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Archive for July 19th, 2007

Ditch the Dow

Posted in Bizness, Media and Aggregators on July 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »

As the Rupert Murdoch take-over bid of the Dow Jones continues onward, the DJ director resigns.  Look at his reasons:
Von Holtzbrinck said on Thursday Murdoch’s $60 per share offer was “very generous in financial terms,” but that he was concerned that Dow Jones’s journalistic values would “strongly suffer” after the proposed sale.
“I cannot prove my [...]

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It Pays to Have Judges In Your Pocket

Posted in Bush Administration on July 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »

The Bush administration can be credited with turning our courts to the right, and covering his ass. Just a little while ago, US District Court Judge, John D. Bates dismissed Valerie Plame’s lawsuit.
A federal judge dismissed former CIA operative Valerie Plame’s lawsuit against members of the Bush administration Thursday, eliminating one of the last courtroom [...]

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Goodyear Putting the Screws to Lilly Ledbetter

Posted in Women at Work and School on July 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Wow! You really could have blown me over with a feather after reading this from Womenstake.  You remember the Lilly Ledbetter case and how last month the SCOTUS 5 said that Ms. Ledbetter filed her suit too late?
 Now, Goodyear has added insult to injury.  Not only did Goodyear deny Ledbetter an equal salary for most [...]

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Philosophically Leaving Children Behind

Posted in Bush Administration, Health on July 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Bush objects to funding SCHIP philosophically?
The president said he objects on philosophical grounds to a bipartisan Senate proposal to boost the State Children’s Health Insurance Program by $35 billion over five years. Bush has proposed $5 billion in increased funding and has threatened to veto the Senate compromise and a more costly expansion being contemplated [...]

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Billing on Fred’s Lobbying Efforts for Family Planning Group Is Found

Posted in 2008 Elections on July 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Keep moving, nothing to see here. The Great White Hope, Fred “lawn order” Thompson, did lobby for a family planning group,
Billing records show that former Senator Fred Thompson spent nearly 20 hours working as a lobbyist on behalf of a group seeking to ease restrictive federal rules on abortion counseling in the 1990s, even though [...]

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