A great write-up with plenty of references.
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I laughed my ass off at this. This guy is an imbecile. Why do they give money to an imbecile??
Well you all have been talking a good PR game, and it's been holding ground for you. But I warned you, the left hasn't even started fighting. Until now. In the hope of saving you rightys a little time and energy...you should know, this fight is over.
In a separate statement, Maclaren's European arm said that no recall was being issued in the European Union, where there had been fewer reported injuries, despite higher sales.
Slate's online guide to the health care reform bill
I forgot to mention this in my post about meeting Michelle Bachmann. While I was standing there waiting to get a picture with her, she was bragging to her followers around her that the House Republicans had kept bringing up pointless amendments.
Christian Muñoz-Donoso is going to make this job pay, he's got to move quickly. He has a list of 10 videos to shoot on this warm June morning, for which he'll earn just $200. To get anything close to his usual rate, he'll have to do it all in two hours.
State Assemblywoman Diedre Scozzafava, who abruptly withdrew as the GOP candidate in a New York congressional race, has thrown her support behind the Democrat rather than the Conservative Party candidate favored by fellow Republicans.
Harry Reid calls on Americans. Moveon.org is praising him. A bill with a public option has been introduced. All you teabaggers and reform resisters, here is your notice: this is the opening bell. You are about to hear from the Obamanation.
The airport-in-the-ocean idea is not a new one. Among other places, Hong Kong did it recently–filling in 4 square miles of the South China Sea with rocks and dirt to build an artificial island. By all accounts the resulting facility is lovely.
ISPs may not act for years on local complaints about slow Internet—but when a town rolls out its own solution, it's amazing how fast the incumbents can deploy fiber, cut prices, and run to the legislature.
Pennsylvania State Police arrested Elliot Madison alleging he used Twitter to direct the movement of protesters and inform them about law enforcement actions at last month's summit.
excerpt: ""Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) has announced that he will be visiting Honduras today to meet with the de facto regime of acting Honduran President Roberto Micheletti in sheer defiance of the position taken by the US government and international community.
In December 1903, the United States leased the 45 square miles of land and water for use as a coaling station.
Car-maker Honda has unveiled a prototype of a battery-powered unicycle, deigned for the elderly. The one-wheeled U3-X "personal mobility vehicle" can travel at speeds up to six kilometres (3.7 miles) per hour and was shown off in Tokyo, Japan.
Thousands of Muslims gathered Friday on Capitol Hill for a day of prayer that organizers said was intended to inspire American Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Where is the coverage? The photos, videos and interviews? Am I mistaken about the curious lack of coverage?
Saying McDonald's is ubiquitous in the United States isn't terribly newsworthy. But blogger Stephen Von Worley has creatively figured out the farthest distance any hamburger-loving American could be from the Golden Arches. (Hat tip to BuzzFeed)
The ground-breaking Envion Oil Generator (EOG) gave its first public performance at the Montgomery County Solid Waste Transfer Station in Derwood, Maryland recently.
Chickens make up over 95 percent of all the animals slaughtered in the U.S. The sheer numbers killed are astounding. Over 9 billion chickens are slaughtered each year. That's 24 million a day, 300 per second.
From the September 22, 2008, edition of CNN Headline News' Glenn Beck and the September 21 edition of Fox News' Glenn Beck:
"Just because he's a United States Senator doesn't make his mouth a prayer book."
Chef Bobby Flay advises the President not to take a peek before flipping his steak at the White House Young Mens Barbeque on June 19, 2009.
Apps.gov is an online storefront for federal agencies to quickly browse and purchase cloud-based IT services, for productivity, collaboration, and efficiency.
More than a dozen police and FBI agents stormed the Middletown, Connecticut apartment of Yale lab technician Raymond Clark, mere hours after the New York Post reported that Clark was the infamous "person of interest" who failed a polygraph test during the investigation of grad st …
Obama says the 9/11 mastermind will get a fair trial, then be executed. Huh? A fair trial consistent with "our values," except for the one about presumption of innocence?
Unhappy fans of Sarah Palin went rogue on the Alaska Republican during her book tour stop in Noblesville, Indiana on Thursday.
A 15-year-old boy who was killed by his father in an execution style killing spent the last moments of his life pleading, "No, Daddy! No!" Thanks, Loretta and others for more info about the story. Readers, search out there comments for more details.
Still in "preview" mode (vs. beta), Google Wave has been generating a significant buzz from the ranks of tech professionals, to novice internet users. This article highlights some key aspects. Read more...
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