Stephen Fry lays it out. Ultimately, vote how you like, but VOTE! How I will vote… « Stephen Fry. More important than my own political views or my own voting intentions are my hopes that nothing I say will stop you from choosing Conservative if you consider it the right way to cast your vote. It may be you will be voting Tory through dyed-in-the-wool instinct and loyalty or it may be that you are someone who once voted Labour or Lib Dem but who has decided that Cameron and the Conservatives will be best for Britain. It’s none of…
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So much for my “homegrown” theory, and “lone wolf” is still in play but shaky due to his recent 5-month stay in Pakistan. US citizen from Pakistan to appear in court on charges of parking car bomb in Times Square – chicagotribune.com.
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And the loony bin crowd goes wild, they win the right to drill the “foreign terrorist” meme into the ground. Even A Blind Squirrel Finds An Occasional Nut! Looks Like Times Square Bomber Was Most Likely Part Of An International Plot. | Crooks and Liars.
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Need to edit my “How old is your Whirlpool?” post to point to this… insult to American working people and consumers. An American Brand Name Heads to Mexico – After Taking Economic Recovery Funds | Crooks and Liars. Guess how Whirlpool is repaying American taxpayers for their support: Whirlpool Corporation is shutting down a refrigerator plant in Evansville, Indiana that will put 1100 people out of work. Are they having trouble selling refrigerators in these bad economic times? No. Whirlpool is profitable and still selling plenty of refrigerators here. But they want to ship these jobs to Mexico where they…
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I don’t use it, and you shouldn’t either. #FB The R-word: Evanston High School students fight the R-word – chicagotribune.com Evanston Township High School senior Megan McCareins wants to stamp out the R-word as she and others try to change how fellow students talk and think about people with intellectual difficulties. McCareins and a handful of students recently gathered more than 3,000 signatures from students and staff, who pledged to stop using the words “retard” or “retarded” as an offhanded insult or in a derogatory manor. “Hopefully this campaign will mean people will always be thinking about their choice of…
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I’m off for the next couple of weeks, and today I’m out of the house, spending time at Panera while “the ladies” do their twice-monthly thing. It seems the clientele here this time of day is older than I’m used to seeing in the evenings, but there are plenty of people using laptops and taking advantage of the free Wi-Fi. One guy has a small monitor and full-size keyboard set up with a dock; pretty serious gear. No doubt more than a few are unemployed or between jobs. Several are chatting with each other as if they’re regulars. Me, I’m…
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That’s a nice message, Abp. Vlazny – go ahead and demand your flock adbpt a “hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil” attitude to the child abuse scandal in the Catholic church. How about demanding priests in your care “do no evil” instead? Local News | Portland priest attacks Oregonian newspaper’s coverage of sex-abuse scandals | Seattle Times Newspaper PORTLAND — Hundreds of churchgoers who attended Mass on Easter Sunday at St. Mary’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception received an unusual written message tucked inside a weekly bulletin. In a two-page statement, Archbishop John Vlazny declared that he…
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Mining company defends history of violations by claiming their record is better than most companies’ for “lost time.” How about LOST LIVES? Meanwhile, company CEO’s salary unfortunately not tied to penalties assessed for safety violations… Nation & World | Mines fight strict laws by filing more appeals | Seattle Times Newspaper Officials at Massey did not respond to a telephone call seeking comment. The company’s Web site says its safety record is better than the industry’s average when it comes to accidents that result in lost time. And Don Blankenship, the company’s chief executive, cautioned in a radio interview Tuesday…