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Archive for September, 2009

It Takes A Village To Raise A Child, But You’ll Need A Permit For That

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, September 27th, 2009. Filed under Dumbasses, In The News

A woman in Michigan is facing the prospect of hefty fines for doing her neighbors a favor:
A Michigan woman who lives in front of a school bus stop says the state is threatening her with fines and possibly jail time for babysitting her neighbors’ kids until the bus comes, WZZM reports.
Lisa Snyder of Middleville, Mich., [...]

Conservatives Like To Get Kids To Worship Presidents Too

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, September 27th, 2009. Filed under Dumbasses, George W Bush, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

This is just as creepy as the singing Obama kids, made doubly weird by the life-size cut out of the 43rd President:

H/T: Balloon Juice

Ron Paul: Peoples’ Needs, Desires, Wants, Or Demands Are Not Rights

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, September 27th, 2009. Filed under Health Care Reform, Politics, Ron Paul

Ron Paul spoke about health care reform with NPR the other day and made a point that few people have addressed; namely that there is no such thing as a “right” to health care:

Host: Now one of the strongest opponents of government intervention in reforming the healthcare industry is Congressman Ron Paul, Republican of Texas. [...]

Kentucky Census Murder Update; It Wasn’t Suicide

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, September 27th, 2009. Filed under In The News

More details have emerged about the death of a census worker in Eastern Kentucky, and it’s become clear that this was, in fact, murder:
(CBS/AP) It was a bizarre and gruesome discovery in a remote section of eastern Kentucky: Bill Sparkman, a 51-year-old teacher and part-time worker for the United States Census, was found two [...]

First, Let’s Fix The $ 43 Billion Trillion Federal Health Care Deficit

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, September 27th, 2009. Filed under Health Care Reform, Politics

H/T: QandO

Linda McMahon: The WWE Candidate

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, September 27th, 2009. Filed under 2010 Elections, Congress, Elections, Politics

I’ve got to hand it to Linda McMahon, who’s running for the Republican nomination for Senate in Connecticut, she’s not exactly running away from her association with professional wrestling:

Roman Polanski Arrested After Three Decades As A Fugitive

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, September 27th, 2009. Filed under Celebrities, In The News

Director Roman Polanski, who has been hiding in France for 31 years from an arrest warrant for having had sex with a 13 year-old girl, has been arrested in Switzerland:
ZURICH (AP) — Director Roman Polanski has been taken into custody by Swiss police on a 31-year-old U.S. arrest warrant, organizers of the Zurich Film Festival [...]

Study: People Spending More Time On Social Networking Sites

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, September 26th, 2009. Filed under Blogging, Facebook, Internet, Technology, Twitter

Good news for bloggers, Facebook, and Twitter:
NEW YORK – Americans have been devoting 17 percent of all their Internet time to social networks like Facebook and blogging Web sites like Blogger.
The percentage for last month is up from 6 percent a year earlier.
The report comes from Nielsen and follows its decision to team up with [...]

Once Again I Ask, Does This Look Like America To You ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, September 26th, 2009. Filed under In The News, Politics

Riot police in action in Pittsburgh:

H/T: Pajama Pundit

White House Admits Gitmo Might Not Close On Time

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, September 26th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Politics, War On Terror

The White House is starting to distance itself from President Obama’s promise that the Guantanammo Base prison would be closed by January 20, 2010:
WASHINGTON — The White House acknowledged for the first time Friday that it might not be able to close the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay by January as President Barack Obama [...]

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