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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Montana man spots his stolen car

A Montana man was driving home from work Monday when he spotted someone driving the car that was stolen from him that morning.

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How butterflies find their way

How butterflies find their way

Painting butterflies’ antennas black helps scientists shed light on one of nature’s mysteries.

Longevity advice from world's oldest man

Longevity advice from world's oldest man

Walter Breuning attributes his long life to one thing he hasn't done in 35 years.

Still working, going strong at 100

Still working, going strong at 100

Astrid Thoenig celebrated her 100th birthday at her job, working with her grandson.

Chance to stay in famed Wright house

Chance to stay in famed Wright house

Visitors now have the opportunity to live in one of architect Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpieces.

Busted for gaming at work

Busted for gaming at work

The cops who played Wii on a raid aren't the only ones in trouble for gaming on the job.

Worried about Alzheimer's, then get some sleep

Sleep deprivation in mice causes more plaques to form in their brains – an insomnia drug reduced the amount of plaque-forming protein.

Science News

From BBC-Science:

Oceanic whitetip shark
With half of the world's sharks threatened with extinction, Palau creates the world's first "shark sanctuary".


A white stag in the Forest of Dean White buck caught on camera

Glenn Beck loses 62 advertisers

Excerpt:
Now we know why Glenn Beck hates Van Jones so much: Fox News' ad revenue from Beck's show has been cut in half since Color of Change launched an advertiser boycott against the show.

Color of Change, the advocacy organization co-founded by Glenn Beck's archnemesis Jones, began calling on advertisers to pull their ads from Beck's show in early August, shortly after Beck accused Obama of having a "deep-seated hatred for white people." Since then, 62 advertisers—from Geico to Proctor & Gamble to Men's Wearhouse—have pulled their ads from his show even as his ratings surged.

Fox's stock response to the boycott has been that, while some advertisers may have moved their spots to other shows on the network, no one was pulling ads from Fox outright, so the whole hubbub wasn't affecting the network's revenues. But today, citing "data analyzed from industry sources," Color of Change announced in a release that Beck's weekly ad revenue dropped from $1,060,000 in the first week of August, when the boycott began, to $492,000 in the first week of September. The chart above shows the drop.

Dimbulb Spews

Dimbulb ranting "Obama is ruining my self-esteem. It's two days in a row, now, that I'm feeling really small.
I'm feeling worthless. I'm feeling like I have no purpose and no meaning to my life, and it's all because of Obama."
Well, Lush if you fell so bad why don't you just do the 'right' thing ...

Dimbulb lying and says Obama is "surrendering" the U.S. to "the global powers"
What and to whom is he 'surrendering' to there Lush, Ol'boy?

Lush lies again and claims Obama's policies are fascism, socialism, liberal, progressive, "whatever you want to call them",
Can't get it correct so you just spew them all, eh, Dimbulb?

Dimbulb continues lying saying Obama is "gonna show the rest of the world how to rip us and how to tear us apart"
Nope, Lush, you and your fellow troglodytes have all ready done that job all too well.

Lush lies yet again saying "in Obama's America, the white kids now get beat up with the black kids cheering"
Just a little race-baiting there again you racist prick?!

Dimbulb taking race-baiting to puzzling extremes
This fat pustule is disgusting.

Did you know ...


High fructose corn syrup, the additive that's omnipresent in the processed foods that make up most of most Americans' diet, has mercury in it.

High fructose corn syrup is quite unhealthy, and has been repeatedly linked to the epidemic of diabetes that's been sweeping America in recent years.

Mercury, of course, is rather unwholesome item to have on your menu thrice daily as well.

Liars and Fools

Liars and Fools

Faux's Glenn Beck lying again "the country may not survive Barack Obama"
We've stopped listening to this insane clown ... the sane people that is.

Faux News's Mike Ozania lies saying Obama "believes in socialism"
Just how many idiots work over at Faux News anyway?

Tammy Bruce lies and says Obama has “some malevolence towards this country which is unabated”
Another vacuous void masquerading as a human being spews, I see.

Michael Savage lies and says hijacker Mohamed Atta speaks for the Obama administration
So, Michael, communicating with the dead again are we?

Jim Quinn freaks out again calling for "riots in the streets"if health care reform passes
Again, when is this traitor going to be locked behind bars permanently.

The Melodious Sounds of the Pipes

Glasgow Fire Department bagpipers Kevin Poynter and Jeff Manning play while firefighters Joey Rock and David Moss prepare to raise an American flag.

Firefighters love sounds of bagpipes

Jailed man freed for baseball game

Jailed man freed for baseball game

An Iowa judge allows a die-hard Red Sox fan serving 20 days to see his favorite team play.

HIV vaccine breakthrough

HIV vaccine breakthrough

For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus.

Things to avoid saying in interviews

Things to avoid saying in interviews

Revealing a political affiliation, slack reading habits, or your kid's health issues may not be wise.

Feds thwart McVeigh-style plot to blow up Illinois federal courthouse

A 29-year-old man has been arrested on charges that accuse him of planning to bomb the federal courthouse in Springfield and kill employees there.

Feds thwart McVeigh-style plot to blow up Illinois federal courthouse

Terror Suspect Charged in Brooklyn With Plotting to Use Bombs

A Denver airport shuttle bus driver who was arrested there last weekend was charged in Brooklyn on Thursday morning with conspiring with others to make and use bombs.

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Tricks to improve your memory

Tricks to improve your memory

If you're experiencing more senior moments lately, try these memory-improving tips.

Health Care News

Insurance giant AETNA is sponsoring a 'real' (wink, wink, nod, nod) "town hall" meeting on health care reform, to be 'moderated' (ahem) by CNN's Tony Harris.
Problem is, this isn't any thing out of the ordinary.

Eric Cantor (reptile-Virginia) explains the repugican position on health care reform, which is, of course, that people who lack health insurance are doomed to suffer and die.

Vanz Can't Danz


John Fogerty Vanz Can't Danz

Same song - Better Audio

"Very Serious Concern" That Census Worker Death Was Politically Motivated

AP reporter Devlin Barrett visited MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow" show Wednesday night to discuss the hanging death of a census worker in Kentucky. While tragic enough on its own, the fact that the word "fed" was drawn on his chest has led to the involvement of the FBI.

Scientists stunned to find water on moon

Scientists stunned to find water on moon

A surface called "drier than any desert" has traces of water lurking all over it, probes confirm.

Don't be shocked by Social Security checks

Don't be shocked by Social Security checks

Checks for Social Security benefits in 2010 won't include the increase of past years.

How to fit more people on airlines

How to fit more people on airlines

A design company comes up with a way to fit up to 50 percent more passengers on planes.

Obama reveals tougher persona

Obama reveals tougher persona

After drawing fire for his "nice guy" style, the president shows the world a bolder side.

ACORN fights back

ACORN fights back

The embattled group is launching a campaign to hold on to millions in federal funds.

It's a hoard all right

Amateur unearths huge treasure hoard

A man prowling with his metal detector stumbles across a treasure that could help rewrite history.

Unusual Holidays and Celebrations

Today is Punctuation Day.

Daily Almanac

Today is Thursday, Sept. 24, the 267th day of 2009.

There are 98 days left in the year.

Today in History.

Our Readers

Some of our readers today have been in:

Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Melbourne, Victoria, Canada
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Lincoln, England, United Kingdom
London, England, United Kingdom
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Szeged, Csongard, Hungary

as well as Singapore, Brazil, and the United States

Daily Horoscope

Today's horoscope says:

All kinds of breakthroughs and positive developments can be yours if you concentrate on strategies related to your property, investments, products or services.
An especially keen insight and plenty of background information could turn difficult decisions into child's play.
That idea for transforming a hobby into a moneymaking opportunity also deserves another look.
Focus on building gradually.
Who knows what kind of an empire you can develop?

Who knows, indeed!