Hilly is chilly because she was stiffed out of campaign cash? Nahhhhhh, couldn't be!
Posted on 09/02/2003 9:13:35 PM PDT by BigWaveBetty
Insiders say a certain social hypothermia has developed between supermodel Christie Brinkley and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. (They deny it and proclaim deep mutual affection.) The scoop is that a year ago, Clinton agreed to speak at a benefit for Brinkley's charity, the Star
Hilly is chilly because she was stiffed out of campaign cash? Nahhhhhh, couldn't be!
Mr. T and I are so mad at the spinless RINOS. They have no #alls. They're afarid of the dems I guess. What's up with that? Oh yeah, I just got a "Send us more money" letter. I'm gonna write them a letter instead.
Changing topic here, this was in today's Wall Street Journal.
THE DAILY SCAN
By MARK INGEBRETSEN
Study Shows Negative Thoughts Are Tied to Immune Response
Negative emotions can take their toll on the body's immune system, the New York Times reported. Describing an experiment by researchers at the University of Wisconsin, the Times said: "During a task that required experiencing negative emotions, greater electrical activity in the brain's right prefrontal cortex predicted a weaker immune response six months later, as measured by the subjects' level of antibodies to the flu shot."
The finding adds to the growing body of evidence that health and emotional well-being may be closely intertwined.
Last month, for example, a widely publicized study revealed that "Cancer patients with symptoms of depression are more likely to have their lives cut short than cancer patients who are free of such symptoms," according to HealthDay news.
However, the University of Wisconsin experiment contained some fresh revelations. "Many previous studies have shown that emotions and stress can adversely affect the immune system. But this effect had not been directly correlated with activity in the brain," the director of the research effort said in the New Scientist.
Those who prefer to focus on the bright side of the results will be happy to hear that "Positive thinking or at least thinking of positive events on one's life can impact how effective an influenza shot works," according to United Press International.
In other news, Slate Magazine complains that the New York Times is stealing all its writers. That doesn't say much for the NYT, but then, neither did the Blair fiasco.
You're correct, after the first few minutes it went into your aforementioned psycholbabble.
I'm curious though, what did you scream at the t.v. when that dimwit at the "peace rally" said, "We need to turn the other cheek!"
My response: "We've run out of cheeks!!!" (cleaned up version)
Glad you're feeling better and your foot is on the mend!
Know any little Hillarys? Probably not....
The Social Security Administration has a fascinating Web page where it publishes data on popular baby names from 1880 to the present, and blogger Matt Evans has conducted a fascinating analysis of one famous name:
According to data published by the Social Security Administration, the name Hillary is the most severely poisoned baby name in history. Hillary had been steadily climbing the baby name charts since the 1960s, when it first graced the Top 1000, becoming the 136th most common name for baby girls in 1992. But the name sharply reversed course in 1993, smashing several longstanding records for name contamination in its plunge from the Top 1000 girl names last year.
The title for the most rapid case of name contamination had been held by Ebenezer and then Adolph, names that were shunned by parents after they became associated with Dickens's miserly banker and the Nazi dictator Hitler. But while Ebenezer and Adolph each took over 30 years to fall from the Top 1000 after they were negatively associated with their prominent name sakes, Hillary dropped off the charts in just 10 years, upsetting the prior records in less than 30% of the time. Besides this achievement, Hillary also set records for largest drop in a single year (295 places in 1994), two years (420 places in 1993-1994) and ten years (>864 from 1993 to 2002). These titles taken together represent the grand slam of name poisoning.
Evans adds: "The largest one-year drop of another tarnished name from the same period, Monica, was 53 places in 1999; the two-year drop was 73 (1998-1999). Monica's dip was short-lived as well, ending with an uptick in popularity in 2002." BestoftheWeb
*snicker!*
:)
What a beautiful day it's been out here today. Almost fall like. Football season starts, Yee Haw!
BWB-J-Lo is wearing white???? OOOH Boy ;^)
Sen. Hillary Clinton , D-NY, delivers a speech to teamsters on the 100-year anniversary of the creation of the International Brotherhood of the Teamsters during a ceremony in Washington Saturday, Sept. 6, 2003.
Sen. Clinton to Block Bush EPA Nominee
NEW YORK - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday she planned to block President Bush's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency over an internal report saying the EPA misled New Yorkers about health risks after the World Trade Center attack.
What a bunch of crap! She's asking our president to give her a public acknowledgmeny of how important and smart she is. Smartest woman in america. @itch!
On the Bush Beat ...
Good news on the Bush Beat: Columnist Lambro reports that Dem chances of beating GWB were “sharply reduced” last week.
Headline on column in yesterday’s Washington Times: “Upbeat growth numbers” Excerpt from Lambro’s report: “The Democrats' chances of beating President Bush in 2004 were sharply reduced last week by one closely watched economic number. The Commerce Department's report that the economy was expanding at a 3.1 percent annual rate in the second quarter must have sent a pall over the Democratic National Committee headquarters here, not to mention the campaign offices of the Democratic presidential contenders.
Barring some catastrophic setback in the war on terrorism, next year's presidential election is going to be decided by the state of the economy. Who says so? Why, all the Democratic candidates.
That single issue is at the core of their campaign agendas, such as they are. But last week's strong, upward revision in the nation's gross domestic product — which measures all the goods and services America produces and sells — dealt a sharp blow to the Democrats' chief domestic issue.
It's virtually impossible to overstate both the economic and political importance of the elevated GDP growth. The rate announced in early August was 2.4 percent, much higher than the anemic 1.4 percent of the previous six months.
There was cheering in the White House when the revised estimate came out Thursday morning, showing much stronger consumer demand and business investment, as well as an upsurge in manufacturing for durable-goods orders. Part of the growth surge was due to increases in defense spending in the war on terrorism, but much of it also is due to the administration's $350 billion tax-cut package, which is working its way into the economy.
Income tax withholding rates are down in worker paychecks, about $30 billion in child tax-credit refund checks have gone out to 25 million families this summer, and business tax credits are being implemented to buy equipment for future expansion.
While Mr. Bush's Democratic opponents have pounded his $1.7 trillion in tax cuts over the past three years, the fact is that it has resulted in higher after-tax incomes for most households. The total economic stimulus from this year's stepped-up tax cuts won't be known until the third-quarter GDP numbers are out in November. That's when we will see the full impact of the child tax-credit refund checks sent out in July and August.
We have already seen incremental numbers this summer that bode well for the rest of the year and beyond. Retail sales jumped by 1.4 percent in July and will likely rise higher as a result of back-to-school buying.
In June, U.S. factory orders saw their biggest increase in three months. Home sales have been spectacular, too, due to lower interest rates, though mortgage rates have crept upward lately and housing sales have slowed — though they are still in record territory.
But the most breathtaking number in the revised second-quarter GDP figures was consumer spending, which shot up by 3.8 percent — nearly twice the 2 percent rate between January and March.
Rising corporate earnings have also been a big story this summer, driving stock values higher and boosting worker pensions and other stock portfolios.
http://www.iowapresidentialwatch.com/pages/Daily2.htm
Our town's 150th birthday celebration is today - I've been running around for hours, setting up signs, chairs, trash cans, etc. Things get underway at 1 p.m. and we'll go till 8 p.m. Thankfully, it's a beautiful, sunny day. Wish us luck! See you all later (much later)!
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