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SECOND biggest laugh of the week
The Corner on National Review Online ERRRANT WATERGATE THOUGHTS [Cliff May] Today, I’m pleased to say, there could be no repetition of Watergate. Two reasons: 1) The DNC is no longer housed in a hotel suite, it’s now in a multi-million dollar building,...
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I think this man deserves a Bud T-shirt, don't you?
Bear Guzzles Campers' Beer, Eats Food - Yahoo! News Hearing a noise, they looked outside their tent and saw the bear with its mouth clamped on their cooler. Larry Gaynor said the bear dragged the cooler 30 yards into the woods and flung it against a tree,...
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I absolutely refuse to comment on Michael Jackson....
....but I do have a couple of good jokes! Question: what’s the difference between a Southern zoo and a Northern zoo? Answer: A Southern zoo has a description of the animal on the front of the cage, along with a recipe. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
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Survivor -Wisconsin Style
Got this awhile back in email, and thought it was sorta cute...... :-) Due to the popularity of the Survivor shows, Wisconsin is planning to do it's own, entitled "Survivor -Wisconsin Style." The contestants will start in Milwaukee, travel up to Sheboygan...
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Gaylord Nelson going home to Clear Lake
JS Online: Gaylord Nelson dies at age 89 The former Wisconsin governor and U.S. senator is regarded as one of the most significant people of the 20th century in Wisconsin, ranking fourth in a survey of 42 historians and other experts. Only Progressive...
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Bear (Bare?) skin Trail ride
Went for a ride along the Bearskin Bike Trail this morning. It's a gorgeous ride through a state forest, along an old railbed. Supposedly, one day it will connect with my normal ride on the Hiawatha trail, but for now I have to drive up to Highway K to...
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I always KNEW we were on the cutting edge of style
What the heartland can offer those on the coasts | csmonitor.com For many of the 50 percent of Americans living on both coasts, the Midwest is flyover country, best seen, sophisticates think, from 39,000 feet. Airline passengers might look out the window...
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Bet I know who's sleeping in the doghouse for awhile
CNN.com - Man forgets wife at gas station - Aug 8, 2005 ROME, Italy (Reuters) -- A Macedonian man left his wife at an Italian service station and only realized he had driven off without her six hours later, news agency Ansa said. The couple, who were...
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WCCO: Vang Found Guilty In Deer Hunters' Deaths
WCCO: Vang Found Guilty In Deer Hunters' Deaths On Thursday, Vang took the stand in his defense. He said he fired at the group of hunters because he feared for his life. Vang said the shootings happened after one of the white hunters used profanities...
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As Promised......
Yup, they're kinda dark&blurry. I've discovered that my flash doesn't have very much range, lol. At one point, I was standing in front of the stage next to some guy with a digital camera attached to a lens the length of my forearm. I was peeking over...
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it was thirty years ago today.....
Mitch at Shot in the Dark, a good Northerner even though not from Wisconsin, wrote a great tribute to a great record album released thirty years ago this weekend. Can it really be that long since we heard the screen door slam for the first time? Tramps...
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Funny I never noticed all of this when I watched the show...
Turns out there's a link between "Star Trek" and being a perv. Ellen Ladowsky: Pedophilia and Star Trek - Yahoo! News After reviewing a bunch of episodes from the original Star Trek series, what became apparent is that sexuality on the Enterprise is pretty...
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End of summer
1 - number of times I did the whole Hazelhurst to Tomahawk on the Trek. 2 - piles of bear...um, "scat"...I saw this summer. Yes, I know where the big bear poops. Right in the MIDDLE of the bike trail. 3 - number of deer I saw this evening on my ride....
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Vang trial coming up
Rural vs. City Ways at Issue in a Wisconsin Murder Trial - New York Times MADISON, Wis., Sept. 8 - A jury was chosen in this liberal bastion on Thursday for the trial of a Hmong immigrant charged with killing six hunters, causing consternation in the...
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Maybe pols should try this here
Green MP to run nude after Hide wins Epsom Green Party MP Keith Locke today quashed fears he would be the first MP to break a 2005 election vow -- he will run nude in Epsom as promised. Mr Locke said he would do the nude dash if Act leader Rodney Hide...
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Happy upcoming birthday to ME!!
Since I have a birthday coming up in a couple of days, one of my buddies at work thought it might be funny to forward this to me. It's a good thing I will not be returning to work for a week and a half--I will have time to think of an appropriate punishment...
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And I thought it was going to be a normal Monday...
So where's my eclipse already???????? This week October 3 through October 9 Libra Big things are happening for you this week, or at least seeds are being planted which may sprout in a few weeks or months time. There is a Solar Eclipse in your sign on...
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Still a loser, lottery-wise :))
Winning Powerball Ticket Worth $340M Sold - Yahoo! News DES MOINES, Iowa - All eyes were on Oregon, where someone bought the winning Powerball ticket worth $340 million. It was the largest jackpot in the game's history and the second-biggest lottery jackpot...
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What I want for Christmas
Blogcritics.org: The Who: Tommy & Quadrophenia Live To Be Released Nov. 8th On November 8th 2005 Rhino Home Video will be releasing the treat to end all treats for fans of the rock band The Who. For the first time ever both of their seminal rock operas...
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One of the dumbest headlines I've seen in weeks
Women May Enjoy Humor More, if It's Funny Um...can we say "Doh" here? Women were subjecting humor to more analysis with the aim of determining if it was indeed funny, Reiss said in a telephone interview. Men are using the same network in the brain, but...
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Foreign Affairs - Iraq
Wisconsin boy Melvin Laird has a long article on Vietnam and how it relates to today's war in Iraq at: Foreign Affairs - Iraq: Learning the Lessons of Vietnam - Melvin R. Laird The truth about Vietnam that revisionist historians conveniently forget is...
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In honor of Opening Day
Caption This!: Deerly Beloved Wait till I print this picture out and take to Deer Hunting Central (AKA my place of employment). "Reindeer Games" my foot!! The guys will be too busy counting the points on the "middle" deer's rack to even notice what they're...
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Feingold Article
Interesting article about our state's resident maverick Senator. 2008 should be interesting, although I still don't think Feingold can/will get the nomination. Article at The New Republic--free registration required. Withdrawal Symptoms While Clinton...
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Some people get WAY too much into their football
Rugby fan can't explain self-mutilation - Breaking News - World - Breaking News Mr Huish continues to see a psychiatrist. "I think about what happened every day and still haven't come up with a good reason why," he said. "I'd had a lot going on and felt...
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Finals
Got my questions for my final in International Politics this morning--NOT going to post them since that would probably be considered some sort of copyright violation or cheating on finals. Four essays due in ten days. Four. Urgh...... I think I know what...