R.E.M. announced today that they have broken up after 31 years together. “As lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band,” the band said in a statement on their official website. “We walk away … Continue reading
If the 2008 financial crisis caused the nation to tighten its belt, the Justice Department didn’t get the memo. The federal agency spent about $490,000 on food and beverages at 10 conferences, including $16 apiece for muffins, more than a … Continue reading
Governor Rick Perry warned Sean Hannity tonight on Republican candidates who may be considered “Obama-lite.” He then dropped the Romneycare bomb on Hannity. It took the conservative Texas governor about 6 minutes to mention the failed Massachusetts health care system … Continue reading
Interesting interpretation of the “Social Security is a Ponzi scheme” thought. But why a Ponzi scheme? The distinguishing characteristic of a Ponzi scheme is its intent to defraud. Charles Ponzi, and his modern cousin Bernie Madoff, meant to rip people … Continue reading
Warren Buffett loves to bemoan the fact that he doesn’t pay enough in income taxes, and of course that makes him a favorite son of the class warfare loving left who want to hold him up as a perfect patriot … Continue reading
Solyndra CEO in July of 2009, a mere 3 months before his $535m loan was approved by the Obama Administration, and a few months over two years before the company would fall apart, including said loan.
Ford did not receive any money under AIFP, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t get any federal assistance. In a Jan. 30, 2009, report on the bailout program, the Congressional Research Service noted that Ford “is counting on $5 billion … Continue reading
First some context. Sunday night the Emmys scooped up 12.4 million viewers. This was a broadcast network telecast, not cable. On cable, however, the season premiere of “Jersey Shore” managed to snag nearly 9 million viewers. That’s telling. Moreover, 21 … Continue reading
Barack Obama has announced, from the White House, that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, is officially over. The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 20, 2011 Statement by the President on the Repeal of Don’t Ask, … Continue reading
According to Schneiderman, Michaels led customers to believe they were getting steep discounts on custom framing. Framing was advertised as a sale product for at least 104 consecutive weeks through newspaper flyers, online flyers, in-store banners and signs. The ads … Continue reading
via gregarious24.imgur.com Whoa. Just. Whoa. My phone is exponentially more powerful than that and costs 1/4 of that. Mind-boggling. The rest of the ad is available at the link under the picture.
Sam Bradford(notes) and the St. Louis Rams offense were running the no-huddle offense on a depleted New York Giants defense on Monday night and doing it with great success. Unable to stop the Rams through traditional means like tackling and … Continue reading
via psdisasters.com The photo above was used in a government brochure in France meant to show the high traffic amounts on the highway around Paris. Since the photo didn’t demonstrate the problem, they just added a few extra cars in … Continue reading
All Taxpayers Make over $1 Million Percent No. returns 81,890,189 235,649 0.29% Gross Income $6,777,684,912,000 $726,910,880,000 10.73% Taxes paid $865,948,695,000 $177,700,565,000 20.52% In other words. Taxpayers who make over $1 Million a year constitute just .29% (point 29 percent) of … Continue reading
Chuck and Stephanie Fromm already have been fined $300 for holding Bible studies for their friends at their home, and they face the potential for additional fines of $500 for each study held, according to a legal team taking their … Continue reading
“The Republican Party is split right down the middle between Tea Party movement supporters and those who do not support the two-and-a-half-year-old movement, according to a new national survey,” a Thursday CNN.com “Political Ticker” post asserted in recounting the findings … Continue reading
This is so beautiful I had to share it. Tribute in Light from Duncan Davidson on Vimeo. Just amazing. via Laughing Squid
By the Oatmeal. Yeah… You know it’s gonna be good. Click here.
via raywj.com If you have a pulse at all, you should be able to get all three of these in about 3 seconds.
This is how househunting feels to me.
(via Best pond we could get - Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?)
Getting… Sleepy…