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An office worker cleaning a fridge full of rotten food created a smell so noxious that it sent seven co-workers to the hospital and made many others ill. Firefighters had to evacuate the AT&T building in downtown San Jose on Tuesday, after the flagrant fumes prompted someone to call 911. A hazmat team was called in. -snip- Authorities said the worker who cleaned the fridge didn't need treatment — she can't smell because of allergies

(CNN) -- Officials are looking into claims that Chinese-made drywall installed in some Florida homes is emitting smelly, corrosive gases and ruining household systems such as air conditioners, the Consumer Product Safety Commission says. ... The drywall is alleged to have high levels of sulfur and, according to homeowners' complaints, the sulfur-based gases smell of rotten eggs and corrode piping and wiring, causing electronics and appliances to fail. ...

Posted by: Jeremy Pelofsky Tags: Front Row Washington, Iowa, pigs, Tom Coburn, Tom Harkin Some might think it would be hard to defend spending $1.8 million on researching how to deal with the odor from pig manure, but Senator Tom Harkin found it pretty easy to do. Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, succeeded in getting the funds included in the $410 billion omnibus spending bill that is pending in the Senate, drawing protests from some like Senator John McCain that it is wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars. “I’m sure that David Letterman will probably be talking about it and Jay Leno...

"Harry Reid thinks you stink." "In fact, no matter what his lickspittle staffers try to tell him, he wants you to know it – and he wants you to stay the h-e-double-toothpicks away from him." "How can we be so sure? Well, the Pecksniffian Mr. Reid told us so at the grand opening of the new $621 million Capitol Visitors Center (which you, of course, were kind enough to pay for). That’s the place where from now on, Harry expects you and your putrid family and friends to go, instead of smelling up his and his cronies’ exclusive digs over...

Following years of delays and skyrocketing costs, Tuesday’s opening of the $621 million Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) was marked by more controversy and criticism. At a morning dedication ceremony, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) offhand comment about how the taxpayer-funded center meant he and other lawmakers would not have to smell sweaty tourists raised eyebrows. By the afternoon, a Republican senator had claimed the center was godless, while a budget watchdog raised familiar arguments about the project’s wasteful spending. That followed poor reviews of the center’s architecture in two newspapers. House and Senate leaders largely ignored the four years...

The long tradition of political appointees landing high-paid slots on California's waste board continued Tuesday. Two termed-out Democratic state lawmakers – Assemblyman John Laird of Santa Cruz and Sen. Sheila Kuehl of Santa Monica – were appointed to posts on the Integrated Waste Management Board, courtesy of the Democratic legislative leaders. The jobs pay $132,178 a year. Both new recycling board commissioners will replace other well-connected members. Laird will replace Cheryl Peace, the wife of a former state legislator. Kuehl will replace former Democratic Sen. Wes Chesbro. Government watchdogs have criticized the board for its high proportion of highly paid...

By the time authorities finally cornered the offender under a porch, it was too late. He had done enough damage that Vicki and Mark Royal and their four kids were forced to flee their house and move to a neighboring suburb as men in protective suits stripped the building to its studs and threw out most of their belongings. When the family saw the skunk that started this ruinous chain of events, they were struck by one thing: "It was actually very cute," Vicki Royal said. The situation remains dire nonetheless. A year into the ordeal, the Royals' 5-bedroom, 6.5-bath...

After a three-day layover, the 5 tons of minced onions that sparked an in-flight fright for a cargo plane crew are finally bound for Florida, but this particular load of noxious veggies was placed on the No Fly List, according to the FAA. “The cargo was trucked to Miami,” said FAA spokesman Jim Peters. An Alitalia flight was bound to Miami from Milan Tuesday night when the crew was overcome by an odor and donned oxygen masks in order to make a safe emergency landing at Logan International Airport. Initial reports of toxic and flammable chemical leaks and cargo breaches...

HEDGESVILLE — April Cline was a perfume designer for six years before giving it up to become a certified life coach. She hadn’t really thought about it much until about a month ago, just after watching one of the Democratic presidential debates. That’s when it hit her — why not design perfumes to compliment the presidential front runners? From that humble beginning came Presidential Perfume, featuring scents created by Cline that represent Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama as well as Republican John McCain. “Not that the candidates have endorsed these, but these fragrances are simply my idea of them...

Challenge may be death blow for Murtha rival BY MIKE FAHER The Tribune-Democrat February 22, 2008 — William Russell’s campaign to unseat U.S. Rep. John Murtha could meet an untimely end. A challenge filed in the state’s Commonwealth Court claims that Russell, a Johnstown Republican, does not have enough valid petition signatures to get his name on the April 22 primary ballot. If Russell were deemed ineligible, that would leave Murtha – a Democrat who has served 34 years in the House – with no opposition in this year’s elections. “Certainly, I intend to fight this,” Russell said Thursday. A...

An Egyptian woman has filed for divorce from her husband on the grounds that he has not showered since they married, AlArabiya.net reported Sunday. The wedding took place two months ago. It was a quick courtship for Yara Saad Al-Din, 23, and Aysar Ali, 31, who got engaged two weeks after meeting on an airplane, AlArabiya reported. But a couple of months into the marriage and the honeymoon is over. Ali recently confessed to his blushing bride that he hasn't showered in all eight weeks of their union, and now the missus is ready to change her marriage vows to...

Every morning for as long as she can remember, Nicky Taylor — like millions of other women — has carried out her 'getting ready' routine. It starts with shower gel, shampoo and conditioner, includes mouthwash, cleanser and a moisturiser, and ends with an array of age-reversing serums, make-up, hair gel, deodorant, toothpaste and perfume. Exfoliating scrubs, nail varnishes and cellulite-busting creams are often thrown into the mix, too. It is a ritual that not only sets Nicky up for the day but one she has always believed was essential to keeping her looking good and feeling well. But over the...

BIG STINK ON THEIR BLOCK Wednesday, July 18, 2007 By KIAWANA RICH and MAURA YATES STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- P.U.! A Mariners Harbor homeowner has upped the ante in her feud with the couple next door by dumping two truckloads of ripe horse manure in her yard. In case you're wondering, that's far more of the smelly stuff than anyone would need for gardening chores. Octogenarians Gus and Lucille Midura say they've effectively been sentenced to house arrest. "We can't even sit outside," complained Mrs. Midura, 83, who has a beautiful side yard complete with a screen...

TERROR AT TIMES July 3, 2007 -- THE New York Times needs glue traps - fast! Editorial staffers on the third and fourth floors of the paper's new Eighth Avenue building are gagging on the smell of dead mice trapped in the vents, an insider tells us. Now, the ad sales department is desperately trying to avoid a similarly stinky situation as vermin run through their offices.

on a Continental Airlines flight had to hold their noses for hours as sewage overflowed from toilets while they were high over the Atlantic. "To be blatantly honest, I was more nervous than I had ever been on a flight," said Collin Brock. The University Place man was on board Continental Airlines flight 1970 from Amsterdam to Newark, New Jersey last week when things went bad. "I've never felt so offended in all my life. I felt like i had been physically abused and neglected. I was forced to sit next to human excrement for seven hours," said Brock.

I live in the woods, not just the suburbs, LOL. Sitting here a few minutes ago, all Hell broke loose outside, followed by a plume of skunk fumes flowing from the AC unit. It is very quiet out there now, I assume the skunk won the fight. I might have to go next door and crash on my daughters couch, LOL.

To the cheers of 30,000 supporters, Nicolas Sarkozy launched his final push for the presidency yesterday with a stinging attack on France's "cynical" and "immoral" Left, symbolised by his rival, the Socialist candidate Ségolène Royal. The gathering in Paris appeared to be a final rallying cry from the centre-Right contender at what he called a defining moment in French history, when the country was plagued by "doubts". Nicolas Sarkozy, the French presidential candidate, addressing a campaign rally in Paris yesterday, where he condemned the Left for instinctively backing troublemakers rather than the police He summoned memories of the student revolt...

Language changes. This cannot be denied. Due to one person's brave words we have a new change to our lexicon. Sheryl Crow, the 'one square wonder' has single handedly wiped the way clear the future of our communication. For instance; when things are getting shakey at work you should state that if everyone doesn't work together the "Crow's really gonna hit the fan." When someone startles you, tell them you nearly "Crowed your pants." Suppose you are playing poker. Your friend fails to disguise his glee at the hand you dealt to him. While holding your chips closer than your...

OGDEN, Utah Apr 10, 2007 (AP)— The city may be looking for a few good noses. When it meets Tuesday, the City Council is expected to set a public hearing for a law that would create a committee to sniff out objectionable odors. Ogden's chief administrator, John Patterson, said the city is not singling out a specific company for enforcement. But there have been complaints about a pet-food factory, American Nutrition Inc. Despite promises, American Nutrition has failed to install an exhaust scrubber on three ovens that bake treats for dogs and cats, Patterson said. "Stench is not the lasting...

(Updates death toll, shots fired near interior minister) GAZA, March 27 (Reuters) - Raw sewage erupted from holding pools and swept through a village in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, causing at least three deaths and many injuries, Palestinian rescue workers said. They said dozens of residents of Gaza's small Bedouin Village were still unaccounted for after the sewage overflowed from ground-level treatment pools, knocking down many makeshift homes. Hospital officials said at least 15 people were injured. It was not immediately clear what caused the sewage to erupt from the pools. Palestinian Interior Minister Hani al-Qawasmi, who rushed...

An "unbearable stink" of garlic in Beijing's taxis is threatening the whole city's image during next year's Olympic Games, a top political advisor was reported as saying on Sunday. Many cab drivers sleep, eat and smoke in their vehicles, leaving a mixed bag of odors for their passengers, said Shi Xiangpeng, a Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference member visiting from Hong Kong. "Sometimes I could smell unbearable stink once I got into the cab, but was afraid of being too rude to get out immediately," said Shi, according to the official Xinhua news agency. "So I had to roll down...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. - Brian Bruggeman caused a stink at the Lincoln County Jail earlier this month and will now have to answer for it in court. Another inmate, Jesse Dorris, alleges that Bruggeman's flatulence, passed in close proximity to Dorris, sparked a Dec. 14 fight between the two at the jail. Now Bruggeman, 38, faces a Jan. 11 preliminary hearing on the state's complaint of assault by a confined person. It's a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. Bruggeman is accused of injuring Dorris, his cellmate, when he pushed him into cell bars. Dorris, 26, was...

The Goat is old & gnarly and he's never been to school, But He can take the bacon from the worn out Army mule; He's got no education, but he's brimmin full O'fight, And Bill will feed on Army mule tonight! Army, Army, call the doctor Army, Army, call the doctor Army, Army, call the doctor You're all in, down and out!

Commentary: CBS should shelve the cute stuff and stick to ... the news NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - "I am very happy to be with you tonight." With those un-momentous words Tuesday night, Katie Couric, 49, was off and running as the new anchor of "The CBS Evening News." At last the hype was over and the former star of NBC's "Today" show would have an opportunity to prove herself as a serious evening-newscaster. She dropped the ball. At its worst, the show reinforced all of the worries of grizzled veteran journalists. This wasn't all Couric's fault. She was, as billed,...

A woman in Volusia County, Fla., has three months to get rid of nearly 170 cats living at her home after a request to keep them was denied, according to a Local 6 News report. Homeowner Kristi Grant has been taking care of the cats at her home -- which is surrounded by a high fence. However, neighbors have complained that the animals are attacking squirrels and killing birds. City Council members unanimously denied Grant's request to have her home declared an animal sanctuary. Grant can only keep four cats, according to zoning laws, the report said.

August 16, 2006 -- A potent, noxious gas odor - first noticed in the waters off Bayonne, N.J. - wafted to the shores of Staten Island and Queens yesterday, sickening at least 21 people and prompting hundreds more to frantically call 911... But Bayonne fire officials said they checked ... and said... "It wasn't us".

Tuesday, August 8, 2006 Filed under: Iran Watch by Chad Evans at 9:35 pm EDT Professor Bernard Lewis asks in the Opinion Journal what Iran has in store for August 22, 2006. This year, based upon the Islamic calendar not being the same as our calendar, August 22 coincides with August 27 which is the date in which Mohammed rose into Heaven. And indeed Iran has increased its rhetoric indicating they have a surprise in store for the world on the 22nd. What is this surprise and on whom is the surprise going to sprung upon? A week ago Iranian...

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, Calif. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power advised customers in the San Fernando Valley Friday that they may begin to experience an earthy or musty odor in their water supply. "The odor is not a cause for health concern and is associated with seasonal algae growth in the Owens Valley," according to a DWP statement. A strain of blue-green algae known as Anabaena produces the smelly compound, which is harmless and common to water systems all over the world, the DWP reported. DWP officials said the utility is monitoring the surge in algae growth and...

The fridge magnet on a cabinet in the house said, "Cats are like potato chips -- it's hard to have just one." The man who lived there obviously agreed. He had at least 62 cats in the house in the 5400 block of Georgetown Drive in Matteson, The South Suburban Humane Society donned protective chemical suits and spent Tuesday and most of Wednesday pulling cats -- alive, dead and nearly dead -- from every feces-covered corner of the home. Authorities said the 57-year-old owner had been hoarding cats for at least 20 years. Home might have to be torn down...

I don't know if anyone cares, but here is a Bush hating song by musician Pink.  She's recently been applauding for her ridiculous song, "Stupid Girls" where she basically says how stupid and uniformed women have become.  I guess her high school education makes her an authority on world issues.

Woke up this morning and it was rank. What causes that smell?

CARACAS (AFP) - Anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan, mother of a US soldier killed in Iraq, joined more than 10,000 anti-globalization activists in Caracas, where she hailed Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez. "I admire him for his resolve against my government and its meddling," said Sheehan, who gained notoriety when she camped outside US President George W. Bush's ranch last year to protest the Iraq war. She said she hoped to meet Chavez later in the week.

.....“Operation Drown out Hippies"........ When. At 9:00 PM EST January 31 and Feb 4th” Where? The Main Leftist Events will be in DC near the White House. January 31st and then on Feb 4th What? The Left is staging a drown out the State of the Union Adress! The World Cant Wait is a socialist front group which is hosting the two events! There goal is to make a bunch off noise as Bush speaks to the nation. They will be bringing drums, and all sorts of stuff to “drown Bush Out” Our Mission is to drown them out. At...

U.S. antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan will open the World Social Forum in Caracas on Tuesday together with other political and cultural leaders from diverse nations with a mass action, organizers for the event said Sunday. Sheehan, mother of a dead soldier in Iraq who achieved notoriety from heading various antiwar actions against the government of George W. Bush, will give a speech at a march that will kick off the World Social Forum en the Venezuelan capital, said dará Edgardo Lander, a member of the organizing committee of the event. In the action for which the activist will assist, "she...

Here is the detailed lists of protests from the moonbats...... --------------------------------------------------------- WASHINGTON, DC 11 AM at Lafayette Park near the White House dc@worldcantwait.org RESIST OR DIE! NO SCHOOL NOV 2! Organize your campus. Get in touch: youth_students@worldcantwait.org LOCAL EVENTS ARIZONA TUCSON: 12 PM, Intersection of Church and Congress (downtown, by the Convention Center) twcwtucson@hotmail.com CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY: Berkeley@worldcantwait.org LOS ANGELES: 12 PM, Actions along Wilshire Blvd from Downtown to Santa Monica; 5:00 PM, rally at the Westwood Federal Building (Wilshire & Westwood Blvds.) worldcantwait_la@yahoo.com, 213-926-5717 SACRAMENTO: 5 PM, Cesar Chavez Park (Downtown) carofkings@hotmail.com SAN DIEGO: sandiego@worldcantwait.org, 619-868-0819 SAN...

FINALLY it’s official. The French DO smell. After generations of jibes about hygiene over the Channel, a study yesterday revealed nine out of ten French people do NOT wash regularly. That means that out of a population of 60.5million, more than 54million risk being whiffy. Shockingly, 2.5million NEVER shower or bath while 1.8million NEVER brush their teeth. The French do spend between 48 and 56 minutes in the bathroom each day — but much of that is applying cosmetics. Nine out of ten French women and half of the men regularly apply perfume and cosmetics. A third spend time in...

Many argue that communism will never be possible because of "human nature". The essence of this false argument is the belief that a communist society would consist of an all-powerful central government that would tell everybody what to do--and would therefore undermine the creative initiative of individuals and the search for happiness. • This argument is based on two false assumptions: (1) It assumes that a communist society will look like the former Soviet Union, or the current China, North Korea, etc (ie: corrupt police states with a feudal-style ruling class) (2) It assumes that people will only work in...

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cmp/20050715/tc_cmp/165702500 UN Panel: No Single Nation Should Control Internet Addresses Aoife White Thu Jul 14, 9:38 PM ET BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP)--A U.N. panel created to recommend how the Internet should be run in the future has failed to reach consensus but did agree that no single country should dominate. The United States stated two weeks ago that it intended to maintain control over the computers that serve as the Internet's principal traffic cops. In a report released Thursday, the U.N. panel outlined four possible options for the future of Internet governance for world leaders to consider at a November "Information...

Here is the list so far for sponcers to this hate America fest: ANSWER Code Pink UFPJ NION Al Awda World Workers Party Ruckas Revolutionary Communist party Moveon.org ACORN Campus Antiwar Network International Socialist Org Greens Party Muslim Student Association CPUSA

Those who want to browse books at Houston's public libraries should get enough sleep, eat and bathe before they begin to peruse the shelves. On Wednesday, the City Council passed a series of library regulations that some say are an attempt to discourage homeless people from visiting the public buildings. Library officials said people have been using the libraries as temporary shelters, restaurants and changing stations. The new ordinance prohibits sleeping on tables, eating, using restrooms for bathing and "offensive bodily hygiene that constitutes a nuisance to others."

Suspended animation has been deliberately induced in a species of mouse which does not naturally hibernate. It is the first time such a feat has been achieved, say the procedure’s pioneers. If a similar response could be triggered in humans, there would be major healthcare benefits and the futuristic idea of putting astronauts into suspended animation on long-haul space flights could move a step closer to reality. The mice were induced to fall into their deep sleep after being exposed to hydrogen sulphide - the gas which gives rotten eggs and stink bombs their characteristic foul odour. The animals later...

Japanese police questioned three siblings today after it was discovered they had been living with the decomposed corpse of their father for nearly a decade. Police found the body of Kyujiro Kanaoka lying on a futon bed at the family’s home in Itami, western Japan, said a police spokesman. Kanaoka’s three elderly children, all in their 70s or older, told police they thought their father was still alive but that one of them recently had consulted a relative about the possibility that he might be dead, the spokesman said. Police were investigating the cause of Kanaoka’s death. Judging from the...

Something Doesn't Smell Right About This Marriage TEHRAN - An Iranian woman has requested a divorce from her husband on the grounds that he has not washed for more than a year. "My husband says he does not like water and does not want to take a shower ... He doesn't even wash his face when he wakes up in the morning," Mina, 36, was quoted as saying in court by the state-run Iran (news - web sites) newspaper. When the couple first married eight years ago her husband was obsessively clean, she said. "He spent hours taking showers three...

LONDON (Reuters) - Veteran pop star Sir Cliff Richard, flamboyant singer Boy George and other British musicians plan to release a song to raise money for victims of the devastating Asian tsunami, the tune's composer said. Radio DJ Mike Read wrote the song "Grief Never Grows Old" before the Dec. 26 disaster, but said he was now getting stars on board to release it within weeks. "We've tracked down quite a few people, who have said,'Yes I would love to do a few lines on it,"' Read told Sky News television, adding that Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees and...

Britney Spears caused a real stink when her smelly feet gassed a plane full of people. Passengers complained when the star shed her shoes on a flight. The smell was so bad that a stewardess asked Britney to put them back on reports The Sun. Britney, 23, caused a stir as she and hubby Kevin Federline, 26, flew from Los Angeles to New York. The singer blamed the whiff on her shoes. One passenger said: "The smell was unbelievable. One woman had a word with the air hostess, then three or four others complained. She looked pretty embarrassed as she...

GOOD MORNING: Michael Moore met with Harvey Weinstein and Moore says they plan to start working -- now -- on "Fahrenheit 9/11½." "We want to get cameras rolling now and have it ready in two-three years," Moore says. "We want to document and commercialize it. Fifty-one percent of the American people lacked information (in this election) and we want to educate and enlighten them. They weren't told the truth. We're communicators and it's up to us to start doing it now. The official mourning period is over today and there is a silver lining -- George W. Bush is prohibited...

BREAKING NEWS We hate French stench By SUN ONLINE REPORTERFRENCH motors are driving Britons crazy - because they are the smelliest on the market, a new survey has found. They make up seven of the ten worst stinking new vehicles on the road, according to a Top Gear Magazine poll.More than 50,000 readers were quizzed about 140 cars.And three British-built Jaguars came out smelling of roses - with the Jaguar XJ the most fragrant of the lot.

Dan Rather produces forged Air Force documents and lies to the American people about a sitting president, but CBS goes about business as usual, refusing to correct the problem. Walter Cronkite calls Internet bloggers "scandalmongers," but obviously biased reporters are "journalists." Tom Brokaw defends Rather and falsified news saying that anyone demanding unbiased and honest news reporting is attempting to "demonize CBS News" with a "kind of demagoguery." Major newspapers regularly begin their liberal political editorials on the front page and call it news rather than opinion. The major networks, most major newspapers, Reuters, and the Associated Press all seem...

The religion of peace (yea right!) gets it - but the Dem's still don't! We are at war people and they know how to fight it! The patience of these people is a never ending resource - after all they have waited hundreds of years for this opportunity! From Healing Irag:Mohammed Bashar Al-Faidhy, spokesman of the Association of Muslim Scholars, addressed the 'Iraqi resistance' in an open message at a press conference broadcast by the Arab satellite channels yesterday. "To our brothers in the Islamic Army of Iraq. We wish to inform you that we totally understand the extreme rage...