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Date: 2008-08-06 17:06:00

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What's in the Bill?

Both House and Senate have been at work today to create an alternative bailout bill after the modified Paulson plan went down in a surprising House ... , even if they plan to hold the assets for years." House Republican leader John Boehner has already ... narrow defeat of the original bill. House Republicans leaders quickly embraced the revised package [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 06:15:49

Block House Construction Guidelines for You

Blockhouse is basically a structure of heavy timbers for military defense. It is made up of squared timbers with a projecting upper story ... block house plan. It is useful when building on a narrow block as the house is intended to suit ... . All desire to have house built which may include qualities such as comfort, durability, strength [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 22:00:48

Three RINO Stooges Stage SC House Power Grab

The outcome of a State House race in Charleston, S.C ... a narrow House race to Democrat Anne Peterson-Hutto, with a final count this morning showing Hutto ... got a majority of the House Republican Caucus to endorse a plan that will allow Harrell [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 21:31:14

Quick Hits - Feminists, Summers, Agenda, Oh My!

Courtesy, as ever, Rebekah at WMC: For Women, It’s Not The Gender, It’s The Agenda 11/14/08 Boston Globe: ... an open door to the White House of President-elect Barack Obama, and they plan to walk right ... narrow. Summers May Be Off Of Treasury Short List 11/13/08 Politico.com: Intense [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 18:43:50

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

Tokyo!

Breakfast get! Just walked the streets in circles for an hour looking for something resembling breakfast. Choices were: 1 ... much choice! 6. DOUTOU coffee house and buns in plastic bags. Oddly, number 4 won. Mmm. .Plan ... door, nor onto the escalator (too narrow) to get down into the lobby. Need to find a new [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 02:25:34

Strangely, “Not My House” Sentiment Continues, Albeit a Smaller Group

There’s no doubt we’ve been deluged with depressing economic and housing news over the past few months ... narrow, still half of U.S. homeowners do not think their home’s value has declined over the past year ... not, if you plan to stay in your home for the next several years and aren’t making financial decisions [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 16:32:16

Lighting: A Key to Creating an Environment

I’ve seen the light! PH Artichoke narrow This is one of the light fixtures the electricians were installing on one of my jobs today ... plan”. In a perfect world, every house would be designed for the site on which it sits. It would take [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 04:45:37

Community pressure mounts on Kaua‘i Burial Council

Community pressure mounts on Kaua‘i Burial Council Posted October 6th, ... . Do not let it start with this home.“ Brescia’s plans to build a house on the 15,667-square-foot lot ... dirt road and a naupaka hedge fronting a white-sand beach, the narrow lot that Joseph Brescia owns [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 00:32:04

McCain, Obama debate: Pass the pork

by Bob Secter Imagine for a moment if John McCain were running against John McCain ... the sweeteners added to the massive financial rescue plan to get enough recalcitrant members of the House, which ... of congressional earmarks, billions of dollars in targeted spending or tax breaks for narrow interests [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 00:16:08

Tasmanian Racing’s New Dawn Contingent On TOTE Tasmania Sale

Australian Racing Greyhound has been following the Tasmanian industry reforms closely due to our have first hand experience of the naivety and narrow ... are concerned with the Minister’s short term plan and question the long term viablity of Tasmanian ... to examine that decision to sell TOTE Tasmania. The committee’s chairman, Upper House member Greg [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 22:14:58

UK: Plan to force public bodies to narrow the wealth gap

Radical proposals that will create a legal obligation on all public bodies to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor form part of new equality ... Glasgow-born entrepreneur Azeem Ibrahim, who was brought up in a council house in the city [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 07:44:00

My Christmas Eve adventure

This is not Santa Claus.I haven't abandoned The Stained Glass Project, though it's been a while since I've done a regular Sunday post ... the nineteen miles of winding, narrow roads - some of them up and down a mountain - to my mom's house ... and sister-in-law had to work that day. The plan was originally that I would get out there for 6:30 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 04:57:00

The Truro Residence by ZeroEnergy Design

ZeroEnergy Design, together with Silvia and Silvia Custom Home Builders, have created this contemporary house in Truro, Massachusetts ... was that they had some unusual space requirements, a narrow lot on an environmentally sensitive site ... . They normally reside in downtown Boston, but plan to spend their summers and weekends on the Cape. While [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 10:19:25

Mind Blowing 19th Century Terrace House in Sydney

Paddington is an ever trendy inner-city, an eastern suburb of Sydney, where this amazing 19th century terrace house was found. We’re not sure if it’s for sale but if you plan on buying a property in Sydney why wouldn’t you check that out. The narrow property combines a modern traditional exterior with a stunning high class [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 09:01:00

Oriental flavours and oriental furniture

Far East… scented bays, sunny streets, oriental spices waiting for you on the narrow streets, spices so fragrant, that you refuse to walk away, ... find it on their website.So if you plan to redecorate, maybe oriental design, could be something to consider… It doesn’t require to fully add to the house [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 22:44:00

The Early Bird: November 6, 2008

Obama Transitions A swift transition to the White House is underway as Barack Obama came closer to tapping Rep ... . Rod Blagojevich says he doesn't have any plans to to send himself to Capitol Hill to fill the soon ... with a handful of unnamed staffers to narrow down a replacement, which should be announced by the end [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 15:02:37

House and Senate Roundup, 7/2

NH-Sen: The Concord Monitor analyzes the differences between the 2008 Senate race between Jeanne Shaheen and John Sununu, and their previous match in 2002, when Sununu won a narrow victory. Shaheen seems to think ... , gas prices that are the highest in history, and no energy plan. . . . We need a dramatic change [more...]

Date: 2008-07-02 21:13:32

[US Elections 08] Pink Picks, White House edition

Comment, analysis and other election-related offerings from the FT and FT ... one – but the game plan is simple. John McCain must hold on to every state George W. Bush carried four years ago in his narrow victory over John Kerry and,... [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 20:04:30

WHY ARE WE HAPPENING TOGETHER RIGHT NOW?

Sitting at the local coffee shop, waiting for a business partner to arrive so that we could discuss a project, I decided to kill time by opening my laptop to check my email. In my email was a post from a friend and in his email was a link to a youtube video of a Congolese musician. A few minutes into the video, I feel a gentle tap on my shoulder [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 23:46:26

Before You Think Too Kindly of House Republicans. . .

Let me start with an extended quote from Glenn Greenwald: Retired New York Times reporter David Cay Johnston, writing at The New Republic yesterday, ... you favor the $700 billion bailout or not, the House vote today should make you cheer — loudly. Why ... on it for their financing. These campaign donors, a narrow slice of America, have lobbied and [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 14:07:58

Should GE be a AAA company," I said "GE Capital isn't even a bank. The FDIC only deals with depositary institutions. Are you kidding me? The US Government is obviously willing to do anything to bail out financial institutions at this point. Forget rules and regulations. Just give them the money." The first statement is actually not correct [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 12:07:25

Zionist Control of US Policy

Source I was recently asked to answer the following question: In the original post there is mention of Israel controlling US policy. How exactly does that work? The short answer is this: A highly influential and extremely well bankrolled collection of groups directs energy simultaneously in a number of directions: Political, media, academic, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:51:14

Weekly Political Roundup

Gen. Colin Powell told CNN “We definitely should reevaluate ,” in his strongest statement yet against the policy ... , a deputy mayor of Los Angeles and an open lesbian, to head the White House Council ... enough in condemning lack of marriage equality. Impact Florida, a chapter of Join the Impact, plans [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 22:24:11

Setting politics aside to savor a seminal moment

It started like any other morning. The TV was turned on as I was going through the daily routine. Then everything changed ... . I dropped my morning work plans and started to anxiously pace around the living room listening ... transcend one person, narrow ideologies, or the Washington DC that we are normally fed on the evening [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 19:10:00

Is ‘New Yorker’ Critic James Wood Creating an Army of Like-minded Young Novelists?

Photo-illustration: Everett Bogue; Photos: Getty Images, istockphoto Indisputably, the answer is yes, as revealed by Leon Neyfakh in the Observer ... to do with them once he's got them assembled? Are his plans peaceful? Or does he intend for his armies to depose Sam Tanenhaus at the Times Book Review? Storm the Random House building? Take over [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 20:45:45

The Price Of Victory

Even though this isn't my bailiwick, I thought I'd throw my two cents in on the debate on defining the next right. In one sense this is probably the most pessimistic post being bandied about, because it doesn't lend itself to an easy solution. Nonetheless, to find the correct solution one must first properly identify the disease, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-02 04:21:19

Can Emily's List Get Its Mojo Back?

I co-wrote today's National Journal cover story about Emily's List, the Democratic women's political action committee, with my colleague (and pal) ... Clinton's failed White House bid. And we ask if Clinton's defeat, in particular, calls into question ... in the political firmament. Although EMILY's List is not to blame for Clinton's narrow loss to [more...]

Date: 2008-06-27 21:23:18

An Assessment of Bailout Bill Options from a Former Congressional Staffer

Our reader and sometimes contributor Lune worked on the Hill and was so kind as to send us his take on the choices facing the Senate and House ... be popping champagne bottles tonight in honor of the bailout plan that never was, we need to realize ... has before it: 1) The House schedules a re-vote on the same bill. Keep in mind that victory today [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 05:05:07

President Barack Hussein Obama

Yeah, I watched; I even wept during the music part prior to Obama’s speech. It happened.Why am I so excited? ... stimulus politically possible – twisting arms and counting noses to get a bare majority in the House ... it work. ... It’s not the strategy his predecessors used to get their economic plans enacted. It’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 17:43:14

John Avanzini and His Talking Stones

It was a beautiful summer evening last Thursday as Tom and I headed from our hotel to Family Harvest Church in Tinley Park, Illinois. The Inspiring Excellence Conference was underway, and after hearing that Ray Comfort was speaking there, we decided to travel the short distance from Milwaukee to see what was going on [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 01:38:19

Inaugural Address of President Barack H. Obama

Tuesday, January 20, 2009, Washington, D.C. My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 18:48:41

New Politics of the Common Good: Running Risks on the Side of Honesty

The only way President-elect Barack Obama can expect to live up to the hopes invested in him is to run all the risks on the side honesty ... he expects from them to rebuild America as well as how he plans to honor his many promises especially ... on-going wars and a cataclysmic economic meltdown, they did not retreat into narrow minded identity [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 16:10:59

Police State D.C.

Uh-oh. D.C. police will seal off entire neighborhoods, set up checkpoints and kick out strangers under a new program that D.C ... and plans for warrantless, door-to-door searches for drugs and guns. Under today’s proposal ... Nickles, the city’s interim attorney general, said the quarantine would have “a narrow focus.” “ [more...]

Date: 2008-06-04 21:34:02

Some plastic canvas-y goodness

Popping my head up for a few moments to share some awesome plastic-canvas goodness from a recent eBay score ... house is very cute, I think. I’ve had plans to make some of these for a while now. Someday I need to show you the needlepoint house K. and I built in Second Life, too. This little vase gets props [more...]

Date: 2008-07-22 18:18:54

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

Please, Help Me Get Through the Week

My wife keeps telling me ,“It’s an historic event”, OK, but I don’t think VE Day was celebrated with this much exuberance. Some examples right off the top. 1)My local paper (a simple rag) has devoted the last few days front page to our mayor, who has been in D.C. telling us about her experiences ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:17:22

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

Little progress on Big Three bailout. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, arguing General Motors (GM) ... and a noncommittal White House. Pelosi wants to include automakers in TARP, but without bipartisan ... Finance Agency, the regulator for Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE), unveiled plans yesterday to stem [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 12:14:23

WINNER! Design Challenge: Space Plan for your Living Room

Congratulations to Christine - she is the lucky winner of our first Design Challenge which was announced last month ... Hacienda located near Los Angeles. Christine wrote that they had been on a ten month house hunt and after seeing about sixty to seventy homes, they finally found their dream house! It's a three bedroom [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:20:00

Obama Inaugural Speech - Full Text - Video

As President Bush exits the world stage and Barack Obama consumes it, I have a few thoughts about two passages of Obama's inaugural speech ( ... President Obama and his new Education Secretary plan to give America the same false promise and failed ... :But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 18:54:00

Pamela Anderson Loves Animals Almost As Much As She Loves $$$

Pammy has been in Australia for the last few weeks, promoting her appearance on their version of Big Brother tonight. ( ... ), with which she is involved. Tomorrow, she plans to protest in person at a Gold Coast outlet, where ... the Gold Coast house tonight as a special guest… She refused to say exactly how much money she would [more...]

Date: 2008-07-09 15:16:56

A week ago Monday at 1:00 am, a beautiful, nearly 10lbs baby boy was born to our very close friends Jecinta and Ignatius (Igg) — their very first ... , so she changed her plans for the day and got in the car. By 10:25, she was at her house.When ... this to her family:In the waiting room, there were four patients ahead of us. Jecinta jumped up a couple [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 12:57:23

I couldn't help but notice President Obama was calling out some people, guys like Mark Kirk

I couldn't help but notice that President Obama called out some people, not by name, but by deed:To House republicans circa 2001 - 2006:On this day, ... tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country has already done; what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 18:15:00

Shinseki Vindicated

He didn’t have to write a book, like former White House press secretary Scott McClellan’s What Happened, to attract universal denunciation by the White House and Republicans. Former Army Chief of Staff ... issues into his plan,” On Point II reports. “Franks in his recollections variously described [more...]

Date: 2008-07-16 23:03:40

2008: A year of political surprises in Missouri

Missouri’s presidential bellwether streak came to an end in 2008. The Show-Me State had voted for the victor in every U.S ... in the polls at the time of Blunt’s announcement), choosing to forgo a reelection bid for his House seat. Also changing plans was State Treasurer Sarah Steelman, who dropped her own reelection effort [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 22:19:15

6 Curious College Donations

Universities are always looking for cash from their alumni (or anyone else with a big enough checkbook) ... and a current plan to raise an additional $1.75 billion, Princeton knows how to bring in cash ... , an alumnus of Princeton University and its varsity crew team, described the crowded narrow canal [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 14:54:00

Election Developments & Problems in FL, GA, VA, IN, OH, NM, TN, WV

Guest blogged by DES This week, Broward County, Florida, Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes said, with a straight face, "No one could have anticipated that this election would be so historic and draw as much attention as it has," and defended her choice to oppose expanding early voting hours next week due to "logistical problems [more...]

Date: 2008-10-25 22:55:39

State Workers Fight Over Cutbacks as States Want More From Obama

As the budget crisis deepens, state employees are fighting each other for survival. Potshots are thrown between management vs. non-management, union vs. non-union, teachers vs. everyone else. In addition, governors want $1 trillion out of a total package of $850 billion Congress is likely to send to Obama to sign. The math does not add up [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 19:53:00

A Few Sunday Thoughts: Common Sense, Disruption and Hope

Mark-to-Market Accounting Likely to Remain Had the SEC repudiated mark-to-market accounting, it could have set the recovery of our financial sector back a generation. From today's Wall Street Journal story: Mark-to-market accounting requires companies to value financial assets at their fair value -- the price they can fetch in the market [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 03:50:22

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