Marc Dann Would Be Bragging Today: Anheuser-Busch Corks Energy Drink Business

COLUMBUS (TDB) — Ohio was among several states that challenged the beverage industry for marketing alcohol-laced caffeinated energy drinks to young people. Today, St. Louis-based brewing giant Anheuser-Busch made a deal with the attorney generals and said it will no longer produce “Tilt,””Bud Extra,” or any other alcoholic energy drinks. Marc Dann was in at [...]

For the Children

We are supposedly a nation who cares about mothers and children. Bullshit. And that goes double for childcare, too. Would be nice if the abortion activists would use their energy and resources to get to work on providing moms and their kids adequate health insurance coverage and daycare. Life doesn’t end after birth.
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$1.6 billion tax break for trial lawyers?

Image via Wikipedia H.R. 6049, “The Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act, among other things, reduces taxes on lawyers with an offsetting increase in taxes on investment managers and corporations.” To the tune of $1.6 billion, literally transferred from the productive sectors of the economy to the parasitic sector. Carter Wood and Marc Hodak comment; [...]

$12 – $15 Per Gallon Of Gas Possible Says CNBC

Image via Wikipedia I just read the scariest post evah, lawyer guy Al Nye writes in his blog, that a chief energy advisor mentions that the gas prices we are seeing today of $4- $5 per gallon of gas, are in the near future gonna be known as “the good ole days”. [...]

Delay Medicaid Regulations In The War Funding Supplemental Bill

I’m always passing along some kind of mental health news update, advocacy alert, or call for action here at Mental Health Notes, but, that’s what you get when you read a mental health blog. There’s always a ton of stuff going on in the news, regarding health insurance, and involving advocacy groups. [...]

Brookhaven National Laboratory Awarded Long Island’s First LEED Silver Rating

The Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory has earned Long Island’s first LEED Silver rating. Brookhaven’s $12.6 million Research Support Building, designed by Farmingdale, New York-based Ehasz Giacolone Architects, earned 34 credits from USGBC, including the maximum possible for recycled-content and locally-sourced materials. General contractor E.W. Howell of Woodhaven, New York also diverted between [...]