UPS vs. FedEx -- By: Veronique de Rugy

Here is my take in Reason of the ongoing fight between FedEx and UPS. As you may know, in order to remain competitive, UPS is trying to use the legislative process to force more unions onto FedEx rather that compete in the market place.

I can understand why UPS is frustrated. Unlike FedEx, it

operates under the 1935 National Labor Relations Act (NLRA, commonly known as the Wagner Act). This Depression-era law allows unionization at each individual office of a national company, Source: The Corner RSS Feed

ThinkFast: September 30, 2009

President Obama will convene “an array of high-powered advisors” today to discuss whether to escalate the war in Afghanistan. Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Afghanistan commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Gen. David Petraeus, Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen, and Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair were expected to be among the participants.

A new poll by NPR, the Harvard School of Public Health, and theSource: Think Progress RSS Feed

Creepy

If you're a woman like me and you've been following the Governor's race in Virginia, you probably have reached the same conclusion I have: Republican Bob McDonnell is creepy. Why would I say this?
A recent story in in the Washington Post details some info that McDonnell wrote about in his thesis at Pat Roberson Regent University. Is McDonnell interested in turning back the clock on working women, women's rights, and reproductive choice? He said he was against birth control for marriedSource: Stubborn Liberal RSS Feed

Typhoon Ketsana Roars Into Central Vietnam

A scene from Manilla Philippines.
Typhoon Ketsana roared into central Vietnam on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people as it brought flooding and winds of up to 90 mph (144 kph), disaster officials said. Some 170,000 were evacuated from its path.
Ketsana left more than 200 dead across the northern Philippines as a weaker tropical storm.
After gathering strength over the South China Sea, the typhoon made landfall in midafternoon, about 37 miles (60 kilometers) south ofSource: Chao-Vietnam RSS Feed

Tom Carper: Can't Negotiate for Lower Drug Prices Because It 'Wouldn't Be Fair'. Oh, Boo Hoo.

Since the Senate is the group turning the health care debate into "either-or" - as in, "either" regular citizens get screwed "or" the health-for-profit industry gets screwed, I thought I'd point this out as a perfect example of how they think:

The Finance Committee seemed to come very close to passing an amendment Tuesday that would have violated the White House deal with the pharmaceutical industry.

Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) proposed ending what some Democrats have called aSource: Crooks and Liars RSS Feed

Um, Are You Cereal? College Gameday Week Four

*You gotta click it to F-E-E-L the insanity.*
May we please just do away with the fact that the College Gameday squad was in State Fucktarded yesterday at a game that had no bearing at all on anything other than to attempt to get tOSU into the BCS Championship Game? Penn State is terrible and they were beaten by a terrible Iowa team that came from 116th to 13th in the frigging country by beating NOBODY. Good Lord, admit it that y'all want Obama (uSCCC) and Biden (tOSU) in the damn game,Source: Mean Ol' Meany RSS Feed

Obama ‘One Card Ahead’ of Moscow and Tehran. Clever!: Les Dernieres Nouvelles d’Alsace, France

So who comes out ahead of President Obama’s decision to freeze or scrap Europe-based, Bush-era anti-missile sites?

According to this op-ed by Dominique Jung of France’s Les Dernieres Nouvelles d’Alsace, Barack Obama is looking like a pretty good card player right at the moment.

For Les Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace, Dominique Jung writes of why East and West Europe differ in their reactions to the move:

“France and Germany, mindful of ensuring that the UnitedSource: The Moderate Voice RSS Feed

Chicago police to stop guarding Obamas’ Kenwood house

Obama’s Kenwood house

Chicago Tribune

The overtime detail assigned to guard President Barack Obama’s home since shortly after his election will end Oct. 1, Chicago Police Department officials said Tuesday.

The end of the detail came after ongoing discussions with the U.S. Secret Service about how to adequately secure the home of a sitting president who lives in an urban area, officials said.

"We have been in a process of evaluating what is necessary with the Source: The Two Malcontents RSS Feed

Smoking Bans Cut Heart Attacks By 1/3

From a true-believing Reuters:

Smoking bans cut heart attacks by a third: study

By Julie Steenhuysen Tue Sep 22

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Smoking bans in public places can reduce the number of heart attacks by as much as 36 percent, offering fresh proof that the restrictions work, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

They urged widespread bans on smoking in enclosed public places to prevent heart attacks and improve public health.Source: Sweetness Light RSS Feed

Lanny Davis: Jimmy Carter Really Shamefully Contributed to What We Would Call In-Civil Dialogue Here

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The only thing shameful here is CNN pushing another "can't we all just get along" story and lumping Kanye West, Serena Williams and Rep. Joe Wilson into the same basket, as though all of these things are equal. See look everybody. There are some black people who behaved badly this week too. That and giving Lanny Davis a format to push his Civility Project. Isn't that special? It seems Lanny just wants everyone to get along and act nicely toSource: Crooks and Liars RSS Feed

Aaar! Thar Be A White Whale Update: More Delinking!

And it is trying to be helpful

 

Seriously, I’m trying to look for other Progressive nut-baggery, there are certainly others out there besides Chucky, but, the humor writes itself, and I about died laughing when I saw this at ChristmasGhost.

More: After reading this post at Little Green Footballs 2.0 (via RS McCain) ye olde cool folks, I wondered whether Michelle Malkin would be delinked by Mad King Chucky. Now, I can’t ultimatelySource: Stop the ACLU RSS Feed

Chaos, Destruction Expected as Moonbats Converge on Pittsburgh

An estimated 1.7 million patriots descended on Washington on 9/12, and left it looking at least as good as they found it. No one expects the same to hold true of the moonbats who will converge on Pittsburg for the G20 summit:

Barely a block from a parking lot where Pittsburgh will house protesters of the Group of 20 summit is one of the city’s most eclectic neighborhoods — a strip of mom-and-pop, homegrown grocery stores, restaurants and businesses that exemplify the kind ofSource: Stop the ACLU RSS Feed

"stuffed" love

Photo Credit: Jon SolesTwo Iraqi boys smile after receiving stuffed animals from Iraqi Police in the Ameriyah neighborhood. The Iraqi Police were on a joint patrol with the Soldiers of the 463rd Military Police Company, 93rd Military Police Battalion, 8th Military Police Brigade.
tags : Republican ... Democrat .... Conservative .... Liberal .... Hillary ..... Clinton .... Barack .... Barak ..... Obama .... US Torture --- US Atrocities --- US military --- War on Terrorism --- Iraq ---Source: U.S. Torture and Atrocities RSS Feed

The Fine Art of Spiking a Watermelon

If you are really going to plunge into a watermelon festival, especially a watermelon festival in the Old South, you need some basic skills. I'm here to help. Just buy a medium-sized seedless watermelon, then follow these easy steps.
Step 1: Use a small knife to gently cut a round hole in a watermelon to create a "plug." Do not cut a square or triangular hole, as that may cause your watermelon to crack.
Step 2: Use a corkscrew to remove the plug of watermelon rind from yourSource: The Richmond Democrat RSS Feed

Conference: First pictures

It’s that time of year again, folks. Doesn’t it come round quickly? And each year more glorious than the last. Yes it’s:

INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY!

Arrr. This should make for some interesting speeches from the platform at Bournemouth.

Mark and Alex have already started reporting direct from the Lib Dem Cupboard this morning, which is as luxurious as ever:

I, meanwhile, can’t be in Bournemouth, so I willSource: Liberal Democrat Voice RSS Feed

Australia: Kevin Rudd’s Colourful Words & Deeds

Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has a reputation of creating ripples with his irreverent words and deeds. Now a storm has broken out over Rudd’s use of four-letter words while arguing with some Members of Parliament. Interestingly, Rudd defended his outburst.

The PM said in the presence of three female MPs: “I don’t care what you f***ers think,” News Limited has reported, says AAP report. Rudd later told another senator: “You can getSource: The Moderate Voice RSS Feed

Punters shun the Tories in the Bedford betting

But isn’t 4/5 looking like good value for money?

According to Ladbrokes this afternoon there’s been a fair bit of activity on their Bedford mayoral by election market but they have not laid a single bet on the Tories.

As a result the Lib Dems have moved in from 2/1 to 5/4 while the Tories have eased from 1/2 to 4/5. Labour is still at 10/1.

Clearly the manner of Parvez Akhtar’s selection on Monday has not been welcomed in all sections ofSource: Political Betting RSS Feed

NYT: “What Is Left Of” Conservatism

From a perpetually sneering New York Times:

G.O.P. Checks for a Pulse, and Finds One

By ADAM NAGOURNEY

September 19, 2009

WASHINGTON — Less than a year after an election that nearly wiped them out politically, conservatives are showing signs of life.

They are still searching for new leaders and new ideas. Their victories have been more about taking advantage of President Obama’s missteps than advancing anSource: Sweetness Light RSS Feed

Craven, Cowardly Democrats Let Republicans Drag Them Around By The Nose Again

Does anyone think they would grow a pair if they had a 70 seat majority in the Senate? No, me neither. How about 80 seats?
Huge victory for Glenn Beck! Only 75 Democrats had the guts to stand up for ACORN today when the not-so-hapless Republican minority forced through a motion by GOP crook Darrell Issa (R-CA) to defund the organization. This is so pathetic-- and a true vision of the Republican idea of bipartisanship (even worse, if you can imagine than the rancid kind of bipartisanshipSource: DownWithTyranny! RSS Feed

Weekly Standard: Obama Honeymoon Not Over -- at Least at Washington Post

“Voters might be experiencing buyer's remorse over President Obama-51 percent disapproval rating in the current Rasmussen poll -- but the mainstream media are keeping the faith,” The Weekly Standard magazine's “Scrapbook” page noted as it reproduced, in its September 21 issue, “the main headlines of the Washington Post for the two days before the President's health care speech to Congress and the morning after.”

Reminding its readers the headlines were not overSource: NewsBusters RSS Feed

Close Approaching Earthquake Prediction?

Well, as skeptical as I am about this prediction of an earthquake to occur in California on this coming 18th of september which was sent to me by an anonymous source, I still find it a worthy video to post, if for no other reason than its entertainment value and in keeping with the spirit of keeping an open mind, which is part of the value of this site, DarkGovernment.com

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• Web Bot Project Predicting Huge Natural Disaster for December
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Closer in the Commonwealth? An Update in Virginia

Was it the thesis?
That will be the question asked all day Wednesday when this new Clarus Research Group poll sees the light of day in the morning. Regardless of whether it was Bob McDonnell's thesis or something else, the margin between the former Virginia Attorney General and Democratic state senator Creigh Deeds is as narrow as it has been in any poll since mid-July.

2009 Virginia Gubernatorial Race Polling
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Blog for Iowa: Organized Labor Celebrates in Quad Cities

Organized Labor Celebrates in Quad Cities
QC Labor Focuses on Employee Free Choice Act, Health Care Reform With Public Option
PHOTO: AFSCME members Preston Smith, Greg Johnson and Tracy Nesseler
Contributed by Tracy Kurowski
Dozens of union locals, politicians, community leaders and thousands of spectators came out on Labor Day to celebrate

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President Obama Subsidizes President Obama with Tire Tariff

Who benefits from 35 percent duties on Chinese-produced tires?

U.S. producers? No, they are the ones who, pursuing profit-maximizing strategies, have consciously shifted production of low-end tires from their U.S. plants to their Chinese plants over the past few years. They will now have to incur the costs of shifting production from China to production facilities in Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia and other developing countries, where it makes economic sense to produce low-endSource: Cato-at-liberty RSS Feed

Anti-Abortion Group Announces Drive To Outlaw Birth Control Pill in Florida

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(h/t CSPAN Junkie for this video, which shows a different moral busybody in action.)

We always knew it would come to this. It's never really about abortion, it's about sex - and punishing the people who think they can act like sluts and get away with it instead of feeling God's wrath!

TALLAHASSEE -- A nationwide anti-abortion group launched an effort in Florida Friday to outlaw all abortions and certain types of birthSource: Crooks and Liars RSS Feed

Upper Peninsula Upventure: Escanaba's Sand Point Lighthouse

One of two lighthouses with that name on Michigan's Upper Peninsula--the other is in Baraga--the Escanaba's Sand Point Lighthouse became operational in 1868, a few months after the death of its appointed keeper, John Terry. His wife, Mary, took the reins, becoming one of the nation's first female lighthouse keepers. Terry suffered a tragic death, dying in a fire in 1886--speculation is that a burglar set the lighthouse ablaze to cover up the evidence of his crime.
Sand Point wasSource: Marathon Pundit RSS Feed

ThinkFast: September 11, 2009

“Americans are almost 3,000 days removed from the Sept. 11 terror attacks that toppled the World Trade Center and killed 3,000 people.” President Obama will commemorate the eighth anniversary at a Pentagon ceremony, “honoring the victims and highlighting the need for national service.”

“[C]oncern about a terrorist attack in the United States is roughly half of what it was immediately after” the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The new

9/11 Open Thread

Eight years ago, at just about the time of this writing, America's world changed forever.

Today, outside my window, it is pouring rain. In stark contrast of the blue skies and perfect temperatures 8 years ago. I remember that day so clearly. Olivia and I had been running in Valley Forge Park, and we came back. She to breakfast and a nap. Me to two computers and a stack of work. Livingston Taylor was playing on the CD player. And the phone rang. A friend's voice: "Does your brother

CARNAGE... 10th September Song (poems for hunger)

And the starving display their carnage
Through the suffocating stream of my weeping.
I stroke their brow.
They do not stir like a nourished child.
A cherub, weary of truth,
Sits by the side of the road, “Will work miracles for food”
Reads the sign in her tiny hands. Passersby roll their eyes,
“Another homeless and hungry- Get a damned job!”
(Another callous human- Get a damned heart!)
The road and alley and home are too filled with theSource: Peace, Social Justice and Truth for RSS Feed

Worcester,MA. Tea Party 9/12/2009

Hey Folks,

I will be at the Worcester,MA. Tea Party today (Saturday September 12th). The event starts at 11:30 am and ends at 1:00 pm. The event takes place at Lincoln Square in Worcester. If you can't make it to D.C., and you live in the Worcester area, please come down and show your support, bring a sign and a flag if you can.

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Alabama State Fair To Have Welcome Home Celebration for our Vietnam Veterans

Alabama State Fair with a Welcome Home Celebration for our Vietnam Veterans

October 9th

Greetings my friends,

As you know a Welcome Home celebration is long overdue for all of our Vietnam Veterans. The heroes have always deserved this, and I am so proud to announce their day has finally come in the great state of Alabama. Last year I was selected to lead aSource: Theodore's World RSS Feed

Sarah Palin: Obama's Bureaucratization of Health Care

This is a good Op Ed this evening from the WSJ Online and Sarah Palin, who apparently isn't becoming any less of a thorn in the ass of Barack Hussein Obama and his leftward agenda, and she isn't going away anytime soon after reading this. ;>)
WSJ.com: "Writing in the New York Times last month, President Barack Obama asked that Americans 'talk with one another, and not over one another' as our health-care debate moves forward.
I couldn't agree more. Let's engage the other side'sSource: Chicagoray RSS Feed

Ashley Dupre’s Rant

I’ve  always thought that Eliot Spitzer was responsible for Eliot Spitzer’s downfall, but apparently some people blame Ashley Dupre. She responds to this in a blog post at Global Grind:

I’m often referred to as the “woman who brought down the Governor” – excuse me people, I didn’t call the tabloids, I didn’t blow the whistle and I didn’t save “the dress.” I did nothing to shine a light on my indiscretions or to “out” anyoneSource: Liberal Values RSS Feed

On a Steel City September Day …

About midday Wednesday, we met with hundreds of health care reformers at Schenley Park in Pittsburgh. The people we met proved again that this movement has support across America, and is picking up urgency and momentum.

Intensive care physician and Doctors for America Pennsylvania state director Chris Hughes spoke about the 18,000 people that die every year in the United States because they don’t have access to health care. Chris sees people like them every day in theSource: Obama HQ RSS Feed

HCM City Insists On Effectiveness Of Doubling Road Traffic Fines

If HCM city increase fines on traffic violations it will literally put people on foot.
The fines are already high but people look at it as a high cost of fustration. The traffic in HCM city is one's night mare trying to get to the Airport 2 hours before your departure but the HCM City People’s Committee continues to pursue its proposal to increase fines on traffic violations within the city to curtail traffic jams and accidents.
The city has once again asked the Prime Minister toSource: Chao-Vietnam RSS Feed

The Iowa Republican: Obama’s Des Moines Health Care Rally Turns out Thousands!

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NOT!

If you are like me and were looking for the coverage of Organizing for America’s big health care rally in Des Moines this past Saturday, you are not alone. One would think that President Obama’s political arm would be able to turn-out thousands of supporters while in

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