Dems send negative attack spam decrying Repub’s negative attacks
From the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee:
If there’s one thing dirtier and uglier than Karl Rove and the Republican propaganda machine, it’s Karl Rove and the Republican propaganda machine backed into a corner.
They know that if they lose the House, the truth will come out about just who […]
The respected journal Nature reports today that:
A combination of stress, dieting and exercise can dramatically affect female fertility, research on monkeys suggests. Although stress is known to reduce fertility, researchers now warn that if a woman is also dieting and exercising, the effect could be many times greater.
What they failed to point out is that […]
…but if downward trend continues, well that’s another story.
In an article about public relations tips for economists (Marginal Revolution), economists were warned to not ignore local news in favor of more prestigious outlets:
Get over your snobbery about local television news. Remember that the local TV reporter’s gasoline-price story this evening will be seen by […]
The Los Angeles Times’ Grahame Jones apparently attended Saturday’s US World Cup game — the most important in four years — and he leads with … the pace?
The United States soccer team’s reputation, in tatters after a meek loss Monday to the Czech Republic, is again intact.
The Americans can still advance to the second round […]
Tamara Hoover, an art teacher at Austin (TX) High School, is in danger of losing her job for posting topless photos of herself on Flickr, where by the way she has a friends list of 1467 people. Many of them look to be of high school age.
Hoover, according to CNN, was an excellent teacher, […]
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(click on post title, or here, for the rest)500,000 people in the LA area watched the US - Czech Republic World Cup game on Monday. But for today’s follow-up versus Italy — a must-win for the U.S. — the Los Angeles Times gives its readers a wire service preview deep inside the sports section.
Admittedly, 3/4 of Monday’s viewers were tuned in […]
During the debate of the Iraq War Resolution in the House of Representatives Maxine Waters (D-CA) declared it was unfair to make Democrats take a position on the war:
“And so, many Democrats are going to get trapped. Because they claim that in their districts they have half of their constituents for it, this war and […]
Maxim: “While the late NBA man-whore Wilt Chamberlain set the standard with 20,000 booty calls, a number of up-and-comers are making a run at the record. Check out the living contenders.”
#1 will surprise you.
10. Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones bassist) - 1,000
9. Earvin (Magic) Johnson (basketball star) - 1,000
8. Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead frontman) - […]
Teachers in Manhattan Beach are embroiled in contract negotiations, and guess who suffers? According to the local weekly Easy Reader:
Manhattan Beach teachers have not announced a strike, however in recent months they have withheld more and more of their time from students.
In April teachers canceled the Advanced Placement study sessions. When the district gave […]
Popbitch reports that a Utah woman was arrested after driving a motorized cart arrived a supermarket with no underwear and her trousers round her ankles. She said she’d arrived in town with the circus but had got left behind.
Sadly photo unavailable.
It might seem that we are picking on Utah lately. We’re not. […]
CU’s Standing Committee on Research Misconduct has made its recommendations to the provost. SCRM voted 6-3 to recommend Churchill’s dismissal, with the minority voting to recommend suspension. (From Pirate Ballerina).
Excerpts from the report:
The Standing Committee on Research Misconduct at the University of Colorado at Boulder has accepted the conclusions of the Investigative Committee that […]
Writing about Steeler QB Ben Roethlisberger’s motorcycle accident, the LA Times notes:
Also banned by baseball are auto racing, piloting an aircraft, being a passenger in a single-engine airplane, fencing, karate, judo, using a trampoline, ice boating, spelunking, basketball, football, white-water rafting, tennis, bicycle racing, rodeo, surfing and weightlifting not approved by the team.
The organizers of E3 take another step in their downward slide towards oblivion, by banning Wonder Woman (actually model Kasey Poteet NSFW) from the convention center.
Kasey is in the running to play Wonder Woman in the new Josh Whedon movie, and is attempting to increase her chance by appearing in a Wonder Woman costume whenever […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)The over-pathologizing of America
LA Times Health Section reports on “intermittent explosive disorder.” Giving simple bad behavior a medical name is step one towards nationwide “it’s not my fault” by jerks, hot heads, and yellers. How soon until defense lawyers use this in every physical assault case? “It’s not his fault, your Honor, he is suffering […]
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