Andrew Thomas Gallo, 22, was changed with DUI and murder in the death of Los Angeles rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart and two others.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Big banks lose 'top talent' on Wall Street
There is an air of exodus on Wall Street — and not just among those being fired.
As Washington cracks down on compensation and tightens regulation of banks, a brain drain is occurring at some of the biggest ones.
They are some of the same banks blamed for setting off the worst downturn since the Depression.
As Washington cracks down on compensation and tightens regulation of banks, a brain drain is occurring at some of the biggest ones.
They are some of the same banks blamed for setting off the worst downturn since the Depression.
So, the Rats that caused the damage don't like it ... tough.
And as far as they're being 'top talent' - what kind of horseshit do they think we'll believe next ... they are the ones that screwed the entire world over - they are in no way any kind of 'top talent'.
They are greedy bloodsuckers who are whining because they are no longer allowed to be free to keep butt-jamming the world and receiving utterly obscene amounts of cash way over and far above what their 'talent' level truly is and worth.
What is their 'talent' level you ask?
Does the phrase, "Do you want fries with that", ring any bells?
Then again that is an insult to the illiterate migrants who are actually doing those Mcjobs, whose 'talent' level far exceeds anything the Rats on Wall Street could ever hope to have.
Four injured after drunk drivers collide
In a twist on the ordinary: A drunk driver runs into another drunk driver.
Police in Wisconsin say four people were injured after a drunk driver hit another drunk driver in Racine.
Police say one drunk driver was traveling at a high rate of speed on Main Street when he missed a turn and went the wrong way on another street around 2:40 a.m Saturday. He hit two parked cars, rolled over and hit an oncoming car driven by another drunk driver.
Lt. Mike Polzin says none of injuries are considered life threatening.
He says a 27-year-old Pleasant Prairie man was cited for causing injury by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle and a 35-year-old Racine man was cited for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
Poetry
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Whose woods these are I think I know. My little horse must think it queer He gives his harness bells a shake The woods are lovely, dark and deep. *****
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Harris Teeter recalls pistachios
The Harris Teeter grocery chain has voluntarily recalled some packages of pistachio nuts after a supplier indicated that some may be contaminated with salmonella.
The grocery chain announced Saturday that its recall was limited to 12-oz. packages of its "Harris Teeter Natural Roasted & Salted Pistachios." The items may be returned for a full refund.
The company's California-based supplier, Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc., temporarily shut down after recalling more than 2 million pounds of potentially tainted nuts.
Harris Teeter's Web site says it operates 176 retail stores in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D.C.
Repugican Caller Calls Dimbulb A 'Brainwashed Nazi' for Supporting Torture
A repugican and U.S. veteran called Lush Dimbulb's radio show Tuesday, and told the wing-nut that he was one reason the repugicans lost, also telling him he was a "brainwashed Nazi" for supporting torture.
Full Story
Full Story
Could it be ... a crack - the crack of dawn in fantasyland and the realization that reality is there?!
First Pup to Arrive Tuesday
The long awaited "first pup" will arrive at the White House on Tuesday.
As previously "nominated," the Obamas' new dog will be a Portuguese Water Dog.
As previously "nominated," the Obamas' new dog will be a Portuguese Water Dog.
Liars and Fools
Liars and Fools
The insane ravings edition:
The insane ravings edition:
A repugican candidate for the White House in 2012 tries and fails miserably to hammer at President Obama in an anti-tax rant.
2012 repugican loser blasts budget
Liars and Fools
Liars and Fools
The Don't be fooled edition:
The Don't be fooled edition:
Swill O'Really: "I Despise the Media."
Faux News Channel's Swill O'Really says he 'despises' the way many in the mainstream media are covering President Obama, charging that some of his liberal rivals on TV are an 'Obama cheerleading crew.' But he also takes 'issue' with the assertion from many fellow wing-nuts that Obama is a socialist.
Chocolate eggs under threat from witches' broom
Sales of chocolate products may be booming, but killer diseases are threatening the world's major cacao plantations.
Chocolate eggs under threat from witches' broom
Earth's deepest secrets
We know more about outer space than the planet beneath our feet, but an ambitious plan to scan deep beneath the US will change all that.
Listening to the Earth's deepest secrets
Hurricanes peak a day after lightning
A comprehensive analysis of lightning activity during hurricanes suggests that the worst winds will come a day after bolts strike.
Save the Holocene!
The Anthropocene is a proposed new geological era, meant to signal the idea that we've changed the Earth's biosphere and climate so dramatically that we've left the Holocene, the interglacial period that began 12,000 years ago.
It's a catchy (if grim) concept, but one whose utility I find myself seriously questioning. I don't doubt the magnitude of human impact on the planet. Quite the opposite. I think we of disruption we've already caused by consistently underestimate the degree of disruption we've already caused by altering the raw biological function of nearly every corner of the Earth and changing the chemistry of its atmosphere, oceans and soils. Very little "wild" anything remains, and all that does remain exists at our sufferance and will endure only with our conscious commitment. None of this, it seems to me, is really a matter of much debate. It's just how the world is now.
I get the utility of using the idea of the Anthropocene to provoke recognition of the mind-bending reality that we are transforming the very planet on which we walk.
Read the rest here.
US Paper Industries Pull 8 Billion Bio-Fuel Tax Credit Scam
From TreeHugger:
Cardboard packaging. Image credit:DesignFederation,net
Much of the pulp used for paper-making comes from the century-old Kraft pulping process. Since early the 1930's, operations using it reclaim and burn the process' "black liquor" waste to produce a majority of the energy consumed. Big Paper has discovered a new Kraft process reclamation trick to make millions more each year: by perversely claiming tax credits offered under a "green" Federal fuel blending incentive.
Article continues: US Paper Industries Pull 8 Billion Bio-Fuel Tax Credit Scam
Going Green at the Farmer's Market
Photo via Nashville Farmers' Market
The Berkeley Farmers’ Markets are just saying no to all plastic bags and packaging from their three weekly markets. Their “Zero Waste” campaign is trying to "remove, reduce, and recycle plastic and to recycle and compost all materialized at the markets."
Article continues over at TreeHugger: Berkeley Farmers' Market Leaves Plastic Bags Behind
Burglar apologizes, then turns over stolen goods
Police in the southern New Hampshire town of Pelham are searching for a burglar who says he's sorry.
Pelham police say a resident who pulled into his driveway Friday afternoon caught a burglar coming out of the house with jewelry boxes and electronic items.
The homeowner told police that when he approached the burglar, the man apologized, then put the stolen goods back.
Police say the homeowner tried to detain the burglar by engaging him in conversation, but the suspect fled by the time officers arrived.
Missouri farming couple has their own 'bale out'
A northeast Missouri farming couple knows the government won't be giving them a bailout like so many big companies are getting, so they issued their own.
Dennis and Janet Garlock of rural Adair County have placed a large hay bale at the end of their driveway with a sign proclaiming: "I got my bale out!"
The stunt has their neighbors talking and a lot of heads turning.
Some of the Amish in the area apparently are confused by the sign. One inquired whether the sign means the bale is for sale.
Environmental agency offices pollutes creek
From the "Wouldn't you just know it" Department:
Washington state environmental regulators say they've finally found the source of pollution that has been fouling a creek near Vancouver Lake: the agency's own sewer pipes.
City workers have discovered that an office building's sewer line was mistakenly connected to a storm drain, rather than the municipal sewer main.
The 1970s-vintage building houses Washington state Department of Ecology regional offices, as well as those of the Department of Fish and Game and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Sewage from the building has been making its way into Burnt Bridge Creek and eventually into the lake. Jay Manning, the environmental agency's director, says the discovery was "embarrassing and upsetting."
The building owner is paying for repairs.
Cops want teen extradited from Texas
Durham, North Carolina authorities want to extradite a 16-year-old from Texas to face a murder charge in the slaying of a North Carolina teenager
Carlos Mendoza is one of six people charged in the February shooting death of 17-year-old Alejandro Denis-Terron.
Denis-Terron died at the scene after he was shot and killed while standing with a group of friends in front of a home in Durham in February.
Investigators say a group of people were seen running through a nearby cemetery after the shooting.
Police say Mendoza turned himself in on Wednesday in Texas to federal marshals.
And I Quote
Somali pirates hijack tugboat
Pirates seize an Italian-flagged tugboat as U.S. warships block bandits from sending reinforcements to a lifeboat where an American captain is being held hostage.
Pirates hijack tugboat
Also:
Scary Facts
This one ought to scare you:
Nearly 22,000 checks will be deducted from the WRONG account over the next hour.
Nearly 22,000 checks will be deducted from the WRONG account over the next hour.
Hooked On Facts
Today's six facts are:
Anteaters prefer termites over ants.
The U.S. Army puts Tabasco pepper sauce in the ration kits it gives to soldiers - every ration kit!
Venus is the only planet to rotate clockwise.
Mexico has more U.S. citizens living there than any other country - except the U.S.!
The inventor of the Waffle Iron did not like waffles.
The lungfish can live for three years out of the water in a state of suspended animation.
Bonus Fact: Most tropical fish could survive in a tank filled with human blood!
Anteaters prefer termites over ants.
The U.S. Army puts Tabasco pepper sauce in the ration kits it gives to soldiers - every ration kit!
Venus is the only planet to rotate clockwise.
Mexico has more U.S. citizens living there than any other country - except the U.S.!
The inventor of the Waffle Iron did not like waffles.
The lungfish can live for three years out of the water in a state of suspended animation.
Bonus Fact: Most tropical fish could survive in a tank filled with human blood!
Will climate change spread disease?
Disputes have broken out among ecologists over a study that suggests climate change might not increase the range of tropical diseases after all.
Will climate change spread disease?
Headlines
Headlines for April 11, 2009
- U.S. ships block help for pirates holding U.S. captain
- Obama urges cooperation on global threats
- Japan says it's near a deal with China on North Korea message
- California Sunday school teacher booked in 8-year-old's death
- Searchers look for more victims of central Tennessee tornado
- New green electronics, tips on combating 'vampire energy'
- Protesters force Thailand to cancel Asia summit
- US ships block help for pirates holding US captain
- Investigation of building standards in quake zone
- Suicide bomber kills 9 Sunni fighters in Iraq
- Fiji military chief returns to prime minister post
- Oprah defends record of South African school
- SKorea, China, Japan want strong message for North
Get happy in a half-hour
Conquer as many of these nine tasks as you can in 30 minutes and boost your mood.
How to get happy in a half-hour
Also:
Lice Infection Leads To Killing
Lice are notoriously contagious, and very much so.
But this reaction is overkill (no pun intended).
A Russian karate master killed his neighbors because he thought they had spread head lice to his wife and himself.
But this reaction is overkill (no pun intended).
A Russian karate master killed his neighbors because he thought they had spread head lice to his wife and himself.
Mellvillian Drama
Man vs. pig in Oregon like Ahab vs. Moby Dick
There's a big pig rooting its way around Jody Cyr's 400 acres of southern Coos County range-land, and Cyr has spent the better part of the past three years doing his best to kill him.
Man Trapped in Blueberry Waffle Mix
This is too funny ...
Firefighters rescued Anthony Abruzzese, who fell more than 30 feet into a silo housing flour for blueberry waffles at a Kellogg’s plant in Winslow Township, Camden, NJ.
Abruzzese, 38, is an employee at Kellogg. He got stuck in the silo when he went to check the flour levels, only to find himself waist deep in the white, powdery mix, according to the fire chief.
Rescuers were very careful as they tried to pull him out, fearing the wrong move could cause him to sink in the 10 feet of flour. There was also a concern that the flour could ignite.
Rescuers dropped ropes inside the silo to pull out Abruzzese, who remained conscious during the entire rescue process, after which he refused treatment.
Firefighters rescued Anthony Abruzzese, who fell more than 30 feet into a silo housing flour for blueberry waffles at a Kellogg’s plant in Winslow Township, Camden, NJ.Abruzzese, 38, is an employee at Kellogg. He got stuck in the silo when he went to check the flour levels, only to find himself waist deep in the white, powdery mix, according to the fire chief.
Rescuers were very careful as they tried to pull him out, fearing the wrong move could cause him to sink in the 10 feet of flour. There was also a concern that the flour could ignite.
Rescuers dropped ropes inside the silo to pull out Abruzzese, who remained conscious during the entire rescue process, after which he refused treatment.
Good Sportsmanship
It is considered good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.
Why self-control may not be natural
If you've lost the battle against temptation, blame your "worn-out" self-control.
Self-control may not be natural
Also:
Popular boots may hurt your feet
UGG-style boots may feel comfortable, but wearing them could cause long-term pain.
Popular boots
Saturday Jam
We go LIVE!
Today's Saturday Jam includes:
Today's Saturday Jam includes:
The Load Out/Stay
Jackson Browne
I Love A Rainy Night
I Love A Rainy Night
Eddie Rabbit
Heartbreak Hotel
Suzy Quatro
Kiss Me Deadly
Lita Ford
Hot Rod Lincoln
Asleep At The Wheel
President Obama's Weekly Address
Remarks of President Barack Obama
Weekly Address
Saturday, April 11, 2009
I speak to you today during a time that is holy and filled with meaning for believers around the world. Earlier this week, Jewish people gathered with family and friends to recite the stories of their ancestors’ struggle and ultimate liberation. Tomorrow, Christians of all denominations will come together to rejoice and remember the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
These are two very different holidays with their own very different traditions. But it seems fitting that we mark them both during the same week. For in a larger sense, they are both moments of reflection and renewal. They are both occasions to think more deeply about the obligations we have to ourselves and the obligations we have to one another, no matter who we are, where we come from, or what faith we practice.
This idea – that we are all bound up, as Martin Luther King once said, in "a single garment of destiny"– is a lesson of all the world’s great religions. And never has it been more important for us to reaffirm that lesson than it is today – at a time when we face tests and trials unlike any we have seen in our time. An economic crisis that recognizes no borders. Violent extremism that’s claimed the lives of innocent men, women, and children from Manhattan to Mumbai. An unsustainable dependence on foreign oil and other sources of energy that pollute our air and water and threaten our planet. The proliferation of the world’s most dangerous weapons, the persistence of deadly disease, and the recurrence of age-old conflicts.
These are challenges that no single nation, no matter how powerful, can confront alone. The United States must lead the way. But our best chance to solve these unprecedented problems comes from acting in concert with other nations. That is why I met with leaders of the G-20 nations to ensure that the world’s largest economies take strong and unified action in the face of the global economic crisis. Together, we’ve taken steps to stimulate growth, restore the flow of credit, open markets, and dramatically reform our financial regulatory system to prevent such crises from occurring again – steps that will lead to job creation at home.
It is only by working together that we will finally defeat 21st century security threats like al Qaeda. So it was heartening that our NATO allies united in Strasbourg behind our strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and contributed important resources to support our effort there.
It is only by coordinating with countries around the world that we will stop the spread of the world’s most dangerous weapons. That is why I laid out a strategy in Prague for us to work with Russia and other nations to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons; to secure nuclear materials from terrorists; and, ultimately, to free the world from the menace of a nuclear nightmare.
And it is only by building a new foundation of mutual trust that we will tackle some of our most entrenched problems. That is why, in Turkey, I spoke to members of Parliament and university students about rising above the barriers of race, region, and religion that too often divide us.
With all that is at stake today, we cannot afford to talk past one another. We can’t afford to allow old differences to prevent us from making progress in areas of common concern. We can’t afford to let walls of mistrust stand. Instead, we have to find – and build on – our mutual interests. For it is only when people come together, and seek common ground, that some of that mistrust can begin to fade. And that is where progress begins.
Make no mistake: we live in a dangerous world, and we must be strong and vigilant in the face of these threats. But let us not allow whatever differences we have with other nations to stop us from coming together around those solutions that are essential to our survival and success.
As we celebrate Passover, Easter, and this time of renewal, let’s find strength in our shared resolve and purpose in our common aspirations. And if we can do that, then not only will we fulfill the sacred meaning of these holy days, but we will fulfill the promise of our country as a leader around the world.
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Vitoria, Paso Vasco, Spain
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Rastatt, Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany
Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
Derby, England, United Kingdom
Athens, Attiki, Greece
Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Ipswich, England, United Kingdom
Turku, Western Finland, Finland
London, England, United Kingdom
Prague, Hlavni Mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
as well as all fifty states of the United States
Daily Horoscope
Today's horoscope says:
Deal with the resources you have -- they may not be enough, but you are never going to have everything you need.
Luckily, you have enough ingenuity and creativity to improvise.
You need this pressure to rise to your great potential.
Darn it, and here I wanted everything I needed, oh, well.
Deal with the resources you have -- they may not be enough, but you are never going to have everything you need.
Luckily, you have enough ingenuity and creativity to improvise.
You need this pressure to rise to your great potential.
Darn it, and here I wanted everything I needed, oh, well.
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