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AFTER 40 YEARS, AGE DISCRIMINATION STILL GETS SECOND -CLASS TREATMENT

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:27:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: IT WAS SIMPLY A"FACT"OF LIFE THE COURT SAID,WITH "NO DISPARAGING UNDERTONES."

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

After 40 Years, Age Discrimination Still Gets Second-Class Treatment

After working for a vending machine company for more than 20 years, James O’Connor was replaced with someone younger. He sued. He testified that his boss had disparaged older workers, including saying — two weeks before he was fired — “O’Connor, you are too damn old for this kind of work.” A federal court was unmoved, ruling in 1995 that he had not connected the bigoted comments to his firing.

When two older supervisors at a light bulb company were fired and sued, their claim of age discrimination was denied. A federal appeals court ruled in 1994 that the statement by the company’s vice president that “there comes a time when we have to make way for younger people” was “irrelevant.” It was simply a “fact of life,” the court said, with “no disparaging undertones.”

Tags: age, second, class, discrimination

Report: 237 millionaires in Congress

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:04:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Senators’ estimated median reportable worth sunk to about $1.79 million from $2.27 million in 2007. The House’s median income was significantly lower and also sank, bottoming out at $622,254 from $724,258 in 2007.

But CRP’s analysis suggests that some lawmakers did well for themselves between 2007 and 2008, even as many Americans lost jobs and saw their savings and their home values plummet.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) gained about $9.2 million. Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) gained about $3 million, Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) had an estimated $2.6 million gain, and Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) gained about $2.8 million.

Some lawmakers have profited from investments in companies that have received federal bailouts; dozens of lawmakers are invested in Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America.
Vice President Joe Biden has often tagged himself as an original blue collar man. The CRP backs him up, putting his net worth at just $27,000.

Clip Source: www.politico.com

Talk about bad timing.

As Washington reels from the news of 10.2 percent unemployment, the Center for Responsive Politics is out with a new report describing the wealth of members of Congress.

Among the highlights: Two-hundred-and-thirty-seven members of Congress are millionaires. That’s 44 percent of the body – compared to about 1 percent of Americans overall.

CRP says California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa is the richest lawmaker on Capitol Hill, with a net worth estimated at about $251 million. Photo: AP

CRP says California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa is the richest lawmaker on Capitol Hill, with a net worth estimated at about $251 million. Next in line: Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), worth about $244.7 million; Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), worth about $214.5 million; Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), worth about $209.7 million

All told, at least seven lawmakers have net worths greater than $100 million, according to the Center’s 2008 figures.

Arms Dealer urges strong U.S. commitment to Afghan war

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:42:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Back on the job, or still on the job.

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

BENTON HARBOR, Michigan (Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday urged President Barack Obama to commit enough troops to win the war in Afghanistan, warning hesitation would embolden U.S. foes and devastate its allies.

"I don't see how he can do anything other than move aggressively to achieve victory," the Wyoming Republican, a harsh critic of the new administration, said in a speech to a Michigan business group.

"Our adversaries take heart from our hesitation and vacillation," Cheney said.

"Our not following through will have devastating consequences not only for Afghanistan but also for our NATO allies. This is the first time ever (NATO members have) committed troops to combat."

The White House has not said when Obama is likely to make a decision on his Afghanistan strategy, though an administration official said it was unlikely to occur before he embarks on a trip to Asia on November 11.

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Jon Stewart Asks Al Gore: ‘Should I believe you or my rock hard nipples?’

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:17:34 GMT

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Clip Source: ecopolitology.org

Jon Stewart Asks Al Gore: ‘Should I believe you or my rock hard nipples?’

Former vice president Al Gore returned to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to discuss his new book Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis. Gore explained to Stewart that we do, in fact, have the capacity to avert a climate crisis, the only thing we are missing is the political will. Watch it:

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Tags: lol, al gore is a fraud

Call your SENATORS......today!

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:43:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Nor does much of the rest of Mr. Siddiqui’s résumé. The White House has touted his role in the first phase of developing national organic standards. But those standards, as they first emerged in draft form in the Clinton years, were notoriously loose about allowing genetically engineered crops and the use of sewage-sludge fertilizers to be labeled as “organic.”

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Questions for a Trade Official

Published: November 3, 2009

When Islam Siddiqui appears for his Senate confirmation, possibly as early as next week, it will be time for some tough questions.

The White House has nominated Mr. Siddiqui for the position of chief agricultural negotiator in the office of the United States trade representative. He is presently a vice president at CropLife America, a coalition of the major industrial players in the pesticide industry, including Syngenta, Monsanto, Dow Chemical and DuPont. That job doesn’t seem to square with the Obama administration’s professed interest in more sustainable, less chemically dependent approaches to agriculture.

There’s no disputing Mr. Siddiqui’s experience in government — in California and at the national level. But the business of CropLife — an arm of which openly scoffed at Michelle Obama’s plans for an organic garden — is to increase exports of agricultural chemicals.

Fannie Mae: "Deed For Lease" Program

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:25:35 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The government-controlled company, through its new "Deed for Lease" program, will allow borrowers to transfer ownership to Fannie Mae and sign a one-year lease, with month-to-month extensions after that.

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Fannie Mae: "Deed For Lease" Program Will Let Thousands Rent Out Homes To Avoid Foreclosure

WASHINGTON — Thousands of borrowers on the verge of foreclosure will soon have the option of renting their homes from Fannie Mae, under a policy announced Thursday.

The government-controlled company, through its new "Deed for Lease" program, will allow borrowers to transfer ownership to Fannie Mae and sign a one-year lease, with month-to-month extensions after that.

The program will "eliminate some of the uncertainty of foreclosure, keeps families and tenants in their homes during a transitional period, and helps to stabilize neighborhoods and communities," Jay Ryan, a Fannie Mae vice president, said in a statement.

Vatican summons world leaders to discuss Church's fears that politics is losing its religion

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:02:53 GMT

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Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

By Nick Pisa

04th November 2009

Catholic convert Tony Blair is among several world leaders being invited to attend a top level summit with Pope Benedict XVI to discuss the role of the Church in politics.

The two-day summit will be held at the Vatican and will include other Catholic politicians from all over the world, including German chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. vice president Joe Biden, former Spanish PM Jose Maria Aznar, and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

Church officials have been quietly working on the conference, which will be called 'Witnesses of Christ in the Political Community', for several months.

Items to be discussed include the family, right to life, Christian roots, education and bio-ethics.

He has met current Pope Benedict XVI and he has also set up The Tony Blair Faith Foundation. Two months ago he told the Communion and Liberation Committee in Rimini, Italy, that switching to Catholicism was like 'coming home' and is now 'where my heart is.'

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Tags: angela merkel, joe biden, jose maria aznar, pope benedict xvi, revelation 17:1-2, silvio berlusconi, tony blair, vatican

Cookie Monster Will Die And Become Veggie Monster

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:55:36 GMT

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Clip Source: www.docstoc.com

Cookie Monster is a fictional muppet character on the Sesame Street. He is best known for his voracious appetite famous eating phrases: "Me want cookie!", "Me eat cookie!". However, it seems Cookie Monster will die soon or later.

n an effort to combat childhood obesity, there is rumor that Sesame Street's Cookie Monster is turning into a health-crazed Veggie Monster.

Dr. Rosemarie T. Truglio vice president of research and education. said the show changes every year, focusing not just on teaching numbers and letters but also emotional and physical health. With the rise in childhood obesity, Truglio said “Sesame Street” is concentrating on the need to teach children about healthy foods and physical activity.

Truglio said “Sesame Street” also will introduce new characters, such as talking eggplants and carrots, and offer parodies, such as “American Fruit Stand.”

The big question is: Will this stuff work?

Tags: cookie monster, cookie monster veggie monster, sesame street

Copenhagen Consequences:What You Need To Know

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:43:47 GMT

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Clip Source: www.heritage.org

November 2, 2009

Copenhagen Consequences: What You Need To Know

The Next Kyoto?

U.S. Policy: In 1997 the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Byrd-Hagel Resolution, which warned President Clinton not to enter into any global warming treaty that leaves out developing nations or hurts the American economy. This is still U.S. policy today and should serve as the overarching guidelines for the December global warming conference in Copenhagen.

An Expiring Kyoto: The Kyoto Protocol is the major global warming treaty currently in place, and it expires in 2012. The Copenhagen conference has long been seen by Kyoto proponents as critical for extending the provisions into the decades ahead.

Kyoto Not Ratified: After Vice President Al Gore agreed to the protocol, President Clinton failed to even submit it to the Senate, knowing there wasn't support for a treaty that so obviously violated the Byrd-Hagel Resolution.

Gibbs: Obama 'not watching returns'

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:20:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: He's probably playing basketball.

He can say what he wants but it was obvious to the political hounds that he was stumping for his guys. Now it's time to distance himself. Hypocrites, ALL!!!!

Clip Source: www.politico.com

Gibbs: Obama 'not watching returns'

Hours after urging reporters not to draw sweeping conclusions from Tuesday's gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told POLITICO President Barack Obama wasn't even keeping an eye on the results.

"He's not watching returns," Gibbs said.

The Obama administration and other top Democrats have consistently tried to play down the import of this week's contests, which Republicans have sought to portray as a referendum on the Democratic-led government in Washington.

, he and Vice President Joe Biden campaigned repeatedly for candidates in all three of the night's key races.

Obama stumped in New Jersey for incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine,

, Biden visited New York's 23rd congressional district to appear at an event for Democratic congressional candidate Bill Owens

Al Gore could become world's first carbon billionaire

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:57:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Al Gore, the former US vice president, could become the world's first carbon billionaire after investing heavily in green energy companies.

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Al Gore could become world's first carbon billionaire

Al Gore, the former US vice president, could become the world's first carbon billionaire after investing heavily in green energy companies.

Last year Mr Gore's venture capital firm loaned a small California firm $75m to develop energy-saving technology.

The company, Silver Spring Networks, produces hardware and software to make the electricity grid more efficient.

The deal appeared to pay off in a big way last week, when the Energy Department announced $3.4 billion in smart grid grants, the New York Times reports. Of the total, more than $560 million went to utilities with which Silver Spring has contracts.

Critics, mostly on the political right and among global warming sceptics, say Mr. Gore is poised to become the world's first "carbon billionaire," profiteering from government policies he supports that would direct billions of dollars to the business ventures he has invested in.

Cheney Caught in Plame Game? 72 Times "Can't Recall"

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:15:21 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Liar with selective memory--Remember this was about the vindictive and illegal outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame for Ambassador (and her husband) Joe Wilson's NY Times editorial article contradicting the lies of "yellow cake" uranium from Niger to Saddam Hussein to "prove" WMD and launch a war.

Among the most basic questions for Cheney in the Plame probe: How did Libby find out that the wife of Bush administration war critic Joseph Wilson worked at the CIA?

Libby's own handwritten notes suggest Libby found out from Cheney. When Libby discovered Cheney's reference to Plame and the CIA in his notes - notes that Libby knew he would soon have to turn over to the FBI - the chief of staff went to the vice president

Transcripts plus more from CREW's lawsuit here.

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Cheney FBI interview: 72 instances of can't recall

WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald famously declared in the Valerie Plame affair that "there is a cloud over the vice president." Last week's release of an FBI interview summary of Dick Cheney's answers in the criminal investigation underscores why Fitzgerald felt that way.

On 72 occasions, according to the 28-page FBI summary, Cheney equivocated to the FBI during his lengthy May 2004 interview, saying he could not be certain in his answers to questions about matters large and small in the Plame controversy.

The Cheney interview reflects a team of prosecutors and FBI agents trying to find out whether the leaks of Plame's CIA identity were orchestrated at the highest level of the White House and carried out by, among others, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Cheney's chief of staff.

Tags: cheney, scooter libby, iraq, valerie plame, joe wilson, cia, wmd

Partial Clip Of My Instablog Article: "Open Letter to Liz Cheney, Esq. ..."

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:57:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Here is a partial clip of the above-referenced article, which you can read in full on Instablogs. If you enjoy the article, recommend it. Everyone needs to be aware of the lies these two continue to tell.

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Open Letter To Liz Cheney, Esq. - Always Make Sure Your Head Is In The Proper Place

On Thursday, President Obama left the White House just after midnight and flew by helicopter to Dover Air Force Base to attend the return of the remains of fallen American soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Tonight, Lawrence O’Donnell reported on MSNBC about the “easily predictable” attack response from former Vice President Cheney’s daughter, Liz Cheney, on Fox’s John Gibson Show. Follow this link to the MSNBC report.

In what has become an all-too-familiar attack formation, the Vice President and his daughter ankle bite the President on a variety of issues, primarily national security.

Have neither of these two any shame? Of course not. One must first have a conscience in order to feel shame. And it’s that same pesky conscience that compels most of us to tell the truth, most of the time, or at the very least to want to tell the truth most of the time.

Lakers 2009 Championship Rings Revealed

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:39:21 GMT

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Lakers 2009 Championship Rings Revealed

Lakers 2009 Championship Rings Revealed – 2009 Lakers championship rings are pretty flashy, and could put any ring you have seen before to shame. The glitz and the glamour of the Lakers 2009 championship rings are almost overkill.

Lakers Executive Vice President of Business Operations Jeanie Buss welcomed NBA’s David Stern to present the Lakers their 15th championship rings. For the cermony, also in attendance tonight were Jerry West, Magic Johnson, and a total 9 former Laker champions.

That's latest on Lakers 2009 Championship Rings Revealed From 90UP News

Tags: lakers 2009 ring, lakers championship ring, lakers championship rings, lakers ring, lakers rings

Travel Reports and Reviews

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:09:55 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A travel reports and reviews from the consumers regarding Travelocity, the sixth biggest travel agency in the country.

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Travel Reports and Reviews

Everything about travel reports and reviews.

Clip Source: travelreportsandreviews.blogspot.com

Scott Blume was leaving ZUJI and a lot of questions are thrown regarding the title and role that Roshan Mendis will carry. As the new President of ZUJI and Regional Vice President of Travelocity Asia Pacific, Mendis will be responsible for leading the business focus, development and future growth strategies for all Travelocity brands in Asia Pacific including Travelocity, ZUJI and Nextour.

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