Jane Hamsher, Adam Green, Karen Finney, and Ezra Klein appeared on MSNBC's 'The Last Word Tuesday evening. Visit: firedoglake.com. + Informações

Buenos Aires, Argentina (NTN24) -- Argentina capital swelters as temperatures push 100, but relief not far off. Argentina's weather service put Buenos Aires on alert Monday as the city sweltered in a suffocating summer heat wave with temperatures pushing 100. Relief for porteños is expected to come on Wednesday in the form of rains and a cool front. But until then, they will be sweating it out. Heat rolled off the pavement on the city's 9 de Julio avenue, and children cooled themselves off in the city's fountains. Miriam Andrioli, the head of communications for Argentina's weather service, said the problem wasn't just in Buenos Aires. Much of the middle of the country and the coast, where most city dwellers head in THE summer, were scorching as well. The hot and dry temperatures might have people suffering in the city, but they've been even harder on farmers in Argentina's legendary Pampas grasslands. The major food producer is looking at a dismal prospects for the summer harvest, with analysts estimating some 50 percent of corn crops have been charred. The soy crops, Argentina's main source of income, are also in danger if rains don't come soon. Andrioli said some help was on the way, but observers weren't sure it would be enough. Meanwhile, health officials recommended people in the city stay out of the sun and keep hydrated. After the rains, temperatures should stay cool until the weekend, when they are supposed to rise again.. + Informações

With Democrats facing dismal prospects in the November elections, the party is weighing President Barack Obama's role in the midterms. (Sept. 7). + Informações

The Diane Rehm Show (88-5.us The panelists discuss the Democrats' grim prospects for the November mid-term elections based on new polling data, including the fact that 75% of respondents in a recent USA Today/Gallup poll said they thought the country would be better off if all freshmen Congressmen and women were brought in in November.. + Informações

Liz Murray was raised in poverty by drug-addicted parents. Though they loved her, they were unable to care for her and Liz ended up living on the streets by the age of 15. Profoundly affected by her mother's AIDS-related death, Liz forced herself to look at her future and make some significant changes. Her prospects were dismal, yet she turned her life around by going back to high school. After earning her diploma in just two years, while still homeless, Liz won a New York Times scholarship for needy students, which enabled her to attend Harvard University.. + Informações

Kosovo elections were held on Sunday. International and local election monitors say most international elections standards were met. The vote was a test for Kosovo, which wants to establish itself as a fully functioning democracy. They hope to gain acceptance from more countries than the 63 that have so far recognized it as an independent state. But analysts say the low turnout of 45 percent reflected the disappointment many Kosovars feel in their leaders. Theyre still waiting for an improvement in the 40 percent unemployment rate and dismal economic prospects of one of Europe's poorest countries. Members of the European Parliament delegation say that the elections were held peacefully. Because of the low turnout, results werent ideal, but hopeful nonetheless. [Doris Pack, European Parliament]: "They (Kosovo Serbs) have at least understood that their own future has to be taken by them, that they cannot eternally rely in someone like Belgrade. The poll count at the making time of this report shows the head of the Kosovo Democratic League in the lead with 56.22 percent. After the war ended in 1999, elections in Kosovo were run by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. These are the first polls to be organized by local authorities.. + Informações

More than a thousand took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles to vent frustration over dismal job prospects.They're also angry about the failure of government to get the economy back on track. Press TV's Ross Frasier reports from Los Angeles.. + Informações

Twenty-one-year-old Evie Freeman is about to be blindsided by a crusty old Bible and a life change. At present, her life is dismal. Her prospects are none. What makes matters worse is that she can't understand how her life got that way and she's lost the will to fight forward. Then she goes to jail?thanks to her drug-dealing boyfriend. Now, she's really declared herself the walking dead. So these days she's just hanging around the edges of life, waiting for her last breath to ooze out of her body. But angels and inspiration can reside anywhere. And if jail's the place where miracles can happen for Evie, so be it. She only has to take in one more good breath to receive it.. + Informações

On October 11th, 2004, Al Pesky officially hit rock bottom. Divorced, bankrupt, unemployed, homeless, smoking 5 packs a day, & beset by chronic incontinence, his future prospects were dismal at best. At the nadir of his existence, Al Pesky did what any American with no skills, no credit, & no self-respect would do: He declared his candidacy for President. While the odds against an ulcerous alcoholic with no previous political experience rising to the highest office in the land seemed insurmountable, Mr. Pesky felt compelled, as though by a higher power. "I'm doing this for the little guy, for the common man, but mostly so I can show my Ex-Wife she made a huge mistake." The former Mrs. Pesky refused to comment, stating only, "Tell that (expletive deleted) that by law he has to stay at least 500 feet from me and the kids." Undaunted, Mr. Pesky consolidated his financial resources [$54], and began a concentrated (if misguided) push to the White House. Stumbling across city blocks, the "grass roots" Pesky campaign left a trail of empty gin bottles and concerned voters in its wake. "If that idiot's running, we're screwed," said one observer, after a 'Buy Me A Beer & I'll Tell You My Vision For America' exchange with the Candidate. More rocky road followed. Pesky named a running mate - elementary school rival Leon Peabody - but the would-be VP's initial reaction was less than enthusiastic. "I'll fight this with all my heart and soul," Peabody offered. Finally, election day .... + Informações

"Clean, safe, and too cheap to meter." This sunny tagline from the early days of atomic energy has more recently become the quickest way to sum up how dark and dismal its prospects are today--as in, nuclear power has proven itself to be unclean, unsafe, and prohibitively expensive. "Clean, safe and too cheap to meter" now sounds less like boastful marketing, and more like a schoolyard taunt. Read more: capitoilette.com. + Informações

The Apple Tree - Passionella Prelude / Oh , To Be A Movie Star ( performed by Barbara Harris ) from the 1966 musical The Apple Tree. directed by Mike Nichols and starred Barbara Harris, Alan Alda, and Larry Blyden. music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick this song is from the 3rd act which is based on Jules Feiffer's Passionella). Chimneys are cozy,Chimneys are warm. I think of chimneys as ports in a storm. What warm and cozy, or not. I would give up alot. If I could only be a movie star. A movie star. Ooh to be a movie star. A beautiful, glamorous, movie star. No one imagines, I harbor this hope. People who know me, Keep sending me soap. Lacy soot stains and tar, They'd see how wrong they are. If I could only be a movie star. A movie star. Ooh to be a movie star. A beautiful, glamorous, radient, ravishing, movie star. I'd be so grateful, that after premiers. I'd sweep out the theatre and fold up the chairs. I would know what it meant, to be truly content. If I could only be a movie star. Prospects look dismal, how can I go on? My piggy is empty, my Kleenex is gone. If I starve here alone, Let them carve on my stone. She never got to be a movie star. I'm not asking much. It's not as if I wanna be a rich, glamorous, beautiful, movie star. Or even a well liked beautiful, glamorous movie star. I just wanna be a beautiful, glamorous movie star. Gloria Jones same. A beautiful, glamorous, radient, ravishing, (achoo) movie star.. + Informações

Moody's Investors Service said that it will finish its review of Greece's sovereign debt in the next four weeks and a downgrade to Baa from A3 is likely. Moody's also said that it is possible that a downgrade to junk may occur. In a statement, the rating agency said, "This will depend on developments in the Greek economy once the fog of financial panic, support-mobilisation and street demonstrations dissipates. The country's debt is large but not unbearable; however, the required adjustment is obviously very painful, and short-term economic prospects are clearly dismal - though not out of proportion with developments already seen in several European economies last year.". + Informações

www.werushdaily.com "State of States" - Folks, the financial state of most of these United States is dismal. According to a new report from the Nelson Rockefeller Institute of Government, states' tax revenues last year were down for a fifth straight quarter; it's the longest period of declines since the Great Depression. Prospects for a quick turnaround are also dismal. Why? Well, because in too many of these states, liberals are running the show.. + Informações

I am growing tired of the Obama excuses. He has been in office for over two years now, and the situation is, at best, anemic, and future prospects are dismal. So what is he going to do about it outer than to use the FBI to track down and harass anyone who is point out where he has failed on his promises.. + Informações

8 Feb 2010 LSE Economics as the dismal science -- The last few years have been a wonderful period for economists. Economics has been known as the dismal science. Economists have been having a field day because things have been very dismal and they will remain that way for some time. Economists like good doctors like a very sick patient. It gives us pathology into the way things should work. One of the important consequences of this crisis is to make us rethink our ideas about economics. In fact, the failure of the economics profession plays an important role in understanding the current crisis. America exported the crisis around the world, exported the toxic mortgages to Europe. We exported our deregulatory processes. Europe did the same. It is a global crisis. The Labour market -- Unemployment remains very high. Official statistics are just under 10 per cent. But a broader measure including discouraged workers, one in five Americans can't get a full time job. Even the official unemployment rate has gotten very high. The official rate is 20%. For Afro-Americans it is 1 out of 2. The labour market is in a disaster. We are having increasing numbers of long-term unemployed. You use up your savings and lose your job skills. More than 4 out of 10 Americans who have been unemployed have been unemployed for six months or more. The Housing market -- It is also in a disaster. It is where the problems began. The problems are getting worse not better. Three million Americans will .... + Informações

Nonprofit CDFI Community Financial Resource Center (cfrcla.org) leads a committee meeting with St. John's Clinic, Pan American Bank, The RightWay Foundation and Magnolia Place to help Community members of the Magnolia Place neighborhood in South Los Angeles form a community yard sale cooperative. For two years Community Financial Resource Center (CFRC) has hosted a community yard sale and exchange at Magnolia Place. The event draws vendors (mostly women and latino) from the neighborhood and has received a strong following ever since its inception. The yard sales help bridge participants to community resources, strengthen social networks within the neighborhood as well as create a real source of income for most of the participating vendors. Without it, many would find it difficult to manage. With unemployment high and prospects for work even more dismal for a monolingual Spanish speaker, selling goods is cost effective and well worth the trouble. Read the story here: commecondev.wordpress.com. + Informações

www.astronomycast.com Astronomy : Life, the Universe, and Nothing: Life and Death in an Ever-expanding Universe Current evidence suggests that the cosmological constant is not zero, or that we live in an open universe. We examine the implications for the future under these assumptions, and find that they are striking. If the universe is cosmological constant--dominated, our ability to probe the evolution of large-scale structure will decrease with time; presently observable distant sources will disappear on a timescale comparable to the period of stellar burning. Moreover, while the universe might expand forever, the integrated conscious lifetime of any civilization will be finite, although it can be astronomically long. We argue that this latter result is far more general. In the absence of possible exotic and uncertain strong gravitational effects, the total information recoverable by any civilization over the entire history of our universe is finite. Assuming that consciousness has a physical computational basis, and therefore is ultimately governed by quantum mechanics, life cannot be eternal. Our universe could end in one of two ways. Either the observed expansion could terminate and be followed by collapse and a Big Crunch, or the expansion could continue forever. The evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of the latter possibility. Indeed, recent direct (Perlmutter et al. 1999; Riess et al. 1998) and indirect (Krauss & Turner 1995; Ostriker & Steinhardt 1995; Krauss .... + Informações

xxsurl.com Turbo Contest Creator - Script Headline: There Is One Word That Can Spell The Difference Between Success And Failure For Your Online BusinessEXCITEMENT! Do You Know How To Get Your Prospects Excited? Have You Heard About That One, Important Word That Could Mean The Difference Between A Successful Online Business and A Dismal Failure? Learn all about getting your prospects excited!!! Dear NETrepreneur, Can you pick out the description that could best fit your online business? A. You create and sell your own digital products to targeted Internet consumers. B. You have acquired resale, master resale, or private label rights for selling digital products created by others. C. You are engaged in an affiliate business, promoting other peoples products for hefty commisions. D. You are a JV partner specializing in co-promotions for major marketing campaigns. E. You are a multi-site webmaster enrolled in various PPC programs. The business models I have listed above are all known to be solid and profitable income-generating ventures, if they are managed correctly. But can you tell me what common factor do they all share? If you answered that they all NEED TRAFFIC, then you are correct. Not a single online business will survive without traffic. No matter how good your products are, you cannot sell even a single item if nobody sees them. You cannot promote the cheapest item for your affiliates if nobody is visiting your site. A fully-loaded marketing campaign is worth .... + Informações

Nonprofit CDFI Community Financial Resource Center (cfrcla.org) leads a committee meeting with St. John's Clinic, Pan American Bank, The RightWay Foundation and Magnolia Place to help Community members of the Magnolia Place neighborhood in South Los Angeles form a community yard sale cooperative. For two years Community Financial Resource Center (CFRC) has hosted a community yard sale and exchange at Magnolia Place. The event draws vendors (mostly women and latino) from the neighborhood and has received a strong following ever since its inception. The yard sales help bridge participants to community resources, strengthen social networks within the neighborhood as well as create a real source of income for most of the participating vendors. Without it, many would find it difficult to manage. With unemployment high and prospects for work even more dismal for a monolingual Spanish speaker, selling goods is cost effective and well worth the trouble. Read the story here: commecondev.wordpress.com. + Informações

The Apprentice Season 7 playlist; www.youtube.com Called to a north London wholesale warehouse, the teams are met by a nostalgic Lord Sugar, who tells the teams that it was from places like this that he started out buying low to sell high. He gives both teams a pallet carrying 250 pounds' worth of wholesale goods. They must find out what sells best, then re-invest in those products. It is a simple exercise in following the money and increasing sales. The pallets contain cheap nodding dogs, pricey pressure washers, duvet sets, cut-price sunglasses, brollies, watches and more. The prospects for the task look good, and there are quick volunteers for the team leader roles. They have the whole of London to sell to: street markets, houses door-to-door, offices and maps to help find more. The trick is to match the products to the potential market, but some get it badly wrong, taking tacky stuff to snobby areas, or high-priced goods to East End pound shops. For some selling comes naturally, but for others it's a humiliating struggle. In the battle to sell, the teams start to forget the challenge. One team wantonly under-invests, while the other returns to buy an even wider range of products. Arguments about how best to accumulate cash spilt the candidates, leaving both teams in disarray. Lord Sugar nurses hopes for high returns, but in the boardroom they are dashed by dismal results. Turning on the losers, he vents his fury on their performance - particularly their logistics .... + Informações

The Apprentice Season 7 playlist; www.youtube.com Called to a north London wholesale warehouse, the teams are met by a nostalgic Lord Sugar, who tells the teams that it was from places like this that he started out buying low to sell high. He gives both teams a pallet carrying 250 pounds' worth of wholesale goods. They must find out what sells best, then re-invest in those products. It is a simple exercise in following the money and increasing sales. The pallets contain cheap nodding dogs, pricey pressure washers, duvet sets, cut-price sunglasses, brollies, watches and more. The prospects for the task look good, and there are quick volunteers for the team leader roles. They have the whole of London to sell to: street markets, houses door-to-door, offices and maps to help find more. The trick is to match the products to the potential market, but some get it badly wrong, taking tacky stuff to snobby areas, or high-priced goods to East End pound shops. For some selling comes naturally, but for others it's a humiliating struggle. In the battle to sell, the teams start to forget the challenge. One team wantonly under-invests, while the other returns to buy an even wider range of products. Arguments about how best to accumulate cash spilt the candidates, leaving both teams in disarray. Lord Sugar nurses hopes for high returns, but in the boardroom they are dashed by dismal results. Turning on the losers, he vents his fury on their performance - particularly their logistics .... + Informações

The Apprentice Season 7 playlist; www.youtube.com Called to a north London wholesale warehouse, the teams are met by a nostalgic Lord Sugar, who tells the teams that it was from places like this that he started out buying low to sell high. He gives both teams a pallet carrying 250 pounds' worth of wholesale goods. They must find out what sells best, then re-invest in those products. It is a simple exercise in following the money and increasing sales. The pallets contain cheap nodding dogs, pricey pressure washers, duvet sets, cut-price sunglasses, brollies, watches and more. The prospects for the task look good, and there are quick volunteers for the team leader roles. They have the whole of London to sell to: street markets, houses door-to-door, offices and maps to help find more. The trick is to match the products to the potential market, but some get it badly wrong, taking tacky stuff to snobby areas, or high-priced goods to East End pound shops. For some selling comes naturally, but for others it's a humiliating struggle. In the battle to sell, the teams start to forget the challenge. One team wantonly under-invests, while the other returns to buy an even wider range of products. Arguments about how best to accumulate cash spilt the candidates, leaving both teams in disarray. Lord Sugar nurses hopes for high returns, but in the boardroom they are dashed by dismal results. Turning on the losers, he vents his fury on their performance - particularly their logistics .... + Informações

The Apprentice Season 7 playlist; www.youtube.com Called to a north London wholesale warehouse, the teams are met by a nostalgic Lord Sugar, who tells the teams that it was from places like this that he started out buying low to sell high. He gives both teams a pallet carrying 250 pounds' worth of wholesale goods. They must find out what sells best, then re-invest in those products. It is a simple exercise in following the money and increasing sales. The pallets contain cheap nodding dogs, pricey pressure washers, duvet sets, cut-price sunglasses, brollies, watches and more. The prospects for the task look good, and there are quick volunteers for the team leader roles. They have the whole of London to sell to: street markets, houses door-to-door, offices and maps to help find more. The trick is to match the products to the potential market, but some get it badly wrong, taking tacky stuff to snobby areas, or high-priced goods to East End pound shops. For some selling comes naturally, but for others it's a humiliating struggle. In the battle to sell, the teams start to forget the challenge. One team wantonly under-invests, while the other returns to buy an even wider range of products. Arguments about how best to accumulate cash spilt the candidates, leaving both teams in disarray. Lord Sugar nurses hopes for high returns, but in the boardroom they are dashed by dismal results. Turning on the losers, he vents his fury on their performance - particularly their logistics .... + Informações

The Apprentice Season 7 playlist; www.youtube.com Called to a north London wholesale warehouse, the teams are met by a nostalgic Lord Sugar, who tells the teams that it was from places like this that he started out buying low to sell high. He gives both teams a pallet carrying 250 pounds' worth of wholesale goods. They must find out what sells best, then re-invest in those products. It is a simple exercise in following the money and increasing sales. The pallets contain cheap nodding dogs, pricey pressure washers, duvet sets, cut-price sunglasses, brollies, watches and more. The prospects for the task look good, and there are quick volunteers for the team leader roles. They have the whole of London to sell to: street markets, houses door-to-door, offices and maps to help find more. The trick is to match the products to the potential market, but some get it badly wrong, taking tacky stuff to snobby areas, or high-priced goods to East End pound shops. For some selling comes naturally, but for others it's a humiliating struggle. In the battle to sell, the teams start to forget the challenge. One team wantonly under-invests, while the other returns to buy an even wider range of products. Arguments about how best to accumulate cash spilt the candidates, leaving both teams in disarray. Lord Sugar nurses hopes for high returns, but in the boardroom they are dashed by dismal results. Turning on the losers, he vents his fury on their performance - particularly their logistics .... + Informações

The Apprentice Season 7 playlist; www.youtube.com Called to a north London wholesale warehouse, the teams are met by a nostalgic Lord Sugar, who tells the teams that it was from places like this that he started out buying low to sell high. He gives both teams a pallet carrying 250 pounds' worth of wholesale goods. They must find out what sells best, then re-invest in those products. It is a simple exercise in following the money and increasing sales. The pallets contain cheap nodding dogs, pricey pressure washers, duvet sets, cut-price sunglasses, brollies, watches and more. The prospects for the task look good, and there are quick volunteers for the team leader roles. They have the whole of London to sell to: street markets, houses door-to-door, offices and maps to help find more. The trick is to match the products to the potential market, but some get it badly wrong, taking tacky stuff to snobby areas, or high-priced goods to East End pound shops. For some selling comes naturally, but for others it's a humiliating struggle. In the battle to sell, the teams start to forget the challenge. One team wantonly under-invests, while the other returns to buy an even wider range of products. Arguments about how best to accumulate cash spilt the candidates, leaving both teams in disarray. Lord Sugar nurses hopes for high returns, but in the boardroom they are dashed by dismal results. Turning on the losers, he vents his fury on their performance - particularly their logistics .... + Informações