Tricks to avoid feeling burned out
Don't let your fast-paced lifestyle leave you exhausted and depressed.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Debate rages over whale's future
Debate rages over whale's future
SeaWorld's decision to keep the whale that killed trainer Dawn Brancheau fuels a "Free Tilly" movement.
Few drugs developed for super bacteria
Few drugs developed for super bacteria
Doctors are struggling to fight a lethal bacteria that is "resistant to virtually every antibiotic."
Desert Nesting Bald Eagles Set to Lose Protected Status
From Treehugger:
Image credit: Carl Chapman/Flickr
48 breeding pairs of bald eagle survive along the rivers of the otherwise hot and dry Sonoran Desert. Currently, this small group of eagles is listed on the federal list of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife but, if a new petition from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is approved, they would lose that protection
Article continues: Desert Nesting Bald Eagles Set to Lose Protected Status
Bunning is losing his temper while forcing over a million Americans to lose benefits
Bunning loses it, on camera, with ABC's Jonathan Karl.
Do the repugicans even know we're in a recession and that people are really suffering? On behalf of his fellow repugican Senators, Bunning is screwing over the American people. He blocked movement on the Senate unemployment bill again today. Now, he's also acting out. ABC News documents his erratic, angry outburst on camera and off:
Senator Bunning was even more expressive before the cameras arrived, using a little sign language.Bunning has handed the Democrats a gift. Now, if the Senate Democrats had any sense, they would force Bunning to defend this filibuster all day and all night. He's making people suffer. Make him pay for it.
When Senate producer Z. Byron Wolf spotted Bunning exiting his office, Bunning said, “I’m not talking to anybody.” When Wolf asked him to stay and talk to our cameras, Bunning walked toward the elevator and shot the middle finger over his head.
Bunning is clearly livid over the attention he's getting on the filibuster of the unemployment benefits. That means that Democrats should be jumping on this issue ten times harder than they already are. It's embarrassing Bunning, it's embarrassing repugicans. What would the repugicans do if they found an issue that so upset our Senators? They'd blow it up even bigger.
Lone senator blocks benefits for many
Repugican Jim Bunning of Kentucky stalls unemployment benefits for more than a million people.
Bunning hates America
Bunning hates Americans.
Bunning hates doctors who treat poor people.
Bunning loves "pooching" the country.
The Kentucky repugican is blocking a vote on the bill, which would also extend unemployment benefits and the COBRA subsidies that help laid-off workers keep their health insurance. This unusual turn of events (the bill in question has been in the works for some time and was considered a sure thing for passage) has brought to fruition a looming — but widely considered unlikely — pay cut that doctors have been screaming about for years.
From the - LA Times
- rural satellite tv access - cut.
- 400,000 unemployment benefits - cut.
- cobra health insurance benefits - cut.
- flood insurance - cut.
- medicare reimbursement for doctors - cut 21.2%
- small business loans - cut
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Volcanic explosions expected in Chile quake's wake
Geologists will be watching for increased levels of volcanic activity caused by the powerful quake that struck Chile.Volcanic explosions expected in Chile quake's wake
Giant dino-eating snake killed in action
This is life-sized reconstruction reveals what may have been a baby dinosaur's last glimpse, just before a giant snake devoured the hatchling. The window into the past was made possible by remains of an ancient serpent coiled around crushed dinosaur eggs. Credit: Sculpture by Tyler Keillor and original photography by Ximena Erickson; image modified by Bonnie Miljour.
A huge snake had just slithered into a sauropod's nesting ground, but a sudden landslide enveloped and killed all involved, as stunning fossils show.
Sniffing out criminals
From BBC-Science:
 |  | Noses could be an even better method of identification than iris and fingerprint scanning, says a UK study. |
Cop News
In Cop News
70 cases thrown out because of North Carolina cop's misconduct
9-year-old California girl describes police raid of her home, cop holding gun to her head
NYPD whistleblower Palestro reports alleged corruption at 42nd Precinct
Tennessee cops cover up wrong-address raid by removing street number from door
70 cases thrown out because of North Carolina cop's misconduct
9-year-old California girl describes police raid of her home, cop holding gun to her head
NYPD whistleblower Palestro reports alleged corruption at 42nd Precinct
Tennessee cops cover up wrong-address raid by removing street number from door
Good Question
Why does the Washington Post think its lunatic fringe sqawking heads are entitled to their own facts?
Saudi's go liberal
A new law in Saudi Arabia allows women to argue minor cases at court and use notaries without bringing along a male guardian.
For Saudi Arabia, where women are legally about two notches below a camel, this is real progress.
For Saudi Arabia, where women are legally about two notches below a camel, this is real progress.
Can you believe this bullshit
In an interoffice memo from headquarters, AT&T is asking its managers and employees to oppose net neutrality.
They admit it
Apple has acknowledged that child laborers build its computers at some of the company's outsourced overseas factories.
Alice In Wonderland movie from 1903
The first-ever film version of Lewis Carroll's tale has recently been restored by the BFI National Archive from severely damaged materials. Made just 37 years after Lewis Carroll wrote his novel and eight years after the birth of cinema, the adaptation was directed by Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow, and was based on Sir John Tenniel's original illustrations. In an act that was to echo more than 100 years later, Hepworth cast his wife as the Red Queen, and he himself appears as the Frog Footman. Even the Cheshire cat is played by a family pet.
With a running time of just 12 minutes (8 of which survive), Alice in Wonderland was the longest film produced in England at that time. Film archivists have been able to restore the film's original colours for the first time in over 100 years.
With a running time of just 12 minutes (8 of which survive), Alice in Wonderland was the longest film produced in England at that time. Film archivists have been able to restore the film's original colours for the first time in over 100 years.
Court Rules that Nancy Benoit Estate Can Sue Larry Flynt
The Supreme Court has decided that the family of a slain professional wrestling personality can continue its lawsuit against Hustler magazine, a case that tested privacy concerns and the competing right to publish "newsworthy" material.The justices without comment Monday turned aside an appeal from the publishers of the men's magazine, which featured old nude photos of Nancy Benoit, who was killed nearly three years ago by her husband and fellow wrestling superstar Chris Benoit. The couple's young son also was slain in the family's Georgia home.
The order is a victory for the estate of Nancy Benoit, which is seeking damages from Hustler.
At issue was whether the constitutional right of privacy indirectly referenced in the 14th Amendment trumps the First Amendment protections of the media and publishers in this "right-of-publicity" dispute.
The original lawsuit was brought by Maureen Toffoloni, whose daughter, Nancy Benoit, had posed nude for a photographer more than two decades ago. Toffoloni claims that her daughter, who was also known by the wrestling moniker Woman, had asked immediately after the shoot to have the photos and video destroyed and believed that photographer Mark Samansky had done so.
He later sold stills from the video to Hustler, a men's magazine founded by Larry Flynt that publishes racy material. The photos were published in the March 2008 issue.
The murders had occurred the previous summer. At the center of the crimes was Chris Benoit, a Canadian-born athlete who worked for several professional wrestling circuits, including the popular World Wrestling Entertainment. In 2000, he married Nancy Sullivan, a Florida native who had become a well-known wrestling manager after her time in the ring. Their son, Daniel, was born earlier that year.
Police say the crimes occurred over a three-day period in June 2007 at the Atlanta-area home of the Benoits. Investigators concluded that Chris Benoit first bound his 43-year-old wife and strangled her. The 7-year-old boy was then drugged and strangled. The man then committed suicide by hanging himself with a weight machine. No formal motive was ever established.
CNN reported at the time that doctors found testosterone, painkillers and anti-anxiety drugs in the body of 40-year-old Chris Benoit, according to Georgia's chief medical examiner. Performance-enhancing anabolic steroids were later found in the home.
Weeks after the killings, a study of Chris Benoit's brain showed damage from "prior repetitive injury." His father, Michael Benoit, said on CNN's "Larry King Live" that a series of concussions from his high-flying moves in the ring were in part to blame.
Georgia has a law similar to many states' recognizing the right to privacy against "the appropriation of another's name and likeness ... without consent and for the financial gain of the appropriator." That would include "a private citizen, entertainer, or a public figure who is not a public official" like a legislator.
The state's high court ruled against Hustler magazine in June, finding that a "brief biography" of Nancy Benoit and her murder accompanying the nude photos did not represent a "newsworthy article."
"The photographs published by [Flynt] neither relate to the incident of public concern conceptually [the murders] nor correspond with the time period during which Benoit was rendered, against her will, the subject of public scrutiny," the state court wrote. "Were we to hold otherwise, [Flynt] would be free to publish any nude photograph of almost anyone without their permission, simply because the fact they were caught nude on camera strikes someone as 'newsworthy.' Surely that debases the very concept of a right to privacy."
The state justices said "crude though the concept may seem," Nancy Benoit's mother is now entitled to control such images "in order to maximize the economic benefit to be derived from her daughter's posthumous fame." Such power is known legally as the "right of publicity."
Flynt and the photographer, Samansky, later filed the appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court and had the support of several media organizations.
In a brief filed in support of Hustler, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press said the Georgia ruling "makes no sense, as it goes well beyond the photographs that appear in magazines such as petitioner's to affect all news-gathering."
The group noted that other courts have long recognized a broadly read "newsworthiness" standard for commercial media like CNN and that such specific "dissection" of content-based stories and pictorials by judges would cripple editorial decision-making by all news outlets.
The case is LFP Publishing Group (dba Hustler Magazine) v. Maureen Toffoloni, as administrator and personal representative of the estate of Nancy E. Benoit (09-625).
Massive head of pharaoh unearthed
We posted a piece on this yesterday but now we have art.
Massive head of pharaoh unearthed
Archaeologists dig up an enormous red granite head of one of Egypt's most famous pharaohs.
Warren Buffett's rules to live by
Warren Buffett's rules to live by
The "Oracle of Omaha" became one of the world's richest people by following some basic principles.
Safety issues with bagged salads
Safety issues with bagged salads
Packaged lettuce may appear clean, but recent tests find bacterial problems with many brands.
Dad, daughter fall 13 floors in Chile quake
Dad, daughter fall 13 floors in Chile quake
One minute, Alberto and Fernanda Rozas were huddling in a doorway.
The next, they were in freefall.
Which colleges have the best-paid alums?
Which colleges have the best-paid alums?
Ten years after college, one school's graduates earn an average of $129,000 a year.
Runway throws a wrench in U.S. travel
Runway throws a wrench in U.S. travel
A change at one of the nation's largest airports will cause delays for millions around the country.
Bunning's filibuster forces furlough for federal employees working on construction projects
So, it's not just the unemployed who will suffer because Bunning blocked the legislation extending unemployment benefits. There was more in the bill. And, it's causing at least 2,000 federal employees are having their jobs put on hold:
ABC News' Lisa Stark reports: Jim Bunning (reptile-KY) didn't just stop extensions of unemployment and health insurance benefits with his "hold' on these funding measures last week, he also stopped an extension of the Highway Trust Fund for 30 days. That means the fund cannot be used to pay for any of its programs or its employees.
So, the Department of Transportation as of Monday morning, must furlough 2,000 federal workers. DOT says that number could climb if this stalemate over funding drags on. Employees affected include federal inspectors overseeing highway projects on federal lands. If the inspectors aren't there, the projects must shut down. DOT says that will affect 41 critical construction projects from Alaska to the U.S. Virgin Islands.
“As American families are struggling in tough economic times, I am keenly disappointed that political games are putting a stop to important construction projects around the country,” said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. “This means that construction workers will be sent home from job sites because federal inspectors must be furloughed.”
Repugicans got us into this economic crisis. And, the Senate repugican caucus is letting Jim Bunning extend it. The Democrats need to force Bunning and his colleagues to own this filibuster. They should have done that last week. But, maybe everyone has to see the impact first.
Deal Announced Resignation from Congress
Another repugican gone ...
Nathan Deal says he's resigning from Congress to concentrate on the Georgia governor's race.
Deal Announced Resignation from Congress
Nathan Deal says he's resigning from Congress to concentrate on the Georgia governor's race.
Deal Announced Resignation from Congress
Somali Militants Order U.N. Food Agency to Leave
Somalia's main militant group has banned the United Nations food agency and ordered its aid workers to leave the impoverished country.
Winter Storm Watch Issued For GA, Carolinas
Floating Island With Living Walls Made From Old Clamshells and Coffee Cups
From Treehugger:
All illustrations courtesy of Studio Noach
When we last met Michel Kreuger of Studio Noach, he was building a houseboat out of old coffee cupswith Architect Anne Holtrop and botanist Patrick Blanc.
Now the team has grander ambitions, and are proposing an entire floating island.
Article continues: Floating Island With Living Walls Made From Old Clamshells and Coffee Cups
Inside the biggest tornado hunt in history
Where do twisters come from?Ride shotgun with the storm chasers to find out
Inside the biggest tornado hunt in history
Science News
From BBC-Science:
 | | Desert ants in Tunisia are the first animals known to navigate with stereo smell, using it to create an odour map of their surroundings. |
| Scientists develop a gene test which predicts how well chemotherapy will work in individual breast cancer patients. | | A micro-ear could soon help scientists eavesdrop on tiny events just like microscopes make them visible. |
Colon Cancer Awareness
Today begins National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Almost 150,000 people were diagnosed with the disease last year, and about 50,000 died. Doctors say prevention is the key to survival.Colon Cancer Awareness
Today is ...
Today is Monday, March 1, the 60th day of 2010.
There are 305 days left in the year.
Today In History March 1
March is: American Red Cross Month, Humorists Are Artists Month, International Ideas Month and International Mirth Month
Today is : Beer Day, Pig Day, Refired - Not Retired Day, Plan A Solo Vacation Day
It is the Peace Corps birthday today
Oh, and I almost forgot this week (March 1-7) is National Procrastination Week
There are 305 days left in the year.
Today In History March 1
March is: American Red Cross Month, Humorists Are Artists Month, International Ideas Month and International Mirth Month
Today is : Beer Day, Pig Day, Refired - Not Retired Day, Plan A Solo Vacation Day
It is the Peace Corps birthday today
Oh, and I almost forgot this week (March 1-7) is National Procrastination Week
Our Readers
Some of our readers today have been in:
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
London, England, United Kingdom
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Salerno, Campania, Italy
Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela
Heilbronn, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Eskisehir, Eskisehir, Turkey
Kiev, Kyyiv, Ukraine
Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
as well as Trinidad & Tobago, and the United States in such cities as Inverness, Seguin, Kennewick, Mechanicsburg, Queens, Dubuque, Pinellas Park and more.
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
London, England, United Kingdom
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Salerno, Campania, Italy
Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela
Heilbronn, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Eskisehir, Eskisehir, Turkey
Kiev, Kyyiv, Ukraine
Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
as well as Trinidad & Tobago, and the United States in such cities as Inverness, Seguin, Kennewick, Mechanicsburg, Queens, Dubuque, Pinellas Park and more.
Daily Horoscope
Today's horoscope says:
You thought you'd be dashing around for days, trying to ditch that electric bolt of energy that hit you yesterday.
Suddenly, as of this morning, you're feeling a little kinder and gentler.
Sure, your friends are startled -- no, amazed.
That's okay.
You're entitled to turn into a lover, not a fighter, every now and then.
Oh, and don't hesitate to stay up late and spoil someone without worrying about the residual guilt. Nice, huh?
Can do.
You thought you'd be dashing around for days, trying to ditch that electric bolt of energy that hit you yesterday.
Suddenly, as of this morning, you're feeling a little kinder and gentler.
Sure, your friends are startled -- no, amazed.
That's okay.
You're entitled to turn into a lover, not a fighter, every now and then.
Oh, and don't hesitate to stay up late and spoil someone without worrying about the residual guilt. Nice, huh?
Can do.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Repugican operative says contract with state allowed advances
You were just a run-of-the-mill typical stupid, criminal repugican - so as you all do, you got caught.
A repugican fundraiser convicted of stealing from an Ohio investment fund says he was a bad bookkeeper, not a thief.
(And he's still lying)
repugican operative says contract with state allowed advances
A repugican fundraiser convicted of stealing from an Ohio investment fund says he was a bad bookkeeper, not a thief.
(And he's still lying)
repugican operative says contract with state allowed advances
Antarctic Collision Snaps Rhode-Island-Sized Iceberg Off Glacier
This month, an iceberg roughly the size of Luxembourg slammed into an Antarctic glacier known as the Mertz Ice Tongue.
Then, last week, a Rhode Island-sized section of the Mertz Ice Tongue finally snapped off.
Some scientists are excited about the new research opportunities this ice reconfiguration opens up, but others worry that the newly freed ice will significantly threaten life in the ocean..
Then, last week, a Rhode Island-sized section of the Mertz Ice Tongue finally snapped off.
Some scientists are excited about the new research opportunities this ice reconfiguration opens up, but others worry that the newly freed ice will significantly threaten life in the ocean..
Chile quake death toll tops 700, rescue ramps up
Heroism and banditry mingled on Chile's shattered streets Sunday as rescuers braved aftershocks digging for survivors and the government sent soldiers to quell looting.
Israeli police, Palestinians clash
Israeli riot police dispersed a crowd of masked Palestinian youths throwing stones in the heart of Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday, in a violent reminder of tensions in the contested city.
Israeli police, Palestinians clash
Israeli police, Palestinians clash
Germany's Merck buying Millipore for $6B plus debt
German pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA says it will buy U.S. biotech equipment maker Millipore Corp.
Germany's Merck buying Millipore for $6B plus debt
Germany's Merck buying Millipore for $6B plus debt
Mother charged after two toddlers die in fire
Orgal Opata
The mother of two unsupervised toddlers killed in a west Charlotte house fire early Sunday was arrested and charged with murder and felony child abuse.
After a day of searching, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police arrested Orgal Paulette Opata, 26, after she left her four children alone at the home on Rowan Street, in the Thomasboro community. One-year-old son, Gabriel Hawthorne, and his two-year-old brother, Josiah Hawthorne, died in the fire that destroyed the home.
She was charged with two counts of murder, three counts of reckless/gross felony child abuse, exposing a child to fire and one count of burning resulting in serious injury to a firefighter.
Her two older children, a four-year-old son and seven-year-old daughter, survived the fire after they were helped by a neighbor.
Fire investigators sifted through the rubble all day, but by evening still weren’t saying what caused the blaze. Firefighters from station 13, two blocks away, said they responded quickly and took only 19 minutes to put out the blaze. When they arrived, neighbors told them about the children inside. They said they aggressively entered the home, but couldn’t save the two toddlers.
One firefighter was burned, treated at a local hospital and released.
A neighbor, Elizabeth Lane, awoke early Sunday and said she heard screams: “Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!.”
She looked out her apartment window and saw the house across Rowan Street in flames. Lane called 911, then quickly dressed and ran to the house.
At the front door, she found the two older children. The 7-year-old girl tugged at Lane, screaming her younger brothers, Josiah and Gabriel, were still in the back.
“I walked into the house and the flames shot up like someone had poured gasoline on them,” Lane said. “I got the two older children out. By then, the firefighters were there and I took the children to my apartment.”
In 2007, Opata was convicted in Greensboro of possessing cocaine, and sentenced to at least six months in jail. Six years earlier, she was convicted of embezzlement, also in Greensboro, and sentenced to six to eight months.
Last October, Opata was charged in Charlotte with contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile and was awaiting trial before Sunday’s arrest.
William Smith, who lives next door, described Opata as “a good mother.”
“If she had to go to work, I’d see her getting on the bus with the children to take them to daycare,” Smith said. “If they were outside, she was always on the porch keeping a watch on them. Or if she had to be away, a friend would come pick them up or stay with the kids until she got home.”
Smith, who has five children, said he was awakened by his 13-year-old son. He looked out his bedroom window and saw flames.
“By the time I saw it, the fire department was already there,” he said. “I just made sure my kids and house were OK.”
Juanita Edwards, a next door neighbor, said her husband, David, woke her around 6 a.m. and reported the house was on fire. By the time she looked out the window, firefighters were battling the blaze.
Edwards said Opata and her children had lived in the house for about a year.
“I don’t really know them, except to wave to the children when I see them,” she said. “This is so sad. Those two kids were so young.”
And I Quote
"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start now and make a brand new ending."
~ Anonymous
~ Anonymous
Top 10 Spooky Sleep Disorders
From Live Science:
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Sleep is supposed to be a time of peace and relaxation. Most of us drift from our waking lives into predictable cycles of deep, non-REM sleep, followed by dream-filled rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep. But when the boundaries of these three phases of arousal get fuzzy, sleep can be downright scary. In fact, some sleep disorders seem more at home in horror films than in your bedroom.
-- Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Contributor
Natural Pet Food Sales Growing Faster Than Human Ones
From Treehugger:
Photo montage credit via Papageien Backerei.
Germans haven't allowed economic turmoil to put a dent in their organic food purchases, according to market research group GfK - 94% of German households made organic food purchases in 2009. That strong support of organic may be the reason a wacky business idea called Parrot Bakery with its organically-grown parrot treats has succeeded in spite of recession, according to Spiegel International. In the U.S., the situation's a bit different. Organic food sales have taken a bit of a hit, while natural and organic pet food sales are prospering.
Article continues: Paradox: Natural Pet Food Sales Growing Faster Than Human Ones
Jamie Oliver Meets Some First Graders Who Don't Know Fruits and Vegetables
From Treehugger:
photo via jamie oliver
If you need further proof that our nation's food system needs to be rethought, check out this video where chef Jamie Oliver encounters some first grade students who cannot identify popular fruits and vegetables like tomatoes, eggplant, and cauliflower. The video comes form Oliver's new ABC show "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution."
Article continues: Jamie Oliver Meets Some First Graders Who Don't Know Fruits and Vegetables
History in the Remaking
A temple complex in Turkey that predates even the pyramids is rewriting the story of human evolution. 
Berthold Steinhilber / Laif-Redux
A pillar at the Gobekli Tepe temple near Sanliurfa, Turkey, the oldest known temple in the world.
Full Story
Full Story
Glenn Beck's dangerous movement
We owe this talking head-turned-political-hack gratitude for using his televised keynote address to the Conservative Political Action Conference to so frankly outline what the wingnut cabal has become - and why it repulses real Americans.
Glenn Beck's dangerous movement
Glenn Beck's dangerous movement
Marines, Afghan troops to stay months in Marjah
More than 2,000 U.S. Marines and about 1,000 Afghan troops who stormed the Taliban town of Marjah as part of a major NATO offensive against a resurgent Taliban will stay several months to ensure insurgents don't return, Marine commanders said Sunday.
Italian billionaire goes from jet to jail
Telecoms billionaire Silvio Scaglia spent the night in Italian police custody after flying in by private jet from the Caribbean to face charges in a money-laundering probe.
Italian billionaire goes from jet to jail
Italian billionaire goes from jet to jail
How to go from night owl to early bird
How to go from night owl to early bird
If you want to catch the proverbial worm, try these painless steps for an early start.
Secrets to grocery store savings
Secrets to grocery store savings
By taking a little time to learn a store's layout, you'll keep more money in your wallet.
Five cities with rising home prices
Five cities with rising home prices
Though most of the country remains mired in a slump, a few bright spots defy the market.
Man dies after 911 calls go for naught
Man dies after 911 calls go for naught
A Pittsburgh man waited in vain nearly 30 hours for assistance during a winter storm.
'The unhinged and sometimes armed anti-government right...is making a comeback'
Frank Rich takes a closer look at the Teabaggers today, following on CPAC, the "chilling" article about the teabaggers by his colleague, David Barstow, and the attack on the IRS by Joseph Stack. As much at the repugicans want to own the teabaggers, that's not quite the case.
The true teabagger hate them, too:
And, the constituency for repugicans on Capitol Hill is Wall Street, the big banks and the insurance companies. Those institutions are universally loathed right now by people across the spectrum.
The true teabagger hate them, too:
The distinction between the Tea Party movement and the official G.O.P. is real, and we ignore it at our peril. While Washington is fixated on the natterings of Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Michael Steele and the presumed 2012 Republican presidential front-runner, Mitt Romney, these and the other leaders of the Party of No are anathema or irrelevant to most Tea Partiers. Indeed, McConnell, Romney and company may prove largely irrelevant to the overall political dynamic taking hold in America right now. The old G.O.P. guard has no discernible national constituency beyond the scattered, often impotent remnants of aging country club Republicanism. The passion on the right has migrated almost entirely to the Tea Party’s counterconservatism.Some elected repugicans fit into this group, too, including Michelle Bachmann and Steve King. The future they see for the is country is pretty scary if one doesn't fit in with their world view.
The leaders embraced by the new grass roots right are a different slate entirely: Glenn Beck, Ron Paul and Sarah Palin.
And, the constituency for repugicans on Capitol Hill is Wall Street, the big banks and the insurance companies. Those institutions are universally loathed right now by people across the spectrum.
Jobs that pay $50,000 and up
Jobs that pay $50,000 and up
Whether you want to work online or fight crime, know what kind of training can lead to high pay.
Eight careers
Eight careers
Also
Massive head of pharaoh unearthed in Egypt
Egypt's Culture Ministry says a team of Egyptian and European archaeologists has unearthed a large head made of red granite of an ancient pharaoh who ruled Egypt some 3,400 years ago.
A ministry statement Sunday said the team discovered the head of Amenhotep III wearing the traditional white crown of the southern kingdom ...
Massive head of pharaoh unearthed in Egypt
A ministry statement Sunday said the team discovered the head of Amenhotep III wearing the traditional white crown of the southern kingdom ...
Massive head of pharaoh unearthed in Egypt
Boozy Chimp Sent To Rehab?
A Russian chimpanzee has been sent to rehab by zookeepers to cure the smoking and beer-drinking habits he has picked up, a popular daily reported on Friday.
Zhora Smokes, Guzzles Beer
Zhora Smokes, Guzzles Beer
6 Secret Airport Art Museums
Surprisingly, tons of airports around the world house impressive collections of modern and classical art that you can check out free of charge.
So whether you haven’t yet met your culture-quota for your trip or just have a few minutes to kill before your flight, make the most of your time by scoping out these awesome airport museums.
So whether you haven’t yet met your culture-quota for your trip or just have a few minutes to kill before your flight, make the most of your time by scoping out these awesome airport museums.
Child, Infant Die In West Charlotte House Fire
An infant and a child died in a house fire in west Charlotte Sunday morning. Firefighters said the house on Rowan Street caught fire just after 6 a.m. Rowan Street was shut down while crews investigated.
Child, Infant Die In West Charlotte House Fire
Child, Infant Die In West Charlotte House Fire
Officer tried to rig lineup
70 cases have been thrown out because of involvement by accused officer, who has resigned.
A veteran police officer who complained that his cases were being dismissed has resigned after prosecutors accused him of misconduct in a robbery investigation.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Officer Brian Cloninger tried to influence a lineup, prosecutors say. He gave the robbery victim the name and photo of the man he thought committed the gunpoint hold-up. He also urged the woman to look at the suspect's photo every day so she could pick him out.
Tsunami waves reach Japan's coast
Tsunami waves reach Japan's coast
Initial waves are small, but officials warn that bigger waves could reach the nation's main islands.
The Indians of Russia
The term “Indian” for native North Americans is of course wildly inappropriate, based on a 500-year-old error in geography, but the term is now thoroughly embedded in language and literature. Americans tend to have a provincial viewpoint that “Indians” are limited to the United States. Those with a broader perspective extend the appellation to native Canadians, Mesoamericans, and South Americans.
One of the Moscow photo-centers has held an exhibition called “The Itelmens - Indians of Russia”.
Itelmens are a small ethnic group, who are original inhabitants of the Kamchatka peninsula. Their population today (speaking only of pure-blooded Itelmens) is about 1500. Their name is indeed a Russian-adapted pronunciation of the ethnically correct “itenman” which means “existing” or “living here”.
How to save $250 in a month
How to save $250 in a month
There are effortless opportunities to cut costs on everything from MP3s to pet food.
Rescuers rush to save quake survivors
Rescuers rush to save quake survivors
Victims remain trapped beneath the rubble in Chile as the death toll continues to climb.
Today is ...
Today is Sunday, February 28, the 59th day of 2010.
There are 306 days left in the year.
Today In History February 28
Today's unusual holidays and celebrations are:
Floral Design Day,
International Sword Swallowers Day,
National Tooth Fairy Day,
Rare Diseases Day,
Perigean Tides Day
and
Purim
There are 306 days left in the year.
Today In History February 28
Today's unusual holidays and celebrations are:
Floral Design Day,
International Sword Swallowers Day,
National Tooth Fairy Day,
Rare Diseases Day,
Perigean Tides Day
and
Purim
Our Readers
Some of our readers today have been in:
Paris, Ile-De-France, France
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden
Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Seoul, Kyonggi-Do, Korea
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
London, England, United Kingdom
Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Sofia, Sofiya, Bulgaria
New Market, Ontario, Canada
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
Bandung, Jawa Barat, Indonesia
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Santa Fe De Bogota, Distrito Especial, Colombia
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
as well as Scotland, Italy, Wales, and the United States in cities such as Enston, Tupelo, Tacoma, Bethesda, Snellville, Ironton and more.
Paris, Ile-De-France, France
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden
Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Seoul, Kyonggi-Do, Korea
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
London, England, United Kingdom
Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Sofia, Sofiya, Bulgaria
New Market, Ontario, Canada
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
Bandung, Jawa Barat, Indonesia
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Santa Fe De Bogota, Distrito Especial, Colombia
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
as well as Scotland, Italy, Wales, and the United States in cities such as Enston, Tupelo, Tacoma, Bethesda, Snellville, Ironton and more.
Daily Horoscope
Today's horoscope says:
You have things to do, and you're more than ready to get them done.
That includes end-of-the-month reports and beginning-of-the-month bills -- but that doesn't mean you should forget about recreation.
If anyone knows how to get the work done in just enough time to leave some energy for play, it's you.
Exercise that skill tonight.
After what you've been dealing with lately, you'll be seen as a shining example.
Will do.
You have things to do, and you're more than ready to get them done.
That includes end-of-the-month reports and beginning-of-the-month bills -- but that doesn't mean you should forget about recreation.
If anyone knows how to get the work done in just enough time to leave some energy for play, it's you.
Exercise that skill tonight.
After what you've been dealing with lately, you'll be seen as a shining example.
Will do.
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