No More Snow Jobs

Tony Snow has resigned.
White House press secretary Tony Snow, who is undergoing treatment for cancer, will step down from his post September 14 and be replaced by deputy press secretary Dana Perino, the White House announced Friday.
Reason for the resignation: mo’ money.

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When Corporations Direct Gummit Women and Children Lose

When my children were born, I breast fed. I had a hard time with my eldest son and breast feeding, the child was a lazy eater. That stemmed from the high bilirubin level and the direction to also feed him a bottle of sugar water. The bottle was much easier for him to suck, instead [...]

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Am I Now Heading For Dementia?

So, I’ve been just a little bit distracted, as yesterday was onc day. This time there was no mention of surgery, the options became treatment or no treatment. First we went over the lab reports.   The Estradiol levels were showing postmenopausal. It is the FSH and LH levels that are still a little bit too [...]

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Nothing Has Really Changed

Last night, I directed you to read Bean’s take on the Heritage Foundation’s report on poverty, which was linked to yesterday’s report that poverty in the US is down, even though the uninsured has risen. Today, the NY Times editorial puts those reports into more perspective for us.
The economic party is winding down and most [...]

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Blog-about

An evening of catching up on my blog reading.  I know I should be doing this (reading other’s blogs) daily, and I try to do my best, but some days I can only get to a few. There is a lot being discussed out there, beside Craig.
Being that I missed posting anything on Women’s Equality [...]

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When Police Don’t Protect

Violence against women is perpetrated by folks in many shapes and sizes. And professions. That includes police officers.
A Knoxville police officer already the subject of an internal affairs probe was arrested Monday after his girlfriend alleged that he had repeatedly beaten her with various weapons.
Officer Brian L. Hoover, 29, was jailed in lieu of $10,000 [...]

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Fully Investigate Weapons Sales

Earlier this month, we learned that our military cannot keep track of their weapons, and I loosely tied that to the fact that the US is the largest arms dealer in the world. And now we find that there is a criminal investigation going on, that includes sales of weapons.
Several federal agencies are investigating a [...]

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Conservatives AG Wish-list

Now that Abu Gonzales has officially resigned, the talk is now centering around who will be nominated. And, with that, in light of Bush’s penchant to disregard Congress and the people, there is also some talk about a recess appointment.
Then, in my inbox, appeared this wish-list from Richard Viguerie, which you can read the corresponding [...]

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I’m Not A Baby Machine, I’m Battling Breast Cancer

Over the next couple of days I need to come to a decision about the direction of my breast cancer treatment. After the mastectomy I went through 4 rounds of chemo. After the chemo, blood tests were done, including for hormone levels, and I was put on Tamoxifen. I didn’t do well on that — [...]

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IRS: Latest Email Scam

Friday the IRS updated their website to alert folks about the resurgence of email scams.
Updated Aug. 24, 2007 — The Internal Revenue Service today warned taxpayers of a new phishing scam, in which an e-mail purporting to come from the IRS advises taxpayers they can receive $80 by filling out an online customer satisfaction survey. [...]

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