…as surely as the moon is made of Roquefort cheese.
Still, the Red Sox Curt Schilling may have made more per hour.
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By Ron Scherer Tue Sep 30, 4:00 AM ET
New York - Lloyd Blankfein, chairman of Goldman Sachs, made $73.7 million last year. James “Jamie” Dimon, chairman of J.P. Morgan Chase, had to make do […]
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New Test Shows If You Are a Shopaholic
Jeanna Bryner
Senior Writer
LiveScience.com Mon Sep 22, 8:16 AM ET
A new shopaholic test could tell if you should you leave your credit card at home when heading out to the mall.
The test makes it clear that there’s shopping and then there’s over-the-top purchasing that can wreak havoc on a […]
‘Substantive’ Press Is Taken for a Spin
By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, September 29, 2008; C01
Not Too Bright
The rhetoric gets heated this time of year, but Paul Begala, the CNN commentator, went way over the line in calling President Bush a “high-functioning moron.”
The former Bill Clinton aide can be a witty partisan, but there are […]
that they choose an inopportune time to stand, should surprise no one.
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Following Brooks’ piece is a comment by Vincenzo Kolchak.
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September 30, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
Revolt of the Nihilists
By DAVID BROOKS
In 1933, Franklin Roosevelt inherited an economic crisis. He understood that his first job was to restore confidence, to give people a sense that somebody was in charge, […]
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Denver police ‘Beat the Crowds’ T-shirt no laughing matter, protesters charge
By Ernest Luning 9/25/08 5:08 PM
Protest groups are demanding Denver police halt the sale and discipline anyone responsible for the creation of a “commemorative” DNC T-shirt distributed to officers featuring a baseball-bat wielding cop and the slogan “WE GET UP EARLY to BEAT the Crowds […]
but that apparently is what he did–that and having dinner with Cindy, Tailwagger Joe Lieberman and his wife.
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‘Explaining why McCain never went to Capitol Hill on Friday or Saturday after rushing back to Washington after the debate, top aide Mark Salter explained that McCain “can effectively (story with video) do what he needs to do […]
but it seems that Mayor Funderburk more than strikes paydirt
to be a Hall of Fame pro-jackass! He should run for governor in order to take the blush from witch-proof Palin.
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Mayor ‘just curious’ if Obama is antichristBy STUART WATSON / NewsChannel 36
Posted: Sunday, Sep. 28, 2008
FORT MILL, S.C. — Fort Mill Mayor Danny Funderburk says he […]
This piece is from the Hill.com.
Kucinich says not enough votes for bailout
By Kevin Bogardus
Posted: 09/28/08 03:31 PM [ET]
A prominent liberal Democratic lawmaker said Sunday there are not enough votes to pass the bailout package as it stands now.
“I will tell you right now I don’t know if they have votes,” said Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). […]
Sam Stein
McCain Camp Can’t Get Story Straight On Bailout
September 28, 2008 11:26 AM
At the same time that Sen. John McCain was saying that he didn’t deserve credit for getting an economic bailout package to the brink of completion, his campaign’s chief strategist was arguing that the Senator played an integral role.
Appearing on Meet the Press, […]
By David Zinczenko, with Matt Goulding
Provided by: Men’s Health
America’s Worst Breakfast Foods
Posted Wed, Sep 17, 2008, 11:50 am PDT
Worst Side Dish
Burger King Hash Browns (large)
620 calories
40 g fat (11 g saturated; 13 g trans)
1,200 mg sodium
60 g carbs
Worst Breakfast Sandwich
Hardee’s Monster Biscuit
710 calories
51 g fat (17 g saturated)
2,250 mg sodium
37 g carbohydrates
Worst Kids Meal
Denny’s Big […]
Fri, Sep 19, 2008 6:28pm ET
Cavuto suggests Congress should have warned that “[l]oaning to minorities and risky folks is a disaster”
Summary: On September 18, Fox News’ Neil Cavuto conflated giving home mortgages to minorities with risky lending practices, suggesting that there should have been “a clarion call that said, ‘Fannie and Freddie are a disaster. […]
updated 8:25 p.m. EDT, Tue September 23, 2008
Polar bears resort to cannibalism as Arctic ice shrinks
By Marsha Walton
CNN
(CNN) — Summer is over in the northern hemisphere, but it’s been another chilling season for researchers who study Arctic sea ice.
Disappearance of Arctic ice cover may affect storm systems, storm tracks and crops, according to researchers.
“It’s definitely […]
But…I’m beginning to smell a big, fat Republican rat.
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September 26, 2008
New York Times
Ministers to Defy I.R.S. by Endorsing Candidates
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
Defying a federal tax law they consider unjust, 33 ministers across the country will take to their pulpits this Sunday and publicly endorse a candidate for president.
They plan to then send copies of their sermons […]
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ABCNews
Grim’ Afghanistan Report To Be Kept Secret by US
“No Plans to Declassify” New National Intelligence Estimate for White House
By BRIAN ROSS
September 23, 2008
US intelligence analysts are putting the final touches on a secret National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Afghanistan that reportedly describes the situation as “grim”, but there are “no plans to declassify” any of […]
Clearly the current economic crisis needs a legislative solution. An executive branch giveaway is not the answer, particularly a giveaway that neither shows little planning nor one that is being shoved down the throats of our legislators and, ultimately, the taxpayers.
In the last few days, we have heard a lot of fine creative ideas from […]
Palin once blessed to be free from ‘witchcraft’
By GARANCE BURKE, Associated Press Writer Thu Sep 25, 12:27 AM ET
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A grainy YouTube video surfaced Wednesday showing Sarah Palin being blessed in her hometown church three years ago by a Kenyan pastor who prayed for protection from “witchcraft” as she prepared to seek higher […]
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Slate Magazine
Is John McCain a Crook?
Chris Suellentrop
Posted Friday, Feb. 18, 2000, at 2:35 PM ET
The controversial George W. Bush-sponsored poll in South Carolina mentioned John McCain’s role in the so-called Keating Five scandal, and McCain says his involvement in the scandal “will probably be on my tombstone.” What exactly did McCain do?
In early 1987, […]
New York Times
McCain Aide’s Firm Was Paid by Freddie Mac
By JACKIE CALMES and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Published: September 23, 2008
WASHINGTON — One of the giant mortgage companies at the heart of the credit crisis paid $15,000 a month from the end of 2005 through last month to a firm owned by Senator John McCain’s campaign manager, […]
The 65 mpg Ford the U.S. Can’t Have
by David Kiley
Friday, September 19, 2008
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If ever there was a car made for the times, this would seem to be it: a sporty subcompact that seats five, offers a navigation system, and gets a whopping 65 miles to the gallon. Oh yes, and the car is made by […]
I realize this is not a laughing matter, but it proves that we Americans may not be as violent as our reputation would have the world believe.
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September 23, 2008
CEO murdered by mob of sacked Indian workers
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Left Front supporters block a national highway in support of the Tata car project
(Parth Sanyal/Reuters)
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Thousands of protesters recently forced Tata […]
It would almost be better to force each of these Wall Street sharks adopt a mortgage.
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Wall Street Journal
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008, 2:41 P.M. ET
By DAMIAN PALETTA
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats want to add tough new measures to the Treasury Department’s proposal to bail out financial firms, including strict limits on executive compensation and a provision that would […]
Last Year’s Big Five Wall Street Bonuses
Jack Tapper, ABCNews
September 22, 2008 7:12 AM
As the Bush Administration asks for close to a trillion dollars to prevent a worldwide financial cataclysm, here are some numbers you might find interesting — courtesy of the ABC News Research Center and ABC News’ Barbara Paulson.
In 2007, Wall Street’s five biggest […]
Could it be that W’s perennial best-seller translates poorly into Urdu?
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Pakistani troops fire on intruding U.S. choppers
By Augustine Anthony Mon Sep 22, 5:07 AM ET
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani troops fired on two U.S. helicopters that intruded into Pakistani airspace on Sunday night, forcing them to turn back to Afghanistan, a senior Pakistani security official said […]
but look at some of the sections of the proposal and other money-burning incidents from the reign of the junior king.
Thanks to Think Progress for the following tidbits.
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Sec. 8. Review: Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any […]
Todd Palin, The Former Secessionist, Suggests Alaskans Are Not Americans
Reported by Ellen - September 17, 2008 -
There’s been a lot of talk about Sarah Palin’s ties to the Alaskan Independence Party which the McCain campaign has been trying to minimize. In fact, for seven years, her husband, Todd, was a member of the fringe political […]
‘Misgivings?’
Are we now so PC that the word ‘prejudice’ is off the table?
Enlightened self-interest and simple observation should have made this race a stroll to a landslide, but the twin curses of stupidity and ignorance are making it a horse race.
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AP | RON FOURNIER and TREVOR TOMPSON | September 20, 2008 08:36 PM
Deep-seated […]