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Gingrich: Tea Party Will Doom GOP Comeback

silver_ironist — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:35:54 -0500

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich predicted disaster for his party if the conservative wing of the GOP continues to field independent candidates to the right of the party's nominee. "If we get into a cycle where there are tea parties and there are conservative third-party candidates, we will make [Nancy] Pelosi speaker for life, Gingrich told Politico. "You can't be a right-wing party and govern the country."

"Goldilocks Syndrome" Identified in Health Insurers

silver_ironist — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:44:50 -0400

The insurance industry is sick. After studying the symptoms, we've diagnosed them with "Goldilocks syndrome," named after the little blonde heroine of the popular children's story.

Like her, insurance companies have broken into people's homes but then cherry-picked which customers are "too big" or "too small" to insure, settling on the ones that are "juuust right." The stories have been all over the news over the past few weeks: one baby who was "too big," another toddler who was "too small." But the insurance companies aren't dealing with fictional talking bears. These are real people who need medical coverage.

Soaring Copper Prices Indicate Recovery

silver_ironist — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:31:50 -0400

Copper prices hit a high on Friday of just over $3 a pound -- a strong indicator that economic recovery is at hand as construction and technologies have increased their demands. Copper is a critical component in almost everything we use today, from advanced technology to the construction industry. When demand goes up it signals a that building and buying trends are moving forward.

Lender Lacks Docs, Judge Cancels Mortgage

silver_ironist — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:03:07 -0400

In a New York federal bankruptcy court Oct. 9, Judge Robert D. Drain ruled that lender PHH Mortgage lacked the documents to prove its claim to a delinquent borrower's home in White Plains and wiped out the entire $461,263 mortgage debt on the property.

Limbaugh Calls for Return to Segregated Buses

silver_ironist — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:26:11 -0400

Referring to an incident in which a white student was beaten by black students on a bus, talk show host Rush Limbaugh declared on his program last week that the United States needed to return to racially segregated buses. "I think not only it was racism, it was justifiable racism," he said. "I mean, that's the lesson we're being taught here today. Kid shouldn't have been on the bus anyway. We need segregated buses."

Insurer Must Pay $10 Million for HIV Rescission

silver_ironist — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:31:53 -0400

The South Carolina Supreme Court has ordered an insurance company to pay $10 million for wrongly revoking the insurance policy of a 17-year-old college student after he tested positive for HIV. The court called the 2002 decision by the insurance company "reprehensible."

One-footed Snake Found in China

silver_ironist — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:40:42 -0400

A snake with a single clawed foot has been discovered in China, according to reports.

Dean Qiongxiu, 66, said she discovered the reptile clinging to the wall of her bedroom with its talons in the middle of the night.

"I woke up and heard a strange scratching sound. I turned on the light and saw this monster working its way along the wall using his claw," said Mrs Duan of Suining, southwest China.

Mrs Duan said she was so scared she grabbed a shoe and beat the snake to death before preserving its body in a bottle of alcohol.

Wilkerson: Cheney is Crazy

silver_ironist — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:44:12 -0400

I wouldn't have said that a couple of years ago, but now I've come to the conclusion that the man truly is whether he was that way when I knew him before, when he was Secretary of Defense, I don't know, that's not at issue with me any more the man now is just crazy.

Homing Pigeon Beats DSL Line

silver_ironist — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:09:03 -0400

Homing pigeon Winston has made history by beating a Telkom ADSL line in delivering 4GB of data from Howick to Hillcrest, outside Durban in far less time than it takes to download the data using the state-run Telkom's data network.

Cheney for President?

silver_ironist — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:29:50 -0400

"The Republican Party needs to move forward and build on its past, not return to it," Alex Castellanos, a frequent CNN analyst and GOP messaging guru, told the Huffington Post via email. "But if the agenda turns to security, Obama is mired in a no-win mess in Afghanistan, and the Obama administration hasn't created a single job in four years after indebting the nation for generations, maybe Dick Cheney could run on a theme of 'Change'."

Mentally Ill American Deported to Mexico

silver_ironist — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:17:16 -0400

The U.S. government wrongly deported a mentally ill North Carolina man to Mexico, ignoring FBI records and other evidence showing that he was a United States citizen, according to newly released documents.