Articles from July 2012
Posted by Pamela on July 31, 2012
via Addicting Info from a lawsuit filed by Brenda Honeycutt against the owner of a Duluth Georgia Chick-Fil-A franchise and its parent company: On or about June 27, 2011, Defendant Howard told the Plaintiff she was terminated but he could not provide a reason. On or about June 27, 2011, Defendant Howard told Connie Gravitt [...]
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Posted by Pamela on July 27, 2012
From News-Press.com: As Rainey drew within 4 feet, Roop grabbed his 9mm Glock from his pocket and fired once, striking Rainey in the shoulder, he told police. Rainey fell to the ground, screaming, ‘You shot me,’ in what Roop described as an “antagonistic” manner, according to the report. Roop said he was still in fear [...]
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Posted by Pamela on July 26, 2012
From The Onion: While processing an online order Tuesday afternoon, Ammoman.com sales clerk Eric McCann confirmed to himself that the customer who just purchased 3,000 rounds of ammunition was no doubt a very sensible, stable human being… …with satire.
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Posted by Pamela on July 25, 2012
Romney Advisor to the Daily Telegraph on British-American relations: ‘We are part of an Anglo-Saxon heritage, and he feels that the special relationship is special,’ the adviser said of Mr Romney, adding: ‘The White House didn’t fully appreciate the shared history we have’. Via Thinkprogress The article observes that the remarks “may prompt accusations of [...]
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Posted by Pamela on July 24, 2012
Governor John Hickenlooper, on ABC’s This Week, on whether or not the mass killing in Colorado will prompt him to take another look at the state gun laws: You know, I’m sure that’s going to happen. But I look at this — this wasn’t a Colorado problem, this was a human problem, right, and how [...]
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Posted by Pamela on July 20, 2012
From Capitol Confidential: “We figured they were shysters,” said Tocci, an assemblyman for 20 years until becoming commissioner of Veteran Affairs from 2005 to 2007. “We tried to be courteous. They were young kids; first thing that comes to mind is that its young idealists, like Occupy Wall Street. We sized it up even half-way [...]
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Posted by Pamela on July 18, 2012
Rush Limbaugh, courtesy of Media Matters: Have you heard, this new movie, the Batman movie — what is it, the Dark Knight Lights Up or something? Whatever the name of it is. That’s right, Dark Knight Rises, Lights Up, same thing. Do you know the name of the villain in this movie? Bane. The villain [...]
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Posted by Pamela on July 16, 2012
Chris Cillizza in The Washington Post, on the increasing controversy surrounding Mitt Romney’s tenure at Bain: Remember back in the 2004 presidential campaign when conservatives – led by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth — ffectively undermined Sen. John Kerry’s (D) candidacy with a campaign that focused on attempting to discredit his military service in Vietnam. [...]
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Posted by Pamela on July 14, 2012
From “The Sharp Sudden Decline of America’s Middle Class” in Rolling Stone Magazine: “I didn’t wear my best clothes, but I wore a light blouse and jeans, and I guess I was just a little too dressed up,” she recalls. “Because the woman just looked at me and said, ‘Are you in a crisis? Your [...]
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Posted by Pamela on July 12, 2012
Romney to the NAACP: I do promise that your hospitality to me today will be returned. We will know one another.” Let’s be clear about this. Romney’s deliberately provocative speech before the NAACP, in which he not only vowed to repeal healthcare reform, but used the provocative term “Obamacare” for it, was aimed not at [...]
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