Good thing they left his wife that 2.5 million

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/?cid=hp:cheatsheet7#cheatrow_7533

Madoff Prepped For Prison Life

Soylent GreenBot

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/?cid=hp:cheatsheet8#cheatrow_7536

Military Bot Fueled By Corpses

Slimy, not silky

http://www.alternet.org/environment/141134/why_silk_soy_milk%27s_parent_company_is_throwing_american_farmers_and_consumers_under_the_bus/

Why Silk Soy Milk's Parent Company Is Throwing American Farmers and Consumers Under the Bus
Since Dean Foods acquired Silk it has ditched support of domestic organic farms.

And while I'm on a rant

Jack Welch is correct. Work and family don't mix. Period.

This is not just for women - this applies to every worker in our country. The United States has not progressed in this regard in the last 50 years. We may think we're much more civilized now because woman work their asses off, try to "balance" family, keep up with the house, cook, and almost make as much as men, but looking at our societal problems, are we more civilized? As you heard me crow about for three years on this forum, jobs in this country expect you to sacrifice any semblence of your family life or spending the final years with a parent to the company's quest for endless profits. Most likely, this has only gotten worse because of the shady business dealings that most large corporations have engaged in which have gotten them in trouble, and increasingly, the employee is the one who must pay for these transgressions.

And what have men gotten in return for this race on the treadmill, ever grasping at the dollar which is always out of reach? I don't believe that men have it as hard as women, but they still are losers, too. Most men spend extra hours, outside of work, away from their family and still never have enough money to be comfortable. That's if they still have a job in this economic climate. Most likely, they have seen any retirement money they may have socked away greatly diminished. If they had anything approaching a comfortable retirement (which an increasingly small percentage of workers have), probably a goodly percentage of it is now gone. And, my best guess is that the Social Security age will increase even more before they get there. We won't even go into the health care bills that they can expect to shoulder if we don't pass meaningful health care reform (the insurance companies are going to make sure nothing of the sort happens). Oh, and I forgot - because the guy sacrificed his family for his job (and as you can tell by this paragraph, has been richly rewarded for this sacrifice), he is now divorced.

Jack Welch is right about this topic, but at least he can probably afford a second trophy wife.


http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/?last_story=/tech/htww/2009/07/14/jack_welch_and_women/

Jack Welch to women: Work and family don't mix

Again, I'm not sure why such a big deal is made of Jindal after his Mr. Rogers speech

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-13/jindal-and-the-racist/?cid=hp:mainpromo2

Jindal and the 'Racist'

Like cats making different noises when they're hungry, I'm not sure why this is a revelation

http://www.alternet.org/rights/141290/will_revelations_about_dick_cheney%27s_secret_programs_spell_his_downfall/

Will Revelations About Dick Cheney's Secret Programs Spell His Downfall?
Disclosures about Dick Cheney's secret counterterrorism program has even cautious Democrats suggesting Bush's VP may have clearly broken the law.

Welcoming of minorities, as long as they're not Muslim

http://www.nola.com/living/t-p/index.ssf?/base/living-13/1247548888260380.xml&coll=1

Fantastic voyage
A New Orleans family's post-Katrina tale of heroism and injustice is the subject of a new book by best-selling author Dave Eggers.

Dictators Could B Us

The older I get, the more I think that perhaps a dictatorship is the only effective type of leadership. Democracy seems to be perpetually watered down and stuck in gridlock - perhaps our mediocrity makes it that way. Increasingly, no one is allowed to make bold changes, but instead must compromise; we're lucky if we get anything other than what the most hardline and scary of our country want (see previous 8 years). The main problem with this is that anyone who is aggressive enough to become a dictator generally is not a nice person - we wouldn't want them leading us. Most dictators throughout history have been this way. I wonder how Obama would govern, if we suddenly made him dictator? Would he become emboldened? If that fails, my idea is to make Kucinich dictator. We seem to be too oblivious, selfish, or enslaved to the almighty dollar to make the changes required to save our planet...

http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/20090629084210154

Kucinich Says Climate Bill Might Make Things Worse

Informative, entertaining, and why people should not rap in Switzerland

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM

I am now taking collections for my farm

The only hope for me not going berserk on my neighbors is to help me raise the money to buy several acres to put between me and other people who were born in a barn. Not only do my next door neighbor's dogs now awaken me every morning, even earlier than my cat (who wakes up anywhere from 4:30 AM to 5:30 AM), but the neighbors have now placed their washer and dryer on their back porch, right outside my bedroom. At 1:30 AM this morning, I was awakened by a noise somewhat like an extremely off balance washing machine, except 10 times louder. About the time I went outside to see what it was (thinking they were working on the Huey P. in the middle of the night), it stopped. I just heard it again, went outside, and found that it was an off balance washing machine running in the middle of the night, right outside my bedroom. Does anyone have any sense anymore?!?! I get the feeling, really, that people know they're doing this *hit and are disturbing other people, but no one cares anymore, especially in New Orleans.

More insurance industry hijinks

See the insurance industry's attempts to discredit Michael Moore regarding Sicko:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv1FwOCNoZ8

Amen

http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/07/10/palin/

The losers who gave us Sarah Palin
The GOP operatives who championed her should be charged with endangering the country

In case you're planning a trip to California

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31836274/ns/technology_and_science-science/

San Andreas fault giving off mysterious tremors
Findings suggest underground stress is building up faster than expected

They're going to keep it up as long as they can get away with it

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/#cheatrow_7407

AIG to Hand Out More Bonuses

My venting only causes a few singed eardrums

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/some_report_chemical_odor_in_s.html

Odor from Dow leak could linger for days

Greg Peters' latest heart-tugging comic

http://www.suspect-device.com/latest.php

Best quote I've heard in a while

In an interview in the Gambit by Noah Bonaparte Pais this week, Bill Maher criticizes Obama for not taking on the corporations more, but goes on to say:

"It's like he's spraying the country with a big can of Bush-Be-Gone. I don't expect the world to change overnight, but it's good he's at least getting the smell of stupid out of the furniture."

Now that's why I love Bill Maher.

http://bestofneworleans.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A58204

Procrastination only works for politicians

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/rove_testifies_but_next_steps_in_probe_remain_murk.php#more

Rove Testifies, But Next Steps In Probe Remain Murky

H/T to Michelle

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/7/751100/-How-I-lost-my-health-insurance-at-the-hairstylists

How I lost my health insurance at the hairstylist's

It's called our huge ass footprint

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/07/07/arctic.explorer.climate.change/index.html

Polar blog: 'There's something afoot in the Arctic'

Karl Rove Deposed

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/?cid=hp:cheatsheet10#cheatrow_7340

Since I'll probably need it in twenty years

http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/141129/howard_dean%3A_%22this_is_ridiculous._we%27re_60_years_behind_the_times%22_on_fixing_health_care/?page=1

Howard Dean: "This Is Ridiculous. We're 60 Years Behind the Times" on Fixing Health Care

I'm sure it was fine, since I only inhaled it for four or five hours

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/chemical_leak_raises_big_stink.html

Chemical leak raises big stink in metro N.O.

No danger until you develop lung cancer

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/dow_cleanup_continues_as_motor.html

Dow cleanup continues as motorists detoured from River Road
The chemical can cause irritation of the eyes, nose and throat at low concentrations and is considered a possible carcinogen, Dow spokesman Tommy Faucheux said in a statement. The company's current information indicates there is no danger to the public, the statement said.

Hot air?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090708/bs_nm/us_pickens_windfarm

Pickens backs off wind farm project: report