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Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher, everyman during the 2008 campaign, has tried his hardworking patriotic hands at stand-up comedy. He participated in the DC Improv's Funniest Celebrity in Washington Contest.
He closed by telling the crowd that "freedom is a responsibility."
Needless to say Joe the Plumber ghost-written jokes did not take first prize. That was awarded to White House economist, Austan Goolsbee. He killed the crowd (maybe) with "I would like to say one thing about major banks (ungrateful [expletives]) . . . " Expletives always work.
I could totally see myself walking out of a play about the Washington DC stand-up-circuit-as-a-metaphor-for-DC-politics.Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher, everyman during the 2008 campaign, has tried... more
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In Las Vegas, Miss Virginia Caressa Cameron wins the Miss America 2010 title saturday night after having a skintight yellow dress.In Las Vegas, Miss Virginia Caressa Cameron wins the Miss America 2010 title saturday... more
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It turns out that in eight states, plus the District of Columbia, getting beaten up by your spouse is a pre-existing condition.
Under the cold logic of the insurance industry, it makes perfect sense: If you are in a marriage with someone who has beaten you in the past, you're more likely to get beaten again than the average person and are therefore more expensive to insure.
In human terms, it's a second punishment for a victim of domestic violence.
In 2006, Democrats tried to end the practice. An amendment introduced by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), now a member of leadership, split the Health Education Labor & Pensions Committee 10-10. The tie meant that the measure failed.
All ten no votes were Republicans, including Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming), a member of the "Gang of Six" on the Finance Committee who are hashing out a bipartisan bill. A spokesman for Enzi didn't immediately return a call from Huffington Post.
The eight states that still allow it are Idaho, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Wyoming, according to a report by the National Women's Law Center.It turns out that in eight states, plus the District of Columbia, getting beaten up by... more
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At least 3 percent of District residents have HIV or AIDS, a total that far surpasses the 1 percent threshold that constitutes a "generalized and severe" epidemic, according to a report scheduled to be released by health officials Monday.
That translates into 2,984 residents per every 100,000 over the age of 12 -- or 15,120 -- according to the 2008 epidemiology report by the District's HIV/AIDS office.
"Our rates are higher than West Africa," said Shannon L. Hader, director of the District's HIV/AIDS Administration, who once led the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's work in Zimbabwe. "They're on par with Uganda and some parts of Kenya."
"We have every mode of transmission" -- men having sex with men, heterosexual and injected drug use -- "going up, all on the rise, and we have to deal with them," Hader said.
In addition to the epidemiology report, the city is also releasing a study on heterosexual behavior Monday. That report, funded by the CDC, was conducted by the George Washington University School of Health and Health Services.
Among its findings: Almost half of those who had connections to the parts of the city with the highest AIDS prevalence and poverty rates said they had overlapping sexual partners within the past 12 months, three in five said they were aware of their own HIV status, and three in 10 said they had used a condom the last time they had sex.
The District's report found a 22 percent increase in HIV and AIDS cases from the 12,428 reported at the end of 2006, touching every race and sex across population and neighborhoods, with an epidemic level in all but one of the eight wards. Black men, with an infection rate of nearly 7 percent, carry the weight of the disease, according to the report, which also underscores that the District's HIV and AIDS population is aging. Almost 1 in 10 residents between the ages of 40 and 49 has the virus.At least 3 percent of District residents have HIV or AIDS, a total that far surpasses... more
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