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Monthly Archives: June 2010
Nested Elements in HTML
<html> has two nested elements: <head> and <body>. You can call them both children of <html>. <body> is nested within the <html> element thus is the “child” of <html>. <head> is also nested within the <html> element is is also … Continue reading
Rise Up! Strike Back!
The headline on MSNBC is “Republicans kill Senate Jobless aid measure.” The lead paragraph reads: Republicans on Thursday defeated Democrats’ showcase election-year jobs bill, including an extension of weekly unemployment benefits for millions of people out of work more than … Continue reading
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Tagged Dean Heller, Eugene Turner, Jim Gibbons, John Ensign, Mitch McConnell, Republican Party, Sharron Angle
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Nevada to get $102.8 million for foreclosure prevention
Nevada will receive $102.8 million as part of a program to help residents who are trying to avoid foreclosure on their homes. Nevada is among five states that will receive funds from the program, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid … Continue reading
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Tagged Dina Titus, Economy, Harry Reid, Nevada, Sharron Angle, Shelley Berkley
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Angle Leads Reid in Rasmussen Poll
Sharron Angle still holds a slight lead over Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in Nevada’s U.S. Senate race. [Rasmussen Reports] Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Nevada shows Angle earning 48% support, while Reid, the state’s longtime Democratic … Continue reading
Nevada Congressional Delegation Votes
Recent Senate Votes Motion to Invoke Cloture on Baucus Substitute Amendment; American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act of 2010 – Vote Rejected (56-40, 4 Not Voting) The Senate rejected the motion to end debate and vote on this $118 … Continue reading
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Tagged Dean Heller, Dina Titus, Health Care, John Ensign, Shelley Berkley
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Is fate of the Internet being decided behind closed doors?
Timothy Karr, has a posting today on the Huffington Post about the Federal Communications Commission holding “closed-door meetings” with industry to broker a deal on Net Neutrality — the rule that lets users determine their own Internet experience. He writes … Continue reading
Brian Sandoval Proposes Laying Off 72 Nye County Teachers
I received the following press release from the Rory Reid for Governor campaign today (June 22). It reads: Las Vegas, NV – Brian Sandoval, the Republican candidate for governor, proposes laying off 1-in-5 Nevada teachers in Nevada, meaning 72 Nye … Continue reading
Condoms with teeth-fights rape
A white South African doctor has developed a new condom to fight rape that plagues African women, according to CNN.com. Dr. Sonnet Ehlers invented the Rape aXe ‘condom with teeth’ 40 years after treating a rape victim who told her, … Continue reading
A Closer Look at Sharron Angle
A closer look at Sharron Angle, the candidate endorsed by the Tea Bag Party. · Education: She believes the U.S. Department of Education should be eliminated, citing that the local approach had long yielded greater academic results, before the Department … Continue reading