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Back in August I saw a door knob in Old House Journal that was identical to one I owned. I wrote to the magazine to see if they had any more info. on the hardware. They didn't, but printed my letter in the magazine. Well, I had forgotten all about this when I started to browse thought the February issue. I was reading the Letters section [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 17:30:00
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Who's Running TARP? You Might Not Wanna Know
Last week, Congress's oversight panel for the TARP funds confirmed in a report that the Treasury Department essentially has no idea what banks have ... . Most prominent among those is Neel Kashkari, the 35-year old former Goldman VP who was appointed ... in -- after a personal call from his old Harvard Business School buddy, George W. Bush -- to advise [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 00:45:57
Back Ups
"You must back up your ambition by your whole nature, by unbounded enthusiasm and a determination to win which knows no failure ... my foot stool. I tried to catch it as it bounced off my magazine rack (now neatly re-purposed as a catchall for my stitch dictionaries, design journal, pattern hard copies, & paperwork - who has time [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 19:00:00
Zionist Control of US Policy
Source I was recently asked to answer the following question: In the original post there is mention of Israel controlling US policy. How exactly does that work? The short answer is this: A highly influential and extremely well bankrolled collection of groups directs energy simultaneously in a number of directions: Political, media, academic, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 20:51:14
Obama’s Wall Street Buddies
There is no way Wall Street was going to let a new President preside over sweeping changes in the financial industry without making its presence ... securities.”) According to The Wall Street Journal Friday, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs Group are among ... site. Who are these masked men and women supporting Obama with Wall Street’s money? Deal Journal [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 19:53:00
Fiskarette Spotlight - GezzyB
This week I have been chatting to Geraldine - GezzyB! *Tell us a bit about yourself……* Hi my name is Geraldine but I also answer to Gez! ... , 7, & 1. They keep me very busy. Our house is a very crafty house as the children like to craft ... scrapbook magazine at a needlework/papercrafts show 14 months ago!! My main passion now is [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 10:04:46
A Job for the Parliamentary Budget Officer?
out, given the current shortage of private capital, this requirement constitutes nothing but an artificial delay. If Budget 2009 is serious about getting “shovels in the ground,” it will abandon this requirement if not dismantle PPP Canada altogether. Budget 2007 allocated $25 million over five years to establish and operate PPP Canada [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 21:27:31
Help Wanted Ad: Who Will Be the Next Neel Kashkari?
Who will be America’s next TARP head? With all of this year’s elections, appointments and upheavals, one crucial position hasn’t been filled: ... beyond opening up the U.S. vault. Still, with Kashkari getting ready to step down, Deal Journal ... together the $700 billion bailout bill that was shot down by House Republicans the next day [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 16:48:12
Ohio gun rights improved in 2008; Much more still to be done
By Jim Irvine Recently I helped our treasurer go through line by line all our donations for a campaign finance report. It struck me how many of you had donated, and how much some people donated. Thank you. It means a great deal that you put such trust in our group of leaders - who I promise will continue to work and earn that trust [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 05:10:00
The RIAA in 2008: highlights
p2pnet news view | P2P:- We have become irrevocably involved with, and responsible for, each other ~ Marshall McLuhan : The Medium is the Massage ————————– It’s been a bad year, a terrible year, for Vivendi Universal (France), Sony BMG (Japan and Germany), EMI (Britain), and Warner Music (US, but controlled by a Canadian) [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 15:34:58
FICTION - BIONIC BOYFRIEND - AMOR PRIMO
"Last call for flight 714 with non stop service to Las Vegas," the voice of the effeminate flight attendant crackled over the sound system. With a sigh Twenty-one year old Justus Montgomery lifted his satchel and laptop case, swinging them both over his shoulder. "Well," he swallowed hard. "I guess this is it [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 06:48:50
Zionists in America, A to Z
I hope it's okay with Malooga and Bernhard at MofA, but I'm posting this entire piece. It's very, very long, and you'll probably need to spend some hours both reading it and following its links... but this is the essential information we all need to master in confronting the racist and malignant movement known as Zionism [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 19:16:00
The POEt
He invented the modern short story and the genre of detective fiction tales which led to Sherlock Holmes, he wrote science fiction and works about alchemy and cryptographic systems, he told macabre stories of horror and terror, he is one of the greatest icons in my personal universe and today we have the honour to celebrate his 200th birthday… [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 03:48:00
Daily Dose: 12/5/08
» AsianWeek Market Report » Probe Finds Ex-U.S. Attorney Retaliated Against Whistleblower » On Lok Lifeways to Open Center in San Jose to Serve Asian Seniors » Berkeley City Council to Consider Urging Prosecution of John Yoo » KoreAm Journal’s ‘Unforgettable’ Awards Night » Wie Shoots 65 to Share Early Lead at LPGA Q-school [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 19:59:52
IN REMEMBRANCE: 1-18-2009
Jump to CommentsANDREW WYETH, PAINTER, REALIST AND LIGHTENING ROD By MICHAEL KIMMELMANPublished: January 16, 2009 Andrew Wyeth, one of the most popular and also most lambasted artists in the history of American art, a reclusive linchpin in a colorful family dynasty of artists whose precise realist views of hardscrabble rural life became icons of [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 04:02:00
Winter Conference and Chinook weather
The walk outside today in our hiking garb was relaxed and springlike. It was about 28 degrees, almost 80 degrees warmer than a week ago and the air smelled really fresh- minimal wood smoke and fresh water.I just got back from the Winter Conference in Anchorage organized by DEED (Department of Education and Early Development) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 01:00:00
Poem day : It was nothing
This is for the ultra, the fabulous, the only, Miss P’s Dazzle Me contest. Miss P, may I just say that the material you chose really made me thirsty for red wine! Here was the challenge:Follow the instructions on the post and then write a poem - of at least four stanzas -20 lines - using words and phrases culled from the passage below [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 18:36:09
Spotlight Interview: Julia Cameron
Julia Cameron, 60, is a giant not only among writers but all kinds of artists ... , The Village Voice, New West, New York, American Film Magazine, Vogue, Mademoiselle, Redbook, Ladies Home Journal, Savvy, and Cosmopolitan.In 1975, she married before-he-was-famous director Martin Scorcese [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 06:01:00
Jan 19, 2009: Built on jelly
“Like the poor rooster of the infamous post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy, where the sun rises because he crowed, ... The New Yorker cartoonist died of a stroke last Thursday at the age of 88. A WWII veteran, Drucker ... The Direct Market just got scarier for smaller publishers. The new benchmark — up from $1500 — is said [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 14:17:26
Date: 2009-01-16 03:54:41
Media Reality Check: The Media’s Inauguration Day Double Standards
Media Reality Check: The Media’s Inauguration Day Double Standards Posted by Internet Guru at January 15, ... are more celebratory when Democrats are taking over the White House, while coverage of GOP inaugurals has included ... : “Clinton as National Idol: Can the Honeymoon Last?” Newsweek magazine ran TV ads touting [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 19:27:49
Generals and majors
This somewhat stinging look at soldiering was first published on April 27, 2007. I added a new first sentence. — RDC “Generals and majors, uh huh,” goes the old lefty XTC song… And in between them ... conduct of the Iraq war in the Armed Forces Journal, a non-governmental publication: For the second [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 17:20:08
Today in History: January 19
via The History Channel1809 : Edgar Allan Poe is bornOn this day in 1809, poet, author and literary critic Edgar Allan Poe is born in Boston, ... , and the couple moved to Philadelphia, where Poe worked as an editor at Burton's Gentleman's Magazine and Graham's Magazine. He became known for his direct and incisive criticism, as well as for dark [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 17:32:00
Mags: Choose your mag (Vogue vs InStyle)
Celebrity-obsessed InStyle versus venerable modeliser Vogue. Who wins in the February glossy style stakes? ... about leisurely home activities: cue the obligatory sofa shot, the disheveled bed shot, the inside-my-messy ... to flow" and "When I get home, I relax. I draw or play the guitar...".Meanwhile, girl's girl Kate [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 23:14:00
Zionist Bloodshed - Intimidation By The Word 'Anti-Semitism' Won't Save You From It
By Dick Eastman1-17-9 Are you willing that your family be next?Your inaction tells me that you are. I am hoping that the following history lesson from Eustace Mullins will change that. You and I and everyone you care about have been set up for mass murder and you need to put aside your natural terror at the prospect and act rationally [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 22:46:00
Fed Intervention: Managing Moral Hazard in Financial Crises
"Moral hazard has its costs, but it also has its benefits": Fed Intervention: Managing Moral Hazard in Financial Crises, by Harvey Rosenblum, Danielle DiMartino, Jessica J. Renier and Richard Alm, Economic Letter, FRB Dallas: Editor’s note: Federal agencies and regulators have taken decisive steps to combat the financial crisis that began in [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 20:51:00
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
The Ultimate Web Developer’s Christmas Wish List
By Glen Stansberry As the mistletoe is hung and egg nog served, friends and family of Web developers around the world are pulling their hair trying to figure out what to get someone who works on the Web for a living. Our loved ones typically have no idea what to get us for Christmas, because for many, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 23:38:51
DrumBeat: November 21, 2008
Five-year U.S. crude oil futures at record $30 premium LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures for delivery in January 2014 are trading at a record $30 premium to current contracts, as investors bet that the long-term trend toward higher prices will remain intact despite oil's slump to $50 a barrel. U.S [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 13:37:10
GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - November 21, 2008
GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips for November 21, 2008 includes news and commentaries on the following topics: Republican Party candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and events Republican Party platform issues including promoting a strong national defense, respect for the rule of law, individual responsibilitiy, traditional values, etc [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 15:51:56
DrumBeat: November 23, 2008
Russia president, warships to Venezuela to counter US CARACAS (Reuters) - Warships, nuclear power, arms sales and perhaps cooperation on oil prices -- Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev is in Venezuela this week with an alarming sounding list to wave under Washington's nose. The U.S [more...]
Date: 2008-11-23 12:08:18
Sunshine gardens
I was happy to see a new article, “Extreme Makeover: White House Edition” in Friday’s Wall Street Journal by former House & Garden magazine editor ... windows with “meat” and “20500″, the White House zip code, you get four pages of listings)** Yes indeedy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 05:00:11
Time’s Nancy Gibbs Cheers Obama for Overcoming ‘Unwise, Unfair, Unholy’ Claims of Religious Right
Time’s Nancy Gibbs Cheers Obama for Overcoming ‘Unwise, Unfair, Unholy’ Claims of Religious Right Posted by Internet Guru at January 20, ... of heaven and laying exclusive claims to God’s designs was unwise, unfair, even unholy." She even ... the prairie and set souls on fire… Obama was busy building a new church, looking for the seekers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 14:17:18
John 3:16 Conference, Steve Lemke, and the Importance of Christian Scholarship Done Well
Andrew Lindsey, guest blogging at Challies.com, is liveblogging the John 3:16 Conference, sponsored by Jerry Vines Ministries ... ," published in The Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry (vol. 5, no. 2, Fall 2008): 10-38 (available online at the link above). Lemke is the editor for this journal. I don't think it's peer reviewed [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 17:29:00
Miami: Jewish Museum's mini-film festival, Jan. 18
Celebrate Florida Jewish History Month with a mini film festival at the Jewish Museum of Florida, beginning at 3pm, Sunday, January 18 ... ), his Rascal House, Abraham’s Bakery and A Slice of Life will be screened.The Rascal House Restaurant ... in Florida, and when we later lived in southern Florida we ate there. There was only one Rascal House [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 11:18:00
Left Anticommunism: the unkindest cut
A CYRANO’S JOURNAL VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY SELECTION Stalin’s idealized portrait, ca. 1937 Introduction to Michael Parenti’s work by Patrice Greanville Stalin—the favorite “bete noire” of anticommunists the world over—provided abundant grist for anti-Soviet propaganda [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 02:59:03
The Long Tail - Wired Blogs
The Long Tail A public diary on themes around my books ABOUT | RSS FEED rss January 05, 2009 The best selling MP3 album of the year was free image Cool news: The best-selling MP3 album at Amazon in 2008 was Nine Inch Nails’ Ghosts I-IV, which was released free under a Creative Commons license software [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 10:24:08
GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - December 6, 2008
GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips for December 6, 2008 includes news and commentaries on the following topics: Republican Party candidates, ... House, 1089 West 35th Street, near the intersection of Highland Avenue and 35th Street in Downers Grove ... building that you see on the south side of the street is the club house. You will also see [more...]
Date: 2008-12-06 15:40:53
November 21, 2008 -- Assigned Reading
Overt Bias Again on Display at MSNBC, but... (FROM: Newsbusters) ... Detainees and Congress's Duty (FROM: The Wall Street Journal) Sadly, while giving a speech last night ... to the crowd. This piece, from today's Wall Street Journal, seems to show that he is trying to keep [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 07:41:03
No media mudballs this time
No media mudballs this time Share Post Print January 16, 2009 Posted by Paul at 11:52 AM The MSM's blatant pro-liberal, ... are taking over the White House, while coverage of GOP inaugurals has included a fair number of anti ... as National Idol: Can the Honeymoon Last?" Newsweek magazine [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 17:52:26
Interview: Gord Rollo; The Jigsaw Man & Crimson
Famous Monsters: Hi Gord, first I just wanted to thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to do this interview with Famous Monsters ... to the magazine, but I’d pick one up whenever I could. Never thought I’d get a chance to be a part of things [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 14:58:29
Monday wrap
Andy Stern's SEIU goons harass workers ... Days before national SEIU officials are expected to launch a hostile takeover of United Healthcare Workers ... telephone calls to the newspaper. Three others told the Journal last week they had no real [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 11:30:00
WMC Daily News Brief: White House Press Corps, Rosa DeLauro, Uma Singh
A Pale Reflection Of America 1/12/09 Washington Post: Eight days before Barack Obama is sworn in, the relative paucity of black journalists at the White House is striking. A mostly white press corps would be cause for concern no matter what the color of the Oval Office occupant. But the advent [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 16:47:14
Marty Norman - Author Interview
Let me introduce my ShoutLife friend, author Marty Norman! Welcome to WordVessel, Marty! Let's learn more! ... and in-house magazines. It just seemed to come naturally. It wasn’t until I got a monthly assignment for in-house magazine in the 1980’s that I got the bug. Once on me, it was part [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 06:01:00
http://rense.com/general84/zb.htmZionist Bloodshed - Intimidation By The Word ‘Anti-Semitism’ Won’t Save You From It By Dick Eastman 1-17-9 Are you willing that your family be next? Your inaction tells me that you are. I am hoping that the following history lesson from Eustace Mullins will change that [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 02:28:20
Expediting the Grand Jihad: Barack Obama and the Muslim Brotherhood
- by Paul & Phillip D. Collins, Jan. 11, 2008 As these authors write these words, Israel is conducting a major ground assault in the Gaza Strip. Israeli ground troops and heavy armor have moved deep into the Gaza Strip (”Israeli forces split Gaza in two”) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 15:52:55
Content and the Media: Be Careful What You Wish For The decline of traditional media has unintended cultural consequences, correspondent Subuddh Parekh writes. Correspondent Subuddh Parekh suggests that as Old Media ... was launched by Trends for 2009: The Web Dismantles Old Media (December 31, 2008). At Subuddh’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 19:01:09
GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - November 16, 2008
GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips for November 16, 2008 includes news and commentaries on the following topics: Republican Party candidates, ... U.S. House seats earlier this election cycle, Jerry Weller's and Dennis Hastert's, and is down to just 22 of 59 seats in the state Senate and 48 of 118 in the state House. Worse, Democratic mapmakers [more...]
Date: 2008-11-16 14:34:34
Maria Duval - How to Seduce the 12 Horoscope Signs
How to Seduce the 12 Horoscope Signs Follow the advices and attract the person you desire. The following advices are quite general. You can consult Tarot or psychic for personal questions. To Seduce an Aries Man The type of woman who can attract an Aries man is one that demonstrates a sense of independence and is bold, adventurous, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 02:57:00
Zionist Control of US PolicySourceEverything you wanted to know about how Zionists control US policyby MaloogaI was recently asked to answer the following question: In the original post there is mention of Israel controlling US policy. How exactly does that work? [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 06:00:26
