Pupi

Married Baby Boomer who leans a tad left of center. Known to be conservative about some things, though. I've learned a LOT, from both sides, reading the posts/comments, and I've made a few very good friends, too. (You know who you are. HA!) Pray for protection of our troops. Pray for peace. And pray for Each other. PULL TOGETHER, NOT APART! Kat

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President Bush lobbyist Stephen Payne in 'bribes' scandal quits

Do No Evil – Stephen Payne, a government adviser and lobbyist, caught offering access to top White House figures in exchange for a $250,000 donation towards President Bush's private library, has resigned following the launch of a congressional inquiry into the scandal.

View Story Discuss (3) (timesonline.co.uk) 4 days ago by bubba2

Voted for on July 21, 2008 11:04pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 65 votes / 2 sinks

One Soldier's Suicide: James Jenkins

Do No Evil – Suicides among veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan are reaching epidemic proportions. More than 6,000 veterans took their lives in 2005 alone, according to a study by CBS News. By some estimates, veterans are attempting suicide 1,000 times a month.

View Story Discuss (27) (newsproject.org) 3 days ago by jovial

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:43pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 19 votes / No sinks

The Who look back without slowing

Music – Wearing tennis shoes with blue socks, Daltrey in person shows little of the wear and tear you'd expect in a rock veteran of the '60s. He looks ready to hit the gym, and whirls his way out of the interview room with a bottle of water in hand, not stopping to eat a single bite of the Japanese breakfast that had been ordered for him.

View Story Discuss (0) (msnbc.msn.com) 3 days ago by pagey

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:27pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 20 votes / No sinks

Mom Possibly Alive During Womb Theft

Do No Evil – Authorities say a slain pregnant woman may have been alive and was possibly drugged when a baby was ripped from her womb, allegedly by a woman who tried to pass the infant off as her own.

View Story Discuss (0) (abcnews.go.com) 3 days ago by pagey

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:27pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 22 votes / No sinks

U.S. food companies plan more hefty price increases

Food – U.S. food companies are preparing another round of hefty price increases as soaring commodity costs force them to pass on rises to consumers.

View Story Discuss (2) (gata.org) 3 days ago by engineer

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:27pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 16 votes / No sinks

McCain Ad Takes On Obama Over Gas Prices

Politics – "Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump?" the announcer in the ad asks as a still-shot of Mr. Obama fills the screen and an unseen crowd chants, "Obama! Obama!" Subtle? Not so much.

View Story Discuss (7) (thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com) 3 days ago by Beau7890

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:27pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 17 votes / No sinks

Can't We All Agree On This? Toys Should Not Kill Children.

Do No Evil – The nation is facing some tough questions -- how to go about withdrawing troops from Iraq, how to handle an Iran with nuclear ambitions. It is also facing some easy ones -- like whether to get tough about protecting children from deadly toys. Sadly, Washington seems to have as much trouble with the easy questions as the hard ones.

View Story Discuss (1) (theboard.blogs.nytimes.com) 3 days ago by Beau7890

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:27pm

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The global economy is at the point of maximum danger

Money – It feels like the summer of 1931. The world's two biggest financial institutions have had a heart attack. The global currency system is breaking down. The policy doctrines that got us into this mess are bankrupt. No world leader seems able to discern the problem, let alone forge a solution.

View Story Discuss (2) (telegraph.co.uk) 3 days ago by engineer

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:26pm

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Economic tremors in the West reach China

Money – A slowdown in the flow of containers through the giant ports of southern China is providing an amber warning light that all is not well in the vast workshops of China's eastern seaboard.

View Story Discuss (1) (business.timesonline.co.uk) 3 days ago by engineer

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:26pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 15 votes / No sinks

FDA Finds Salmonella Strain in Jalapeno Pepper

News – Government inspectors finally have a big clue in the nationwide salmonella outbreak: They found the same bacteria on a single Mexican-grown jalapeno pepper handled by a small Texas produce shipper.

View Story Discuss (0) (washingtonpost.com) 3 days ago by Beau7890

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:26pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 9 votes / No sinks

Out of bounds! McCain exaggerates impact of Obama's tax plan

Politics – What happened: McCain frequently says that Barack Obama would raise tax rates on 23 million small-business people who file tax returns as individuals. Why that's wrong: "It's a false and preposterously inflated figure," concluded factcheck.org, the nonpartisan watchdog group at the Annenberg Public Policy Center.

View Story Discuss (1) (mcclatchydc.com) 3 days ago by bubba2

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:26pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 9 votes / No sinks

Torn apart by war, kept apart by the Patriot Act

Do No Evil – Losi Grodya works 2 jobs, has a driver's license, is working on a college degree and is ready to take her citizenship exam. Her daughters, approved by U.S. officials to join her from the Republic of Congo as refugees, have seen their cases caught up in a provision in the Patriot Act that bars people from the U.S. if suspected of aiding terrorists.

View Story Discuss (0) (kentucky.com) 3 days ago by bubba2

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:26pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 47 votes / No sinks

Storms Roll Through The Tri-State

News – A severe thunderstorm rolled through the Tri-State Sunday night creating daunting-looking funnel clouds.

View Story Discuss (1) (kypost.com) 4 days ago by STONERS

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:24pm

Fighting flares in Pakistan's Baluchistan; 43 killed
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Fighting flares in Pakistan's Baluchistan; 43 killed

News – Forty-three people were killed in clashes between security forces and militants in a part of Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan where nationalist insurgents have been active, local media reported on Monday.

View Story Discuss (6) (news.yahoo.com) 4 days ago by STONERS

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:24pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 36 votes / No sinks

Iraq sees hope of US troop withdrawal by 2010

News – Iraq's government welcomed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Monday with word that it apparently shares his hope that U.S. combat forces could leave by 2010.

View Story Discuss (3) (news.yahoo.com) 3 days ago by STONERS

Voted for on July 21, 2008 10:24pm