From CBS News:
(WILMINGTON, DEL.) - Joe Biden has cancelled his events for early this week after the passing of his mother in law.
"The Obama-Biden campaign today cancelled Sen. Biden's schedule Monday and Tuesday because of the passing of Jill Biden's mother, Bonny Jean Jacobs, this afternoon after a long illness," Biden spokesman David Wade wrote in an e-mail to the press.
"Other details will follow, but we appreciate everyone's respect for the family's privacy during this difficult ... read on »
This week's theme is, "Building Community, Taking Action," which includes Bipolar Disorder Awareness Day on Thursday, October 9. From NAMI:
Since 1990, mental health advocates across the country have joined together during the first week of October to celebrate Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) and Bipolar Disorder Awareness Day.
In 1990, the U.S. Congress established the first week of October as Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) in recognition of NAMI's efforts to raise mental illness ... read on »
The verdict came down late last night. From CNN:
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) -- Former gridiron great O.J. Simpson was found guilty Friday of all 12 counts in the armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas, Nevada, casino hotel last year.
The jury reached the verdict 13 years to the day after O.J. Simpson was acquitted of two murders.
Simpson, 61, and his co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart, 54, were charged with a dozen offenses stemming from the sports memorabilia heist. ... read on »
From the Huffington Post:
WESTPORT, Conn. — Paul Newman, the Oscar-winning superstar who personified cool as the anti-hero of such films as "Hud," "Cool Hand Luke" and "The Color of Money" _ followed by a second act as an activist, race car driver and popcorn impresario _ has died. He was 83.
Newman died Friday at his farmhouse near Westport following a long battle with cancer, publicist Jeff Sanderson said. He was surrounded by his family and close friends.
In May, Newman dropped plans to ... read on »
I am writing you today to tell you about an upcoming event that I am participating in that is both very important and very exciting to me. It is NAMIWalks for the Mind of America, NAMI’s signature walkathon event that is being held in Jackson, MS at Mayes Lake State Park on November 8, 2008. Registration begins at 9 AM, and the walk begins at 10 AM.
I am participating for the fourth time because I am a member of NAMI, and I have struggled in the past with panic attacks, depression and ... read on »
I'm not talking about aviation safety or counterterrorism intelligence. I'm talking about the unity that Americans experienced in the aftermath of that terrible day.
After al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four planes and used them as missiles to attack the mainland, we were all in shock at the sudden and violent loss of thousands of lives. We mourned together. We commemorated together. We put aside our differences for one fleeting moment. Blacks, whites, Republicans and Democrats were on those ... read on »
An employee of the Mississippi Workers' center for Human Rights invited me the attend a convention in Birmingham this past Saturday called Equal Voice for America's Families, which was sponsored by the Marguerite Casey Foundation. The convention took place simultaneously in Birmingham, Los Angeles and Chicago with a satellite feed connecting all three locations. A total of about 15,000 families participated in the event overall.
The objective of the event was to empower low-income families to ... read on »
The movie-trailer king, Don LaFontaine, was a voiceover artist known for his baritone voice and the phrase, "In a world..." From the LA Times:
LaFontaine, who also did voice-over work on countless radio and network television promotional spots and commercials, died Monday of complications after treatment for an illness at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his family said. The illness was not specified.
He was known as "Thunder Throat," "The Voice of God" and "the highest-paid ... read on »
My mind is going in so many directions right now that I'm surprised that I'm not dizzy.
First, yesterday was the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington. Whenever I saw clips of his speech, I would wish that I was there to see it, even if it was just live on TV. Of course, that would not have been possible since I was born over eleven years later. Then, in an interesting turn of events, I watched the first black man to become a ... read on »
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones died of an aneurysm Wednesday. She was 58. From CNN:
President Bush said Tubbs Jones "was an effective legislator who was dedicated to helping small businesses, improving local schools, expanding job opportunities for Ohioans and ensuring that more of them have access to health care.
"After making history as the first African-American woman elected to Congress from Ohio, the congresswoman worked to expand the rights of all Americans," Bush said.
Tubbs Jones ... read on »
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Will New Palin 'Racially Tinged' Attacks Backfire on McCain?
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baquan2000: Walt you get an official, Dave Chappelle say's it best - Rick James influenced - "Cooooooollllldddd Bloodeeedddddd!"
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Will New Palin 'Racially Tinged' Attacks Backfire on McCain?
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Will New Palin 'Racially Tinged' Attacks Backfire on McCain?
baquan2000: But, I hope you guys know that the RNC is calling for an audit of Obama campaign…
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Will New Palin 'Racially Tinged' Attacks Backfire on McCain?
ladd: While she's out slinging mud, Palin has all sorts of problems on her homefront (where folks are angry that the McCain campaign is running the governor's office. First, a bunch of state employees have reversed course and http://www.adn.com/troopergate/story/546971.html ]decided to follow the law[/url] and testify in the Troopergate (probably realizing they don't want to go to jail for her).
And big questions are raised about her taxes and all that taxpayer money she and her family got for eating at home and traveling around the state on the state's dollar:
Now that tax attorneys have had a chance to review Gov. Sarah Palin’s tax returns, which were released late last week, a new round of questions are being raised on tax-related websites.
One big issue that tax attorneys are pointing to is the fact that the Palins did not report as income the $43,490 that the state gave the family to cover travel expenses for Mr. Palin and the Palin children. Had the Palins reported these payments as income, the couple would have had to pay taxes on it.
These tax attorneys note that neither Mr. Palin nor the children were employees of the state. Nor were they traveling on behalf of the state. There was some discussion that perhaps some portion of Mr. Palin’s travel expenses might be excludable as income if there was a bona-fide business reason for his presence and if he assisted Mrs. Palin in her official duties.
But there was also uniform agreement that it would be hard to make a case for the not reporting the payments to the children as income.
“The children’s travel payments are clearly taxable income,’’ said Jack Bogdanski, a tax professor at the Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland and a former advisor to the Internal Revenue Service. “The money paid for Todd Palin’s travel might possibly turn out to be tax-free, but it would be quite a stretch.”
Mighty mavericky to take advantage of her own tax payers, eh?
Oct 06, 2008
Will New Palin 'Racially Tinged' Attacks Backfire on McCain?
Walt: LW that comment by McCain did make me laugh! Republicans could run a frog for vp and…
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