Archive for August, 2009
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Keith Hennessey is on the case. Classic: From: Keith Hennessey Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 7:47 AM To: flag@whitehouse.gov bcc: surveil@fbi.gov; bigbro@dhs.gov; patriot.act@nsa.gov; anon6427@dni.gov Subject: Fishy statements about health care reform The Honorable Linda Douglass Communications Director Health Reform Office The White House Dear Ms. Douglass: I write in response to the request posted on [...]
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
Have you so many Democrats whine about democracy? Babies. Baron Baby Boy is the latest running around with his tail between his legs: “I’m trying to control the event,” Hill said, shortly before an informal discussion with a dozen business people at the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce. “What I don’t want to do is [...]
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
David French: Is the Massachusetts health care plan perfect? Of course not. Multiple provisions of the plan were adopted over his veto. But a record of 97% (or more) residents insured, with private choice maintained, and very little net effect on the budget is, quite simply, a very nice record indeed.
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
Will it swamp pediatric wards? The Israel Pediatrics Society has called on the government to approve more job slots for pediatric residents so that in the fall, there will be enough specialists to take care of children infected with the H1N1 (swine flu) virus. The society chairman, Prof. Mati Berkowitz, said that the “handwriting is [...]
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
Inquiring minds want to know: Can You FOIA to Find Out If You Have Been Reported to the White House? And What is the ACLU’s Position? I am clueless about FOIA and related law, but would be interested in knowledgeable responses to the following question. Is there a mechanism by which an individual can find [...]
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
Will come due according to Henry Kissinger: Any outcome other than the elimination of the North Korean nuclear military capability in a fixed time frame is a blow to nonproliferation prospects worldwide and to peace and stability globally.
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
And we are being asked to suffer: One night when my son was six months old, he had a raging fever that went beyond normal baby fever. My boy is, well, feverish, so it wasn’t a completely unusual thing — but this one was unusually high, and climbing. Unfortunately, we were out of Infant Tylenol, [...]
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
Happy Birthday! In dog years the terrier-cross is 182, the equivalent of being born in 1827. He lives in Louisiana in the United States of America. “I never spoiled Max,” said his owner Janelle Derouen. “I’ve never fed him anything but Kiddles and Bits [brand of dog food] and a few treats like those beefy [...]
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
To the best Papa in the world!
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Sunday, August 9th, 2009
As noted earlier, SEIU thugs enjoy beating people who want free speech. Now, SEIU thugs say they were attacked.
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