06.25, 26, 27, 28.11

Greetings from Orange Beach, Alabama.  It’s raining for a minute, so here’s the post that has been in the making for about 5 days now.  News is still interesting, even if a bit dated in some spots :  )

HEROES FOR TODAY

Man lifts car and person underneath lives . . . . Daily Mail

nOT!  Too hot Huffington Post . . . .The Blaze

IS IT ART?

Airline picnic . . . .New York Times

Finally . . . Huffington Post

White House Dr. sting . . . Fox News

Raunchy destinations, Europe style . . . .CNN

COSMOS

Cable boxes eat electricity . . . . The New York Times

BIG asteroid will just miss us Monday . . . .Daily Mail

The facts about fracking . . . .Wall Street Journal

Forget Jump the shark:

Watching the river run:  2500 homes gone . . . .CBS

LIVE LONG AND PROSPER

Sitting can be deadly . . . . .Daily Mail

And a side of romance. . . . New York Times

THE CLONE WARS

Here we go again . . . .The Blaze

TSA vs. old ladies . . . .Daily Mail

The great corn con . . . New York Times

Mexico invades US . . . .Daily Mail

When did ‘fairness’ come into it? . . . The Blaze

SAY WHAT?

Pelosi takes in a U2 concert, during Obama’s Afghanistan  address . . . The Blaze

Bono is a tax evader, and fans don’t like it? . . . .Daily Mail

Everything you think you know about the fall of the Soviet Union is wrong . . . .Foreign Policy

Take success like a gentleman and disappointment like a man . . . .Daily Mail

FAMILY BUSINESS

Friendly skies not so friendly . . . . The Blaze

Straight talk about Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. . . Wall Street Journal

Love before sex back in the day . . . .Daily Mail

ELECTION 2012

Saying “I Do” in New York . . . . Daily Mail

US Rich striking Obama? . . . Big Government

Could this be true about US parents? . . . Daily Mail

Why is he bi? . . . . Wall Street Journal

How Obama should talk . . . CNN

Have a good one!  Here comes the sun.  Back soon. . . .

Posted on June 24, 2011 by gerryb

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06.23.11

On the road again. . .todays edition is brought to you from SeaTac, where our outgoing flight has been delayed over two hours by extreme weather in Chicago.  Small world and all.   News anyway.

LIVE LONG AND PROSPER

Potato chips are bad for you . . . .Daily Mail

In search of things that go hum in the night . . . .The Independent

Gaydar is real . . . . .Daily Mail

Fiction addiction is bad for you . . . . Daily Mail

Recipes for a better diet . . . . Washington Post

Worst diet foods . . . .Time

Chocolate Milk is da bomb . . . . Daily Mail

Tame your tum . . . .Daily Mail

IS IT ART?

Tip size unrelated to service quality . . . .NPR

Designing a secure  password . . . The Wall Street Journal

US best High Schools . . . .Newsweek

Too much too soon? . . . . Xinhuanet

Spy sunglasses record and transmit l. . . PopSci

Delta Airlines and the art of discrimination . . . . .USA Today

10 ways to be fired  . . . AOL

COSMOS

Another US town washed away . . . .Daily Mail

Artificial sweetener has environmental aftertaste . . . .Discovery News

What is a tree’s maximum height? . . .iO9.com

Humans have a 6th sense . . . .Daily Mail

THE CLONE WARS

White toddlers on the decline .  . . .Daily Mail

FTC vs. Google . . . .The Wall  Street Journal

US press goes anti Israel? . . . .The Blaze

There’s cheap and then there’s CHEAP! . . . .Daily Mail

Food stamp crime wave . . . .The Wall Street Journal

WH heading toward anti-private property ownership? . . . .The Blaze

The rich get richer . . . . Daily Mail

Muslim and Jews vs San Francisco. . . .The Blaze

Latest Weiner War  . . .  Daily Mail

WHOSE YOUR MAMA?

Environmental literacy required to graduate . . . .The Blaze

No swimming in King County without a life jacket . . . .Daily Mail

No one if Gore has his way . . . .The Blaze

ELECTION 2012

Ron Paul gambles big . . . .Daily Mail

Rove thinks Obama will lose . . . .The Wall Street Journal

A Republican super-majority in the offing? . . . .US News & World Report

Military decisions for popularity? . . . .BBC

See ya!

 

Updated on June 23, 2011 by gerryb |

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06.21.11

We live in interesting times.  Enjoy, I say! News now.

ELECTION 2012

Jon Huntsman is in . . . Daily Mail

Reid likes Hunstman over Romney . . . .CBS News

Bachman surges to primary lead . . . The Washington Times

Team Newt still bleeding . . . .Daily Mail

AMA backs hot-button health insurance mandate . . . CBS News

Huntsman’s Mormon Question . . . .International Business Times

COSMOS

Flights resume.  Chaos continues. . . ABC News

Hurricane Beatriz hits Mexico’s Pacific coast . . . Daily Mail

Nude-friendly nature in Germany:  Hike Naked? . . . .Time Magazine

Whining is the most annoying sound . . . .Daily Mail

More twisters:

US News blackout over crippled Nebraska Nuclear Plant? . . . .The Nation

IS IT ART?

Shopping secrets retailers won’t tell you . . . BankRate. com

An ooops on the healthcare law . . . Daily Mail

Upending Anonymity on the web . . . .New York Times

Pics of little ones, party of 6 . . . .Daily mail

Southwest Airlines sale . . . .The Christian Science Monitor

Stripping Discovery . . . .Daily Mail

Break Dancing Gorilla:

THE CLONE WARS

Losing to Walmart costs Law Firm $7Million . . . Reuters

Obama vs Petraeus on Afghanistan. . . .Daily Mail

Chinese unfair trade practices . . . . Los Angeles Times

What’s up with Facebook? (Hint: not US users) . . .The Week

Verizon killing unlimited data plans . . . .Huffington Post

What happens if it passes? . . . .Christian Science Monitor

LIVE LONG AND PROSPER

Faux fat makes rats real fat . . . ABC News

Where superstitions come from? . . .Life Magazine

US Violent crime falls to lowest level since ’60′s . . . .Daily Mail

New warnings on cigarettes . . . The Telegraph

FAMILY BUSINESS

When the going gets tough, women want wimpy? . . . .Daily Mail

How common is infidelity? . . . . .Salon.com

TTFN

Updated on June 21, 2011 by gerryb |

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06.20.11

Sun is finally out.  Sky is looking bluer–but it’s 5:00PM.

News. . .

IS IT ART?

Definitely!

Money lessons my dad taught me . . . .Fox News

Light in Texas . . . Fox News

Withdrawing from Afghanistan . . . .Associated Press

COSMOS

What if you could never forget? . . . .Daily Mail

Europes greatest threats . . . . .  Spiegel Online

Bigfoot, the dna test . . . .AOL News

Watching the river run . . . .Daily Mail

THE CLONE WARS

Wal-Mart wins! . .  . . Fox News

.com vs .whatever . . . .Information Week

Weiner’s gone midnight Tuesday . . . .Washington Post

Condemnation vs Eulogies . . . .Wall Street Journal

Cable vs Netflix . . . .MarketWatch.com

Smoke and mirrors in Accountable Care . . . Wall Street Journal

But not empty handed . . .  Smart Money

No texting during the movie!

LIVE LONG AND PROSPER

More expensive is doesn’t equal better in vitamin land . . . .Los Angeles Times

Lost of US kids have food allergies . . .Xinjuanet.com

Is your Housing market at bottom yet? . . . The Wall Street Journal

Dads!  Wake the hell up . . . .CNN

ELECTION 2012

Assimilation and racial unity . . .Los Angeles Times

See you tomorrow.

Updated on June 20, 2011 by gerryb |

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