Archive for the 'survival' Category
Why is the Inky Covering a Corporate Deadbeat Team?
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Ed Snider Does a Good Thing
looks like someone stepped up to the plate:
A public-private partnership is stepping up to save three city skating rinks whose futures were on thin ice.
Mayor Nutter and Ed Snider, chairman of Comcast-Spectacor, announced yesterday that the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation would take over operation and programming at three rinks that officials said were targeted [...]
Weekend Protests
National Protest for Gay Rights
I’ve never written that much about gay rights issues. I have a few gay friends, but it’s never been a major focus of my political consciousness. In the wake of Proposition 8, I’m seeings quite a bit differently. I don’t like bigots. I especially don’t like religiously motivated [...]
Obama Victory Good for Pennsylvania
Obama and Casey are very close:
The pair met in ‘05 in Philly, where Obama did a fundraiser for Casey. He did two more in ‘06, the year Casey beat Republican incumbent Rick Santorum.
Then Casey, while almost every prominent Pennsylvania Democrat backed Hillary Clinton, endorsed Obama last March and traveled with him during the primary [...]
Bankruptcy Bill Now Screwing Credit Cards as Well As Consumers
A long time ago, I read a wonderful science fiction story, which might have actually been the basis of a “Twilight Zone” episode.
The story was set far in the future in an economic dystopia. Most people are unemployed, sustained by the government, and there is a long waiting list for even the basest manual labor. [...]
GOP Staffers: Waitin’ In Your Welfare Line
A glance at the Republican job bank page on Texas Rep. John R. Carter’s website paints the whole, bleak picture with what it doesn’t show: real jobs.
“It’s a double-whammy,” said Brad Traverse, whose staffing website, www.bradtraverse.com, is a popular destination for job seekers on the Hill. “You have more firms who are both looking for [...]
GOP DROPS FUNDING FOR CRAZY AMERICA-HATING CANDIDATE
Via TPM, Michelle Bachmann’s in trouble:
A Republican source has confirmed to Election Central that the NRCC is indeed pulling all its advertising for Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), whose antics since her McCarthyist rant on Hardball have quickly put this once-safe incumbent in serious danger. Several hundred-thousand dollars worth of TV time had previously been reserved [...]
I Am Part of the Problem
Via atrios, I discovered that I am part of the problem:
Retail sales fell off a cliff in September, plunging by the largest amount in three years as worried consumers shunned the malls and auto showrooms in the midst of the country’s financial meltdown.
The Commerce Department reported Wednesday retail sales decreased 1.2 percent last month, nearly [...]
PSA: A Really Rotten Theft
Via The All Spin Zone, two tractor trailers filled with donated chickens to feed to the poor and the hungry in our area were stolen from the Food Bank of Delaware last night.
Perdue Chicken is one of the major employers and food producers on the DelMarVa peninsula, and they donate excess product to the Food [...]
Killing Animals
If you’re like me (and you should pray you’re not), you’ve probably been noticing the recent shower of articles about the worsening food crisis.
Over at the casa, we’ve been paying attention and gradually getting more worried. Lately, our dollar isn’t buying what it used to: OJ’s going for $7.00 a gallon, organic milk is out [...]
