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...That number has no precedent, and its impact is only beginning to register. Populist pundits have struck a nerve with angry denunciations of Obama's plan. "See if we really want to subsidize the losers' mortgages," CNBC's Rick Santelli demanded - and the gut level reaction of millions of taxpayers across the country was, unquestionably, no. Not if we have a choice. (Read: "How to Fix the Housing Market...
...progress into a full-fledged eating disorder but the immense mental space and psychic energy wasted on obsessing about food. We’re anal about enough things in life. Wouldn’t it be nice to have one less thing to be neurotic about?On a national level, there’s an unforgivable silence about this issue. This week is National Eating Disorder week and I’m afraid the topic still isn’t getting its due. On the National Eating Disorder Association’s website, there’s not a single...
...hometown. While O’Connor’s 7-5 overtime victory over the defending national champion was one of the best of his life, he described it quite humbly and simply: “really close match.” O’Connor conveys this level of humility not just in casual conversation, but in wrestling spheres as well. He bounced back from a torn MCL and partially torn ACL last season to enjoy great success this season. He idolizes and strives to emulate fellow team members, such as co-captain Louis Caputo, an All-American currently...
...Still, Ellis and other observers argue that the fiscal-2009 budget's level of earmarking is too high and that projects such as $1.8 million for swine odor and manure management in Iowa, $190,000 for the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Wyoming, $400,000 to combat bullying in Montana and $2.2 million to study grape genetics in New York are easily ridiculed and embarrassing. And they show the risk of one-party control of both the executive and legislative branches of government - which was amply demonstrated by George W. Bush and congressional Republicans...
...Maulana Fazlullah, which have yet to lay down their weapons. Indeed, when the new government administrator took his post in the area on Sunday, he was kidnapped by local Taliban forces and held hostage to secure the release of a handful of their imprisoned comrades. Military officials say the level of civilian casualties in the fighting there made a truce preferable to the ongoing counterinsurgency campaign that had alienated much of the local population...