Think Corzine's Happy Cammarano Resigned?

I'd say so — especially based on his remarks last week about the corruption probe. In caseyou missed them, here are Corzine's "tough words."
"Good afternoon everyone. Today I'm joined with our chief law enforcement officer of New Jersey, Attorney General Anne Milgram
"Like all New Jerseyans I was sickened to learn this morning of the agents of the FBI arresting 30 plus some public office holders and private citizens, even spiritual leaders.
"Any corruption is unacceptable,Source: The Hudson Line RSS Feed

Dede Scozzafava Drops Out

In what can be considered definite proof that the GOP’s official leadership realizes it backed the wrong candidate in New York, Dede Scozzafava has dropped out of the race in New York’s NY-23 district. She made the decision because she realized she finally realized she had no chance whatsoever of winning this race.

Although Scozzafava was destined lose this race, especially after Gov. Sarah Palin and Gov. Tim Pawlenty endorsed Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, she couldSource: PoliGazette RSS Feed

Wal-Mart Sells Coffins…

Don’t look for them on the shelves of your local Wal-Mart store, but Walmart.com is now selling caskets and urns at bargain prices online.

The Associated Press reports that Wal-Mart quietly added these items to its huge online selection last week. And it noted that Costco has been selling caskets and urns online as well. Who knew?

This is great news, we think, because the exorbitant prices charged by funeral homes have been one of our pet peeves for decades. Funeral homes are Source: Say Anything RSS Feed

culture of "we" buffers genetic tendency toward depression

Physorg | A genetic tendency to depression is much less likely to be realized in a culture centered on collectivistic rather than individualistic values, according to a new Northwestern University study.
In other words, a genetic vulnerability to depression is much more likely to be realized in a Western culture than an East Asian culture that is more about we than me-me-me.
The study coming out of the growing field of cultural neuroscience takes a global look at mental healthSource: subrealism RSS Feed

Daniel Squadron is Turning 30

It's hard to believe sometimes that a Senator who is taking bold steps to to reform Albany's culture like holding public hearings on bills and taking the lead on the Senate's procedural reform effort is still only in his 20's. But in a few weeks, that will that will change when Daniel Squadron turns 30.

Very few politicians actually follow through on their campaign promises, but Squadron is one of those rare portraits of integrity. He could have taken his victory and the perks ofSource: The Albany Project RSS Feed

Newsom vetoes sanctuary amendment, Board mulls options

Text and photos by Sarah Phelan

All mothers of immigrant youth, like Estella (center) are asking, is for the City to give their kids a day in court before handing them over to the feds for possible deportation. Is that really too much to ask?

No one was surprised when Mayor Gavin Newsom vetoed the Board's newly passed sanctuary ordinance amendment today. That's because the mayor, in between leaking confidential memos, has been threatening to do that for months

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What does $640/hour buy you?

What does $640/hour buy you? According to the Houston Chronicle, $117 million in debt:
Harris County taxpayers may have to inject up to $7 million a year into the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority for the next two years due to a financial crisis sparked by the souring of bonds used to build Minute Maid Park, Reliant Stadium and the Toyota Center.The $640/hour is what the law firm charged for legal services to the Sports Authority. This is a complicated situation, but at $640/hourSource: Bay Area Houston RSS Feed

Gallup Poll Confirms; America Is A Center-Right Country

Despite the election of Barack Obama and the continuing misfortunes of the GOP, the United States is still a center-right country:

PRINCETON, NJ — Conservatives continue to outnumber moderates and liberals in the American populace in 2009, confirming a finding that Gallup first noted in June. Forty percent of Americans describe their political views as conservative, 36% as moderate, and 20% as liberal. This marks a shift from 2005 through 2008, when moderates were tied withSource: Donklephant RSS Feed

The APee Poll Should Be Disregarded FOREVAH

While waiting on the Harris Interactive poll yesterday, which is always the last one to be finished, I went back and scoured the numbers from Week Uno. There is absolutely no explanation for the APee rankings from Week Uno or Week Dos. Last week, the APee had Bammeroids at number one and Flarda at number two. This week, the APee has reversed those placements.
What has happened since last weekend? Bammeroids beat a Rocky Top team that has been all up in every game this year, except forSource: Mean Ol' Meany RSS Feed

40 Percent Of Americans Describe Themselves as Politically Conservative

Gallup:
Conservatives continue to outnumber moderates and liberals in the American populace in 2009, confirming a finding that Gallup first noted in June. Forty percent of Americans describe their political views as conservative, 36% as moderate, and 20% as liberal. This marks a shift from 2005 through 2008, when moderates were tied with conservatives as the most prevalent group.

They used 16 different surveys and in all of them, liberals registered as the lowest selfSource: Wake Up America RSS Feed

Scan of Internet Uncovers Thousands of Vulnerable Embedded Devices

Researchers scanning the internet for vulnerable embedded devices have found nearly 21,000 routers, webcams and VoIP products open to remote attack. Their administrative interfaces are viewable from anywhere on the internet and their owners have failed to change the manufacturer’s default password.

Linksys routers had the highest percent of vulnerable devices found in the United States — 45 percent of 2,729 routers that were publicly accessible still had a default password inSource: Threat Level RSS FeedSource: Threat Level RSS Feed

Media Stands Up To White House Bullying

Guest Post By C.L. Smith

C.L. Smith aka “Leonidas” is a frequent, right of center commenter on The Moderate Voice and has been invited as a Guest Voice.

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Well President Obama tried to muzzle Fox News yet again but this time as the Red State blog puts it, “White house tries to muzzle media; draws back bloody stump“.

So this administration had what passes for a brainstorm among that group: now that they’ve made it clear that they disapprove ofSource: The Moderate Voice RSS FeedSource: The Moderate Voice RSS Feed

House Takes Long Over-Due Antitrust Action Aimed At Big Insurance Giants

The greedy obstructionists hated them too-- but its the right company to keep
I bet it'll never be signed into law, but the Insurance Industry-- you know, the fellas who have spent $322,552,112 since 1990 bribing members of Congress (and another $1.2 billion on "lobbying" them)-- received what amounts to a slam across the mouth with the back end of a shovel yesterday when John Conyers' House Judiciary Committee voted 20-9 to repeal the antitrust exemptions the Insurance Industry crooks Source: DownWithTyranny! RSS Feed

SMAW

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jordan Christie prepares to fire a shoulder-launched multipurpose assault weapon at a compound in the Helmand province of Afghanistan Oct. 15, 2009, during a fire fight. Christie, who is assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, is attached to Regimental Combat Team 3, whose mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations in partnership with the Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan. (DoD photo by Cpl. Artur Shvartsberg,Source: Murdoc Online RSS Feed

Democracy Now: Congress Considers Revoking Health Insurance Industry’s Exemption from Antitrust Laws

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From Democracy Now:

Democrats say the McCarran-Ferguson Act of 1945 has granted the insurance industry a captive market with no curbs on price fixing and other anti-competitive practices. Last week the Justice Department’s top antitrust regulator, Christine Varney, voiced support for a repeal. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are also backing a repeal, and New York Senator Charles Schumer has calledSource: Crooks and Liars RSS Feed

7 Murders Not Enough For Death Penalty In Suburban Chicago Browns Chicken Sentencing

Life in prison for among one of the worst crimes in US history and today the murder 15 years later is sentenced to life in prison at our expense.
I ate at this little place many times before this heainous crime occurred miles from my home at the time in north suburban Palatine IL and remember the morning all too well as all did hearing this first thing on Friday night, January 8, 1993 into about 3 am Saturday morning as I remember when it was discovered.
I was just coming homeSource: Chicagoray RSS Feed

Mr. Tort Reformer stands behind an attorney

Leave it to Governor Tort Reformer, Rick Perry, to stand behind an attorney.
AUSTIN – Embroiled in a national controversy over whether he allowed the execution of an innocent man, Gov. Rick Perry adamantly has refused to release an advisory memo from his general counsel about granting a 30-day reprieve for Cameron Todd Willingham.So instead of being open with the public, Perry is going to abuse the court system by challenging the release of this information that should clear him ofSource: Bay Area Houston RSS Feed

DOW 10,000!!!! Oh Wait, Make That 7,537

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Another great representation of the amazing loss of purchasing power by the US public are today's oblivious statements about the Dow at 10,000. While in absolute terms the Dow may cross whatever the Fed thinks is a necessary and sufficient mark before QE begins to taper off (Dow crosses 10k just as Treasury purchases expire), the truth is that over the past 10 years (the first time the DJIA was atSource: Theodore's World RSS Feed

The Empire Blue Cross Strikes Back

       It is a dark time for the Health Care Reformers.  Although the Insurance Company Death Panels have been destroyed, Insurance Lobbyists and Blue Dogs have driven the Reform forces from their Congressional offices and pursued them across the Washington Mall. 
      Evading the dreaded Imperial Republicans, a group of public option freedom fighters led by Ron Wyden and Nancy Pelosi have established a new secret base in one of Source: The Satirical Political Report RSS Feed

Drug Lords Shoot Down Police Chopper in Home of the 2016 Olympics

Chicago can be a bad place at times yet also a wonderful place most of the time, yet to think these nutty Olympic people picked Rio as their winner of the "suck up, bribe and hate Bush Derby" with their deadly crime and far more deadly drug wars going on makes you laugh and cry at once, almost.
This is what's going on in that Brazilian city yesterday. This'll really make those athletes look forward to the trip I'm sure....not

RIO DE JANEIRO - Drug traffickers shot down aSource: Chicagoray RSS Feed

What’ll this do to Tory plans for more elected mayors?

Could the expansion programme be put on the back-burner?

One of the big announcements at last week’s Manchester conference was a plan by an incoming Tory government to drastically increase the number of directly elected mayors with wide executive powers.

Currently there are just twelve on them and the majority of referenda on having them have produced no votes.

I wonder whether one consequence of today’s Bedford result might be to put the expansion programme onSource: Political Betting RSS Feed

What do the Archbishop, the Nobel Peace Committee & ‘The Independent’ have in common?

Original Home Page All Contents of Site – Index Is ‘President Blair’ a shoo-in? Yes and No “Ban Blair-Baiting” petition - please sign BREAKING NEWS: – Health fears over Gordon Brown’s one good eye. Softening us up for his early retirement? Surely not? Heaven forfend. No reason, is there? BREAKING NEWS 2: Poland signs up to Lisbon. Only the Czechs remain to sign. Comment at end 10th October, 2009 OR – What the Archbishop said to the “peace-makers” in the Indy POWER WITHOUTSource: British Blogs RSS Feed

‘Unsafe’ Abortion Kills 70,000 A Year

From the protectors of life at the Associated Press:

An Afghan woman holds her baby after watching an informative documentary about the prevention of unwanted births at Marie Stopes International Clinic in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Report: Unsafe abortions kill 70,000 annually

By David Crary, AP National Writer Tue Oct 13

NEW YORK – Increased contraceptive use has led to fewer abortions worldwide, but deaths from unsafe abortion remain a severeSource: Sweetness Light RSS Feed

The Mystical Flight of the Arrow as Healer

Uncle Ted with young Makon Lynn. Strength in numbers.

The Mystical Flight of the Arrow as Healer

By Ted Nugent

The young archer's gaze was intense, animal like, wild eyed. Master athletes refer to this ultra focused intensity as 'in the zone'. You can feel it in the eyes and twitching nerve endings of a killer cat in the final stages of its sneak attack, just before the kill pounce.Source: Theodore's World RSS Feed

Federal authorities investigating anti-Obama Nazi message on Massachusetts golf course.

The U.S. Secret Service and the FBI are investigating an incident at a Lakeville, Massachusetts golf course, in which vandals etched “I” above a swastika and “Obama” on the green. The Boston Herald reports that vandals used the heels of their shoes or cleats to scrape the message into the grass:

“We investigate these cases thoroughly,” said Steven Ricciardi, special agent in charge of the Secret Service’s Boston office. Authorities say the incident “likely constitutes aSource: Think Progress RSS Feed

Carly Fiorina: A Possible Fit for Conservatives?

-By Warner Todd Huston

Cary Fiorina, former Hewlett-Packard CEO and probable candidate for U.S. Senate from California, is starting to look like a viable choice for conservative voters in the Golden State, giving the GOP two conservatives from whom to choose.

Fiorina’s bona fides have been a question to many California Republicans because she is a relative newcomer to politics and many are not familiar with her political philosophy or what her campaign will stand for. But herSource: Stop the ACLU RSS Feed

Obamacare, Insurance Rates and the PriceWaterhouseCoopers Report

Yesterday it was reported that PriceWaterhouseCoopers released a report showing the impact of Obamacare on health insurance premiums and The Politico has the 26 page PDF report up now.
The report is titled "Potential Impact of Health Reform on the Cost of Private Health Insurance Coverage."
As explained on page #4, America's Health Insurance Plans engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to examine the impact of four components of the health reform bill being proposed by theSource: Wake Up America RSS Feed

ThinkFast: October 13, 2009

The Senate Finance Committee “will hold a landmark vote on health-care reform” today “that is expected to underscore the deep partisan divisions that have” hardened over five months of debate. Since few, if any, Republicans are expected to vote for the bill sponsored by Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), “Democrats have already begun their own internal negotiations aimed at reconciling the various measures passed by House and Senate committees.”

After releasing a disingenuous reportSource: Think Progress RSS Feed

Obama’s Nobel Undeserved, But He Didn’t Beg For It

I, like the rest of the world, was shocked this morning to read the news about the selection of Barack Obama for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.  I, and most other people I’ve discussed it with all pretty much agree that it is undeserved.  Luckily, Obama himself seems to agree.  I thought that he should announce that he was going to reject the prize (if such a thing is possible), but even though he didn’t, I was impressed by his speech.  We all know that Obama is a good orator, but Source: PoliGazette RSS Feed

MTNP Radio. Making Peace the Old-Fashioned Way: Superior Strength and Firepower!

Starting Saturday morning at 9 am!

As usual, this week's broadcast version of GraniteGrok andNow!Hampshire.com brings an array of items and guests for your consideration-- ALL STARTING AT 9AM!As always, thanks to the technical wizardry and analytical skills of Skip, if you are beyond the broadcast area of Newstalk 1490 WEMJ, simply click here for instructions on how to connect and listen on the Internet via livestream. (Podcasts here)

Once again this week you canWATCH usatSource: GraniteGrok RSS Feed

Day By Day by Chris Muir October 7, 2009 – Coin of the Realm

Day By Day by Chris Muir

Time is running out for President Obama on an Afghanistan troop deployment decision. The United States military wants MORE troops and Obama’s GOP opponent John McCain says a SURGE is needed. But, the fanatical Democrat Congressional LEFT who Obama needs for Obamacare and his domestic agenda are anti-war.

Will Obama split the baby ala King Solomon or is it an all or nothing decision?

Even though Obama entertained GOP leaders for a briefing andSource: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog RSS Feed

Secret Plan to Ditch the U.S. Dollar’s Dominance Uncovered

side note: What a fantastic, scary article! I’m a believer that we live in a society where everything trickles down from the top……and I think oil is at the top of that pyramid. When there is a secret gathering to try and change how the biggest money maker is traded…….that’s not a good thing for attaining any type of peace in this crazy world we live in. I’ve always thought that the Iraq War was caused by oil….started by oil men and crazy profits have been made by oilSource: Nevada Thunder RSS Feed

Naming Names in the Tea Bag/Town Hall Wars

Rolling Stone has an excellent article that is required reading if you want to understand what’s really going on in the health care reform battle. The hotheaded “little people” of the summer of 2009 are getting PLAYED by rightwingers with everything to gain from obstructing reform and none of the pesky morals, ethics, or consciences that often get in the way of unbridled greed. For example:

The fourth group behind the town-hall protests, Conservatives for Patients’ Rights, [wasSource: Pensito Review RSS Feed

Gee, we wonder why Glenn Beck is so touchy about examinations of his past

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Glenn Beck seems to be irked at the people digging into his past. But then, that's because his past is truly a disgusting thing to behold. I wouldn't want people looking at it either, if mine were anything remotely like Beck's.

He ranted about it last night on his Fox News show. He thinks we should be paying more attention to his phony "scandals" than to just what kind of character we're watching implore us to seek greater moral goodsSource: Crooks and Liars RSS Feed

FBI comes back to Queens

From the NY Post:
FBI anti-terrorism agents raided the Queens home of a self-described anarchist charged with tweeting protesters with instructions on how to evade police at the G-20 summit.
A dozen gas masks, liquid mercury, backpacks containing hammers and anarchist literature were among the dozens of items seized Thursday at the Jackson Heights home where Elliot Madison, 41, lives with his wife Elena, 39.
Madison is free on bail after Pittsburgh cops arrested him on Sept.Source: Queens Crap RSS Feed

Indiana Gryphen and the Temple of Baptists.

Today I visited the Anchorage Baptist Temple which served as ground zero for the anti-homosexual fervor that swept through my city this summer as the Anchorage Assembly voted to pass Ordinance 64 which would have provided the same rights for the LGBT community to live and work in Anchorage that everybody inside this monstrous building took for granted.

Of course that was before Prevo's lapdog, and our current sorry excuse for a mayor, Dan Sullivan vetoed it.
This Sunday wasSource: The Immoral Minority RSS Feed

Weekly Standard deletes reference to ‘Cheers’ in their office after Chicago lost Olympic bid.

Soon after news broke that the International Olympic Committee had rejected Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Olympics, which President Obama had personally lobbied for, Weekly Standard blogger John McCormack published a celebratory post on the magazine’s blog, titled “Chicago Loses! Chicago Loses!.” McCormack wrote that “Cheers erupt at WEEKLY STANDARD world headquarters”:

But the post has now been changed. The reference to cheers have been removed and the title has beenSource: Think Progress RSS Feed

Edwards and Letterman Sex Scandals Dominate News

Two affairs dominate the news and gossip today. The first is the latest on John Edwards’ affair with Rielle Hunter. I hate to use The National Enquirer as a source, but so far they they have been right with regards to the news they have broken on the affair. John certainly gave Elizabeth plenty of reason to leave him, but she had stuck with him after the news of his affair came out. According to the report in The National Enquirer, finding out that he has had other affairs was the lastSource: Liberal Values RSS Feed