'Top Guns' on Alert Amid Fears of Putin Push
In light of admitted torture by AmeriKa?
Not if the NSA is collecting them.
Roaring Start: Icy Temps Grip Nation into March
Yeah, the stench is real funny.
Why don't you guys go take a long walk off a short pier, as we used to say?
- American Blogger Murdered in Bangladesh
- Dad: Unmasking Jihadi John Not Important
- NYC Couple Kidnaps, Tortures Housekeeper
- Third Charged in Copenhagen Shooting
I may have to dig deeper than the cursory look I gave so many of those articles; however, I'm sure a couple of those war-mongering pieces of propaganda were rejected by the Globe.
"Two-thirds of smokers will die early from cigarette-triggered illness unless they choose to kick the habit, according to new research from Australia. health-care costs for smokers tend to be, on average, 40 percent higher. Policymakers have long wondered how to get Americans to quit the habit."
After $ub$idizing it for decades!
They only reason the government cares now is because it is costing them and industry money and profits.
They only reason the government cares now is because it is costing them and industry money and profits.
The smoke just reached down under I gue$$? WTF?
"Fruits and vegetables get a star-studded marketing push" by Candice Choi, Associated Press February 27, 2015
NEW YORK — What if cauliflower got the same type of marketing firepower as candy bars and potato chips?
A campaign launched Thursday plans to put that premise to the test by enlisting celebrities including actress Jessica Alba and NBA star Stephen Curry to shill for fruits and vegetables.
Time too change the channel.
The campaign was announced by the Partnership for a Healthier America, which works with private companies and was created in conjunction with Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative to get families to eat better and exercise.
Related: No School Lunch Today
I would skip it if I were you, and what private companies are we talking about here?
The push is being called ‘‘FNV,’’ which is intended to be a catchier way to refer to ‘‘fruits and vegetables.’’
How sad is it that the propagandists think all they have to do is wrap a $lick public relations campaign around $hit and that it will $ell?
‘‘We were inspired by the big brands and, can we do what they’re able to do?’’ said Lawrence Soler, CEO of the Partnership for a Healthier America.
Uh-oh.
To start, the campaign will primarily be on social media networks like Twitter, where short videos featuring Alba and NFL quarterbacks Colin Kaepernick and Cam Newton will be posted.
Additional videos will be released in coming days starring Curry, New York Giant Victor Cruz and others.
To give a hint of what’s to come, a teaser video for the broader campaign was posted online Thursday. The spot features stars with fruits and vegetables set to music.
Over time, Soler said the idea is to expand the campaign more broadly, although plans haven’t been pinned down.
Just a way to funnel money to well-connected friends for an agenda-pu$hing purpo$e -- at least, that's what this $mells like.
The campaign for FNV was created by the ad agency Victors & Spoils, which lists clients including Coca-Cola and General Mills on its website.
Among those providing financial and other support for FNV are Bolthouse Farms, which makes premium juices and bagged carrots and is owned by Campbell Soup, and the Produce Marketing Association, a trade group whose members include Sunkist, Dole, Walmart, and Chick-fil-A.
Do I really need to say anything el$e regarding the alleged objectivity of my corporate new$paper?
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You know, I just wasn't hungry for that piece-- as the Globe continues to pu$h the pizza and $hill for the seafood that has been poisoned by who knows what.
You smell something funny, readers?
"D.C., Congress in battle over marijuana" by Ben Nuckols, Associated Press February 27, 2015
WASHINGTON — The new mayor of the nation’s capital was hoping to get along fine with Republicans on Capitol Hill.
Instead, they’ve threatened her with prison and she has accused them of acting like bullies in a showdown over legal marijuana that could end up costing District of Columbia residents dearly.
Then put it out.
Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, defied threats from Congress by implementing a voter-approved initiative on Thursday, making the city the only place east of the Mississippi River where people can legally grow and share marijuana in private. But Congress still has the final say over the city’s budget and laws, and the Republicans in charge seem determined to make Bowser pay.
I love AmeriKan "democracy!"
‘‘We provide half a billion dollars [annually] to the District. One would think they would be much more compliant with the wishes of Congress,’’ Representative Andy Harris, a Maryland Republican and one of the most vocal marijuana opponents, said in an interview Thursday.
You know, like you would if you were dealing with an a$$hole extortionist or mob bo$$.
Actually, the District received more than $670 million in federal funding last year to support its $11 billion budget. The federal money is earmarked for specific programs — including the city’s court system.
Republicans will ‘‘find some areas where perhaps we have been very generous with the citizens of the District. That will all come with time,’’ Harris warned.
Even top advocates of city autonomy are preparing for tough times on Capitol Hill.
Then secede.
‘‘I do believe it’s likely this is a short-lived victory,’’ said Kimberly Perry, executive director of D.C. Vote. ‘‘Members of the House are going to come after D.C. with a vengeance on appropriations for 2016.’’
Before Bowser announced that she was not backing down, she spoke with the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Representative Jason Chaffetz, Republican of Utah, and reiterated that her goal is not to defy Congress, but to honor the will of the voters, said her spokesman, Michael Czin.
Someone must be smoking something because I laughed when I read that.
‘‘A lot of reasonable people have a different view of this issue,’’ Bowser said Wednesday. ‘‘We believe that we’re acting lawfully.’’
Chaffetz said Congress does not want the District to become ‘‘a haven for smoking pot.’’
Yeah, heaven forbid!
But Bowser has emphasized that the change to the marijuana law is limited in scope.
While possession of up to 2 ounces of marijuana or up to three mature plants for use in the home is legal, buying or selling the drug remains illegal, along with smoking in public and possessing marijuana on federal property. The main difference is that city police will no longer be handing out $25 civil fines for possession.
When Republicans are in charge on Capitol Hill, their priorities often clash with leaders of the reliably liberal city, where three out of four registered voters are Democrats.
For example, Congress has prohibited the District from spending any money on abortion, except for a two-year stretch when Democrats controlled the House and Senate as well as the White House. When the abortion restriction was restored in 2011, then-mayor Vincent Gray led a sit-in outside the Capitol and was arrested.
Bowser, then a D.C. Council member, also was arrested in that protest, but she complained that it did not accomplish anything and pledged a more collaborative, less headline-grabbing approach.
What she is finding, though, is that collegiality also depends on who runs the committees.
Gray had a cordial relationship with the previous oversight committee chairman, Representative Darrell Issa. He supported what District leaders call ‘‘budget autonomy,’’ allowing the city to spend its local tax revenue without authorization by Congress.
But Chaffetz and other Republicans say Bowser could face prison for violating a federal law barring agencies from spending any unappropriated money.
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Now I'm hungry!!
