The US House has a new democrat, to replace the pedophilia enabler Hastert until January.
A longtime Republican district fell Saturday to the Democrats when a wealthy businessman and scientist snatched former House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s congressional seat in a closely watched special election.
Democrat Bill Foster won 53 percent of the vote compared to 47 percent [...]
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Congrats Bill Foster
Posted in US House, tagged Bill Foster, democrat, Illinois, US House on March 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
USDA Allows “Downer Cows” To Be in Your Meat
Posted in Food & Drink, Government, tagged beef, downer cows, food supply, slaughter houses, USDA on March 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If there was ever a time to stop eating beef, or at least change over to organic beef, I think it would be now.
Although the Agriculture Department prohibits the use of beef from “downer” cattle in federally funded school lunches, the agency sometimes allows the meat in the general food supply, a disparity that [...]
Does DST Really Save Energy?
Posted in Energy, tagged Daylight savings time, Energy on March 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Did you spring your clocks ahead last night/early this morning? I didn’t. I completely forgot. Not that all of my clocks needed springing ahead. Many of your energy vampires don’t need to be reset, because they automatically adjust for daylight savings time.
In this day and age, do we really need daylight savings time anymore? I [...]
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