Serious news today, including a warning from the department of Homeland Security. The Despartment of Homeland Security warned Windows users Thursday night about a virus that can infect systems just by visiting a compromised web site. Hackers have been breaking into sites running Microsoft’s IIS web server and appending hidden Javascript to pages. .
Osama Bin Laden is dead. Killed By US Military today in a fire fight outside of a compound mansion in Islamabad Pakistan said U.S. officials and also said that their US forces have the body of bin Laden. FOX News host Geraldo Rivera confirmed tonight that Osama Bin Laden is dead. Bin Laden was killed [...]
Massachusetts and California consumers will have to act fast to get mail-in rebates on energy-efficient appliances like a Kenmore Elite washer, provided by the latest federal stimulus program. The “cash for appliances” program will distribute $35.2 million in rebates beginning Thursday (Earth Day) in order to stimulate the economy and cut energy use in the [...]
If you still haven’t filed your taxes for the 2010-year, you might be in a panic to do so. What millions of Americans don’t realize is how they can file for a tax extension. Filing for a tax extension is easy and anybody can do it. The first thing you need to do is go [...]
Bullying in school seems to be a problem that is on the rise. While this may have to do with the self esteem issues of the people doing the bullying more than the person being bullied themselves, it is still a problem that needs to be addressed and one that schools all over the world [...]
There is a heated debate going on across the country on cash for clunkers. The bill that has stimulated the slumbering auto industry in the country is being furiously opposed by Republicans across the board. I’ve got my own personal proof of this when I tried to tradein my 2006 Jeep Commander for a 2010 [...]
As the United States Postal Service, weighed down by a crippling multibillion-dollar deficit, shrinks its operations, post offices across the country are on the chopping block. Each year, hundreds of postal operations shutter, but this coming fall could be the single biggest consolidation in Postal Service history. Over the next three months, more than 3,200 [...]
Tammy Duckworth lost her legs when the helicopter she was piloting was shot down over Iraq. But, she didn’t lose an ounce of her courage or her commitment to serve. She knows that it’s time for veterans to speak up for a stronger America. That’s why Tammy is running for Congress – and her election [...]
Now here’s a bail out plan that works! I’m against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG. Instead, I’m in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in “We Deserve It Dividend”. To make the math simple, let’s assume there are 200,000,000 bonafide U.S. Citizens 18+. Our population is about 301,000,000 ± counting every man, woman and child. [...]
Oh yeah – both Obama and Biden were either co-sponsors of, voted for or drafted Katrina relief or oversight bills. Biden was the sponsor of Senate amendment 1661, which was to provide emergency funding to victims of Katrina. The vote failed 41-56, with McCain voting against it. As Geiger notes:
“Read my lips: no new taxes” was a famous pledge made by Republican Presidential candidate George H. W. Bush at the 1988 Republican National Convention in his acceptance speech on August 18. Written by speechwriter Peggy Noonan, the line was one of the most prominent sound bites from the speech. The no tax pledge had [...]
I have noticed that since former president Gerald Ford passed away, flags have been at half staff. It has been about 3 weeks so it got me wondering how long they need to stay at half staff. Also, how do people who have flags know when to lower them, how much to lower them and [...]
DROPKICK MURPHYS – “Last Letter Home” Listen to Last Letter Home (Album Version) Hello there my dearest love Today I write to you about our sons The boys start school today They’re the spitting image of you in every way Hey son it’s Dad I hope this letter finds you well out of harm’s way [...]
A controversial British drama about the fictional assassination of President George W. Bush has been applauded following its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in Canada. Death of a President, which shows Bush shot dead in Chicago in 2007, was recently slammed as “irresponsible” and “horrible” by American politicians. However, director Gabriel Range claims critics [...]
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that Department of Defense will release a videotape to Judicial Watch at 1:00 p.m. this afternoon that allegedly shows American Airlines Flight 77 striking the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. The Department of Defense is releasing the videotape in response to [...]
Children with an early version of the cochlear implant face an increased risk of bacterial meningitis beyond just the first two years following implantation of the hearing devices, the Food and Drug Administration warned Monday. The increased risk means the young implant patients should be monitored as long as the electronic devices are in place [...]
Cindy Sheehan was arrested and dragged off Tuesday night before the start of the president’s State of the Union address. A guest of California representative Lynn Woolsey, who has called for pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq, Sheehan was handcuffed in the House chamber for wearing an anti-war T-shirt.Sheehan pledged back in October that she [...]
Mail those bills and belated holiday greetings today, or pay two pennies more. Starting tomorrow, the price of a first-class stamp jumps to 39 cents. The increase is necessary because of a congressionally-imposed requirement that stipulates that the US Postal Service must set aside $3.1 billion each year in an escrow account, said Ann Powers, [...]
What passes for high ground in Louisiana’s southeastern marshlands are the patches of terra firma that did not flood during Hurricane Betsy in 1965. St. Rita’s Nursing Home was built 20 years ago on one of those patches. That figured prominently in the decision by Sal and Mabel Mangano, St. Rita’s owners, to ride out [...]
Casey joined the Army in 2000, never imagining he would see combat. Five days after he arrived in Iraq last year, the 24-year-old was killed in Sadr City. Sheehan knows nothing can bring back her son, but she wants to talk to President Bush. The Vacaville, Calif., mother has been camping out along a road [...]
