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Thursday, February 18, 2010
IRAQI FREEDOM to become NEW DAWN
The war is over! Sweet! editor's note: the war is not over, it's just a name change No, no, Mr. Editor. If you change the name of the war then that means that the war is over editor's note: due to a VERY recent firing, CoOlDiGgY is looking for a new writer
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Profiler: Suicide pilot was 'Self-Loathing' narcissist
(Feb. 18) -- Joseph Andrew Stack, a disgruntled software engineer who police say deliberately crashed a small plane into a Texas office building, was likely a "self-loathing" individual who blamed others for his own perceived failures, a world-renowned criminal profiler said.
Stack, 53, apparently set fire to his house before he flew a small plane into an Austin office building housing Internal Revenue Service employees. He is presumed to have died in the crash.
"A narcissist hates losing and then facing reality, so Joe vented his anger via a letter before killing himself," said criminal investigative psychologist Maurice Godwin, who has not treated Stack.
The letter that Godwin refers to is a 3,205-word essay that Stack is believed to have posted online before the crash. In it, the author detailed his anger at the U.S. government and expressed his disdain for the IRS and what he described as the "monsters" of organized religion.
"There isn't enough therapy in the world that can fix what is really broken," the manifesto said.
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ALSO: Austin Congressman Lloyd Doggett: Plane crash "domestic terrorism"
ALSO: Did suicide pilot leave car bomb at airport
100,000 condoms given to Olympic athletes
Here are 4 reasons why:
Hannah
Lindsey
Lacy
Claire
That’s right; the Vancouver Olympic Organizers have made sure that the best athletes in the world have enough condoms for the Winter Olympic Games. 100,000 condoms were delivered to the Winter Olympic Games, that is 14 condoms for every competitor using the Winter Olympic Village as a residence.
It only makes sense though, these are young, healthy, and physically fit individuals, all crammed into a small environment, so flirting would be a natural thing here. Obviously many competitors go beyond the flirting and that is why the Vancouver Winter Olympic Organizers made sure that everyone was safe by distributing the condoms.
This is not a new thing at the Olympics. Condom distribution started back at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. The 2000 Olympics in Sydney almost was a disaster because Olympic Organizers there only supplied 70,000 free condoms, not enough obviously, as they had to order an additional 20,000 before the end of the games. The Beijing Olympics were adequately stocked with over 100,000 condoms on hand for their athletes.
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Hannah
Lindsey
Lacy
Claire
That’s right; the Vancouver Olympic Organizers have made sure that the best athletes in the world have enough condoms for the Winter Olympic Games. 100,000 condoms were delivered to the Winter Olympic Games, that is 14 condoms for every competitor using the Winter Olympic Village as a residence.
It only makes sense though, these are young, healthy, and physically fit individuals, all crammed into a small environment, so flirting would be a natural thing here. Obviously many competitors go beyond the flirting and that is why the Vancouver Winter Olympic Organizers made sure that everyone was safe by distributing the condoms.
This is not a new thing at the Olympics. Condom distribution started back at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. The 2000 Olympics in Sydney almost was a disaster because Olympic Organizers there only supplied 70,000 free condoms, not enough obviously, as they had to order an additional 20,000 before the end of the games. The Beijing Olympics were adequately stocked with over 100,000 condoms on hand for their athletes.
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America's 20 Most Miserable Cities 2010
If you are from one of these those, comment and tell us why they are wrong (or right)
1) Cleveland, OH
2) Stockton, CA
3) Memphis, TN
4) Detroit, MI
5) Flint, MI
6) Miami, FL
7) St. Louis, MO
8) Buffalo, NY
9) Canton, OH
10) Chicago, IL
11) Modesto, CA
12) Akron, OH
13) Kansas City, MO
14) Rockford, IL
15) Toledo, OH
16) New York, NY
17) Sacramnto, CA
18) Youngstown, OH
19) Gary, IN
20) Philadelphia, PA
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1) Cleveland, OH
2) Stockton, CA
3) Memphis, TN
4) Detroit, MI
5) Flint, MI
6) Miami, FL
7) St. Louis, MO
8) Buffalo, NY
9) Canton, OH
10) Chicago, IL
11) Modesto, CA
12) Akron, OH
13) Kansas City, MO
14) Rockford, IL
15) Toledo, OH
16) New York, NY
17) Sacramnto, CA
18) Youngstown, OH
19) Gary, IN
20) Philadelphia, PA
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Ignore Expiration Dates! "Best by," "Sell by," and all those other labels mean very little
If you wait for a lot longer than the expiration date, you can claim it on your taxes as a dependent
There's a filet mignon in my fridge that expired four days ago, but it seems OK to me. I take a hesitant whiff and detect no putrid odor of rotting flesh, no oozing, fetid cow juice—just the full-bodied aroma of well-aged meat. A feast for one; I retrieve my frying pan. This is not an isolated experiment or a sad symptom of my radical frugality. With a spirit of teenage rebellion, I disavow any regard for expiration dates.
The fact is that expiration dates mean very little. Food starts to deteriorate from the moment it's harvested, butchered, or processed, but the rate at which it spoils depends less on time than on the conditions under which it's stored. Moisture and warmth are especially detrimental. A package of ground meat, say, will stay fresher longer if placed near the coldest part of a refrigerator (below 40 degrees Fahrenheit), than next to the heat-emitting light bulb. Besides, as University of Minnesota food scientist Ted Labuza explained to me, expiration dates address quality—optimum freshness—rather than safety and are extremely conservative. To account for all manner of consumer, manufacturers imagine how the laziest people with the most undesirable kitchens might store and handle their food, then test their products based on these criteria.
With perishables like milk and meat, most responsible consumers (those who refrigerate their groceries as soon as they get home, for instance) have a three–to-seven-day grace period after the "Sell by" date has elapsed. As for pre-packaged greens, studies show that nutrient loss in vegetables is linked to a decline in appearance. When your broccoli florets yellow or your green beans shrivel, this signals a depletion of vitamins. But if they haven't lost their looks, ignore the printed date. Pasta and rice will taste fine for a year. Unopened packs of cookies are edible for months before the fat oxidizes and they turn rancid. Pancake and cake mixes have at least six months. Canned items are potentially the safest foods around and will keep five years or more if stored in a cold pantry. Labuza recalls a seven-year-old can of chicken chunks he ate recently. "It tasted just like chicken," he said.
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There's a filet mignon in my fridge that expired four days ago, but it seems OK to me. I take a hesitant whiff and detect no putrid odor of rotting flesh, no oozing, fetid cow juice—just the full-bodied aroma of well-aged meat. A feast for one; I retrieve my frying pan. This is not an isolated experiment or a sad symptom of my radical frugality. With a spirit of teenage rebellion, I disavow any regard for expiration dates.
The fact is that expiration dates mean very little. Food starts to deteriorate from the moment it's harvested, butchered, or processed, but the rate at which it spoils depends less on time than on the conditions under which it's stored. Moisture and warmth are especially detrimental. A package of ground meat, say, will stay fresher longer if placed near the coldest part of a refrigerator (below 40 degrees Fahrenheit), than next to the heat-emitting light bulb. Besides, as University of Minnesota food scientist Ted Labuza explained to me, expiration dates address quality—optimum freshness—rather than safety and are extremely conservative. To account for all manner of consumer, manufacturers imagine how the laziest people with the most undesirable kitchens might store and handle their food, then test their products based on these criteria.
With perishables like milk and meat, most responsible consumers (those who refrigerate their groceries as soon as they get home, for instance) have a three–to-seven-day grace period after the "Sell by" date has elapsed. As for pre-packaged greens, studies show that nutrient loss in vegetables is linked to a decline in appearance. When your broccoli florets yellow or your green beans shrivel, this signals a depletion of vitamins. But if they haven't lost their looks, ignore the printed date. Pasta and rice will taste fine for a year. Unopened packs of cookies are edible for months before the fat oxidizes and they turn rancid. Pancake and cake mixes have at least six months. Canned items are potentially the safest foods around and will keep five years or more if stored in a cold pantry. Labuza recalls a seven-year-old can of chicken chunks he ate recently. "It tasted just like chicken," he said.
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Markets See Volatile Moves After Fed Raises Discount Rate
Put your money under your mattress. No, but seriously, buy gold
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The dollar jumped sharply while Treasurys and stock futures fell after the Federal Reserve late Thursday raised the rate it charges banks for emergency loans by a quarter percentage point.
The Fed stressed the changes are not expected to lead to tighter financial conditions for households and businesses, and do not signal any change in the outlook for the economy or for monetary policy.
Still, although the Fed had flagged a likely increase in the rate known as the discount rate, the timing of the move--at 4:30 p.m. EST and between the central bank's regular meetings--took markets by surprise in thin, late-day trading in New York. Analysts said it brought an inevitable tightening in broader monetary policy that much closer.
The euro, which has been under broad pressure against the backdrop of the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, fell to its lowest level since May 18 as the dollar gained across the board. The euro was trading at $1.3478, from $1.3607 late Wednesday, according to EBS via CQG. The dollar was at Y92.03 from Y91.20.
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NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The dollar jumped sharply while Treasurys and stock futures fell after the Federal Reserve late Thursday raised the rate it charges banks for emergency loans by a quarter percentage point.
The Fed stressed the changes are not expected to lead to tighter financial conditions for households and businesses, and do not signal any change in the outlook for the economy or for monetary policy.
Still, although the Fed had flagged a likely increase in the rate known as the discount rate, the timing of the move--at 4:30 p.m. EST and between the central bank's regular meetings--took markets by surprise in thin, late-day trading in New York. Analysts said it brought an inevitable tightening in broader monetary policy that much closer.
The euro, which has been under broad pressure against the backdrop of the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, fell to its lowest level since May 18 as the dollar gained across the board. The euro was trading at $1.3478, from $1.3607 late Wednesday, according to EBS via CQG. The dollar was at Y92.03 from Y91.20.
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Terror? in Austin. Public debates Joe Stack's suicide mission into IRS building
Stack leaves anti-IRS suicide not on the Web
AUSTIN, Texas – A software engineer furious with the Internal Revenue Service plowed his small plane into an office building housing nearly 200 federal tax employees on Thursday, officials said, setting off a raging fire that sent workers fleeing as thick plumes of black smoke poured into the air.
A U.S. law official identified the pilot as Joseph Stack — whose home was set on fire just before the crash — and said investigators were looking at an anti-government message on the Web linked to him. The Web site outlines problems with the IRS and says violence "is the only answer."
Federal law enforcement officials have said they were investigating whether the pilot, who is presumed to have died in the crash, slammed into the Austin building on purpose in an effort to blow up IRS offices. All the officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.
"Violence not only is the answer, it is the only answer," the long note on Stack's Web site reads, citing past problems with the tax-collecting agency.
"I saw it written once that the definition of insanity is repeating the same process over and over and expecting the outcome to suddenly be different. I am finally ready to stop this insanity. Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS man, let's try something different; take my pound of flesh and sleep well," the note, dated Thursday, reads.
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*The Austin Texas Bombing Is A HUGE Image Blow To The "Tea Party" Right
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It's not clear who the Austin, TX plane crash pilot Joe Stack hung out with, but let's just put it out there and stop playing pretend: this is not good publicity for the "Tea Party" right, and no, we're not saying Stack was a tea partier.
But in his insane manifesto he rails against the IRS, bailouts, and, well, all of the right wing's typical enemies.
Is this fair to the right? No. Will some of the media use this as a chance to smear the "tea partiers"? Sure.
But we're not talking about what's fair, we're just talking about what happens.
The bottom line is that this event is to Obama what Oklahoma City was to Bill Clinton, and Oklahoma City helped Clinton a lot in the dark days after the 1994 election.
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Figure Skating Showdown: Evan vs Plushenko
or...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — For the sake of drama, if nothing else, it's appropriate that Evgeni Plushenko will be the last man on the ice at the men's figure skating long program tonight.
Plushenko not only leads by a fraction of a point over Evan Lysacek of the United States and Daisuke Takahashi entering the free skate, he is the defending Olympic gold medalist and the standard by which skaters like Lysacek measure themselves.
“What he has is one major advantage over everybody, and that is an Olympic gold medal,” Lysacek said. “He has power mentally because he has what we all want.
“I think it's going to take some mighty fine skating to get that power away from him.”
Lysacek, who will be first to skate in the final group of six that wraps up with Takahashi, Johnny Weir of the United States and Lysacek, in that order, displayed his capacity for mighty fine skating Tuesday night.
He trailed Plushenko in skating segment points — the Russian rang up 31 points alone in jumps, including a quad toe loop-triple toe loop opener — but had the edge in performance, choreography, skating skills and transitions. His 90.3 points trailed only Plushenko's 90.85 and edged Takahashi at 90.25.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — For the sake of drama, if nothing else, it's appropriate that Evgeni Plushenko will be the last man on the ice at the men's figure skating long program tonight.
Plushenko not only leads by a fraction of a point over Evan Lysacek of the United States and Daisuke Takahashi entering the free skate, he is the defending Olympic gold medalist and the standard by which skaters like Lysacek measure themselves.
“What he has is one major advantage over everybody, and that is an Olympic gold medal,” Lysacek said. “He has power mentally because he has what we all want.
“I think it's going to take some mighty fine skating to get that power away from him.”
Lysacek, who will be first to skate in the final group of six that wraps up with Takahashi, Johnny Weir of the United States and Lysacek, in that order, displayed his capacity for mighty fine skating Tuesday night.
He trailed Plushenko in skating segment points — the Russian rang up 31 points alone in jumps, including a quad toe loop-triple toe loop opener — but had the edge in performance, choreography, skating skills and transitions. His 90.3 points trailed only Plushenko's 90.85 and edged Takahashi at 90.25.
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Lindsey Graham: White House mulling indefinite detention
Obama is Kenyan for "Bush"
The White House is considering endorsing a law that would allow the indefinite detention of some alleged terrorists without trial as part of efforts to break a logjam with Congress over President Barack Obama’s plans to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Monday.
Last summer, White House officials said they had ruled out seeking a “preventive detention” statute as a way to deal with anti-terror detainees, saying the administration would hold any Guantanamo prisoners brought to the U.S. in criminal courts or under the general “law of war” principles permitting detention of enemy combatants.
However, speaking at a news conference in Greenville, S.C., Monday, Graham said the White House now seems open to a new law to lay out the standards for open-ended imprisonment of those alleged to be members of or fighters for Al Qaeda or the Taliban.
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The White House is considering endorsing a law that would allow the indefinite detention of some alleged terrorists without trial as part of efforts to break a logjam with Congress over President Barack Obama’s plans to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Monday.
Last summer, White House officials said they had ruled out seeking a “preventive detention” statute as a way to deal with anti-terror detainees, saying the administration would hold any Guantanamo prisoners brought to the U.S. in criminal courts or under the general “law of war” principles permitting detention of enemy combatants.
However, speaking at a news conference in Greenville, S.C., Monday, Graham said the White House now seems open to a new law to lay out the standards for open-ended imprisonment of those alleged to be members of or fighters for Al Qaeda or the Taliban.
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It's national blondes from the 1990s in bikinis day
Sure, Britney & Pam have had a rocky road but today's images of the two makes us nostalgic. We miss the "OJ Decade"
What has Michele Bachmann accomplished?
Is she the thinking man's Sarah Palin or a neo-con liability? We report, you decide (cool slogan, eh? We just thought of it all by ourselves. We can't believe that no one else has ever used it)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was a straightforward question.
"Name three bills or amendments that you have gotten passed that are the most beneficial to the people of the 6th Congressional District," GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann was asked by St. Cloud Times reporter Dave Aeikens.
"I am in the deep minority in Congress and a fairly new freshman, so I don't have substantive bills that I have passed". (It should be noted that Bachmann isn't a freshman, she's a legislative sophomore.)
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ALSO: Franni Franken vs. Michele Bachmann On Social Security
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was a straightforward question.
"Name three bills or amendments that you have gotten passed that are the most beneficial to the people of the 6th Congressional District," GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann was asked by St. Cloud Times reporter Dave Aeikens.
"I am in the deep minority in Congress and a fairly new freshman, so I don't have substantive bills that I have passed". (It should be noted that Bachmann isn't a freshman, she's a legislative sophomore.)
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ALSO: Franni Franken vs. Michele Bachmann On Social Security
Nobel Economist Joseph Stiglitz on Obama’s Stimulus Plan, Debt, and Climate Change
A refreshing take on The Stimulus that is nuanced & mature. So it is NOT like MSNBC or Fox News
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Factories Get Set to Hire
You cannot get America back on track with a "would you like fries with" economy. We have to MAKE THINGS. It does not matter if it's TVs, computers, or glow in the dark anal beads.
Manufacturers are seeing more signs that the U.S. economic recovery is on a solid footing, opening the way for new hiring as well as call-backs for factory workers laid off during the depths of the recession.
Caterpillar Inc., the Peoria, Ill.-based heavy-equipment maker, has brought back 600 workers in the past 60 days, including 100 recalled to an engine plant in Indiana last week. Allen Edmonds Shoe Corp. has been relying on overtime to meet growing demand, but is now preparing to start adding new workers at its U.S. plants in coming weeks.
The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that industrial production, which includes utility and mining output, as well as manufacturing, rose 0.9% in January, the seventh straight monthly increase. Factory output rose a solid 1%, with improvement across a wide range of industries, including apparel and appliances. Output of motor vehicles and parts was particularly strong, rising 4.9%, which economists attributed to pent-up demand and government incentives that fueled traffic to dealers.
Factories have been a relative bright spot so far in this recovery, last month adding 11,000 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis. That's the first increase since before the downturn began more than two years ago.
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Manufacturers are seeing more signs that the U.S. economic recovery is on a solid footing, opening the way for new hiring as well as call-backs for factory workers laid off during the depths of the recession.
Caterpillar Inc., the Peoria, Ill.-based heavy-equipment maker, has brought back 600 workers in the past 60 days, including 100 recalled to an engine plant in Indiana last week. Allen Edmonds Shoe Corp. has been relying on overtime to meet growing demand, but is now preparing to start adding new workers at its U.S. plants in coming weeks.
The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that industrial production, which includes utility and mining output, as well as manufacturing, rose 0.9% in January, the seventh straight monthly increase. Factory output rose a solid 1%, with improvement across a wide range of industries, including apparel and appliances. Output of motor vehicles and parts was particularly strong, rising 4.9%, which economists attributed to pent-up demand and government incentives that fueled traffic to dealers.
Factories have been a relative bright spot so far in this recovery, last month adding 11,000 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis. That's the first increase since before the downturn began more than two years ago.
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Police push for warrantless searches of cell phones
Because the Bill of Rights is just a suggestion
A San Mateo County judge is scheduled to hear testimony on Thursday morning in this case, which could set new ground rules for when police can conduct warrantless searches of iPhones, laptops, and similarly capacious electronic gadgets.
This is an important legal question that remains unresolved: as our gadgets store more and more information about us, including our appointments, correspondence, and personal photos and videos, what rules should police investigators be required to follow? The Obama administration and many local prosecutors' answer is that warrantless searches are perfectly constitutional during arrests.
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A San Mateo County judge is scheduled to hear testimony on Thursday morning in this case, which could set new ground rules for when police can conduct warrantless searches of iPhones, laptops, and similarly capacious electronic gadgets.
This is an important legal question that remains unresolved: as our gadgets store more and more information about us, including our appointments, correspondence, and personal photos and videos, what rules should police investigators be required to follow? The Obama administration and many local prosecutors' answer is that warrantless searches are perfectly constitutional during arrests.
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CoOlDiGgY celebrates Black History Month: Sanaa Lathan
Not only the voice of Cleveland's wife on The Cleveland Show but also a hot doctor on Private Practice. Does she make housecalls?
CoOlDiGgY Quickie: What the DELL happened?
They used to be on top and make great PCs. They went from number 1 to barely holding on to third place in the marketplace. What do you think happened to them?
The decline of SoCal in 3 headlines
We live here, we love our SoCal. This is where dreams, imagination, and Charlie Sheen live. But our recent situation makes us want to move back to our native Latveria
1) L.A., San Diego Lift Corporate Campaign Limits
LOS ANGELES (AP) ―Los Angeles and San Diego are ending their limits on how much corporations and unions can give in city elections.
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision declared such limits to be unconstitutional.
California doesn't have a state limit but some local governments do.
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2) Mayor wastes time "acting" on soap opera All My Children
editor's note: we've seen better acting in films starring Jenna Jameson
3) LA may get lower credit rating
A major credit-rating agency has issued a gloomy outlook for the financial situation in Los Angeles.
Moody's Investors Service on Wednesday reduced its opinion of the city's finances from "stable" to "negative" because the city has delayed addressing its $212 million budget deficit.
The move could ultimately lead to a lower credit rating for Los Angeles and increase its cost for borrowing money.
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1) L.A., San Diego Lift Corporate Campaign Limits
LOS ANGELES (AP) ―Los Angeles and San Diego are ending their limits on how much corporations and unions can give in city elections.
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision declared such limits to be unconstitutional.
California doesn't have a state limit but some local governments do.
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2) Mayor wastes time "acting" on soap opera All My Children
editor's note: we've seen better acting in films starring Jenna Jameson
3) LA may get lower credit rating
A major credit-rating agency has issued a gloomy outlook for the financial situation in Los Angeles.
Moody's Investors Service on Wednesday reduced its opinion of the city's finances from "stable" to "negative" because the city has delayed addressing its $212 million budget deficit.
The move could ultimately lead to a lower credit rating for Los Angeles and increase its cost for borrowing money.
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Broad New Hacking Attack Detected
Or are these companies being cheap and lazy with their cyber security? We don't know how but somehow this will cost us
Hackers in Europe and China successfully broke into computers at nearly 2,500 companies and government agencies over the last 18 months in a coordinated global attack that exposed vast amounts of personal and corporate secrets to theft, according to a computer-security company that discovered the breach.
The damage from the latest cyberattack is still being assessed, and affected companies are still being notified. But data compiled by NetWitness, the closely held firm that discovered the breaches, showed that hackers gained access to a wide array of data at 2,411 companies, from credit-card transactions to intellectual property.
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Hackers in Europe and China successfully broke into computers at nearly 2,500 companies and government agencies over the last 18 months in a coordinated global attack that exposed vast amounts of personal and corporate secrets to theft, according to a computer-security company that discovered the breach.
The damage from the latest cyberattack is still being assessed, and affected companies are still being notified. But data compiled by NetWitness, the closely held firm that discovered the breaches, showed that hackers gained access to a wide array of data at 2,411 companies, from credit-card transactions to intellectual property.
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Goldman Sachs help hide Greek debt? Germany's Merkel lashes out
Fucked up story AND excuse to show that hot(?), Merkel grandma cleavage...
Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it would be a “scandal” if banks helped Greece massage its budget, as European officials investigate Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s role in Greek efforts to conceal the size of its deficit.
“It’s a scandal if it turned out that the same banks that brought us to the brink of the abyss helped fake the statistics,” Merkel said in a speech in northern Germany late yesterday, without naming Goldman Sachs directly. Greece “falsified statistics for years.”
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RELATED: Flight To Safer Assets Pushes Dollar, Yen Higher
CoOlDiGgY asks YOU? There's talk of a 1-to-1 dollar-to-euro exchange rate. Will this hurt US goal of doubling exports in 5 years?
Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it would be a “scandal” if banks helped Greece massage its budget, as European officials investigate Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s role in Greek efforts to conceal the size of its deficit.
“It’s a scandal if it turned out that the same banks that brought us to the brink of the abyss helped fake the statistics,” Merkel said in a speech in northern Germany late yesterday, without naming Goldman Sachs directly. Greece “falsified statistics for years.”
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RELATED: Flight To Safer Assets Pushes Dollar, Yen Higher
CoOlDiGgY asks YOU? There's talk of a 1-to-1 dollar-to-euro exchange rate. Will this hurt US goal of doubling exports in 5 years?
Public Option Push
We will now get paid for being "Professional" Breast Inspectors
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) became the 11th Senator to sign on to a new effort by Democrats to press Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to pass a public option for insurance coverage using reconciliation.
The California Democrat joins a list of mostly progressive members to offer her late-stage support for the government run plan. In a letter to Reid on Tuesday a quartet of Democrats penned urged Reid to pass the proposal through parliamentary procedures that allow a simple up-or-down vote.
The senators outlined their rationale for supporting the public option in their letter:
We respectfully ask that you bring for a vote before the full Senate a public health insurance option under budget reconciliation rules.
There are four fundamental reasons why we support this approach - its potential for billions of dollars in cost savings; the growing need to increase competition and lower costs for the consumer; the history of using reconciliation for significant pieces of health care legislation; and the continued public support for a public option.
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) became the 11th Senator to sign on to a new effort by Democrats to press Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to pass a public option for insurance coverage using reconciliation.
The California Democrat joins a list of mostly progressive members to offer her late-stage support for the government run plan. In a letter to Reid on Tuesday a quartet of Democrats penned urged Reid to pass the proposal through parliamentary procedures that allow a simple up-or-down vote.
The senators outlined their rationale for supporting the public option in their letter:
We respectfully ask that you bring for a vote before the full Senate a public health insurance option under budget reconciliation rules.
There are four fundamental reasons why we support this approach - its potential for billions of dollars in cost savings; the growing need to increase competition and lower costs for the consumer; the history of using reconciliation for significant pieces of health care legislation; and the continued public support for a public option.
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Mark McGwire Apologizes for Steroid Use
Sure, he apologized to us but what about his shrunken balls?
A fresh "I'm sorry for steroids" Mea Culpa from Mark McGwire. It is almost time for spring training for all of Major League Baseball and McGwire's first day on his new job as the hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals ended with another apology for steroid use.
"It's something I regret," McGwire said. "I can't say I'm sorry enough to everybody in baseball and across America, and whoever watches this great game."
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A fresh "I'm sorry for steroids" Mea Culpa from Mark McGwire. It is almost time for spring training for all of Major League Baseball and McGwire's first day on his new job as the hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals ended with another apology for steroid use.
"It's something I regret," McGwire said. "I can't say I'm sorry enough to everybody in baseball and across America, and whoever watches this great game."
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Residents Now Have To Pay For 911 Calls
Know who still doesn't have to pay? THE GUY TRYING TO KILL YOU
Tracy residents will now have to pay every time they call 9-1-1 for a medical emergency.
But there are a couple of options. Residents can pay a $48 voluntary fee for the year which allows them to call 9-1-1 as many times as necessary.
Or, there's the option of not signing up for the annual fee. Instead, they will be charged $300 if they make a call for help.
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Tracy residents will now have to pay every time they call 9-1-1 for a medical emergency.
But there are a couple of options. Residents can pay a $48 voluntary fee for the year which allows them to call 9-1-1 as many times as necessary.
Or, there's the option of not signing up for the annual fee. Instead, they will be charged $300 if they make a call for help.
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Left and right united in opposition to controversial SCOTUS decision
Because 80 percent of us do NOT want this to be our future President...
Much has been made of late about the hyper-partisan political environment in America. On Tuesday, Sen. Evan Bayh explained his surprising recent decision to leave the Senate by lamenting a "dysfunctional" political system riddled with "brain-dead partisanship." It seems you'd be hard-pressed to get Republicans and Democrats inside and outside of Washington to agree on anything these days, that if one party publicly stated its intention to add a "puppies are adorable" declaration to its platform, that the other party would immediately launch a series of anti-puppy advertisements.
But it appears that one issue does unite Americans across the political spectrum.
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that the vast majority of Americans are vehemently opposed to a recent Supreme Court ruling that opens the door for corporations, labor unions, and other organizations to spend money directly from their general funds to influence campaigns.
As noted by the Post's Dan Eggen, the poll's findings show "remarkably strong agreement" across the board, with roughly 80% of Americans saying that they're against the Court's 5-4 decision. Even more remarkable may be that opposition by Republicans, Democrats, and Independents were all near the same 80% opposition range. Specifically, 85% of Democrats, 81% of Independents, and 76% of Republicans opposed it. In short, "everyone hates" the ruling.
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Much has been made of late about the hyper-partisan political environment in America. On Tuesday, Sen. Evan Bayh explained his surprising recent decision to leave the Senate by lamenting a "dysfunctional" political system riddled with "brain-dead partisanship." It seems you'd be hard-pressed to get Republicans and Democrats inside and outside of Washington to agree on anything these days, that if one party publicly stated its intention to add a "puppies are adorable" declaration to its platform, that the other party would immediately launch a series of anti-puppy advertisements.
But it appears that one issue does unite Americans across the political spectrum.
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that the vast majority of Americans are vehemently opposed to a recent Supreme Court ruling that opens the door for corporations, labor unions, and other organizations to spend money directly from their general funds to influence campaigns.
As noted by the Post's Dan Eggen, the poll's findings show "remarkably strong agreement" across the board, with roughly 80% of Americans saying that they're against the Court's 5-4 decision. Even more remarkable may be that opposition by Republicans, Democrats, and Independents were all near the same 80% opposition range. Specifically, 85% of Democrats, 81% of Independents, and 76% of Republicans opposed it. In short, "everyone hates" the ruling.
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Health Insurance Costs: 'Shocking' Premium Increases Coming, Says Health And Human Services Dept.
Sad fact: the majority of people who file for bankruptcy are those WITH healthcare. We wish the bank-busting illnesses of our country could all go to the health execs
"This shocking increase isn't unique," said the report, being presented by Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at a news conference Thursday. "Across the country, families have seen their premiums skyrocket in recent years, and experts predict these increases will continue."
With his drive for health care overhaul bogged down, President Barack Obama has seized on the Anthem premium increases as Exhibit A to make his case for sweeping change before a bipartisan White House summit next week. California officials say 700,000 households face increases averaging 25 percent overall and as high as 39 percent for some.
The HHS report found that those numbers are in line with increases sought by insurers in other states – at a time of robust profit growth for the companies and a lack of competition in most states.
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RELATED: Big Pharma researcher admits to faking dozens of research studies for Pfizer, Merck
"This shocking increase isn't unique," said the report, being presented by Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at a news conference Thursday. "Across the country, families have seen their premiums skyrocket in recent years, and experts predict these increases will continue."
With his drive for health care overhaul bogged down, President Barack Obama has seized on the Anthem premium increases as Exhibit A to make his case for sweeping change before a bipartisan White House summit next week. California officials say 700,000 households face increases averaging 25 percent overall and as high as 39 percent for some.
The HHS report found that those numbers are in line with increases sought by insurers in other states – at a time of robust profit growth for the companies and a lack of competition in most states.
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RELATED: Big Pharma researcher admits to faking dozens of research studies for Pfizer, Merck
4th Amendment Trashed As Airport Tyranny Hits The Streets
We long for the freedom and independent press of China at this point
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Weeds helps with MS
More effective that those read-a-thons
With an innovative but little-known state program to study medical marijuana about to run out of money, researchers and political supporters said Wednesday the results show promise.
"It should take all the mystery out of whether it works. We've got the results," said former state Sen. John Vasconcellos, who led the effort to create the 10-year-old Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research.
The center has nearly spent its $8.7-million allocation, sponsoring 14 studies at UC campuses, including the first clinical trials of smoked marijuana in the United States in more than two decades.
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With an innovative but little-known state program to study medical marijuana about to run out of money, researchers and political supporters said Wednesday the results show promise.
"It should take all the mystery out of whether it works. We've got the results," said former state Sen. John Vasconcellos, who led the effort to create the 10-year-old Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research.
The center has nearly spent its $8.7-million allocation, sponsoring 14 studies at UC campuses, including the first clinical trials of smoked marijuana in the United States in more than two decades.
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Walmart suffers first US sales decline
They ruin neighborhoods, sell products full of Chinese lead, and hinder our domestic manufacturing & textile industries. We can't help but smile
Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, said comparable sales at its US stores fell 2 per cent during its fourth quarter against last year, and warned of a “more challenging” first quarter in the US.
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Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, said comparable sales at its US stores fell 2 per cent during its fourth quarter against last year, and warned of a “more challenging” first quarter in the US.
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Class action filed over Google Buzz
Google buzz made stalking our exes so much easier. Guess it's back to old school stalking-collecting locks of hair (head, pubic, and armpit)
A class action complaint filed in San Jose federal court alleges that Google Inc. broke the law when its controversial Google Buzz service shared personal data without the consent of users.
The case was filed on Wednesday on behalf of Eva Hibnick, a Florida woman, by law firms in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. William Audet of Audet & Partners LLP in San Francisco declined to comment.
The filing is the latest in a string of criticisms generated by the Mountain View Internet giant's social networking tool, since it launched last week.
The feature allows users to post updates, videos, photos and links within its popular e-mail service in a manner similar to Facebook's News Feed. But privacy groups assailed the fact that users' "followers" were pre-selected based on those they frequently e-mail or chat with. Those people, in turn, could automatically see all the other followers, as well as photos and information shared in other Google products like Reader and Picasa.
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A class action complaint filed in San Jose federal court alleges that Google Inc. broke the law when its controversial Google Buzz service shared personal data without the consent of users.
The case was filed on Wednesday on behalf of Eva Hibnick, a Florida woman, by law firms in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. William Audet of Audet & Partners LLP in San Francisco declined to comment.
The filing is the latest in a string of criticisms generated by the Mountain View Internet giant's social networking tool, since it launched last week.
The feature allows users to post updates, videos, photos and links within its popular e-mail service in a manner similar to Facebook's News Feed. But privacy groups assailed the fact that users' "followers" were pre-selected based on those they frequently e-mail or chat with. Those people, in turn, could automatically see all the other followers, as well as photos and information shared in other Google products like Reader and Picasa.
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Will better sleep help you avoid extra pounds?
Look how skinny coma patients are
Could lack of sleep be causing you to gain weight?
Think about it: If you’re feeling sleepy at work, you may be tempted to reach for a cup of coffee (or several cups) and a doughnut for a quick shot of energy. Later you may skip the gym and pick up takeout on your way home to your family -- no time to cook. When you finally find yourself back in your bed, you are too wound up to sleep.
It’s a vicious cycle, and eventually this sleep deprivation can sabotage your waistline and your health.
It starts out innocently enough. “When you have sleep deprivation and are running on low energy, you automatically go for a bag of potato chips or other comfort foods,” saysSusan Zafarlotfi, PhD, clinical director of the Institute for Sleep and Wake Disorders at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey.
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Could lack of sleep be causing you to gain weight?
Think about it: If you’re feeling sleepy at work, you may be tempted to reach for a cup of coffee (or several cups) and a doughnut for a quick shot of energy. Later you may skip the gym and pick up takeout on your way home to your family -- no time to cook. When you finally find yourself back in your bed, you are too wound up to sleep.
It’s a vicious cycle, and eventually this sleep deprivation can sabotage your waistline and your health.
It starts out innocently enough. “When you have sleep deprivation and are running on low energy, you automatically go for a bag of potato chips or other comfort foods,” saysSusan Zafarlotfi, PhD, clinical director of the Institute for Sleep and Wake Disorders at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey.
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Burger King pulling slice from double cheeseburger
But the cheese covers up the taste of the "meat"
LOS ANGELES, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Burger King Corp (BKC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is taking a page from the playbook of McDonald's Corp (MCD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and pulling a slice of cheese from its $1 double cheeseburger.
Other changes:
* $1 double cheeseburger to cost $1.19 in April
* Burger King had planned to end $1 promotion
* Will instead sell $1 double burger with one cheese slice
* Plans to test higher price for $1 Whopper Jr.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Burger King Corp (BKC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is taking a page from the playbook of McDonald's Corp (MCD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and pulling a slice of cheese from its $1 double cheeseburger.
Other changes:
* $1 double cheeseburger to cost $1.19 in April
* Burger King had planned to end $1 promotion
* Will instead sell $1 double burger with one cheese slice
* Plans to test higher price for $1 Whopper Jr.
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