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Texas Ordinance of Secession AN ORDINANCE to dissolve the Union between the State of Texas and the other States united under the Compact styled "the Constitution of the United States of America." WHEREAS, The Federal Government has failed to accomplish the purposes of the compact of union between these States, in giving protection either to the persons of our people upon an exposed frontier, or to the property of our citizens, and WHEREAS, the action of the Irresponsible States of the Union are violative of the compact between the States and the guarantees of the Constitution; and, WHEREAS, The...

The growing number of UFO sightings has led easyJet to become the first airline to install a bespoke windscreen capable of detecting any extra terrestrial activity to its fleet of aircraft. Pioneering new technology easyJet's team of technicians have been working with leading US engineers for the past decade to develop the windscreen. The unique windscreen has been formulated with technology that can measure irregular frequency waves and patterns that haven't been created by any other form of known aircraft. The prototype has undergone rigorous testing and has now been installed into every one of easyJet's 171 aircrafts as a...

Also Announce That They Will Officially Become Republicans, Will Introduce Additional, Bipartisan, Pro-U.S. Legislation. BY TODD Q. JONES WASHINGTON, Apr. 1 -- U.S. Sens. John McCain (D-Ariz.) and Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) have introduced legislation that would authorize all funds necessary and sufficient to complete the construction of fences on the southern border with Mexico, their offices announced today. The bill, S.65, or the American Immigration Act of 2009, would also authorize additional funding for the Department of Homeland Security to train and deploy thousands of new customs and border agents at key border crossings within six to twelve months. The...

With their racing budgets deemed “unnecessary expenditures,” GM and Chrysler are ordered to cease racing operations at the end of the season.

In a move sure to spark outrage, the White House announced today that GM and Chrysler must cease participation in NASCAR at the end of the 2009 season if they hope to receive any additional financial aid from the government.

In a move sure to spark outrage, the White House announced today that GM and Chrysler must cease participation in NASCAR at the end of the 2009 season if they hope to receive any additional financial aid from the government. Companies around the globe—Honda and Audi, to name two—have drawn down racing operations, and NASCAR itself has already felt the pinch in the form of reduced team spending. A complete withdrawal from America’s premier racing series is expected to save more than $250 million between GM and Chrysler, a substantial amount considering the drastic measures being implemented elsewhere.

FreeRepublic Announcement- Partnership Agreement with the Church of Scientology Citing the need to improve its image in the World Wide Web, the Church of Scientology, today, announced a partnership with the world's leading political Website, FreeRepublic.com. In a statemet, FreeRepublic founder, Jim Robinson welcomes this new partnership as a way to both help finance FreeRepublic as well as spread the gospel of L. Ron Hubbard. "We appreciate the Church approaching us. I have been in talks with them since converting to Scientology almost a year ago. I encourage all members to pick up a copy of Dianetics and contact an...

One of Russia's most famous statues of Vladimir Lenin has been bombed, leaving the Bolshevik revolutionary with a gaping hole in his rear. The bronze statue, in the city of St Petersburg, was badly damaged before dawn on Wednesday, when the blast blew a hole in Lenin's coat. No-one was hurt in the attack, the motive for which was unknown. The statue, outside the Finland Station, marks the Bolshevik leader's return from exile in April 1917. "Today at 0430 [0030 GMT] there was an explosion at the Lenin monument at the Finland Station in the city centre," a spokesman for...

Now Offering Customers GREAT Deals On 767-500 'Miserliner' "Enough!" That was the word from The Boeing Company on Tuesday, as the American planemaker shocked the aviation community with its decision to discontinue further development on the delay-plagued, composite-bodied 787 Dreamliner. In his speech to Boeing line workers at its widebody production plant and assembled media, Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Scott Carson said the confluence of a number of difficulties on the 787 -- ranging from fastener shortages, systems integration issues, and supplier woes -- pushed Boeing in the direction of scrapping the 787 program, but it wasn't the final determining...

Ten of the best April Fool's Day hoaxes: US museum Thu Mar 29, 4:19 AM ET From television revealing that spaghetti grows on trees to advertisements for the left-handed burger, the tradition of April Fool's Day stories in the media has a weird and wonderful history. Here are 10 of the top April Fool's Day pranks ever pulled off, as judged by the San Diego-based Museum of Hoaxes for their notoriety, absurdity, and number of people duped. -- In 1957, a BBC television show announced that thanks to a mild winter and the virtual elimination of the spaghetti weevil,...

The Time Traveler appeared suddenly in my study on New Year’s Eve, 2004. He was a stolid, grizzled man in a gray tunic and looked to be in his late-sixties or older. He also appeared to be the veteran of wars or of some terrible accident since he had livid scars on his face and neck and hands, some even visible in his scalp beneath a fuzz of gray hair cropped short in a military cut. One eye was covered by a black eyepatch. Before I could finish dialing 911 he announced in a husky voice that he was...

BREAKING: Bourque has learned that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and US President George Bush have agreed to swap Alaska for New Brunswick. The idea, first broached in Cancun two days ago by officials discussing bilateral trade issues, was said to have been well received by both leaders late Thursday as they sipped margaritas, dipped corn chips into spicy salsa, and contemplated the various merits of the deal. Sources inside the Prime Minister's Office indicated under condition of anonymity late Friday night that the plan would see the province of New Brunswick amalgamated into the State of Maine no later than...

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) and the office of the White House Counsel are preparing a draft document laying out the President's wartime authority to remain in office past 2008, The Register has learned. The scheme is described as an emergency "continuity presidency," made necessary by the extraordinary circumstances and unique challenges of protecting the United States from the threat of international terrorism.

TODAY it is “chip and PIN”. Soon it will be “chip and sing”. Britain’s banks are developing a system of credit card security that uses the voice’s tonal range. Rather than needing to recall a PIN, you will need to remember a line of a song.Fraud has fallen since chip and PIN became compulsory, but customers struggle to remember their numbers. Ellis Bastan, chief technical spokesman of the British Banking Federation, said: “High street transactions have been suffering, so we have been looking at alternative methods of identity verification. Optical scans are too fallible, and standard voice recognition too easy...

Because technology is constantly changing, one of the greatest tools to the do-it-yourselfer is the extension cord. Now you can put anything in any room you want - even outside. Every once in a while, though, a long cord across the floor can be more dangerous than helpful. Sure you could just put a carpet or tape over the cord, but why bother? Let technology solve its own problems. Grab some Wireless Extension Cords, and leave the wires where they belong - somewhere else!

Washington, D.C. -- Economic analysts were abuzz Monday following the release of February's Labor Department figures, which showed the unemployment rate for hot young women in the U.S. holding steady at zero percent for the 302nd month in a row. "What these figures say is that if you're looking for work in America right now, you'll have no problem finding it - as long as you're a totally smokin' hot young chick, that is," senior U.S. economist Cary Leahey said in a television interview Sunday. "From small businesses to major corporations, companies across the board are hiring cute young hotties...

Strengthening relations between wartime allies basis for naming latest US Virginia class after British Princess. A long, black submarine lurks beneath the ocean waves, carrying a full arsenal of ship-killing weapons. No other class of warship can find it, fight it, or even defend against it. If current US military planners have their way, the latest of these fearsome weapons will be named the USS Princess Diana. "We have a destroyer named after Winston Churchill, and the 72nd Secretary of the Navy was named England (Gordon England), why can't we honor the late Princess Diana with the power and majesty...

Would you support a World Government with a Constitution identical to the U.S. Constitution? Three branches of government: Executive, Legislative, Judiciary Federal separation of powers on global, national, state, city levels President of the World elected every 4 years 2 Senators elected from every country Representatives elected from each country according to population Bill of Rights just like in the U.S. Constitution

The European Union has revealed it is to ban the sale and use of Apple Macintosh computers by 2006 - citing "the need for unification" in a directive unveiled today. Directive EU01042005, which was passed during a late-night session in Brussels, will be adopted by all member countries on January 1, 2006, and prohibits the "sale, use, resale, leasing, and hire" of Apple Macs due to their lack of full compatibility with Windows computers, and the fact that no-one in the EU parliment can get a decent expenses package to wwork on them. The directive reckons that Apple's "lack of...

In many classrooms evolution is subtly presented as a fact. Nevertheless students are showing great interest in hearing the "other side of the question." A national lecturer after addressing many of our largest colleges and universities says of our youth, "They have grown weary of hearing propaganda in favor of evolution and anti-religion. Now they want to hear the case set forth in favor of Bible Christianity." The teaching of evolution promotes atheism and is a tool in the hands of communistic agitators in some of our great schools. This presents a clarion call to reach young people with the...

SALISBURY, Md. (AP) - Frank Perdue, who built a backyard egg business into one of the nation's largest poultry processors using the folksy slogan, "It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken," has died, the company said Friday. He died after a brief illness at the age of 84. At the time of his death, Perdue was chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors of Perdue Farms Inc., headquartered in Salisbury. Perdue turned over the day-to-day responsibilities of running the company over to his son, Jim Perdue, in 1991. In 1971, Perdue became his company's...

Being funny without being offensive is tough to do, which is why three college newspapers that published April Fools' Day editions — those at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Scranton and the University of Nebraska at Omaha — are in trouble. Carnegie Mellon's paper, The Tartan, voluntarily shut down for the rest of the semester after publishing a racially charged cartoon in its 12-page spoof edition. The cartoonist lost his job, and the editor in chief — who blamed fatigue for clouding editors' judgment — is taking a leave of absence from the Pittsburgh university until fall. University of...

Washington-AP -- The release from the Democratic National Committee looked real. It even contained what appeared to be real news, that the D-N-C had struck a deal with the Republicans for six debates in the upcoming presidential campaign. But it was just an April Fool's Day joke. Spokesman Jano (HAH'-noh) Cabrera says he issued the release "in the spirit of the holiday." The release noted at the end that April first would go down "as a historic day in presidential politics." Cabrera later issued an apology for the release, noting that while it was a hoax, it did deal with...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry doesn't have a Republican-leaning French cousin. President Bush is not pushing legislation that would have other countries pay off the deficit. Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Arlen Specter is not retiring to study Scottish Common Law. And Democrats and Republicans did not agree on anything Thursday. Playing traditional April Fools' politics, the parties and presidential campaigns mocked their opponents with bogus announcements that didn't always get a laugh. In one of the day's more believable pranks, the Democratic National Committee announced that Republicans had agreed to a series of televised presidential debates. "This day,...

I'm listening to Colme's radio show and he said he's been rethinking many of his positions. A couple of liberal callers weren't real happy. Is he being Hannitized?

Just a day after Google's announcement that it was planning a free Internet email system caused many Internet users to wonder if it was part of an April Fool's Day joke, Bill Gates revealed that Microsoft had also played a joke on Internet users. The frustrated Gates said in a press conference today that he was disappointed that no one, including Microsoft users, seems to have gotten the joke. "Years ago," confessed the 48 year-old trickster, "I began what I considered to be the greatest practical joke of my life, and no one got it." "First I purchased a...

<p>AMMAN, Jordan, April 1 (UPI) -- An April Fools' Day rumor indicating Hamas had killed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon swept Jordan Thursday.</p> <p>Many Jordanians spread the "joke" the Palestinian militant group avenged its founder and spiritual leader Sheik Ahmad Yassin, who was killed by Israel March 22 at Sharon's behest.</p>

Let's have some fun by coming up with what sounds really, really stupid but is actually something typical from the RATS. I'll start --- For April Fools Day, Sheila Jackson Lee will tell us that American astronauts landed on Mars.

Man sues, says 'enhancement' product failed By Rob Modic Dayton Daily News DAYTON | A Harrison Twp. man filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court in which he claimed deceptive sales practices by a Cincinnati business that sells a "male enhancement" herbal product. David C. Parker of 4551 Lansmore Drive bought an eight-month supply of Enzyte for $399.60 in October 2001, relying on the company's published claims that the product would enlarge his penis. The product is distributed by what is now called Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals Inc., 1661 Waycross Road, Cincinnati. In his lawsuit, Parker claimed...

Associated Press Florida Catherine Harris, former Secretary of State for Florida under Governor Jeb Bush, Thursday admitted in an interview that thousands of votes were not counted in the much-contested Presidential election in November 1999. Ms Harris, when asked why she would obstruct the law now admits she was "under severe political pressure by the Florida governor to remove as many votes from the count as possible" to clinch the Florida victory for his brother, George W. Bush in the election against then, Vice-President and Democratic Presidential candidate Al Gore. Miami-Dade County Commissioner Miriam Alonso was clearly angered by the...

GLOBAL PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT www.8march2003.comOn this date an astounding discovery will be revealed to the world On March 8th 2003 something extraordinary will be posted on this site Something that could have Global implications Something that will make you want to rethink your future...My story: Due to reasons you will come to understand as you read on I cannot reveal my identity at this time. Some months ago while trekking through a mountain range on an amateur photo shoot during my holidays, my attention was taken by a glint of light from under a shrub. I discovered it was the...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... askance \a-skans\, also askant adverb; adjective; t.v.: 1. With disapproval, suspicion, or distrust: “The area is so dirty that merchants report the tourists are looking askance” (Chris Black). 2. With a sideways glance;...

Any nation, tribe, or ruling class which through conquest or hegemony, extends it's rule beyond that of it's own tribe or nation, over people whose culture is not it's own, needs a religion, an ideology, which gives it a cultural language. Without a cultural language, such hegemony usually either never occurs, or is simply a defensive response to an attack and is very short-lived. But with a cultural language, we see historical examples of relative success by such tribes, however bloody in many cases. Until Japan's aggression met head-on with America, they had a rapid, successful, expansion, albeit short lived....