“’Brewster has something he needs to talk with you about,’ she intoned ominously. Brewster squirmed at the prospect of telling, and we sat silently for a short while. On a hunch, I suddenly asked ‘What’s his name?’ Brewster’s eyes widened briefly, and then out spilled a story about his involvement with an older man he [...]
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– Posted with Stuffr! – var addthis_language = ‘en’;var addthis_options = ‘email, favorites, twitter, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more’; Giz reader Manoj took his iPhone to the Genius Bar to have it looked at because it was dropping calls left and right, and AT&T swore stuff was totally kosher on their end, so he thought something was wrong with his phone. After doing a stat dump, the Genius showed Manoj that his iPhone had [...] There is only so much political mileage that can still be had by his reminding the world that he is not George W. Bush. It was the winning theme of the 2008 campaign, but that race ended nearly a year ago. The ex-president is now more ex than ever, yet the current president, who vowed [...] Liberal Democrats failed Tuesday to inject a government-run insurance option into sweeping health care legislation taking shape in the Senate Finance Committee, despite widespread accusations that private insurers routinely deny coverage in pursuit of higher profits. The 15-8 rejection marked a victory for Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., the committee chairman, who [...]President Barack Obama is hitting the campaign trail again. Obama is going to Copenhagen after all, joining first lady Michelle Obama to support Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympics. Obama plans to leave Washington on Thursday, senior adviser Valerie Jarrett told The Associated Press on Monday, getting to Denmark in time to be part of his [...] Times Union via Election Journal: City housing authority officials have sealed off the office of a longtime worker who allegedly helped obtain absentee applications from voters who said their information had been forged on election ballots filed in the Sept. 15 primary. William B. Meissner, executive secretary of the Troy Housing Authority, said he locked down the [...] A West Michigan woman says the state is threatening her with fines and possibly jail time for babysitting her neighbors’ children. Lisa Snyder of Middleville says her neighborhood school bus stop is right in front of her home. It arrives after her neighbors need to be at work, so she watches three of their children for [...] CHICAGO (AP) — The company that added “venti” and “frappuccino” to American vocabularies is making a push throughout North America to convince connoisseurs to sample what many see as a down-market drink — instant coffee. Nearly eight months after Starbucks Corp. began selling its Via instant coffee in Seattle and Chicago, the company on Tuesday will [...] via pictureisunrelated.com Yes sir, Chicken, Sir. Posted via Posterous var addthis_language = ‘en’;var addthis_options = ‘email, favorites, twitter, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more’; Now that President Obama has officially opened himself up for criticism about the role he has taken in shaping New York’s local politics, some Democrats are openly questioning where the presidential love for Bill Thompson is. One Democrat today is quoted as saying, “The first black President who tells the first black governor to get [...] In the early 1980s, the Supreme Court decided more than 150 cases a year. These days, it decides about half that many. A couple of weeks ago, the Supreme Court advocacy clinic at Yale Law School held a conference to explore the mystery of the court’s shrinking docket. Law professors presented data, theories and speculation. Expensive [...] So here’s a new one… The President is claiming that the idea of summer vacation for kids in school is a bad one and an outdated one… Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way. Obama says American kids spend too little time in school, [...] Ever since those seven Senators decided to vote against defunding corruption-riddled ACORN, I’ve been trying to figure out how a common sense legislator like NY Senator Kirsten Gillibrand could get roped into a group that didn’t see fit to putting an end to their nonsense. Then I read something today that shed some light [...] See the full gallery on posterous Posted via Posterous var addthis_language = ‘en’;var addthis_options = ‘email, favorites, twitter, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more’; Let’s play everyone’s favorite game, “What did we learn?” We learned that John Phillips is a naughty naughty boy, and had an affair with his daughter, Mackenzie. The only thing weirder is that she felt uncomfortable with the affair when she didn’t know if the child she was pregnant with was her father’s or her lover’s. [...] Big job losses and a spike in early retirement claims from laid-off seniors will force Social Security to pay out more in benefits than it collects in taxes the next two years, the first time that’s happened since the 1980s. The deficits – $10 billion in 2010 and $9 billion in 2011 – won’t [...] Posted via Posterous var addthis_language = ‘en’;var addthis_options = ‘email, favorites, twitter, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more’; Posted via Posterous var addthis_language = ‘en’;var addthis_options = ‘email, favorites, twitter, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more’; It’s our money; we should benefit from its use. – Posted with Stuffr! – var addthis_language = ‘en’;var addthis_options = ‘email, favorites, twitter, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more’; |
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