by David SafierThe day is young, but I defy you to find a better headline than this before midnight tonight: Outhouses cushion small plane crash in Wash. state It's not only funny because it's true, but it's funny because the pilot walked away unhurt.
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: According to Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal the origination of the swine flu (or A/H1N1 influenza) is still unknown Germ Sleuths Stalk Origin of Killer Flu A picture is now emerging of how U.S. and Mexican officials, with a key assist from a Canadian government lab, first realized they faced a new … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Paul Blumenthal at Huffington Post details the financial services industry lobbying efforts in this post Paul Blumenthal: Do They Frankly Own the Place? You Betcha!: "[Sen. Richard] Durbin remarked about the banking industry's relation with Congress by saying, "they frankly own the place." You would think that this might be an exaggeration, … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: h/t DC Special Interests Examiner After decades of disappointing wage growth for many American workers, a new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research shows that unionization significantly boosts the wages of service-sector workers. The report, Unions and Upward Mobility for Service-Sector Employees, finds that unionization raises the wages of … Read more
by David SafierThis is a must read. Senate Majority Whip Pam Gorman lets fly on the Fox Forum. Gorman says she's worried because we've created an entitlement class of fat, lazy people who live happily live off the sweat of other people's brows. Today, as we find ourselves in the worst economic downturn in state … Read more