The 75th anniversary celebration of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was truly something to behold.
The Smokies: Heritage is a treasure, commitment
The Smokies: Heritage is a treasure, commitment
Monday, September 14, 2009
The Debtor's Revolt Starts Here, Says California Woman
The mortgage meltdown was bad enough, but a credit card debt meltdown has been forecast by some analysts.
It doesn't help when creditors arbitrarily raise interest rates, and that's what's happening here.
It doesn't help when creditors arbitrarily raise interest rates, and that's what's happening here.
Numerous Rewards Await Shrub Shoe Thrower
Muntadar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw both of his shoes at the shrub during a press conference in Iraq in December of 2008 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday.
He was sentenced to one year, six months for each shoe, but he is being released early.
He was sentenced to one year, six months for each shoe, but he is being released early.
As of this moment ...
As of this Moment 4344 Brave Men and Women will not be returning from Iraq - ALIVE.
Women die in Pakistan food stampede
Perfume can cure AIDS
A Kazakhstan scientist claims he can cure HIV/AIDS by injecting patients with perfume.
If it works - more power to ya.
But in the meantime I have this property just three miles east of Miami I can let you have cheap.
But in the meantime I have this property just three miles east of Miami I can let you have cheap.
Teens rob girls of baggie filled with oregano
The idiots couldn't tell their 'Herb' from their herb ...
Two Tennessee girls on their way home from school were robbed at gunpoint of a bag of oregano thought to be marijuana.
... that is unless the were going to make Lasagna to eat after toking the 'herb' they thought they had.
Some Showerheads Full of Bacteria
You might think you take a shower to get clean, but in reality, you might be getting a face full of germs instead, according to a study released Monday by the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Darwin biopic can't find a distributor in the US, producer blames creationists
And the troglodytes pervert and pollute the air even more.
When will we be shed of them? We pushed the puritans (now there is a misnomer for you) out of Europe. So let's push them out of America. The Marianas Trench would be a good place for them ... at the bottom.
When will we be shed of them? We pushed the puritans (now there is a misnomer for you) out of Europe. So let's push them out of America. The Marianas Trench would be a good place for them ... at the bottom.
The Oscar-winning producer of a celebrated biopic about Charles Darwin says that the reason his movie -- which is being shown all around the world -- can't find a US distributor is that evolution is still too controversial in the USA.
US distributors have resolutely passed on a film which will prove hugely divisive in a country where, according to a Gallup poll conducted in February, only 39 per cent of Americans believe in the theory of evolution...Movieguide.org, an influential site which reviews films from a Christian perspective, described Darwin as the father of eugenics and denounced him as "a racist, a bigot and an 1800s naturalist whose legacy is mass murder". His "half-baked theory" directly influenced Adolf Hitler and led to "atrocities, crimes against humanity, cloning and genetic engineering", the site stated.
The film has sparked fierce debate on US Christian websites, with a typical comment dismissing evolution as "a silly theory with a serious lack of evidence to support it despite over a century of trying".
Dinosaur auction
This real Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton will go to the highest bidder at an incredible natural history auction to be held on October 3 in Las Vegas. Expected to sell for $2 to $8 million dollars, the female T. rex is just one of 50 lots on the block, including a 7-foot-long fossil shark and a 28-foot-long duck-billed dinosaur.
Bonhams' Natural History auction
Handjob never gets it correct
Insurance executives don't do this because they're bad people; they do it because it's profitable.
~ President Obama, on why insurance bastards deny proper claims.
When he said tonight that insurance executives are bad people, it was so harsh ...
~ Hannity (excuse me - Handjob), lying again.
Link
~ Hannity (excuse me - Handjob), lying again.
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Doctors prefer the Public Option
70% of American Doctors prefer the Public Option.
In this piece in The New England Journal of Medicine we find the overwhelming majority of Doctors are of the same mind as the overwhelming majority of Real Americans.
In this piece in The New England Journal of Medicine we find the overwhelming majority of Doctors are of the same mind as the overwhelming majority of Real Americans.
Nudists protest to keep their beach 'clothing-optional'
Joelle Budzynowski wants to preserve what she calls her "Eden before the apple.""The water is like 70 degrees and the sun feels warm on my body," the 47-year-old said, wearing nothing but a straw hat. "The wind plays in my hair. The sea rocks me. Some of my happiest moments are here."
That's why the Escondido woman and her husband, Robert, felt compelled to make their voices heard at a rally Sunday at San Onofre's Trail 6.
"To not make my voice heard … it would be cowardly," she said.
The rally comes nearly a week after officials started enforcing a ban on nudity. For more than a year, the state Department of Parks and Recreation said they would start citing nude sunbathers after Labor Day weekend at the traditionally clothing-optional beach.
The state's move came after more than a year of legal wrangling and an appellate court ruling in its favor. The nudists have appealed to the state's Supreme Court, asking the court for a hearing.
More than a hundred people gathered on the beach Sunday with signs denouncing the state's crackdown on public nudity at Trail 6.
When asked whether the protest may make an impact, the group's leader answered.
"It shows the Parks Department that we're not willing to go away," said Allen Baylis, who is a Huntington Beach attorney.
Veronica Carlson, who enjoyed the beach with her husband, 3-year-old twins and 18-month old, said she sees nothing wrong with nudity at Trail 6.
She said her children are not fazed by the naked body.
"You're born that way. There's nothing wrong with it," the 35-year-old Lake Forest woman said.
Carlson said she goes nude at the beach but keeps her children's clothes on because she's afraid of the sun's toll on their sensitive skin.
"I think it's small-minded," she said of the nudity ban. "It doesn't hurt anyone and if it's something you don't want to see, don't come here. There are 4 miles of beach. … If we get a ticket, we get a ticket. We'll fight it."
State rangers didn't issue any citations last Tuesday – the first day of enforcement. While state parks spokesman Roy Stearns said officials have the authority to cite nudists at the 1,000-foot stretch of beach, some of the nudists at the beach Sunday said they hadn't heard of a ticket being issued all week.
The nudists' attorney Elva P. Kopacz contends the state would violate California law by issuing citations. She said a Superior Court ruling that sides with the naturists will stand until the state's Supreme Court decides to hear an appeal.
Stearns disagreed. The state Attorney General's office says rangers are within their rights to start writing citations, according to Stearns.
Still, he said, park rangers will attempt to seek voluntary compliance before handing out citations at the beach.
Health Care Winners
Who wins and loses in new health care plan
The latest draft may have the best shot yet — but not everyone is smiling.
No amesty for tax cheats
Tax evaders rush to get amnesty
U.S. citizens with assets hidden in tax havens must come forward soon or face prosecution.
What you need to know ...
What you need to know for flu season
Here are answers to questions about who's most at risk in the new flu season.
Self-erasing
Self-erasing paper created
The invention prevents photocopying and makes messages easier to share securely.
Let's just forget about it
Town's fiery way of forgetting
Santa Fe, NM, has a spectacular way of ridding itself of the memories of a bad year.
Tires to get more expensive
Just what the repugicans and their corporate handlers wanted:
Tires to get more expensive soon
Your next set of new tires could cost as much as 30% more in the next few months.
Hybrid car with attitude
BMW builds hybrid car with attitude
This hybrid gets 62 miles per gallon, has up-swing doors, and—oh, comes with night vision.
Looking for a good time?
Best cities to visit for a good time
New York ranks first for entertainment, but only because the runner-up city has one big drawback.
Patrick Swayze dies
Actor Patrick Swayze dies at 57
Patrick Swayze, who starred in films such as "Dirty Dancing" and "Ghost," has died of cancer.
Hey, we want out
The town that wants to disappear
The 140 people left in one Midwestern town beg the government to buy them out.
Health News
In Health News:
Master gene creates armies of natural-born killers
A gene has been discovered that allows the body to make cells which are the lynchpin of the immune system.
Plumbing Antartica
The first complete map of the lakes beneath Antarctica suggests the icy continent's secret water network is more active than we thought.Antarctica's hidden plumbing revealed
Welcome Sign Delivers Unsettling Message
Members of the police union unveiled a new billboard along a Florida highway annoucing that crime is up because of layoffs.
Snake with foot found in China
From the "Now, that is something you just don't see everyday" Department:
Dean Qiongxiu, 66, said she discovered the reptile clinging to the wall of her bedroom with its talons in the middle of the night.
Who else smells fish
The unarmed fire chief who was shot by a cop during a court appearance over tickets has been charged with battery.
He is shot in the back and he will be the one to see the inside of a holding cell!
Something is smelling awful fishy in Jericho, Arkansas!
He is shot in the back and he will be the one to see the inside of a holding cell!
Something is smelling awful fishy in Jericho, Arkansas!
Lehman Brothers on the inside
'Some really weird things were going on'
A top Lehman trader reveals the inside dynamics that led to the firm's collapse.
Jupiter's Moon
Jupiter's unusual temporary moon
Astronomers reveal that Jupiter snagged an enigmatic satellite, only to release it 12 years later. Rare event
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Unusual Holidays and Celebrations
None noteworthy for today.
So let's just call it Dabba-Do Day and figure out something to celebrate to go along with it, shall we?
So let's just call it Dabba-Do Day and figure out something to celebrate to go along with it, shall we?
Daily Almanac
Today is Monday, Sept. 14, the 257th day of 2009.
There are 108 days left in the year.
Today In History September 14
There are 108 days left in the year.
Today In History September 14
Our Readers
Some of our readers today have been in:
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Friedrichshafen, Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany
London, England, United Kingdom
Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Sham Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nykoping, Sodermanlands Lan, Sweden
Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Tirane, Tirane, Albania
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
as well as Scotland, and the United States
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Friedrichshafen, Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany
London, England, United Kingdom
Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Sham Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nykoping, Sodermanlands Lan, Sweden
Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Tirane, Tirane, Albania
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
as well as Scotland, and the United States
Daily Horoscope
Today's horoscope says:
The universe has temporarily bestowed super powers on you.
What kind?
Well, take a peek in your cosmic utility pack.
There's even more of the ability to organize, categorize and systematize.
Scary, huh?
Just don't get crazy with it.
If you find you're making lists of your lists, it might be time to lie down for a while.
It's time to lie down now.
The universe has temporarily bestowed super powers on you.
What kind?
Well, take a peek in your cosmic utility pack.
There's even more of the ability to organize, categorize and systematize.
Scary, huh?
Just don't get crazy with it.
If you find you're making lists of your lists, it might be time to lie down for a while.
It's time to lie down now.
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