Rants From The Rookery

Monday, August 08, 2011

Doctor's house calls

Actually save money.
Posted by ellroon at 8/08/2011 07:28:00 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Department of Veterans Affairs, Doctors, Health Insurance, Veterans, Wendell Potter

Sunday, August 07, 2011

Goats and Monkeys

How the stock market works.

Robert Reich says S & P is full of it.

“Is Standard and Poor’s Manipulating US Debt Rating to Escape Liability for the Mortgage Crisis?” By Scarecrow and Jane Hamsher.

And, of course, a cat.
Posted by ellroon at 8/07/2011 11:14:00 PM 0 comments
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Labels: Cats, Robert Reich, Standard and Poors, Stock Market Slump

Saturday, August 06, 2011

Fireflies and star trails

Photobucket

Click to embiggen.
Posted by ellroon at 8/06/2011 08:39:00 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Fireflies, NASA, Stars

Thursday, August 04, 2011

BP oil spill one year later

People are ill.
Posted by ellroon at 8/04/2011 09:39:00 PM 2 comments
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Labels: BP, Contamination, Disaster, Gulf of Mexico, Illness, Oil Spill, Pollution, Toxic Levels

Gah!

Posted by ellroon at 8/04/2011 09:10:00 PM 0 comments
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Labels: Economy, Global Economy, New York Stock Exchange, Stock Market Slump

Brazen hussies unleashed!

The Colbert Report
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Posted by ellroon at 8/04/2011 08:09:00 AM 5 comments
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Labels: Anti-Choice, Birth Control, Health Care, Pro-Choice, Reproductive Control, Steven Colbert, Women's Rights

Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Maybe you're a shitty cameraman...

Posted by ellroon at 8/03/2011 10:13:00 AM 0 comments
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Labels: education, Matt Damon, Teachers

Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Meanwhile

After the fake debt crisis, reality reappears:

Record high radiation at crippled Japan nuke plant

Chile: Snow, rain hit world's driest desert

FAA fiasco won’t be resolved anytime soon

Wisconsin Citizen Jumps Through DMV Hoops to Get Photo ID in Order to Cast Legal Vote

Oh boy...
Posted by ellroon at 8/02/2011 10:24:00 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Chile, Congress, Deserts, FAA, Fukushima, global warming, Nuclear Accident, Radiation, Rapid Climate Change, Voter Suppression, Wisconsin

Monday, August 01, 2011

I shoulda stood in bed...

The President Surrenders

Hangover

Where The Mistakes Were Made

Shares fall as US debt-deal relief rally fizzles out

Anyone Who Thinks The Debt Deal Is A Victory For America Understands Neither Economics Nor Politics

How Abortion Caused the Debt Crisis

Debt deal agreed but may not save US AAA credit rating

The Four Big Problems With — And Four Silver Linings Around — The Debt Limit Deal

What we wish Obama had said
Posted by ellroon at 8/01/2011 10:49:00 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Debt Ceiling, Debt Crisis, Economics, Politics, President Barack Obama

Something to get the adrenaline going...

Here.
Posted by ellroon at 8/01/2011 10:30:00 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Accidents, Automobiles, Cars, Trucks
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