Tuesday, June 1, 2010
It's The Economy Stupid
It's The Economy Stupid
Maxing out on your 401(k) now might earn you almost half a million bucks over the next decade.
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When you get an offer, look at these four factors to see if it's actually a good deal.
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"It's really been a blessing," says one couple no longer making their house payments.
Also: Culinary DeLites
Culinary DeLites
These snacks will never be considered health food, but some can lead to a diet disaster.
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Try serving this classic breakfast or brunch dish as a hearty dinner entrée.
Also: Helpful Hints
Helpful Hints
Paying with debit rather than credit can leave you open to phantom charges or drained accounts.
Also: Germ-carrying ticks should tweezed out of skin, killed quickly
Policed called on Census worker
Cameras were rolling when A U.S. Census worker and an Albuquerque, New Mexico homeowner got into an argument that prompted a response by police.
In the video the homeowner asks then tells the census worker to leave her property - he refused saying he had a federal right to be there ... WRONG - the census worker was guilty of criminal trespass the instant he was asked to leave and he refused and should have been arrested on the spot by police when they arrived in answer to the homeowner's call. Census workers have NO special privileges or rights beyond those of any citizen - although some as evidenced by this idiot think they have.
In addition the only question that a census worker is allowed to ask anyone BY LAW is the number of persons living at a residence ... all other questions are not required by law nor are they required by law to be answered. The census law is one of the simplest on the books - Every ten years the federal government is required to count the numbers of persons living within the boundaries of the United States (Citizens living outside of the US are not required to be counted) nothing more and nothing less to be used in determining allotment of resources and representation of those persons living within the boundaries of the US. All other data, i.e., name, birthdate, race, etc., are not required or necessary.
In the video the homeowner asks then tells the census worker to leave her property - he refused saying he had a federal right to be there ... WRONG - the census worker was guilty of criminal trespass the instant he was asked to leave and he refused and should have been arrested on the spot by police when they arrived in answer to the homeowner's call. Census workers have NO special privileges or rights beyond those of any citizen - although some as evidenced by this idiot think they have.
In addition the only question that a census worker is allowed to ask anyone BY LAW is the number of persons living at a residence ... all other questions are not required by law nor are they required by law to be answered. The census law is one of the simplest on the books - Every ten years the federal government is required to count the numbers of persons living within the boundaries of the United States (Citizens living outside of the US are not required to be counted) nothing more and nothing less to be used in determining allotment of resources and representation of those persons living within the boundaries of the US. All other data, i.e., name, birthdate, race, etc., are not required or necessary.
Lunatic Fringe
Lunatic Fringe
When dealing with wingnuts ... Remember the rule:
If they accuse someone of something, then they're already guilty of it.
Liars and Fools
Faux's Glenn Beck sounds just like a militia leader from the 1990s: A 'new world order' of 'global governance' is coming!.
Demented and Delusional is no way to go through life.
Faux's Glenn Beck caps two weeks of violent fear mongering about progressives by warning that eventually "they just start shooting people".
That'd be the mindless dolts who listen to you, you douche bag and they won't be 'eventually' starting to shoot people, they already have.
Sean Hannity and Faux News laughingly try to give credibility to conspiracy theory accusing the Left of working with Muslims to instate Sharia Law and sabotage America.
Oh, stop it ... my sides ache from the laughter!
Faux's Glenn Beck says Obama administration and environmentalists "don't have a real problem" with Gulf oil disaster.
Wrong, that would be you and your ilk there asshole.
Wingnut Michael Berry says he hopes mosque is "blown up, and I mean that".
And you wonder why the world views Americans with suspicion? Nut case in point. 
Arizona: the Whitest state in the nation!
Bad Cops
Bad Cops
Pennsylvania police officer arrested in Delaware, charged with sexually abusing three girls repeatedly over nine yearsNew York cop arrested after allegedly breaking wife's nose
Two New York police officers are arrested in unrelated domestic violence incidents
Mother claims Texas police officer, who's been arrested for terrorist threats, also assaulted her teenage son
Virginia cases in jeopardy after convicted felon is fired from sheriff's office
Florida cops like to handcuff/confine prisoners before administering beatings
New York cop in SUV accidentally runs over sunbather
Just the News
Just the News
Two Arrested For Abusing 3-Month-Old
A man and woman were both charged with attempted murder and placed on a $10 million bond each.
Onlookers try in vain to help burning woman
Horrified onlookers have spoken about how they tried in vain to save a woman who was set on fire at a Melbourne petrol station this morning but were prevented from doing so by a man wielding a knife.
The woman is in a critical condition in hospital with burns to 100 per cent of her body ...She has since died.
In Matters Of Health
In Matters Of Health
Genetic research paves way to new approach
Douche Bag or Colostomy Bag
Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) is blocking the nomination of Donald Berwick to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. Berwick is not at all a controversial nominee, which is why you never heard of him before this paragraph and once he's confirmed or rejected you'll never hear of him again.But he once described America's health care sort-of system as — brace yourself — a means of rationing health care. Of course, that's what it is, what virtually any system would be. Our current health care system makes sure that some people get top-quality health care, others get far lesser-quality health care, and millions get no health care at all. That's rationing, and Berwick's saying so (once, long ago) is what's earned him Roberts' wrath.
Two very obvious observations, plain to anyone who's discussing politics with any honesty or integrity:
First, while the recent health insurance reform that dripped out of DC will, slowly, eventually, make the American rationing of health care noticeably less vulgar, cruel, and inhuman, the problems are far from solved and it's irresponsible and disingenuous to suggest that there's no rationing of health care.
And second, an even less debatable point, Senator Roberts is a colossal douche bag or maybe a humongous colostomy bag - whichever you prefer.
Add these effective exercises to your workouts and say goodbye to the jiggle.
Also: Using light to heal wounds
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, working with funds from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, recently completed a pilot study to determine the effectiveness of light bonding compared to traditional stitches. The study involved patients who had skin lesions removed and needed stitches.
Things They Won't Tell You
Things They Won't Tell You
Louisiana fishermen, drafted to help fight back the oil, are being sickened by the toxins in BP's chemical dispersants.
NewsFlash: If exposure to the dispersants causes short-term sickness, it's almost certainly doing long-term damage too.
US Justice Department Launches Criminal Investigation of BP Oil Spill
From Treehugger:
BREAKING NEWS
photo: banspy via flickr
I can here the collective cry of 'Right on!' and 'About effing time!' rising up from the TreeHugger readership... CNN is reporting that US Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that the Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the Gulf Gusher. We'll have more as it emerges, but this is what we know so far:Pot Kettle Black
It's Only The Environment After All
It's Only The Environment After All
Weather forecasts predict the oil may spread north to unscathed areas this week.
Also: Man repeatedly calls 911 after mom takes his beer
32-year old Charles Dennison of Pasco, Florida was charged $150 after repeatedly calling 911 because his mother stole his beer.
Now that's just Bizarre
Now that's just Bizarre
And the Stupid-i-fication begins ...Creationism to be taught in Queensland.
Creationism and intelligent design will be taught in Queensland state schools for the first time as part of the new national curriculum.
Creationists dismiss the science of evolution, instead believing that living things are best explained by an intelligent being or God, rather than an undirected process such as natural selection.
In Queensland schools, creationism will be offered for discussion in the subject of ancient history, under the topic of "controversies".
Creationists dismiss the science of evolution, instead believing that living things are best explained by an intelligent being or God, rather than an undirected process such as natural selection.
In Queensland schools, creationism will be offered for discussion in the subject of ancient history, under the topic of "controversies".
Mozart has billions and billions more fans than we thought
Image via hoasm
It looks like Mozart has billions and billions more fans than we thought -- and much smaller ones, too. Evidently, sewage-eating microbes are major appreciators of the Austrian composer. One pioneering waste treatment plant in Germany has taken to playing Mozart on an expensive stereo to the microorganisms that break down sewage -- and it found that it greatly increased their speed and efficiency, and could save the plant thousands of dollars a year. Article continues: Mozart Makes Microbes Eat Sewage Faster
Woman sweetening coffee drives into river
Idiot of the Day Award winner:
An Oregon woman lost control of her SUV and plunged into the Santiam River on Saturday morning.
State police said 42-year-old Trena Fiels was trying to put sugar in a cup of coffee when her SUV left Highway 22 just west of Big Cliff Dam and Detroit Lake.
Fiels' SUV drifted off the road and she overcorrected to the left, swerving across the highway and a large shoulder turnout before plunging down a 40-foot embankment, troopers said.
Police said Fiels' vehicle came to rest partially submerged in the Santiam River. Fiels lives in Detroit. She was taken to a hospital by an ambulance to be treated for minor injuries
Odds and Sods
Odds and Sods
Hiker kills grizzly bear
A backpacker shot and killed a grizzly bear with his handgun in Alaska's Denali National Park, officials said.
Even with a .45cal handgun you'd have to be what the old Western Serials called a "Dead-Dyed Dick" to bring down a grizzly with a handgun (although this "dead-eyed dick" must suffer from astigmatism because it took him nine rounds to do it.)
Even with a .45cal handgun you'd have to be what the old Western Serials called a "Dead-Dyed Dick" to bring down a grizzly with a handgun (although this "dead-eyed dick" must suffer from astigmatism because it took him nine rounds to do it.)
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