The Emerald Tower

Labor Finally Goes To The Mattresses For Hilda Solis
Sports illustrated swimsuit 2009
after waiting and waiting, labor groups are finally demanding that hilda solis be confirmed as the secretary of labor. andy steely of the seiu made a stunted video:
Their action page has a petition.
And this is just the beginning:

“enough is enough, the […]

Gates of Vienna News Feed 2/5/2009

Matt bush
the wildcat strike in the uk has been settled. if you remember, workers had gone on strike in protest against the hiring of transpacific workers at an oil refinery.the refinery reached a village with the workers in true “stimulus” fashion: they couldn’t legally lay off the foreign workers, […]

The Terrorists’ Mother of Death
this is an ugly statement, strangely reported. here are the essentials:

so now umm al-mumineen is in the slammer, accused of what she has been video-taped confessing. there isn’t any notice of when her trial purpose be, at least not as far as i could see.here’s the rare part of the parable […]

See you in a week
there are so many things i’d find attractive to talk about at the moment, from the latest inside dope on security theater as reported by the people who have to carry it out, to the most valuable player awards concerning software and hardware in the last year (and updates on offline […]

Hazardous Lending and Lax Collection Practices
one of minnesota’s largest and oldest community banks, forest lake’s mainstreet bank gets fdic order to change.mainstreet bank of forest lake, one of minnesota’s largest and oldest community banks, has received a cease-and-desist order from the federal deposit protection corp., alleging “hazardous lending and lax collection practices.” my talk about: […]

Frugalista does No-Buy Month: CNN edition!
Yay! I’m so excited. It’s that time of year: No Buy Month! This morning, I spent time with my BFFs Betty Nguyen and T.J. Holmes. Ok, so maybe we aren’t BFFs but Betty graciously had me as a guest on CNN. :)  Stay tuned for more appearances! There’s a rumor […]

Final Weekend Commitment List
SOUTH FLORIDA VERBAL COMMITMENTS As a service to recruiting fans, we have added this commitment list of area football players.
If you have any additional commitments to any college - or want to let us know about changes that should be made, just e-mail to: lblustein@miamiherald.com.
ALABAMA: Ed Stinson, DE, 6-4, 230, Homestead South […]