http://david.barillari.org Ex Historia, Non Est Salus...Cultural, Social & Politcal Satire Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:15:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Anchorage Daily News Apprenticeship raises questions about Palin Dan Fagan comment (01/03/09 00:02:01) Have you noticed how our governor seems to have convinced herself only some of the rules apply to her? This attitude was really at the heart of Troopergate. It also allows her to do things like take cash from the state for spending ... http://david.barillari.org/here-is-an-interesting-op-ed-piece-from-the-anchorage-daily-news  Senator Inhofe wouldn't have this problem. * Breaking Up Is Harder to Do After Housing Fall By JOHN LELAND Published: December 29, 2008 When Marci Needle and her husband began to contemplate divorce in June, they thought they had enough money to go their separate ways. They owned a million-dollar home near Atlanta and another ... http://david.barillari.org/who-said-there-are-not-a-few-bright-spots-in-the-financial-crisis CNN Political Ticker December 22, 2008 Poll: One in five think Cheney is worst VP in U.S. history Posted: 04:04 PM ET From CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser WASHINGTON (CNN) – A new national poll suggests that one of out of five Americans think that Dick Cheney is the worst vice president in American ... http://david.barillari.org/only-64-of-the-people-really-dont-like-cheney-the-resrt-werent-paying-attention * * * * Image: (Claws) via chicesterinc.com (Santa Claus) via planetsave.com http://david.barillari.org/santa-claws-is-ready-for-the-war-on-xmas WE CAN WORK IT OUT (Lennon-McCartney) Try to see it my way, Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on? While you see it your way, Run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone. We can work it out, We can work it out. Think of what you're saying. You ... http://david.barillari.org/lisa-simpson-king-faud-yikes AIG Should Reveal Extent of Bonuses, Cummings Says (Update2) By Hugh Son and Erik Holm Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Edward Liddy may face a congressional hearing to explain “the full extent” of the insurer’s plan to give bonuses to as many as 7,000 people so ... http://david.barillari.org/speaking-of-pure-oinkers Are they saying he would not have been arrested if had he used a rod & reel or a one-hundred ton crane? http://david.barillari.org/houston-man-arrested-for-allegedly-using-forklift-to-steal-atm-yahoo-news-headline-840-am * Captured Somali Pirates? * * * * or * * * * DEVO TRIBUTE BAND? * * Images: (pirates) Reuters photo via huffingtonpost via wired.com; (Jolly Roger) via blog.wired.com;(DEVO hat) via powerlinead.wordpress.com; http://david.barillari.org/you-tell-me-is-that-pose-confusing-or-what Executive Pay Limits May Prove Toothless Loophole in Bailout Provision Leaves Enforcement in Doubt * * By Amit R. Paley Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, December 15, 2008; Page A01 Congress wanted to guarantee that the $700 billion financial bailout would limit the eye-popping pay of Wall Street executives, so lawmakers included a mechanism for reviewing executive ... http://david.barillari.org/read-this-before-you-have-lunch Sat Dec 13, 4:20 pm ET MIRAMAR, Fla. – Police say a pizza delivery man fought back with the one weapon he had handy when a gun was pulled on him in a stickup: A large, hot pepperoni pizza. * * * Image: (poster) via nh.gov;(pizza) via ageekspot.wordpress.com; (artichokes) via blogs.cisco.com; (asperagus) via tio-geo.com; (pepperoni) ... http://david.barillari.org/police-pizza-mans-cheesy-weapon-foils-a-stickup-sun-sentinal-headline * * * * * * * * * Please find entire story in The New York Times. Image: (Robert Blake as Baretta) via michaelmanning.tv (Governor Blago) via huffingtonpost.com; http://david.barillari.org/whatever-way-theyre-sliced-the-new-york-time-graphs-show-that-illinois-is-far-from-the-most-corrupt-state-in-the-union-and-in-the-inimitable-words-of-detective-tony-baretta-you-can-take-dat-ta-the-ban HRT Users Who Get Breast Cancer Less Likely to Die By Kathleen Doheny HealthDay Reporter Friday, December 12, 2008; 12:00 AM FRIDAY, Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Taking hormone therapy after menopause is known to increase the risk of getting breast cancer, but women who take hormone therapy and then develop breast cancer ... http://david.barillari.org/irony-pushes-all-other-feelings-into-the-void December 12, 2008: 03:45 PM ET CNN cnnad_createAd("654903","http://ads.cnn.com/html.ng/site=cnn_money&cnn_money_pagetype=article&cnn_money_position=220x200_ctr&cnn_money_rollup=markets_and_stocks&cnn_money_section=quigo&params.styles=fs","200","220"); Ky. Sen. Bunning, ex-Tigers pitching great, gets booted from Detroit-area fair for autos vote NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Jim Bunning was ... http://david.barillari.org/michigan-helped-jim-bunning-become-famous-enough-to-slide-his-stellar-intellect-into-the-senate-nice-payback-jim FOOD!!   When I stepped into the shower this morning, I found a new entrant to the realm of body washes. Its name forced me to think we were at the beginning of a long process in the association of eating and everything else which gives pleasure. *** There can be no mistake here.  ... http://david.barillari.org/does-anyone-recall-when-hand-and-body-soaps-carried-the-names-of-flowers-afterward-one-heard-references-to-mountain-streams-ocean-breezes-and-natural-phenomena-now-even-that-has-changed-to-the-sure-fi Early friction plagues talks between NASA, Obama team By STEWART M. POWELL and MARK CARREAU Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau Dec. 11, 2008, 7:08PMWASHINGTON — Officials with NASA and President-elect Barack Obama's transition team on Thursday tried to paper over tensions that have arisen as the agency defended a chronically underfunded ... http://david.barillari.org/this-isnt-the-first-time-the-nasa-boss-taised-eyebrows In Hard Times, Russia Tries to Reclaim Industries The New York Times By CLIFFORD J. LEVY Published: December 7, 2008 BEREZNIKI, Russia — In late October, one of Vladimir V. Putin’s top lieutenants abruptly summoned a billionaire mining oligarch to a private meeting. The official, Igor I. Sechin, had taken a sudden interest in ... http://david.barillari.org/vlad-always-gets-his-man * * * * * Image: (Michael Chiklis) via movieblog.ugo.com; (SHIELD Strike Team) via taipanproductions.com; (Sink, etc) via statservices-ca.com; (Joe the Plumber-Up) via huffingtonpost.com; (Joe the Plumber-Down) (Lori King/Toledo Blade) via washingtonpost.com; (jeans) via dan-kyle.blogspot.com; (boots) stylefrizz.com; (toilet) via darkcreek.com; Please find the story in the Huffington Post. http://david.barillari.org/they-appalled-me-absolutely-you-know-i-was-angry-in-fact-i-wanted-to-get-off-the-bus-after-i-talked-to-him-samuel-joe-the-plumber-wurzelbacher * * * * * * * Image: (Boy from Christmas Story) movieposter.com; (Lamp from Christmas Story)via thingsyounevernew.com;(Coyote) farm2.static.flickr.com;(Snowboard) Burton Supermodel via backcountry.com;(Stone Cold Steve Austin in The Condemned) via collider.com http://david.barillari.org/colorado-boy-fights-off-attacking-coyote-with-snowboard-yahoo-headline-dec-8-122-pm I believe autoworkers should find the name of the god to whom Nardelli, Wagoner and Mulally pray. It is obvious that god knows how to shower followers with good fortune. * Detroit Churches Pray for ‘God’s Bailout’ * PRAYING FOR A MIRACLE S.U.V.’s sat on the altar of Greater Grace Temple, a Pentecostal church in ... http://david.barillari.org/you-shall-not-crucify-mankind-upon-a-cross-of-fine-corinthian-leather-w-j-bryan-1896 * This promises to be the singled-spaced equivalent to Actuarial Bible. * (edited) Karl Rove is reportedly one of the key architects overseeing the “Bush legacy project,” predicting that the President will be remembered as a “far-sighted leader.” In a new interview with Cox News, Rove rails against all the people in America ... http://david.barillari.org/rove-planning-to-%e2%80%98name-names%e2%80%99-of-bush-haters-in-his-new-book-think-progress-headline-pearl-harbor-day