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From CNN: Oil's Washington juggernautNEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- As angry voters spark a barrage of energy bills in Congress, the oil industry is spending record amounts of money protecting its interests.In what may be surprising to some, the most recent figures from the Center for Responsive Politics show that the oil industry gives a relatively small sum to individual political campaigns - it's

How stupid does CNN think we are?There are always lies and propaganda on the news, but this takes it to an extreme.CNN has been caught using footage of Georgian forces slaughtering citizens in the South Ossetian city of Tskhinvali and actually saying on air that the footage is of Russians killing civilians in the Georgian town of Gori.Fortunately the Russian camerman who took the footage has come

It appears the Liberal party in Canada has had enough backlash over Stephane Dion’s carbon tax talk. Two members of the Liberal party have already stepped down under increased pressure by constituents. -candidates-quitting-wont-run.html Tags: canada, carbon, Carbon Tax, tax Related Posts Global Warming Hoax Weekly Round-Up August 8th, 2008 (0) How Much Does Gore Really Care About th

No, "I am not happy" about Starbucks (SBUX) results yesterday so stop emailing me. Unless, my stance on the company for the last year and a half stropped some people from investing in it and losing their shirts. In that case I am happy for them. Wednesday morning I said: "Here is what is happening. This quarter is going to be abysmal. These moves will allow Howard to say on the earnings call, "r

At Microsoft’s recent Financial Analyst Meeting Steve Ballmer, among other things, blamed Vista’s misconception woes on PC manufacturers who are shipping mediocre, "crapware-infested" installations, as he calls it.  Since the manufacturers have every right to do so, it’s up to Microsoft to form a game plan to combat it. According to the Guardian, Bill Veghte, from Microsoft’s W

There is no line that cannot be crossed for Chantelle Houghton, who stepped out in all her fake tanned glory for a night at a London nightclub to promote fellow wannabe Chanelle’s musical foray. Flashing cellulite and a barely there dress, Chantelle is an example of what not to wish for when you select your breast implant size for a breast augmentation. She enlarged her breasts from a 32B to

From: Are Children Sounding the Global-Warming Alarm? One theory came to mind the other day when I was looking over a list of the most profitable worldwide movie releases of 2006. No. 1 on the list was Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, an animated — and apocalyptic — kids' movie, which took in just over $1 billion at the box office. And as you can see here, the animated kids' movie Happy Feet has

-Day 96-Quick one today. Andy is saving his "allowance" to buy a new set (pair?) of headphones. Turns out his are broken but we cannot agree on who is the culprit. I leave it up to you, the mostest smartest of readers, to decide.Let me set the scene for you.Bee, walks in to the kitchen after a long hard day at work. Andy stomps out of his dungeon ready for a battle.Andy:Your fucken' dog broke my headphones! [my fucken' dog is Tazz the Destroyer]Bee:What? How? [concerned, thinking Tazz shredded them or used them as a trampoline]Andy:My brother was petting him then he went nuts and tried to attack us![Up until now, I'm not surprised because Tazz is INSANE]Andy:Then I had to throw my headphones at him so he'd stop! I missed and they landed on the floor!Bee:... [trying to keep a straight face

Blaming Child - What Parents Can Do? - My Child Blames Others. Children who have a hard time accepting responsibility for their mistakes often do so for the following reasons... More: continued here Other Review: California Baby Diaper Rash Cream Tube - Calming, 2.9 oz (Pack of 3) (Health and Beauty)

By Dave, the WMChristianity lauds itself as the panacea for the world’s woes, but Christianity’s approach to rescuing poor humanity is riddled with degradation. Before offering its “so great a salvation” Christianity first condemns, denigrates, and belittles people into believing they are vile creatures, wearing the filthy rags of a pointless existence. Self-confident non-Christians are redefined as “haughty and arrogant.” Sincere human compassion that is bereft of evangelical rhetoric is labeled as “selfishly motivated” and incapable of real or lasting good. Difficult circumstances and obstacles in a person’s life is seen as part of primordial curses put on creation by an unconditionally loving god. What can you, a pathetic sinner, do to overcome the problems in your li

Stardock: Stop Blaming Pirates, Start Targeting Paying Customers - PC games — and even Windows customization utilities — make up a much larger market than music software. But in this parallel universe there have been echoes of the challenges facing music developers since the early days of PCs. Both have highly dedicated, niche audiences. Both face rampant piracy. Neither has the support of [...] More: continued here Other Review: Elders (Audio CD)

I recently watched a Frontline episode with my parents that discussed the danger of young people’s increased use of the Internet, and they were amused that I spent much of the time yelling back at the television. While overall the episode was excellent and did a commendable job showing multiple sides to a complicated issue, [...]

According to Page Six, Britney Spears called up her mother, Lynne, and read her the riot act after receiving the news of Jamie Lynn's pregnancy on Tuesday, a source tells PageSix.com. The phone call apparently lasted several minutes and was almost completely dominated by Britney. (more…)

I knew it would happen. As soon as I heard about the mall shooting in Omaha, Nebraska, I knew the giant finger of blame would be pointed at emo music. The only thing is, I figured they’d start pointing it at bands like My Chemical Romance or Fall Out Boy because they are technically mainstream names. I thought they’d make it easy to put a face to the name, not pick someone the general public might have to google. I definitely never thought the blame would be placed on one, Conor Oberst, lead singer of Bright Eyes, but Radar magazine is pointing their finger at droopy-eyed Oberst, who also happens to be from Omaha and has dubbed him the Monster of the Week! Continue Reading…

Okay. I know. I come to you with hat in hand, asking for mercy. I missed my blog yesterday. But, do you know how hard it is to rig up an Internet connection in an Amish barn that only has a rotary phone? I'm not McGyver, you know.Today, I am in the lovely hamlet (township? village?) of Perkasie, Pennsylvania. I had a blog in mind yesterday, which is basically this one that is complaining about being stuck in an Amish barn, desperately trying to get the Internet to dial up on a 50-year-old rotary phone (because sometimes the Amish will allow electricity in the barn but certainly NOT in the house), while being eyed up as a juicy "English" prize for a young buck named Zebulon... but I guess typing all of that in one long sentence pretty much gets the idea across. You're welcome.I suppose if the NaBloPoMo powers-that-be want to disqualify me for being at the mercy of cheese and furniture makers yesterday, well, then so be it. However, please keep in mind that I did think of THIS

In Boston, they're once again blaming the inanimate object. Michael Graham reports that officials in Beantown are blaming the gun for the death of a pizza store owner, not the murderous thug who actually did the killing. Graham says the "desire to condemn inanimate objects is a bit, well, weird." He's right, but I'd go one step further. By placing blame on the inanimate object, rather than focusing on the killer, politicians further erode our nation's moral code. Giving the impression that...(read more)

F1 underdogs Super Aguri look to be cutting about a quarter of their 120-strong team, according to a report in their local newspaper the Oxford Mail. The Leafield-based team and its drivers, Anthony Davidson and Takuma Sato, punched above their weight during the 2007 season despite a financial squeeze that saw founder Aguri Suzuki searching for new investment. These job cuts come despite his announcement of new backers late in the season, and rumours of payment from Honda for giving driving time during the recent Barcelona tests to developmental talents Mike Conway, Andreas Zuber and Luca Filippi. The lost jobs are coming from departments across the team. Spokeswoman Emma Bearpark told the Mail that it was hoped many of the staff would find jobs elsewhere in F1 or with engine suppliers Honda during the next month while the redundancy process runs its course. She said: “We have said all year we are a small team. We are beginning our third year now and all year we have said we requ

If you don't subscribe to the Washington Post, consider yourself lucky. This paper is arguably one of the most anti-gun in the country, and will use any story they can as an excuse to go after American gun owners and manufacturers. The most recent example is a story blaming smuggled guns from the U.S. for gang- and drug-related killings in Mexico. Among the whoppers in this article are claims that fully automatic machine guns, grenades and grenade launchers are being sold to Mexican smugglers at...(read more)

From allAfrica.com with some spelling edits by me for good measure and better English: As Muslims all over the world celebrate Eid-ul-fitr, commonly known as Koriteh, which marks the end of the month of Ramadan, President Yahya Jammeh, has called on the Islamic Ummah to be steadfast, bold and united in the spirit of Islam to condemn any form of attack on the Islamic religion. President Jammeh made this statement at State House, Banjul, when Muslim leaders in and around Banjul, paid their usual courtesy call on him. He revealed that out of one hundred people, who die every day, ninety-nine percent of them are Muslims. He raised concern that in the 21st century, Islam is being fought by very powerful enemies. He then noted that instead of Muslims being united, they are made to fight against each other. Well, at least Jammeh explains who is killing all those Muslims: other Muslims. Jammeh said “there is what is called fight against terror.” Yes, it is true that terror mus

The drumbeat is beginning again. Can you hear it? Every day, we're seeing more and more columnists and politicians trying to blame violent crime on us, the law-abiding gun owners. In New Jersey, where an illegal alien who was out on bail for child rape and assault allegedly killed three people and injured another, writers like Bob Braun are pointing the finger not at the criminals who commit these heinous acts, but at you and me. He recently wrote in the Newark Star-Ledger: "We still debate...(read more)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vince Young looked downright rusty. The 2006 Offensive Rookie of the Year slipped to the ground, threw passes short and high and lost the ball on a bungled handoff. Being benched for the Tennessee Titans’ exhibition opener must be a little to blame, right? Not according to coach Jeff Fisher. He credits lots of rain and a blitz-heavy defensive plan by the New England Patriots for how Young and the first-team offense struggled in a 27-24 victory Friday night. “I more…

We've already informed you that identifying Lou Piniella's hysterics as the impetus for the Cubs' turnaround is stupid. Also stupid: crediting the loss of Michael Barrett, and the subsequent addition of his inferior replacements, instead. But Jacob Luft of CNNSI has gone and done it anyway.The Cubs are no strangers to curses, having dealt with the wrath of an exiled billygoat for the past six decades. But now it looks like they have found another ballclub to share in the misery, if not take the burden off their shoulders altogether.The transfer of the curse -- if you believe in such silly notions -- took place on June 20, when Chicago traded catcher Michael Barrett, who had spent the better part of the past two seasons auditioning for the All-Ruffian team, to the San Diego Padres for backup catcher Rob Bowen and outfield prospect Kyler Burke.I'll just go right ahead and say it: I don't believe in such silly notions.These were the records of both teams after games played on June 19

A report blaming an earthquake for a 2006 mud volcano eruption in Indonesia stoked a dispute on Tuesday about whether a gas drilling well or geology caused the disaster that engulfed thousands of homes.Scientists say they may never find the exact trigger for the continuing eruption of noxious-smelling mud from the ground in East Java that has engulfed an area four times the size of Monaco and forced about 15,000 people to leave.Lapindo disputes that its drilling was the trigger. "The available data supports the hypothesis that the initial activity ... was mainly triggered by the energy released by the 27th of May earthquake and not by the drilling," according to report by a team of scientists based in Norway, Russia, France and Indonesia. The study, accepted for publication in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters, says the earthquake centered about 280 km (170 miles) away jolted faults under the island that ended up releasing pressure in deep rocks and spewed out the mud. Bu

Jay Leno joked during his Tonight Show monologue on Friday night, "Well, we're learning more and more about the night Lindsay Lohan was arrested. It seem the SUV she was driving was not hers. Have you heard about this? In fact, three men in the SUV s

I’m getting very tired of listening to ‘moderate’ Christians taking shots at atheists like Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris for the tone in which they write. It has become a popular pastime to criticize because they take a hard line with religious belief and for the vociferous way they have gone on the offensive. For years the atheist has had to sit back and listen to the non coherent ramblings and downright balderdash that religious zealots have used, not to defend their irrational beliefs, but to spread hate and animosity in the name of their God. It seems no one has been spared from this hostility. Whether you’re gay or one that values the scientific method, you know that the religious right will be standing guard, silver crosses around their necks, Bibles in hand and hypocrisy on their lips shouting “fire, brimstone and death” to those who fail to conform to their 1st century philosophy. If one wants to find a target to denunciate, then religious

If you've been wondering why gasoline prices have been so high lately with crude oil trading at only $66 per barrel, the answer can be found at the refineries. This week's TWIP (This Week in Petroleum) from the Energy Information Administration has some interesting commentary and, as always, abundant charts to tell the story of how retail gasoline prices have fallen for the second consecutive week, down five cents to $3.16 per gallon. First, it should be clear that this is not an oil problem. U.S. oil inventories, the biggest raw material cost for gasoline (duh!) have been at or above the range considered normal for this time of year. There is no oil problem - that will occur sometime in the future, maybe soon, we'll see. Yet, prices at the pump remain near record highs, particularly here on the West Coast where special formulation requirements and higher taxes almost always result in higher prices. Lucky us - at least there's no big brown cloud hanging over the Western U.S. (e

If you've been wondering why gasoline prices have been so high lately with crude oil trading at only $66 per barrel, the answer can be found at the refineries. This week's TWIP (This Week in Petroleum) from the Energy Information Administration has some interesting commentary and, as always, abundant charts to tell the story of how retail gasoline prices have fallen for the second consecutive week, down five cents to $3.16 per gallon. First, it should be clear that this is not an oil problem. U.S. oil inventories, the biggest raw material cost for gasoline (duh!) have been at or above the range considered normal for this time of year. There is no oil problem - that will occur sometime in the future, maybe soon, we'll see. Yet, prices at the pump remain near record highs, particularly here on the West Coast where special formulation requirements and higher taxes almost always result in higher prices. Lucky us - at least there's no big brown cloud hanging over the Western U.S. (e

Johanna was SO not motivated this am. I told her to go brush her teeth and 10 minutes later she still hadn't done it. 5 minutes before that I told her to get her shoes. She hadn't done that either.Talking to my neighbor at school this am, her girls are having the same kind of day.Quite frankly, so am I! LOLI took J to school and ran to the store. I realized after I got home yesterday that I had forgotten to get Bananas and pick up a loaf of bread to make garlic bread with tonite. So we did that.I get home, and I am greeted by Dottie.Now, I realize that being greeted by your dog is not THAT unusual, but this means that I had forgotten to lock her in her crate.Dottie is locked in her crate while we are out because Dottie likes to go food sampling in the Kitchen.So I do a quick scan of the kitchen on my way to let the dogs outside and happily note that everything seems ok, aside from the bag of chips on the floor. I think they just fell down.Let the dogs out, and hear a noise. A noise t

This is my response to New Orleans native Lois Eric Elie whose editorial, Unmasking Our Pain in New Orleans, appeared in today's Washington Post. As someone who lives in Gulfport, I'm really tired of Louisiana State and local officials crying that we in Mississippi received an unfair share of federal funds for rebuilding. I weep for the [...]

It isn't often your spirits are lifted by the closing of cool record stores. But if your favorite restaurant closed because the owner couldn't afford to buy the really good ingredients anymore, and didn't want to cook with less than the best, do you...

The San Diego Chargers make no mistake about it, got a lousy deal about losing to the Denver Bronco's because of a Referee's mistake this week. I'm not defending the Ref's mistake or giving the stupid cliche line. "It's part of the game", but what I find totally hypocritical about ...