another discussion about a sting operation at a Planned Parenthood. The “fair and balanced” panel included two women behind a fake call to a Planned Parenthood office in which a caller pretended to be the underage girlfriend of a man in his 30's. The so-called “crime” was that Planned Parenthood gave the caller an appointment to get birth control [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 23:49:14
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Now,, That's What We Call Border Security
As Noah Shactman at the Danger Room notes, the U.S. government has been trying (with marginal success) to implement "high-tech" surveillance systems along our southern border. Current plans call ... . Last May, Boeing announced plans to revamp the prototype, and it's still unclear how much we'll pay [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 18:53:00
On the History of Today
First, I’d like to remind everyone that just because we have a president who may not agree 100% with our politics doesn’t mean we should devolve ... big plans. Their memories are short. He called anyone who said his plans were too broad cynics [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 18:09:33
The All Hat, No Cattle Obama Recovery Plan
-By Warner Todd Huston The Caucus Blog of The New York Times says that Barack Obama’s transition staff are claiming that his so-called economic recovery plan will be a “paperless plan.” By that, they mean that there will be no “detailed ... and his advisers suggested on Friday that he has provided the “framework” of a plan in recent public [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 12:44:35
EaterWire: Zen Sushi's New Owner, Talesai Headhunting, Vote by Cocktail at Blue on Blue
alt LOS FELIZ: We don't have full details on this yet, but rumor is Anat Escher, the owner of Bungalow Club on Melrose, is behind the gutting of Zen Sushi on Hyperion. We hear she plans on calling the place Barbarella ... in August and plans to reopen in November with a new look and menu, but they're looking for a sous [more...]
Date: 2008-10-04 03:07:24
Army Looks to Save Its 'Future'
With budget tights and tolerance for high-price technology programs growing thin, the Army today is announcing plans to revamp its massive $200 billion modernization effort, called ... to consist of plans to accelerate those technologies the Army thinks are most needed in the field [more...]
Date: 2008-06-26 19:20:37
Naomi Klein: Want Mideast Peace? Boycott Israel
This heartening post by the ever-honest, ever-justice-loving Naomi Klein entitled "Want to End the Violence in Gaza? Boycott Israel" outlines the only path to Mideast Peace. Israel has never faced, and plans ... out plans to do just that. They called on "people of conscience all over the world to impose broad [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 19:12:00
The Obama Future: The Great Expectation
At NBA game in DC - Washington Wizards against NY Knicks The mood here in DC this week is something like that of President-elect Barack Obama future presidency, something of what I call anticipatory. We see in the news, plans ... about plans and strategy involving tens of thousands of security personnel and costing tens of millions [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 14:23:07
Will Solar Save Chip Companies?
As the semiconductor industry prepares to post a rare drop in revenues, with another decline expected next year, ... , Hemlock Semiconductor announced plans for a $3 billion expansion of its polysilicon production, mainly ... called SolarMagic. Semiconductor Manufacturing International announced plans to make polysilicon [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 08:00:17
What was that china pattern called?: Planning the Wedding
Date: 2008-12-15 18:20:11
The man who saved Buena Park
Today's photos show what is now known as George Bellis Park, at 7171 Eighth St. in Buena Park. The first photo is undated but probably from the 1940s ... that the new Santa AnaFreeway (I-5) was going to cut their town in half. The plans showed a 27-foot-high berm ... . Moreover, the plans called for only one freeway exit for the city. By most accounts, it [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 05:09:00
Arnold, Vacationing in Idaho, "Wants To Act Immediately"
The Schwarzenegger Administration unveiled a new budget plan today, calling for more tax hikes and increased borrowing. One notable omission from the plan was Arnold Schwarzenegger himself. "We are facing a major crisis, probably the most challenging budget situation the state has ever faced," said Mike Genest, Schwarzenegger's finance director [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 21:33:45
Trouble in Banktopia By Mike Whitney
Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney 09/27/08 “ICH” The financial system is blowing up. Don’t listen to the experts; just look at the numbers ... debt. Game over. The Federal Reserve itself is in danger. So, it’s on to Plan B; which is to dump ... is about to change forever. It’s called the Paulson Plan, a $700 billion boondoggle which [more...]
Date: 2008-09-28 00:14:57
Try This Tuesday #23: Accepting Help
I don't have any amazing new strategy or must-have item to make your life easier this week, ... to Virginia for a four-night trip without any qualms. In fact, I had lots of plans of what we would ... something more serious was going on. I called my friend to cancel our plans to make holiday treats together [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 04:01:57
Boost adds $50 unlimited calling plan to the mix
While the rest of the world struggles to turn a profit in the midst of an economic sand-trap that has dragged down balance sheets around the world, ... , as consumers ditch more expensive post-paid subscriptions in favor of reliably affordable pre-paid plans ... a bar for the wireless industry and in some sense a floor,” Current Analysis analyst Bill Ho [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 19:13:02
The Atlanta Botanical Garden?
One worker was killed and 17 more were injured this morning when scaffolding alongside the still-under-construction "Canopy Walk" ... elevated walkway that's scheduled to open next spring. Part of Atlanta's Piedmont Park, plans call ... center in addition to the Canopy Walk, which, when finished, will wind through the Storza Woods [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 16:34:11
From wnd.com A federal “hate crimes” bill that officially is to enhance punishments for “violence motivated by bias that is a relic of slavery” ... has been referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary for the 2009 Congress. Former White House insider Chuck Colson, in his Breakpoint commentary, has called such proposals “Thought Crimes” plans. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 18:15:09
Text: President-Elect Obama Weekly Radio Address | Economic Stimulus to Create 3 to 4 Million Jobs | January 10, 2009
(Source: Office of the President-Elect) We start this new year in the midst of an economic crisis unlike any we have seen in our lifetime ... on an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan that will call for major investments to revive our economy ... , Dr. Jared Bernstein, to conduct a rigorous analysis of this plan and come up with projections [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 19:45:24
Princeton Library's rich offering of environmental films and discussion--is all for free!
With the holidays over, are you ready to slump into mental hibernation? ... to achieve some of the goals in the developing Princeton Sustainable Community Plan. They also ... Isles, Inc.2:00 p.m.Governor Corzine’s energy master plan calls for the audit and energy retrofit [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 21:52:00
OC Blog News Roundup - August 28, 2008
Today's top stories from behind the Orange Curtain: OC Sheriff's Deputies Still Racking Up Excessive Overtime (LAT) ... Homes In Newport (OCR) Banning Ranch plans also call for a small resort and shops. $12.5 Billion ... out. On The DNC Floor (OCR) Area politicians visit Denver convention abuzz with energy to hear [more...]
Date: 2008-08-28 14:12:53
NO, TO EAST RIVER TOLLS!
THOMPSON, ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM ACROSS CITY, ... inside at: Municipal Building -- 1 Centre Street, Room 530 (Enter from South Side of building ... revenue at the MTA. Plans calls for new tolls, a payroll tax, cuts in subway, bus and commuter rail [more...]
Date: 2008-12-07 03:25:08
Quick Tour of Downtown's Trinity Auditorium
Are you connected to this project or just being nosy, Flickr user Pdodog? Either way, Mr ... (they continue to assure everyone the building will house a hotel) with a condo building (currently ... : "The current owners have proposed to turn the building into a luxury boutique hotel." Early plans called [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 00:29:31
USA vs Sweden: Updated Roster
The U.S. Men’s National Team returns to action this coming Saturday to take on Sweden at the Home Depot Center ... qualifying this year. From the looks of it, there are no plans to call in many of the U.S internationals ... ), Ugo Ihemelu (Colorado Rapids), Chris Wingert (Real Salt Lake), Marvell Wynne (Toronto FC [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 17:18:56
I don't know how people become "The Great."
Today is, among other things, the feast day of St. Basil the Great, which begs the question: what do you have to do to get those words "the Great" ... any living person getting the title in modern times -- except for absolute rulers, who get to call ... the Great, and plan to do so from now on.What I Read This WeekThe good news is that I got five books [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 12:51:00
Shimkus' Misguided Climate "Battle"
Just a week into the 2009 congressional session, Rep. John Shimkus is wasting no time drawing a line in the sand on energy policy ... for a battle,” Illinois Republican John Shimkus told Democrats on the panel. Shimkus called the plan “a shell ... floor for U.S. emissions, and let’s let the big-money folks at Goldman Sachs control it,” Shimkus said [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 00:57:20
The Problem is the Solution?
I am no economic genius. Far from it, actually. However, ... , meetings are being held, phone calls are being made, plans are being hatched. Still, even knowing as little ... one for Billy as well. By the time the burgers are done, and the last french fry is gone, both Billy [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 16:52:52
Abandon the Primal Eating Plan?
Tough Times Call for… Pasta?! Though we faithfully subscribe to an evolutionary model of living, eating, and exercising – the Primal Blueprint – we still live in a decidedly modern world fraught ... . Unfortunately, we don’t think their wallet-sparing tips are anything to write home [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 15:41:16
Pinocchio
By Mark Bellinghaus Pinocchio From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: ... a real boy. The name Pinocchio is a Tuscan word meaning "pine nut" (the standard Italian term is pinolo ... log, Pinocchio is given to a man called Maestro Ciliegia, who plans to carve him into a leg [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 22:33:31
Phone calls and vacation plans
Whatever was wrong with my thumbs and hands appears to have gone back into the hole it crawled out from ... to function. I’d probably never leave the house. Drew agrees. I like to think that we’ve developed ... on what renovations to the house (new insulation, new [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 02:42:05
Obama Plans to FORCE Us Green
Date: 2008-10-20 02:36:26
THE CRYING GAME
I had just dropped off north of downtown Tampa on a late afternoon ... , and not really a good part of town. I had no plans on sticking around. Then a call came out that I was “on top ... house for mental patients. Not a problem. I just need to check it out and make sure they have money [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 23:31:00
What John McCain needs to do to win
While some recent national and state polls show a tightening presidential race, it is extremely unlikely that John McCain will win the Nov ... Obama, calling himself the underdog, changing economic plans on a day-to-day basis, lobbing in a new ... of the election and be more competitive: He must frame the election as a choice about who is better-prepared [more...]
Date: 2008-10-25 11:32:25
Bush to Putin, “Get out now!” Putin to Bush, “Nyet!” By Mike Whitney
Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney 08/21/08 “ICH” When Vladimir Putin heard President Bush demand that Russian troops “leave Georgia territory ... Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin are hanging on every word that emerges from the White House ... out the details of its so-called “withdrawal plans” with the United Nations, not Washington. Bush isn’t even [more...]
Date: 2008-08-22 04:54:53
Hard Times For Some Shop At Home Retailers
With most people curbing their shopping dramatically, onair retailers are feeling the pinch ... and called off plans for a new headquarters. The new layoffs could put them at a staff reduction ... apparel, home goods, electronics and jewelry. Jewelry Television, which specializes in selling jewelry [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 20:02:00
A Case Against New Tax Cuts
One major debate among economists and politicians is whether or not tax cuts actually stimulate the economy. Yesterday President-Elect Barack Obama shared details about his new economic stimulus plan where he is calling for around $300 billion in tax cuts. Many people are in support of these cuts, however [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 16:37:14
Bush to Putin, “Get out now!”. Putin to Bush, “Nyet!”
When Vladimir Putin heard President Bush demand that Russian troops “leave Georgia territory immediately”, ... and Prime Minister Putin are hanging on every word that emerges from the White House and gauging ... of its so-called “withdrawal plans” with the United Nations, not Washington. Bush isn’t even a part [more...]
Date: 2008-08-23 23:43:12
Steve Parker: Clean-diesels hit the market; VW's 2009 Jetta TDI already hard to find
This post was written originally for the Santa Monica Daily Press newspaper (www.smdp.com) so please excuse the few Southern California references . ... the dust off some of their oldest marketing plans to get Americans interested in cars and trucks outfitted with new, clean-diesel engines. And some of those plans call for using racing to get "clean [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 06:46:08
Homeschooling 201: Remodeling the Kitchen Floor
written May 1st About a month ago, for LucyLillie’s birthday, we were cleaning, ... sure with Matt’s schedule that would be nigh impossible. When Heather called me and we made plans ... Floor The first thing they had to do was to remove all of the wood moulding with their hammers [more...]
Date: 2008-06-13 18:12:19
Naomi Klein: Boycott, Divest, Sanction Israel
It's time. Long past time. The best strategy to end the increasingly bloody occupation is for Israel to become the target of the kind of global movement that put an end to apartheid in South Africa. In July 2005 a huge coalition of Palestinian groups laid out plans to do just that. They called on "people of conscience all over [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 08:21:56
Tidying up lists and files
I know Ive written on here before about how I file everything in folders in my brain ... Tinks birthday party plans. This involved calling Build a bear and rescheduling the time, calling [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 19:01:19
The Race Report
The Race Report October 20th, 2008 ((Photos to come soon!)) I finished 25 minutes faster than I thought I would! I thought I’d seriously run like 3:15 or longer… I had no one to pace with. Nate called up some friends who were planning on running it quite slowly, but they corralled the 1/2 marathon relayers and runners at the same time and place, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 15:29:07
Disposable Conservatism
A new website was started called Rebuild the Party dedicated to Conservative success in 2012 and rebuilding the Republican Party ... from Republicans in the House, it’s time to widen the playing field, not narrow it. While ... . It’s actually a pretty comprehensive plan that I endorse. One plank calls for a 435 seat strategy [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 13:41:13
Cafe Living Room
Hubby stayed home for eight days after his three-month stint. It was just in time for Kuya's school vacation ... about the kids, the house, our plans or reminisce about the past. He jokingly refers to this as, "Cafe ... . When he has plans to come home, he calls to ask if there's coffee. Instant coffee or not, Cafe Living Room [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 21:56:00
Today's new word (phrase) is CONSTITUTIONAL LEVEL OF CARE
This phrase appeared in a JAMA want ad for a “medical executive” (physician? Bureaucrat? Bean counter?) to work in the California prison system ... report on the $2.3 billion dollar plan obtained by The Bee called the $230,000 per-inmate cost "staggering." It is nearly five times the average $46,104 needed to house a run-of-the-mill California [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 23:35:13
"Budget Deficit States Need Trillion Dollar Bail Out?"
... the embattled housing market, and stem the tide of home foreclosures through a loan-modification ... during a conference call with reporters that the plan had been discussed with Congressional leaders [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 00:36:00
Today's Climate: January 17-18, 2009
11th-Hour Ruling Blocks Utah Oil and Gas Leases (New York Times) ... . Government Issues Draft Offshore Drilling Plan (Reuters) The US Minerals Management Service has released an offshore drilling plan that calls for 31 energy exploration lease sales between 2010 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 04:54:12
Deutsche Bank Calls for a Green Economic Recovery Plan
Some of our elected officials have assessed the current financial crisis and decided to back pedal on their commitments to build a clean energy future for America. But a report released today by Deutsche Bank's Asset Management Division confirms once again that in this economic downturn, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 22:50:15
Obama rally: 'I'm not Joe the plumber'
Trying to appear presidential and in command of the economic crisis, Barack Obama just wrapped up a detailed policy discussion in Palm Beach ... , not able to sleep,” Villalba said. Obama touted his plans for universal health care, called ... the Iron Worker is building a bridge for him to the White House." [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 16:52:32
Japanese Magnolia trees
I always like to travel to Japan during the flowering season, it could be the cherry blossom season, the lavender season or the red leaf season… I have no idea whether I love flower or these so-called season is my excuse to plan for a trip to Japan. Anyway, I think I like both… I was wondering [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 08:33:53
9/11, Crisis, and the Pastor
September 11, 2001 was, for me, memorable ... on Cape Cod. Carolyn and I had just finished breakfast at the Wayside Inn and were eager to begin ... not end as planned. I called home to talk with the pastors to begin altering the message [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 19:10:00
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