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News & Current Affairs - spacefood

A Mother Of An Invention

Posted: Thursday, July 08, 2010 by nonamedufus
There's an interesting background story to a recent Canadian invention.  An apparently tasty...

News & Current Affairs - Financial Reform

Two Years Later

Posted: Thursday, June 24, 2010 by Doubtful
Congress is in the process of passing financial reform at almost the two year anniversary of the...

News & Current Affairs - Oil Spill

Do Something Mr. President

Posted: Thursday, June 24, 2010 by Doubtful
Mr. President the oil is gushing.  This is a time for action, not talk and red tape and...

News & Current Affairs - Tony Hayward

To the Yacht!

Posted: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 by peterc
If you were CEO of an oil company spewing millions of gallons into the ocean everyday, killing...

News & Current Affairs - Questions without good answers

Rhetorical Questions, Rhetorical Answers

Posted: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 by headoftheclass
Three quick questions I have as I look back on this month of June:  If BP created the spill...

News & Current Affairs - Economic Stimulus

Cutting out with the stimulus

Posted: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 by Doubtful
Perhaps most people have never heard of Peter Orszag but as the Director of the Office of...

News & Current Affairs - Public Sex

Sexe dans les salles de bains

Posted: Sunday, June 20, 2010 by ChaseMorgan
Sexe dans les salles de bains.(Sex in the bathrooms)



A Toronto restaurant,...

News & Current Affairs - Dumb People

"Does That Mean I Don't Get The Job?"

Posted: Saturday, June 19, 2010 by ChaseMorgan
The Whole Truth and Nothing But: 

Last August, an applicant for the police force...

News & Current Affairs - Politicians Behaving Badly

Congressman out of control

Posted: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 by NoSoccerMom
Should a United States Congressman really act this way?  You tell me.

News & Current Affairs - Politics

Is Rudd Rude?

Posted: Sunday, May 30, 2010 by ChaseMorgan
Wesay, "NO".


Australia's Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd,has done it again.  He...

News & Current Affairs - Leno at WH Correspondents Dinner

Time for a change of the guard

Posted: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 by stargazer
Sometimes I feel like Jay Leno has run his course in the world of American comedy.  Apparently...

News & Current Affairs - Mid Term Elections

Dems need to get their House in order

Posted: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 by SmarterThanYou
Wisconsin Representative David Obey is the latest in a string of Democrat incumbents to announce...

News & Current Affairs - The White House

Socialism Isn't A Choice Either

Posted: Monday, May 03, 2010 by ChaseMorgan
President Obama mandated Thursday thatnearly all hospitals extend visitationrights to the partners...

News & Current Affairs - Barack Obama

The "Green House" Effect

Posted: Monday, April 19, 2010 by ChaseMorgan
Should we change The White House to The Green House?Obamasreport $5.5 million in income on 2009...

News & Current Affairs - Stock Market

What does 11,000 mean to you?

Posted: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 by Doubtful
The Dow closed above 11,000 for the first time in more than a year and a half yesterday and now...

News & Current Affairs - Boy sent back to orphanage

To Russia Without Love

Posted: Monday, April 12, 2010 by MoGo
This story has to be one of the worst and most heartbreaking ever reported:http:...

News & Current Affairs - Aliens

The Truth Is Out There

Posted: Saturday, April 10, 2010 by nonamedufus
*Cue theme from X-Files*
Well Mulder would be happy.  Fox Mulder, you'll recall, was the...

News & Current Affairs - 2009

Too little too late

Posted: Thursday, April 08, 2010 by csafford
Well more than a year and a half and $45 billion in taxpayer bailout money later a Congressional...

News & Current Affairs - Bernie Madoff

"The Madoff Concept"

Posted: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 by ChaseMorgan
Why did Bernie Madoff go to prison? To make it simple, hetalked people into investing withhim....

News & Current Affairs - Phoebe Prince Tragedy

Shame on South Hadley High School

Posted: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 by NoSoccerMom
While the details are yet to emerge in their entirety it is becoming increasingly clear that the...

News & Current Affairs - Housing Crises

Robbing from Peter to Pay Paul's Principal

Posted: Saturday, March 27, 2010 by SmarterThanYou
Now that health care reform has been passed and the White House starts thinking about other...

News & Current Affairs - Health Care Reform

Time to move on

Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 by MoGo
Memo to the media:  Stop talking about the Health Care Legislation for a while.  It...

News & Current Affairs - IRS

IRS has gone Gestapo... Again!

Posted: Monday, March 22, 2010 by ChaseMorgan
I heard on the radio this afternoon that theIRS is back to their Gestapo tactics again - this time...

News & Current Affairs - Game Shows

French Fried Game Show

Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2010 by ChaseMorgan
This man isn'tlaughing. No sir. Contestants on a Frenchgame show tortured each other with electric...

News & Current Affairs - Not Listed Here

‘BamaBeerBelly54 and the World Economic Crisis: The Future of Journalism?

Posted: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 by LJL
The year is 2016. Anderson Cooper has bought out the rights to his 360 show and started his own...

News & Current Affairs - Speaking One's Mind

Foot In Mouth Disease

Posted: Sunday, March 14, 2010 by nonamedufus
It seems politicians aren't the only ones who speak without thinking first.  A couple of weeks...

News & Current Affairs - Problems with our Government

Roberts Rules of Order

Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 by SmarterThanYou
The white house is attempting to make an issue of Chief Justice Roberts mere defense of himself and...

News & Current Affairs - Politicians Behaving Badly

Massa Trouble

Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 by Doubtful
Amazing how the political news cycle works.  A week ago nobody knew who this guy was. ...

News & Current Affairs - Not Listed Here

Dan Rather losing his cool

Posted: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 by Gina
I've always liked Dan Rather. The pictures I see of him always have books in them. He's reading a...

News & Current Affairs - Toyota

Toyota situation getting crazier by the day

Posted: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 by peterc
This make any sense to you?  Toyota now realizes that the Prius models manufactured between...

News & Current Affairs - Border Ironies

How Does This Work?

Posted: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 by ChaseMorgan
OK, LET ME SEE IF I'VE GOT THIS RIGHT...
 
IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER...

News & Current Affairs - Politics

Looking For A Political Alternative?

Posted: Sunday, March 07, 2010 by nonamedufus
I was over visiting fellow blogger injaynesworld last week when I stumbled across her...

News & Current Affairs - David Patterson

Worst Governor Ever

Posted: Thursday, March 04, 2010 by Doubtful
There’s bad and then there’s really bad.  New York Governor David Paterson is really, really,...

News & Current Affairs - Health Care Reform

Now or Never on Health Care Mr. President

Posted: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 by SmarterThanYou
My advice to President Obama:  Get something passed on Health Care.  Get anything passed...

News & Current Affairs - Madoff Scandal

All should read what no one listened to

Posted: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 by Noonan
I think it’s the duty of all Americans who have ever invested a dime to read Harry Makopolos new...

News & Current Affairs - Political Parties

Liberals vs. Conservatives: OK now I get it

Posted: Monday, March 01, 2010 by SmarterThanYou
This Time Magazine article addresses the stereotype that liberals are more intellectually...

News & Current Affairs - Health Care Reform

Expect Nothing From Health Care Summit

Posted: Thursday, February 25, 2010 by headoftheclass
Here’s a simple fact of government.  Summits don’t work.  In fact most people probably...

News & Current Affairs - Madoff

Madoff accomplice arrested - Finally!

Posted: Thursday, February 25, 2010 by Doubtful
Since the day he was first busted it was apparent to everyone in the world that Bernard Madoff...

News & Current Affairs - Political Screw Ups

Remember this guy?

Posted: Thursday, February 18, 2010 by Noonan
Remember this guy?  Joe the Plumber.  Seems like a long time ago doesn’t...

News & Current Affairs - Education

Utah : No More Senioritis!

Posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 by ChaseMorgan
Utah Proposal Would Make Senior Year OptionalItcould save the state of Utah up to $60 million and...

News & Current Affairs - Politics

Sarah In Wonderland

Posted: Monday, February 15, 2010 by nonamedufus
You know, to my way of thinking, one should be suspect of a political organization that calls...

News & Current Affairs - 2009

Some Memorable Moments in 2009

Posted: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 by ChaseMorgan



 - Slovakia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the sixteenth...

News & Current Affairs - North Korea

Where red is still in.

Posted: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 by Mariani
I get amazed when I read about dare-devil attempts by journalists.  This article is an account of...

News & Current Affairs - CIA

Moonlighting at the CIA?

Posted: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 by Doubtful
When I hear the term “moonlighting” I think of an old Flintstones episode when Fred takes a...

News & Current Affairs - Economy

What was that number?

Posted: Friday, February 05, 2010 by headoftheclass
Ever wonder why most people hate hearing economic reports?  Perhaps today’s employment report...

News & Current Affairs - Securities and Exchange Commission

So this is why they never caught Madoff?

Posted: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 by GoGetter
How did Bernie Madoff get away for so long?  Why didn’t the Securities and Exchange Commission...

News & Current Affairs - State of the Union

He's a Supreme Court Justice not a Hollywood Extra!

Posted: Thursday, January 28, 2010 by SmarterThanYou
Think now and put yourself in Judge Alito’s robe for a minute.  Your sitting twenty feet from...

News & Current Affairs - Obama Administration

Obama could learn a lot from Domino's

Posted: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 by Doubtful
President Obama and his staff need to watch this video produced by Domino’s Pizza very closely...

News & Current Affairs - Buggers

Did they skip history class that day?

Posted: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 by Noonan
This story blew my mind.  How do you bug a U.S. Senator’s office and expect to get way with...

News & Current Affairs - State of the Union

The REAL State of the Union drinking game

Posted: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 by IHateATMFees
Ah, the State of the Union.  Each year, this political tradition is watched by millions of...
 
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