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Rats! Moco schools discouraging food gardens

Lucianne.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:20:51 +0000

Washington Post, by Jane Black Posted By: GaGardener- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:20:51 GMT Michelle Obama believes school gardens are a weapon in the fight against childhood obesity in America. Montgomery County Schools Superintendent Jerry Weast believes they are a magnet for pests. (Snip) Food gardens posed other problems as well, Weast said. Vegetable gardens are extremely labor intensive and require extensive watering and weeding. That the prime harvest takes place in the summer when students and teachers are on vacation was also a concern.

Dodd Pushes Financial Reform Without GOP Support

Lucianne.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:57:17 +0000

Wall Street Journal, by Damian Paletta Posted By: SpinMaster- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:57:17 GMT WASHINGTONSenate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D., Conn.) will introduce his sweeping plan to overhaul financial regulations Monday without any Republican support, a spokeswoman said, potentially imperiling the White House's effort to redraw financial regulations. Christopher Dodd Mr. Dodd is still hopeful his negotiations with a Republican on his panel, Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, can be worked out and that they will be able to bring a bipartisan bill to the Senate floor, the spokeswoman said. Both lawmakers have said in recent days they were close to a deal,

Heads Up Talk Radio: The Presidents Foot Soldiers Have Your Number

Lucianne.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:41:37 +0000

Big Government, by by Kyle Olson Posted By: KarenJ1- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:41:37 GMT Newsmax first reported that Organizing for America, the community organizing outfit under the auspices of the Democratic National Committee, has launched a plan to inundate talk radio shows with callers. The action will occur when a particular radio show is discussing ObamaCare. This is an extension of OFAs and Health Care for America Nows campaign to flood last summers town hall meetings with union members and left'wing activists supporting Obamas government takeover of health care. The intent then, just as

FBI Probes N.J. Man Linked to Al Qaeda, Hospital Attack in Yemen

Lucianne.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:35:57 +0000

Fox News & Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: KarenJ1- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:35:57 GMT A suspected Al Qaeda militant from Buena, N.J., is being ivestigated by the FBI after his arrest in the Middle East for allegedly trying to shoot his way out of a hospital in Yemen, WMGM’TV in Atlantic City reported. Federal sources confirmed that 26′year’old Sharif Mobley is in custody after a shooting rampage in a Yemeni hospital that killed one guard and injured another. FBI spokesman Rich Wolf in Baltimore said the agency is looking into the case. Mobley was reportedly being held prisoner in the hospital and was caught after a

Stupak, Beware The Senate Democrats

Lucianne.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:01:57 +0000

Investor’s Business Daily, by Ed Carson Posted By: slyscribe- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:01:57 GMT Rep. Bart Stupak, D’Mich., leads a dozen or so House Democrats who may oppose the Senate bill because it isnt sufficiently strict on abortion funding. Hes working on a solution, but theres a big problem, notes Jay Cost at Real Clear Politics. It isnt the House Democrats, Cost says. They grudgingly accepted tougher abortion language in their health bill last November. And it isnt Senate Republicans, despite some GOP threats to block an abortion funding fix. Though theoretically possible, Republicans would never carry it out,

Get ready for the know all, see all national ID card..plus, plus

Lucianne.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:02:53 +0000

Canada Free Press, by Dr. Laurie Roth Posted By: KarenJ1- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:02:53 GMT Obama and his administration want to know and control everything, namely us. If given the chance, Obama and his crew will morph into place a national ID Card for Workers under the guise of repairing and responding to the Immigration problem. Now, the push is on to quickly create a biometric card, which would have embedded information, personal information and fingerprints. Who cares about that old fossil.privacy rights. This special and intrusive card would be forced on and used by ALL workers in America.

White House Vs. Supreme Court: It’s Getting Ridiculous

Lucianne.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:36:48 +0000

CBS News, by Jan Crawford Posted By: Oblio- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:36:48 GMT For the life of me, I just don't get why the White House continues to try to pick a fight with the Supreme Court. I've suggested before that perhaps it's a sign President Obama intends to tap an outsider when John Paul Stevens retires, so he can beat the drum that the Court is out of touch with everyday Americans. But after Chief Justice John Roberts made some entirely reasonable remarks yesterday '' and White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs just had to respond '' it's now getting ridiculous. Whether the White House has a short'

Gasoline will dominate for a long while, panelists say

Lucianne.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:32:28 +0000

Houston Chronicle, by Monica Hatcher Posted By: Dreadnought- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:32:28 GMT With no technology offering the perfect solution, automakers are pursuing a multipronged strategy to reduce greenhouse gases by improving fuel efficiency and developing cars that run longer and better from an array of energy options. But most motorists still can expect regular trips to the gas pump for quite a while, industry representatives said Wednesday at the IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates CERAWeek energy conference. The future has to be a very diverse portfolio of answers, said Britta Gross, who works on

Biden’s Disastrous Israel Trip

Lucianne.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:31:07 +0000

Daily Beast, by Reihan Salam Posted By: Oblio- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:31:07 GMT Israel apologized for embarrassing Vice President Joe Biden by announcing it had approved 1,600 new homes in disputed east Jerusalem while the vice president was engaged in talks with Palestinian leadersbut now Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has pulled out of peace talks.

Spike in Prius complaints may not be all it seems

Lucianne.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:28:22 +0000

Associated Press, by Erin McClam and Tom Krisher Posted By: Dreadnought- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:28:22 GMT NEW YORK '' Reports of sudden acceleration in the Toyota Prius have spiked across the country. But that doesn't mean there's an epidemic of bad gas pedals in the popular hybrid. Experts on consumer psychology say the relentless negative media attention Toyota has received since the fall makes it much more likely that drivers will mistake anything unexpected ' or even a misplaced foot ' for actual danger. "When people expect problems, they're more likely to find them," said Lars Perner, a professor of clinical marketing