Oct 30, 2009 -
This goes along with the story that I posted in 4.0 about Meatless Mondays in Baltimore schools
Jon Stewart ended an interview with climate-change contrarian and Super Freakonomics co-author Steven Levitt on Monday night by noting, "I've apparently frightened our audience by suggesting that conservation isn't the only way out of any of the problems of the world. I sincerely apologize."
He added, "And I do also believe that we should just eat vegetables."
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Oct 23, 2009 -
Affidavit: Mom told deputies balloon saga was hoax
Police Accuse Parents Of "Balloon Boy" Of Perpetrating Hoax
By DAN ELLIOTT
DENVER – The mother of the 6-year-old boy once feared missing inside a runaway helium balloon admitted the whole saga was a hoax, according to court documents released Friday.
Mayumi Heene told sheriff's deputies that she and her husband Richard "knew all along that Falcon was hiding in the residence" in Fort Collins, according to an affidavit used to get a search warrant for the home.
She allegedly told investigators the incident was a hoax meant to make them more marketable to the media.
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Sep 11, 2009 -
Left finds Obama not liberal enough
By Ruben Navarrette Jr.
SAN DIEGO, California (CNN) -- It's political déjà vu. It seems like just yesterday that hard-core conservatives were griping about a Republican president who wasn't dependably conservative.
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Sep 09, 2009 -
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/016/910mqqtl.asp?pg=1
What the CIA Documents Show
Yes, Virginia, enhanced interrogation works.
by Stephen F. Hayes
It's not very often that there is agreement between the leadership of the American Civil Liberties Union and officers at the Central Intelligence Agency.
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Aug 29, 2009 -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8167671.stm
By Kevin Connolly BBC News, Chicago
When a political topic is hot in America it dominates the cable chatter on 24-hour TV channels.
When it's REALLY hot, it dominates the advert breaks too - and no topic is hotter than health care.
Rival lobbying organisations are spending millions of dollars on airtime - offering startlingly different diagnoses of what is wrong with the American healthcare system, and different prescriptions for treating it.
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Aug 08, 2009 -
PUBLIC POST *
From the Wall Street Journal:
When 10 members of Congress wanted to study climate change, they did more than just dip their toes into the subject: They went diving and snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef. They also rode a cable car through the Australian rain forest, visited a penguin rookery and flew to the South Pole.
The 11-day trip -- with six spouses traveling along as well -- took place over New Year's 2008.
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May 26, 2009 -
My first time wearing this floppy hat!! I embellished this H&M short sleeve cable knit cardigan to look like a Topshop cardigan I wanted...but was out of my range at $90. It cost me $30 for mine!
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May 06, 2009 -
The consumer-oriented measure faced certain defeat in the Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, where it had been heavily lobbied by phone firms, says state Sen. Fran Pavley.
By Marc Lifsher
May 6, 2009
Source
Reporting from Sacramento -- For the second time in two years, the powerful telecommunications industry has blocked a consumer-oriented bill that would have barred companies from charging land-line customers for unlisted numbers.
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Aug 23, 2007 -
Hi pulled this off of simple dollar.com
Trimming The Fat: Forty Ways To Reduce Your Monthly Required Spending 53
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June 24, 2007 @ 9:00 am - Written by Trent
Categories: Planning, Bad Spending Habits
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One of the biggest challenges in personal finance is figuring out ways to reduce the regular bills that we all face each month. These continuous regular expenses simply fill up our budget, leaving us less money to invest for the future - and also less money to spend on things that we enjoy.
The best approach for trimming required spending is to simply walk through all of the required expenses and look for ways to lower that number.
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Jan 13, 2009 -
Subject: SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!
You all remember Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona , who painted the jail cells pink and made the inmates wearpink prison garb. Well.........
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