Still got a royal pain in the neck, which makes it really hard to sit and type, so this’ll have to be quick.
On Press the Meat, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and the Committee’s Ranking Asshole Member, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III. Then three CEOs: Google’s Eric Schmidt, Xerox’s Anne Mulcahy and Caterpillar’s Jim Owens and a roundtable with BBC America’s Katty Kay, Richard Wolffe, and NBC’s Brian Williams.
At Faze the Nation, it’s Jon Kyl, Dianne Feinstein, Bob Woodward, and David Brooks.
On Fux News Sunday, Weaselface Wallace has Arlen Specter, Lindsey Graham, Mitt Romney, and a bunch of fuxheads.
At the Goebbels network, George Snufalufagus has Chuck Schumer and John Cornyn. Then it’s an expanded version of the Roundtable with George :jerk: Will, Jan Crawford Greenburg, Paul Krugman, PBS’ Gwen Ifill and former Bush adviser Ed Gillespie.
That’ll have to do for now. Have a good one.
PJ, I hope your neck feels better. Ain’t it fun growing older?
Manufacturers of cans for beverages and foods and some of their biggest customers, including Coca-Cola, are trying to devise a public relations and lobbying strategy to block government bans of a controversial chemical used in the linings of metal cans and lids.
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Bisphenol A, used in commerce since the 1950s, is added to plastics to give them strength. It is found in hundreds of household products, including plastic bottles and food containers. It is also present in the linings of canned goods such as soup, baby formula and canned fruits and vegetables.
Over the past decade, a growing body of scientific studies has linked the chemical to breast cancer, testicular cancer, diabetes, hyperactivity, obesity, low sperm count, miscarriage and other reproductive problems in laboratory animals. More recent studies using human data have linked BPA to heart disease and diabetes. And it has been found to interfere with the effects of chemotherapy in breast cancer patients.
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Despite more than 100 published studies by government scientists and university laboratories that have raised health concerns about the chemical, the Food and Drug Administration has deemed it safe largely because of two studies, both funded by a chemical industry trade group.
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Meanwhile, the FDA, under the leadership of a new commissioner, Margaret Hamburg, is conducting a new review of the science surrounding BPA.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/30/AR2009053002121.html
Nice photos from Lincoln and some interesting observations:
http://www.palemale.com
had to watch this after attempting to watch Press The Meat. WHY are they giving limpburger and Newt the serial adulterer any air time??
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General Patreus says we violated the Geneva Convention.
pj, i feel your pain…unfortunately have similar problem at the moment. feel better. :sammy:
Mr. FK had a story run on the network not named on this site. They did it all themselves no crew editors etc. Pretty great.
They are now at the northern most part of Afghanistan, it appears. He’s been twittering and they are at what appears to be “the front.”
Guess I ought to be thinking about changing the ole handle again now that I’m no longer on the 49th……
Personal medical advice-don’t drink much close to bedtime but take some valium or zanax to enhance rest and relaxation and muscle release. A few good nights of deep sleep can do a world of good.
Nice report by Mr. FK, OKat.
:bf: :bong: :no: :spank:
More Okie Dokey
Don’t have a maid, so I can’t get prescription drugs.
eya gang!
i posted some Benny Goodman tunes on my site.
Dad used to play along with these, the first tunes i heard as a kid.
http://www3.telus.net/Art-Adventures/09-Dad-Benny'sB'day/
Ditto (pun intended)
Thanks, vern; will pass it on.
Dr. George Tiller, who remained one of the nation’s few providers of late-term abortions through decades of protests and attacks, was shot and killed Sunday in a church where he was serving as an usher and his wife was in the choir.
The gunman fled, but a 51-year-old suspect was arrested some 170 miles away in suburban Kansas City three hours after the shooting, Wichita Deputy Police Chief Tom Stolz said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31029377/
Being a vet of some of these antagonisms through the years (TMJ, back, chest, hip…) that was what was prescribed professionally in a number of cases and it worked very well. Of course, that was before ‘drugs’ :omg: or at least the wrong ones became so taboo. I think a little :bong: might work as well. I just know from experience that alcohol doesn’t because it disturbs your sleep.
OKat – I just was able to look at what you posted Vern. Ha!
I rather like that.
Did this work?
H/T Vern!
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The New Faith Based Initiative:
capital punishment: check
war: check
murder: check
starving people: check
no medical care: check
abortion: NO
It worked but your H/T image went away.
It should show up soon. I added the email.
Ah, there she is!
“Stand Toâ€
by mike boettcher
In the War To End All Wars (World War I ended nothing), artillery barrages, poison gas attacks and trench offensives came at predictable times. Much of that war was fought just before and after sunrise and at dusk. To be ready for the war’s prime killing times Allied soldiers began a tradition that became known as “stand toâ€. Translated, it meant stand towards the enemy, and be ready before they attacked.
90 years later, at a small U.S. post in a high mountain valley in eastern Afghanistan, the tradition of “stand to†has been revived – out of necessity. Combat Outpost Lowell located in mountainous Nuristan Province is reputed to be the most attacked base in Afghanistan. Indirect mortar fire, and direct sniper and rocket-propelled-grenade attacks are an almost daily occurrence.
First light comes early here. At 3:45 this morning, the camp’s First Sergeant shook us awake. Get ready to “stand to†in fifteen minutes, he whispered. Half asleep, Carlos and I strapped on our body armor and kevlar helmets and headed for Lowell’s TOC (Tactical Operations Center). At 4 am sharp the entire base was in full “battle rattle†, weapons at the ready, waiting for incoming fire.
Imagine you’re at the bottom of a cereal bowl looking up. That precisely describes COP Lowell. Steep mountains rise sharply above it on all sides. Afghan insurgents could toss a rock from their “high ground†vantage points and hit the base. However, when they do toss their “rocksâ€, there is a steep price to pay. Lowell is laden with heavy weapons and the soldiers here, all from 6/4 Cavalry, 1st Infantry Division, let loose with a barrage of counter-fire – if they can see their attackers. Often, they cannot.
The morning stand-to ended without incident. A hot Summer sun was already beginning to bake. The local insurgents don’t like to attack in the bright light of day. Lowell’s soldiers returned to their normal duties.
Twelve hours later we were again at stand-to. Just when I began thinking that this old tactic might be a waste of time, a huge boom shook the base. A mortar round hit nearby. The men who launched it were likely on the back side of a mountain that looms over the south side of the base. More incoming rounds were expected, but just in a nick of time a violent mountain thunderstorm moved in. We spent the rest of our early evening avoiding rain drops, not mortar fire. It was a good night.