Yesterday something truly startling happened. The American people won and the Establishment lost-- IN CONGRESS. That never happens. Alan Grayson and Ron Paul teamed up and made it happen-- against the wishes of their party leaders and, more important, against the wishes of the big banks that donimate the country and finance the campaigns of most of Congress. (Which probably means the bill-- we'll get...
Congress, that's who. Yeah, yeah. Hard to top that one for lead story on News of the Obvious , I know. But man, the sheer stupidity in continuing to resist President Obama's desire to lift the Cuba travel ban -- the only country in the world the US government prohibits its citizens from visiting -- just drives me bananas. No pun intended. Never mind the Republicans -- we know they're stuck in their...
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It's time to make some phone calls. It will take less than 10 minutes. Here are the Democrats who support the auditing of the fed. Rep. John Adler, NJ: (202) 225-4765 Rep. Travis Childers, MS: (202) 225-4306 Rep. Steve Driehaus, OH: (202) 225-2216 Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, TX: (202) 225-2531 Rep. Suzanne Kosmas, FL: (877) 956-7627 Rep. Dan Maffei, NY: (202) 225-3701 Rep. Brad Miller, NC: (202) 225-3032...
(By David Scott, dscott@charlotteobserver.com) Tailback Brown is out, but Dolphins have options Job No.1 for the Panthers' defense tonight, of course, is dealing with Miami's "wildcat" offense. Without Ronnie Brown (out for the season with a foot injury), the Dolphins will start Ricky Williams at running back. He presumably will take snaps out of the wildcat, although backup quarterback Pat...
In a year where vampires have returned to the forefront of the American zeitgeist with films and shows such as Twilight and True Blood, filmmakers David and Scott Hillenbrand bring some fresh blood to the coven with their vampire parody Transylmania.
(By David Scott, dscott@charlotteobserver.com) The Carolina Panthers will have two key players back in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons in Bank of America Stadium. Receiver Muhsin Muhammad, who has missed two games with a knee injury, returned to practice on Wednesday. Rookie fullback Tony Fiammetta, who sat out last week's game in New Orleans because of a concussion he suffered...
Georgia Representatives David Scott (District 13) and Sanford Bishop (District 2) were two of the 28 Blue Dog Congressional Democrats who voted for the Health-care Reform in the U.S. House of Representatives last Saturday. The bill passed...
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Merriman Curhan Ford Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: MERR) today announced that it has received a Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) administrative order in connection with the unethical conduct of a former retail broker, David "Scott" Cacchione, from approximately March 2006 to April 2008.
1) Noho: The Eater inbox brings news this morning that Leela Lounge has shuttered and has been taken over by newcomers Dan Warren and Chef David Scott Walker. The word is that the pair will be opening a "common mans"...
Rep. Artur Davis Votes Against Health Care Bill On Saturday night, and the moderate Democrat was the only member of the Congressional Black Caucus to do so . He was one of 39 Democrats who voted "no" in the 220-215 vote to pass government-run health care reform. As Booker Rising readers probably know, Rep. Davis (D-Ala.) is looking ahead to his statewide race for governor next year. He seeks...
While you were watching your favorite college football team, or not so favorite team yesterday, the House of Representatives were hard at work taking even more of your freedom and independence away. I would like to thank Rep Pence, and others who stood to oppose this government takeover, not just of healtchcare, but of so much of our lives.My representative, David Scott (D-GA), whom a lot of
Múm will be performing Friday at the El Rey Theatre | Picture via Múm's Myspace Our Pick: Múm, Sin Fang Bous, Hildur Gudnadottir @ El Rey Theatre Tonight, as always, local multi-instrumentalist/producer extraordinaire Jon Brion (LAist Interview , #2 , Review ) will be jamming with friends at the Largo at the Coronet . Legendary Boston-bred alternative rock outfit the Pixies are...
Digital Artist David Scott Leibowitz and Andrew Stone of Big Stone Phone today released iCreated 1.0 , an app that showcases art made on the iPhone with an online web gallery component. Version 1.0 offers 18 of Mr. Leibowitzs original works, created using existing iphone apps and introducing a virtual gallery of images offered by contributing iPhone and iPod Touch artists around the world.
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