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<p>In an unusual display of emotion, President Obama angrily responded to House Speaker John A. Boehner's abrupt withdrawal from talks on a debt ceiling increase, and summoned congressional leaders to the White House on Saturday for emergency talks to plot a new course before the Aug. 2 deadline.</p>

The woman who tore up a Florida Burger King during spring break today pleaded no contest to an assortment of criminal counts and was sentenced to 45 days in jail. A judge also banned Nekiva Hardy, the 30-year-old “BK Brawler,” from Burger Kings in Bay County, where her March 19 outburst was videotaped by a fellow patron. She was also placed on probation, ordered to do "community service," and fined nearly $5K. She's also got to complete a court-ordered anger management course.

So much for objectivity. One of the FCC stipulations of the Comcast – NBCU merger was the incorporation of non-profit journalism centers into NBC newsrooms. They are charged with maintaining and increasing local news coverage, the regulation based on the relationship between KNSD-TV and VoiceofSanDiego.org. KNSD airs the segments, but really can’t take all the credit for them. They are largely the work ofVoiceOfSanDiego.org, a local nonprofit journalism center that has been sharing news tips, co-producing and supplying content to the station for several years. [...] Under the terms of the FCC order approving Comcast’s takeover of NBCU, at least...

Sure, the headline Chicago PMI number looked fine, but dig a little deeper into the report, and check out some of the anecdotal business conditions that the Chicago-area purchasing managers are seeing. Maybe this is why the rally has evaporated. You can get the full report here (.pdf). The first is the best. ------ 1. Suppliers have cut staff so much there is no support team when a failure occurs, the response is slow, laborious and inadequate. 2. Tight raw material inventories both in-house and at suppliers are making planning very interesting. Conservative forecasts make this a prudent strategy but...

Rush Limbaugh, during today's show, seemed to plant the first seeds of doubt regarding Barack Obama's mental fitness to serve as President of the United States of America. Rush commented several times during his program on his perception of Obama's mental 'instability.' I anticipate that in the days and weeks ahead Rush will begin to flesh out the idea that Obama's fragile, narcissistic psyche has been irreparably damaged by profound political changes during his first year in office leaving him mentally unfit to serve. Merely a personal observation with which I'm sure many will disagree,... but one that may bear...

I'm trying to remember the name of a movie, that I only saw ads on TV for, and it's been a while... The movie plotline, goes something like this: Two friends, one a virtuoso violinist, go their separate ways. Years later, the one who was not the violinist, runs across the one who was, who apparently suffered a mental breakdown, and was playing on the streets for change from passersby. Anyone remember the name of this movie, or even a actor who was in it?

Excess ethanol blamed in breakdown of police cars Baltimore expects to be able to recover expenses By Justin Fenton | The Baltimore Sun September 23, 2009 City officials say an unusually high concentration of ethanol in the city's gasoline supply contributed to the breakdown of more than 70 police cars over the weekend, most of which had been repaired and returned to service Tuesday. More than 200 police cars fueled up at a 24-hour, city-run gas pump by the Fallsway before cars started showing problems, and nearly one-third of the Police Department's patrol contingent was sidelined with engine trouble.

You can find the full roll call vote on HR 1586, tax cheat Charlie Rangel’s ass-covering, after-the-fact AIG bonus tax here. I have broken out the 85 Republicans (led by GOP Minority Whip Eric Cantor) who voted with Rangel and the Democrat demagogues.

A leader in the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has declared that the breakdown of traditional families, far from being a “crisis,” is actually a triumph for human rights.

Nigeria's Chinese-built satellite goes dark By Peter J Brown In May 2007, the Nigerian government rejoiced as the Chinese-built Nigeria Communications Satellite - 1 (NIGCOMSAT-1), was sent into orbit by a Chinese rocket at the Xichang launch facility. Nigeria was upbeat and looking forward to 15 years of advanced telecommunications service, thanks to a satellite which China, along with sending into space, had funded to the tune of well over $200 million. But in early November, after NIGCOMSAT-1 had been in service for only 18 months, all the dreams were dashed. NIGCOMSAT-1 went out of service completely with its onboard...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told Congress on Thursday he is "shocked" at the breakdown in U.S. credit markets and said he was "partially" wrong to resist regulation of some securities. Despite concerns he had in 2005 that risks were being underestimated by investors, "this crisis, however, has turned out to be much broader than anything I could have imagined," Greenspan said in remarks prepared for delivery to the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. "Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholder's equity (myself...

What's the matter with antimatter? New data may hold the answer.Nature may have handed scientists a new clue in a longstanding mystery: how matter beat out antimatter for dominance of the universe. Early data from twin experiments at the Tevatron, the world's reigning particle accelerator at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Ill., suggest an unexpected chink in the hugely successful standard model of particle physics. The twist comes from odd behavior in a particle called the BS (pronounced "B-sub-S"), which flips back and forth between its matter and antimatter forms three trillions times per second. Researchers believe that...

Women may be at risk of mental health breakdowns if they have abortions, a medical royal college has warned. The Royal College of Psychiatrists says women should not be allowed to have an abortion until they are counselled on the possible risk to their mental health. This overturns the consensus that has stood for decades that the risk to mental health of continuing with an unwanted pregnancy outweighs the risks of living with the possible regrets of having an abortion. MPs will shortly vote on a proposal to reduce the upper time limit for abortions “for social reasons” from 24...

BEIJING (AFP) - China's environment is close to breaking point and the situation is endangering people's lives, one of the nation's top anti-pollution officials said in comments published Wednesday. Pan Yue, an outspoken vice minister at the State Environmental Protection Administration, said campaigns to clean-up the environment were going backwards because the country's primary focus continued to be on economic growth. "Pursuit of short-term goals is leading to ever increasing pollution despite various measures," Pan told the China Daily in an interview. "Traditional ways of development have caused the near breakdown of China's resources and environment, and people's lives are...

Real Republicans adhere to real Republican principles, Real Republicans understand the BOR! No "real republican" would ever waste 30 seconds of his time, in NYC, or France! Hell, all of a sudden I am expected to accept how damned smart Rudy is? HELL, give me a break! Outside of NYC, Rudy would be starving his little dysfunctional, ignorant ass off! Sheeat, if the lightbulb over Rudy's crapper burns out, I reckon that Rudy will piss on his toes, untl he finds a union electrician! If you want to be "my leader", best you better MY personal knowledge! Rudy's momma told...

Democratic Party wins largest percentage of Jewish support since 1994. Elections expert: Jews voted for candidates good for Israel, but also focused on other issues American Jews expressed flagrant support for Democratic candidates for Congress, contributing to a turnaround in the House of Representatives. According to a CNN sampling of voters, 87 percent of Jewish voters voted Democrat. This was the highest percentage of support for Democrats since the Republicans took over Congress in 1994.

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) - A self-described methamphetamine addict said he doesn't know anything about the classified Los Alamos National Laboratory data that authorities found in the mobile home where he was staying. "I was basically at the wrong place at the wrong time," Justin Stone, 20, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from jail.

Check it out (video stream above per link). Bill Clinton going bonkers over his failure to prevent 9-11 and get Bin Laden--historic fact which is just starting to emerge in the public square of debate in the USA. Which is the topic of other threads today....

It’s a Friday evening in the studios of KABC radio, and callers are lighting up the board on The Al Rantel Show. The immigration debate that has dominated state and national news for the past few weeks has been great stuff for the conservative Republican host and his listeners, and it’s an issue on which he’d like to hold Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s feet to the fire. The governor, he says during a commercial break, doesn’t want to look anti-immigrant. But Rantel’s show this night is challenging the notion that those who oppose amnesty for illegal immigrants or want tightened borders...

Celine Dion proclaiming that her new album is No. 2 on the charts. MIDI - MY HEART WILL GO ON - 2nd version You may not believe this...a Larry King shocker...but "I'm not thinking with my head" Really, I'm not kidding... go Google the transcript...that is something I really said I know that wherever I go...those evil FReepers are sure to be there I expect they are certain to chant...they will be chanting that inside of my head there's only air When I talk about news...with Democrat voters...those are the times when I can get by I'm dumb as Streisand...I...