Value Shopping Doesn’t Mean Buying Cheap - A Cultural Shift To Quality

Read more of this story » Do you sell nothing but LEED certified houses?  Do you work flexible hours and have incredible freedom? ... , the third largest lobbyist organization in the country (in terms of spending since 1989), tends ... classes from PG&E to learn how to help homeowners go green, a service he plans to offer to customers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:39:29

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1979: January 13-19

Not just bunging on an act! Cop Shop's Detective Danni Francis spends her time putting criminals behind bars, ... . Sesame Street Australian-style Children's TV programming could receive a boost with plans for a big-budget locally produced series this year.  Great Treasures Marketing, a book distribution house [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 04:21:00

The Awakening of a Dumb (Gay) American

Having never been big on the holidays, I decided to do something different this past Christmas. Instead of sending fruit-of-the-month baskets to family and friends, I made gift donations to ActforAmerica.org, the grassroots watchdog group, founded by Lebanese-American Brigitte Gabriel that keeps an eye on the spread of Islamic supremacy and jihad [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:05:14

Big Three Submit Plans for Government Money

Executive bonuses scrapped. Private jets sold. Chief executives volunteering to accept a yearly salary of $1. It’s not the end of capitalism ... its dealer network in the country’s 130 largest metropolitan areas. GM, for its part, plans ... automakers on Tuesday unveiled plans to revamp their businesses to produce smaller, more fuel-efficient [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 22:02:51

Special Edition: Twirl

Thank you for coming back after my long list of confessions yesterday. I'm surprised you're not saturated with pink glittery duckiness after all that.Like this.And before I forget, did everyone see the new date of the Fuzzy Duck and her lovely Rubber Chicken?A little birdie told me they're going on another date this week...Get it? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 13:27:00

Final Philippic Against Bush

In the last week we’ve seen Bush give a final press conference and a farewell address. Before that there were some interviews, and in all these appearances Bush has sought to defend his record, his so-called legacy. It’s not enough that he leave office having been despised by close to 80% of Americans and—this is the remarkable thing—been despised [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 02:36:00

Obama’s “Team of Expatriates”

http://www.newsweek.com/id/180207/page/1 A Team of Expatriates Many of Obama’s top advisers, like an increasing number of Americans, ... s early languages were Farsi, French and “a little bit of English.” To this day, her favorite foods include lamb and rice with Persian spices. “If I walk into a house and I smell saffron, I’m happy,” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 00:59:42

Of Piracy and Politics

The Associated Press reported on January 11th what was otherwise an amusing episode in the saga of the Somalian pirate infestation off the east coast of Africa. “Five of the pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a $3 million ransom…the day after the bundle of cash was apparently dropped by parachute onto the deck [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:24:00

Nothing but net

[ ... there even helped send a basketball-loving presidential candidate, Barack Obama, to the White House ... , aiming to create a ‘pro-style environment’ for amateur players. (JOHN) The Globe and Mail Four [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:50:37

“Blagojevich Arrest Shakes Obama Presidency to Its Core”

The statement above comes from Judicial Watch and is dead on target. (h/t Gateway Pundit) ... to be in the style of Bill Clinton. The newest tidbit on the Blagovjevich indictment should not surprise anyone ... Obama did not know the Chicago style politics at play here, then they are naive nimrods. He was [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 18:14:04

The Presidential Inaugural: Challenges and the Home Field Advantage

This global security and intelligence report is brought to you by Fred Burton and Scott Stewart of Stratfor.com ... down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House, but also scores of other events including balls, dinners ... of inauguration-related event. These events will range in style from the somber national prayer service [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 11:34:47

America's Dairyland?

When I was a kid, I used to be convinced that someday, the business world would be divided into two sections: ... growing, and there are no plans to change the direction we've been heading."Roth Kase is a highly ... for its Swiss style cheeses, with Gruyere being a particular flagship cheese. And, although Roth Kase [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:30:00

FCC : The Controversial Legacy of Chairman Martin

FCC Chair Kevin Martin leaves a mixed legacy.'“For a deregulator, he was amazingly pro-consumer in his interventions,” said Gene Kimmelman, of Consumers Union. “Nobody thought he was going to be like this.”'By John Dunbar / January 15, 2009WASHINGTON – Among the legions of predictable, starched-shirt regulators that populate Washington, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:13:00

Please, Help Me Get Through the Week

My wife keeps telling me ,“It’s an historic event”, OK, but I don’t think VE Day was celebrated with this much exuberance. Some examples right off the top. 1)My local paper (a simple rag) has devoted the last few days front page to our mayor, who has been in D.C. telling us about her experiences ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:17:22

Obama Plans Political Organization To Pressure Democrats

Barack Obama is preparing to retool his political organization and gear it towards pressuring Congress ... -style tasks, such as arranging phone banks, distributing signs, recruiting more helpers, buying coffee and doughnuts for house meetings and reporting voter contact data to senior officials. “The only [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:51:55

THE WORLD today!

———————————————————————————1. Barack Obama wins Presidential Election and becomes the 44th President of the United States starting January 20 - Hope ... of Congress, in the House reaching 257 seats/up 21 seats remaining 178 seats for the Republican Party ... Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker as Chairman of the new White House Economic Recovery Advisory Board [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 00:33:08

The Sports Bubble

INDIANAPOLIS -- We are on the cusp of a wonderful new chapter in American history. Our great nation will once again be a place of logic and reason, a country where simple answers ... American-style football is played eight times a year. The regular tenant pays its employees millions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:10:21

Where were you when the world ended?

Being a spoiler-filled (except for the final issue) narrative of your Winter Men reading experience, in nine (somewhat lengthy) parts. Part the First. Sometime around 10 August 2005. Your trip to the local comics-purveying establishment rewards you with a new comic written by a Mr. Brett Lewis and drawn by a Mr [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 16:25:10

Want a netbook for e-reading? Here are some buying tips

unwanted “feature” of DRM? Believe me, I’d rather see Ethan Canin—whose e-book version costs at least $19 ... . As for my plans to buy a Le Corbusier bio in E, forget it—not when an e-book will set me back $45 ... s is an excellent house in many ways, as I know first-hand, having been published by SMP years ago [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 17:35:33

24 Day 7 Recap - 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.

The Following Takes Place Between 11:00 A.M and 12:00 P.M. Janeane Garofolo refers to Bill’s van as a “dark colored panel van.” I respectfully disagree - bright blue rape van is more my style. Edgar 2.0 can’t get the traffic cameras to load because Chloe is way smarter than him.  Moss thinks Jack and Tony [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:15:04

When winter arrives, my sense of fashion disappears

I’m reviving the below post since the painfully cold weather is here for a couple of days ... wear. But, come winter, my sense of style goes out the door. Or, should I say my style desire ... or all-in-1 as a stocking stuffer the year I bought my house. I thought the thing was hideous. My dad tried [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:37:14

Our Karl Rove - Revered, Reviled, Retired

Democrats,On September 3, 2004, I began my career in public political analysis by launchingKerry's Karl Rove ... and marketing savvy that we saw displayed by a Rove-powered White House. I felt the need ... . My thinking was that a new paradigm would inspire and unite, where policies and plans bore and divide.I [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 17:00:00

Lance Armstrong's Hill Country Hideaway

SELLER: Lance ArmstrongLOCATION: Deadman's Hole, Dripping Springs, TXPRICE: $12,000,000SIZE: 4,241 square feet, 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms (total0DESCRIPTION: Spectacular resort like ranch with 447.8 acres (hcad). Ownership in Deadman's ... , beautiful grassy pastures & 7 miles of hike/bike trails. Fab 4bd, 4ba main house on hilltop w/ exquisite [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 15:10:00

Portugal Sustains

“Art has a function of teaching about the human condition. We live in hope, hope is fundamental” - Manoel de Oliveira Manoel de Oliveira (photo and quote above) is a living example for the Potuguese people of how to force their way out of the low growth/low per capita income trap into which they have steadily stuck their neck [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 14:37:23

DrumBeat: December 10, 2008

U.S. gasoline use to decline most since 1979-80 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S ... opposition to auto bailout Republicans revolt as House begins procedural votes on the loan package ... such as Tupi, and will have no problem meeting its investment plans, Gabrielli told reporters in Rio [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 13:52:25

SHOOT 'EM

via The New York TimesRARE roast beef splashed with meaty jus, pork enrobed in luscious crackling fat, perhaps a juicy, plump chicken ... these are feasts that come to mind when one thinks of quintessential British food. Lately, however, a new meat is gracing the British table: squirrel [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:59:00

Al-Qaeda threat to Indian resorts + Terror alert at Indian airports

December 5, 2008 — dandelionsalad Dandelion Salad compiled by Cem Ertür featured writerDandelion Salad Dec. 5, 2008 1) ... would have to include a permanent warning against al-Qaeda-style attacks. ———————- excerpt ... in 15 years… The India Bureau for Civil Aviation is thought to have been given warning of plans [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 04:38:18

The More Things Change…

by Alan Bock Well, it looks as if we will soon have a president who is able to string sentences together in a reasonably coherent fashion, ... finally leaves the White House. His farewell appearances last week were suitably bizarre, suggesting a man [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:11:15

President Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People

Dec. 8, 2008: President George W. Bush kisses one of the children attending the Children’s Holiday Reception and Performance with first lady Laura Bush in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The reception ... House, and which itself votes heavily Democratic. Meanwhile, African-Americans give little support [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:47:09

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: An article from 1967

The Messengers The cover on a new LP album called Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is a photomontage of a crowd gathered round a grave. And a curious crowd it is: Marilyn Monroe is there, so are Karl Marx, Edgar Allan Poe, Albert Einstein, Lawrence of Arabia, Mae West, Sonny Liston, and eight Beatles.Eight? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 11:13:00

Moviegoer Diary: Le Doulos, Get Crazy

LE DOULOSPlot In A NutshellJean-Pierre Melville’s 1962 crime film about newly paroled thief Faugel (Serge Reggiani) ... Belmondo in a trenchcoat, walking the long path to his country house through the torrential rain ... whose plans for a fresh robbery may be jeopardized by his friend Silien (Jean-Paul Belmondo [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 07:10:00

Friday Links — January 16, 2009

A glowing pseudo-review of The Hijabi Monologues. Another one here. The life journey of one Lisa Nichols ... to vacate her house. The National profiles Salwa Zeidan and delves into her plans to re-open the first ... -brother’s abusive treatment. Hijab Style reports on a Palestinian fashion show [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:00:06

Obama’s Management Style Will Be Key to His Success, Analysts Say

Over the course of his political career, Barack Obama has proven he knows how to run a successful presidential campaign, ... . He'll need the right management style. "It's not clear to me that we have a really clear picture yet of what his management style as president is going to be," said Russell Riley, a presidential [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 01:50:10

Economic Potpourri December 14, 2008

The barrage of noteworthy economic news continues unabated. Here are a few headline news reports of interest from the past couple days.Treasury Benefits From ‘Massive Paranoia’ as Bailout Cost Falls While the total amount of U.S. government debt outstanding rose to $10.7 trillion in November from $9 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 02:30:00

A Gay Man Who Works in the Media World Rebukes His Friends and Family For Their Willful Blindness to Jihad

I have worked in the media world all my life. I have written and produced music, written fiction,  owned an Advertising Agency, and worked in Advertising and Media in various capacities for over twenty years.Other than the fact that he is coming from the point-of-view of being gay, this man's testimonial very closely resembles my own [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:45:00

The Drake Takes Over Fly Fishing Film Tour

Tom Bie explains the circuitous route by which the Fly Fishing Film Tour landed back in the hands of The Drake after two years of efforts by AEG to make a business of bringing Warren-Miller-style fly fishing films to various venues around the country. In the plans: giving filmmakers a share of profits. "And that is really the most important [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 13:39:35

Harper’s Coup; Power Grab in Ottawa By Mike Whitney + Canadian Parliament shut down as PM clings to power

December 6, 2008 — dandelionsalad Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney December 05, ... for seven weeks. Now the country is in a furor. Harper is a far right conservative ideologue who served ... Relations (CFR) and the Bilderburger Group. He is alleged to be a proponent of plans for a North American [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 14:26:58

Once again the Liberal media lies about those who do not support Obama

This is getting to be about the stupidest bunch of nonsense, that I have ever heard in my entire life. It now seems that the Communist News Network, also known as CNN is now trying to trump up the possibility of President Obama being assassinated, and in the process smeared David Duke [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 19:41:40

Crunks 2008: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections

Editor’s Note: This site doesn’t accept advertising. It’s purely a volunteer effort on my part, and I’d be grateful if you’d consider purchasing a copy of the Regret the Error book, which won an award from the National Press Club this year. You can learn more about the book and read some reviews here [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 12:01:30

Where Obama and Rumsfeld Intersect

Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (WDCpix) Awkward as it may be, some of the Pentagon officials who contributed to the foreign-policy debacles of the last eight years that brought Barack Obama to power might be sticking around briefly during his first year in office. [ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 06:56:52

Phone calls and vacation plans

Whatever was wrong with my thumbs and hands appears to have gone back into the hole it crawled out from ... to function. I’d probably never leave the house. Drew agrees. I like to think that we’ve developed ... on what renovations to the house (new insulation, new [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 02:42:05

The sun rises on the Obama presidency... in Washington... here, from my outpost in Madison, Wisonsin, I'm live-blogging.

Note: I'm posting with the newest entry at the top and in Eastern Time ... on this, but apparently Obama plans to leave the Office of the President-elect vacant after he's inaugurated ... just said, to incoming White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs: "You've got big high heels to fill [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 13:42:20

Obama’s Inauguration Show Online: Where to Watch?

Obama Inauguration Show Online: When Barack Obama becomes the 44th U.S. President next week, millions of people will be watching ... of choice’s web site. See the video above for what to expect; here are coverage plans and links: C-SPAN ... of the President-elect and Vice President-elect to Bush departing the White House to the many inaugural [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 23:19:38

THE WORLD today!

———————————————————————————1. Barack Obama wins Presidential Election and becomes the 44th President of the United States starting January 20 - Hope ... of Congress, in the House reaching 257 seats/up 21 seats remaining 178 seats for the Republican Party ...  as Chairman of the new White House Economic Recovery [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 00:23:08

Sunday Morning Comin’ Down

Shovel-Ready EditionOn “PreFox/Local Fox” Congressman Danny “Luke, I am…your Congressman!” Davis rolls by to talk a little politics and burnish his “I’m the guy who turned that crazy summbitch down” reputation.(No, so far as anyone knows, Danny Davis not an evil Sith Lord: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 19:14:00

Massive Lay-Offs Continue...

As US Airways Went Down, Fellow Pilots Fell SilentReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - When pilots on the tarmac at New York's LaGuardia airport on Thursday heard that a US Airways passenger jet was going down on the Hudson River, they knew better than anybody that the odds of survival were grim [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 13:24:00

Dead Pigeons, The Kid from Jerry Maguire & Other Past Inauguration Guests

The crowd at Barack Obama’s momentous inauguration will include a number of special guests, ... of guests flooded the White House for a celebration of the populist leader that quickly devolved ... s plans went awry when he got up to read his new work, though. The 87-year-old poet no longer [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 03:52:00

Thursday wrap

Bam stained by Dem Pay-to-Play ... Obama's transition team has become increasingly anxious about the backgrounds of nominees now that two nominees ... in reporting and paying his income taxes. LaHood, a seven-term House member who retired last month, has close [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 11:30:00

Incidental #927

more animals WITH NORTH KOREA'S SO-CALLED "GREAT LEADER" KIM JONG IL ALL THE MORE ILL, AND NO SO-CALLED "DEAR GUIDE" NAMED TO THE MOMENT, fear and paranoia seems to be all the more the rule from Pyongyang, what with reports suggesting that a consilium of highest-echelon military leaders is now in power in the name of maintaining a [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 16:45:39

In Fight For Energy Independence, Pickens Has New Weapon

WASHINGTON — Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens is adding a new wrinkle to his push for U.S ... programs at home remain severely underfunded," said Pickens, who plans to highlight the monthly figures on his Web site. Pickens met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and several House and Senate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:12:02

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