Posted February 28th, 2010 by editor
Jim Bunning, a Republican from Kentucky, is single-handedly blocking Senate action needed to prevent an estimated 1.2 million American workers from suddenly losing their unemployment benefits next month.
As Democratic senators asked again and again for unanimous consent for a vote on a 30-day extension Thursday night, Bunning refused to go along.
Source:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/26/jim-bunning-repeatedly-bl_n_477910.html
Tags: democratic senators, jim bunning, jobless benefits, republican, senate action, thursday night, unanimous consent, unemployment benefits, vote
Posted February 28th, 2010 by editor
A legislator from Virginia cites a passage from the Bible that says if a woman has a child with some kind of disability, then she must have aborted her first pregnancy based on dramatic evidence. Now, if the Bible is true as this lawmaker claims, then Sarah Palin had an abortion the first time she [...]
Tags: abortion, bible, birth defects, disability, down syndrome, dramatic evidence, lawmaker, pregnancy, sarah palin, virginia legislator
Posted February 28th, 2010 by editor
Andy takes a look at Zero Friction Marketing…what does he discover?
Source:http://r.ecommended.com/product/13271/zero-friction-marketing
Tags: education, report, Zero Friction Marketing
Posted February 27th, 2010 by editor
The National Rifle Association said former Alaska Gov.
Sarah Palin will make the keynote speech at the group’s annual meeting in Charlotte, N.C.
Source:http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/02/26/NRA-Palin-to-make-meeting-keynote-speech/UPI-53751267208009/
Tags: alaska gov, annual meeting, keynote speech, national rifle association, nra, sarah palin
Posted February 27th, 2010 by editor
In this wide-ranging interview, Murdoch discusses his rise from proprietor of the Adelaide News at age 22 (on the death of his father) to international media mogul.
Weighing in on topics as varied as capitalism, feature films, China, and Google, the conversation invariably returns to newspapers and journalism.
Source:http://fora.tv/2010/02/05/Rupert_Murdoch_The_Future_of_Newspapers#Murdochs_POV_on_Paywalls_Print_Media_and_the_iPad
Tags: adelaide news, capitalism, china, feature films, google, ipad, journalism, media mogul, newspapers, proprietor, rupert murdoch
Posted February 27th, 2010 by editor
Heated partisan exchanges and in-depth policy discussions at the bipartisan health care summit on Thursday are unlikely to sway both parties in finding common ground, analysts said as the summit was going on.
Is the GOP ‘fresh start’ on health-care another stall tactic and on the other side of the aisle, what about the public [...]
Tags: aisle, common ground, fresh start, gop, health care summit, health summit, policy discussions, spectacle, stall tactic
Posted February 27th, 2010 by editor
The crash of Air France flight 447 from Rio to Paris last year is one of the most mysterious accidents in the history of aviation.
After months of investigation, a clear picture has emerged of what went wrong. The reconstruction of the horrific final four minutes reveal continuing safety problems in civil aviation.
Source:http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,679980,00.html
Tags: accidents, air france, air france crash, air france flight, civil aviation, final four, four minutes, history of aviation, paris, reconstruction, rio, safety problems
Posted February 27th, 2010 by editor
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s Ryukyu Islands early Saturday, the U.S.
Geological Survey reported.
Source:http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/26/japan.okinawa.earthquake/index.html?hpt=T1
Tags: cnn, japan, magnitude earthquake, okinawa, quake strikes, ryukyu islands, u s geological survey
Posted February 27th, 2010 by editor
26-year-old Andrew Benton does not expect to hold a traditional 9-to-5 job unless he starts his own business again, and he is not overly concerned on the recession’s longterm effect on his career. Whatever you make of this attitude, Benton is arguably the prototype of the new and perhaps ideal worker in the post-recession economy.
Source:http://www.newsweek.com/id/234177
Tags: attitude, economy, job, own business, prototype, recession
Posted February 27th, 2010 by editor
Senator Jim Bunning takes a stand to block extending jobless benefits unless Democrats figure out how to pay to them.
Source:http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/bunning-objects-over-and-over/
Tags: caucus, democrats, jim bunning, jobless benefits, nyt, senate, senator jim bunning
