Thursday, August 5, 2010

In case you missed it...

Some of the more remarkable news items from this week...


Your "Recovery Summer" update: We're now up to 18 consecutive months of record-setting food stamp participation!



The administration's "stamps of approval"...


How's this for "insider trading?" U.S. Senators beat the market by 12% annually, twice as much as corporate insiders...


Taliban die in suicide attack on Kandahar airfield; their mission wasn't a total failure- $70 worth of fence destroyed...



The Taliban tank brigade...


An early indicator of voter turnout for upcoming elections? In Tenn., early primary vote breaks records in a big way...


Yoda Pelosi (D-Degobah): "Drain the swamp we did, because this was a terrible place." Darth Rangel not pleased...


It's looking more and more like "that war" back in the '60s-'70s...support sinking for Afghanistan War...


Meg vs. Jerry: his spending -$633,205 (with $23.2 million on hand); hers - $110 million (incl. $91 million of her own)...


Throwing good money after bad - "More Fed Money for Profligate States?"


"Al Gore gets a happy ending"... (h/t: Ann Althouse)


Multi-million dollar yachts, dodging taxes, a lavish wedding, pricey trips: is this the party of the "little guy?"



Sen. John F. Kerry's (D-Mass.) tax-evading, multi-million dollar yacht...


Where's "America's Worst Job Market?" Right here in the Golden State (El Centro) - " 27.6% Unemployment"...


Swamp drainage, Pt. 2: Will Maxine Waters get off with a slap on the wrist like Charlie Rangel?



The photo of Charlie Rangel (D-NY) showing him sacked-out at his tax haven in the Caribbean (which helped get him sacked as the House Ways & Means Committee chair...)


Apparently, "draining the swamp" really means "plugging the hole before the scum runs out"...

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