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Monday, March 16, 2009
Boomer with Attitude / News Obama to Sanford: Go to hell, redneck
Posted By John Grooms on Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 3:56 PM
OK, maybe he wasn't that rude, but the Obama administration still told South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford where to get off earlier today.
We've been keeping you up to date on Sanford's attempt to derail stimulus package spending in his state (because, as you know, South Carolina's unemployment rate is now only 10.4 percent). This afternoon, White House Budget Director Peter Orszag told Sanford that the administration is rejecting his request to use $700 million in stimulus dough to pay down state debt rather than use it to create jobs and/or avoid deep cuts in unemployment benefits.
So, the short version is that one more GOP reactionary has had his pre-presidential-campaign PR move shoved back in his face. Or, to use an old-time South Carolina phrase, Gov. Sanford shit and fell back in it.
Arts / News Walker's "dy-no-mite"
Posted By Anita Overcash on Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 3:09 PM
Tonight comedian Jimmy "JJ" Walker will perform at Lake Norman Comedy Zone in Galway Hooker. Walker is known for the catch phrase "dy-no-mite" and his acting in the television show Good Times (which aired from Feb. 8, 1974-Aug. 1, 1979). Watch a clip below:
Film / News CL's Star Ratings
Posted By Matt Brunson on Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 2:28 PM
Here are Creative Loafing's star ratings for all reviewed movies playing in the Charlotte area through Thursday. See this week's issue for select reviews and our Web site's archives for all reviews.
The N Word / News Mind your manners
Posted By Nsenga Burton on Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 12:59 PM
Folks are out of hand.
If I go into the ladies room one more time and hear someone on a cell phone discussing private matters, I'll scream. Some of these lovely ladies have the nerve to talk on their cell phones while using the facilities. As my 5-year-old nephew would say, "Ewwwwwwwww."
Common sense would dictate that cell phones should be left in the office, and common courtesy would dictate that we would be spared from hearing the tawdry details of their lives. Give the cell phone a rest, at least in the toilet, and mind your manners.
News 25 Tons? Nah. That's not much.
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 12:00 PM
In fact, just the other day I was thinking, "I wish there were more hazardous pollutants in the air."
N.C. regulators have determined that the new coal-fired burner that Duke Energy Corp. is building at its Cliffside plant is a “minor” source of hazardous air pollutants.Duke Energy Carolinas had asked the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Division of Air Quality to determine whether the new 800-megawatt boiler is a “major” or “minor” source of pollution.
The division says Duke will be limited to no more than 25 tons a year of hazardous air pollutants.
Read the rest of this Charlotte Business Journal here.
News Delete your taxes
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:30 AM
Desperate times make people, well, desperate. Protect yourself. Delete your taxes.
"I don't need to come to your house to find out what's in your house," he said. "I can just enter through your computer. Do not store information there that you don't want the world to see."Cyber identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes around these days according to the U.S. Secret Service which, along with the FBI, investigates these crimes. Two major independent studies report an estimated 10 million Americans were victims of identity theft last year.
It seems natural to save a copy of your taxes on your computer but Schmidt says that's a terrible idea. Once a thief gets a hold of a document like that he or she also gets your Social Security number, home address, date of birth and all the particulars about your income. Next, they assume your identity, applying for credit cards and bank loans in your name. They stain your credit history and generally make your life a living hell.
Read the rest of this Huffington Post, via AlterNet.org, article here.
Boomer with Attitude / News Why isn't Cheney in a straitjacket?
Posted By John Grooms on Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Former Vice President Dick Cheney's appearance on a Sunday talking-heads show could serve as an example of current, supposedly "conservative" thinking, i.e., he stubbornly held to failed policies, showed a stunning inability to learn from mistakes, blamed everything that's gone wrong on others, and, in general, was as shockingly delusional as he's always been. Here's a sampling of Cheney's Sunday lunacy:
1. Because of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, that country will not return to producing weapons of mass destruction or supporting terrorists. (Reality check: For the 10 millionth time, Iraq had no WMDs, nor did Hussein support al-Qaeda.)
2. The invasion also "undermined Iran's efforts to influence events in Iraq." (Reality check: Every serious study of the situation, including by United States, European and Israeli intelligence experts, says the exact opposite: the war has greatly strengthened Iran's hand in the Middle East, including its influence on Iraqi politics.)
3. President Obama's plans to close Gitmo and overseas CIA sites, stop the torture of prisoners, and suspend military trials for suspected terrorists until a new trial procedure is worked out, has made Americans less safe. Not only that, all of those slimy Cheney administration actions were "done legally ... in accordance with our constitutional practices and principles." In other news, up is down, black is white, "war is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength." [1984 by George Orwell] (Reality check: Oh, forget it. If Cheney's B.S. isn't blindingly obvious here, then no facts I recite will change your mind. I particularly like the claim that torture, suspending rights, etc., etc., is legal. Sounds like Dick wants to take a foreign trip without being under threat of arrest for war crimes.)
News Dumb criminal news
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Shoplifting tip: Don't take drugs with you on your crime spree — just in case your dumb ass gets caught.
Gastonia police discovered heroin, marijuana and drug paraphernalia when they searched a woman suspected of shoplifting on Sunday.According to our newspaper partner, The Gaston Gazette, Melinda Jones Walker, 41, of 1410 Rosewood Lane, was charged with possession with intent to sell or distribute heroin, manufacture schedule I controlled substance, simple possession of schedule VI controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Read the rest of this WSOCTV.com article here.
The Wack List / News The Wack List: March 16
Posted By Carlton Hargro on Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Five people, places and things we really ain't digging today.
• Idiots who keep shooting up the Moe's in Dilworth! If you guys don't stop I won't be able to get my John Coctostan with cilantro! And, yo, I love that shit! Stop shooting!
• Bebe Winans for allegedly doing a "Chris Brown" on his wife
• Dumb shit on the job like this.
News Bad Girl Scout
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Way to stifle an young entrepreneur with generous goal, Girl Scouts of America. Though, with a name like Wild Freeborn, the scout council was well warned.
A North Carolina Girl Scout's plan to use the Internet to generate more cookie sales is crumbling.Eight-year-old Wild Freeborn posted a YouTube video in the hopes of selling enough boxes to send her troop to summer camp. But they said scouting officials told them it violated a ban on Internet sales and asked her to take it down after she scored about 700 orders.
Read the rest of this Charlotte Observer article here.
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Knight and Day: Plot eclipsed by stars 1
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