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Can we get Extra Meat and Cheese on These?
Author: velveeta jones    Date: 05/03/2009 13:21:07

BREAKING NEWS, dateline: May 2, 2009 Northern VA.

GOP strategists (sic) met today at Mario’s Pizza and Grill in a strip mall just outside of Washington D.C., to brainstorm on an agenda that included plans for taking back America, to be followed by taking over the world. Top republicans, Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, and Eric Cantor held this town-hall meeting with several of the town folk - once they passed a background check and consented to signing a loyalty agreement – over pizzas, salads, sodas and Mario’s famous Garlicky Rolls™. Noticeably missing was RNC Chairman Michael Steele, who, following the conference was found out back, anxiously pacing around the dumpsters.

First order of business; coming up with a catchy new name that sounds patriotic, harmless and all-inclusive with an emphasis on making the GOP appeal to young voters. Many good ideas came out:

Americans for a New and Improved America.
Americans for America Only
Young ‘Cans 4 a New ‘Merica (Sounded hip but may not hold up long term).
Youth Brigade, America First!
New Youth American Project.
Americans for a New United States.
Patriots United in Strong, Sensible Youth.

The latter two were discarded due to the indecorous acronyms that might be used; good call Mr. Bush!
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8 comments (Latest Comment: 05/03/2009 19:09:07 by livingonli)

I am not writing a blog this morning.
Author: TriSec    Date: 05/02/2009 12:48:32







But, I'll update a couple of things. Yesterday, Bob wrote this blog about the future of the newspaper industry. We're pretty much at ground zero on that one, as the venerable Boston Globe is on the verge of shutting down. The parent company has extended the deadline by 48 hours...so I'll get at least one more Sunday Globe.


The Boston Globe received an eleventh-hour reprieve early this morning when its owner, the New York Times Co., agreed to extend the deadline for unions to agree to $20 million in concessions until tomorrow.

More than a half-hour after the midnight deadline passed, Globe management said enough progress had been made in talks with unions that the Times Co. would wait at least another two days before acting on its threat to shutter the Globe. Any agreement would still have to be ratified by each union's members.

"Because there has been progress on reaching needed cost savings, The Boston Globe will extend the deadline for reaching complete agreements with its unions until midnight Sunday May 3," Globe spokesman Robert Powers said in a statement.

Globe management released the statement as negotiators from management and the Globe's largest union, the Boston Newspaper Guild, conducted another marathon bargaining session that began yesterday morning and stretched past midnight. The Times Co. is seeking $10 million, or half of all union concessions, from the Guild, which represents more than 600 editorial, advertising, and office workers.

"We have given the New York Times Co. and Globe management proposals for deep cuts in our members' pay and benefits that we believe will save The Boston Globe," Daniel Totten, Guild president, said in a statement. "We are awaiting the company's response."

Talks between the Guild and the company are scheduled to resume tomorrow, according to a union spokesman.


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5 comments (Latest Comment: 05/02/2009 20:36:37 by livingonli)

All The News That's Fit To... Stream?
Author: BobR    Date: 05/01/2009 12:47:24

Several weeks ago, I wrote a blog about the fate of political cartoons in an increasingly online world. The fate of newspapers themselves also remains uncertain. The current economic climate has made the newspapers' already shaky grip on solvency even more tenuous. Some people think it wouldn't be a bad thing if they went the way of 8mm movie cameras and mimeographs, but I think otherwise.
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57 comments (Latest Comment: 05/02/2009 01:14:01 by TriSec)

101
Author: Raine    Date: 04/30/2009 12:44:43

So there it is. Obama has been in office for 100 days. If it wasn't clear before to people that this man is a leader, he is in charge, last night should have sealed the deal. I was especially struck by what the president had to say about America no longer torturing.
And -- and so I strongly believed that the steps that we've taken to prevent these kinds of enhanced interrogation techniques will make us stronger over the long term and make us safer over the long term because it will put us in a -- in a position where we can still get information.
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58 comments (Latest Comment: 05/01/2009 06:03:06 by livingonli)

Dead Cat Bounce
Author: TriSec    Date: 04/30/2009 12:43:19

Morning, gang!

Looks like we're hitting the ol' hard deck this morning.

You know what to do....coffee and donuts on the back table!

 
2 comments (Latest Comment: 04/30/2009 12:56:42 by Raine)

A Specter of Change
Author: BobR    Date: 04/29/2009 12:28:20

The huge news yesterday (in case you were under a rock) was that PA Republican Senator Arlen Specter changed his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat. The change has an enormous symbolic impact, but how much change will it make in the actual passing of legislation? Likely not very much.
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74 comments (Latest Comment: 04/30/2009 01:11:36 by livingonli)

Ask A Vet
Author: TriSec    Date: 04/28/2009 10:52:40

Good Morning.

Today is our 2,232nd day in Iraq.

We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from Iraq and Afghanistan, courtesy of antiwar.com:

American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 4278
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4139
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3817
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3419
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 50

Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 318
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 679
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 455
Journalists - Iraq: 139
Contractor Deaths - Iraq: 1264


We find this morning's overall cost of war passing through:

$ 850, 879, 575, 000 .00


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37 comments (Latest Comment: 04/29/2009 03:15:58 by Will in Chicago)

Swines....
Author: Raine    Date: 04/27/2009 12:42:26

Is it 100 days yet? This has been part of the media Hype machine as of late. 100 Days. We are not there yet. We won't be until Wednesday. Even when we are there, it doesn't matter because we will have another 100 after that, and after that. CNN's John King is already saying that the Second 100 days will be bigger test for Obama.

Looming in those next 100 days is now a possible Flu Pandemic. The media will be -- and already is -- all over this juicy story. The bottom line, as we all heard yesterday, is to take commons sense steps for flu and cold prevention. While the media was all atwitter about DHS declaring a National Health Emergency, they failed to mention this rather important part of the story
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50 comments (Latest Comment: 04/28/2009 05:30:40 by livingonli)

More tough guy talk
Author: velveeta jones    Date: 04/26/2009 14:09:22

What is it with all these tough guys? Why do the weak minded (and I'm being polite here), equate "strength" with being cold, aloof, smug, and must include the bulky appendage of really, really bad one-liners that only sound acceptable on fictional characters in cheesy movies? "You're either with us or against us". "I'll be back". "Bring it on". "Make my day punk". Sheesh. I'm beginning to think George W. maybe always thought he was on a movie set? Just maybe?

As you may recall, Mr. Smirky McSneer, #1 tough guy, "The Dick", pried open his tightly-wound little mouth and spoke at us sideways as he usually does when he has to speak about evil things like gay people, terrorists, peaceniks and liberals.
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10 comments (Latest Comment: 04/27/2009 06:37:59 by livingonli)

Wandering the ol' internets
Author: TriSec    Date: 04/25/2009 10:59:43

Good Morning!

A strange Saturday from these parts....I'm heading for the store in a little while. I've got the first shift this morning, and I've never "opened" the store before, so this should be interesting.

Perhaps related to the big picture, perhaps not...you all know I've been working in retail for the past few months, a part-time gig at the famed LL Bean (local branch in Burlington, MA). For the past few months, business could be measured in glacial terms. (as in, "slower than a"). However, in the past 2 weeks or so, business has been picking up rather dramatically. I haven't had a shift culled in a while now, and this week, the store has been screaming for volunteers to take on some extra hours.

It could be temporary, and it's certainly only one store in one area of the country....but the return of shoppers is a good thing for the economy, IMHO.


Speaking of returns, do you know anyone vacationing in Mexico these days? Usually, travelers generally want to return home, and their friends and families often eagerly await them....but maybe not this time.

It started on the West Coast....moved quickly through the heartland, and landed in the East with a bang. Grab a face-mask everyone, as we're all gonna die!!!

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8 comments (Latest Comment: 04/26/2009 01:19:26 by trojanrabbit)

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