrance of facts, or Barney Frank as Doctor Who 2008-10-05  Roger's Rules “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”–George Santayana What would Santayana (1863-1952) say were he with us today? Although born in Madrid, Santayana lived and taught in the United States for decades, an amused, slightly detached observer of... , Uncategorized

Reasons to be Cheerful 2008-10-05  NYC Educator You can finally buy a Toyota Camry or Corolla with 0% financing, if you still have a job, or money or credit. And home prices have come down to a more reasonable $1.75.More seriously, blogger Sapient Sutler (who also found the picture on the left) points to this great piece in Salon a... , politics

Can’t keep my eyes off of the news on the interwebs 2008-10-05  Reveling, in India Palin, McCain, Bailout, AIG, Oil, Dow … Each day presents another stunning event, which then jump starts the process of grappling with these issues. This has laid waste to my productivity, which is only compounded by the asynchronous, anti-melodic orchestra that begins playing in... , Failure , Government , US , Elections , Palin , McCain , Intelligence

CUPPY’S COFFEE: Interview with Franchise Owner Joshua Miranda 2008-10-05  Unhappy Franchisee UnhappyFranchisee.com is sponsor-supported. Sponsored links: Interview with Cuppy’s Coffee Franchise Owner Joshua Miranda October 3, 2008 Kindergarten teacher Joshua Miranda and his wife, nurse Clara Miranda, dreamed of opening a Cuppy’s Coffee cafe and operating a Cu... , ALL

Best Shot Monday 2008-10-05  Worth It All We bought this flag at a store on September 11th. The perfect day to be sporting this beautiful symbol. She saw it and she had to have it. Everywhere we went that day she had to bring it with her. In the car, the window had to be open so it would blow in the breeze. There's just someth... , ella , flag , bsm , summer

The City: Milan #1 2008-10-05  If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger,There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats Original Caption:Milan -- Astonished strollers, tourists and Milanese in the Piazza del Duomo could hardly believe their eyes at the sight of comedian Jerry Lewis cavorting in and about the famed square. Only it wasn't the Hollywood star making a surprise visit to the Italian city, it ... , The

Palin Reveals New Economic Initiative! 2008-10-05  THE CUBAN REVOLUTION (CNN Washington)- In an attempt to shore up the McCain-Palin run to the presidency and in a final effort to sway uncommitted swing state voters  Republican V.P. candidate Sarah Palin  her new new “CMDR Initiative”.  She stated that CMDR would change the way the averag... , humor , politics , Dallas , debates , economic , john , sarah , satire , wasilla

Alexei Ratmansky at The New Yorker Festival 2008-10-05  new-yorker � WordPress.com Tag Feed On Saturday afternoon, The New Yorker Festival presented a discussion between dance critic Joan Acocella and Russian choreographer Alexei Ratmansky at Cedar Lake's theater in Chelsea. Ratmansky is currently the Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director, and he's created works for several com...

Are Americans really upset about CEO pay? 2008-10-05  AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth As much as I'd like that to be the case, I'm not buying it. For years the majority of Americans have been fine with this situation provided they had their new TV, new car and were keeping up with whatever it was that the neighbors purchased. Even now, I think the economy would have t... , Republican , socialism , business

Medill student innovators -- including "programmer-journalists" -- focus on conversations around news 2008-10-05  MediaShift Idea Lab It's been almost a year and a half since a grant from the Knight Foundation allowed the Medill School to offer journalism master's program scholarships to experienced programmer-developers. Since then, on this Web site, I've been documenting the experience of the first two "programmer... , Education , Participation , Technology , medill

...And Republicans Prepare To Highlight More Obama Associations 2008-10-05  Marc Ambinder This blog will turn into a 501 (c)� 6 before you know it.Responding to reports that Sen. McCain's associations are considered fair game by Democrats, Republican strategists affiliated with the McCain campaign say they plan to highlight Obama's alleged contacts with individuals who they...

On the choices we have (politically speaking) 2008-10-05  The Kissack Chronicles I have officially set this week apart as "Political Rant" week so here is one more link for you to read concerning that BILL congress passed on Friday.A Canadian lectures Americans on U.S Constitutional niceties in this article aptly called "Ignoring the People". You'll see that even p...

McCain's Pal Liddy (Or: Character Counteroffensive Underway) 2008-10-05  BAGnewsNotes Liddy has acknowledged preparing to kill someone during the Ellsberg break-in "if necessary"; plotting to murder journalist Jack Anderson; plotting with a "gangland figure" to murder Howard Hunt to stop him from cooperating with investigators; plotting to firebomb the Brookings I... , Campaign

3rd Party 2008-10-05  Real Live Preacher - Comments In reply to Why political debates aren’t very helpful: I realize I am being simplistic in bringing up a 3rd party, but I do believe our country is far too vast to be represented by a 2 party system that is less like a counter-balance & more like enemies... Politics has become a mora...

Can language play a part in fighting autism? 2008-10-05  Gatochy's Blog I once watched this very fascinating documentary on Temple Grandin, a highly functional autistic American woman. She said when she was a kid people didn't know anything about autism, and her mother only knew something was definitely wrong with her. She hired a private teacher, who woul... , Television

Why the British/Arabic Obsession with Shakespeare? 2008-10-05  secondary-education � WordPress.com Tag Feed [caption id="attachment_929" align="alignnone" width="224" caption="William Shakespeare"][/caption] Much of the Arab World seems to me (an American) to be obsessed with Shakespeare!  Yes, I do think there is a place for Shakespeare in the literature curriculum, but I think it is bei...

Only the confident survive 2008-10-05  RexBlog.com: Rex Hammock's weblog Since the 1970s, I’ve been fascinated with (at times, scared of) an American sub-culture who are convinced that the nation’s economy — and existence — is about to collapse. I first noticed this group in the 1970s, when Howard Ruff gained momentary fame by pre... , observation

some Sunday articles 2008-10-05  Blog for America Sunday~ ***************round of articles about our domestic ‘issues’ ~ October 5th,� 2008 =================================== ====== � NO EXIT By Daniel Lazare http://www.thenation.com/doc/2008 1020/lazare ======================================= == N.Y.TIMES Editorial M...

Judge Deanell Tacha Honored with Distinguished Service to Justice Award 2008-10-05  Consumer Goods & Retail Industry Litigation Blog On Friday, I was home in Lawrence, Kansas to participate in a ceremony in which the 26th Annual Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award was presented to Tenth Circuit Judge Deanell Reece Tacha.Speakers at the award ceremony included Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, Su...

The Obama Youth 2008-10-05  HoosierAccess Click here to view the embedded video. Surprised? You shouldn’t be. They also think that Obama is their “personal Jesus” (hat tip to Power Line): (Read more, including a personal testimony, after the leap) Yes, I just said it. Obama is my Jesus. … As with many s... , Elections , Presidential , barack

UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE NOW 2008-10-05  Onehealthpro The Wall Street Bailout should not be�used as an excuse to delay universal health care.� In fact, universal health coverage will help Americans through the current economic disaster.� The easiest avenue to achieve the goal of health care for all is to give Americans who can, the opport... , HEALTH

Banner Ad Protest 2008-10-05  Beyond Dante I noticed this morning that my blog is now almost exclusively running a banner advertisement for Freedomswatch.org. These guys are a well funded interest group to promote conservative values and while I share the fiscal responsibility portion (i.e. libertarian) of the conservative age... , banner , protest , google

Week 4 in Review: Portions of this post have been plagiarized 2008-10-05  CalgaryGrit Week 1 in ReviewWeek 2 in ReviewWeek 3 in ReviewQuotes of the Week - Debate Edition:"In 2 1/2 years, you've weakened this economy. You are the danger. You don't believe in the government playing a role in the economy. We have to have a government that takes a role in the economy to hel...

Music Review | Madonna: Aerobic, Not Erotic: The Concert as Workout 2008-10-05  NYT Arts Time obsesses Madonna on her Sticky and Sweet Tour, which made its first American stop at the Izod Center. , Music , Madonna

Banned Books and Intelligent Design: Attempts to Ban ID from Public Schools 2008-10-05  Evolution News & Views Last week, I recounted successful attempts to censor pro-intelligent design (ID) books from public school libraries, with high praise for such efforts from academia. But libraries, of course, aren't the only location where Darwinists have tried to ban pro-ID materials. In 2005, Darwi... , /

The Goofy Line and Its Economics Explained 2008-10-05  The Happy Hospitalist I placed a central line (a big IV) into the subclavian vein (under your collar bone). It's used in critically ill patients with poor IV access to give medications very quickly and to help guide therapies. Here's a graphical representation of what it's supposed to look like:Now. Check...

U.S. hits solar snooze button 2008-10-05