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October 2009
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The Scariest Halloween Ever
by Pat_S on October 31, 2009A post by Pat It’s a living nightmare. This year like never before the ghoulish libs are coming to our doors with a bag of tricks masquerading as treats. Light the torches. The fateful hour is near. A suggestion via Twitter friend savethiscountry.
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Pelosi on Health Care
by Maynard on October 31, 2009A post by Maynard By now you’ve heard Nancy Pelosi’s speech announcing the latest 1990-page $1.055 trillion health bill. From her opening remarks: “Here’s what our health insurance reform legislation will mean to American families, workers, and the economy. [To heckler:] Thank you, insurance companies of America. [Laughter and applause.] “This is why this legislation is important: affordability for our middle-class that lowers costs for every patient, reins in premiums, co-pays, and deductibles, limits out of pocket costs, and lifts the cap on what insurance companies cover each year. Affordability for the middle-class and security for our seniors. By strengthening Medicare, it secures the financial stability and solvency of Medicare for years to come, provides seniors with better benefits and...
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Should America Welcome Immigrants with HIV?
by Maynard on October 30, 2009Obama is lifting the US ban on visitors and immigrants with HIV. President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. will overturn a 22-year-old travel and immigration ban against people with HIV early next year. The order will be finalized on Monday, Obama said, completing a process begun during the Bush administration. Which diseases should be a basis to bar entry to America, either as a visitor or an immigrant? The major ailments on the current list are HIV, tuberculosis, gonorrhea, syphilis, and leprosy. The recent movement has been to remove HIV from the list, on the logic that it’s treatable (although not curable) and not easily transmitted. On the other hand, there’s certainly a real cost to taxpayers and a...
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Shots from the Show 10-30-09
by Tammy on October 30, 2009White House Chalks Up 650,000 Jobs to Stimulus Oh yeah, but then Joey Biden mentions the report is not really accurate. The White House Stupidly Goes To War With Car Web Site Edmunds.com Ga. woman scares off burglar by acting like a dog Revealing just how depraved the Left is, Gore Vidal gets laughs on the Joy Behar show when he reveals he wishes he had murdered Bush. He also got laughs when he noted that Americans are too dim-witted to understand Urkel. This is why we fight: Pataki endorses Hoffman Dennis Hopper Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer It’s like the Oscars, but not: Nominees for the Fido Film Awards are announced Lieberman Marching Further Right in 2010 Funny what a...
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Shots from the Show 10-29-09
by Tammy on October 29, 2009Confirming liberals suffer from some sort of mental disorder or, alternately, just really like the idea of destroying this country: 1,990-Page Health Care Bill Pays for Abortions, Cuts Medicare, Raises Taxes, Fees, and the Deficit House health-bill event closed to public Pelosi vs. the “Nazi Pelosi” bullhorn people Police search for gunman in North Hollywood synagogue shooting Not Pregnant? Cut In Line for H1N1 Vaccine Here’s the National Republican Senatorial Committee‘s new ad about Urkel. Very well done, very good and yes, very scary! ;) Detroit mosque leader killed in FBI raid CNN’s Lou Dobbs Claims Shot Fired at Home, Wife Truly, what could go wrong? U.S. set to pay Taliban members to switch sides
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Before Madoff, There Was Kreuger
by Maynard on October 27, 2009A post by Maynard The size of Bernie Madoff‘s theft is astronomical. It makes you wonder how someone could get away with a deception of such monstrous proportions. It also makes you question the efficacy (or perhaps the integrity) of the watchdogs. If it makes you feel any better, the phenomenon of the silver-tongued deceiver is not a new one. Ivar Kreuger, the “Match King”, set the bar in the first half of the twentieth century. Kreuger built an incredible empire worth more than a hundred billion of today’s dollars. I recently happened to pick up one of the many books about Kreuger (this one, if you really want to know). It includes an introduction by John Kenneth Galbraith. He...
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New Cat Food Recall: Premium Edge
by Tammy on October 26, 2009Please spread the word. FDA Alert: Premium Edge cat food recall Today, October 20th, the FDA has put out an alert of a voluntary recall of certain Premium Edge Cat Foods by Diamond Pet Foods. The brands affected contain inadequate levels of thiamine, an essential vitamin for cats. Affected brands are Premium Edge Finicky Adult cat food and Premium Edge Hairball cat food: RAF0501A22X 18lb., RAF0501A2X 6 lb., RAH0501A22X 18 lb., RAH0501A2X 6lb. The date of manufacture is May 28, 2009. Thiamine deficiency affects cats neurologically. Such symptoms are wobbly walking, muscle weakness, paralysis of hindlimbs, seizures, ventroflexion (bending toward the floor) of the neck, and abnormal eye movement called nystagmus. For cats fed these date codes and displaying any...
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Cash for Clunkers: The Aftermath
by Maynard on October 25, 2009A post by Maynard Okay, boys and girls, let’s test your knowledge of basic economics. Imagine there’s an apple market where everyone goes to buy apples. And then a stranger appears and buys a significant portion of the apples. What happens at the marketplace? If you answered that the ordinary buyers have to scramble for apples, and they would pay a higher price, then you’re a lot smarter than Congress and the President. Substitute “cheap used cars” for “apples” and you’ve got the aftermath of “Cars for Clunkers”: In her search for a cheap, used minivan for her and her husband, Krissy Dieroff has visited seven dealerships across Berks and Schuylkill counties in the last week, but to no avail....