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Terry Krepel

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Two Days of Joseph Farah's Thin Skin, Denial of the Obvious

Terry Krepel | Posted November 23, 2009 | Media

Read More: Anti-Defamation League, Birthers, Huffington Post, Joseph Farah, Max Blumenthal, Obama Birth Certificate, Worldnetdaily

WorldNetDaily editor and CEO Joseph Farah has a notoriously thin skin, regularly lashing out at anyone who dares to criticize him or his "news" organization -- which usually results in him making ludicrous claims about the journalistic prowess of WND. Farah put both tendencies on display again in two...

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Charles Warner

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Lincoln Center Theater Cares

Charles Warner | Posted November 23, 2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Lincoln Center Theater

This is a good Monday. I'm sitting at my computer listening to the new Norah Jones album I downloaded, I got my appointment letter for teaching at NYU's Stern School next semester, and I got a timely response from the Lincoln Center Theater giving me a refund on two...

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Neal Rodriguez

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Baratunde Goes Mad Scientist on Twitter

Neal Rodriguez | Posted November 23, 2009 | Media

Read More: Baratunde Thurston, Hashtags, Twitter, Web 2.0

I bumped heads with Baratunde, the Onion Editor, and host of PopSci's Future Of, at the Gary Vaynerchuk book signing in New York City. Baratunde gave me a quick account of what projects he had lined up.

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Don McNay

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Washington: Totally Disconnected From Main Street

Don McNay | Posted November 23, 2009 | Business

Read More: Alan Greenspan, American College, Arianna Huffington, Big Money, Certified Financial Consultant, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Chairman Of The Federal Reserve Board, Change We Can Believe In, Charlie Rose, Chartered LIfe Underwriter, Chfc, Clu, Cssc, Democratic National Committee, Depressions, Don McNay, Double Digit Unemployment, Dr. Alan Greenspan, Dr. Lawrence Summers, Eastern Kentucky University, Economic Crisis, Economic Despair, Estate Tax, Faculty Lounge, Financial Crisis, George W. Bush, Goldman Sachs, Hank Paulson, Harvard, Henry Paulson, Huffington Post, Jobs, K Street, K Street Lobbyists, Kentucky, Kentucky Guardianship Administrators, Lawrence Summers, Lottery Winners, Main Street, Mark Twain, McNay Settlement Group, Mike And The Mechanics, Million Dollar Round Table, Msfs, Obama Administration, Obama Economic Team, Ohio, Partisanship, Personal Finance, President Obama, Progressives, Recessions, Republican National Committee, Richmond Kentucky, Secretary Of The Treasury, Sherrod Brown, Small Business, Structured Setlements, Timothy Geithner, Vanderbilt University, Wall Street, Wall Street Bonuses, Warren Buffett, Washington DC, Washington Real Estate

 

 


Can you hear me calling you?

 

-Mike and The Mechanics

 

 

Mark Twain said that when he died he wanted to be in Kentucky because everything happens 20 years later in Kentucky than in the rest of the world.

 

I live in...

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Lloyd Chapman

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More Fraud in SBA Managed Small Business Programs

Lloyd Chapman | Posted November 23, 2009 | Business

Read More: Abuse, American Small Business League, Barack Obama, Congress, Dell, Fraud, Gao, Home Depot, Inspector General, John Deere, Lack Of Oversight, Loopholes, Middle Class, Sherwin Williams, Small Business, Small Business Administration, Starwood Hotels, Waste Management

In a recent U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigation into fraud in the Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) program investigators stated, "By failing to hold firms accountable, SBA and contracting agencies have sent a message to the contracting community that there is no punishment or consequences for committing...

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Jeffrey Shaffer

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Somebody Up There Likes Me

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted November 23, 2009 | Living

Read More: Home, Humor, Lifestyle, Relationships

After many years of determined effort, I've achieved a solid, enduring relationship with my roof. I wonder how many other Americans can truthfully say the same thing?

The roof and I have been together since 1993. I didn't have any animosity toward the old one. It was made of cedar...

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Stanton Peele

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Great Artists Can Be Cads, But Can They Not Be?

Stanton Peele | Posted November 23, 2009 | Living

Read More: Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Laurence Olivier, Leaving a Doll's House, Limelight, Look Back In Anger, Oona O'Neil, Philip Roth, Relationships, Richard Burton, Rod Steiger, The Brothers Karamazov, Yul Brynner

I posted recently about two exceptional women - Hannah Arendt and Amy Wallace - who slept with gurus - Martin Heidegger and Carlos Castaneda - who despised and mistreated them, and yet the women remained in love until the day their gurus died.

But I didn't note another...

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Chris Weigant

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Democrats Now "All In" On Healthcare Reform

Chris Weigant | Posted November 23, 2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010, 2010 Election, All In, Approval Ratings, Bill, Chris Weigant, Congress, Dean, Democrat, Democratic, Democratic Party, Democrats, Dr Dean, Election, Expectations, Harry Reid, Health, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Healthcare, House, Howard Dean, Majority, Midterm, Midterm Elections, Midterms, Obama, Party, Poker, Political Capital, Polls, Pot Committed, Pre-Existing, President-Obama Barack-Obama, Reform, Reid, Republican, Senate

President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party are now, to use a poker term, "all in" on healthcare reform. Some may immediately respond to hearing this by saying: "Hey, Chris, you're just on an endless quest for fresh, new metaphors to describe the healthcare reform effort, after writing about it...

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Darya Pino

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Thanksgiving Healthy Eating Tip: Slow Down

Darya Pino | Posted November 23, 2009 | Living

Read More: Diet Tips, Health, Healthy Eating, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Tips, Tips For Holiday Season

Worrying about carbs, calories and diets is one of the most unproductive things you can do on a holiday that celebrates thankfulness. Instead of giving you a list of healthy side dishes or tips on how to cut out calories, this Thanksgiving I offer just a single piece of advice:...

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Kara Vallow

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Stay Classy, Danville!

Kara Vallow | Posted November 23, 2009 | Politics

Read More: Humor, Nancy Pelosi, Nigel-Colemen-Burning-In-Effigy, Tea Party, Teabaggers

"It was a mistake not to see beforehand that this would be controversial," said an apparently tone-deaf Nigel Coleman, chairman of the Danville Tea Party. "The general public didn't exactly understand what we were going after."
Yeah, I wasn't sure either. You see, when you decide to burn people...

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Scott Case

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The Scariest Bite (Hint: It's Not from a Vampire)

Scott Case | Posted November 23, 2009 | Impact

Read More: Bella, Children Deaths, Edward, Malaria, Malaria No More, Mosquito, Mosquito Nets, New Moon, Scott Case, Twilight, Vampire

Like so many parents of middle school-aged girls across the country, my house was filled with excitement this weekend as the newest movie in the Twilight Saga series, "New Moon", hit theaters. As the anticipation was building to a fever pitch, I took refuge at the office -- but found...

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Patrick Takahashi

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How To Roast A Turkey

Patrick Takahashi | Posted November 23, 2009 | Living

Read More: Cooking, Food, Recipes, Retirement, Roasts, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Recipes, Turkey

[In July, the day after my wife passed away, The Huffington Post published my article on "Gratitude, Not Grief." With all the trauma now fading memories, I have entered a new and rather exciting phase of my life.]

For some of you looking for a reasonably safe adventure,...

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Jeff Ma

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Splitting 10s With Belichick

Jeff Ma | Posted November 23, 2009 | Sports

Read More: Belichick Decision, Bill Belichick, Bill Belichick Decision, Bill Simmons, Blackjack, New England Patriots

I'm sure by now most everyone is tired of discussing Bill Belichick's decision from last weekend. But after watching the discussion amongst guys like Tom Jackson and Mike Ditka on the four-letter network yesterday and reading a recent post by the same network's Bill Simmons (that, as my esteemed...

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BJ Gallagher

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26 Ways to Give Thanks

BJ Gallagher | Posted November 23, 2009 | Living

Read More: Attitude Of Gratitude, Giving, Giving Thanks, Gratitude, Prayer, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Tips

WE GIVE THANKS BY ...

AWAKENING each day with an attitude of gratitude.
BEING HUMBLE about our role in the universe.
COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS ... often.
DELIGHTING in simple pleasures.
ENCOURAGING those who need our support.
FORGIVING those who have disappointed or hurt us.
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Arianna Huffington

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Will The Unemployment Disaster Be Obama's Katrina?

Arianna Huffington | Posted November 23, 2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Economy, Financial Crisis, Financial Recovery, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Larry Summers, Obama Unemployment, President Obama, Recession, Tim Geithner, U.S. Economy, Unemployment

There's a Category 5 storm about to make landfall, and the president and the officials in charge of preparing for the approaching disaster don't seem to be particularly worried. Sound familiar?

Just as Katrina exposed critical weaknesses in the priorities and competence of the Bush administration, the unfolding unemployment disaster...

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Anne Hill

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Why We Dream And How To Rewrite Nightmares

Anne Hill | Posted November 23, 2009 | Living

Read More: Consciousness, Dr. Allan Hobson, Dreams, Imagery-Rehearsal Therapy, Margaret Talbot, Media News, Nightmares, Rem Sleep, Sleep, Sleep Research, The New York Times, The New Yorker

It has been a big month for dreams in the news, with the New York Times and the New Yorker both weighing in on the subject. First up, the Times reports on a new theory advanced by Dr. Allan Hobson, who says that dreaming exists as a "warm-up" state...

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Sam Sedaei

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CNN's Shamelessly Biased Report On 3 American Soldiers' Murders In Iraq

Sam Sedaei | Posted November 23, 2009 | Politics

Read More: Abu Gharib, Anderson Cooper, Cnn, Iraq, Military, Nidal Malik Hasan

In March of 2007, three American soldiers detained four suspects in Iraq. They were supposed to take them to a detainee housing area. But instead, the first sergeant in the group approached another soldier in the group, Pfc Josh Hartson, and asked him whether he would have a problem "if...

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Susan Bevan

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Reform...at What Cost?

Susan Bevan | Posted November 23, 2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion Rights, Anti-Abortion, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Moderate Republicans, Moderates, Nancy Pelosi, Pro-Choice, Republican Party, Republican-Majority-For-Choice, Republicans, Stupak Amendment, U.S. House Of Representatives

The recent debate on health care reform has brought new focus to the important issue of reproductive choice -- and a clear understanding that it cannot be taken for granted.

As the Senate prepares now to take up its version of a massive health care overhaul, pro-choice Americans are watching...

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Lorraine Roe

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You Say You Believe In God: What Are You Willing To Do About It?

Lorraine Roe | Posted November 23, 2009 | Living

Read More: Alcoholics Anonymous, Faith, God, Higher Power, Intuition, Miracles, Religion, Synchronicity

So what is the point of vaguely believing in God energy, but not interacting with it? I just have to ask. Over and over again I meet people who say they have a feeling God exists. But then they don't take it any further. Is it just that if God...

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A Compulsive Overeater

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Binge-Eating Should Be Recognized As A Psychiatric Disorder

A Compulsive Overeater | Posted November 23, 2009 | Living

Read More: Binge Eating, Binge Eating Disorder, Compulsive Overeating, Eating Disroders, Food

When I was five years old, I ate whole boxes of the Girl Scout Cookies I was supposed to sell to my neighbors. When I was seven, I started stealing blocks of cheese from our groceries and telling my mom she forget them at the store. When I was in...

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