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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Double-digit post-speech jump for Obama plan

Two out of three Americans who watched President Obama's health care reform speech Wednesday night favor his health care plans � a 14-point gain among speech-watchers, according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation national poll of people who tuned into Obama's address Wednesday night to a joint session of Congress.

Double-digit post-speech jump for Obama plan

You know the wing nuts are in a tizzy with these numbers!

Good Question

Good Question:

If ignorance is bliss, why are these birther handjobs so angry?

~ Len Kaminsky

Finally they tell the truth


They finally get around to telling the truth!

Once Upon A Time ...

Once upon a time, the Senate was a shining beacon of at least semi-intelligent discourse -- living, breathing,
debating proof of the success of America's experiment in democracy. It was Rome, when Rome was in its heyday.
These days it's more like Rome right before the fall of the empire -- brimming with arrogance, stupidity, influence-peddling
and near-constant partisan hackery, and overrun by self-serving clowns drunk on their own grandiose sense of importance
and always on the lookout for the next illicit sexual encounter.

~ Chez Pazienza

Don't know who Chez Pazienza is, but the truth is the truth.

Typical repugican

Skippy posted this and it says it as good as it can so no need to add to it.

And he screamed "His pants are on fire" during the pledge of allegiance

Joe Wilson of South Carolina doesn't think much of Obama, his health plan, or apparently, the office of the President of the united states (let alone civility or decorum). politico:

"There are also those who claim that our reform effort will insure illegal immigrants. this, too, is false - the reforms I'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally," President Obama said.

A loud voice from the repugican side of the hall answered, "lie" -- my colleague Glenn Thrush reports it was Joe Wilson (retard - S.C.) -- drawing a second "it's not true," from Obama and a shake of Nancy Pelosi's head.

The bill is designed to exclude those immigrants, though some repugicans have called for more explicit bans on funding for illegal immigrants and have claimed the bill will funnel money to illegal immigrants.

Factcheck.org described those claims as "false" and noted that one version of the legislation already includes an explicit bar on federal funding for illegal immigrants' health care.
tho, to be fair to Wilson, he honestly thought Obama just said "I was born in Hawaii."
*****

Please note the idiot is from SOUTH CAROLINA. We, North Carolinians, have tact, decorum and civility.

Dutch Schultz's secret buried treasure

Arthur Flegenheimer, aka Dutch Schultz, was a 1930s German-Jewish-American gangster who was killed while taking a leak in a New Jersey bar. After he was shot, Schultz delivered a fantastically strange stream-of-consciousness rant involving "French Canadian bean soup" and this brilliant bit:

You can play jacks, and girls do that with a soft ball and do tricks with it.
Oh, Oh, dog Biscuit, and when he is happy he doesn't get snappy.


Of course, Schultz's last words later inspired writers William S. Burroughs, Robert Anton Wilson, and Robert Shea. Besides his mastery of avant-garde poetry, Schultz is also famous for a secret he took to his grave: the location of a safe loaded with $7 million that he buried somewhere in upstate New York. It has never been found. Or if it has, the finders ain't talking. From Mental Floss's "Six Lost Treasures Just Waiting To Be Found":
 Images DutchThe only other person (besides Schultz) who knew where the safe was buried was the bodyguard who helped him dig the hole. Shortly after, both men were gunned down by hitmen inside the Palace Chophouse Restaurant in Newark, New Jersey.

On his deathbed, Schultz began hallucinating and rambling after the rusty bullets used by the assassins caused an infection. A court stenographer was brought in to record his statements and some believe his incoherent references to something hidden in the woods in Phoenicia, New York, might be a clue to the location of his buried loot. Of course the meaning of his words is cryptic and not 100% reliable, but that hasn’t stopped hundreds of people from looking.

Documentary series about prehistoric stone circles in Britain


There are nearly 1,000 prehistoric stone circles in Britain.
Here's the trailer for a documentary series about them, called Standing with Stones.

After Not Showing Obama Speech, Texas, School District to Bus Students to shrub drivel

You want to talk stupidity?!
A Texas school district which refused to air President Barack Obama's live classroom address is planning to bus students to see a fool, not the president.
The Arlington Independent School District is busing students to hear a load of tripe from the shrub on Sept. 21.

Recession forcing retailers to think small

The Great Recession and Americans' retreat into thriftiness are teaching retailers a new lesson: How to survive when consumers are focused on "needs" rather than "wants."
For years, shoppers splurged on everything from $5 lattes to $200 jeans, and retailers responded by opening more stores and offering more choices.

Recession forcing retailers to think small

No Chicken Ranch

A Vermont town has given the ax to a woman's fledgling chicken business after neighbors complained about wandering birds and loud roosters.

Vermont town gives the ax to a woman's fledgling chicken business after neighbors complain

Surprised it wasn't more

Surprised it wasn't more - given the fact they park in the middle of the street and otherwise block traffic everywhere!

One truck + 196 tickets = $5,700

A single UPS delivery truck is the champion of Denver parking violations, racking up 196 tickets worth nearly $5,700 last year.

Gushing over The Beatles — again

Gushing over The Beatles — again

The Beatles: Rock Band, called a "transformative video game experience," is driving critics wild. Available today
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Worst recession since 1930s may be over

Worst recession since 1930s may be over

Economic activity is stabilizing or improving in almost every area of the country.

Surprising uses for salt

Surprising uses for salt

The kitchen staple can do a lot more than add flavor to your meals.

Affordable places in the U.S. to retire

Affordable places in the U.S. to retire

These cities offer terrific housing value, plus good medical care, reasonable taxes, and lots to do. Top 10
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Wal-Mart's new plan to crush competition

Wal-Mart's new plan to crush competition

The retail giant launches a massive, three-pronged effort dubbed "Project Impact."

Ice cream sandwich taste test winner

Ice cream sandwich taste test winner

The food experts at Epicurious tasted 16 national brands and crowned their top pick.

Obama makes the case for health care

Obama makes the case for health care

The president calls for action and tries to clear up confusion in his highly anticipated address.

This is ridiculous

Almost $400-million has been spent lobbying Congress on health care reform.

In terms of lobbying, it is the most expensive legislation in American history, because several huge conglomerates have one hell of a lot of profit on the line.

I call Bullshit

Saxby Chambliss (reptile-GA) says President Obama should be humble when he addresses Congress Wednesday.


I call BULLSHIT! The ones who need to be 'humble' are the repugicans who have orchestrated the entire mess we are beginning to clean up in the first place - but nooooooo they are calling for their betters to be humble to them?! As I said, BULLSHIT!

Raw Raw Rooster


Foghorn Leghorn is at it again.

Poll finds soaring European support for US policy

European support for the U.S. president's handling of foreign policy has soared since President Barack Obama took over from the shrub, but Europeans continue to view major issues including Afghanistan, Iran and global warming differently than Americans view them, a poll released Wednesday found.

Poll finds soaring European support for US policy

Hubble's Cosmic Comeback

NASA's "comeback kid" has done it again. After astronauts of the space shuttle Atlantis made a risky servicing mission in May, the Hubble Space Telescope is back and better than ever, once again capturing astonishing images of the cosmos and sending them back to Earth.

Hubble telescope's first new photo

Astronomers are awed by the first image transmitted by the repaired space telescope.

UK pardons fan convicted of attempted murder

They take their Football a bit serious ...

Britain on Wednesday pardoned an English soccer fan who spent four years in prison for attempted murder in Bulgaria, saying another man had confessed to the crime.

Vegetarian dining in Paris

Cote de boeuf, foie gras, escargot.

French cuisine is hardly the stuff of dreams for vegetarians.

Thin edge of the veg

Diageo rejects plan to save Scotland whiskey jobs

Oh, my Gawd - they're after the Scotch!

Hopes of saving hundreds of whiskey jobs in Scotland were dashed today after drinks giant Diageo rejected a Scottish government-backed proposal to counter their factory closure plans.

Diageo rejects plan to save Scotland whiskey jobs

Once-banned Gulag book now required in Russia

Talk about a turnaround ...

A Russian news agency says parts of the once-banned book "The Gulag Archipelago" have been declared required reading for upper-level students in the country's schools.

Once-banned Gulag book now required in Russia

Abercrombie Fined In Autistic Discrimination Case

Abercrombie & Fitch has been fined about $115,000 for discriminating against an autistic customer at the retailer's Mall of America store.

Al Franken draws US map from memory

Now let's see if just one wing nut could do the same ...

Al Franken may have just joined the Senate, but it seems he's been studying up on the United States for quite some time.

Al Franken draws US map from memory

US Army grows Marijuana in Colorado

The Army has made an unusual and unwanted discovery at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal northeast of Commerce City.

High on Religion

A man isn't entitled to use Arizona's religious-freedom law to overturn his conviction for possessing marijuana while driving, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

Arizona court rejects religious defense for pot use

Takes on a whole new meaning doesn't it.

Cheaper health-care methods

Cheaper health-care methods

Providers are taking radical steps such as a 90-day warranty for complications on a heart bypass.

Flat fees, too

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Public Service Announcement

This is a passenger announcement.

The train on platform one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven and twelve has come in sideways.

Science News

From BBC-Science:
Distantly-related animals all avoid a common "smell of death" that has a long evolutionary history, scientists discover.

For the first time, scientists spot and film the songbirds killing and eating hibernating bats in a cave in Hungary.

Tongue louse Rare tongue-eating parasite

Biggest gaffes from doomed CEOs

Biggest gaffes from doomed CEOs

Many of America's high-profile bosses ignored signs leading to the meltdown of 2008.

Bill Gates teams up with MTV for cause

Wanna bet the wing nuts are all ready frothing at the mouth over this one ...

Bill Gates teams up with MTV for cause

The mogul launches a 5-year campaign to get a message to America's kids.

Songwriters sue ATV park over name

From the "Some people really need to get a life" Department:

The Redneck Yacht Club is suing the Redneck Yacht Club.

Nashville songwriters Thom Shepherd and Steve Williams, who wrote and trademarked the song "Redneck Yacht Club" sung by Craig Morgan, are suing an off-road recreational park using the same name outside Fort Myers, Florida.

'Redneck' court fight

Journalist rescued in daring raid

Journalist rescued in daring raid

British commandos free a N.Y. Times reporter held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Unusual Holidays and Celebrations

Today is Wonderful Weirdos Day.

Daily Almanac

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2009.

There are 113 days left in the year.

The Moon is waning.

Today in History, September 9.

Our Readers

Some of our readers today have been in:

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Alicante, Comunidad Valencia, Spain
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

as well as Singapore, and the United States

Daily Horoscope

Today's horoscope says:

Your sensitive nature and kindness to others and the amazing way you have of seeing nothing but the best in everyone make you naturally appealing to others.
So you probably have quite the collection of fascinating friends, don't you?
Well, don't be surprised if at least one new friend crosses your path and they're quite unlike anyone you've ever known.
Enjoy them.
This will certainly be interesting.

Interesting.