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.
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