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Anyone know what happened to FREE CONSERVATIVES?

I'm an engineer and yes...I use a lot of duct tape but after 35 years of marriage my wife still translates items she can't put a name to as a "thingy". I've let this pass with a smile but have wondered how many people actually use this word (if it is a word) during everyday conversation...

Loni Peristere, visual-effects supervisor on the SF movie Serenity, told SCI FI Wire that the movie's computer-generated visual effects mimicked hand-held camera moves and realistic lens effects, which also directly influenced the F/X on SCI FI Channel's original series Battlestar Galactica. When Galactica creator Ronald D. Moore and visual-effects supervisor Gary Hutzel saw the visual effects that had been pioneered for director Joss Whedon and Serenity's predecessor TV show, Firefly, they came to Peristere. They told him "that's the way it should be photographed, and please bring those rules to Galactica," Peristere said in an interview. "That is the way...

Okay, I expect I might be zotted, which is fine, maybe I should be. And maybe I just need to get my glasses readjusted. But I've noticed it on more than one occasion recently, so I thought I'd ask. Are Bush's suits fitting properly? This evening I happened to catch a glimps of him giving his speech about Iraq, and it looked strange to me. It looked like his suit was too big for him. I tried to go back to www.whitehouse.gov to see some pics, but the pics all look fine. And I wouldn't have paid any attention to...

I am looking to put a new motherboard and processor in my desktop. I am looking to have the best I can get the cheapest possible of course. I have a tower, a 350 watt power sourse, dvd writer, just looking to upgrade. Need an onboard video card, or advice on how to go

Just wanted to share with some of you something that happened early this month. This requires some background. I have no liscense (Not a drunk, I just drive like aan idiot) and I get a ride 35 miles each way to work and back, 75% of the time by a married couple who have been friends of mine for several years. We were friends before they morphed into Michael Moore's stepchildren. The husband is more muted, certainly with the same belief structure but not as radical. The wife thinks it was wrong to attack Iraq...AND Afghanistan. The falling debris from...

are any of you watching local WVUE FOX news out of New Orleans? has the "weather girl" been on latley? the one pictured in the lower left..her name is crystal CLIK HEREshe was a very good friend of mine in college..I assume she stayed becuase she was media and she didn't return my call yet..i am worried sick