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Kooky, Sexy, Cool – The Rise Of The New Witches [Pics in URL] Forget Kabbalah – paganism is the hot new religion, and thousands of young British women are embracing it By Eimear O'Hagan, 06/09/2009 Witches, covens, dancing around bonfires by the light of the moon and making offerings to goddesses - all the stuff of folklore and fairy tale, right? Wrong. Welcome to the world of paganism. Walk into any high-street bookshop and, alongside the usual chick-lit best-sellers, there's another set of books flying off the shelves, all about how to find your inner witch. Yes, really. Hot on...

Obama bundler Jodie Evans, who co-founded the anti-American group Code Pink, said Osama bin Laden had 'valid arguments' for the 9/11 attacks, gushed over Venezualan dictator Hugo Chavez and bragged about Code Pink's efforts to undermine the war in Iraq in a wide-ranging interview with radio host Paul A. Ibbetson.Evans co-hosted Sen. Barack Obama's first Hollywood fundraiser in February 2007 and is listed on the Obama website as having bundled up to $100,000 for Obama's presidential campaign.Evans also personally donated the maximum legal amount, $2300, to the Obama campaign--as has her unemployed student son.Just weeks before she co-hosted the Hollywood...

LIBERAL YEARBOOK I haven't seen this posted yet. It is worth watching just as a reminder of what we fight.

Come December 31st, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is set to effectively ban biodiesel in the state’s largest markets. The problem, they say, lies with the fuel’s nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions and their contribution to the formation of ground-level ozone in Texas’ eastern counties. According to the TCEQ, biodiesel does not meet the stricter NOx standards recently imposed on diesel and alternative diesel fuels under new regulations. Efforts to clean up the air, led the TCEQ in November 2005 to adopt Texas low emission diesel standards (TxLED) in an effort to reduce pollutants in the state’s smoggiest 110...

Repeated vandalism of mosque stirs fear BY BETH AARON AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Members of a Lubbock mosque fear for their safety as vandals have continuously defaced their place of worship. Within the last month, the Islamic Center of the South Plains at 3419 La Salle Ave. has been vandalized at least three times. Between 11 p.m. Monday and 6:45 a.m. Tuesday, someone wrote the misspelled word "Redemtion" in black spray paint and scribbled lines on the sidewalks. "I don't know what is the message they're trying to give," said Faiz Rahman, a member of the mosque and the adviser to Texas Tech's...

(titled, 'Still protesting, after all these years.') Caption says: "That's me on the right. The woman on the left may not look it, but she was active as a student in 1969 Cambridge, Mass. doing street theater against the Vietnam War." "Park Avenue, New York"

You've got to read it to believe it: After spending the past month retracing our steps and confirming facts, we've come full circle. Our sources continue to maintain that a grand jury has in fact returned an indictment. Our sources said that parts of the indictment were read to Karl Rove and his attorney on Friday, May 12, 2006. Last week, we pointed to a sealed federal indictment, case number "06 cr 128," which is still sealed and we are still pointing to it. During lengthy conversations with our sources over the past month, they reiterated that the substance of...

"The Democrats on the committee seemed forlorn in a way, as if they knew deep in their hearts that nobody's listening. Two decades ago they could make their speeches and fake their indignation and accuse a Robert Bork of being a racist chauvinist woman hater and their accusations would ring throughout the country. But now the media they relied on have lost their monopoly. Everyone who's fired at gets to fire back, shot for shot."

OLYMPIA—Yesterday, Colorado residents voted to “temporarily” suspend the state’s tax and spending limit. Passage of Referendum C allows the state to spend an additional $3.7 billion over the next five years that otherwise would have been refunded to taxpayers. A companion measure (Referendum D) to allow the state to borrow $2.1 billion for, in part, road projects, appears to have failed. “Unfortunately Colorado voters fell prey to their politicians’ best Chicken Little impersonation. The sky is not falling in Colorado, nor is it in Washington,” said Jason Mercier, senior budget analyst for the Evergreen Freedom Foundation (EFF). “The key to...

MIDI - FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH There's something happening here Get the pretzels and nice frosty beer Grab your keyboard, get ready to post Let us have a DemocRAT roast (HA-HA-HA-HA-HA) Look, moonbats everywhere...between both their ears is only air Today they take to the street First some speeches, oh boy, what a treat C-SPAN shows these fools to everyone Spewing beer through our nose is fun (HA-HA-HA-HA-HA) Look, moonbats everywhere...between both their ears is only air Look, moonbats everywhere...between both their ears is only air Ramsey, come kiss my behind Stuck on stupid is being too kind What...

WASHINGTON Congress' top two Democrats furiously criticized the administration's response to Hurricane Katrina on Wednesday, with Sen. Harry Reid demanding to know whether President Bush's Texas vacation impeded relief efforts and Rep. Nancy Pelosi assailing the chief executive as "oblivious, in denial" about the difficulties.

RAPJA = Riverside Area Peace Justice Action. From the website of the clueless comes the plan to confront the President in Rancho Cucamonga on Monday. From the bowels of hell, Hitler, Tojo, and Mussolini must be wondering where these clowns were when they needed them. ==================================================================== President Bush is making his third trip to the Inland Empire since 2000. According to the August 24 Press-Enterprise, he will be speaking at the Ranch Cucamonga Senior Center and ”is expected to discuss health and human service issues with some 200 Inland guests mid-afternoon Monday.” ANTI-WAR & ANTI-BUSH RALLYMonday, August 29, 2005 1:00...

``We set out to establish a democracy, but we're slowly realizing we will have some form of Islamic republic,'' said another US official familiar with policymaking from the beginning.

WASHINGTON — Three New York Democrats, including mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner, are among a small number of congressmen who are formally protesting President Bush's election, The Post has learned. Weiner's signature in support of a highly controversial letter sent yesterday to Vice President Dick Cheney, who serves as president of the Senate, and other congressional leaders comes as a surprise because the other lawmakers are among the most liberal, stridently anti-Bush members of Congress. Weiner, who has a relatively moderate voting record and is now trying to oust Mayor Bloomberg, raised eyebrows by jumping on board because he is not...

Dear friend, On September 21st of every year, the International Peace Day, people around the globe express their desire for a world where war and violence are things of the past and we live in harmony with the natural world. The Giant Peace Dove puppets – flown by young people and the young at heart in cities, towns, and villages near and far – are a symbol and celebration of this yearning for peace. I hope you will choose to be a part of this special day. Last year, peace doves “flew” in 23 countries. Many were flown by our...

DECK THE HALLS - 1st version Deck the dumpsters with John's photos HA HA HA HA HA...HA HA HA HA His supporters are such dodos HA HA HA HA HA...HA HA HA HA Send your money to Bev Harris HA HA HA...HA HA HA...HA HA HA Oh my goodness, she sure scares us HA HA HA HA HA...HA HA HA HA DUmmies don't know it has ended HA HA HA HA HA...HA HA HA HA We'll still do it, they've pretended HA HA HA HA HA...HA HA HA HA Send your money to Bev Harris HA HA HA...HA HA...

We can't tell if this is parody or self-parody, though we suspect the latter--and in either case, it's hilarious. Late last week a new Web site, SorryEverybody.com, appeared on the scene. Here's its manifesto:Some of us--hopefully most of us--are trying to understand and appreciate the effect our recent election will have on you, the citizens of the rest of the world. As our so-called leaders redouble their efforts to screw you over, please remember that some of us--hopefully most of us--are truly, truly sorry. And we'll say we're sorry, even on the behalf of the ones who aren't.The site features...

The original source was apparently the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. ======================================================= New age citizen's arrest - Scan - Brief Article American Enterprise, March, 2002 New Age "spiritual leader" Marianne Williamson's recently offered suggestions to a Manhattan Episcopal congregation on how to deal with Osama bin Laden, reproduced in New York magazine: She entreated the audience to surround the city of New York with a divine shield of love, to make the world "vibrate at a level of love so high that nothing not love can touch it," and to place the terrorists in "holy quarantine." "Every time...

There's an article in conspiracy planet blames freepers for Nick Berg being detained and thereafter executed.

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. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... vainglorious; adjective: vaingloriously; adverb 1. adj. Characterized by or exhibiting excessive vanity; boastful. Proceeding from vainglory. Today's word is offered up in (dis)honor of last night's Academy Awards.... Etymology: I have no idea. Good Morning Students. Welcome to class! Class is...

<p>Neither, apparently, can the love.</p> <p>An almost immediate cultural phenomenon when it debuted on HBO in 1998, "Sex and the City" (the final season begins tonight at 9 p.m.) has mainstreamed Manolos, cosmopolitans and serial dating - to the chagrin of many single New York women, who have felt pressure to keep up with the frisky, fashionable foursome.</p>

MIDI - CITY OF NEW ORLEANS Welcome to a city that is evil...values that made us great they always disdain They work hard for all their foolish causes...I have wondered, are they naive or insane? There's a constant search for victimhood...if you're successful, you're no good The public discourse they're sure to enflame When it's time to take a stand...to enemies they lend a hand 'Cause America is always who is to blame Ithaca's a city that is evil...it's evil way down deep into its core It is filled with those who really hate their country...every one of them,...

MIDI - BAND ON THE RUN (fairly long intro) Peacenicks on a bus trip…thought it was a party They would be protectors They're there for Saddam…defending Saddam Oh, yes…they'd help Saddam Oh, yes…they came for Saddam Why they're so motivated, who knows Just what goes on inside of their head I can't wait for a MOAB to blow Every one of them soon would be dead Maybe they didn't count on that They hoped they'd be preventing a war They are foolish and very naïve They did not know what would be in store Would they die or would...

Explanation of a Lack of Photographs and Video Footage from Afghanistan AZZAM (SPECIAL REPORT): Since the start of America's latest Crusade against the Muslim people of Afghanistan, a number of news reports have come from the Mujahideen promising to show still photographs or video footage of combat operations inside Afghanistan, particularly those showing evidence of American casualties. However, with the exception of one photograph released recently by Al-Ansaar News Agency, there have been no other photographs or video footage. This had led many Muslims to believe the 'official' US Government death toll of 15 Americans killed in combat in Afghanistan,...

Richardson Urges Nonaggression Pact with N.Korea Sun January 12, 2003 03:29 PM ET By Mark Egan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration should open talks with Pyongyang aimed at negotiating a nonaggression pact to defuse nuclear tension with the communist state, former U.N Ambassador Bill Richardson said on Sunday after three days of unofficial talks with North Korea. No doubt also the position of the Left. Fresh from almost nine hours of talks with North Korean officials (Talks which he and the North Korans initiated....not the American Government), Richardson said the United States should start talks through United Nations channels...

FORMER US President Bill Clinton is to accept an award for his peace efforts in Northern Ireland at a St Patrick's week celebration in New York next year. Senator George Mitchell will present the award on behalf of the Irish American Democrats lobby group, and organisers hope that David Trimble, Mark Durkan and other Northern Ireland politicians will attend. The ceremony, most likely in the St Regis hotel in New York, is being timed for the annual St Patrick's Day visit to the US by political leaders from the Republic and Northern Ireland. Mr Clinton is expected to speak on...

Well, well, we may just be able to pull off a great insulting coup at the next anti-war demonstration in Los Angeles. One of the nitwit groups that protested the Bush/Simon breakfast will be back out at the Federal Building on Sept 14. On another thread, I suggested that we gather small toiletry samples and pass them out to the smelly idiots. Well, FReeper snippy_about_it is sending me 58 items in the mail. Come on, LA area FReepers, let's get this thing organized. Gather all those small soaps and shampoos you have collected from hotels and let us insult these...