The combination of rising gasoline prices and the steepest increase in the cost of food in a generation is threatening to push the US economy into a recession, according to Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners. Gas station in … Continue reading
Years ago, in order to come to this country, you had to have a sponsor who pledged that in the event that you were unable to work, they would be responsible for you to prevent you from becoming a burden … Continue reading
Will Foreman keeps getting nabbed by traffic cameras for speeding. Believing the cameras to be inaccurate, he analyzed the timestamps and the position of his car in each pair of photos, using them to successfully contest five speeding tickets. via … Continue reading
We’d heard previously that Google’s going to make its Chrome notebooks widely available this June or July. A little more curious, according to Neowin, is the way in which Google’s bringing Chrome hardware to the masses: as a subscription service, … Continue reading
This is great. Watching these liberal idiots hem and haw about how unfair it would be to give up something they worked for to someone that didn’t deserve it makes me wonder if they realize just how dumb it makes … Continue reading
But there was one answer given by the President that I found fascinating. When Watson asked President Obama to speculate on why he was so unpopular in Texas, the President replied, “Well, look, Texas has always been a pretty Republican … Continue reading
Yez, I own this town now. Add one determined housecat to the growing menagrie of visiting fauna on Governors Island. Over the past several years, the Island has hosted a few turtles, a day-tripping Dutch cow, a wayward Jersey deer, and … Continue reading
This week, the New York City Department of Transportation began promoting its online (and thankfully multilingual) “Bike Smart Pledge,” asking cyclists to yield to pedestrians, stop at red lights and stop signs, ride in the direction of traffic, stay off … Continue reading
Seven years ago, in April 2004, President George W. Bush held a formal news conference in which he was asked, “What would your biggest mistake be…and what lessons have you learned from it?” Bush’s hemming and hawing answer — in … Continue reading
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A report that the US government plans to sell off much of its remaining stake in General Motors this year despite the firm’s lackluster share price caused investors to flee the stock Tuesday. After the Wall Street Journal reported a … Continue reading
There seems to be a pervasive myth in this country, and it’s mostly on the left, that if you want to solve the gigantic budget problem and balance the budget in our lifetime, you merely need to make the “super … Continue reading
God I love this… Incidentally, why aren’t they suing McDonald’s? Their “100% Angus Beef” burger has all the same fillers and extenders that Taco Bell’s has… Oh right, because McDonald’s is way bigger and would crush these bastards like the … Continue reading
A gun-rights-advocacy group sued Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Tuesday, claiming that the city fee for obtaining a home-handgun permit was so excessive that it impinged on the Second Amendment. The group, the Second Amendment Foundation, based in Bellevue, Wash., … Continue reading
Aida Lopez has been an involuntary resident of Jamaica Plain since 1970, the year she was forced out of Fidel Castro’s Cuba. She settled in this largely Hispanic Boston neighborhood because of the low rents and familiar language. But in … Continue reading
The city is having trouble finding enough parents to run for seats on local Community Education Councils. As of Friday, only 341 applied for a total of 425 seats, according to the Department of Education. The councils consist of nine … Continue reading
Seems like a problem, ya think? via Consumerist