Obama Secretary of Agriculture: Food Stamps Are Economic StimulusFox News (blog)I should point out, when you talk about the SNAP program or the foot stamp program, you have to recognize that it's also an economic stimulus. Every dollar of SNAP benefits generates $1.84 in the economy in terms of economic activity. …Video: Obama Ag Secretary…
ABC News Buying, Selling Gold On eBay Becoming Popular TrendWPXI PittsburghWith gold values at an all-time high, sellers and buyers are turning to the online auction website, eBay. "eBay is a very proven site. It has a lot more credibility than a lot of the sites that people do not know about," Steven Osinski, San…
Maybe you don’t spend a lot of time thinking about the post office. Maybe you even try to avoid yours. But the post office is a huge part of America’s history, culture, and economy, and without it, your life would be a heck of a lot more difficult. Which is why it’s so disturbing that…
Restoring the names of the three branches of the Canadian Forces was “a long time coming,” according to Defence Minister Peter MacKay, who officially announced the name changes in Halifax Tuesday. More: continued here
At last – a second post office for Portishead!Portishead PeopleBy thepickler | Tuesday, August 16, 2011, 17:11 Royal Mail confirmed this week it will open a second facility – a Post Office Local – in the growing town in a bid to meet demand. The move follows increasing calls from councillors and residents for a…
Blumenthal was joined by U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, and several members of the Gilman family. They all said shuttering the local post office would stifle business growth and eradicate the tiny Bozrah village’s identity. More: continued here
Video: Obama Ag Secretary says rise in food stamps is putting people to workHot AirSecretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack told MSNBC's Morning Joe that the Obama administration has a jobs program already in place — and it's food stamps. When asked about new numbers that show one in every seven Americans now receiving food stamps…
Develop Minecraft Edition Xperia Play Smartphone Hits eBayTechnabob (blog)If you are among those fans of the game and happen to need a new smartphone, you need to hit up eBay while this auction is going on. The auction is for a special Minecraft-edition smartphone. The smartphone itself is a new Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and…
Food Stamp StimulusHuman EventsI wouldn't mind seeing Tom Vilsack debate Pelosi over which is the better stimulus: food stamps or unemployment benefits. So here's the question. If food stamps create jobs, like Vilsack says here, and we're putting record numbers of Americans on food … More: continued here
A.V. Club Chicago Post Office by Charles BukowskiA.V. Club ChicagoBukowski's first novel, Post Office, seemed as good a place as any. Supposedly written in three weeks, the book is highly personal; like his fictional surrogate Henry Chinaski, Bukowski worked in the post office as a carrier and sorter for years, …Happy Birthday Charles Bukowski –…