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Tonight's show is a joke! The socialist and have taken over tonight's show and won't let Ollie and his guest get one word in. Barney constantly butts in while when he is talking he tells the others to shut up an let him talk. This guy is a JERK!

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government conditionally approved a license Tuesday for the export of highly enriched weapons-grade uranium to Canada for use in medical isotopes for cancer treatment. The uranium will be used by Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. in its research reactors for making uranium "targets'' for use in the isotopes. About 285 pounds of weapons-grade uranium will be exported over five years under the license. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's export license requires that Canada assure the United States that it will move toward the use of low-enriched uranium in the future and discontinue the medical use of weapons-grade ...

Fireworks may be a dazzling and patriotic display to humans, but to egrets, they're just unnerving whistles followed by flashes and booms in their home-turf sky. So Carrollton (Tx near Dallas), which was fined $70,000 this month for bulldozing an egret rookery last July, decided it would rather be safe than sorry. It scrapped the fireworks display from its Fourth of July celebration, set for Thursday..... Egrets are protected by the 1918 Migratory Bird Act, one of the nation's oldest conservation statutes. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service enforces the act and can fine or prosecute violators such as Carrollton, ...

Last Friday, Salon had the cheekiness to run a cheap-shot-mindless-liberals-really-care-about-the-children HIT PIECE on Ann(Ventura) Coulter by one Thor Hesla.A lot has transpired since then. SALON CHANGED THE DESCRIPTION OF THE AUTHOR BECAUSE HE WAS OUTED AS A DEMOCRAT FUNCTIONARY!!!!!Last week the author was described thusly:Thor Hesla is Senior Project Director at Laszlo and Associates, a general political consulting and public relations firm.Here’s THIS week’s description of the author:Thor Hesla is a political and event management consultant.What happened between then & now? Hmmmmmmmm?If You’re curious you can go check out Laszlo and Associates yourself. Here’s how THEY describe Thor: Thor D. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House rejected a resolution calling for a national day of prayer and fasting Tuesday, with some members saying Congress has no business telling Americans when to pray. Despite calls for public repentance, reconciliation and moral uplift through prayer, Rep. Helen Chenoweth, R-Idaho, and supporters failed to win the two-thirds majority needed to pass the measure. A two-thirds majority is needed when legislation is considered under special rules designed to speed passage of non-controversial bills through the House. The bill failed on a vote of 275 for to 140 against. A Chenoweth spokesman said she plans to ...

THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENTEXECUTIVE BRANCHCODE OF ETHICSPrinciples of Ethical Conduct forGovernment Officers and Employees1. Public service is a public trust, requiring employees to place loyalty to the Constitution, the laws, and ethical principles above private gain.2. Employees shall not hold financial interests that conflict with the conscientious performance of duty.3. Employees shall not engage in financial transactions using nonpublic Government information or allow the improper use of such information to further any private interest.4. An employee shall not, except pursuant to such reasonable exceptions as are provided by regulation, solicit or accept any gift or other item of monetary value ...

How's that for a headline?!!! Clinton mourns death of Hooker WASHINGTON, June 29 (UPI) - President Clinton is mourning the death of University of North Carolina Chancellor Michael Hooker, citing his commitment to expanding educational opportunities, including his participation in the administration's "America Reads Challenge" that enlists college students as elementary school tutors. Clinton said Hooker, who died (Tuesday morning) of complications from lymphoma at age 53, "represented the very best in our education system - and the very best in public service."

China Warns Malaysia Off Construction on Spratly Islands BEIJING, June 29 (AFP) - China on Tuesday insisted the disputed Spratly Island chain in the South China Sea were its territory and said it had warned Malaysia not to build there. "Chinese sovereignty over the Nansha (Spratly) Islands and adjacent waters is indisputable," foreign ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue told a news conference. Zhang was speaking in response to recent reports that Malaysia had built facilities on the Yuya Shoal and Boji Reef in the area. "Building facilities on those shoals and reefs in the Nansha Islands under whatever excuse by relevant ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's usually a private, low-keyed affair when an ambassador is sworn in. The pattern was broken Tuesday as James Hormel became ambassador to Luxembourg before a raucous gathering of supporters assembled in the State Department's main reception room. ``What an incredible privilege it is to be standing before you today,'' Hormel, who is homosexual, told the gathering of several hundred. Many were from San Francisco who stood with him during his tortuous 20-month journey from nomination to swearing in. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was there, along with Sens. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. Television ...

Clintons' poll numbers sag Tuesday, 29 June 1999 10:46 (GMT) (UPI Focus) Clintons' poll numbers sag WASHINGTON, June 29 (UPI) - Even with impeachment fading into the past, a booming economy that is producing budget surpluses and an apparently successful battle against Slobodan Milosevic, President Clinton's poll figures are dropping. And so are those of first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to a Gallup Poll conducted for CNN and USA Today and released today. Among expected presidential candidates, Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush kept solid leads for their parties' nomination in the 2000 elections. President Clinton, who ...

South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission granted amnesty Tuesday to a former member of the African National Congress convicted of killing 21 people and attempting to murder another 16. Michael Phama had been sentenced to 195 years in prison for his crimes, committed during bloody feuding between the ANC and the rival Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in townships around Johannesburg in the early 1990s. The amnesty committee of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) said in a statement it believed Phama had made a full disclosure of his crimes and had operated with a political objective, thereby qualifying for pardon. ...

Los Angeles County's troubled child welfare agency improperly paid more than $7,000 to a foster mother who was a political ally of the department's outgoing director, according to a confidential county audit obtained by The Times. The expenditures were part of more than $16,000 paid to Sandra Rodriguez of La Puente to reimburse her for two quinceaneras held by her foster parents' agency, Futuro Hispano Para los Ninos. From examining Rodriguez's receipts and interviewing those involved, auditors determined that though about $9,000 of the funds was spent appropriately, $7,307.48 was not. Rodriguez, who was accused of abusing foster children ...

Freeper's Presidential Straw Poll - Thread II I thought it would be interesting to see how Freeper's choice for GOP presidential candidate is versus all the polls we see. The votes will be totaled after 48 hours and only one vote per Freeper. Bump as necessary. Keep discussions to other threads please. Thread one is here http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3779165d7dd1.htm Question 1: Who's your choice for GOP candidate? (GW Bush, Alan Keyes, Gary Bauer, Steve Forbes, Dan Quayle, Pat Buchanan, Elizabeth Dole, Bob Smith, Gary Bauer, Lamar Alexander, other) 'Question 2: What are the most important issues to you in the Presidential Race ...

Figuratively speaking, Professor Rush Limbaugh used chalk and blackboard today to once again demonstrate to students at his world-famous Institute for Conservative Studies the necessity to parse all statements made by president Bill Clinton. Now, at his Friday afternoon White House press conference, Clinton had advised reporters that he intended to prod both parties into passing reforms in Medicare and gun control, and that he wants an increase in the minimum wage and an expansion in the federal government's role in education policy and funding. Then Clinton made this pledge to work with the GOP on these matters in a ...

NATO aircraft losses - summary Official figures released by Yugoslav command regarding NATO losses. RV & PVO information was released by Yugoslav command (by General Dragoljub Ojdanic, Chief of General Staff of FRY Army) on June 15, 1999, so it's the most recent information available. But again these numbers include only RV & PVO kills (Air Force and Air Defenses). Information about FRY Navy kills was released by FRY Navy Commander, Milan Zec, on 06-10-99. And the information about NATO aircraft downed by the Third Army was released by the Third Army Commander, General Nebojsa Pavkovic, on 06-12-99. Information about ...

From one president to another on Independence Day It’s late in the evening on July 4. Having attended to his presidential duties for the day, Mr. Clinton aimlessly wanders the White House by himself. He has no personal friends. Except for photo opportunities, he rarely sees his wife and daughter. He walks past the Lincoln bedroom, which is rented out for the night to a wealthy Chinese contributor. It warms the cockles of his heart for Mr. Clinton to realize how much he can do for his fellow man. Particularly when said fellow man has plenty o’ bucks to toss ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act should be interpreted to protect the rights of the unborn. Unborn children have a disability: the younger ones cannot yet live outside the womb, and the older ones who could are unable to do so. The ADA should protect them.

Welcome to YoniVerse An experience in dilation and discharge (i.e., open wide and say it loud) The yoni is the most utterly feminine part of woman, mysterious and hidden, soft, receptive and embracing. Yeah. In many ancient languages, the word for yoni also means "sacred place." "The sign of the Yoni was meant to convey the shape of the external female genitalia, which the ancients clearly recognized as the seat of female sexual power. Tantrics viewed that power as the source of all creative action. Far from describing female sexuality as "passive" in the Western manner, Tantric Hindus regarded female ...

With the deal being discussed about Webb Hubble "maybe" talking about Whitewater, it might help some to read an attempt to clarify how the sham deals worked. You and I paid for the money acquired by the players, you should try to understand how easy it was for them to get it. It's still going on in your area, it's NOT just in Arkansas. (Whitewater Clone?) A link is provided here to an article that explains the Jim McDougal, David Hale and Susan McDougal involvement in a sham real estate transaction. At the end of the article there are excerpts ...

BELGRADE, June 28 (AFP) - The situation in Kosovo is catastrophic, Serb opposition leader Vuk Draskovic said Tuesday, and blamed the leading world powers for the problems. "It is false to say that KFOR does not have the strength to prevent the expulsion of Serbs. If that were the case, it would be its duty to call on our security forces to help it stop these expulsions," the head of the Serb Renewal Movement (SPO) said, according to the Beta agency. Draskovic said that "the situation in Kosovo is catastrophic and could serve as the basis of charges brought against ...