Or “What a Flacid Boner”
CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal court jury on Friday found the owner of a company that sells ”male enhancement” tablets and other herbal supplements guilty of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, bank fraud and money laundering.
Steve Warshak, whose conviction was reported Friday by The Cincinnati Enquirer, is founder and president of [...]
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LONDON -(NYT) - Created 60 years ago as a cornerstone of the British welfare state, the National Health Service is devoted to the principle of free medical care for everyone. But recently it has been wrestling with a problem its founders never anticipated: how to handle patients with complex illnesses [...]
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Posted in Bellagio, David Axelrod, Four Seasons, Hank Sheinkopf, Hillary, Howard Wolfson, Jim Jordan, John Edwards, Just simply assinine, Mark Penn, Obama, Patti Solis Doyle, Planet Hollywood on February 23, 2008 | No Comments »
(NYT) - Nearly $100,000 went for party platters and groceries before the Iowa caucuses, even though the partying mood evaporated quickly. Rooms at the Bellagio luxury hotel in Las Vegas consumed more than $25,000; the Four Seasons, another $5,000. And top consultants collected about $5 million in January, a month of [...]
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(TWP) - During the course of our endless presidential campaigns, lots of silly things are said by the candidates and the press. But few are more ridiculous than the idea that Barack Obama is just an empty suit.
We’re talking here about a former president of the Harvard Law Review. Have you [...]
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Posted in Bill Clinton, FDR, Illinois, National Welfare System, New Deal, Social Security Act, The Great Depression, Theodore Roosevelt, Unemployed, charities, federal aid, food riots, government, orphanages, poorhouses, welfare on February 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
How welfare began in the United States
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, local and state governments as well as private charities were overwhelmed by needy families seeking food, clothing, and shelter. In 1935, welfare for poor children and other dependent persons became a federal government responsibility, which it remained for 60 years.
MINNEAPOLIS—Several hundred men [...]
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