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Entries from April 2009

Justice David Souter to Retire at End of Session! (Updated)

April 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments

In a bombshell tonight, Supreme Court Justice David Souter (above left) announced he will retire at the end of the Court’s current session, according to Greta Van Susteren. Coupled with the fact that his colleague, Ruth Bader Ginsburg (above right), is battling pancreatic cancer, a disease that has a high mortality rate, tonight’s news likely [...]

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Obama’s First 100 Days: A Black’s Perspective

April 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments

By Lloyd Marcus Guest Blogger Remember the Soup Nazi character on the “Seinfeld” sitcom? If you annoyed the chef, he would yell, “No soup for you!” When I hear the mindless reasoning of President Barack Obama’s supporters, I want to scream, “NO VOTE FOR YOU!” All of our spending as a nation up until this [...]

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Important Swine Flu Announcement From Iowa!

April 30th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Though I rarely agree with the host of Late Show with David Letterman, I have to applaud David Letterman for a public service effort he aired earlier this week. In an effort to share critical information about the Swine Flu outbreak, the CBS talk show host shared a must-view video (see above) with his worldwide [...]

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Hundreds Attend St. Louis Protest, Media Ignores

April 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments

On his radio show today, Rush Limbaugh mentioned the fact that the news media ignored the hundreds of people who attended the “First 100 Daze” protest that coincided with President Barack Obama’s town hall meeting Wednesday at Fox High School in Arnold, Mo., outside St. Louis.  It’s true! Some 500 people — most of whom [...]

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Just Looking at Cigarettes Makes You Sick?

April 30th, 2009 · No Comments

I’m not an anti-smoking crusader, so don’t take this the wrong way.  I am an advertising junkie and, as such, had to share two images from a Brazilian anti-smoking effort.  I discovered them at BestAdsOnTV.com: In case you’re wondering, the white text against the black background reads as follows:  CIGARETTES: JUST LOOKING AT THEM MAKES [...]

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Flu Fears Demand We Cancel Cinco de Mayo

April 29th, 2009 · 3 Comments

With the number of Swine Flu cases growing fast and fears of a pandemic dominating the news, many Americans are calling for the nation’s southern border to be sealed to stem the flow of individuals — legal and illegal immigrants — from Mexico and beyond who might be infected with the new flu “cocktail.” I [...]

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TB Attorney Suing CDC for Invasion of Privacy

April 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Andrew Speaker, the Atlanta-area attorney whose fame as a carrier of a drug-resistant tuberculosis earned him attention in, including this one and this one, between June and September 2007, is back in the news tonight.  Why?  Because, according to Associated Press, he’s suing the Centers for Disease Control for invading his privacy.

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