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Staten Island Snow
Post Date: 2010-02-11 16:00:24 by war
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Stocks, Metals Rally on Greece Plan; Treasuries, Dollar Decline
Post Date: 2010-02-11 15:41:36 by war
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Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks rose, fuel and metals gained and Treasuries fell as investors speculated a European agreement to bail out Greece will help preserve the global economic recovery and inflation concern waned in China. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 110.12 points to 10,148.5 at 3:11 p.m. in New York, and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rallied 1 percent. The MSCI World Index rose for a third day, gaining 0.9 percent. Oil climbed 1 percent and copper advanced 5.1 percent, the most since August, after a pledge from European leaders to aid Greece convinced investors the country will avoid a default, limiting losses at European banks. The U.S. Dollar Index lost 0.8 ...
Max Baucus, Charles Grassley unveil $85B jobs bill
Post Date: 2010-02-11 12:36:05 by go65
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The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Finance Committee released a draft of the chamber's jobs bill Thursday, vowing to maintain the "bipartisan character" of their negotiations going forward. The $85 billion package -- which includes a payroll tax break for employers hiring new workers along with a blend of tax credits, infrastructure spending moves and measures to extend expiring legislation -- is the first in what Democratic leaders say will be a series of job-creation measures the Senate will address in 2010. The bill also represents a break from recent partisan history in the chamber, where the majority and minority have been loathe to collaborate on any ...
Bad News For Those Rooting Against The US Economy - Jobelss Claims Fall
Post Date: 2010-02-11 08:40:02 by war
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*U.S. FOUR-WEEK CLAIMS AVERAGE FALLS TO 468,500 FROM 469,000 *U.S. PRIOR WEEK INITIAL CLAIMS REVISED TO 483,000 FROM 480,000 *U.S. JOBLESS CLAIMS LOWER THAN 465,000 MEDIAN FORECAST *U.S. INITIAL JOBLESS CLAIMS FELL 43,000 TO 440,000 LAST WEEK
Ritz-Carlton in Las Vegas to close down (Because of Obama)
Post Date: 2010-02-10 14:29:27 by dont eat that
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A Ritz-Carlton spokeswoman, Vivian Deuschl, said: "The whole demonisation of luxury meetings and companies pulling back on having their high-end meetings in luxury hotels – this has had a tremendous impact on Las Vegas. "I can't think of another destination that has had to defend itself more against comments from politicians." The Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas resort, which has 350 rooms and is 17 miles from the Las Vegas Strip, is owned by an arm of Deutsche Bank and will stop day-to-day operations on May 2. A Deutsche Bank spokesman, Scott Helfman, said: "The unprecedented economic downturn has had a significant impact on the hotel's operations."
The 2010 Kentucky Derby Future Wager List [Bet Early]
Post Date: 2010-02-10 13:54:10 by Fred Mertz
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'All others,' Lookin at Lucky head opening Kentucky Derby Futures Pool NOTE: To see a 'cleaner' list of the horses go to the linked article. Homey don't do tables well...mertz Champion two-year-old LOOKIN AT LUCKY (Smart Strike) is the favored individual horse, but Churchill Downs oddsmaker Mike Battaglia is confident that the mutuel field, or "all others," will again be the favored wagering interest in the opening pool of the 2010 Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) that opens its three-day run on Friday. Battaglia has installed "all others," which consists of all three-year-old Thoroughbreds other than the pool's 23 individual betting ...
What Do You Think Tea Party Movement Is About?
Post Date: 2010-02-10 13:25:42 by Skip Intro
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Oh-oh. Even the Faux News users see through the teabaggers.
Paki's Confirn Another Taliban Crease Spot [Obama Doing More Than Boy Blunder in WOT]
Post Date: 2010-02-10 11:30:27 by war
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PESHAWAR: Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Wednesday confirmed the death of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakimullah Mehsud, a day after Twitter Facebook Share Email Print Save Comment the militant group itself said he had died. Speaking to reporters here, he said there were reports that Qari Hussain, who had masterminded a number of suicide bombings, had also been killed. On Tuesday, the TTP confirmed that Mehsud had died of injuries sustained in a drone strike last month. Noor Jamal has been named the new acting leader of the militants. Taliban sources based in the Aurakzai tribal region told a private TV channel that 28-year-old Mehsud was severely injured in the ...
Gingrich: Shoe Bomber Was An American Citizen (He Wasn't), So It Was OK To Mirandize Him
Post Date: 2010-02-10 11:08:53 by go65
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In their quest to cast President Obama's handling of the Christmas bomber as weak and ineffectual, Republicans have had to overcome a stubborn fact: The Bush administration handled shoe bomber Richard Reid in similar fashion in 2001. So what do you do with stubborn facts? You change them. On the Daily Show last night, Newt Gingrich claimed the "shoe bomber," Richard Reid, is an American citizen. Reid is actually a British citizen. Gingrich was attacking the Obama administration for reading the Miranda rights to the Christmas Day attempted bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. Jon Stewart pointed out that the Bush administration did the same to Reid. But Gingrich defended ...
Is President Bush missed? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-02-10 09:30:24 by dont eat that
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When a political poll was released in December, announcing to the world "44% of Americans would prefer George W. Bush to Barack Obama" I smiled and understood the reasoning. Two months later, we now have Americans in Minnesota (of all places) purchasing billboard space to profess their political desire for President Bush. I have missed President Bush for twelve months. It started with his flight to Crawford, Obama's decision to close down Gitmo (how's that working out), progressed with the well known Somali Pirates skirmish, Obama ignoring his Generals for months on Afghanistan and the failed terrorist attack on American soil in December. Not to mention, the fact ...
President Bush…That’s A Resounding Yes!!!!!
Post Date: 2010-02-10 09:24:03 by dont eat that
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In a state that went blue in the presidential election a “mystery billboard” has emerged along I-35: I personally love this billboard! I wish I knew who the small business owners were because, I as a small business owner, I would buy from them! We need to see these go up all over America! President Bush, how about 2012?
Meghan McCain Tea Bags TeaBaggers
Post Date: 2010-02-10 08:59:34 by war
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In an appearance on ABC's The View, Meghan McCain also took issue with a number of recent statements from Sarah Palin, criticizing the former Alaska governor for defending Rush Limbaugh's use of the word "retard" and for suggesting that President Obama launch a war against Iran in order to win a second term. McCain described Former Republican congressman Tom Tancredo's call for a literacy test for voters as "innate racism." McCain obviously also has issues with Palin, but it was Tancredo's speech -- in which he thanked God that McCain's father lost the election -- that stuck in her craw: "It's innate racism, and I think it's why ...
The Tea Party Goes After Ron Paul
Post Date: 2010-02-09 11:42:36 by Brian S
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His son Rand’s campaign for Senate in Kentucky is going better than anyone could have expected — every Kentuckian I met at the National Tea Party Convention backed him — but Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) is drawing three primary opponents for his own re-election bid. Ironically, all three are from the Tea Party movement, which, as reporter Tom Benning points out, would be hard to imagine without the energy stirred up by Paul’s 2008 presidential bid. Tea Party associations aside, many of the challengers’ criticisms echo concerns of Paul’s past opponents: that he is too focused on his national ambitions; that his views are too extreme; that he doesn’t support the ...
Obama is Lying About His Inherited Budget Deficit
Post Date: 2010-02-09 09:20:16 by dont eat that
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President Obama has introduced his budget for fiscal 2011 that includes $1.6 trillion in deficit spending. Obama continues to blame George W. Bush for the mess we are in because of the budget deficit he inherited. How do I defend against this argument? — Budget Buster in Boulder Dear Buster: It is difficult to defend the Republicans during the Bush administration, as they virtually did nothing to rein in Congress’s addiction to spending over his two terms. Unfortunately, President Bush did in fact leave President Obama a deficit of about $450 billion, but not the $1.3 trillion figure Obama bandies about. Not to make excuses, but Bush’s deficit included two wars and the ...
Obama to Honor George W Bush
Post Date: 2010-02-09 09:10:15 by dont eat that
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Obama has decided to honor the former President by naming the gaps in the tectonic plates under Haiti after him. That area will now be designated as "Bush's fault."
We are in an Obama depression
Post Date: 2010-02-09 09:08:04 by dont eat that
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Open your eyes. Check your pocket book. Check your savings. Real estate is already in its coffin. The Stock Market is crashing. Forget about technical definitions of GDP, Recessions and Depressions. Today, the United States is already in a Depression. Don't listen to FED Bernanke or Treasury Secretary Geithner, or Motivational Speakers, or Sales Managers, or Promoters or Spin Masters, or Anyone who tells you "this is just a cycle." Denial. State of Shock. Wishful Thinking, Anybody who tells you "Oh I've seen cycles like this before." Time to face Doom and Gloom and prepare. A tropical storm with winds that do not reach the technical definition of a hurricane ...
David Duke: "Arabs were the ones behind 9/11, that Israel had nothing to do with 9/11 directly, and that they're innocent of the crime other than 'being in a relationship with America' - video
Post Date: 2010-02-09 08:22:22 by A K A Stone
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"Access to Guns", Not Jihad to Blame for Ft. Hood, says noted Islamic scholar
Post Date: 2010-02-09 04:49:45 by A K A Stone
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Imam Zaid Shakir came to speak at my school, Claremont McKenna, on December 9th to respond to the “tragedy of Ft. Hood.” Rather than respond to the massacre of American servicemen, Shakir spent the evening indicting the United States – saying “we were born in genocide.” The reason for the Ft. Hood Massacre, according to Shakir? Not jihad or Islamic fundamentalism, but the “pervasiveness of violence in our society” and because of Americans’ “easy access to guns.” Zaid Shakir - Final from The Claremont Conservative on Vimeo. Zaid Shakir – Final from The Claremont Conservative on Vimeo. For those wondering who Mr. Shakir is, he’s ...
Palin Likens Global Warming Studies to 'Snake Oil'
Post Date: 2010-02-09 04:10:41 by Murron
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Palin Likens Global Warming Studies to 'Snake Oil' Associated Press, February 8, 2010 REDDING, Calif. (AP) - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, in a rare California appearance, called studies supporting global climate change a "bunch of snake oil science." Palin spoke Monday before a logging conference in Redding, a town of 90,000 about 160 miles north of the state capital. The media were barred from the event, but The Associated Press bought a $74 ticket to attend. Palin said California's heavy regulatory environment makes it difficult for businesses to succeed, a view that is shared by many business leaders in the state. She criticized what she said were ...
HERO VET AND CONGRESSMAN JOHN MURTHA DEAD
Post Date: 2010-02-08 14:47:14 by war
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*U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JOHN MURTHA HAS DIED, HIS OFFICE SAYS *US REPRESENTATIVE JOHN MURTHA DEAD AT 77, SPOKESMAN TELLS AP *SPOKESMAN SAYS REP MURTHA DIES, AP SAYS *JOHN MURTHA DEAD, AP SAYS
Palin Tells Obama To Back Israel, Bomb Iran
Post Date: 2010-02-08 13:00:32 by Brian S
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Former Alaska governor and US vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Sunday sent a message to President Barack Obama that he can mend his failing popularity and ensure his chances of reelection in 2012 by standing firmly behind Israel and realizing that the time has arrived to resort to military options to thwart Iran's nuclear program. Speaking on Fox News, Palin stated, "Say [Obama] decided to declare war on Iran or decided to really come out and do whatever he could to support Israel - which I would like him to do - that changes the dynamics of what we can assume will happen between now and three years. Because I think if the election were today, Obama would not be ...
Super Bowl Commercial Thread
Post Date: 2010-02-07 19:09:09 by war
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So far the Betty White/Abe Vigoda commerical is #1...the dog collar Doritos #2... The Bud Lite commercials suck as badly as the Saints right now...and the Tebow commercial, I'm sorry, was nonsense...if you're going to do that burn down the fucking house for Christ's sake... As for WAR Household...Wings 24 Heinneken Lites 5...
U.S. Soldier 'Waterboarded His Own Daughter, 4, Because She Couldn't Recite Alphabet'
Post Date: 2010-02-07 18:18:27 by Brian S
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A U.S. soldier has been accused of 'waterboarding' his four-year-old daughter because she couldn't recite the alphabet. Joshua Tabor admitted to police that he used the CIA torture technique because he was so angry. As his daughter 'squirmed' to get away, Tabor said he submerged her face - upwards - three or four times until the water was lapping around her forehead and jawline. Tabor, 27, admitted to investigators that his daughter was terrified of water and he had deliberately chosen the punishment. The practice of waterboarding has been used by the CIA to break Al Qaeda suspects at Guantanamo Bay and at secret prisons. Detainees, including the mastermind of the ...
The USDA has announced that it is dropping NAIS!
Post Date: 2010-02-06 11:30:44 by mininggold
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Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance The USDA has announced that it is dropping NAIS! This is a major victory for the grassroots!! Thank you to the thousands of people who called, wrote, organized meetings, and more. Dozens of organizations, from across the country and the full range of the political spectrum, worked together on this common cause. And we succeeded in making our voices heard. USDA has stated that it is refocusing its efforts on “a new, flexible framework” that will apply only to animals moved in interstate commerce and encourage the use of “lower-cost” technology. During today’s conference call with USDA, I asked whether the agency would continue using ...
Fresno tops list of 'drunkest' cities in America, according to magazine's new rankings
Post Date: 2010-02-06 02:01:46 by Ibluafartsky
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Fresno tops list of 'drunkest' cities in America, according to magazine's new rankings BY Rosemary Black DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Friday, February 5th 2010, 12:40 PM Rankings of alcohol-fueled car crashes, death rates from alcoholic liver disease, number of DUI arrests and the frequency of binge-drinking make Fresno U.S.'s 'drunkest' city. Teetotalers may want to steer clear of Fresno, Calif. The city was just awarded the dubious distinction of being the No. 1 “drunkest” city in the United States by Men’s Health magazine, as reported in USA Today. The magazine will publish a list of 100 major cities in the March issue that range from ...
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