One week's worth in one big bite - 12-19 December 2009

... made too much for public assistance, and thus it eventually became a choice of chemotherapy or food. Food won, as it almost always will. Leaked documents describing TSA screening procedures from 2008, ... and people that get special screening . And last out, will wonders never cease... John McCain, of all people, is for putting the wall between commercial banking and investment banking back up ....

You're seriously going to kiss up to *Dwight*?

...Mayor Chris Doherty fires back on McCain 'tweet' By Roger DuPuis II ... projects." A spokeswoman for Mr. McCain said Friday that it was ... reform is being debated. "Senator McCain is always willing to discuss ... 1.7 million followers." Mr. McCain's objections to billions of ... for exhibits at the World Food Prize Hall of Laureates in ... have this mental image of McCain going, "Why does Scranton need ...

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...height of the Age of Greenspan, shortly after Bob Woodward's biography hailing the "Maestro" but before John McCain's quip that if Greenspan died, he should be propped up at the Fed like the corpse in...is underemployed, the 1 in 7 homeowners with a delinquent mortgage or the 1 in 8 families on food stamps, but there would be far more joblessness, foreclosures and hunger were it not for Ben Bernanke....

...everyone on the Island agreed on, it was that they liked a good party. There was, as always, an abundance of food, the regular stable of volunteers - and a few above and beyond that - hard at work making sure there was plenty ...and any number of the buildings that had sprung up around it. [ Your traditional post-election party! BYOB, but plenty of food and music and social engagement for all. ]

Big Pharma to Stop Importation of Cheap Canadian Drugs. We Are Saved!

... support of a number of other Republicans, including Sens. John McCain (Ariz.), Charles Grassley (Iowa), John Thune (S.D.) and ... the amendment for three principal reasons. First, he said, the Food and Drug Administration can't guarantee the safety of reimported ... policy options," reads a statement from the White House. "The Food and Drug Administration has raised safety concerns about the current ...

... fans of stupid things on Facebook. Family Guy. One Tree Hill. Britney Spears. Susan Boyle. Fast food. NY Yankees. Caring about celebrities affairs. Christmas music. Beer. Eminem. Romance books. FML. MLIA. .... I have never been to California. 40. My political stance is conservative. 41. I want John McCain to win in the 2008 presidential elections. 42. My bedroom is not painted. 43. I want ...

Shenanigans Friday: December 11, 2009.

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News and commentary - 9 December 2009

... our drinking water sometimes fails tests for cleanliness standards. Today, we have the knowledge that fast food restaurants test more and have more stringent standards for contamination than the government uses for meats going into school lunches . So the next big bacterial breakout will be tainted food at a school, maybe? Wonder how well that's going to play. More information about the ...

The GET OUT Post!

... a string of firings for my incompetence in retail/fast food/similar jobs, which will not only tear me to shreds, ... serious business about it (though I really didn't want McCain/Palin to win if only for the chances of McCain croaking and leaving motherfucking Palin as our president; we would be ...). So it got annoying hearing about Obama-this and McCain-that and Holy Shit Palin's Made Of Fail day-...

Terra et Mare

... (that spring break trip to Tampa may be fun, but Turbofans are only 16-20% efficient), higher food prices (related to higher energy prices), etc. Many people argue the sacrifices are necessary to have ...' footprints. Especially Al Gore's. So if I, a fairly conservative guy who voted for John McCain, can live in Cleveland ( which, at least, is not Detroit ) without a car, surely environmentalists ...