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Bargain Banter: TV Divas Martha And Oprah’s Changing Roles–Is It Marked By The Downturn In The Economy?

by admin on November 20, 2009 · 0 comments

in Cash For Clunkers, Commentary, Economy, From The Web, Oprah, Small Businesses

by Markdown Mom

Those of us who write on the web check our stats to see how we are doing.  Periodically, we also check on how others are doing.  Markdown Mom has noticed lately that the stats for Martha Stewart.com have been hidden at the” request of the owner”.  With the exception of the huge audience [...]


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Hunting For Swine Flu Vaccine

November 19, 2009

By Maggie Mertens for NPR
The swine flu vaccine remains scarce, but is slowly becoming a little less difficult to find.
Some people are getting the vaccine at doctors’ offices, some at college health centers, and some at public flu clinics. You’re best bet will depend on where you live.
As KQED’s Sarah Varney reports on Tuesday’s All [...]

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If H1N1 joins with the bird flu, pandemic may be much worse*

November 18, 2009

[Commentary printed by The China Post* ref. post Playing Chicken With A Nightmare Flu by Alan Sipress The Washington Post]

When swine flu erupted this spring in the southwestern United States and Mexico, it had been 40 years since the last flu pandemic. The outbreak has dispelled any illusion that pandemic influenza belonged to a bygone era, [...]

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Is The Second Bow A Cover-Up For The First Bow?

November 16, 2009

President Obama’s 90 degree bow from the waist to the Emperor Akihito of Japan has been met by the mass media with a “so what, who cares–get over it” attitude unlike the uproar caused by President Clinton’s nod to Emperor Akihito back in 1994 . It is inconceivable that this was just a spur [...]

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Death Without Mourning

November 12, 2009

As we approach another holiday season, a malaise hangs over the nation. Despite gains on Wall Street, Main Street is mired in foreclosures, unemployment, rising taxes and inflation. Of great concern is the battering sustained by the middle class from years of stagnant wages and rising costs coupled with this never-ending economic crisis. This [...]

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Early NJ Exit Polls: Independents Breaking Overwhelmingly for Republican Christie

November 3, 2009

8:28 PM - Internal exit polls showing very good signs for Christie in NJ, most importantly Christie is running very strong with independents.
Indies are breaking overwhelmingly for Christie, and this could spell trouble for Democrat Corzine. It stands to note that the Democrats have a very strong coalition in Jersey, so the sway of indie [...]

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JACK SQUAT: A Year After The Election For President

November 3, 2009

A recent skit on Saturday Night Live had a report by President Obama, portrayed by comedian, Fred Armisen , on the accomplishments of his administration. It was summed up by Armisen in two words “Jack Squat.” Systematically listing the numerous promises that have not been fulfilled brought laughter from the audience, but perhaps it was [...]

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Video: Planned Parenthood Leader Resigns After Watching Ultrasound of Abortion Procedure…

November 3, 2009

“I just thought I can’t do this anymore, and it was just like a flash that hit me and I thought that’s it.”

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Edmunds Statisticians: Taxpayers paid $24,000 per clunker…

October 30, 2009

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Joke Of The Week: Irritating Phrases Made By Politicians

October 28, 2009

Fox News reported the phrases spoken often by politicians that voters find irritating.  Here are five that either have become annoying to us, or at least, ones that we consider particularly tiring and our spin on them:
“Let  me be clear…”interpreted as I have to correct a statement  because either I or someone in my [...]

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Swine flu: Who’s winning and losing in the H1N1 virus pandemic?

October 26, 2009

by Melly Alazraki for Daily Finance
President Obama declared the H1N1 flu outbreak a national emergency last weekend. While U.S. officials insist the move is not a reaction to new developments but a preventive measure, it comes just as the vaccine shortage has been making headlines, with the Centers for Disease Control “frustrated” by the tight [...]

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Is H1N1 Obama’s Katrina?

October 22, 2009

Fox News has depicted the H1N1 vaccine and the peak of the influenza as ships passing in the night.  The fact of the matter is the H1N1 vaccine will not be available for most of us, at least in this first go around, to make a measurable difference, since the spread of the disease has [...]

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If A Deal Is Too Good To Be True—Cash For Clunkers

October 21, 2009

Remember the old adage?  Well, those who bought into the Cash For Clunkers are going to have quite a surprise on the taxes. 
Posted from Janet Larson, Read More:

Political Math….

Let’s do some good old fashion math, not the new fangled political math. Let us do the math using what we learned in school, not [...]

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Distribution of H1N1 Vaccine: A Real Test Of Government’s Access To Health Care?

October 16, 2009

As Congress is moving toward reforming the current health care system, the H1N1 pandemic offers a real time test of the efficacy of a government run system. For example, the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus has an enrolled student body of approximately 10,000+ students . Primarily a commuter campus, students health care coverage [...]

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Study: Swine flu deadliest to healthy, relatively young adults

October 14, 2009

Doctors learn they don’t entirely understand the H1N1 flu virus. New studies say it hits otherwise-healthy relatively young adults the hardest.  Read More…

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BY FRED TASKER

ftasker@MiamiHerald.com
The H1N1 influenza virus is so new it’s not entirely understood, South Florida doctors say. It can be as mild as a [...]

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Without high-tech care, H1N1 death toll could soar, studies suggest

October 14, 2009

TORONTO — Developing countries with limited access to advanced health-care facilities may be in for a rough ride with swine flu and even countries with high-tech ICUs may find themselves pushed to the limit as their hospitals struggle to save gravely ill H1N1 patients, new studies suggest.

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Mild Cases Of H1N1 Raising Havoc!

October 13, 2009

As one who has experience firsthand the ravages of the flu this season, all I can say is that there is no way to adequately prepare your family against an outbreak of this size, notwithstanding a pandemic.
Not to be critical of the local public health officials and medical personnel, the current situation on many [...]

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Timing Is Everything!

August 17, 2009

The Health Care Reform packages being railroaded through Congress gives one pause especially given that we have just inched back from the precipice of a global economic implosion. Universal Health Care is a subject worthy of investigation, debate, and eventual implementation. However, its’ timing at this juncture is neither prudent, nor imperative. The rush [...]

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Irony Du Jour

August 22, 2009

The Only Thing Worse Than  Obama  Not Keeping His Promises Is…Obama Keeping His Promises!
–Reformed Liberal

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Hey, Mr. President! Here’s Just One Suggestion On Reforming Health Care…

August 26, 2009

It is apparent to many news observers that Americans see the necessity of reforming our current health care system, but are reticent about adopting another enormous entitlement program at this economic vicissitude. Perhaps townhall meetings would have produced more than anger if instead of making the meetings an opportunity for photo ops, sound bites, and [...]

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Bill would give president emergency control of Internet

August 28, 2009

Internet companies and civil liberties groups were alarmed this spring when a U.S. Senate bill proposed handing the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet.
They’re not much happier about a revised version that aides to Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, have spent months drafting behind closed doors. CNET News has obtained [...]

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Russian Professor: Collapse Of America Could Begin In Two Months

September 1, 2009

Russian Professor: Collapse Of America Could Begin In Two Months
Paul Joseph Watson Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Russian Professor Igor Panarin says that events are continuing to confirm his doomsday prediction first made over 10 years ago, that the United States will completely collapse like the Soviet Union before the end of 2010, and warns that the [...]

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Question Of The Week

September 2, 2009

Q:  How Many Lives Does A Barrel of Oil  Buy?
A:  I don’t know.  How about asking Gordon Brown and Moammar Gadhafi!

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‘Propaganda’ Video Shown to School Children

September 3, 2009

Parents are upset over a ‘leftist propaganda’ video shown to school children. Most feel public servants should serve the people, and this video invites Americans to serve our public officials — specifically Obama. Fact: We broke away from a monarchy on July, 4th 1776 — there are no Kings and Queens in America. Why change [...]

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Card issuers are already proposing new fees and thinking up ways to subvert interest-rate restrictions

September 10, 2009

New credit-card rules, designed to curb the industry’s abusive practices, went into effect a few weeks ago. But already lenders have found ways to get around the regulatory roadblocks—moves that may cost consumers in the end.

More variable rate credit cards
More annual fees for people who pay in full each month
Tax on transactions for companies not [...]

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The Answer Is Blowing In The Wind

September 18, 2009

The death of Mary Travers of Peter, Paul & Mary marks ,once again, for many of us baby boomers, the passing of an era when citizens disenfranchised from involvement in the political system, organized en masse to change their government’s wrongheaded policy and course of action. You may ask yourself why we note the passing [...]

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Jack Bauer Need Not Apply To Obama’s CIA

September 19, 2009

There are so many things wrong with the current investigation  launched by Attorney General Eric Holder into the activities of the CIA following 9/11 that it is difficult to know where to begin.  First of all, I don’t know if you can be politically correct when you are in a state of war and it is even more [...]

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John Edwards Slides The Bar for Ethics In Politics Further Down

September 20, 2009

Any political theme song nowadays should include the lyrics “I’m sorry…so sorry” with the latest revelations about the former Democratic Vice President Candidate and U.S. Senator John Edwards.  This is not only a personal tragedy for Elizabeth Edwards and her family, but for the nation as well.   It lends credence to the popular saying to trust no [...]

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“There Is No Cause For Alarm If Proper Precautions Are Observed.” Rupert Blue, U.S. Surgeon General 1918. Threat of [H1N1] “Cause for Concern, But Not Alarm.” Barack Obama, U.S. President, 2009.

September 24, 2009

J.M. Barry, (2009) writing in Nature [459: 324-5] on Pandemics: Avoiding The Mistakes of 1918 lists as a major mistake  by the government in addressing the 1918 pandemic was the communication strategy of reassurance.  J.M. Barry points out that in 1918  “This communication strategy of either reassurance or silence had its effect. Its effect was [...]

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90 Days Until Christmas…

September 25, 2009

Television shopping networks are promoting the Holiday season as a way to recover from a lackluster Fall season, which was promoted early to recover from a disappointing Back-To-School promos, which were advertised in early summer to boost poor Summer Sales.  Recovery?  Maybe for the big wigs sitting behind their corporate desks while patting their lobbyists [...]

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Suggestion of the Week

September 26, 2009

After his appearance before the U.N. Gadhafi should take a tip from the American idiom and literally  fold his tent and quietly steal away.

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Why Obama’s Health Care Ideas Fail

September 29, 2009

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Jobless Report Is Worse Than Expected; Rate Rises to 9.8% — 17% Rate Including Laid-off Workers Taking Part-time Work or Given Up…

October 2, 2009

from the NY Times:
The American economy lost 263,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent, the government reported on Friday, dimming the prospect of any meaningful job growth by the end of the year.
The Labor Department’s monthly snapshot of unemployment dashed hopes that the pace of job losses would continue to [...]

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“O”lympics, “O”bamas, “O”prah–Too Many Zeroes!

October 8, 2009

Not even close!  Floating the bid for the 2016 Olympics, Chicago’s balloon went down faster than the Hindenburg on Friday finishing 4th out of 4.  And why does this come as a shock?  There wasn’t overwhelming public support for hosting  the Olympics.   45% of Chicagoans believed that with the recent economic downturn,Chicago’s and Illinois’ [...]

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Politics Of Nobel Peace Prize Not So Noble

October 11, 2009

Well now we know  just how political the Nobel Prize Committee has become—there should not be any doubt with the election of Barack Obama to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Let’s put it in context, Gandhi never received the Nobel Prize, but Arafat did.
Cloaked in secrecy, the Nobel Prize Committee refuses to [...]

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10 PM: Corzine Lacks Clear Path to Victory; Christie in Solid Lead

November 3, 2009

9:52 PM: With 70% of the precincts reporting, our vote cruncher is looking at the county by county and sees Christie in solid position. Doesn’t seem clear where Corzine picks up enough more Democratic votes to close the gap.

County
Jon Corzine (D)
Chris Christie (R)
Christopher Daggett (I)

Atlantic
86.5% Precincts Reporting
45.7%
27,220 Votes
48.3%
28,749 Votes
4.9%
2,909 Votes

Bergen
79.4% Precincts Reporting
48.3%
94,269 Votes
48.8%
95,280 Votes
2.9%
5,579 Votes

Burlington
27.9% [...]

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Severe Swine Flu Could Lead to Blood Clots in Lungs

October 14, 2009

Researchers say CT scans may be needed to spot the risk
by Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) — People who are severely ill with the H1N1 swine flu run the risk of blood clots in the lungs, University of Michigan researchers say.

And because standard chest X-rays may not be able to spot the potentially [...]

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Severe H1N1 infection in females ’striking’: study

October 14, 2009

Many of the Canadians who died or were sent to hospital earlier this year with H1N1 virus were young adults, female and aboriginal, a new study suggests. Read More…

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Flu patients are younger, need fast critical care

October 14, 2009

Canadians hospitalized with swine flu are younger and sicker than expected, a new study finds.
The report, Critically Ill Patients With 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Infection in Canada, showed people in their 30s are most vulnerable to catching swine flu.  Read More…

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