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  • Biden Panders to Elderly w/ Big Social Security Boost, Likely to Worsen Inflation

    10/12/2022 12:02:16 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 111 replies
    Headline USA ^ | October 12, 2022 | Staff
    'With many older people choosing to live in suburban areas or rural areas, some will benefit more...' (Headline USA) On Thursday, the U.S. government is set to announce how big a percentage increase Social Security beneficiaries will see in monthly payments this upcoming year. Some estimates say the boost for more than 65 million Social Security beneficiaries may be as big as 9%. It’s virtually certain to be the largest raise in four decades and will add more strain on the welfare program’s trust fund, which is expected to expire within the next decade, even as younger taxpayers continue to...
  • Biden reveals four women he could pick as his running mate

    11/23/2019 8:35:52 PM PST · by yesthatjallen · 62 replies
    The Hill ^ | 11 23 2019 | Marina Pitofsky
    White House hopeful former Vice President Joe Biden (D) identified four women he could name as his pick for vice president if he wins the Democratic nomination. At a town hall Friday night, Biden was asked about his pick, and he joked back to the questioner “You. Are you available?” USA Today reported. Biden did not say any specific names, but he said multiple people are qualified, including “the former assistant attorney general who got fired," referring to former Attorney General Sally Yates; "the woman who should have been the governor of Georgia," referring to Stacey Abrams; and "the two...
  • CNBC Panders: Invites Lefty Blogger Arianna Huffington to Co-Host Show

    03/24/2009 3:53:55 PM PDT · by Rufus2007 · 14 replies · 532+ views
    businessandmedia.org ^ | March 24, 2009 | Jeff Poor
    CNBC looks to be making another left turn. After the network announced Democratic National Committee chairman and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean as a “CNBC contributor,” the network has gone even farther. According a status update from Arianna Huffington’s Facebook page on March 24, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post will co-host CNBC’s morning program, “Squawk Box” on March 31. “I'll be hosting Squawk Box on CNBC next Tuesday,” Huffington’s post read. “Who would you like to see me interview, and what should I ask them?” ..more..
  • Judge used 'penis pump' during murder case

    09/28/2005 7:05:57 PM PDT · by Zuben Elgenubi · 124 replies · 4,059+ views
    icWales network ^ | September 26, 2005 | Staff
    Judge used 'penis pump' during murder case Sep 26 2005 icWales   A US judge will go on trial today charged with three counts of indecent exposure after allegedly masturbating using a “penis pump” while presiding over a murder case.Witnesses claim they could hear the noise of the device coming from beneath the robes of Donald Thompson as he sat on the bench.The 58-year-old former district judge had served at Creek County Court, Oklahoma, where he was charged, for 22 years.The sex toy will be presented as evidence during the trial.The court has also permitted testimony that a second pump...
  • Journalism Panders to Viewer Bad Taste

    12/07/2002 1:17:03 PM PST · by hoosierskypilot · 4 replies · 236+ views
    Fox news ^ | 12/07/02 | Eric Burns
    It gives me great pleasure to report that the media worship of celebrities has not sunk to an all-time low. It does not give me great pleasure to report the reason, which is that the media worship of celebrities long ago reached its nadir and has not in the interim given the slightest indication of ascent. As an arbitrary starting point---and one could go back a century earlier if one chose---consider Barbara Walters’s 1999 interview with Monica Lewinsky. Consider Walters’s 1997 interview with Marv Albert. Consider Diane Sawyer’s 1996 interview with Robert Downey, Jr. Consider Sawyer’s 1995 interview with Michael...