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Monday, May 11, 2009

Repugicans at it again

In the latest repugican peccadillo ...
(as posted by DBK over at Skippy the Bush kangaroo)

John Boehner and the Stripper Poles

Okay, I don't usually write about politics, but this story is pretty significant. It seems that John Boehner (r-OH-8) has used his congressional funding to install stripper poles in his office and is making staff members dance with them. Yeah, it surprised me a little, but given the David Vitter and Larry Craig and Mark Foley scandals, and all the many other Republican sex scandals of the past several years, it doesn't surprise me all that much.

I think this calls for a congressional investigation. I don't think our tax money, or rather the money we have to borrow from China since George Bush and his Republican Congresses worked so hard to steal all of our money, should be used for this purpose. I'm sure the Chinese would object.
Makes you wonder, it does.

Paradise lost

Are the Maldives doomed to disappear beneath the waves, or can a last ditch effort hold back rising sea levels?

Islanders prepare for the flood

Slowing down snails

From BBC-Science:
Natural selection is favoring snails with reduced metabolic rates, researchers have discovered.

Twelve-year-old files for Iranian presidency

Well, he couldn't do any worse than some others who have been called 'president'.- more likely he'd do better than some.

A 12-year-old boy running for Iranian president says his platform would include stopping the killing of Gaza's children by Israel.

Full Story

High school orders shot glasses as prom souvenirs

A Pennsylvania high school assistant principal is doing damage control after the school's prom committee order more than 450 shot glasses as favors for attendees.

Full Story

Most overpriced cities in America

Most overpriced cities in AmericaBloated housing prices, high costs, and growing unemployment rates make these areas among the most expensive places to live.

Most overpriced cities

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Welcome New Readers

Carolina Naturally would like to welcome our newest readers in our newest country: Greenland

Our 167th country.

Mystery of Auschwitz 'message in a bottle' solved

Mystery of Auschwitz 'message in a bottle' solvedSurvivors and family members piece together the story of a message left in a bottle 65 years ago.

'Message in a bottle'

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Daily Horoscope

Today's horoscope says:

All day long luck will be on your side big time -- and it could even affect your financial situation! Fortune will help little things add up to big things, so stick some money in your savings account. Start a short conversation with a cute person you've been trying to get to know better. Do an extra set of crunches at the gym this morning. The universe will take any small seeds you plant today and nurture them into a positive force in your life.

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