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The Republican Now leads in the WV Senate Race
Post Date: 2010-09-28 12:47:13 by no gnu taxes
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Republican John Raese has edged ahead of West Virginia’s popular Democratic Governor Joe Manchin for the first time in the state’s special U.S. Senate race. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely West Virginia Voters finds Raese earning 48% support to Manchin’s 46% when leaners are included. Two percent (5%) prefer some other candidate, and four percent (4%) are undecided. These findings move the contest from Solid Democratic to a Toss-Up in the Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Senate Balance of Power rankings. This race has been closer than expected for weeks as Manchin, despite his popularity with voters in the state, faces an electorate that is even unhappier ...
As near-record cold continues in Southern California, fruits and vegetables are failing to ripen
Post Date: 2010-09-28 12:19:06 by no gnu taxes
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It hasn't been the coolest summer on record, but it's been close, forecasters say. The average temperature in July was 79 degrees, five degrees below normal, and the first eight days of this month also have been five to six degrees below normal, weather experts said. That could put Southern California on track for a near-record-low summer, but it's still too early to say, according to weather experts. The Los Angeles area, in fact, has had below-normal temperatures every month since April. ... "The fruits and vegetables, the tomatoes and a lot of the citrus and things like raspberries are not ripening up because it's not getting hot long enough," [Jill ...
Big Miss In Richmond Fed, Prints At -2, On Expectations Of 5, As Consumer Confidence Plunges To 48.5 On Consensus Of 52.4 (Another Obama Epic Fail)
Post Date: 2010-09-28 12:15:26 by Nebuchadnezzar
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Big Miss In Richmond Fed, Prints At -2, On Expectations Of 5, As Consumer Confidence Plunges To 48.5 On Consensus Of 52.4 Tyler Durden's picture Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/28/2010 09:01 -0500 And risk off. 7 out of 8 Richmond Fed indicators declined, with just Vendor Lead-Time remaining flat at 0. Number of Employees plunged from 12 to -3. And w/r/t the now almost certainly sub 50 print, Shipments, Volume and Backlog all plunged by 10 or more points. In a word, total diffusion index massacre. As for consumer confidence: somehow the record September surge in stocks did nothing to make people forget juw how broken the US economy is, and that they do not enjoy being lied to about ...
Prosecutor in Stevens corruption case commits suicide
Post Date: 2010-09-27 22:14:11 by Skip Intro
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Prosecutor in Stevens corruption case commits suicide Nick Marsh, one of the lawyers who prosecuted the late Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) for corruption, took his own life over the weekend, his attorney confirmed to The Hill. NPR first reported Monday that Marsh committed suicide. Bob Luskin, Marsh's attorney, told The Hill on Monday that his former client committed suicide but said he did not know additional details. Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Department of Justice's Criminal Division conveyed his "deepest sympathies" to Marsh's family and friends. "Our deepest sympathies go out to Nick's family and friends on this sad day," ...
At 113 degrees, downtown L.A. hits all-time record high [Updated]
Post Date: 2010-09-27 20:15:38 by go65
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It's not just you. Monday turned out to be the hottest day ever recorded -- at least in downtown L.A. At 12:15 p.m., the weather station at USC hit the 113-degree mark, breaking the old all-time high of 112 set on June 26, 1990. It makes Monday the hottest day ever since records in downtown L.A. started being kept in 1877, said Stuart Seto of the National Weather Service. Seto said the record was impressive, "especially after such a cool summer." As of noon, Weather.com reported that Santa Monica had hit 106, West Hollywood was at 111, and Long Beach was at 107. The National Weather Service warned of extreme heat and red-flag fire dangers Monday. A small fire broke out in ...
Small Businesses Get help: Obama Signs $42 Billion Bill (3 RINOs support tax cuts and SB loans)
Post Date: 2010-09-27 18:14:30 by Hondo68
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President Barack Obama signed a bill Monday to provide $42 billion in aid to small businesses, believing it would create more jobs through tax credits, and help banks increase loans. “It’s going to cut taxes. It’s going to make more loans available for small businesses. It’s a great victory for America’s entrepreneurs,” Obama said Approved by the Senate with a 61-38 vote last week, saw two republicans break a GOP filibuster by joining the 59 Democrats. The House voted 237-187 on mainly partisan lines to see the bill land on Obama’s desk. “At this difficult time in our country, it’s essential that we keep up the fight for every job, for every ...
Factcheck: Did the Stimulus Create Jobs? (Yes!)
Post Date: 2010-09-27 18:08:58 by go65
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Summary The economic stimulus package is a favorite target of Republican candidates and groups, but more than a few ads falsely claim it did not create or save any jobs. Some recent examples: Republican House candidate Dan Debicella charges that Democratic Rep. Jim Himes failed Connecticut’s families because he voted for a "stimulus package that has done nothing to reduce unemployment." Rick Scott, the Republican candidate for governor in Florida, says Democrat Alex Sink "backed the failed stimulus bill, which created debt, not jobs." Similarly, Sink — who never served in Congress and didn’t vote on the bill — is attacked by the Republican Party of ...
Delaware Masturbators March Against O’Donnell -- Largest Pro-wanking Demonstration in History
Post Date: 2010-09-27 17:54:39 by Ferret Mike
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WILMINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – Galvanized by Republican senatorial nominee Christine O’Donnell’s anti-masturbation stance, masturbators from across the state converged on Wilmington today in what some are calling the largest pro-wanking protest in American history. Carrying signs reading, “O’Donnell: Hands Off Our Masturbation,” the angry masturbators clogged downtown Wilmington, stopping traffic for blocks. Harley Farger, a leading Delaware masturbator and planner of the Million Masturbators March, said it was difficult to organize masturbators “because they’re used to acting alone.” Mr. Farger, the executive director of the ...
Jack Conway pulls even with Rand Paul in Bluegrass Poll
Post Date: 2010-09-27 17:44:04 by go65
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Democrat Jack Conway has cut sharply into Republican Rand Paul's once-commanding lead in Kentucky's U.S. Senate race, moving into a statistical tie with a little more than five weeks before Election Day, according to the latest Courier-Journal/WHAS11 Bluegrass Poll. The poll shows that Conway, the state's attorney general, is now appealing to voters who say they are neutral on the tea party — Paul's base of support. And Conway is building a significant lead among women, who earlier were almost evenly split between the two candidates. According to the poll, Paul leads Conway 49 percent to 47 percent, with 4 percent undecided. That lead is well within the poll's 4 ...
Republicans' "Pledge to America" falls short on some of its facts.
Post Date: 2010-09-27 17:40:33 by go65
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Summary The Republican “Pledge to America,” released Sept. 23, contains some dubious factual claims:It declares that “the only parts of the economy expanding are government and our national debt.” Not true. So far this year government employment has declined slightly, while private sector employment has increased by 763,000 jobs.It says that “jobless claims continue to soar,” when in fact they are down eight percent from their worst levels.It repeats a bogus assertion that the Internal Revenue Service may need to expand by 16,500 positions, an inflated estimate based on false assumptions and guesswork.It claims the stimulus bill is costing $1 trillion, ...
From $44 To $4 In Less A Second: Today's Flash Crash Brought To You Courtesy Of The Nasdaq And A Clueless And Corrupt SEC (Obama's SEC looks the other way while the looting progresses at full-speed)
Post Date: 2010-09-27 15:39:45 by Nebuchadnezzar
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From $44 To $4 In Less A Second: Today's Flash Crash Brought To You Courtesy Of The Nasdaq And A Clueless And Corrupt SEC Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/27/2010 12:34 -0500 Circuit Breakers NASDAQ Today's reverse engineered HFT algo strategy: if price drops more than x% in a millisecond, then enter order y% below bid, else pull all bids, especially when price is 90% below most recent NBBO posted a mere second earlier. Which is precisely what happened to Progress Energy (PGN), which dropped from $44 to $4 in less than second, but not in quantized fashion (i.e. fat finger), but in a gradual, than exponentially accelerating manner, as an algo took out all the bids. We can't ...
Which celebrities have concealed-weapon permits?
Post Date: 2010-09-27 14:22:24 by sneakypete
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Armed, but not dangerous. The number of celebs allowed to carry guns is on the rise in NYC, reports the New York Daily News . So, who can pack heat? Marc Anthony, shock jock Howard Stern, Robert De Niro, Donald Trump, and his son, Donald Jr., Mets third baseman David Wright and even Martha Stewart's daughter, radio host Alexis Stewart, are all authorized to carry a concealed weapon in NYC, according to records obtained by the NYDN. (Bernie Madoff's son Andrew was denied a gun permit — not even to keep a firearm in his home.) PHOTOS: Stars who've had brushes with the law Why the need for extra protection? "We have seen an increase in celebs seeking their own ...
(VA Gov) McDonnell Cancels Confederate History Month
Post Date: 2010-09-27 13:59:02 by go65
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Bob McDonnell, the Republican governor of Virginia, announced Friday morning that he will not declare next April "Confederate History Month." McDonnell caused a stir this April when he proclaimed Confederate History Month, something that had been a tradition in the past but that his predecessors had skipped. Most critics made hay of the fact that he made no mention of slavery in the proclamation. He eventually apologized and added a clause about the "evil and inhumane practice." But on Friday, speaking during a commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, McDonnell announced that he would declare next April "Civil War in Virginia" month. "My ...
Boehner: Americans Don't Need to Talk about Solutions Now
Post Date: 2010-09-27 13:57:04 by go65
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In an interview on Fox News Sunday, John Boehner (R-OH) was asked about the lack of solutions, such as for costly entitlement programs like Medicare, in the GOP "Pledge to America." The House minority leader responded that the purpose of the Pledge was to "lay out the size of the problem," not "to get to potential solutions." Boehner reasoned that once Americans understand how big the problem is, then the talk can turn to potential solutions. Boehner chastized the appearance of Stephen Colbert before a House committee on Friday. "Washington is spending more time with comedians than debating (our) economic future....They have time to bring a comedian to ...
The Clown College Meets Scaramouche.
Post Date: 2010-09-27 12:58:55 by Skip MacLure
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It came off like the Keystone Kops meet the Three Stooges. It was supposed to be funny… I think? It wasn’t. It was ugly, demeaning, and a very poor attempt to draw attention to issues… having a white comedian championing illegal (my word) alien field workers, and illegals in this country generally. Whose idea was it to bring Mr Stephen Colbert in front of the House Judiciary Committee’s sub-committee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law, anyway? What can somebody who went out to do one day of labor, sponsored by immigrant groups as a political stunt, add to discourse on the subject? I wonder why they didn’t call on one or ...
Poll shows Obama re-elect number at 38%
Post Date: 2010-09-27 12:36:44 by no gnu taxes
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A new poll from Politico has bad news for the White House as Barack Obama prepares for the grueling task of re-election. Despite a long history of American voters choosing to re-elect its Chief Executive, Obama only gets 38% of likely voters to agree that he deserves re-election, while 44% say they will definitely vote against him — and another 13% say they’re considering doing the same: A significant majority of voters are considering voting against President Barack Obama in the 2012 election, expressing sour views of his new health care law and deep skepticism about his ability to create jobs and grow the sluggish economy, according to the latest POLITICO / George Washington ...
Boehner ducks on earmark ban
Post Date: 2010-09-27 10:51:46 by Skip Intro
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House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) declined to say on Sunday that he would push a ban on spending "earmarks" if he becomes speaker. "Today, we have a moratorium on earmarks. I can tell you that if Republicans win the majority in November, it will not be business as usual here in Congress," Boehner said on "Fox News Sunday" in response to questioning by host Chris Wallace. When asked about a second time, Boehner repeated the same mantra: "It will not be business as usual here in Washington, D.C.... It will not be. It will not be business as usual." Some Republicans, including House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia, have publicly ...
Treasury Said to Prepare AIG Exit, Repayment Plan
Post Date: 2010-09-27 10:34:45 by go65
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The U.S. Treasury Department may announce plans as early as this week to return American International Group Inc. to independence and recoup taxpayer money from the insurer’s bailout, according to three people with knowledge of the talks. The biggest part of that strategy is for Treasury to begin converting its $49 billion preferred stake into common stock for sales by the first half of next year, said the people, who declined to be identified because the negotiations are private. The timing of an announcement depends on the pace of talks between regulators and the New York-based insurer, and discussions may extend beyond this week, the people said. The government is seeking to ...
A Remarkable Story.
Post Date: 2010-09-26 17:57:38 by Skip MacLure
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From a journalistic standpoint, the meteoric rise and even more startling fall of the giant Democratic socio-Marxist monster combined with the massive uprising of the American people, is being on the front row giving witness to truly historic events. From a political standpoint, it’s the continual efforts in favor of the goal of winning our country back. The greater the estimates I hear regarding the creaming the Democrats are destined to take, the more vigilant and suspicious I become. The DeMarxists are masters of the underhanded and will seldom allow the legality, and most specifically the morality, of issues to deter them. Yet most of the time when confronted they will back down. ...
Sha Na Na Alumni Gather For New York Reunion
Post Date: 2010-09-26 10:25:11 by Murron
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Sha Na Na Alumni Gather For New York Reunion In this Sept. 24, 2010 photo, the Doo-Wop group Sha Na Na poses during a rehearsal for their special performance to mark the 75th anniversary of Hofstra University in Melville, N.Y. From left are Screamin' Scott Simon; Donny York; David Garrett; Elliot Cahn; Robert Leonard and Jocko Marcellino. By FRANK ELTMAN HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (AP) -- The gold lame varsity jackets still fit. Four decades after performing as the penultimate act at Woodstock (having been invited by Jimi Hendrix) and three decades after a hosting a long-running TV variety show and appearing in the movie classic, "Grease," several former members of the doo-wop ...
Lawyers Argue R-J Stories On Web Aren’t Protected by Copyright
Post Date: 2010-09-26 09:28:04 by Murron
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Lawyers Argue R-J Stories On Web Aren’t Protected by Copyright By Steve Green By allowing people to read its stories online for free, the Las Vegas Review-Journal is essentially giving away those stories, and recipients of the articles are free to display them on their own websites. At least that’s the theory suggested by one of the latest group of lawyers to sign on to represent one of the website operators being sued for copyright infringement by the Review-Journal’s copyright enforcement partner, Righthaven LLC. Righthaven is a Las Vegas company that through Friday had, since March, sued 136 website operators in federal court in Las Vegas. Righthaven detects online ...
O'Donnell is right:: New DNA Research shows Discrepancies Between Chimp and Human DNA [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-09-25 23:49:28 by Nebuchadnezzar
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New Chromosome Research Undermines Human-Chimp Similarity Claims by Jeffrey Tomkins, Ph.D., & Brian Thomas, M.S. * A recent high-profile article in the journal Nature released the results of a study with implications that shocked the scientific community because they contradict long-held claims of human-chimp DNA similarity.1 A previous Acts & Facts article showed that much of the research surrounding the often touted claims of 98 percent (or higher) DNA similarity between chimps and humans has been based on flawed and biased research.2 The problem is that the similarity has been uncertain because no one has performed an unbiased and comprehensive DNA similarity study until now. ...
Christine O'Donnell: 'Evolution Is A Myth. Why Aren't Monkeys Still Evolving Into Humans?' (VIDEO) [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-09-25 21:39:30 by go65
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Bill Maher has so far kept his promise to air an embarrassing clip of Tea Party favorite and Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell every week that she refuses to be a guest on his HBO show, "Real Time." Last night Maher showed a video from an appearance she made in 1998 on his old program "Politically Incorrect" in which she calls evolution "a myth" and backs up her claim with the question: if evolution is real, "why aren't monkeys still evolving into humans?" This latest uncovered statement comes on the heels of a clip unearthed from an old "Scarborough Country" episode in which she insists that we stop the ...
Cincinnatti Reds Pitcher Chapman throws fastest pitch ever recorded
Post Date: 2010-09-25 21:03:06 by A K A Stone
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SAN DIEGO – Aroldis Chapman(notes) was summoned from the bullpen one batter too late to make a difference in the game. No matter. The 22-year-old Cincinnati Reds left-hander made do by making history Friday night, throwing the fastest pitch recorded in a major league game, a 105-mph fastball. Ardolis Chapman's 25 pitches on Friday night (each registering 100 mph or faster, including his record-breaking 105 mph heater) must have been a blur to Padres batters. (Christopher Hanewinckel/US Presswire) The blazing pitch pushed a white-hot pennant race to the back burner. Yes, the San Diego Padres won the game 4-3 to pull ahead of the Atlanta Braves in the National League wild-card race. ...
'Help, I'm in the trash truck!' Hapless 'thief' almost killed when his hideaway starts to crush him
Post Date: 2010-09-25 18:07:03 by Skip Intro
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When police were called out to a robbery at their local Wal-Mart , the suspected thief appeared to vanish into thin air. For about 40 minutes on Wednesday morning, officers in Alliance, Ohio searched the area for a suspect who was accused of trying to sneak about $1,000 worth of merchandise out of the superstore's side door. Then the police got a call from an man claiming to be his friend. Alliance Police Lt. William Morris told Fox 8 News that the caller told police that his friend, James Brienzo, 37, had used his mobile phone to get help. Stig of the dump: Brienzo was in a bad way when rescued, having been compacted by the truck's mechanism more than once Stig of the dump: ...
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