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  1. CBS: More Food Stamps Allotments Needed to Match Food Inflation

    newsbusters.org » NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias - Jul 3, 2008

    Food inflation is hitting everyone - even if don't have to pay for food. According to the July 2 "CBS Evening News," part of its "The Other America" series - a title strangely similar to former Democratic presidential

    Also tagged: video, economy, cbs evening news, katie couric, wages and prices, welfare, seth doane

  2. John McCain and Barack Obama agree: Act now on job losses

    latimes.com » Top of the Ticket - Jul 3, 2008

    New job numbers out today evidence more pain -- some of it to be felt around here -- with companies cutting 62,000 payroll slots in June, the sixth consecutive month the economy has shed jobs. The cuts were slightly

    Also tagged: current affairs, economy, domestic policy, trade policy, presidential campaign, income taxes, health care policy, campaigning, democratic politics, republican politics, labor issues, trade issues

  3. Poll: Voters fear John McCain will follow George Bush's policies

    Poll: Voters fear John McCain will follow George Bush's policies

    latimes.com » Top of the Ticket - Jul 2, 2008

    Well, we'll admit it, we're suckers for polls, and a recent one that our cousins at The Swamp tipped us to is interesting -- showing that Barack Obama is tapping a potentially rich vein in trying to tie John McCain to

    Also tagged: media, religion, current affairs, iran, foreign policy, iraq war, polls, domestic policy, taxes, trade policy, political history, president bush, guns, presidential campaign, health care policy, campaigning, democratic politics, republican politics, vice president cheney, labor issues, faith and politics, candidate foibles, liberal groups, trade issues

  4. Poll: Voters fear John McCain will follow George Bush policies

    Poll: Voters fear John McCain will follow George Bush policies

    latimes.com » Top of the Ticket - Jul 2, 2008

    Well, we'll admit it, we're suckers for polls, and a recent one our cousins at The Swamp tipped us to is interesting -- showing that Barack Obama is tapping a potentially rich vein in trying to tie John McCain to George

    Also tagged: media, religion, current affairs, iran, foreign policy, iraq war, polls, domestic policy, taxes, trade policy, political history, president bush, guns, presidential campaign, health care policy, campaigning, democratic politics, republican politics, vice president cheney, labor issues, faith and politics, candidate foibles, liberal groups, trade issues

  5. Leona Helmsley has left $5+ billion dollars to minister to the needs of the dog community.

    althouse.blogspot.com » Althouse - Jul 2, 2008

    All that money for dogs? People didn't like her, and apparently, she didn't like people. Or do you think she just loved dogs that much? There must have been many days when she looked at her little dog and thought: Only

    Also tagged: education, charity, law, medicine, dogs, death, commerce, leona helmsley

  6. Starbucks cutting caffeine lifeline -- it IS the economy, stupid

    Starbucks cutting caffeine lifeline -- it IS the economy, stupid

    latimes.com » Top of the Ticket - Jul 1, 2008

    Further evidence that the economy is taking a severe beating: Starbucks is closing 600 outlets and cutting about 12,000 jobs as customer visits have declined. True addicts see Starbucks coffee as their lifeblood but for

    Also tagged: current affairs, economy, iraq war, polls, domestic policy, political history, president bush, presidential campaign, campaigning, democratic politics, republican politics, personal habits, liberal groups

  7. Actress Maureen McCormick, "Marcia Brady" from "The Brady Bunch" helps Children International...

    ireport.com » Latest iReports - Jul 1, 2008

    Today, the award-winning website HowStuffWorks.com launched its first-ever marketing campaign, using unique and attention-grabbing video to compel people to "Keep Asking" - to dig deeper and get a better understanding

    Also tagged: international, access, hollywood, brady, child, children, mccormick, zambia, maureen, marcia, 33827, multivu

  8. "Obama's Katrina: The most damaging article about Barack Obama I've read."

    althouse.blogspot.com » Althouse - Jun 30, 2008

    Says Mickey Kaus pointing to this piece by Binyamin Applebaum in the Boston Globe: [A] Globe review found that thousands of apartments across Chicago that had been built with local, state, and federal subsidies -

    Also tagged: chicago, obama, hillary, kaus

  9. Home Today, Homeless Tomorrow?

    Home Today, Homeless Tomorrow?

    firedoglake.com » Firedoglake - Jun 30, 2008

    Photo via Bewdlerian. Welcome to the US of A. Not something out of Dickens or the Dustbowl and the Joads, but right now, right here: -- A "safe parking" program in Santa Barbara, CA: With numbers rising, New

    Also tagged: economics

  10. Connecting The Dots: Shock Doctrine And Reality Biting

    firedoglake.com » Firedoglake - Jun 30, 2008

    The final discussion in the This Brave Nation series is up -- between Tom Hayden and Naomi Klein -- and like all the others, it is fascinating. And inspiring. But, in this case, there is also a moment where Tom and

    Also tagged: afghanistan, iraq, foreign policy, economics, war profiteering, disaster capitalism, citizen action, bushco

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