Posted on June 6th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
As readers have no doubt noticed it has been pretty quite around here in the past couple of weeks. I have a very full plate since my recent move back home to Massachusetts and I am juggling way too much.
When I first started The Dem Daily nearly 4 years ago, my business was far more [...]
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Filed under: Democratic Daily, Economy, In The Blogosphere, Jobs, Los Angeles, Maine, Massachusetts, Pamela Leavey, Recession
Posted on May 17th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
I’ve been doing a lot of driving in recent weeks, back and forth from the north eastern tip of Maine to the Massachusetts/New Hampshire border, and I have one more trip scheduled for the end of this week. Sadly, I have noticed as I have been logging a lot of miles on my frequent trips [...]
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Filed under: Big Oil, Economic News, Economy, Gas Prices, In The News, Maine, Massachusetts, Pamela Leavey, Recession
Posted on May 13th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
As a wholesale supplier of natural bath and body products to small retailers, I wasn’t at all surprised to read the news this morning that “Retail sales fell for a second straight month in April.”
The Commerce Department said Wednesday that retail sales fell 0.4 percent last month, much worse than the flat reading economists expected. [...]
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Filed under: Consumers, Democrats, Economic News, Economy, In The News, John Kerry, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Recession, Sen. Ted Kennedy, Small Business
Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
Jumping back in while I am waiting for my RAID drive to finish rebuilding on my computer. As I said below, due to the winter storm up here in Maine, I missed the last half of the Oscar’s last night.
I was thrilled to see that Sean Penn had won for Best Actor for his strong [...]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
It’s still snowing and blowing up here in the Downeast. I’ve attempted to start posting on what’s happening in the political realm today, but each time I do our power goes out again.
We’ve had a load of heavy snow up here coupled with very strong winds which is wreaking havoc with power lines — [...]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
I missed the last half of the Oscars tonight and am finally back online after losing power for about 3 hours due to a decent little winter storm that is blowing through Maine.
If I’m not here posting by sometime late in the morning, it’s because we’ve lost power again. The winter storm warning is in effect until [...]
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Posted on February 9th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
The stimulus package vote today brought Senator Ted Kennedy back to the Hill to cast his vote with fellow Democrats in support of the bill. Watch the brief interview with Kennedy here:
The vote on the stimulus package was 61-36, just one more vote than the 60 votes needed to “move the measure toward Senate passage.”
Republican [...]
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Filed under: Congress, Credit Crisis, Democrats, Economic News, Economic Stimulus, Economy, In The News, Jobs, John Kerry, Massachusetts, Obama Administration, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, President Barack Obama, Republicans, Sen. Ted Kennedy, Senate
Posted on February 4th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
As readers here know I moved from Los Angeles to Maine a few months ago.
The adjustment to winter has been enjoyable at times and trying at other. We had decent snow storm yesterday with a lot of winds and drifting snow, so before spending an hour or two shoveling this afternmoon, I went for a [...]
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Posted on December 25th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Merry Christmas to all our friends here at The Dem Daily! I’m sorry I haven’t spent much time here since my move, I’ve been enjoying life living in the Downeast of Maine and haven’t really felt the urge to pay too much attention to the news. I vow to get back soon however. Many thanks [...]
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Posted on December 4th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Is greater relief at the gas pumps finally in sight? If Gulf Oil CEO Joe Petrowski is correct it could go down to $1.00 a gallon or lower by next year. I for one am hoping he’s right. I just filled my tank up here in rural Maine yesterday paying $1.99 a gallon. A further [...]
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Filed under: Big Oil, Bush Admin, Consumers, Corporatism, Credit Crisis, Economic News, Economy, Energy, Gas Prices, In The News, Opinions, Pamela Leavey, Paul Krugman, Political News, Politics, Recession
