Hilarious Political Ad -- Meet Dale Peterson, Candidate For Alabama Agriculture Commission (WATCH)
UPDATE: Though I believed I had made myself clear in the original story, I am not making fun of Dale Peterson. I like the AD and the candidate. I have received several emails from readers who thought I was criticizing Peterson.
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Video: Dale Peterson, Alabama Agriculture Commission -- May 16, 2010
And by hilarious, I'm not making fun of this guy. Would you make fun of Dale Peterson? Just something about his intensity. And then while holding a rifle and patting his horse, he mentions Facebook.
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Video: Response to the Peterson ad from Funny or Die
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Updated with 2nd video from Funny or Die mocking the Peterson ad.
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Video: Alabama GOP gubernatorial candidate ripped for … kinda sorta supporting evolution
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It's apparently a bad thing to say you believe in evolution...
32 States Have Borrowed from the Federal Government to Make Unemployment Payments; California Has Borrowed $7 Billion
EconomicPolicyJournal.com has learned that 32 states have run out funds to make unemployment benefit payments and that the federal governmant has been supplying these states with funds so that they can make their payments to the unemployed. In some cases, states have borrowed billions. As of May 20, the total balance outstanding by 32 states (and the Virgin Islands) is $37.8 billion.
The state of California has borrowed $6.9 billion. Michigan has borrowed $3.9 billion, Illinois $2.2 billion.
Below is the full list of the 32 states (and the Virgin Islands) that have borrowed from the Fed to make unemployment payments, and the amounts that remain borrowed as of May 20 . (Numbers in red are billions)
Alabama $ 283 million
Arkansas 330 million
California 6.9 billion
Colorado 253 million
Connecticut 498 million
Delaware 12 million
Florida 1.6 billion
Georgia 416 million
Idaho 202 million
Illinois 2.2 billion
Indiana 1.7 billion
Kansas 88 million
Kentucky 795 million
Maryland 133 million
Mass. 387 million
Michigan 3.9 billion
Minnesota 477 million
Missouri 722 million
Nevada 397 million
New Jersey 1.7 billion
New York 3.2 billion
N.C. 2.1 billion
Ohio 2.3 billion
Penn. 3.0 billion
R.I. 225 million
S.C. 886 million
S.D. 24 million
Tennessee 21 million
Texas 1.0 billion
Vermont 33 million
Virginia 346 million
Virgin Islands 13 million
Wisconsin 1.4 billion
Total $37.8 billion
I LIKE 'im!
"I will name names and take no prisoners." OMG, WTF, ETC...
And, (and this is the real killer) he has actually done something with his life! Can you imagine? Someone running for a powerful political position that has actually successfully accomplished things outside of politics? Mind-boggling!
Go Dale!
(in other words, I'm in too)
UK tabloid: Duchess offered access for cash
LONDON – Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson feels devastated after she was secretly recorded apparently offering to sell access to her ex-husband Prince Andrew in return for 500,000 pounds ($724,000), her spokeswoman said Sunday.
Your date.
Slam dunk, I believe I like your way of thinking.
RUSSIANS REPORT NORTH KOREAN MINI-SUB TORPEDOES GULF RIG
http://imkane.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/russians-report-north-korean-mini-sub-torpedoes-gulf-rig/
NUCLEAR PHYSICISTS SENT TO STOP GULF OIL FLOW
http://imkane.wordpress.com/2010/05/16/nuclear-physicists-team-sent-to-stop-gulf-oil-flow/
I'll get back with ya's later tonight........ Tex !
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/video/?videoId=2160_823094&videoChannel=NOTW:News
Thanks to a bizarre MTA policy and a union contract, city bus drivers are taking an average of two months off each time a rider spits on them.
This was revealed at an MTA committee meeting today where officials explained that they define an "assault" on a driver broadly enough to include getting spit on.
Under the drivers’ contract, each time they are assaulted they are entitled to take sick time to recover.
Last year 51 bus operators reported they were spit on and got to take an average of 64 days off, MTA officials said.
They said they believe some of those drivers were abusing the leave time policy and others were genuinely traumatized by being spit in the face. They said they were looking into changing the definition of "assault."
Altogether 153 drivers were assaulted last year in various ways, including being punched. "Some use no sick time at all," MTA bus chief Joe Smith said.