Thursday, October 27, 2011

MarylandReporter.com: Groups share opinions on tax hikes

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Increased tax proposals get mixed reception

Proposals to raise the gas tax and flush tax are getting a mixed reaction, with business groups divided and other groups saying they are reasonable, but shouldn't preclude tax hikes for other needs.

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Today's State Roundup: Strategizing against PlanMaryland

Rural politicians to strategize against PlanMaryland; proposals for tax hikes and new fees to pay for roads and Bay cleanup continue to make news; massive new State Police facility near Hagerstown almost complete; Ehrlich takes the stand for Currie; and Charles County focuses on light rail line to D.C.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Washington Post NEWS ALERT: European leaders agree to plan designed to stem debt crisis

European leaders agree to plan designed to stem debt crisis

European leaders moved early Thursday to stem the debt crisis gripping the continent by agreeing to a plan that imposes steep losses on investors holding troubled Greek bonds and boosts the firepower of the region’s bailout fund to as much as a trillion dollars.

After marathon negotiations that continued well past midnight, European leaders said that banks and other major investors in Greek bonds agreed to taking losses of up to 50 percent.

Read more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/merkel-wins-german-lawmakers-backing-for-plan-to-boost-bailout-fund/2011/10/26/gIQA1R5KJM_story.html

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Ginger surveys the customers at Dutterer Florists to see if any look good to eat

The Westminster Halloween parade was attended.

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Haaretz: Shostakovich's muse By Noam Ben Zeev

Published 02.04.07

Shostakovich's muse

By Noam Ben Zeev http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/shostakovich-s-muse-1.217242

In March 1953, a sigh of collective relief swept over the streets of the Soviet Union: Joseph Stalin was dead. Among the millions of people who felt that their lives were returned to them was the man who had been considered the Russian national composer until he fell out of favor with the regime, eight years earlier, Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975).

His Ninth Symphony, which he wrote to celebrate the USSR's victory in World War II, was radiant, full of life, almost "light," but it infuriated Stalin. The Party committees declared it to go against the will of the Soviet people, and denunciated the composer with the label that was a death sentence for any artist: "formalistic."

Shostakovich was boycotted. The eight years during which the commissions dried up and the performances of his work ceased, and in which he was dismissed from his position as professor of composition at the Moscow Conservatory, brought him to the brink of poverty and to thoughts of suicide. It seems that he was not immune to the curse: Beethoven had been the last to write nine symphonies, and in the 130 years since his death, no major composer had succeeded in completing a 10th one.

In December of 1953, however, the curse was lifted. The conservatory's huge Bolshoi Auditorium, sparkling with thousands of lights and overflowing with colorful bouquets, was packed with an audience that had come to celebrate the composer's return to his hometown, with his new symphony, his 10th. The enormous, excited crowd applauded the Leningrad Philharmonic, under the baton of one of the period's great conductors, Evgeny Mravinsky. And Shostakovich, bursting with pride, took his seat of honor…

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Center for Economic and Policy Research: The NYT Can't Find Anyone to Say Anything Good About Argentina

The NYT Can't Find Anyone to Say Anything Good About Argentina

Sunday, 23 October 2011 22:47

That is sort of striking since its President Cristina Kirchner seems headed for re-election with a clear majority of the votes. Argentina has also enjoyed the strongest growth over the last decade of any country in Latin America. Nonetheless all 5 of the NYT's sources in an article discussing the election were critical of Kirchner...

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El New York Times no encuentra a nadie para decir algo bueno de Argentina

Domingo, 23 de octubre 2011 22:47

Que es una especie de sorprendente ya que su presidenta Cristina Kirchner parece ir a la reelección por una clara mayoría de los votos. Argentina también ha disfrutado de un mayor crecimiento durante la última década de todos los países de América Latina. Sin embargo, todos los 5 de las fuentes del New York Times en un artículo sobre las elecciones fueron críticos de Kirchner ...

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Monday, October 24, 2011

The Daily Beast: The 20 Unhealthiest Cereals

http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2011/10/24/the-20-unhealthiest-cereals-from-capn-crunch-to-honey-smacks-to-quaker-granola-photos.html

Sure, some fast food chains are worse than others, not all pizzas are created equal, and even some frozen dinners can be hazardous to your health.

But here’s a new one: is there a saturated fat- and calorie-bomb lurking inside that innocent-seeming bowl of cereal? A bowl of Cap’n Crunch isn’t as bad as a sodium-packed slice of pepperoni pizza, but there’s still loads of sugar—up to 50% for some brands—in every bite of many popular breakfast cereals.

To find the 20 deadliest cereals on your grocer’s shelf, The Daily Beast used data from Good Guide and limited our list to the most popular brands. This ranking is based on Good Guide’s health score, on a scale of 0 to 10, worst to best. Ties were broken by total calories per serving.

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The Daily Beast: The 20 Unhealthiest Cereals

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Obama Has Made Assassinations Cool Again

By Mark Whittington | Yahoo! Contributor Network – Sat, Oct 22, 2011

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COMMENTARY | It has been a long time since President Gerald Ford, under pressure of the Church committee, issued an executive order prohibiting assassinations of foreign leaders such asFidel Castro. In the 1970s, assassinating enemies of the United States was considered uncool.

Not anymore. Continuing a policy begun by the Bush administration in the wake of 9/11, President Barack Obama has set out to kill people with an enthusiasm that would astonish a Mafia don out to conclude the family business. Osama bin Laden and Anwar al-Alwaki are just two of the miscreants who have assumed room temperature thanks to presidential order. To be sure, Moammar Gadhafiwas sent to meet Allah by his own people, but the U.S. helped, along with the French.

This is not to say that anyone whom Obama has had killed did not richly deserve what they got. However, one has to note that just as only Nixon could go to China, only Obama could make assassinations cool again.

Big Government opines that Obama has gotten a taste of solving problems by making them disappear.

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PlanMaryland Forum Panelists Spark Controversy and more from Westminster Patch

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Local Voices

October 24, 2011

Rothschild's Phoney Forum of Fakirs

Neil Ridgely

This isn't really a Commissioner's forum, it's Richard Rothschild's Agenda 21 Forum.

Blog: Where'sThe Beef? HSP Knows the Answer

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Eat (alot) for a good cause. HSP needs someone with a hearty appetite to represent them at a November event.

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Things to Do

October 24, 2011

4:30pm

RetireSafe to Honor Congressman Bartlett

Representatives of RetireSafe, a national grassroots organization representing more than 400,000 seniors nationwide, along with …

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Ravens Roost 115 Westminster Monthly Meeting and MONDAY NIGHT RAVENS GAME

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7:00pm

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Sunday, October 23, 2011

News from The Hill: Liberal lawmakers highlight Defense fraud report to influence supercommittee cuts

News from The Hill:

Liberal lawmakers highlight Defense fraud report to influence supercommittee cuts
By John T. Bennett
Liberal lawmakers will soon send the congressional deficit panel the details of a Pentagon report that shows defense firms over the last decade ripped off the military to the tune of $1.1 trillion, Democratic sources told The Hill.
Pro-military lawmakers from both parties have warned the supercommittee to avoid Pentagon spending cuts beyond the $350 billion ordered by the August debt deal.
But several Senate Democrats want the panel to keep in mind that dollars sent to the Pentagon are often lost to fraud and waste, even as some conservatives raise the possibility of retroactively exempting the Pentagon from the $600 billion cut that will be triggered if the supercommittee fails.
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