Monthly Archives: February 2010
8.8 Magnitude Quake Hits Chile
Information and how to help: UPDATE: 7:42 a.m. — Evacuation sirens will be sounded across Hawaii at 6 am, local time UPDATE: 6:19 a.m. — Just issued a Tsunami ‘Advisory’ for the west coast of the United States for California, … Continue reading
Filed under California, Chile, Disaster, Hawaii, Tsunami, Uncategorized
Republican Jim Bunning Repeatedly Blocks Unemployment Benefits Extension for 1.2 Million Americans, Tells Dem ‘Tough Shit’
Posted by: Audiegrl Jim Bunning, a Republican from Kentucky, is single-handedly blocking Senate action needed to prevent an estimated 1.2 million American workers from prematurely losing their unemployment benefits next month. As Democratic senators asked again and again for unanimous … Continue reading
First Lady Michelle Obama Meets With Mexico’s First Lady Margarita Zavala de Calderon
Posted by: Audiegrl The Mexican government says first lady Margarita Zavala has met with Michelle Obama during a visit to the White House on Thursday, February 25, 2010. The President’s Office says the two women discussed obesity, diabetes, addictions and … Continue reading
Filed under Childhood Obesity, Children, First Lady Michelle Obama, Mexico, News
Gordon Brown Calls On America To Repeal DADT, Calls UK LGBT Soldiers ‘The Pride Of Our Country’
Posted by: Betsm ThinkProgress/Amanda Turkel~As conservatives in the United States try to argue that repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) would lead to all sorts of horrors like an increase in “body art,” natural disasters, and a reinstatement of the … Continue reading
Filed under DADT, England, Gay (LGBT) Rights, Military, Uncategorized
First Lady Michelle Obama: Eliminating Food Deserts in America
Posted by: Audiegrl Food desert?… What’s a food desert? As part of Lets Move!, the campaign to end childhood obesity, First Lady Michelle Obama is taking on food deserts. These are nutritional wastelands that exist across America in both urban … Continue reading
