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...be more like them. All we've got to do is implement universal health care, sign on to global warming, sign all the international treaties we can, give amnesty to the illegals, give up on abortion, give up to gay rights, go along with the tax hikes on the wealthy, go along with taking over industry after industry, control the greedy CEO compensation plans, shut down our defense systems, scrap our nuclear weapons programs, scrap our navy, shut down the car companies, develop rapid transit, shut down the coal industry, switch to green power, etc, etc, etc. Oh yeah, support the...

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and first lady Michelle Obama look at a cat at Russian President's Dmitry Medvedev residence Gorki outside Moscow July 6, 2009. Visiting U.S. President Obama and Kremlin leader Medvedev agreed a target for cuts in nuclear arms and a deal to let U.S. troops fly across Russia at the start of a trip intended to mend strained ties. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and U.S. President Barack Obama talk at the presidential residence Gorki outside Moscow, July 6, 2009. Visiting U.S. President Obama and Kremlin leader Medvedev agreed a target for cuts in nuclear arms...

W hen Deerfield farmer Peter Melnik heard about a machine that would make energy from cow manure, he was immediately intrigued. Graphic Farming 'natural gas' Not only would using it make his dairy farm more environmentally friendly, the technology could bring in extra cash by converting methane, an odorous and potent greenhouse gas, into electricity that could be sold to the regional power grid. The machine, called a methane digester, has been popular in Europe since the 1970s, but the idea is just catching on in the United States. Six farms in Vermont have digesters that produce electricity, and Melnik...

A previously unknown giant volcanic eruption that led to global mass extinction 260 million years ago has been uncovered by scientists at the University of Leeds. The eruption in the Emeishan province of south-west China unleashed around half a million cubic kilometres of lava, covering an area 5 times the size of Wales, and wiping out marine life around the world. Unusually, scientists were able to pinpoint the exact timing of the eruption and directly link it to a mass extinction event in the study published in Science. This is because the eruptions occurred in a shallow sea – meaning...

How Cool Is Franken? by Eric Alterman Not only does Al Franken’s hard-fought victory give Democrats a magical 60 seats, it gives the Senate its first genuinely funny ex-comedian. Eric Alterman shares memories of his friend and former neighbor. Senator Franken? As long as it has taken, it’s still pretty hard to believe my friend and former neighbor is due to be sworn in early next week. He’ll be “Senator Franken” to the press and the lobbyists, and “my distinguished colleague” to the rest of that esteemed body. But as for the rest of us, I think we can safely...

Health authorities in Sweden have decided not to punish two doctors who mistakenly stitched a 65-year-old patient’s bladder to his large intestine. The faulty operation took place in January at Malmö University Hospital on a patient who had previously had surgery for an inflamed rectum following treatment for prostate cancer.

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The castle was founded by William de Londres in the early 12th Century and is considered one of the finest in the area. The first major archaeological dig to take place at a medieval castle near Swansea is underway. Experts and volunteers are hoping to uncover artefacts along with clues as the original layout... They will be on site digging and examining trenches for three weeks... The dig is focusing on an area outside the west tower where archaeologists are looking for an outer wall and a ditch. They are also examining the knoll after a geophysical survey commissioned by...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Police arrested a man they said tried to rob a hotel around 6 p.m. on Sunday with a butter knife. The clerk refused to give the man any money, and he left the hotel on foot.

BREAKING NEWS - STILL DEVELOPING... St. Tropez, France (MediaFetcher June 25, 2009) - The French Maritime Gendarmerie, a division of the French Navy responded to distress calls from 10 persons aboard a 120' luxury yacht cruising off of the coast of St. Tropez. Actor Sidebar Moderator was reportedly vacationing aboard the privately chartered vessel. Search and rescue teams have been dispatched to the location of vessel with the aide of GPS emergency tracking devices and confirmed that it is completely submerged. Due to severe weather conditions and rough seas, rescue teams were forced to retreat. There have been no confirmed...

After the dinosaurs perished, life on Earth didn't take long to bounce back, a new study suggests. A newfound 60-million-year-old creature called Eritherium azzouzorum—the oldest known elephant ancestor—bolsters the case that whole new orders of mammals were already around less than 6 million years after global catastrophe ended the age of reptiles some 65.5 million years ago. Paleontologist Emmanuel Gheerbrant discovered the rabbit-size proto-elephant's skull fragments in a basin 60 miles (100 kilometers) east of Casablanca, Morocco. Elephant ancestors, he said, now join the likes of rodents and early primates as some of the first known mammals to walk the...

Sometime between 28,000 and 30,000 years ago, an anatomically modern human in what is now France may have eaten a Neanderthal child and made a necklace out of its teeth, according to a new study that suggests Europe's first humans had a violent relationship with their muscular, big-headed hominid ancestors. The evidence, which includes teeth and a carefully butchered jawbone from a site called Les Rois in southwestern France, could represent the world's first known biological proof for direct contact between the two human groups.

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama gives her speech to the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in San Francisco, California June 22, 2009. Obama kicked off President Barack Obama's United We Serve campaign urging people to help the nation's economic recovery through volunteering and public service.

U.S. President Barack Obama listens to questions during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, June 23, 2009.

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama gestures toward students as she helps to construct playground equipment during her visit to Bret Harte Elementary School in San Francisco, California June 22, 2009. First Lady Michelle Obama, left, and California First Lady Maria Shriver cheer at the dedication of a playground at an elementary school in San Francisco, Monday, June 22, 2009

WASHINGTON - JUNE 22: Barry Rand (2L) of AARP introduces U.S. President Barack Obama (L) as Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) (R) and Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) look on in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House June 22, 2009 in Washington, DC.

Former President Bill Clinton speaks during the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee gala banquet dinner in Washington Saturday, June 13, 2009. ADC President Mary Rose Oakar, right, and Dr. Jack Shaheen listen. Former President Bill Clinton is seen in the background as the Fisk Jubilee Singers sing 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot' during a memorial service for John Hope Franklin at Duke Chapel on the Duke University campus in Durham, N.C. Thursday, June 11, 2009. Franklin, a Durham native and the nation's preeminent scholar of black history, died March 25, 2009 US Former President Bill Clinton receives a gift from a group of...

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the DSCC/DCCC democratic fundraiser at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, June 18, 2009

President Barack Obama, right, embraces Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., before speaking during a fundraiser for Democratic House and Senate candidates, Thursday, June 18, 2009, in Washington. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, left, is greeted by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., before speaking during a fundraiser for Democratic House and Senate candidates, Thursday, June 18, 2009, in Washington.

Well....Fathers Day is this weekend, so I thought I'd give you some gift ideas.... Coughing and Screaming Ashtray If nothing else works, pick up one of our specially designed ashtrays that looks like a real pair of lungs. Place a cigarette on it and it starts coughing and screaming! Uses 2 "AA" batteries, not included. Condiment Gun Condiment Gun "Shoots" Ketchup And Mustard! Blast away at burgers, wage war on weenies, lay siege to steaks, and assault those sausages with a flavorful squirt from the Condiment Gun! Load the cartridges with mustard, ketchup, steak sauce, or other non-chunky condiment, then...

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton watch from the side as President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak speak in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 16, 2009. US Vice President Joe Biden (C) shares a laugh with US Middle East envoy George Mitchell (2nd L), US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (2nd R), alongside Saeb Erekat (R), the chief Palestinian negotiator, during meetings in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC.

President Barack Obama closes his pen after he signs a Presidential Memorandum regarding federal benefits and non-discrimination while in the Oval Office of the White House, June 17, 2009. Standing L-R are: Vice President Joseph Biden, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (Mass), U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman (Conn), U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin

Teenagers are better than Congress because. . . 1. Teens can be forced to take care of their own dirty laundry. 2. When caught in a lie, teens will admit it. 3. No one forces us to give teens more money to waste. 4. Most teens are smart enough to read something before they sign it. 5. Teens do not cuss as much when they think nobody else is listening. 6. It's easier to find out who teens are talking to on their cell phones. 7. When we get tired of hearing it, teens can be sent to their rooms....

Some people just have to get a life. While the mainstream media was just cooing over President Obama's masterful execution of the common housefly, not everyone was amused. Peta the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, were horrified at the inhumane treatment of the bug, and sent the President a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher. Simply place Katcha Bug over the bug and slowly slide its plastic trapdoor shut. The bug will step onto the trapdoor as it closes, and you can carry Katcha Bug outside, where all you need to do is slide the trap door open, allowing the...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner arrives at the East Room of the White House for President Barack Obama's remarks laying out a comprehensive regulatory reform plan in Washington June 17, 2009. Obama laid out his vision for reshaping U.S. financial regulation on Wednesday, aiming to tighten oversight of large firms whose excessive risk-taking triggered a global economic slump

The crowd in this pro-Ahmadinijad rally appears to have been clone-tool enhanced.

Lonewolf Diaries: Republicans Need to Grow a Sense of Humor Posted By Steven Crowder On June 16, 2009 @ 5:58 pm In Featured Story, Lone Wolf Diaries | 4 Comments Yes, you’ve read correctly. To all of you GOP types playing the “offended” card on a daily basis… Prepare to have your feelings hurt, because according to my carefully calculated research… Republicans need to shut up and laugh a little.Never has the GOP’s lack of funnybone been on sharper display than the last 5 months. For a party that claims to “shun political correctness,” we’ve certainly done a good...

How to tell if you've been FReeping too longIf some, many or all of the following apply to you, you probably have been FReeping too long. You remember when you had to know basic HTML in order to form a decent post.  You remember when the entire thread had to be 86’d in order to remove a single post.  You remember when if someone forgot to close their italics, bold tags, the entire thread after that point was in bold or italics.  You remember when if a disruptor made a mess of things during the wee hours of the night,...

An American, a Japanese and a Canadian were sitting naked in a sauna when suddenly there was a beeping sound. The American pressed his forearm, and the beep stopped. The others looked at him questioningly. “That was my pager he said. “I have a microchip under the skin of my arm.”

HOUSTON—Ene Etim Hogan, of Houston, has pleaded guilty to three counts of healthcare fraud for his role in an adult diaper fraud case, acting U.S. Attorney Tim Johnson and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced today. Hogan, also known as Ernest Hogan, 59, owned and operated Shanet Medical Source, a durable medical equipment (DME) company. Through his DME company, Hogan routinely billed Medicaid for adult urinary incontinence supplies he did not deliver to the Medicaid beneficiaries or for delivering supplies in amounts significantly less than the amounts billed to Medicaid. Additionally, Hogan routinely billed Medicaid for adult urinary incontinence supplies...

Neuroscientists found woman's partner status relevant for her interest in the opposite sex A study by neuroscientist Heather Rupp and her team found that a woman's partner status influenced her interest in the opposite sex. In the study¹, published in the March issue of Human Nature, women both with and without sexual partners showed little difference in their subjective ratings of photos of men when considering such measures as masculinity and attractiveness. However, the women who did not have sexual partners spent more time evaluating photos of men, demonstrating a greater interest in the photos. No such difference was found...

Here's another reason to quit fags - people who smoke and down more than seven drinks every week are vulnerable to bowel cancer, says a new study. An international team, led by the George Institute for International Health in Australia, has found that smokers who consume over seven drinks a week have nearly 60 per cent more risk of developing bowel cancer, compared with non-drinkers. Obesity and diabetes are also associated with a 20 per cent greater risk of developing bowel cancer which kills more than half a million people worldwide, the study has revealed. Lead researcher Rachel Huxley said:...

Migrating peoples were sophisticated in sea harvesting, Jon Erlandson says The Pacific Coast of the Americas was settled starting about 15,000 years ago during the last glacial retreat by seafaring peoples following a "kelp highway" rich in marine resources, a noted professor of anthropology theorized Wednesday. Jon Erlandson, director of the Museum of Natural and Cultural History at the University of Oregon, suggested that especially productive "sweet spots," such as the estuaries of B.C.'s Fraser and Stikine rivers, served as corridors by which people settled the Interior of the province. Erlandson said in an interview these migrating peoples were already...

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It just occured to me that Obama is nothing more than disco was to music. Alot of people just loved it, couldn't get enough of it. Thought it was the greatest music ever. Loved to get out and dance....and then couldn't wait to burn the records...had parties and rallys where disco music was impugned and records burned. Flash in the pan music...unfortunately just like disco he will have some type of lasting effect...let's hope it is minor like disco

A Frenchman, a German and a Jew walk into a bar. "I'm tired and thirsty," says the Frenchman. "I must have wine." "I'm tired and thirsty," says the German. "I must have beer." "I'm tired and thirsty," says the Jew. "I must have diabetes." I have long been convinced that two things have allowed we Jews to survive for almost four thousand years and outlive our long list of enemies in the process: religious faith and a burning desire to tell jokes, especially the self deprecating kind. ... I'm also personally discovering that the older a Jew gets, the more...

The national debate over waterboarding over the last week has made it crystal clear that anybody who still thinks the Bush admin committed any sort of a crime in waterboarding those three top terror bosses is a blithering idiot. Nonetheless, many still do. Now, I can accept the fact that there will always be a certain number of idiots walking around and I can deal with it up to a certain point, and that is the point at which idiots start making decisions which affect my life or, more realistically, at which unscrupulous people start succeeding at USING idiots to...

May 13, 2009 WARNING LETTER CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Mr. Robert F. Pasin President and CEO Radio Flyer, Inc. 6515 W. Grand Ave. Chicago, IL 60707 Dear Mr. Pasin: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has reviewed the markings of your Radio Flyer Classic Wagon and your Radio Flyer Retro Rocket Ride-On. FAA’s review found serious violations of the Federal Aviation Act and of the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s resolutions 900.564.0004.1 (b) and 900.782.00230.1 (s). You can find copies of the Act and the FAA’s website, http://www.faa.gov. The ICAO’s resolutions may be found at http://www.icao.int. UNAUTHORIZED AIRCRAFT Based on claims...

Two seasonal Yellowstone National Park concession workers have been fired after a live webcam caught them urinating into the Old Faithful geyser. > The geyser was not erupting at the time. >

Friends... Please help me. Millions of people in the world suffer from a dread disease, but most don't even realize they are infected. The disease is Sao Paulo Afybrillitis-Macrodegenerative-Molaral-Ephedryl-Diticularism (or S.P.A.M.M.E.D). Each day children and some well meaning adults in third-world countries and remote places such as Hot Coffee, Mississippi come into contact with the Sao Paulo Kidney Rat and don't even know it. This results in exposure to the S.P.A.M.M.E.D virus which almost always ends in hundreds of people suffering with severe pain of the lower posterior region. Please do what you can to stop the spread of...

So we know who John Galt is...but what about his cousin, Hugh Series?

Marklevinshow.com (archived shows as well) Live from 6-8 Eastern RushLimbaugh.com Glennbeck.com I'm sorry folks but these sources actually 'cite' sources and what is happening. Mark Levin, although somewhat abrasive, is a constitutional lawyer and is right-on with his

Washington, D.C.—Vexed by the cries from the mainstream media for a Mexican woman to be placed on the Supreme Court, Barack Obama has decided to begin his search for an authentic Mexican woman. Recently, a cacophony from the mainstream media has named Sonia Sotomayor from the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but Obama isn’t sure she is authentically Mexican. So, he is now taking resumes with pictures—via his Supreme Court czar—to insure he finds the perfect look for the Supreme Court. Of course, a background check with verification of the nominees’ ancestry is required, and he is also expanding...

Benedict Arlen A man truly bereft of principle. Senator Specter is truly first in his mind; last in his mind are the people.

by Gus Burns | The Saginaw News Tuesday April 21, 2009, 11:19 AM Two years ago, the Saginaw Valley Equine Clinic in Freeland often paid more than $500 for mares to use as surrogates. Now, the market has dropped so low that owner Dr. Brad T. Cumper gets mares for free. He even screens them. "People are happy that we'll take them and feed them and give them a job," the veterinarian said. The price of hay and bedding in the strained economy have evaporated the market for some horses, leading to growing desperation among some owners who can't maintain...

Animal Rights Act Violations Overwhelming Courts The court system has been overwhelmed with cases of animal-on-animal violence since passage of the Animal Rights Act. (Washington, D.C.) Since passage of the Animals Rights Act, thousands of court cases involving animal-on-animal violence have been piling up, clogging the legal system and confounding legal experts. Washington D.C. attorney Blair Witchell told ecoEnquirer, "I don't think anyone anticipated the level of violence in the animal kingdom that we have seen since passage of the ARA. Some of these cases involve, quite frankly, inhuman acts...sometimes even cannibalism within the same species." Many of the animicide...

Its claim to fame is its name - one of the world's longest. So you might expect those writing signs to Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg to try extra hard to copy it down correctly. But it has emerged that directions to the beauty spot have been spelled wrong for years.

A newly discovered species of lichen — a plant-like growth that looks like moss or a dry leaf — has been named after President Obama. Kerry Knudsen, lichen curator of the University of California, Riverside Herbarium, discovered the species in 2007 while doing a survey for lichen diversity on Santa Rosa Island in California. "I named it Caloplaca obamae to show my appreciation for the president's support of science and science education," he said. "I made the final collections of C. obamae during the suspenseful final weeks of President Obama's campaign for the United States presidency."

NEWARK, Del. (AP) Newark police say a 22-year-old man broke into a city apartment to steal $82 worth of chicken wings and Hot Pockets. Police arrested Julian James at his Ritter Lane apartment Wednesday and charged him with breaking into an Ivy Hall apartment last month.

<p>So the Parks and Recreation department is going to use a special machine to detonate some of the 100 to 150 rodents that are tearing up the grounds.</p> <p>The machine is called the Rodenator Pro. It pumps propane and oxygen into the tunnels of squirrels, then sends an electric spark that causes an explosion. The shock waves kill the squirrels and collapse their tunnels.</p>