Tag: edited by DEMachina
Turn your key, Sir!
pO157.
Posted to Etcetera on Fri Dec 19, 2008 at 02:14:03 PM EST (promoted by DEMachina). RSS.
The Air Force Inspector General has faulted units in Wyoming for their handling of nuclear weapons in the latest irregularity involving our atomic forces.
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Featured Diary: Should Republicans Have Killed The Auto Bailout?
port1080.
Posted to Business on Fri Dec 12, 2008 at 10:57:27 AM EST (promoted from Diaries by DEMachina). RSS.
Port1080 editorializes: Right now it's looking like the Senate Republicans will be able to muster enough votes to kill the auto bailout package that's in Congress right now. Is this intransigence justified on their part? The bailout is clearly supported by the Democratic party and by Obama - a party and president that won large majorities in both the House, Senate, and Presidential votes just a month ago. The US public very clearly voted for a party which was running on a platform of government action. Is it not problematic that these lame duck Republican senators (many of which were either voted out of office or are retiring) can block the passage of this bill?
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G'Day Mate And Welcome To Our Sex Party.
MayorBob.
Posted to Politics on Wed Nov 19, 2008 at 04:11:34 PM EST (promoted by DEMachina). RSS.
A political movement with a twist is about to happen in Australia. In keeping with the style of a nation of plain-speakers, a political party with a name certain to draw attention, if not votes, will launch on November 20th.
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Should Obama Focus on Osama?
port1080.
Posted to Politics on Wed Nov 19, 2008 at 03:45:17 PM EST (promoted by DEMachina). RSS.
During the campaign, and particularly during the debates, then presidential candidate Barack Obama repeatedly focused on one of the biggest apparent failures of the Bush administration - its inability to capture the leader of Al-Qaeda, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon (as well as numerous other attacks around the world), Osama bin Laden - and argued that if he was elected that he would work with laser-like focus to bring him to justice.
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A Tree Grows Or Dies On Brooklyn.
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Mon Nov 17, 2008 at 12:44:45 PM EST (promoted by DEMachina). RSS.
I figure with a web site name like treesandthings, we should be able to get some discussion going on this issue. The issue being which is more important -- community development or the environment? That's essentially what's at stake out in Seattle. There is a neighborhood there that is looking forward to what some see as much-needed development. There is also a tree, an exceptional tree (pdf doc) if you will, which stands threatened by the perceived much-needed development. The issue is should the tree remain standing or should the changing face of the neighborhood not include the tree?
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Detroit's Hot 2009 Model: The Federal Bailout
profwhat.
Posted to Business on Wed Nov 12, 2008 at 12:37:22 PM EST (promoted by DEMachina). RSS.
General Motors is worth about as much as it was in 1948, Ford just had its worst month of auto sales since the end of World War II, and Chrysler barely even exists anymore. Times are bad for the U.S. auto industry; so bad that G.M. has bluntly stated it may run out of money before the end of the year, placing its ability to "continue as a going concern" at serious risk. GM says its last best hope is a federal bailout, and Democratic leaders -- including President-elect Obama -- seem to be listening.
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If Dinosaurs Could Talk.
MayorBob.
Posted to SciTech on Mon Oct 20, 2008 at 04:26:58 PM EST (promoted by DEMachina). RSS.
Here's a science fact virtually everyone should know - in spite of some people's theories, dinosaurs and humans never existed together on this planet. Dinosaurs ruled the earth for over 150 million years before dying out some 65 million years ago. What caused their demise is anyone's guess, with most scientists blaming it on an asteroid strike or vulcanism. Whatever the real cause was, it can't be blamed on homo sapiens which would take another 64 million or so years to emerge.
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...Bringing a Whole New Meaning to the Term "Self Abuse"
port1080.
Posted to Legal on Tue Oct 14, 2008 at 09:15:35 PM EST (promoted by DEMachina). RSS.
Today in Bizarro World (a.k.a. Newark, Ohio), a 15 year old high school student at (no, sadly this is not a joke) Licking Valley High School was charged with creating child pornography after taking and sending nude pictures of herself with her cell phone.
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Now, This Guy Is A Maverick
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Sun Oct 12, 2008 at 08:26:41 AM EST (promoted by DEMachina). RSS.
One of the most abused terms this political season is "maverick." It's been co-opted and practically trademarked by John McCain and Sarah Palin. Whether you believe they're mavericks or not, I subscribe to the notion that a true maverick -- "one that refuses to abide by the dictates of or resists adherence to a group; a dissenter" - would hardly refer to him or herself in that way, and generally don't do it when running at the top of one of the two big political parties in the land. So, what's my notion of a true maverick? Glad you asked. He's Tom Dart, Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois who says he's had it with the economic status quo and he's not going to do foreclosure evictions anymore.
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Blood Money
MayorBob.
Posted to Legal on Wed Oct 01, 2008 at 01:05:51 PM EST (promoted by DEMachina). RSS.
The death penalty is frequently criticized because only the poorest among us really risk dates with the executioner. It would stand to reason that the poorest can't afford to put on a first class defense. One state, following a painful experience with reversals of wrongful convictions, decided to make sure money wouldn't deter a vigorous defense when one's life is on the line. That state, Illinois, set up a pot of money those accused of capital crimes could tap to pay for their defense. Now it seems that this noble experiment in leveling the playing fields is tarnished as it was revealed that those who were supposed to be vigorously defending their clients were just as vigorously looting the taxpayer-provided defense fund.
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Soccer Mom's Heat Draws Heat
pO157.
Posted to Politics on Thu Sep 25, 2008 at 08:47:37 PM EST (promoted by DEMachina). RSS.
Mr. Lebowski, this is Bell Salnicker with the Lebanon, PA Soccer League and I just got a, an informal report, that a parent from your team, uh, Melanie Hain, carried a legally registered and permitted firearm during league play. If this is true of course, it contravenes a number of the league's by-laws, and article 27 of the league.
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All Your Internet Gambling Domain Belong To Kentucky.
MayorBob.
Posted to Business on Wed Sep 24, 2008 at 06:33:00 PM EST (promoted by DEMachina). RSS.
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear believes the only place Kentuckians should be able to gamble are brick and mortar casinos. The fact that the state doesn't have any of those yet isn't stopping Beshear from trying to put the kabosh on internet gambling. His approach is a piece of pure Americana - take internet gambling sites to court to get a judge to order them to block Kentucky gamblers or lose their domain names.
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