FOXNews.com - Toilet Paper Shortage: Good Raw Material Being Wiped Out

FOXNews.com - Toilet Paper Shortage: Good Raw Material Being Wiped Out: "Consumers once could fill up large bins with their recycled newspapers, magazines and print paper. But as electronic communication surges, these sources of recycled paper are becoming scarce."

That's a win for the "reduce" part of "reduce, reuse, recycle"!

FOXNews.com - Tea Partiers Seek 'Teachable Moment,' Not Oregon Teacher's Job

FOXNews.com - Tea Partiers Seek 'Teachable Moment,' Not Oregon Teacher's Job: "'We don't want to see Jason Levin fired, we want to see him helped,' said Oregon Tea Party founder Geoff Ludt. 'We want to reach out to him and we want to use his actions to create a teachable moment.'"

FOXNews.com - Report says school food making kids unfit to serve

FOXNews.com - Report says school food making kids unfit to serve: "National security is threatened by the sharp rise in obesity rates for young people over the last 15 years, the group Mission: Readiness contends. Weight problems are now the leading medical reason that recruits are rejected, the group says, and thus jeopardize the military's ability to fill its ranks."

Slight hyperbole?

FOXNews.com - VA Claims Office Takes SNAFU to a New Level

FOXNews.com - VA Claims Office Takes SNAFU to a New Level: "'If the VA does not actually recognize the request, they do not have to give the award,' he said. 'Sort of like a perverted form of 'See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.' Most people just throw up their hands in frustration and walk away at this point. That is the VA's plan.'"

"Strickland says the problem at the root of letters like McBride's is a bonus structure paid out to VA claims employees.

'The more work, the better the bonus is,' he said. 'It's strictly volume, not quality driven. There is no accountability whatsoever.'"

FOXNews.com - Gunman Opens Fire at Tennessee Hospital, Killing Woman, Himself

FOXNews.com - Gunman Opens Fire at Tennessee Hospital, Killing Woman, Himself: "A gunman took a taxi to a hospital Monday and then opened fire, killing a woman and injuring two others before committing suicide, police said.

All the victims were female and current or former employees of Parkwest Medical Center, Knoxville Police Chief Sterling Owen IV said. The attack happened about 4:30 p.m. outside the hospital's discharge area."

"'The hospital is safe and is being reopened with limitations,' Owen said."

Is it really safe? They would have called it safe right before the murderer attacked too!

FOXNews.com - Brussels Declares Vacation Time a Human Right

FOXNews.com - Brussels Declares Vacation Time a Human Right: "Now Brussels has declared that tourism is a human right and pensioners, youths and those too poor to afford it should have their travel subsidized by the taxpayer.

Under the scheme, British pensioners could be given cut-price trips to Spain, while Greek teenagers could be taken around disused mills in Manchester to experience the cultural diversity of Europe."

Feds hampered by incomplete MPAA piracy data | Media Maverick - CNET News

Feds hampered by incomplete MPAA piracy data | Media Maverick - CNET News: "Last week, the GAO issued the results of its year-long study. Researchers there found that many of the claims copyright owners have made about piracy's effects on their businesses were based on unreliable research. The findings sent shock waves through tech and media circles and may have damaged the credibility of the MPAA, the trade group of the six largest film studios as well as other copyright owners."

"But missing from the report was how LEK came to the dollar figures. The report did not detail the methodology or what assumptions LEK researchers made. Apparently, the GAO wasn't the first to ask to see the MPAA and LEK's details about its report. Ken Fisher, a reporter from the blog Ars Technica, noted in 2006 that the MPAA hadn't disclosed important background about the research."

"In 2008, more than 18 months later, the MPAA acknowledged that because of human error, the study had made erroneous statements. Instead of 44 percent, the films pirated by college students were responsible for only 15 percent of the film industry's revenue losses."

FOXNews.com - Administration to Tea Parties: We're on Your Side

FOXNews.com - Administration to Tea Parties: We're on Your Side: "And President Obama said at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser Thursday that Tea Party activists should 'be saying thank you' to him for the tax cuts passed by his administration."

What about the tax cuts he plans to let expire and the spending increases he has promoted? He may have done a few small good things, but that is outweighed by the many, large, bad things he did.

FOXNews.com - Iranian Cleric Says Promiscuous Women Are to Blame for Earthquakes

FOXNews.com - Iranian Cleric Says Promiscuous Women Are to Blame for Earthquakes: "A senior Iranian cleric says women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes."

What about promiscuous men?!?

FOXNews.com - Poll: Trust in Big Government Near Historic Low

FOXNews.com - Poll: Trust in Big Government Near Historic Low: "The survey found that Obama's policies were partly to blame for a rise in distrustful, anti-government views. In his first year in office, the president orchestrated a government takeover of Detroit automakers, secured a $787 billion stimulus package and pushed to overhaul the health care system.

But the poll also identified a combination of factors that contributed to the electorate's hostility: the recession that Obama inherited from President George W. Bush; a dispirited public; and anger with Congress and politicians of all political leanings."

"'This should be a wake-up call. Both sides are guilty,' said Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill. She pointed to 'nonsense' that goes on during campaigns that leads to 'promises made but not promises kept.' Still, she added: 'Distrust of government is an all-American activity. It's something we do as Americans and there's nothing wrong with it.'"

FOXNews.com - GM Pays Off Debt to U.S.

FOXNews.com - GM Pays Off Debt to U.S.: "GM still owes $45.3 billion to the U.S. and $8.1 billion to Canada, money it received in exchange for large stakes in the company. The U.S. government now owns 61 percent of the company and Canada owns roughly 12 percent. GM plans to repay both with a public stock offering, perhaps later this year."