November 29, 2006

THE THINKING SPOT

BuzzFlash puts it so well: With Bush still the president, it is like being trapped on a ship headed for an iceberg...Everyone knows that the ship is being steered toward destruction, but no one can break into the captain's cabin and correct the course.

ALERT

ALERT
#1
South Korea declares first bird flu outbreak in three years:
http://tinyurl.com/vfp9o

ALERT #2
HoneyBaked Foods recalls nearly 47,000 pounds of ham and turkey due to possible contamination:
http://tinyurl.com/y7we8a

ALERT #3
CONSUMER ALERT - GIFT CARDS ON RACKS - If you buy Gift Cards from a display rack that has various store cards you may become a victim of theft. Crooks are now jotting down the card numbers in the store and then wait a few days and call to see how much of a balance THEY have on the card. Once they find the card is "activated" they go online and start shopping.
http://tinyurl.com/seq3y

BIG ALERT!!!
The Drugging of America - here it comes!*** Federal government launches marketing campaign for psychiatric industry. Under the guise of combating the stigma of mental illness, the U.S. government will soon begin a massive campaign of psychiatric indoctrination, designed to increase the acceptance of psychiatric chemical imbalance theories and labeling, and to pave the way for national psychiatric screening, driving more Americans into seeking psychiatric drug treatment.
http://tinyurl.com/yl4qc8

THIS TAKES THE CAKE

Newt Gingrich Says We Have to Restrict Freedom of Speech. Can Someone Yank This Clown Offstage Already? And the Three-Times Married Adulterer Uber Hypocrite is Considering Running for President. Save Us the Laughs, Newtie.
http://tinyurl.com/w8rqb

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Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear: Harry S Truman
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TOUCH OF HUMOR

Stewart: “Argentina, Former Safe Haven For Nazi War Criminals Is Drawing The Line At The Bush Twins”...
http://tinyurl.com/swm8e

Are George W. Bush lovers certifiable? --- Lohse says his study is no joke. The thesis draws on a survey of 69 psychiatric outpatients in three Connecticut locations during the 2004 presidential election. Lohse’s study, backed by SCSU Psychology professor Jaak Rakfeldt and statistician Misty Ginacola, found a correlation between the severity of a person’s psychosis and their preferences for president: The more psychotic the voter, the more likely they were to vote for Bush.
http://tinyurl.com/ydko4a

THE WHITE HOUSE

Son also rises in testy Webb-Bush exchange - Bush asked Webb how his son, a Marine lance corporal serving in Iraq, was doing....Webb responded that he really wanted to see his son brought back home, said a person who heard about the exchange from Webb....
“I didn’t ask you that, I asked how he’s doing,” Bush retorted, according to the source .... Webb confessed that he was so angered by this that he was tempted to slug the commander-in-chief.....((Do you think that Bush ever cares what he says?))
http://tinyurl.com/y6y8ae

Cheney Shuts Down Sections Of Florida Interstate To Go Hunting...((Would they do that for you or me?))
http://tinyurl.com/y78ybc

POLITICS

Heated debate over immigration earlier this year may have soured some Hispanic American voters on the Republican Party; Top Hispanic concerns mirror those of nation at large
http://tinyurl.com/y7k4y7

Frist's Political Career Over… ((Thank heavens!- He always put me in mind of a piece of slimy milk toast. Those types you are just not inclined to trust.))
http://tinyurl.com/wjlww

LEGAL ITEMS

A Federal Judge Stands by the Constitution: Federal Judge struck down Bush's authority to designate groups as terrorists, saying his post-Sept. 11 executive order was unconstitutionally vague,
http://tinyurl.com/yg92hr

Pro-Peace Symbol Forces Win Battle in Colorado Town - Last week, a couple were threatened with fines of $25 a day by their homeowners’ association unless they removed a four-foot wreath shaped like a peace symbol from the front of their house. The fines have been dropped, and the three-member board of the association has resigned, according to an e-mail message sent to residents on Monday.
http://tinyurl.com/y3qw64

ELECTION ITEMS

Hillary Worried Obama Will Be Obstacle In '08...... ((Oh, so she is serious about running?????))
http://tinyurl.com/swxko

Alaska again won't release votes
http://tinyurl.com/vlfbq

ECONOMY

US setbacks see dollar plunge to near 15-year low The dollar tumbled to a near 15-year low against sterling yesterday on fresh signs of economic trouble in the United States. ((Just remember that Our economy is not given a boost by lowering interest rates. Our economy is given a boost by creating a manufacturer-friendly environment that creates jobs so people can earn the money needed to pay off their accumulating debts. That means streamlined regulatory compliance procedures and taxes competitive with what finds in other countries that do have strong manufacturing sectors.))
http://tinyurl.com/y7ur7w

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Consumer Expenditures Lag for Low- and Middle-Income Families
http://tinyurl.com/y2t6ld

9/11 and the coming collapse of America's Real Estate market - The government has been using the skyrocketing real-estate market as a "cash sink", to absorb all the extra dollars the Federal Reserve has been printing up for the government to spend. That prevented the extra money from triggering an inflationary spiral, but the downside is that so much money has been tied up in real-estate that far too little was left over to start companies that created jobs.
http://tinyurl.com/y74cwg

HALF TAKE FORD BUYOUT --- The company will have to hire part-time and temporary workers to make sure that does not happen, sources said. Those workers will receive a starting wage of $18.50 an hour and no benefits. Ford says the average wage for permanent hourly employees is $31.64 an hour ((Translation: FORD just succeeded in getting rid of the union workers and replacing them with low-wage workers with no benefits.))
http://tinyurl.com/y4ey5f

CONGRESS

The new majority is expected to hold hearings on military spending and the Iraq war -- The panel was disbanded by the Republicans after they won control of Congress in 1994 - the new majority will inherit broad powers to subpoena and investigate. And that is expected to translate into wide-ranging and contentious hearings
http://tinyurl.com/y55ljl

ENVIRONMENT

California cities are rejecting coal-fired power as greenhouse gas emissions law draws near:
http://tinyurl.com/wtnum

State, local agencies pursue plug-in conversions for fleets of hybrid vehicles:
http://tinyurl.com/y4wgg3

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Researchers: Humpback whales found to share high IQ brain cells with humans:
http://tinyurl.com/y527px

Fertility moves online as egg, sperm donors use clicks to connect with recipients
http://tinyurl.com/yyw3md

INTERNATIONAL

Debt-ridden Labour admits to acute cash-flow problems - Tony Blair, en route to Riga yesterday for a Nato summit, denied that the party was technically bankrupt - the point at which a company cannot pay its debts and has liabilities exceeding its assets.
http://tinyurl.com/y5v9h9

Reporter hacked royals' phone ---
http://tinyurl.com/y45rbo

HEALTH

Fibromyalgia Pain is Real! Some say fibromyalgia is all in the heads of the men and women who go to doctors seeking answers. Now, researchers say there's overwhelming proof that the condition is real.
http://tinyurl.com/uvtkq

Video Games Affect Brain Activity - Could violent video games change the way your child thinks? New research reveals video games activate parts of the brain that control emotional arousal and inhibition.
http://tinyurl.com/wrtoo

Trained Midwives can Provide Safe Abortions --- Government-trained midwives can provide abortions to women in their first trimester as safely as doctors, according to study published this week.
http://tinyurl.com/thfvc

Edible food coatings made from common herbs could protect meat,produce from E. coli microorganisms:
http://tinyurl.com/yxtz5j

Statin drugs worthless for routine use in healthy adults, study suggests:
http://tinyurl.com/y5pyx8

HUMAN RIGHTS

The victim is so frequently seen as the one at fault and that is exactly what is happening with the Iraqis. Watch the news, because you will hear more and more that the ones to blame are the Iraqis. Congress is doing this, Hagel just came out saying this, Bush of course is using this as his easy out. More and more Americans are doing this. Don't let *them* put us into *idle*. We are at fault, no one else that I know of. We have to take the responsibility for this terrible disaster that Bush and his neocons have gotten us into and no one else. JKH