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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

The Daily Drift

The Daily Drift

Today's horoscope says:
Communication with others will bring you an exceptional amount of joy right now, so it's in your best interest to initiate discussions whenever -- and wherever -- you can.
Strangers are only friends you haven't met yet, and although new friendships might not be what you're looking for right now, you should try to break the ice in a public situation.
It will add a pleasantness to your day and remind you that everyone is essentially the same inside.

Some of our readers today have been in:

Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
London, England, United Kingdom
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Cork, Cork, Ireland
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

as well as Slovakia, Malta, Bulgaria, Israel, Finland, Austria, Norway, Georgia, Mexico, Peru, Kuwait, Serbia, Bangladesh, Latvia, Greece, Scotland, Hong Kong, Denmark, Wales, Iran, Singapore, Poland, Taiwan, Sweden, Afghanistan, Belgium, Tibet, Croatia, Pakistan, Romania, Paraguay, Sudan, Vietnam, Argentina, Cambodia, Egypt, France, Estonia, Puerto Rico, Maldives, Qatar, Brazil, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, Slovenia, China, Iraq, Ecuador, Nigeria, Colombia, Chile, Honduras, Paupa New Guinea, Moldova, Venezuela, Germany, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Czech Republic, Vietnam, Norway, Finland

and in cities across the United States such as Coraopolis, Fredricksburg, Marshfield, Barstow and more.

Today is:

Today is Tuesday, June 28, the 179th day of 2011.

There are 186 days left in the year.

Today's unusual holiday or celebration is:

There isn't one.

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U.S. captures Cup opener

USA off to great start in World Cup

The top-seeded Americans come out strong in the second half to beat a young North Korean team.

Details

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U.S. plays World Cup in 'nurse' uniforms

An expert blasts the look, calling it the “ugliest women’s football jersey” she has ever seen.

See if you agree

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OK, who really gives a rat's ass what their shirts look like. They could be naked for all that most care. (Especially since they're winning!)

Upping the cute factor

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Lucy and Elvis waiting for Lucy's grandmother 'MeMe'.

Signs your child may be gifted

10 signs your child may be gifted

Highly intelligent tots often have longer attention spans than their peers.

Are early talkers more advanced?

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Non Sequitur

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Veteran fights to fly flag

Veteran fights to fly his American flag

A homeowners' association says Fred Quigley's patriotic display violates residential rules.

Neighbors respond

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Charge dropped against woman who taped cops from own yard

Emily Good, the Rochester woman who was arrested for filming a traffic stop from the vantage point of her own front yard, won't have to go to court. The District Attorney's office said the charge of impeding the officer should be dismissed for lack of evidence. Gary Craig writes:

[Assistant DA] Stare noted that, under the law, Good would have needed to use intimidation, force or "interference" to disrupt the police traffic stop. Good was 10 to 15 feet from the police and doing nothing to interfere with them, Stare argued in court papers. ... The dismissal of the criminal charge, however, may not bring an immediate end to the controversy. Police say they have started an internal investigation into whether Good's arrest by Officer Mario Masic was justified.

Good is considering a civil lawsuit. Good.

Charge against Emily Good in videotaping case dismissed

Daily Comic Relief

Supreme Court blocks another campaign finance law

And in still yet another wrong decision!

"Campaign finance laws have now gone 0 for 5 in the Roberts court"

The Supreme Court, sharply divided along ideological lines, struck down part of an Arizona campaign funding law, ruling that states and cities may not seek to "level the playing field" by giving extra public funds to candidates who agree to abide by spending limits.

Full Story

Lunatic Fringe

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Bachmann Proud to Share Origins with John Wayne ... Gacy, Serial Killer.

Just after Michele Bachmman announced her presidential candidacy in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, Monday morning, she told Fox News, "Well what I want them to know is just like, John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That's the kind of spirit that I have, too."

But Bachmann got her John Waynes mixed up. The rugged manly-man movie star was born in Winterset, Iowa, three hours away. The John Wayne that Waterloo was home to is John Wayne Gacy, the "killer clown" who murdered 33 young men in the 1970s.

In a related piece:

Tom Petty Tells Michele Bachmann to Stop Playing 'American Girl'

Michele Bachmann hasn't exactly gotten her campaign off to the best start. It's bad enough to confuse movie legend John Wayne with serial killer John Wayne Gacy and crazily insist that John Quincy Adams was a founding father at the age of nine but now she's gone and pissed off Tom Petty.

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New symbols of neo-Nazis

Startling neo-Nazi secrets revealed

Numbers, certain clothing, and new symbols help the movement stay alive out in the open.

Telltale signs

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Dictators' uncertain future

Dictators face an uncertain future

One country has become the exile venue of choice for despots fleeing the Arab uprisings.

Likely fate for Gadhafi

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Part of bridge made in China

Bridge has a 'Made in China' label

Sections of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge are being built at a sprawling plant in Shanghai.

Reaction

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How to slash cooling costs

Easy ways to slash your cooling costs

One simple move could lower your home-energy expenses by $180 a year.

Best place for your air conditioner

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Vehicle Can’t Be Stopped

Don't get in its way: Top Gear finds 'world's most unstoppable vehicle'.

The Marauder is a ten-ton military vehicle that the public can buy - if you have £300,000 spare. To prove its credentials on the battlefield, Hammond conducted a series of tests to show just what it can do.
Most staggeringly of all, the presenter placed seven pounds of plastic explosive under the vehicle to see what damage it caused. The answer was very little. In fact the car barely even had a scratch, with just a flat rear tire and damage to a piece of trim. In contrast a Hummer - another military vehicle - was blown to pieces by the same amount of explosive during the test.
Hammond also blasted through brick walls in Johannesburg without even slowing, and showed a cheeky wheel-clamper who was boss by pulling his tow-truck.

As you can see here, even lions can't damage it.

Storm Warnings: Extreme Weather Is a Product of Climate Change

More violent and frequent storms, once merely a prediction of climate models, are now a matter of observation.

In North Dakota the waters kept rising. Swollen by more than a month of record rains in Saskatchewan, the Souris River topped its all time record high, set back in 1881. The floodwaters poured into Minot, North Dakota's fourth-largest city, and spread across thousands of acres of farms and forests. More than 12,000 people were forced to evacuate. Many lost their homes to the floodwaters.

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