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Fitness Guru Jack LaLanne, 96, Dies At Calif. Home
Post Date: 2011-01-23 23:55:06 by Brian S
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(01-23) 20:49 PST LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jack LaLanne, the fitness guru who inspired television viewers to trim down, eat well and pump iron for decades before diet and exercise became a national obsession, died Sunday. He was 96. LaLanne died of respiratory failure due to pneumonia Sunday afternoon at his home in Morro Bay on California's central coast, his longtime agent Rick Hersh said. LaLanne ate healthy and exercised every day of his life up until the end, Hersh said. "I have not only lost my husband and a great American icon, but the best friend and most loving partner anyone could ever hope for," Elaine LaLanne, LaLanne's wife of 51 years and a frequent partner in ...
Tea Partiers Demanding Budget Cuts Say Military In The Mix
Post Date: 2011-01-23 16:20:34 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON — Back home, tea partiers clamoring for the debt-ridden government to slash spending say nothing should be off limits. Tea party-backed lawmakers echo that argument, and they're not exempting the military's multibillion-dollar budget in a time of war. That demand is creating hard choices for the newest members of Congress, especially Republicans who owe their elections and solid House majority to the influential grass-roots movement. Cutting defense and canceling weapons could mean deep spending reductions and high marks from tea partiers as the nation wrestles with a $1.3 trillion deficit. Yet it also could jeopardize thousands of jobs when unemployment is running ...
Breaking: Fox News Hires Keith Olbermann
Post Date: 2011-01-23 11:30:13 by no gnu taxes
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After careful consideration of his qualifications, Fox News has hired Keith Olbermann.
Man-emitted CO2 causing devastating global warming? Uh, no
Post Date: 2011-01-23 11:16:40 by no gnu taxes
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A couple of readers questioned our call for an independent investigation of the underlying science that is the basis for global warming alarmism. They claim, in essense, that the science is settled. Who are we to rock this boat, anyway? Well, there are lots of super-qualified, highly regarded scientists rocking it along with us. Many of them find the claim that man’s meager contribution of a trace gas (CO2) into the atmosphere could significantly change anything, let alone set us on course for a melt down. Here’s a fellow worth listening to: William Happer, Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics at Princeton. He seems fairly qualified in this regard from where we sit. ...
The Deficit We Want
Post Date: 2011-01-22 22:04:25 by go65
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We have come to believe a story about the deficit that is largely not true. It’s a comforting story, to be sure. It holds the promise of a painless solution, because it suggests that the country’s huge looming deficits are not really our fault. Instead, they seem to stem from weak- willed politicians, wasteful government programs that do not benefit us and tax avoidance by people we have never met. In truth, the coming deficits are a result, above all, of the fact that most Americans are scheduled to receive far more in Medicare benefits than they have paid in Medicare taxes. Conservative and liberal economists agree on this point. After Medicare on the list of big, growing ...
MSNBC Leans Forward and Sticks it in Olbernann's Corn Hole
Post Date: 2011-01-22 10:08:49 by no gnu taxes
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Friday night was Keith Olbermann’s last day doing “Countdown” on MSNBC, and it would appear that most of America found out about it at around the same time Olbermann did. NBC Universal’s statement about Keith’s seemingly sudden departure is here. The media blogosphere lit up like Olbermann’s face when discussing arresting Cheney for war crimes when the news of his exit from MSNBC was announced. There’s no reason for concern over at MSNBC though — somebody there will probably be more than happy to pick up the slack when it comes to misogynistic bomb throwing. Hot Air has lots of Olbermann updates for those keeping score at home. Mediaite is ...
Cock Sucking Faggot Liar Asshole Olbermann gets Thrown Out On His Ass [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-01-22 10:00:19 by no gnu taxes
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NEW YORK – Keith Olbermann was MSNBC's most popular personality and single-handedly led its transformation to an outspoken, left-leaning cable news network in prime time. Despite that, he often seemed to be walking on a tightrope with his job. Friday night, it snapped. Olbermann returned from one last commercial break on "Countdown" to tell viewers it was his last broadcast, and read a James Thurber short story in a three-minute exit statement. Simultaneously, MSNBC e-mailed a statement that "MSNBC and Keith Olbermann have ended their contract." The network thanked him and said, "we wish him well in his future endeavors." Neither MSNBC President Phil ...
Corporate contributions have surged for new Republican leaders in House
Post Date: 2011-01-22 00:04:43 by Ferret Mike
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The new Republican leaders in the House have received millions of dollars in contributions from banks, health insurers and other major business interests, which are pressing for broad reversals of Democratic policies that affect corporations, according to disclosure records and interviews. Much of that money flowed to the GOP chairmen overseeing banking, energy and other key committees - leaders who will play a central role in setting the House agenda over the next two years. The impetus behind such largess is simple: Many companies and industry groups hope House Speaker John A. Boehner (Ohio) and other Republicans will succeed in rolling back Democratic policies they find objectionable, ...
Dick Armey urges freshmen to curb their enthusiasm
Post Date: 2011-01-21 22:16:52 by go65
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Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey urged freshman Republicans and the new House GOP leadership to temper themselves so as not to make the mistakes he and others made following their historic takeover of the chamber in 1994. “We didn’t manage our enthusiasms and the fact of the matter is it ended up getting us in trouble,” said Armey in an interview as part of Advice for the 112th Congress: A POLITICO video series with former members of Congress. He cited specifically the budget stand-offs in 1995 and 1996 which prompted the temporary closures of some federal government offices – and did serious political damage to the congressional Republicans that took the blame ...
Bonus Payments to City Retirees Are Drawing Ire
Post Date: 2011-01-21 19:23:36 by Mad Dog
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As San Francisco struggles under ballooning pension and health care costs, the city’s retirees will receive unexpected cost-of-living bonuses totaling $170 million. The city’s anticipated budget deficit for the coming year is $360 million. A nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization providing local coverage of the San Francisco Bay Area for The New York Times. To join the conversation about this article, go to baycitizen.org. A political battle has raged over the city’s growing retirement obligations. In November, Proposition B, which would have required city workers to contribute more toward their pensions and benefits, was soundly defeated. The measure’s opponents ...
Deep Freeze Gripping Midwest, Aiming for Northeast [More Global Warming, No Doubt...]
Post Date: 2011-01-21 19:08:41 by Capitalist Eric
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The coldest air of the winter so far has arrived over the northern Plains and Midwest and will cause temperatures to plummet in the Northeast in the wake of today's disruptive snowstorm. The wave of arctic air may lead to frozen pipes in some households and eventually broken water mains in some communities. Furnaces and heaters will be working hard in coming days, and you will get the bill for it later in the month. Actual temperatures may do no better than the single digits for highs today in Chicago and Milwaukee. The Great Lakes will modify the air slightly so that temperatures will manage to climb into the teens around Detroit today through the weekend. However, northern New ...
Congresswoman Giffords, America's Hero, Moves To Houston
Post Date: 2011-01-21 16:38:17 by Brian S
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Congresswoman Gabriella Giffords is ready to roll, she is even starting to use her iPad. She boarded a plane Friday to fly to Houston, where she will enter a special treatment center. Hundreds greeted her as her ambulance left Tucson for nearby Davis Monthan Air Force Base. "We love you Gabby," said one of many signs, the Arizona Republica reported. Mark Kelley, Gifford's husband, waved through an open window to a group that included Republicans and Democrats. She flew to Houston in a plane called Challenger. Kelly is an astronaut. "GG going to next phase of her recover today. Very grateful to the docs and nurses at UMC, Tucson PD, Sheriffs Dept....Back in Tucson ...
Poll Finds Wariness About Cutting Entitlements
Post Date: 2011-01-21 16:35:40 by Brian S
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As President Obama and Congress brace to battle over how to reduce chronic annual budget deficits, Americans overwhelmingly say that in general they prefer cutting government spending to paying higher taxes, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. Yet their preference for spending cuts, even in programs that benefit them, dissolves when they are presented with specific options related to Medicare and Social Security, the programs that directly touch the most people and also are the biggest drivers of the government’s projected long-term debt. Nearly two-thirds of Americans choose higher payroll taxes for Medicare and Social Security over reduced benefits in either ...
The Fourth American Revolution
Post Date: 2011-01-21 15:40:52 by Capitalist Eric
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The next Fourth Turning is due to begin shortly after the new millennium, midway through the Oh-Oh decade. Around the year 2005, a sudden spark will catalyze a Crisis mood. Remnants of the old social order will disintegrate. Political and economic trust will implode. Real hardship will beset the land, with severe distress that could involve questions of class, race, nation and empire. The very survival of the nation will feel at stake. Sometime before the year 2025, America will pass through a great gate in history, commensurate with the American Revolution, Civil War, and twin emergencies of the Great Depression and World War II. - The Fourth Turning - Strauss & Howe -1997 The mass ...
U.S. States Must Be Allowed To Declare Bankruptcy To Reduce Pension Bills, Say Republicans
Post Date: 2011-01-21 14:13:26 by Brian S
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Republican politicians are fighting to win U.S. states the right to declare bankruptcy in a bid to free them crippling pension bills and other punishing debts. Currently states such as Illinois and California, which are struggling to pay back loans, are forbidden from claiming federal protection from insolvency. But advocates, including Senator John Cornyn and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, say states are so burdened by debt that bankruptcy may be the only feasible way out. For example, bankruptcy would allow allow governors to reduce contractual pension payments, which are often protected by state constitutions. It could also provide an alternative to bailouts, which Republicans ...
Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity Dropped by Radio Stations in Major Markets
Post Date: 2011-01-21 12:40:43 by Brian S
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Yesterday, hate radio hosts Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity had their nationally syndicated radio shows dropped from WPHT in Philadelphia, which is the second radio station to drop both of the conservative commentators. The moves were scheduled back in November 2010, and Marc Rayfield, market manager for CBS Radio in Philadelphia and senior vice president, said that WPHT wants to become “more of a locally based station.”Just weeks ago, Beck was dropped from WOR in New York, but the most recent cancellation in Philadelphia hurts Beck even more. Beck got his start in Philadelphia, and many of his radio staffers still live in Philly, including Beck’s side-kick Stu. ...
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Leaves Hospital For Rehab
Post Date: 2011-01-21 11:47:29 by Brian S
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TUCSON, Ariz. – Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has left a Tucson hospital for a rehab center in Texas, less than two weeks after being shot in the head in an assassination attempt that killed six. Giffords is traveling by ambulance to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base with an escort from a group of motorcycle riders from a Veterans of Foreign Wars post who know her. From there, she'll be taken by medical flight to a Houston airport. Then she'll be moved by helicopter to the ICU at Texas Medical Center, where she'll be evaluated and then taken to the center's rehabilitation hospital. A gunman shot Giffords and 18 other people Jan. 8 as she met with constituents outside a grocery ...
Police Alarmed Over Graffiti Claiming Calif. Gov. Brown To Be Killed On Valentine’s Day
Post Date: 2011-01-21 11:43:23 by Brian S
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Santa Ana police were notified Thursday of two different instances of graffiti threatening the life of California Governor Jerry Brown. At 7 a.m., police were called about graffiti at one Greenville Street north of Alton Avenue, according to Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna. "We gonna kill Gov. Brown 2 14 11," the graffiti read. Later that day, an officer noticed more graffiti at 1700 W. Segerstrom Ave. "The vandal spray-painted in red, '27 more days 4 Brown' and included a swastika, Bertagna said, adding someone later painted over the red '7' with a black '6' as if it were a countdown," CBS 2 in Los Angeles reported. ...
Obama's Less Trusted Than Bush on Social Security
Post Date: 2011-01-21 11:00:05 by no gnu taxes
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When asked whether they trust the president or his opponents in Congress more on the issue of Social Security, people have less trust in Barack Obama than they did in George W. Bush when he had Obama's job. And the question was asked about Bush in 2005, at a time when his unpopular campaign to privatize Social Security was reaching its crescendo. That's a stunning statistic. The Democratic Party created Social Security and was seen as its champion for three-quarters of a century. Yet voters have less trust in a Democratic president on this issue than they did for one who had pledged to privatize the entire system, and whose party opposed it from the beginning. And the difference ...
Idaho GOP gets ready to nullify health care reform
Post Date: 2011-01-21 08:46:14 by jwpegler
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After leading the nation last year in passing a law to sue the federal government over the health care overhaul, Idaho's Republican-dominated Legislature now plans to use an obscure 18th century doctrine to declare President Barack Obama's signature bill null and void. Lawmakers in six other states — Maine, Montana, Oregon, Nebraska, Texas and Wyoming — are also mulling "nullification" bills, which contend states, not the U.S. Supreme Court, are the ultimate arbiter of when Congress and the president run amok. It's a concept that's won favor among many tea party adherents who believe Washington, D.C., is out of control. Though a 1958 U.S. Supreme Court ...
Path Is Sought for States to Escape Debt Burdens
Post Date: 2011-01-21 02:35:34 by Mad Dog
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Policy makers are working behind the scenes to come up with a way to let states declare bankruptcy and get out from under crushing debts, including the pensions they have promised to retired public workers. Unlike cities, the states are barred from seeking protection in federal bankruptcy court. Any effort to change that status would have to clear high constitutional hurdles because the states are considered sovereign. But proponents say some states are so burdened that the only feasible way out may be bankruptcy, giving Illinois, for example, the opportunity to do what General Motors did with the federal government’s aid. Beyond their short-term budget gaps, some states have deep ...
Going Postal: Is the Arizona Shooting A New Kind of American Murder? ("Going Postal" as modern-day slave rebellions by the hopeless)
Post Date: 2011-01-20 16:18:51 by Godwinson
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Going Postal / January 10, 2011 Is the Arizona Shooting A New Kind of American Murder? By Mark Ames Saturday’s shooting in Tucson, Arizona, has been variously described as an “assassination” and a “shooting rampage”—but which one is it? This may seem like a semantic quibble, but what occurred in that Safeway supermarket appears to be an entirely new type of American murder: a hybrid of political assassination, of the sort that plagued America in the 1960s and 70s, and a “going postal” rampage massacre, of the kind that first appeared in the mid- to late-1980s, with the rise of Reaganomics inequalities and the deterioration of workplace culture. ...
House GOP Lists $2.5 Trillion in Spending Cuts [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-01-20 14:51:59 by Capitalist Eric
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Moving aggressively to make good on election promises to slash the federal budget, the House GOP today unveiled an eye-popping plan to eliminate $2.5 trillion in spending over the next 10 years. Gone would be Amtrak subsidies, fat checks to the Legal Services Corporation and National Endowment for the Arts, and some $900 million to run President Obama's healthcare reform program. [See a gallery of political caricatures.] What's more, the "Spending Reduction Act of 2011" proposed by members of the conservative Republican Study Committee, chaired by Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, would reduce current spending for non-defense, non-homeland security and non-veterans programs to 2008 ...
U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords Standing Up, Using iPad, Trying To Speak
Post Date: 2011-01-20 14:20:19 by Brian S
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(Reuters) - Just 12 days after she was shot in the head, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords can stand with assistance, has tried to speak and is using an iPad, doctors and her husband said on Thursday. In a key turning point in the congresswoman's recuperation, Giffords is to be moved on Friday from the Tucson hospital where she has remained since the shooting to a special rehabilitation facility in Houston, Texas. At a news conference on her last full day at University Medical Center in Tucson, doctors said she has come a long way in a short time given the severity of her injury. "She is beginning to stand with assistance, she is scrolling through an iPad -- these are all ...
There is most certainly a pattern to climate change… …but it’s not what you may think:
Post Date: 2011-01-20 12:27:24 by no gnu taxes
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For at least 114 years, climate “scientists” have been claiming that the climate was going to kill us…but they have kept switching whether it was a coming ice age, or global warming. * 1895 - Geologists Think the World May Be Frozen Up Again – New York Times, February 1895 * 1902 - “Disappearing Glaciers…deteriorating slowly, with a persistency that means their final annihilation…scientific fact…surely disappearing.” – Los Angeles Times * 1912 - Prof. Schmidt Warns Us of an Encroaching Ice Age – New York Times, October 1912 * 1923 - “Scientist says Arctic ice will wipe out Canada” – Professor Gregory of Yale ...
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