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Obama’s 5/09/09 Weekly Address: Congress Needs To Send Him Bill To Restrict Credit Card Fees ASAP

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President Barack Obama used his weekly radio/You Tube address to call on Congress to get a bill to him that'll restrict credit card fees ASAP: President Obama called on Congress to pass a credit card reform bill, aimed at trying to stop credit card companies from imposing certain late fees. Saying that he is focusing on “clearing away the wreckage of this recession,” … [Read more...] about Obama’s 5/09/09 Weekly Address: Congress Needs To Send Him Bill To Restrict Credit Card Fees ASAP

Grey Poupon Brand Urges Obama To Issue “Dijon Gate” Pardons

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The following is NOT a joke but a real email/press release from Kraft Food's Grey Poupon team -- a fun press release that is (smart) public relations at its best. In case you've been on Mars, amid a recession, two wars, concerns over health care, etc. conservative talk show hosts and some Republicans have been making a big deal over the fact that President Barack Obama … [Read more...] about Grey Poupon Brand Urges Obama To Issue “Dijon Gate” Pardons

Star Trek Has Been Reborn & It’s SPECTACULAR

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UPDATE: It's been pointed out that I made it through all of the links below without saying what I thought... An oversight. I marveled in every minute of its escapist glee; I left believing J. J. Abrams has arrived at genius and each of his new young stars is destined to be a screen idol (or stuck locked in sequel hell). At once retro and exuberantly now, it made me feel young … [Read more...] about Star Trek Has Been Reborn & It’s SPECTACULAR

Quote of the Day: RNC Chair Michael Steele On Empathy

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Our political Quote of the Day comes from the deliciously-quotable RNC Chair Michael Steele, who while guest hosting a conservative talk show managed to turn the desire for empathy into some kind of weak, wussy, negative: Good morning y'all, we're back in the house. We're talking a little bit of Constitution and a little bit Supreme Court. And a whole lot of saving … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: RNC Chair Michael Steele On Empathy

Wanker of the Day

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Michael Goldfarb in The Weekly Standard: The Post reports that Obama's address to the Muslim world will be made in Cairo, not Indonesia as was first expected. It's a shame the President didn't have the courage to make his speech from the capital of a free and democratic Iraq. Indonesia, too, is a vibrant democracy. But Cairo is the heart of the old Middle East. At least there … [Read more...] about Wanker of the Day

Dear Federal Reserve

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Dear Federal Reserve: I would like to borrow a billion dollars on the same terms you're giving commercial banks. My recent financial performance is better than these other borrowers, and I also have a business plan that guarantees this loan will be properly serviced. I understand you are making these special commercial bank loans at a no interest rate for some borrowers … [Read more...] about Dear Federal Reserve

The “Road to Heaven” at Sobibor

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This post is dedicated to Jan Roeland van Wisse de Wind, my Dutch Uncle who spent the last few years of his life researching and documenting the de Wind genealogy. I don't claim to be Jewish, although most of my paternal ancestors were Jewish. As a matter of fact, the earliest de Wind documented in my family tree is not even a de Wind, but rather a Levy---my … [Read more...] about The “Road to Heaven” at Sobibor

Pakistanis ‘Don’t Give a Damn’ What Americans Think: The Frontier Post, Pakistan

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What do Pakistanis at the heart of the civil-regional war now taking place in that country think of the Obama Administration's new "Af-Pak" strategy and yesterday's White House mini-summit with the presidents of the two countries? To find out, we've been focusing a good deal of attention of Pakistan's Frontier Post - aptly named as it is published in Quetta - the capital of … [Read more...] about Pakistanis ‘Don’t Give a Damn’ What Americans Think: The Frontier Post, Pakistan

New Centrist CNN Segment Names McKinney And Bachmann “Wingnuts of The Week”

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Centrist writer John Avlon -- who has written one of the best books on centrist and independent voters and politics and who has worked for both Rudy Giuliani and Bill Clinton -- will now be featured in a new CNN weekly "American Morning” segment called “Wingnuts of the Week. He writes: We’re trying out a new segment on “American Morning” called “Wingnuts of the Week.” It … [Read more...] about New Centrist CNN Segment Names McKinney And Bachmann “Wingnuts of The Week”

Unmasking ‘Anonymous’

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Online nastiness has been there since its inception, but once upon a time, one could make the argument that there was a line between cyberspace and the "real" world. "Don't like it? Don't read it" was the short-sighted thinking. But the lines aren't just blurred today; they're nonexistent. The internet has become an indispensable part of the modern world, and real lives … [Read more...] about Unmasking ‘Anonymous’

Big Layoffs At Recently Sold San Diego Union-Tribune: The Immediate Future Of American Newspapers?

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Today is a sad day here in San Diego, California. Earlier this week, the local daily newspaper (where I worked for 8 years), The San Diego Union-Tribune, formally changed hands from being owned for decades by the now defunct Copley family newspaper chain, which sold the paper in March. The newspaper carried a photo of the Copley company's huge "Ring of Truth" Copley logo bell … [Read more...] about Big Layoffs At Recently Sold San Diego Union-Tribune: The Immediate Future Of American Newspapers?