Archive for November, 2010
San Francisco Mayor Vetoes Law Banning Happy Meal Toys (5)
SFGate: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom wants to keep the happy in Happy Meals. As promised, Newsom vetoed on Friday legislation approved by the Board of Supervisors that would prohibit fast-food restaurants from giving away toys in kids meals sold in San Francisco unless they meet a strict set of nutritional standards of reduced calories, [...]
Passengers Abandoning Air Travel As TSA Genital Groping/Naked Pictures Policy Backlash Reaches Fever Pitch (13)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Stepped-up security screening at airports in the wake of foiled terrorism plots has provoked an outcry from airline pilots and travelers, including parents of children who say they are too intrusive. With the busiest holiday travel season nearing, fliers face long security lines and new rigorous patdown checks begun in recent weeks [...]
Child Executioner: Sadistic Cartel Hitman, Age 12, Carries Out Series Of Murders (4)
The Sun: A SADISTIC drug-gang hitman has carried out a series of horrific killings in Mexico – aged just 12. The boy, known only as El Ponchis – The Cloak – is the paid executioner for a cartel locked in a war for control of the lucrative cocaine trade. He is believed to have tortured [...]
Pelosi Faces Likely Leadership Challenge From Moderate Democrat (1)
Fox News: Outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, facing a growing rebellion against her bid to become minority leader, is likely to be challenged for the post by a moderate Democrat. North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler, who has been sending signals since last month that he would run against the San Francisco liberal if she didn’t [...]
Boehner And Cantor Announce GOP Conference Vote To Ban Earmarks Next Week, Full Congressional Vote Next Session (1)
The Hill: The top two House Republican leaders said on Friday that they will hold a vote to ban all earmarks for the 112th Congress. Presumptive Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) and presumptive House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) announced that their GOP conference would vote next week to ban all earmarks. “Next week [...]
Merkel Rebuffs Obama’s Ideologically Communist Proposal To Cap Trade Imbalances, Slams Fed Pump Of Fake Money (6)
Washington Times: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday rejected a U.S. proposal to try to cap global trade imbalances while the world’s other export powerhouse, China, shunned U.S. calls for speedier economic reform. In one-on-one meetings with the heads of the U.S.’s biggest nemeses on trade issues at a Group of 20 economic powers meeting [...]
