October 2009
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RE: PayPal's New Slogan →
“PayPal - The world’s most-loved way to pay and get paid.”
Bit of a stretch, much?
I think, if given the choice, I’d prefer gold or platinum bullion.
Or blowjobs.
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Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home
Hospital Forces Lesbian to Die Alone; Judge Gives... →
My friend, Kat, posted this link on Facebook.
Just read. It’s as ridiculous as it sounds.
Partner of 18 years. Adopted mother of 4 kids.
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GPICT - Don't Deny the Revolution in Iran: Please... →
This one makes me want to spray stomach bile all across Washington, D.C.
So, remember that li’l skirmish in Iran, where 99% of the population rose up against the 1% essentially holding them hostage?
Yeah, still going on.
You might think otherwise, however, given some recent developments coming out of the State Department.
I can’t even begin to comprehend. Just please read, and...
Santana's 'Supernatural' came out 10 years ago....
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GPICT - Buy OR Donate Tickets To A Service Member... →
Operation Gratitude is hosting a special encore benefit screening of Brothers At War to be held on Veteran’s Day, November 11th, 7:00 PM at the Laemmle Theatre, 11523 Santa Monica Blvd., West Los Angeles, CA.
Click on the poster above or here to purchase tickets online.
You can also buy tickets at the door.
Not in LA? Still want to contribute? Buy tickets and donate them for use by a...
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Remove Piece of Human Garbage Hiram Monserrate... →
Fuck this fucker. In the ass. With a piece of broken glass.
Clicking the link brings you to a petition. [Update: Signing the petition adds you to an e-mail list promoting other causes selected by activist group, Credo Action. Feel free to opt-in on your own. Not going to make that call for anyone. Instead, I’ve swapped the link to take you directly to the contact page for New York State...
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The Zombies - She’s Not There
The haunting...
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Salsoul Orchestra’s take on Earth, Wind...
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Frank Caliendo does Sir Charles Barkley on The...
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Short list of magazines that could fold tomorrow...
In no particular order:
Details - Like lukewarm soap, without salt or spice.
Esquire - Hasn’t been provocative in, well…
Maxim [U.S. edition] - With GQ dropping bombshell cover after bombshell cover, like Megan Fox and that January Jones gem, you putting C-List celeb Audrina Fucking Partridge on your cover just confirms you as the C-List lad magazine that you are.
Rolling Stone -...
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McCain: "And the counterterrorism strategy -... →
See: First four years of Vietnam.
See also: First four years of Iraq.
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Smashing Pumpkins - Silverfuck
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Sitting on the roof in a lounge chair on this...
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GPICT - Helping in Pakistan: National Health Forum... →
Via Nicholas D. Kristof (Twitter: @nytimeskristof), July 18, 2009:
My Sunday column is about Dr. Shershah Syed, an eminent obstetrician and gynecologist who has devoted himself to saving impoverished women in his native Pakistan, where complications from pregnancy and childbirth kill one woman about every 35 minutes. Inevitably, after hearing stories like this, readers write in asking how they...
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Mad Men is super boring.
frangry:
There, I said it.
Agree 100%.
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Apple vs. Everyone Else In The PC Industry - Will... →
I’m on record as asserting that Windows 7’s release will stall Mac market share gains. My reasoning: Windows 7 netbooks are sure to drive up PC unit volumes. But market share is but one measure of success. Yesterday there was an interesting Twitter discussion about market volume versus sales margins. Jason Snell, Macworld editorial director tweeted: “Apple sold 2.3M laptops...
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“Things turn out best for people who make the best out of the way things turn...”
– John Wooden
One of my favorite Wooden-isms.
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Pretty Good
There once was a pretty good student
Who sat in a pretty good class
And was taught by a pretty good teacher
Who always let pretty good pass.
He wasn’t terrific at reading,
He wasn’t a whiz-bang at math,
But for him, education was leading
Straight down a pretty good path.
He didn’t find school too exciting,
But he wanted to do pretty well,
And he did have some trouble with writing
Since...
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You Can
If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don’t;
If you like to win, but think you can’t,
It’s almost a cinch you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost;
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a person’s will;
It’s all in the state of mind.
Full many a race is lost
Ere even a step is run;
...
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GPICT - NYC Shiba Rescue Halts Intake, Desperately... →
From the NYCSR:
Dear Volunteers and Supporters,
Due to economic hardship, NYC Shiba Rescue will be temporarily halting all intake of new dogs. During this time NYCSR will continue to function to the best of our abilities to meet our goal of rescuing and providing Shibas and Shiba mixes with the best quality of life possible.
Read full statement here.
The NYCSR Board Members and active volunteers...
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GPICT - Free or Low-Cost Mammograms in New York... →
ONE OUT OF FOUR NYC WOMEN 40 AND OLDER DO NOT GET REGULAR MAMMOGRAMS.
Breast cancer kills about 1,260 in New York City every year and still 23% of women 40 and older have not had a recent mammogram.
The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene recommends that women ages 40 and older get a mammogram every 1-2 years. Women with a family history of breast cancer should seek expert medical advice...
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GPICT Redux - "Cause It's My Birthday:" Just shy... →
Cause It’s My Birthday travels might be over, but the donations are still open through 10/17.
With less than $3,000 to go, you can help make the difference. Only $5 for the purchase of 1 malaria net. Visit the site to make a donation TODAY and help in this national fundraiser where 100% of the donations go toward malaria nets through Netting Nations, a 501c3 organziation....
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“When I was in Officer Candidate School…the equivalent of the Drill...”
– Retired United States Army Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters
No more Senators for President.
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Beck - Ship In A Bottle
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Congressional Budget Office: Tort Reform Could... →
Tort reform could affect costs for health care both directly and indirectly: directly, by lowering premiums for medical liability insurance; and indirectly, by reducing the use of diagnostic tests and other health care services when providers recommend those services principally to reduce their potential exposure to lawsuits.
Link is to the actual CBO report.
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HERE IT IS: The one paragraph Health Care Reform... →
If we want more competition between insurers, then remove the barriers to interstate sales. Start working on tort reform, and dismantle the tax incentives that keep the third-party payers from interfering with the rational market force of pricing on supply and demand. Move insurance to its proper place, indemnifying against serious loss, and allow expanded use of HSAs to promote a retail model...
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WSJ: The Lesson of State Health-Care Reforms →
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously envisioned the states serving as laboratories, trying “novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.” And on health care, that’s just what they’ve done.
Like participants in a national science fair, state governments have tested variants on most of the major components of the health-care...
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