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Gov. Ed Rendell says the state has secured $35 million in federal loans to help regional department store chain Boscov's exit bankruptcy.
Rendell said today that the loans will be financed through a program that allows governments to guarantee loans for economic development with federal community development block grants.
Reading-based Boscov's filed for Chapter 11 protection in August and announced that it would close 10 of its 49 stores.
In 2006, Nancy Pelosi became the first woman speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and the most powerful woman in American government. In that same year, Sarah Palin became the first woman governor of Alaska and its youngest ever.
Pelosi and Palin have both had the same 20 months on the people’s payroll in new positions of responsibility. Both promised to clean house.
But the differences between the actual fruits of their respective labors could not be more disparate.
Let’s have a little peek, shall we?
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!! *catches breath, wipes tears from eyes* BWAHAHAHAHA!!!! *catches breath, wipes tears from eyes* BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Scalding:
The Sheepdogs have never looked better! We are a light in these dark days.
"THE WAR IS OVER AND WE WON:"
Michael Yon just phoned from Baghdad, and reports that things are much better than he had expected, and he had expected things to be good.
"There's nothing going on. I'm with the 10th Mountain Division, and about half of the guys I'm with haven't fired their weapons on this tour and they've been here eight months. And the place we're at, South Baghdad, used to be one of the worst places in Iraq. And now there's nothing going on. I've been walking my feet off and haven't seen anything. I've been asking Iraqis, 'do you think the violence will kick up again,' but even the Iraqi journalists are sounding optimistic now and they're usually dour." There's a little bit of violence here and there, but nothing that's a threat to the general situation. Plus, not only the Iraqi Army, but even the National Police are well thought of by the populace. Training from U.S. toops has paid off, he says, in building a rapport.
He says the big problem everybody is talking about now is corruption. But hey, we have that here, too. He'll be heading to Afghanistan next week. "Afghanistan is a bad situation, but on Iraq I can't believe things have turned out so well."
He thinks that Obama will be able to pull troops out, and send some to Afghanistan, without creating problems in Iraq. Michael will be reporting from Afghanistan soon, and sending back video, so stay tuned. Things aren't going swimmingly there.
I remember well Election Night 1994. Republicans were taking over Congress for the first time since 1948. The Cuomos of the political world were exiting, the Santorums coming in.A worried colleague said, "The fascists have taken over."Then, two weeks ago, a friend compared this year's Democratic gains to the rise of Hitler in the 1930s.See? Unity. He who is not with me politically is a Nazi
The November revolution, the revolution of the Jews and the Marxist party-rabble have delivered you into the hands of the international loan capitalism. For years you have sweated so that the State can pay the interest on the loan capital. You are damned for all eternity to be wage slaves, if you don't demand: (1) The Nationalization of the banks and the money economy. (2) The abolition of interest-exploiters and Stock Exchange speculators. (3) The abolition of share capital.
Youza! It is getting colder instead of warmer! I want a refund on my carbon credit purchase! The EPA is blocking the development of 100 Coal-fueled power plants to combat global warming. Someone needs to email them this data...
Every bit as stylish and cultured as her owner:
H/T: Neocon
We must articulate a positive vision for America's future that speaks to Americans' hopes, concerns and needs. It's time to stop defining ourselves by what we are not, and tell voters what we believe, how we'll lead, and where we'll go; how we Republicans will make America better; how we'll make their families more prosperous, their children better educated, their parents more secure, and all of us healthier, safer and stronger.
