The Daily Drift

The Daily Drift

Today's horoscope says:
In one of your newer relationships, things are well on their way toward gaining real momentum.
This is a partnership built on mutual respect and a shared sense of what is right.
Finding a person who brings out the best in you no matter what mood you're in is rare -- this is a person you can rely on, a person you should rely on.
You are starting to align yourself with the people who deserve you.
Let others from your past stay there.

Some of our readers today have been in:

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Dusseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Muscat, Masqat, Oman
Paris, Ile-De-France, France
Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Milan, Lombardia, Italy
Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Madrid, Madrid, Spain

as well as Slovakia, Malta, Bulgaria, Israel, Finland, Austria, Norway, Georgia, Mexico, Peru, Kuwait, Serbia, Bangladesh, Latvia, Greece, Scotland, Hong Kong, Denmark, Wales, Iran, Singapore, Poland, Taiwan, Sweden, Afghanistan, Belgium, Tibet, Croatia, Pakistan, Romania, Paraguay, Sudan, Vietnam, Argentina, Cambodia, Egypt, France, Estonia, Puerto Rico, Maldives, Qatar, Brazil, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, Slovenia, China, Iraq, Ecuador, Nigeria, Colombia, Chile, Honduras, Paupa New Guinea, Moldova, Venezuela, Germany, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Czech Republic, Vietnam, Norway, Finland

and in cities across the United States such as Ithaca, Sparta, Athens, Syracuse and more.

Today is:

Today is Sunday, May 29, the 149th day of 2011.

There are 216 days left in the year.

Today's unusual holiday or celebrations is:

There isn't one today.

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The meaning of Memorial Day

The meaning of Memorial Day

The tradition of gracing headstones with American flags grew from the holiday's origin. 

Differs from Veterans Day 

Also: 

• Ways to honor military
• Memorial Day photos
• Army's recruiting slogans

Culinary DeLites

10 keys to making the perfect burger

A grill master shares the secrets of preparing the All-American classic at home.  

Choosing the right cheese 

Also: 

• More burger recipes
• Backyard barbecue tips
• Essential grilling tools

Pointers for Avoiding Food Poisoning During Grilling Season

With Memorial Day weekend bringing summer grilling season into full swing, the American Dietetic Association and ConAgra Foods' Home Food Safety program have released some pointers to avoid food poisoning.

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How eating broiled or baked fish improves heart health?

It has been common knowledge for quite some time that eating fish is healthy for you, especially for your heart. A new study, published in the May 24 edition of the AHA journal Circulation: Heart Failure, has revealed that there is much more to this however, since it reveals that how you prepare the fish can change the way it affects your health.

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Snack Food Fails: 

Weird Food Names Around the World

Milk was sold in bags, eggs weren't refrigerated, the cheese looked like butter, there were weird spiky fruits I'd never seen, and everything else was in a language I barely understood.

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Tornado!

Free Bird

Lynyrd Skynyrd playing live on the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test in 1975.

Why the Democratic Party Has Abandoned the Middle Class in Favor of the Rich

American politicians don't care much about voters with moderate incomes.

Princeton political scientist Larry Bartels studied the voting behavior of US senators in the early '90s and discovered that they respond far more to the desires of high-income groups than to anyone else.

By itself, that's not a surprise.

He also found that repugicans do not respond at all to the desires of voters with modest incomes.

Maybe that's not a surprise, either.

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Non Sequitur

High School Students Take on Bachmann and Creationists

MSNBC featured two very bright high school students on Hardball and then on Lawrence O'Donnell's Last Word and seeing these kids stand up to the history revisionists like Michele Bachmann or these people trying to push creationism into our school kids as science gives me some hope for our future.

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Another take on this:

Bachmann Called out on Hardball by 17 Year Old Kid for Lying about Nobel Laureates Supporting Creationism

And I Quote

"While our soldiers are overseas fighting for our freedoms, Republicans are safely at home, fighting to take them away." 

~ Jon Stewart

The repugican Job Creators Myth

On Thursday, John Boehner and the House repugican leadership team unveiled their " Plan for America's Job Creators ."

As he repeatedly made clear before the Economic Club of New York and again on CBS Face the Nation , Boehner's "job creators" are the top two percent of income earners whose shrub tax cuts President Obama has proposed ending.

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repugicans - they can't help lying it's inbred in them.

Why the wingnut's Approach to Reading the Constitution Is Destroying This Country

That idea that judges should interpret the Constitution by discovering the original intent or meaning of the text ignores the history of this country's founding.

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repugican Medicare debacle proves Americans 'love socialized medicine after all'

Dems didn't "cut" Medicare, they scaled back the "unnecessary giveaway to insurance companies"

~ Steve Benen comments on the "the Democrats are the real Medicare killers" new lying strategy from repugicans.

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In one state now, it is official: health care is "a right and not a privilege."

Vermont has broken through the barrier set up by those opposed to cost-efficient, single-payer systems and, now, has a law that commits the state to providing health care to all its residents.

A Slice of Philosophy

Mongo speaks ...

Stress may increase risk for Alzheimer’s disease

Stress promotes neuropathological changes that are also seen in Alzheimer’s disease.

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich have discovered that the increased release of stress hormones [...]

Stress may increase risk for Alzheimer’s disease

Fishing therapy

Fishing is being used as a form of therapy at two Scottish hospitals, health bosses said.

Fishing therapy used by hospitals

Things could be worse

Investigation into Farm Labor Shortage

From the "Duh!" Department:

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has asked agriculture officials to assess complaints of farm labor shortages after he signed one of the toughest laws in the country targeting illegal immigrants, including those who help harvest the state's fruit and vegetable crops.

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The truth be told

On The Job

Prepare for a new career in your spare time

You can earn one of these four popular online degrees without quitting your day job.  

Possible fields to use them 

Also: 

• Pursue a health career
• Is an MBA for you?
• Great entry-level jobs