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Meltup
August 4th, 2010All in the family
August 20th, 2010
Rory Reid
While Harry Reid’s popularity is plumetting in Nevada, his Son Rory Reid appears to be fighting to maintain his hold on the Governor’s office.
NEVADA—In addition to becoming competitive in his bid for reelection in Nevada, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is now nearly tied with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi when it comes to unpopularity among voters nationwide.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters across the country finds that 56% have at least a somewhat unfavorable opinion of Reid, while 59% feel the same way about Pelosi.
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US pledges Pakistan full support in flood crisis
August 19th, 2010The US has pledged its full support for flood-hit Pakistan, ahead of an emergency session of the UN intended to boost the international response.
BBC News
The US special envoy to the region, Richard Holbrooke, told the BBC that the US was doing more than any other nation to help Pakistan.
More than four million people have no shelter, and millions more need immediate assistance, the UN says.
Weeks of heavy rain have submerged large parts of the country.
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One million children may be misdiagnosed with ADHD: study
August 19th, 2010Immaturity may be mistaken for Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in nearly one million children who are the youngest and least mature in their kindergarten classes, Agence France-Presse reported.
{I guess Chuck E. Cheese is still the only place “…where a kid can be a kid.”}
A U.S. study released Tuesday looked at about 12,000 children at three different stages of their schooling and found that the youngest had a higher chance of being diagnosed with ADHD in each stage of school than their oldest classmates.
“The youngest kindergarteners were 60 percent more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than the oldest children in the same grade,” said Todd Elder, of Michigan State University and lead author of the study. “Similarly, when that group of classmates reached the fifth and eighth grades, the youngest were more than twice as likely to be prescribed stimulants.”
Elder found potential misdiagnoses may account for $320 million to $500 million in spending a year – Medicaid, a public health insurance program for the poor, may pay $80 to $90 million of that spending.
Ritalin is the most commonly prescribed drug for ADHD and, in the study, Elder wrote that the psychostimulant’s long-term effects are not well-known.
“Many ADHD diagnoses may be driven by teachers’ perceptions of poor behavior among the youngest children in a kindergarten classroom,” he added.
Click here to read more from the AFP.
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Remember when they were going to pay for our gas?
August 15th, 2010
Remember when the government was supposed to pay for our gas and mortgages? They did not tell us that would cut into food stamps. Gotta pay for that “free” health care somehow.
Democrats who reluctantly slashed a food stamp program to fund a state aid bill may have to do so again to pay for a top priority of first lady Michelle Obama.
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The Buzz | Ben Quayle fesses up
August 15th, 2010Ben there, done that
Ben Quayle, son of former Vice President Dan Quayle and an Arizona GOP candidate for Congress, has fessed up.
He did post comments on DirtyScottsdale.com, a website devoted to chronicling the trashy side of the Scottsdale nightclub scene. He earlier told Politico that he “was not involved in the site” and did not post under the pseudonym “Brock Landers,” a character from the movie “Boogie Nights.”
Quayle, a self-described conservative and one of 10 seeking the nod for the 3rd District, now says: “I just posted comments to try to drive some traffic.”
Let’s drive some more
Quayle just unveiled a TV campaign ad in which he calls President Barack Obama “the worst president in history” and says he wants to “knock the hell” out of Washington.
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Gunmen grab Mexico surgeon, later release him
August 15th, 2010August 14, 2010|By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Mexico City — Felix Perez Rocha, a plastic surgeon, had finished a liposuction and was starting another procedure when gunmen burst into his operating room and hauled the terrified doctor away.
The kidnapping at a high-end clinic in the affluent business hub of Monterrey immediately suggested one of the more cinematic chapters of drug-trafficking lore. A narco kingpin forcing a surgeon to alter his looks and help him evade the law? It has happened before.
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Sen. DeMint: Ratifying U.N. Children’s Rights Treaty Would Turn Parental Rights ‘Over to International Community’
August 13th, 2010Washington (CNSNews.com) – Sen. Jim DeMint (R- S.C.) said that if President Barack Obama gets his way and the Senate ratifies the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the precedent would be set to place parental rights under the jurisdiction of the international community.
“We believe we need to take clear action here in Congress to protect the rights of parents to raise their children,” DeMint said at a Wednesday panel discussion. “This treaty would, in fact, establish a precedent that those rights have been given over to the international community.”
DeMint is lead sponsor of S. Res. 519, a resolution to protect parental rights, which is co-sponsored by 30 senators total. Only four more senators need to sign on to inform President Obama that he does not have enough votes in the Senate to ratify the treaty, DeMint said.
DeMint has also introduced a joint resolution, proposing a constitutional amendment to protect parental rights.
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Johann Hari: And now for some good news
August 13th, 2010We’ll never know the names of all the people who paid with their limbs, their lungs or their lives for the goodies in my home and yours
At first, this isn’t going to sound like a good news story, never mind one of the most inspiring stories in the world today. But trust me: it is. Yan Li spent his life tweaking tiny bolts, on a production line, for the gadgets that make our lives zing and bling. He might have pushed a crucial component of the laptop I am writing this article on, or the mobile phone that will interrupt your reading of it. He was a typical 27-year-old worker at the gigantic Foxconn factory in Shenzen, Southern China, which manufactures i-Pads and Playstations and mobile-phone batteries.
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Rangel: ‘This ain’t no funeral’
August 12th, 2010A who’s who of Democratic officials turned out to celebrate scandal-scarred Rep. Charles Rangel’s 80th birthday last night — whooping it up as if he didn’t have an ethics charge in the world.
In fact, former Mayor David Dinkins, 83, went so far as to flip the bird to a protester who called Rangel a “crook” outside The Plaza hotel gala.
Not everyone matched Dinkins’ gusto, but the New York political establishment did turn out in force.
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Mayor Bloomberg all took turns at the mike to heap praise on the longtime Harlem legislator.
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Minnick to help Vernon Baker’s widow attend burial
August 12th, 2010by Associated Press
KTVB.COM
Posted on August 11, 2010 at 11:02 AM
BOISE — U.S. Rep. Walt Minnick is donating his frequent flyer miles to the widow of Medal of Honor recipient Vernon Baker so she can attend his burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
Baker, who belatedly received the nation’s highest military award for his role in World War II, was 90 when he died at his home near St. Maries in northern Idaho last month.
Baker’s wife, Heidi, recently told reporters the family could not afford to travel to Virginia for his ceremonial burial.
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Judge dismisses lawsuit over Geronimo’s remains
August 11th, 2010NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by descendants of the Apache warrior Geronimo, who claimed some of his remains were stolen in 1918 by a student society at Yale University.
The lawsuit was filed last year in Washington by 20 descendants who want to rebury Geronimo near his New Mexico birthplace.
It claimed Skull and Bones members took some remains from a burial plot at Fort Sill, Okla., where Geronimo died in 1909.
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Hacking the Electric Grid? You and What Army?
August 10th, 2010Joe Lieberman’s Cybersecurity fantasy.
Grid-hacking is back in the news, with the unveiling of “Perfect Citizen,” the National Security Agency’s creepily named effort to protect the networks of electrical companies and nuclear power plants.
People have claimed in the past to be able to turn off the internet, there are reports of foreign penetrations into government systems, “proof” of foreign interest in attacking U.S. critical infrastructure based on studies, and concerns about adversary capabilities based on allegations of successful critical infrastructure attacks. Which begs the question: If it’s so easy to turn off the lights using your laptop, how come it doesn’t happen more often?
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Former Senator Ted Stevens Is Killed in a Plane Crash
August 10th, 2010Former United States Senator Ted Stevens was killed in a plane crash in southwestern Alaska on Monday night. Five of the nine people on board the small plane headed to a remote fishing lodge were killed in the crash, Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell said.
Mr. Stevens, who had been the longest-serving Republican in the United States Senate while representing Alaska, was 86.
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Western Coconino Tea Party Patriots meeting
August 9th, 2010When: 6:30 PM August 11, 2010
Where: Jesus Name Camp; 2333 Perkinsville Rd. (South Road)
Guests: Candidates for Arizona’s 1st Congressional District: Rusty Bowers; Dr. Paul Gosar; Thomas Zaleski
Forum: 5 minute opening intro for each candidate followed by Questions from audience and Answers followed by 5 minute closing remarks by each candidate.
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