Tag Archives: Pandemic

Ben Bernanke Reappointed

1. Ben Bernanke be Back - Well, if you don’t switch horses in the middle of a stream… you sure as hell don’t switch horses in the middle of the Mississippi at flood stage… surrounded by crocodiles?  (From the Wall Street Journal).  On a side note, good to see that ties are banned at Martha’s [...]
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Election day Eve in Iran

1. Iran’s Election day is Tomorrow - So what’s in it for us?  Well, a lot. And by the way, today is a day for quiet reflection in Iran, so the citizens can contemplate their choices at the polls.  I’d say that’d be a great idea for us to try here in the States, but you [...]
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The far right gave the Dems all the cards

1. Hey Mr. Limbaugh:  The Arlen Specter thing?  Kinda your fault - And same goes for Ms. Palin, Mr. Hannity, Vice President Cheney, etc…  Sure Sen. Specter is switching sides less on Principle and more on the fact that he wants to keep his job, but if a wholesale rejection of moderate tendencies in the GOP [...]
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Did the US torture pigs in Mexico?

1. Swine Flu… potential pandemic or much a do about nothing? – One thing’s for sure.  Any flu virus that combines genetic material from humans, pigs, and birds… ain’t “nothing.”  (From Global Post) 2. Still no Sec. of Health and Human Services - Or a Surgeon General, or a head of the CDC.  We could really use [...]
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