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The blog ?American Nonsense? is Stealing my (and others) written Content Wi
2008-05-29 19:01:00 The blog “American Nonsense ” are taking my writings, pasting it on their site with no attribution. I have told them that they are free to use my writings as much as they want, I only ask that they attribute the writing to the Neocon Express. Here is one example of many. They are simply cutting ... More About: Money , Blog , Content
Working At Night Pays Better
2008-05-29 18:48:00 The night shift sounds like it might be a good choice only for those prone to grave digging and serial killing, but most jobs pay more for night hours and there are some other perks too. According to an article on MSN Money , plenty of industries reward night work with some significant pay jumps. “Pharmacists, police ... More About: Night , Candidates , Pays , Double Standards
Where?s Joe?
2008-05-29 18:26:00 Seriously, Joe needs to take some time away from his YouTube watching and McCain duties to pay a little bit of attention to what is supposed to be one of his jobs: oversight on Homeland Security. The latest bit of news from the GAO isn’t good, particularly for those of us living in port cities. WASHINGTON ... More About: Money , Capitol Hill , Double Standards , Clueless
Is Exxon Backing Away From Climate Change Deniers?
2008-05-29 18:26:00 Love on the rocks? Exxon Mobil Corp. has cut funding to groups raising questions about climate change from human-generated carbon dioxide, a move taken on the eve of its annual meeting in the face of criticism that the oil giant isn’t as green as some of its rivals. Spokesman Gantt Walton confirmed Tuesday that in 2008, Exxon ... More About: Money , Climate Change , Climate , Change
Musings Over Morning Coffee
2008-05-29 18:26:00 On a slow news week for politics, it’s hard not to drift into thinking about the media and their love of narrative. From John Harris at Politico: The signature defect of modern political journalism is that it has shredded the ideal of proportionality. Important stories, sometimes the product of months of serious reporting, that in an ... More About: Money , Coffee , Musings , Morning , Capitol Hill
Cheers and Jeers: Thursday
2008-05-29 18:25:00 From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE… Here are a few upcoming events that have not been cancelled due to lousy ticket sales at the Phoenix Convention Center [pdf]: 6/7—The Giant Home Foreclosure Auction 6/8—Bridal Fashion Debut 6/13—Big Boys and Their Toys 2008 Expo 6/21—Babytime Expo 7/22—Eddie Izzard’s Stripped! 8/23—Pakistan Independence Day Celebration 9/10—Creating Keepsakes Scrapbook Convention 9/18—American ... More About: Money , Thursday , Capitol Hill , Double Standards , Clueless
Second Memoir in a Week Rocks White House
2008-05-29 15:48:00 (2008-05-29) — A new tell-all book by President George W. Bush’s most faithful companion and confidante during his White House years reveals a picture of the president potentially even more damaging than the one in former Press Secretary Scott McClellan’s new memoir, What Happened. According to a pre-release copy of “Down Boy: Inside the Bush Culture ... More About: Blogroll , Money , White House
The Funny and Money Thursday Daily Links
2008-05-29 15:47:00 You know how the brokers send a few cents to your bank account to verify it’s valid? This guy did it until he got $5o,000 worth of microdeposits The 20 Worst Venture Capital investments of all time Why every man should buy his wife/girlfriend Wii FitPS the reason I linked this is because this is how new ... More About: Funny , Daily , Money , Links , Candidates
Open Thread for Night Owls & Early Birds
2008-05-29 12:25:00 It ought to be good news, wonderful news, in fact. The BBC reports that more than 100 of the world’s countries have agreed to ban the current designs of cluster bombs. Just one problem. The United States, Russia and China are opposed. No surprise. They are the biggest producers of these weapons. Indeed, they didn’t even ... More About: Money , Open , Night , Birds , Early
More progress on marriage equality
2008-05-29 12:25:00 After seeing those Field Poll numbers this morning, I suspect there will be more Blue State governors and legislatures willing to hop on the bandwagon. Like New York. Gov. David A. Paterson has directed all state agencies to begin to revise their policies and regulations to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions, like Massachusetts, California ... More About: Marriage , Money , Progress , Marriage Equality , Capitol Hill
BlogPulse Top News Stories for May 27, 2008
2008-05-29 09:58:00 Sydney Pollack, Director of High-Profile Hollywood Movies, Is Dead at 73 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com (citations) On the Court and on the Trail, One Aide Looms Over Obama - NYTimes.com (citations) Emily Gould - Exposed - Blog-Post Confidential - Gawker - NYTimes.com (citations) Updated: Obama Talks of Family’s Military Service - From The Road (citations) Op-Ed Columnist - ... More About: News , Money , Stories , 2008
BlogPulse Top Videos for May 27, 2008
2008-05-29 09:58:00 YouTube - Pork and Beans (citations) YouTube - iPhone Earth (citations) YouTube - Numa Numa (citations) YouTube - “Chocolate Rain” Original Song by Tay Zonday (citations) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0TSyIn5KM o (citations) YouTube - Evolution of Dance (citations) YouTube - Miss Teen USA 2007 - South Carolina answers a question (citations) YouTube - Guiness World Record for most T-Shirts worn at one time. (citations) YouTube - Fox ... More About: Videos , Money , Candidates , Double Standards , Clueless
Israel and the Phalanx C-RAM
2008-05-29 06:56:00 This seems a reasonably good, relatively inexpensive solution to Israel ’s Gaza missile problem, at least in the short term until something more perfect is developed and deployed. I think perhaps the Israelis don’t want to admit that the US has developed a superior solution to their own and are letting ego and pride get in ... More About: Money , Candidates , Capitol Hill , Double Standards
Open Thread and Diary Rescue
2008-05-29 06:25:00 Tonight’s Rescue Rangers are BentLiberal, dopper0189, ezdidit, grog, jlms qkw, Louisiana 1976, and srkp23, with srkp23 as editor. Shocko from Seattle tells us that another way to be green and healthy is to discover The Joy of Cooking. (grog) Mahler3 wonders if there isn’t a better way to sustain the U.S. as a country, in Military Recruitment ... More About: Diary , Money , Open , Capitol Hill
Gay Marriage Headed for the Political Dustbin
2008-05-29 06:25:00 It’s not gay marriage that’s soon to be forgotten, it’s the political issue of gay marriage. A new survey shows that voters in California, narrowly approve of gay marriage. The Field Poll result, released today, shows the highest level of support in more than three decades of polling Californians on the hot-button issue of ... More About: Marriage , Money , Political , Gay Marriage , Capitol Hill
The Media is Shocked!
2008-05-29 06:25:00 We’ve all heard of selective amnesia, and now, in the wake of the backlash over Scott McClellan’s new book, we are getting a first-hand look at mass, elective amnesia from the traditional media. Here are a few random reactions to the “revelation” in McClellan’s book that the Bush White House relied on propaganda to sell ... More About: Media , The Media , Money , Capitol Hill , Double Standards
Half
2008-05-29 06:25:00 An early defeat for Clinton on the matter of Florida and Michigan: Democratic Party lawyers are telling a committee looking at the fate of disputed delegates from Florida and Michigan that they can’t restore all of them, the Associated Press is reporting this morning. The two states must lose at least half of their 368 total delegates ... More About: Money , Capitol Hill , Double Standards , Half , Clueless
Late Afternoon/Early Evening Open Thread
2008-05-29 06:25:00 … if democracy’s spread is inevitable–or even semi-inevitable–then it hardly seems reasonable for the linchpin of the global democratic community to undertake great risks and massive expense to try to spread it to one particular country. If anything, faith in democracy’s appeal should encourage a policy of caution, one that takes the view–similar to the ... More About: Money , Open , Afternoon , Early , Capitol Hill
Clinton?s (and her supporters?) situational ethics
2008-05-29 06:25:00 Harold Meyerson. That Clinton has impassioned supporters, many of whom link her candidacy to the feminist cause, hardly qualifies as news. And it’s certainly true that along the campaign trail Clinton has encountered some outrageously sexist treatment, just as Barack Obama has been on the receiving end of bigoted treatment. (Obama has even been subjected to ... More About: Money , Ethics , Capitol Hill , Double Standards
Olbermann is Mentally Ill
2008-05-29 03:55:00 When Time Magazine are calling you unbalanced, you know you may have a problem. I am continuously amazed that MSNBC allow this type of incoherent gibberish to go on and on and on. The man just yaps and yaps with the emotional maturity of seven year old, and the intellectual depth of six year old. It’s ... More About: Money , Candidates , Olbermann , Capitol Hill , Double Standards
CREEP OF THE WEEK: Scott McClellan
2008-05-29 03:55:00 McClellan’s new book is a negative reflection on the President, only to the extent that it exposes GW Bush as a bad judge of character for having hired McClellan in the first place. He was a terrible spokesman, and now as it turns out is the kind of disloyal, ungracious creep that even liberals hold ... More About: Money , Candidates , Week , Scott , Capitol Hill
Say Goodbye To ?Snacks On A Plane?
2008-05-29 03:45:00 US Airways has announced today that it will cut all snack services on domestic flights. Starting June 1st, the airline will institute this new policy to cut flight costs. As we reported last week, airlines have been cutting back services due to high fuel costs. They have even started instituting fees for the previously free 1st ... More About: Money , Snacks , Candidates , Plane , Goodbye
Open Thread for Night Owls & Early Birds
2008-05-28 12:23:00 Alex Johnson at MSNBC writes: As gas prices soar, thieves grow more brazen. It’s not just drive-offs — crooks targeting individual cars with siphons, drills With siphons, pumps, saws — and sometimes lethal weapons — gasoline thieves are on the hunt. Most gas thefts are still perpetrated by motorists who drive off without paying. After seeing declines ... More About: Money , Open , Night , Birds , Early
Open Thread and Diary Rescue
2008-05-28 06:22:00 Tonight’s Rescue Rangers are Yashua, shayera, jennyjem, dopper0189, jlms qkw, and Avila. YatPundit is driving the EditMobile with all the windows down on a hot, humid, N’Awlins night! futurebird reminds us that Cities are nature too: ‘Save the City, Save the Earth’. (shayera) RL Donovan offers an extraordinary review of the disturbing, important findings of Dr. Kevin ... More About: Diary , Money , Open , Capitol Hill
Obama Delegate Update
2008-05-28 06:22:00 Although it was a vacation weekend for most, Obama continued his steady trickle of superdelegate endorsements. On Saturday, Barack picked up endorsements from Georgia State Party Secretary Stephen Leeds, Wyoming state Rep. W. Patrick Goggles, and former Alaskan Governor Tony Knowles. From the Patrick Goggles endorsement: Sen. Barack Obama has picked up another superdelegate as Wyoming Democrats ... More About: Money , Update , Capitol Hill , Double Standards
Gaffe?.You Want A Gaffe?
2008-05-28 06:22:00 Barack Obama was on the campaign trail this weekend, celebrating and honoring veterans along the way. While talking about the service of his grandfather and uncle in WWII at an event, he said that his uncle had been devastated by the effects of war, particularly after helping to liberate Auschwitz. A minor mistake by Obama ... More About: Money , Capitol Hill , Double Standards , Clueless
Is McCain a ?would-be reformer??
2008-05-28 06:22:00 John McCain is a self-styled “reformer”, an image he’s been banking on ever since he managed to sell it to the American news media several years ago. It’s really all he has to offer this election apart from more war and a health care proposal that “should scare the heck out of…millions of Americans”. But McCain’s ... More About: Money , Capitol Hill , Double Standards , Clueless
Late Afternoon/Early Evening Open Thread
2008-05-28 06:22:00 They’re two of a kind … and MoveOn makes the point in a new ad: More About: Money , Open , Afternoon , Early , Capitol Hill
Lee Siegel is still hilarious
2008-05-28 06:22:00 Do you guys remember Lee Siegel? He’s the joker at the New Republic who created a sock puppet to defend himself against “blogofascist” critics mocking his ridiculous writings, such as his fantasies about screwing a 16-year-old Uma Thurman when he was her 26-year-old tutor, and rants about people wearing baseball caps. And who could forget ... More About: Money , Hilarious , Capitol Hill , Double Standards , Clueless
ABC: Al Qaeda Calls for the Use of Nuclear Weapons Against Western Civilian
More articles from this author:2008-05-28 03:52:00 No big surprise here. Unfortunatly, our friends on the left are sleepwaking through history. In an Al Qaeda world, our friends on the left will be the first to be put up against a wall and shot for their sub-standard values, yet they persist in providing aid and comfort to the very enemy that would ... More About: Money , Nuclear , Calls , Candidates 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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