Nilsson on those darn virgins, Dern notes piano parody, Craig Reynolds Checks In, News with a Twist from Steve Coquet, Dan Grobstein File
April 04, 2010
You don't have to keep track of all the ads in the world, because someone else is already doing it.
Daniel Dern passed along Another recall--this time in the music world.
Chuck Carroll found a Firedoglake analysis of 18 Healthcare Myths.
Bob Nilsson wrote:
This commentary by Mike Konczal is sure to turn your stomach.
Some excerpts:
The financial industry poured $500 million into lobbying lawmakers on the new financial reform bill. And it was money well spent [for them, not us].
They derailed President Obama's idea of an independent agency to protect consumers from abusive financial products.
This law doesn't limit the size of the largest banks or the types of risks they can take.
This just emboldens the banks to keep taking financial risks while figuring taxpayers will pick up the tab.
There's only one clear winner here and that's the financial services industry.
Will there be a public outcry to remedy this?
Also
This caught my eye this morning. While it sounds like a joke from The Onion, it is from a German Koranic scholar as quoted in today’s Boston Globe. Due to a mistranslation of the Koran, Islamic martyrs may be surprised to find they are rewarded with "white grapes" rather than heavenly virgins.
Craig Reynolds Checks In:
- Gotta love the headline:
Astronomers Find 90% More Universe! - Federal Judge finds NSA Wiretapping Illegal
- Cool video of first flight test (SpaceShipTwo remains captive on WhiteKnightTwo), as well as photos.
Steve Coquet writes:
We often expect a certain conclusion. We read a headline, and write the opening paragraph in our minds: we just "know" what comes next. So when I got to the second comma, I almost choked. See what you think.
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Dan Grobstein File
- From London's Guardian newspaper: Republicans lurch ever rightwards: The party's refusal to move to the centre threatens to undermine any hopes Republicans have of recapturing Congress in 2010
- Leave NCLB Behind? Ctd (No Child Left Behind)
- Ebert tweet: Am I dreaming, or are Rightists way, way out in the lead on sex
scandals? And are ALL the anti-gay zealots homosexual? And another one: Thanks, doc, for posting this sign. It says so much about you. My family jewels are safer elsewhere.