Fond du La, Wis. – A 54-year-old man says his obsessive-compulsive disorder drove him to eat 23,000 Big Macs in 36 years. Fifty-four-year-old Don Gorske says he hit the milestone last month, continuing a pleasurable obsession that began May 17, 1972 when he got his first car. Gorske has kept every burger receipt in a box. He says he was always fascinated with numbers. *** The only day he skipped a Big Mac was the day his mother died, to respect her request.
Ahhhhh
Posted by Tina
San Antonio – San Antonio unveiled a deal on Tuesday that will make it the first U.S. city to harvest methane gas from human waste on a commercial scale and turn it into clean-burning fuel. San Antonio residents produce about 140,000 tons a year of a substance gently referred to as “biosolids,” which can be reprocessed into natural gas, said Steve Clouse, chief operating officer of the city’s water system. *** Following the agreement, more than 90 percent of materials flushed down the toilets and sinks of San Antonio will be recycled, he said. Liquid is now used for irrigation, many of the solids are made into compost, and now the methane gas will be recycled for power generation. Reuters
Posted by Tina
I assume John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential partner in a fit of pique because the Republican money men refused to let him have the stuffed male shirt he really wanted. She added nothing to the ticket that the Republicans didn’t already have sewn up, the white trash vote, the demographic that sullies America’s name inside and outside its borders yet has such a curious appeal for the right. Heather Mallick, CBCnews.ca http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/09/05/f-vp-mallick.html
Talkin’ Back:
The all inclusive, never “judgemental” left…color me not at all surprised by this snobbish “trash” talkin female.
Posted by Jack
Seven years after 9/11, the United States remains “dangerously vulnerable” to chemical, biological and nuclear attacks, according to a bipartisan report from an independent group. House Democrats, meanwhile, say the Bush administration has made little progress on national security initiatives.
Posted by Tina
The Saint Paul Police have identified an anarchist group called the RNC Welcoming Committee as being at the center of the violence. It’s goal was to stop the convention.
The anarchists got all of the attention but the folks who coordinated the protesters at the Republican Convention are worth noting. The anarchist group RNC Welcoming Committee was out front in the news since they perpetrated much of the violence but two people who coordinated the event have very shady backgrounds. Read all about it in a story by Ray Robinson:
AFL-CIO reps coordinated anarchists for RNC, by Ray Robinson examiner.com (SF)
University of Minnesota staff were key coordinators of the recent violent protests at the Republican National Convention (RNC). The university employees are also members of the local clerical union of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees. The AFSCME is part of the AFL-CIO union.
Continue reading “Meet the Protesters at the Republican Convention” »
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by Jack Lee
There is hope for your dope, so says BO. According to official campaign material Obama wants to decriminalize the so-called medical marijuana outlets and rescue the users from harrassment by federal agents bent on confiscating the evil weed.
Imagine all those millions of Americans now desperate to toke up because of that vicious hangnail problem or a rusty gallblader or who knows what ailment and here we got the government standing between them and their dope…for which they currently have no hope.
Posted by Tina
Community organizing is most identified with the left-wing Chicago activist Saul Alinsky (1909-72), who pretty much defined the profession. In his classic book, Rules for Radicals, Alinsky wrote that a successful organizer should be an abrasive agent to rub raw the resentments of the people of the community; to fan latent hostilities of many of the people to the point of overt expressions. Once such hostilities were whipped up to a fighting pitch, Alinsky continued, the organizer steered his group toward confrontation, in the form of picketing, demonstrating, and general hell-raising. At first, the organizer tackled small stuff, like demanding the repair of streetlights in a city park; later, when the group gained confidence, the organizer could take on bigger targets. But at all times, the organizers goal was not to lead his people anywhere, but to encourage them to take action on their own behalf.- Byron York, NRO
If youd like to learn more about community organizing and specifically about Barack Obamas community organizing in Chicago, follow the link to Byron Yorks excellent piece in National Review:
By DAVID PAUL KUHN, Politico.com
Election News, Barack Obama, John McCain (Sept. 7) – John McCain has overtaken Barack Obama in the Gallup daily tracking poll and has his highest level of support in that poll since early May. McCain leads Obama 48 percent to 45 percent among registered voters, by Gallups measure. McCain has so far earned the same convention bounce as Obama, though at a more rapid pace.
Posted by Tina
Battered by weak sales, declining market share and miserable credit ratings, Detroit’s Big Three automakers are now turning to the US government for help. General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC will be launching a campaign in the coming days to secure at least 25 billion dollars in federal loans to help get past the current economic malaise. AFP
The GM Chevy Volt (pictured) is an electric car wth a gas powered generator back up to extend mileage. Production was to start by 2010. (Wikipedia)
