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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Endorsement for today.
Don’t vote Oregonian Steve Novick into the U.S. Senate just because you agree with his political standpoints. Vote for him because he has a hook for a hand! And he’s 4’9”. So if you want to send a pirate-leprechaun hybrid to Washington, Novick’s your man.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Saturday, May 17, 2008
After all, how will you figure the odds without arithetic?
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Just running the family business:
Rumours of a link between the US first family and the Nazi war machine have circulated for decades. Now the Guardian can reveal how repercussions of events that culminated in action under the Trading with the Enemy Act are still being felt by today's president
George Bush's grandfather, the late US senator Prescott Bush, was a director and shareholder of companies that profited from their involvement with the financial backers of Nazi Germany.
The Guardian has obtained confirmation from newly discovered files in the US National Archives that a firm of which Prescott Bush was a director was involved with the financial architects of Nazism.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/sep/25/usa.secondworldwar
George Bush's grandfather, the late US senator Prescott Bush, was a director and shareholder of companies that profited from their involvement with the financial backers of Nazi Germany.
The Guardian has obtained confirmation from newly discovered files in the US National Archives that a firm of which Prescott Bush was a director was involved with the financial architects of Nazism.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/sep/25/usa.secondworldwar
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Are people really this stupid?
From WKMG, Orlando:
LAND 'O LAKES, Fla. -- A substitute teacher in Pasco County has lost his job after being accused of wizardry.
Teacher Jim Piculas does a magic trick where a toothpick disappears and then reappears. Piculas recently did the 30-second trick in front of a classroom at Rushe Middle School in Land 'O Lakes. Piculas said he then got a call from the supervisor of teachers, saying he'd been accused of wizardry. "I get a call the middle of the day from head of supervisor of substitute teachers. He says, 'Jim, we have a huge issue, you can't take any more assignments you need to come in right away,'" he said. Piculas said he did not know of any other accusations that would have led to the action. The teacher said he is concerned that the incident may prevent him from getting future jobs.
LAND 'O LAKES, Fla. -- A substitute teacher in Pasco County has lost his job after being accused of wizardry.
Teacher Jim Piculas does a magic trick where a toothpick disappears and then reappears. Piculas recently did the 30-second trick in front of a classroom at Rushe Middle School in Land 'O Lakes. Piculas said he then got a call from the supervisor of teachers, saying he'd been accused of wizardry. "I get a call the middle of the day from head of supervisor of substitute teachers. He says, 'Jim, we have a huge issue, you can't take any more assignments you need to come in right away,'" he said. Piculas said he did not know of any other accusations that would have led to the action. The teacher said he is concerned that the incident may prevent him from getting future jobs.
Saturday, May 03, 2008
This person could be your neighbor.
Excellent point: In Houston, a Texan protesting amnesty for illegal
immigrants argues that anyone who can't master English doesn't
deserve to live in America.
Friday, May 02, 2008
Wake Up People!
Larry M Bartels, NY Times:
"The real incomes of middle-class families grew more than twice as fast under Democratic presidents as they did under Republican presidents. Even more remarkable, the real incomes of working-poor families (at the 20th percentile of the income distribution) grew six times as fast when Democrats held the White House. Only the incomes of affluent families were relatively impervious to partisan politics, growing robustly under Democrats and Republicans alike."
Me:
When are people going to realize that it's just not that important if gay people can get married, that the vast majority of arab people are not terrorists, and that unless you are very wealthy, republicans simply do not care if you live or die? Am I the only person who will state that many, many, people in this country are flat-out stupid? I don't care if they get offended, I'm not trying to sell them something.
"The real incomes of middle-class families grew more than twice as fast under Democratic presidents as they did under Republican presidents. Even more remarkable, the real incomes of working-poor families (at the 20th percentile of the income distribution) grew six times as fast when Democrats held the White House. Only the incomes of affluent families were relatively impervious to partisan politics, growing robustly under Democrats and Republicans alike."
Me:
When are people going to realize that it's just not that important if gay people can get married, that the vast majority of arab people are not terrorists, and that unless you are very wealthy, republicans simply do not care if you live or die? Am I the only person who will state that many, many, people in this country are flat-out stupid? I don't care if they get offended, I'm not trying to sell them something.