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  • Bachelet wimps out

    16 October 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Chávez's U.N. Moment - washingtonpost.com In other words, as Chile's president sees it, it's better to support a budding autocrat who promises to defend Iran's nuclear program on the Security Council, and may threaten her own country's security, than...

  • I think somebody has some 'splainin' to do.....

    21 October 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    ....and his name is Kennedy. Isn't this sorta "aiding the enemy"? KGB Letter Outlines Sen. Kennedy's Overtures to Soviets, Prof Says -- 10/20/2006 In his book, which came out this week, Kengor focuses on a KGB letter written at the height of the Cold...

  • morning news...well, the 1 am news

    05 November 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Saddam Hussein sentenced to death by hanging Is anybody surprised by the verdict? They broke in on the local radio station to announce this one. BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The Iraqi High Tribunal on Sunday sentenced a combative Saddam Hussein and two other...

  • headline of the day

    02 November 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Too bad it's over such a saddening incident. Duct tape no substitute for a babysitter, police say JACKSONVILLE, Florida (AP) -- A woman accused of duct-taping her two children together and leaving them home alone has been charged with child abuse, the...

  • New Whittle!!

    06 November 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Eject! Eject! Eject!: SEEING THE UNSEEN Part 1 Today, it seems that legions of people – growing legions – are falling victims to ideas and beliefs that on the face of it are patently false…things that are so clearly and obviously nuts that you really...

  • the pictures in my mind....stop, please stop

    07 November 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Naked man arrested for concealed weapon EL CERRITO, Calif. - A man was arrested on suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon after police found him outdoors — naked — and he told them he had a tool in his rectum, authorities said. The man was lying on...

  • weekly horrorscope

    06 November 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    This week November 6 through November 12 Libra Money might be the cause of quarrels between you and your partner. Wednesday you might be in the public eye, possibly through your job, and you could be asked to head up a committee. Friday you may decide...

  • maybe the IRS could try this?

    09 November 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    PATNA, India (AP) -- One cash-strapped Indian city has launched a unique collection service to dislodge payment from tax deadbeats: Door-to-door eunuchs. Eunuchs, or men who lack external genitalia, are regarded as powerless in India and traditionally...

  • sorry, Shawny, I couldn't resist, lol

    08 November 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    ....I know how fascinated you are with Britney! ;-) Filing hints at Federline-Spears divorce battle A day after Britney Spears asked for a divorce, Kevin Federline filed court papers seeking sole custody of the couple's two children. The former backup...

  • Court Confusion

    09 November 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    The Blotter Though he is now the former Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld is expected to be accused of war crimes in a lawsuit to be filed next week in Germany. The Center for Constitutional Rights will file the suit on behalf of a group of Iraqi...

  • C-Span

    08 November 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Watching all the speechifyin'. CNN and MSNBC are going wild today. Pelosi sounds almost normal, definitely further to the center than I've ever heard before. (And oh, so tastefully dressed) Hopefully her behavior is an acknowledgement that it was the...

  • Mark Steyn is pissed

    13 November 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Mark Steyn :: U.S. must prove it's a staying power Still, we are all Spaniards now. The incoming speaker says Iraq is not a war to be won but a problem to be solved. The incoming defense secretary belongs to a commission charged with...

  • Geez, Elton--TAKE A NAP, already!

    12 November 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Elton John wants "hateful" religion banned LONDON (Reuters) - Elton John has said organized religion should be banned because it promotes homophobia and turns some people into "hateful lemmings." "I would ban religion completely, even though there are...

  • Hey Shawn, more trashy celeb gossip!!!

    27 November 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Now, I ask you.... who would ever have seen this one coming? I'm shocked, I tell ya, shocked! Pam Anderson Files for Divorce from Kid Rock Anderson, who is represented by celebrity hotshot lawyer Neal Hersh, cited irreconcilable differences. The couple...

  • the "wild life"

    05 December 2006 ( #'Sconsin stuff )

    No, not that kind of "wild life"--after all, I'm not single again yet!! Give me a couple of months and it'll be karaoke on the bar. (not) I went for my usual daily 3 1/2 mile walk through the same area as in the pictures below. It looks a little different...

  • The most fun I've *ever* had taking a test! :D

    06 December 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Even if Vin Diesel isn't exactly my type (he always looks like he needs a bath to me)....it was STILL fun to take the test. But then again....I do have a thing for biceps. Vin does have nice...arms. Somebody throw her in a cold shower, k? Okay, okay....I...

  • Cindy Sheehan is a $(*$*^(#@)

    28 December 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    I have just read an "essay" that leaves my mouth hanging open. And my stomach trying not to heave. How the H-E-double-hockey-sticks does this woman keep getting another minute or two of fame? Banana Republics: In Search of Peace with Cindy Sheehan First...

  • Saddam video

    30 December 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    The video of the hanging is all over the internet, and was all over CNN this morning. All of the TV stations were of course careful to end the video before the actual hanging, thankfully. It's not exactly an image I want to have anyway. But it did make...

  • Pitcher-taker Woes...

    27 December 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    I wrote about this the other day. I spent a little while checking out the company I had ordered from last night--and I was just horrified at the things I read. People who ordered from this company getting cameras with Japanese menus (I don't read that...

  • And to start off the New Year right...

    01 January 2007 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    We have the weekly-when-I-remember-to-post-it horrorscope. ************************************************************ This week January 1 through January 7 Libra You may spend New Year's Day watching love stories or sports events on TV. Tuesday you...

  • TV (sorta)

    30 December 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Watching President Ford's arrival at the Capitol over the internet tonight--thank god for CSpan, since I don't get to watch much tv.... so strange to see all of those people from the 70's again. Kissinger, and all the rest. All of those people who were...

  • I wonder why my friend sent this to *me*?

    15 January 2007 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering what the hell happened to your bra and panties. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think you are...

  • I thought it was getting a little crowded in here

    21 January 2007 ( #Current Affairs )

    After all of the announcements the last few days, I decided to see if I could find a list of everyone who has announced they're running for Prez in '08. Off to my trusty Wikipedia, the first stop for almost anything a person needs to know. Ye gods. United...

  • Great Books. In Haiku.

    27 January 2007 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    "His mother wed his dead murdered father's brother!" Next--Jerry Springer. (William Shakespeare "Hamlet") Grim, gray New England -- all adulterers receive free monogramming. (Nathaniel Hawthorne "The Scarlet Letter") This is just to say I screwed around....

  • I almost forgot!!

    29 January 2007 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    The Horrorscope for the week!! Going to be a busy week. The reality TV show thing might be fun. I just hope it is "Dream House" and not "Big Brother". This week January 29 through February 4 Libra Your social life could be quite dramatic on Monday, and...