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Well, close to the hometown since Fort Myers Beach is its own very small town that happens to be directly next to (and was formerly a part of) Fort Myers proper. Via Shakesville comes the story that one of the town’s managers was fired because his wife has a history in the adult entertainment industry.
Fort [...]
I don’t listen to much general pop- let alone dance pop- but Kim Petras is cuter than a basket of kittens, her voice is lovely and she amazingly launched her own career at the age of 15 by uploading to the internet videos she made of herself singing. The videos caught the attention of a [...]
“You can’t explain it in 30 seconds, so politicians just ignore it.”
-Rep. Bart Stupack, quoted in the Taibbi-penned Goldman Sachs article.
(Stupack, a member of the House energy committee, was specifically referring to the political misframing of the oil price bubble of last year. But that statement could apply to virtually any political action in the [...]
I know his style rubs some people the wrong way, but Matt Taibbi cracks me up and reminds me of a really clever friend you would debate economic policy with over shots of Jack Daniels. Taibbi’s fantastic piece (the opening paragraph alone is enough for a wordgasm) on Goldman Sachs is now up in full [...]
A federal advisory panel voted 20-17 to recommend a ban on the prescription pain killers Percocet and Vicodin because both narcotics are combined with acetaminophen in their formulation. Acetaminophen, an ingredient in Tylenol and many commonly used over the counter products, is known to cause liver damage with prolonged usage.
Just shy of eight months after Election Day, the Minnesota Senate race between Al Franken and Norm Coleman has finally been decided. The state Supreme Court upheld Franken’s win today and Colemen conceded defeat. Gov. Tim Pawlenty was set to sign the certificate of election this afternoon and Franken will be heading to Washington next week.
In a 5-4 decision, SCOTUS has reversed the Ricci case that has become a talking point for those opposed to Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination. Those in favor were Justices Kennedy, Alito, Scalia, Thomas and Chief Justice Roberts. The crux of their decision, per Justice Kennedy:
Bernie Madoff has been sentenced to 150 years. Unless Madoff has Nicholas Flamel as one of his co-conspirators, that’s going to be a life sentence.
Target Ovarian Cancer, a UK charity group, surveyed 400 GPs (general practitioners) and 1,000 women about their knowledge of ovarian cancer. The results were not promising. Of the GPs polled, only 51% identified “increased abdominal size” as the “most important symptom” and a scant 2% identified “difficulty eating” or “feeling full” (other common symptoms). 93% of the GPs acknowledged that diagnosis is often delayed.
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