Department of Veterans Affairs regional offices have been ordered to immediately stop shredding documents after an investigation found some benefits claims and supporting documents among piles of papers waiting to be destroyed.
Claims often include personal records supplied by veterans that are not duplicated in government files and might be difficult to replace, such as certificates for births, deaths and marriage.
Hey, that’s not a bad idea. Maybe if I shred my cable bill, Bright House will let me have HBO for free next month. Because if there’s no bill, there’s no proof that I owe them money. Right?
Missed Grampy on the Dave show last night due to the Rays game running long. Why the fuck did Maddon leave Wheeler in so long when he obviously couldn’t get anybody out? Not to second-guess the AL manager of the year… OK, maybe to second-guess him a little. What a shame after Kazmir had such a great start and made Maddon look like a genius for switching up the rotation.
OK, no one cares, I know. 😀
Obama is coming to Tampa on Monday. No details yet as to when and where, so I’m not sure whether or not to try to get the day off work. I’m too sleep-deprived this morning to make decisions like that.
The highlights from Dana Milbank’s report on yesterday at the Ted Stevens trial:
Mrs. Stevens hated all the furniture that was given to the couple, free, by Veco. But, it’s still in the house because she can’t get Mr. Allen to get it out. (That may be because Mr. Allen is spending time in jail for bribing Alaskan lawmakers.)
The Stevens didn’t receive any bills for the work Veco did because they had trouble with the mail after 9/11. (Rudy, no doubt, suggested that answer.)
Senator Larry Craig came over to the courtroom and sat in the audience (tapping his foot?) to show support for the Senator Stevens.
It doesn’t sound like the the poor senator was having a good time. Could his career be going down the tubes? And, would having his career down in those tubes clog them so badly we’d never get our email?
It turns out that the disco classic Stayin’ Alive may be aptly named.
A new study has found that listening to, or even thinking about, the Bee Gees song helped people doing CPR to time chest compressions accurately.
Researchers at the University of Illinois say the song, from the 1977 hit movie Saturday Night Fever, is set to a tempo of 103 beats per minute.
American Heart Association guidelines suggest people trying to save lives by doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, should aim for 100 chest compressions per minute.
Study participants were able to maintain a rate of 109 beats per minute when they performed CPR on a mannequin while listening to the song.
Five weeks later, when they were asked to repeat the task without the music playing, they achieved 113 beats per minute, a rate that is considered acceptably accurate.
I guess Queen’s “Another One Bites The Dust” is good too.
As ThinkProgress and many others noted yesterday, the premise of Joe “the Plumber†Wurzelbacher’s complaints about Barack Obama’s tax plan was ill-informed. Contrary to Wurzelbacher’s claims, “neither his personal taxes nor those of the business where he works are likely to rise if Mr. Obama’s tax plan were to go into effect.â€
As CBS News reported, even “Joe The Plumber†acknowledges this fact now:
So today, Joe, who said he makes much less than $250,000, reluctantly admitted Obama would lower his taxes.
“I would, if you believe him, I would be receiving his tax cuts,†Wurzelbacher said.
You know what’s really sad about these great musicians dying off is that I haven’t really cared for much since the late eighties, early nineties and in a few years I’ll have nothing to listen to but golden oldies. I guess I’m becoming a golden oldie. :smack:
This is nice.
Hey, that’s not a bad idea. Maybe if I shred my cable bill, Bright House will let me have HBO for free next month. Because if there’s no bill, there’s no proof that I owe them money. Right?
Assholes.
Missed Grampy on the Dave show last night due to the Rays game running long. Why the fuck did Maddon leave Wheeler in so long when he obviously couldn’t get anybody out? Not to second-guess the AL manager of the year… OK, maybe to second-guess him a little. What a shame after Kazmir had such a great start and made Maddon look like a genius for switching up the rotation.
OK, no one cares, I know. 😀
Obama is coming to Tampa on Monday. No details yet as to when and where, so I’m not sure whether or not to try to get the day off work. I’m too sleep-deprived this morning to make decisions like that.
The highlights from Dana Milbank’s report on yesterday at the Ted Stevens trial:
Mrs. Stevens hated all the furniture that was given to the couple, free, by Veco. But, it’s still in the house because she can’t get Mr. Allen to get it out. (That may be because Mr. Allen is spending time in jail for bribing Alaskan lawmakers.)
The Stevens didn’t receive any bills for the work Veco did because they had trouble with the mail after 9/11. (Rudy, no doubt, suggested that answer.)
Senator Larry Craig came over to the courtroom and sat in the audience (tapping his foot?) to show support for the Senator Stevens.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/16/AR2008101603616.html?hpid=topnews
It doesn’t sound like the the poor senator was having a good time. Could his career be going down the tubes? And, would having his career down in those tubes clog them so badly we’d never get our email?
Could someone post a link to Mr. FK’s website?
Here’s the link, Andy
http://www.noignoring.com/
It turns out that the disco classic Stayin’ Alive may be aptly named.
A new study has found that listening to, or even thinking about, the Bee Gees song helped people doing CPR to time chest compressions accurately.
Researchers at the University of Illinois say the song, from the 1977 hit movie Saturday Night Fever, is set to a tempo of 103 beats per minute.
American Heart Association guidelines suggest people trying to save lives by doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, should aim for 100 chest compressions per minute.
Study participants were able to maintain a rate of 109 beats per minute when they performed CPR on a mannequin while listening to the song.
Five weeks later, when they were asked to repeat the task without the music playing, they achieved 113 beats per minute, a rate that is considered acceptably accurate.
I guess Queen’s “Another One Bites The Dust” is good too.
morning bloggies!
i’ve been at work for an hour now….and it feel like 3 because i forgot my headphones today. :growl: :fu: :jason:
without music or something to distract me….it’s gonna be a long day,
happy friday! 🙄
I think I’d prefer to use ‘Run Like Hell’ from Pink Floyd for my CPR music.
As ThinkProgress and many others noted yesterday, the premise of Joe “the Plumber†Wurzelbacher’s complaints about Barack Obama’s tax plan was ill-informed. Contrary to Wurzelbacher’s claims, “neither his personal taxes nor those of the business where he works are likely to rise if Mr. Obama’s tax plan were to go into effect.â€
As CBS News reported, even “Joe The Plumber†acknowledges this fact now:
So today, Joe, who said he makes much less than $250,000, reluctantly admitted Obama would lower his taxes.
“I would, if you believe him, I would be receiving his tax cuts,†Wurzelbacher said.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/17/joe-the-plumber-obama-cut/
And Wurzelbacher means “root streams.”
Levi Stubbs.
No wonder Wurzelbacher is not a common name. What IS a root stream?
I’m a woman and I’m voting for McInane:
Levi Stubbs.
Comment by pjsauter — October 17, 2008 @ 2:58 pm
That sucks. That guy’s voice is all over the soundtrack of my childhood. Guess I’ll be busting out the Tops records tonight.
BERNADETTE!!
:banana:
What a piece of shit.
This is an NPR feature on the town in West Virginia where I lived in from 1960-1964 when I was younger.
The Four Tops were my favorite Motown group and Levi was one of the best singers ever.
🙁 :gate:
:banana: :dancers: :bow:
great videos, vern
:gate:
You know what’s really sad about these great musicians dying off is that I haven’t really cared for much since the late eighties, early nineties and in a few years I’ll have nothing to listen to but golden oldies. I guess I’m becoming a golden oldie. :smack:
Kpea- check out this website. I just found it yesterday- mrs A and I spent quite awhile just tripping out on some of these mixes. Definietely not your top 40 crap.
http://thelifeelsewhere.blogspot.com/2008/10/inevitable-encounter.html