Reformed Chicks Blabbing

NYC top wage earners face 57% tax burden...

Michele McGinty — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:13:22 -0500

If Obama's healthcare "reform" is enacted according to the new House proposal to soak the rich for the cost of the "reform:" Congressional plans to fund a massive health-care overhaul could have a job-killing effect on New York, creating a...

Law enforcement ticked at iPhone users monitoring speed traps

Michele McGinty — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:24:22 -0500

Pretty cool app that avoids speed traps but it's ticking off the police, revenue stream must be down:"I think that's the whole point of this program," she told The Examiner. "It's designed to circumvent law enforcement -- law enforcement that...

Video: Minnesota, you must be proud

Michele McGinty — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:40:12 -0500

Aren't we so glad that our future Supreme Court justice is being put through such a rigorous and tough vetting process: (via)...

Obama really is a pig

Michele McGinty — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:54:42 -0500

Evidently, you guys think I should apologize for calling Obama a pig and retract the story because he obviously didn't do it as the video clearly shows. Well, I don't agree and I'm doubling down. Here's another one. Who is...

A look at Canada's healthcare system

Michele McGinty — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:28:52 -0500

So, maybe you think healthcare is better in Canada because it's free but this video demonstrates that you get what you pay for: "Don't get sick on Sunday." Pretty scary stuff. And having to wait two to three years to...

Apparently, Richard Dawkins is not a social Darwinist

Michele McGinty — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:45:13 -0500

Once our brains evolved and we became sentient beings and could choose for ourselves what to do, we gained control over the evolution process and can now decide how to evolve based on our own moral decisions. But it's pretty...

Flesh-eating robots!

Michele McGinty — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:15:29 -0500

This is even worse then anything on the Terminator! The military is creating steam-powered robots that would consume organic material (including dead bodies) as its source of fuel. Thus giving them even more incentive to wipe us out: Robotic Technology...

Corizine's running mate?

Michele McGinty — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:43:21 -0500

May be Randal Pinkett, a political novice but the winner of season 4 of "The Apprentice." Yes, just what NJ needs someone who doesn't know that they're doing (especially given the fact that our president doesn't know what he's doing)....

Jay Sekulow & Barry Lynn debating the Sotomayor confirmation hearings

Michele McGinty — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:01:13 -0500

They are the Church and State bloggers at Beliefnet. Their first posts for the hearings can be found here (for Sekulow) and here (for Lynn)....

Check out this photo

Michele McGinty — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:37:35 -0500

Of an F-18 flying really close to an apartment building in Detroit....

Zoo New England officials threatening to kill animals

Michele McGinty — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:00:41 -0500

If it's budget is cut by the state. The governor of Massachusetts assures the state he will not let that happen and will find homes for the displaced animals. The current problems of Zoo New England, which runs Franklin Park...

The Sotomayor Lovefest...

Michele McGinty — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:41:39 -0500

Otherwise known as the confirmation hearing, can be viewed here. I listened to it for a second and then had to mute it, Feinstein's gushing was making me nauseous. (via) Update: Of course muting the confirmation hearing means I missed...

Richard Dawkins and Francis Collins debate

Michele McGinty — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:45:24 -0500

Here's a debate between atheist Richard Dawkins and Obama's nominee to head the NIH, Francis Collins from 2006. It's on God vs. Science. (via)...

"The Two Calvins"

Michele McGinty — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:26:44 -0500

Here's a article on Calvin by Richard Mouw, president of Fuller Theological Seminary. He's the author of "Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport: Making Connections in Today's World" which is an excellent book about trying to make Calvinism (and Calvinists...