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Subtle Manipulation of Language by the Press

Posted by rich in August 31st, 2010 | no comment 
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This is from the AP. The Vatican will determine whether to defrock a priest accused of fathering a child with a high school graduate, a relationship that became public after the girl’s parents captured the couple on a video camera secretly set up in the parents’ basement. Notice the inclusion of the phrase “high school [...]

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Times are Hard in the Neon Jungle

Posted by rich in August 20th, 2010 | no comment 
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I got this from RCNevada: If you’re thinking about moving to Las Vegas… Stay Home. Our official unemployment rate is at 14.8%. This doesn’t count the people who have dropped off the unemployment rolls –I think the rate I read was around 6000 a month. (The same number of people who were moving to Vegas [...]

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The Courts Still Protect the Powerful

Posted by rich in August 13th, 2010 | no comment 
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When Wachovia was sold to Wells Fargo there was a class action suit filed by the banks shareholders to try and recover monies they had lost. However, a settlement was reached in which the shareholders received nothing, the bank admitted no wrongdoing, the lawyers received a million-dollar payout for their work on the case and [...]

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Coca-Cola Defends Vitaminwater by Saying You Already Know it’s Bad for You

Posted by rich in August 7th, 2010 | no comment 
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Coca-Cola is being sued for misleading health claims about their “VitaminWater.” First the reasonable part: Coca-Cola is being sued by a non-profit public interest group, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, on the grounds that the company’s vitaminwater products make unwarranted health claims. WASHINGTON—A federal judge has denied Coca-Cola’s motion to dismiss a [...]

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Indonesian Mud Snacks

Posted by rich in July 19th, 2010 | no comment 
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There’s nothing that can beat the taste home baked chocolate chip cookies except Indonesian Mud Snacks.

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Tea Party Smile

Posted by rich in July 3rd, 2010 | no comment 
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When you belong to the Tea Party and you know you only got all those votes because “none of the above” doesn’t count, all you can do is grit your teeth and try to smile.

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Street Performer Sings Duet With Himself

Posted by rich in June 30th, 2010 | no comment 
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Funny – Funny Videos

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Study Shows Why Men Judge Women in Miliseconds.

Posted by rich in June 20th, 2010 | no comment 
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Here we have, for your edification and enjoyment, a classic case of — they got paid to do a study that produced nothing more than a ream or so of never to be read scientific papers and fewer trees. www.telegraph.co.uk – Why men will judge a woman in milliseconds: Professor Mark van Vugt and Dr [...]

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Armed Mexicans Have Taken Part of Arizona and the President Doesn’t Care

Posted by rich in June 18th, 2010 | no comment 
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Watch only after you’ve taken your blood pressure: ShaddapPlease — June 16, 2010 — Area is now dangerous for American citizens due to shortage of border patrol. Arizona is asking for at least 3,000 national guard to help them secure their border along with Mexico. Obama only offer 1,200 which is not enough. Obama remain [...]

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Coast Guard Prevents Oil Cleanup

Posted by rich in June 18th, 2010 | no comment 
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I read about this on Outside the Beltway: — “Bureaucracy Standing In The Way Of Oil Spill Clean Up Efforts” The governor of Louisiana sent out barges to suck up the oil and dump it into steel tanks then the bureaucratic buffoons from the Coast Guard made them stop. According to the Coast Guard they [...]

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The only thing that could spoil a day was people.
People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.
~Ernest Hemingway

 

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