The deluded Obama critics who think $250,000 is a middle-class salary. (4)
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Barack Obama's tax plan, laid out by advisers Austan Goolsbee and Jason Furman in the Wall Street Journal in mid-August, promises to improve the nation's fiscal standing by scaling back tax cuts for people making more than $250,000. Since then, the business pundit class has been griping that people who make $250,000 a year aren't really wealthy, especially if they live in and around New York; San Francisco; or Washington, D.C. (Check out this CNBC ...
30 Days Until the Silence Takes Over (3)
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What would you do if you only had a month left to hear? With a disease that put tumors on her brain stem, Jessica Stone was given a month to savor the sounds in her world before surgery took away her hearing for good. Her story ran on Good Morning America. I first read her story on the fan boards for her favorite artist, Matt Nathanson. Warning: if the internet hasn't broken your soul, this ...
Larry Summers lays it out for the next President (1)
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"There are half a dozen [economic] issues today, each one of which is as important as the most important issue at the beginning of most presidential terms." Larry Summers became so well-known during his brief and contentious tenure as President of Harvard that it's easy to forget about his real job, as a much-lauded academic economist with a history of real-world service at the World Bank and in the Clinton Administration. In this month's Harvard ...
DHS contractor threatens woman with arrest for wearing "lesbian.com" tee on federal property (39)
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Security guards contracted by the DHS threw a woman out of a Social Security office in Van Nuys for wearing a t-shirt that read "lesbian.com." He claimed that "The Rules and Regulations Governing Conduct on Federal Property" gave him the right to throw her out for wearing a t-shirt with the word "lesbian" on it. As she headed for a line to pick up a Social Security card for her son, Gilbert was stopped by ...
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Eater said:
Huh? Wow.
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Maurice said:
wow, thank God the DHS is saving us from women wearing shirts with the word "lesbian" on it. I feel much safer!
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Jeremy Jarratt said:
This is a reminder to vote responsibly.
Wash. mom charged with murder in death of baby (1)
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Jessica Wemhaner is accused of delivering a baby in her bathroom two weeks ago, then leaving it under the sink where the child eventually died.
Per se (1)
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Whenever somebody drops the term “per se” into a blanket statement to mitigate his/her own extreme view on any issue, that person is undoubtedly lying. Example: “I’m not advocating man-on-donkey sex per se, but I do think our sodomy laws are too restrictive.”
Convention-goers aren't going to let a little ethics law prevent them from having awesome parties. (1)
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When the Distilled Spirits Council threw its blowout bash Monday in downtown Denver, lobbyists from places like Daimler, Amgen, and Lockheed Martin mingled with politicians. Never mind that Congress passed a law in 2007 cutting back on comingling. The distillers found a loophole: By distributing literature on underage drinking, the party qualified as "educational" and was therefore legit.[more ...]
It tastes like burning (2)
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North Korea claims to have invented anti-hunger noodles (2)
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A North Korean propaganda release claims that the hunger-stricken country has developed a "hunger-delaying" soy-protein noodle that doesn't induce the same carb-based hunger pangs that starch-based noodles cause: According to the newspaper, which is seen as closely linked to the Pyongyang leadership, the new noodles have twice as much protein and fives times as much fat as ordinary noodles. "When you consume ordinary noodles (made from wheat or corn), you may soon feel your stomach ...
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Jarvitron said:
I wonder if these could have diet possibilities.
Food Dude Hosts Wild Miracle Fruit Party! (1)
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I don’t have parties very often; it takes a major event in my life before I throw open the doors to more than a few people. That’s why a group of my foodie friends were surprised to get an invitation to a last minute gathering at my house a few weeks ago. Even more surprising, was what a strange party it became. I always try to be a good host with lots of things to ...
Daily Scan: 08.26.08 - Stargate Atlantis to End After Season Five, Da Vinci's Mona Leia (1)
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• Behold! Da Vinci's Mona Leia! • This is stupid: Warner Brothers wants to do a Batman Begins style Superman reboot. The main adjective being thrown around? "Dark." • So what has the good Doctor's clone been doing on alternate Earth? Building non-functional sonic screwdrivers, apparently. • An incredible user made Star Trek poster. • The New York Post goes through a stroll in H.P. Lovecraft's home.
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The Wired/Star Wars thing is lots of lulz.
Making the Wire (2)
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Making the Wire. The HBO series The Wire, a panoramic view of Baltimore through its drug world, schools, government, seaport, and newspaper, has been widely acknowledged as one of the greatest television dramas ever produced. To mark the release of the final season on DVD, the Museum of the Moving Image presented a panel, Making "The Wire", with David Simon, the series creator and co-producer; novelist and screenwriter Richard Price, who wrote several episodes; and ...
Is the US going to default on its debt? (3)
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Even as I.O.U.S.A, a documentary looking at the United States' $53T national debt, is to be shown at both the Democratic and Republican conventions, economists are beginning to openly discuss the previously unthinkable - should America should default on some or perhaps all it's obligations? Although some argue a sovereign default by the United States would not be the end of the world, with political fallout more severe than financial, most overlook the obvious: America ...
40 MPH Heat (2)
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Jericho Scott throws a 40mph fastball. Okay, not that fast. But too fast for a nine-year old, apparently. That's why he's been banned from playing little league.
Cows as compasses (6)
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Using images from Google Earth, scientists have determined that grazing cattle and deer align themselves with the Earth's magnetic field.
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David said:
They accounted for effects of sun and wind. Full paper here http://www.public.asu.edu/~bslobato/PNAS-2008-Begall-0803650105.pdf. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetoception
