Posted July 31st, 2009 by editor
Fearmongers, sponsored by the insurance industry, are telling bold face lies and doing whatever it takes to make sure real reform doesn’t pass. Instead of honestly debating the issue, they’re going to make old folks believe that the Government is going to come to their house, take them out back, and put them out [...]
Tags: bold face, fear mongering, insurance, insurance industry, misery, old folks
Posted July 31st, 2009 by editor
It’s now looking like a lot of prominent Republicans, ranging from party leaders to big-name pundits that we usually expect to make outrageous partisan attacks, are doing something they’d been previously neglecting: Definitively cracking down on the Birthers, rather than playing to the conspiracy theorists allowing this stuff to continue festering.
Source:http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/republicans-stepping-away-from-the-birthers.php
Tags: conspiracy theorists, damage control, gop, partisan attacks, party leaders, pundits, republicans
Posted July 31st, 2009 by editor
The calls to audit the Federal Reserve have come fast and furious in the last few weeks.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is continuing to push back against a House bill that would give the Comptroller General the power to audit the central bank.
Source:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/30/fed-audit-supported-by-75_n_247765.html
Tags: ben bernanke, comptroller general, fed chairman, federal reserve
Posted July 31st, 2009 by editor
This evening, the House passed a resolution sponsored by Rep.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) that commemorates Hawaiis 50th anniversary as a U.S. state by a vote of 378-0. The resolution also contains this provision: Whereas the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, was born in Hawaii,
Source:http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/27/obama-resolution-hawaii-378-0/
Tags: 44th president, 50th anniversary, barack obama, hawaii, neil abercrombie, president of the united states, provision, vote
Posted July 30th, 2009 by editor
In a mass e-mail, Officer Justin Barrett, 36, called Gates a “jungle monkey,” according to Elaine Driscoll, a spokeswoman for the Boston Police Department.
Source:http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/20215609/detail.html
Tags: boston police department, cop, department police, driscoll, e mail, elaine, gates, jungle monkey, justin barrett, spokeswoman
Posted July 30th, 2009 by editor
“Of course Canada has longer life expectancy than the U.S. — we have 10 times more people.”
Source:http://tpmtv.talkingpointsmemo.com/?id=3060320
Tags: bill o reilly, canada, genius, life expectancy
Posted July 30th, 2009 by editor
White Supremacist radio host Hal Turner was an FBI informant, his lawyer revealed in court today.
The announcement is just a confirmation of what hackers — who may or may not be somehow affiliated with 4chan — claimed nearly a year ago after allegedly gaining access to his e-mails.
Source:http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/07/revealed-racist-talk-show-host-turner-was-an-fbi-informant/
Tags: confirmation, fbi, fbi informant, hackers, hal turner, lawyer, radio host, white supremacist
Posted July 30th, 2009 by editor
Paul Stanley, Tennessee State Senator, Quits After Affair With 22-Year-Old Intern | Yawn
Source:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/28/paul-stanley-tennessee-st_n_246641.html
Tags: horndog, job, paul stanley, republican, stanley tennessee, state senator, tennessee state, yawn
Posted July 30th, 2009 by editor
Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a revised $85 billion budget Tuesday that he said contained “the good, the bad and the ugly,” including additional cuts to child welfare programs, health care for the poor and AIDS prevention efforts.
Source:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/28/schwarzenegger-expected-t_n_246100.html
Tags: aids, aids prevention, arnold schwarzenegger, budget, child welfare programs, health care, prevention efforts
Posted July 29th, 2009 by editor
A woman from Chicago is being sued for $50,000 over a complaint she posted on Twitter.
Check out the tweet and decide for yourself if the suit is grounded.
Source:http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicago-bar-tender/2009/07/exhibit-a-will-one-chicago-womans-tweet-cost-her-50000.html
Tags: tweet
