Yahoo CEO’s pregnancy reignites a perennial debate NEW YORK (AP) – “Another piece of good news today,” tweeted the expectant mom, announcing to her online followers that she and her husband are awaiting a baby boy. But this wasn’t just any excited mom-to-be. This was 37[...]
Archive for July, 2012
July 18th, 2012 - 10:07 am § in Misc.
Nelson Mandela Day!
Happy birthday, Nelson Mandela! In honor of Mandela’s 94th birthday, we should take up his challenge to “change the world.” Would it be wonderful to make this day the first world holiday?[...]
July 18th, 2012 - 9:09 am § in Misc.
ROMNEYISMS
While washing his own hands of the taint of dirty politics, Romney’s surrogates still want to be sure we all suspect that the President was born on Mars or in Kenya. The term they use for this tactic is “vetting.” Hannity, O’Reilly, Drudge and Breitbart to the vetting whi[...]
July 18th, 2012 - 4:13 am § in Misc.
THE Ave predicts Romney’s Veep
Ryan is perfect except for one problem .. he is a papist. Oh well, Condy Rice is a Nigga, Mitt is a polytheist, Jindal is a papist and a Hindu, Ayotte is a Yankee and a papist wiht an unamerican name, Perry is Perry, Brewer is crazy, Newt hates Mitt, Rubio is too pretty, Pawlenty […][...]
BREAKING NEWS: NEW ROMNEY ADS!
New ads for the Romney Campaign are being leaked. Apparently these ads are intended to take advantage of a new super hero being introduced in the latest Batman movie .. a character called “Bane!”[...]
July 17th, 2012 - 9:27 am § in Politics
McKenna and Inslee, twins?
Washington’s two top candidates for governor talked to AARP-Washington members in back-to-back town-hall meetings this week. Neither Democrat Jay Inslee nor Republican Rob McKennadropped a bombshell in the telephone call-ins, and both said they want to see the federal Affordable Care Act put into [...]
July 16th, 2012 - 5:02 pm § in Misc.
Romneyisms
Mitt Romney was noticeably unwilling Friday to engage in a controversy around the manufacturing of U.S. Olympic uniforms in China, despite criticism from Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike. Maybe he is reticent because he authorized outsourcing of the 2002 US Olympics Uniforms to BURMA! [...]
July 16th, 2012 - 8:33 am § in Politics
A Rational Comment on the Burner v. Delbene race in WA 1st.
Burner vs. DelBene, Donald A. Smith From Washington Liberals Blog. In her 2006 and 2008 campaigns for Congress, Darcy Burner did not stake out strongly progressive views — presumably because she needed to appeal to conservatives in the southern part of the old 8th CD. This year Darcy is soundi[...]
July 16th, 2012 - 3:12 am § in Misc.
ROMNEYISMS: FORBES JOINS THE FEEDING FRENZY
FORBES MAGAZINE ASKS: Romney is going to have to answer the following 35 questions before this issue subsides: 1. Are you contending that an individual can simultaneously be the CEO, president, managing director of a company, and its sole stockholder and somehow be “disassociated” from the compa[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Israel’s Unity Government Falls
Israel Unity Gov’t Collapses, Romney may pay the Price! The national Unity government formed in Israel months ago has collapsed, after Shaul Mofaz, head of the Kadima Party, pulled out of talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Mofaz cited differences over the universal draft law. The unity [...]