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  • A Psychopath at the Pittsburgh VA

    09/08/2009 10:30:34 PM PDT · by fiscon1 · 4 replies · 773+ views
    The Provocateur ^ | 09/09/2009 | Mike Volpe
    That's a fairly size able list of Psychopathic behavioral traits. A few days ago, I did a story that centered around a doctor named Dr. Anna Chacko. Dr. Chacko is currently the head of radiology in the VA hospital in Pittsburgh. I also believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that she's a Psychopath. Dr. Chacko has engaged in a reign of terror that has taken her all over Texas, Colorado, San Francisco, Boston, Butte, Montana, Hawaii, and most recently Pittsburgh. What I'd like to do is list off some examples of the characteristics from some of the most intense...
  • Making the grade in the community [Compulsory Volunteerism: it's a graduation requirement]

    09/08/2009 10:27:01 PM PDT · by tsomer · 14 replies · 1,072+ views
    The Times of Trenton ^ | Sept. 8, 2009 | Lisa Rich
    "Now the college utilizes resources from the Bonner Center for Civic and Community Engagement to make the effort as efficient as possible. The Bonner Center student scholars are charged with organizing the 1,000-plus freshmen into service areas, and then coordinating yearlong activities from which students can meet their requirements."
  • Kentucky man says photo might show Bigfoot raiding his garden

    09/08/2009 10:11:58 PM PDT · by Artemis Webb · 64 replies · 2,679+ views
    kfor.com ^ | 090809
    JEFFERSON COUNTY, KU -- Conspiracy theorists have tried to prove the possibility of aliens, sea monsters, and even shape shifters, now there is a mystery in Jefferson County. Kenny Mahoney, born and raised in Fairdale, snapped a picture of what some people are calling Big Foot. His hunting camera, which is operated by a motion detector, normally picks up rabbits, deer and turkeys, but on September 1st around 2:15 p.m. it picked up a strange image that looks like some sort of large black creature, one Mahoney estimates taller than he. "It looked like it had the outline of a...
  • Orly on American Patriot Radio Now!

    09/08/2009 10:11:19 PM PDT · by Beloved Levinite · 66 replies · 3,727+ views
    APR ^ | 9/9/2009 | BL
    Orly on now!
  • Listen up Senators and Congressmen

    09/08/2009 10:10:58 PM PDT · by etraveler13 · 18 replies · 909+ views
    Sept 09, 2009 | John Q. Public
    Listen UP, Senators and Congressmen
  • To Cry of 'Nobama,' Morristown Tea Party Urges Government Restraint

    09/08/2009 10:10:39 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 1 replies · 430+ views
    The Star-Ledger ^ | September 07, 2009
    Labor Day barbecues took a back seat today to a political "tea party" in Morristown that drew about 2,000 people who waved flags, hoisted placards and donned red-white-and-blue outfits to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the federal government. The crowd packed the Morristown green to listen and cheer as President Obama, his proposed health-care reform, a "cap-and-trade" bill to reduce greenhouse gases, bailouts and stimulus packages all came under withering criticism from speakers. Mary Iuvone/For The Star-LedgerKathy Slattery of Chester applauds in support during the Labor Day "tea party" on the Morristown Green, a protest against rising taxes and government waste....
  • EXCLUSIVE: Public service program rejects card check

    09/08/2009 10:09:10 PM PDT · by Nachum · 2 replies · 367+ views
    Washington Times ^ | 9/8/09 | Amanda Carpenter
    While the Obama administration and its Democratic allies in Congress press to allow private-sector workers to unionize by signing authorization cards instead of voting by secret ballot, the government's legal-aid program for the poor has declared the so-called "card check" strategy "unreliable" and rejected an effort by some of its own workers to organize that way. The Legal Services Corp., a congressionally chartered, taxpayer-funded entity, even hired a law firm to rebuff the efforts of workers in its oversight offices to gain union representation by the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), forcing the workers to conduct a...
  • Report: House health care bill would balloon deficit

    09/08/2009 10:06:44 PM PDT · by Nachum · 4 replies · 340+ views
    A new report that for the first time gauges the impact of health care reform two decades out shows the nation's budget imbalance would skyrocket after 2020. The House bill would increase the budget deficit by $1 trillion between 2020 to 2029, up from $39 billion from 2010 through 2019, says the Peterson Foundation study, conducted by the nonpartisan Lewin Group. For "health care reform to be fiscally responsible, it must not just pay for itself over 10 years and beyond, it should also result in a significant reduction in the tens of trillions of dollars in the federal government's...
  • Blagojevich: Words on FBI Tape Out of Context (I was naive about Rezko, But so was Obama)

    09/08/2009 10:05:42 PM PDT · by fight_truth_decay · 15 replies · 1,447+ views
    620WTMJ ^ | 09/08-09/09 | MIKE ROBINSON
    CHICAGO (AP) -- Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Tuesday that statements he made on secret FBI wiretap tapes were taken out of context by prosecutors and that he might try to call senators and a top White House official as witnesses at his racketeering and fraud trial to back his version of events.
  • Lawyer: We'll drop suit if Steelers QB admits rape

    09/08/2009 10:03:38 PM PDT · by Justaham · 25 replies · 1,049+ views
    RENO, Nev. (AP) - The lawyer for a former Nevada casino worker who has accused Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of sexually assaulting her says his client will drop her civil lawsuit if he acknowledges the rape and apologizes. Attorney Cal Dunlap says in a letter to Roethlisberger's lawyers that his client would also like the quarterback to donate $100,000 to the Committee to Aid Abused Women, a Reno nonprofit organization. The woman filed the suit in July accusing the Super Bowl-winning quarterback assaulted her in 2008 in a hotel across the street from a golf course where he was...
  • The Quinn & Rose Morning Radio Show Live Thread, September 9, 2009

    09/08/2009 10:00:43 PM PDT · by sneakers · 49 replies · 1,103+ views
    Join us in the Warroom from 6 to 9 every morning on www.wpgb.com or listen online at: http://streamingradioguide.com/streaming-radio-shows.php?sformat=1&radio-format=Political%20Opinion
  • F**k Obama: Bring Back Van Jones (Says Beck winning, wants Al Franken-Van Jones ticket in 2012!)

    09/08/2009 10:00:34 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 24 replies · 1,104+ views
    Talking Points Memo ^ | September 8, 2009 | "Desidero"
    Let's cut to the chase. These "low intellect wingnuts" you see on TV? They're smarter than you. You may see them as knuckle-dragging Cro-Magnons. But you have the White House and both Houses of Congress. And they can still get anyone fired anytime they want. Say bye-bye, Van Jones. All R Bases R Belong to Them. Bill O'Reilly shut down Olbermann. Rush Limbaugh shut down Michael Steele, Glen Beck shut down ColorForChange and Van Jones. Public option? Forget it. It's been given away. Your needs don't matter. Glen Beck's matter. Michelle Bachman's matter. Big PhRMA's matter. You, as Rahm told...
  • Farmers sell wives after crops fail

    09/08/2009 9:58:33 PM PDT · by Nachum · 13 replies · 925+ views
    Irish Examiner ^ | 9/8/09 | Dielle D’Souza
    FARMERS in north India are selling their wives to survive, it has been revealed. Left without money due to failing crops, farmers in Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh, have reportedly sold their wives to money lenders for 4,000-12,000 rupees (€55-€170). The more beautiful the woman, the higher the price, it was claimed. The deals are allegedly being settled on a legal stamp paper under the heading Vivaha Anubandh (marriage contract). Most of the women are illiterate and cannot read the "contract".
  • Hurricane Camille: Obama Election Coalition Unlikely to be Repaired

    09/08/2009 9:55:24 PM PDT · by Senator Goldwater · 32 replies · 1,507+ views
    Salon ^ | September 9, 2009 | Camille Paglia
    See article below.
  • Episcopalian Religious Community Enters the Catholic Church in Maryland

    09/08/2009 9:54:48 PM PDT · by ak267 · 5 replies · 556+ views
    EWTN ^ | 09/08/2009 | ak267
    Ten religious sisters and a priest who were formerly part of an Episcopal religious community were received into full communion with the Catholic Church at a Mass in Maryland on Thursday. One sister said God will use them to bring unity to the Church. The women were members of the Society of All Saints’ Sisters of the Poor. The former Episcopal priest, Fr. Warren Tanghe, was their chaplain. “We know our beliefs and where we are,” the sisters’ superior, Mother Christina Christie, told the Baltimore Sun. “We were drifting farther apart from the more liberal road the Episcopal Church is...
  • Support for GOP Reaches New Recent High on Generic Ballot

    09/08/2009 9:54:30 PM PDT · by freespirited · 8 replies · 691+ views
    Little has changed this week on the Generic Ballot as Republican Congressional candidates continue to hold a seven-point lead over Democrats. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 44% would vote for their district’s Republican congressional candidate while 37% would opt for his or her Democratic opponent. Support for both parties rose one point over the past week, giving Republicans their highest level of support of the past several years. Support for Democrats last week reached its lowest point during that same time period. This summer, support for Republican candidates ranged from 41% to 43%, support for Democrats...
  • Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Attacking the Second Amendment in Preparation of Next Month’s...

    09/08/2009 9:54:06 PM PDT · by neverdem · 12 replies · 770+ views
    NRA - ILA ^ | September 08, 2009 | NA
    ·11250 Waples Mill Road ·   Fairfax, Virginia 22030    ·800-392-8683   Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Attacking the Second Amendment in Preparation of Next Month’s G-20 Summit!   Tuesday, September 08, 2009   Please Contact Your Local Officials!  Tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., the Pittsburgh City Council will consider an ordinance that attempts to undermine our Second Amendment rights by targeting so-called “assault weapons.”   This poorly written and misguided proposal is being labeled as an effort to help create a secure environment for next month’s G-20 Summit, even though the City Council has allocated $16 million for security and accepted $14.3 million in federal and...
  • Taxpayers Face Heavy Losses On Auto Bailout [$23 Billion!]

    09/08/2009 9:50:49 PM PDT · by Steelfish · 10 replies · 540+ views
    SFChronicle ^ | September 08, 2009
    Taxpayers face heavy losses on auto bailout By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer Tuesday, September 8, 2009 Taxpayers face losses on a significant portion of the $81 billion in government aid provided to the auto industry, an oversight panel said in a report to be released Wednesday. The Congressional Oversight Panel did not provide an estimate of the projected loss in its latest monthly report on the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program. But it said most of the $23 billion initially provided to General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC late last year is unlikely to be repaid. "I...
  • Study: Terrorists Shifting Focus to 'Soft' Targets

    09/08/2009 9:50:10 PM PDT · by Nachum · 8 replies · 468+ views
    Fox ^ | 9/8/09 | staff
    WASHINGTON -- Terrorists are aiming for hotels and other easier-to-hit targets as security measures at military and government facilities continue to improve, says a global intelligence company. Al Qaeda is changing from a centralized organization with global goals to regional "franchises" with more parochial aims and strong grass-roots support, according to a report Tuesday from STRATFOR. These smaller cells get less training and less money, so they set their sights lower. That doesn't mean they aren't dangerous, "particularly if they are attempting to prove their value or if they are able to link up with someone who is highly tactically...
  • The convenient fantasies of President Obama

    09/08/2009 9:49:21 PM PDT · by smoothsailing · 21 replies · 1,360+ views
    Washington Examiner ^ | 9-9-09 | Michael Barone
    The convenient fantasies of President Obama By: Michael Barone Senior Political AnalystSeptember 9, 2009 President Barack Obama gestures during his interview with The Associated Press, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in the West Wing of the White House in Washington. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) The resignation over the Labor Day weekend of White House "green jobs" czar Van Jones tells you some interesting things about the Obama administration. One of them is that a man who proclaimed himself a "communist" in the 1990s and signed 9/11 "truther" petitions suggesting Bush administration complicity in the Sept. 11 attacks was considered fit for a...