Late Saturday open thread

Another thing I'd like to confirm. Any evidence of Gannon being invited to Bush's Crawford ranch, or flying on Air Force One, or getting any other benies? Read More......

Has anyone been able to confirm that Gannon is an ex-Marine?

Doing a bit of research on the old boy and need to confirm this fact. Read More......

Hometown Paper: Gannon owed $20k in back taxes

Story still having legs.

The former Wilmington resident who gained notoriety asking softball questions at White House press conferences has an outstanding tax bill from the state of Delaware.

James D. Guckert, who reported under the pseudonym Jeff Gannon, failed to pay Delaware more than $20,700 in personal state income tax from 1991 through 1994, according to documents filed in Superior Court in Wilmington.

State Division of Revenue Director Patrick Carter said the assessment has not yet been satisfied.

"When it rains, it pours," Guckert said Friday from his Washington home. He would not comment further.

According to court records, Guckert owed $9,484 in taxes; $7,697.69 in fines and $3,560.71 in interest.

The judgment, which was filed Oct. 18, 1996, said interest would continue to accrue at a rate of 1 percent a month on the unpaid balance, and the penalty would accrue at 0.5 percent on the tax.

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Priceless

Just go. Read More......

GO VOTE: MSNBC Poll on Howard Dean as Chair

So here's the poll on MSNBC right now:

Will Howard Dean help or hurt the Democrats as DNC chair?

Did we see this kind of poll when Ken Mehlwoman was elected by the RNC?

GO VOTE!

After you do, there will be a feedback email form at the bottom. Fill it out and tell them what you think about this question. Read More......

Open thread

Trying to have a life today. We'll see :-) Read More......

Citibank to cut 1,000 jobs

And there wasn't even a merger...yet. I am still waiting to see who will be buying, selling or merging in the banking industry this year which will certainly lead to more job cuts. There are a lot of rumors of trans-Atlantic mergers or acquisitions in banking so brace yourselves. Read More......

Consumer activisim never works

Just ask Stephen Joseph of BanTransFat.com who just settled with McDonald's. After suing and winning against Kraft and the (in)famous Oreo cookies, Joseph recently agreed to settle with McDonald's who will donate $7M to the American Heart Association and spend $1.5M on informing the public of their trans fat plans.

Considering the recent string of deaths within the McDonald's corporate management, I'd say this is about time. Hats off to Joseph for his continued success. Read More......