Today is the day that many of us have hoped for and many others have dreaded. As you can tell, I think this bill has to pass even though it is not as good as we would have wanted. But I also think it is not as bad as some [...]
Cheer up. It could be worse. An alert reader sends a photo, taken this afternoon, of a car on Route 217 over on Portland's west side:
By Ron Beasley
Thomas Ricks, now at Foreign Policy, asked readers to suggest what Hillary Clinton should tell AIPAC. He has a winner and it's a classic!
We have a winner. Agree with it or not, this entry captures the historical moment, I think. Whatever the Secretary of State says,' [...]
Yesterday I was unfair to David Wu. I thought he was wimping out on health care. In fact, he and Kurt Schrader had joined a revolt, spearheaded by Peter DeFazio, of legislators from states that have historically been short-changed by Medicare. The revolt succeeded. Here's DeFazio:
“We’ve negotiated hard and' [...]Commentary By Ron Beasley
This is a follow up to Dave's post, Kuwait calling Peak. Those of you waiting for an economic recovery shouldn't hold your collective breath. Peak oil will make it impossible to return to the good old days. I discussed one vision of a post peak oil [...]
Leaders there want to spend $120 million on an Urban Renewal proposal that would pay for roads, parking garages, and "riverside amenities" in an effort to attract developers who may remodel strip clubs, strip malls, and other blight in the targeted area. They're kind of stymied in their desire' [...]
The Great Orator turned in a really dismal performance this past week, as BO set up an interview with Bret Baier on FOX News. Things are really going south when BO chooses to appear on FOX, because as he's made abundantly clear, he doesn't like them. And while Baier didn't [...]
It looked like Boeing had the Air Force refueling tanker deal locked up, after Northrop backed out of competition for the contract. Don't uncork the celebratory champaign just yet, boys - competition is back in the mix, and from an unlikely source at that: United Aircraft of Moscow plans to' [...]
She lets her husband do what he wants. She seems grudgingly supportive of her husband.Did you know WebVisions is celebrating its 10th year this year?
I wonder what the sessions were in 2000, maybe “Looking ahead to Internet Explorer 6″? We’ve come a long way since then, and Brad Smith (@webvisions) and his great team have continued to produce a great conference, mixing [...]
Today, there is a lot of anger, fear and confusion in the air around the reform bill in Congress. The Republican Party and the right are fighting this bill with everything they have. And they threaten to run on repealing it in November. Some of the more crazy are declaring [...]
One estimate says 25,000 or more in D.C. alone:My choice for American Idol was eliminated this week. You could lose yourself in those eyes. Those eyes remind me of Martina McBride. I predict good things for Lacey Brown, Here she iis singing on Ellen’s show:
I remember the first time I ever drank coffee from a French press. It was ten years ago, and I was working at the OSU Food Innovation Center. I had traveled to Seattle for a conference at the Westin, and was staying at a delightful B&B [...]
Update: 4:20pm Schrader just announced that he'll be voting for the health care bill. Well done, 5th Congressional District constituents!! From the press release:
“In the coming days I plan to vote in favor of the healthcare bill before the U.S. House of Representatives because our nation and Oregon families' [...]By Dave Anderson:
Rep. Jason Altmire (D-PA-4) has decided to vote against Healthcare Reform despiite it being the biggest cost containment bill and his major concern was the cost. I imagine that he believes he is voting his district and the Freep and Fox viewers cascade of telephone calls that jammed [...]
By Dave Anderson:
We are an oil society. Economic growth is correlated with oil consumption growth. The more oil that is burned in a day, the more economic value is added. We see this in booms and busts as global and American oil demand cratered during the start of the current [...]
- Fewer Workers Say They are Late to Work This Year Than Last Year
- 34% employers have fired employees over late arrivals
By Career Builders,
CHICAGO, - A tighter job market may be contributing to increased punctuality at work. A new CareerBuilder survey reveals that [...]
American Farm Bureau Federation
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 19, 2010 – The American Farm Bureau Federation is urging members of the House to “to stand with our nation’s agriculture producers” and vote “no” on the massive bill that will dramatically transform the nation’s health care system.
In [...]
Family-Faith Film Review: Diary of a Wimpy Kid
By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting
Diary of a Wimpy Kid—Mostly likeable, though lightweight coming-of-age comedy about the travails of a first-year middle school student (Zachary Gordon) whose ill-conceived efforts to gain popularity and status in his [...]
HealthDay News– Dogs perform lifesaving jobs every day. They sniff out bombs, locate lost children and even find people buried by avalanches.Now another type of specially trained working dog has emerged in recent years. Comfort dogs come to the emotional rescue of people who are suffering [...]
Family-Faith Film Review: Repo Men
By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting
Repo Men—Extremely violent futuristic thriller about two men (Jude Law and Forest Whitaker) whose job is to repossess artificial human organs when the recipient falls behind on exorbitant interest payments owed to a malevolent [...]
From John Kartch
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Here are video selections from The Union News last week. For all the videos and stories that day, click on the date.
March 19.
Collectivist greed is good
It's about the game
March 18.
Fallacy...
