But, officer, the A/C wasn't working!
A driver in China was ticketed for taking a shower while driving his truck.
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A driver in China was ticketed for taking a shower while driving his truck.
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Saturday, July 18, 2009
Hard-liners accuse top Iranian cleric of defiance
Iranian hard-liners on Saturday accused one of the country's most powerful clerics of encouraging opposition supporters to continue their postelection protests, a day after he criticized the ruling system's response to the disputed election.
Hard-liners accuse top Iranian cleric of defiance
Hard-liners accuse top Iranian cleric of defiance
The Wing-Nuts are fucking insane!
No further proof is needed ... The Wing-Nuts are fucking insane!
Just listen to this crap!
Just listen to this crap!
Parents may not be to blame for fussy kids
Whether you have an "easy" baby or a fussy one may have nothing to do with your parenting skills.
Fussy kids
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McCartney plays first concert ever ...
Sir Paul McCartney knighted another New York Mets ballpark Friday night, playing the first concert ever at Citi Field.
Rules for getting along in the South
1. Pull your pants up. You look like an idiot.
2. Turn your cap right, your head ain't crooked.
3. Let's get this straight: it's called a 'gravel road.' I drive a pickup truck because I want to. No matter how slow you drive, you're gonna get dust on your Lexus. Drive it or get out of the way.
4. They are hogs. That's why they smell like hogs. They smell like money to us. Get over it. Don't like it? I-10 & I-40 go east and west, I-17 & I-15 goes north and south.. Pick one and go.
5. So you have a $60,000 car. We're impressed.. We have $250,000 Combines that are driven only 3 weeks a year.
6. Every person in the South waves. It's called being friendly. Try to understand the concept.
7. If that cell phone rings while a bunch of geese/pheasants/ducks/doves are comin' in during the hunts, we WILL shoot it outta your hand. You better hope you don't have it up to your ear at the time.
8. Yeah. We eat bass, catfish, and deer. You really want sushi and caviar? It's available at the corner bait shop.
9. The 'Opener' refers to the first day of deer season. It's a religious holiday held the closest Saturday to the first of November.
10. We open doors for women. That's applied to all women, regardless of age.
11. No, there's no 'vegetarian special' on the menu. Order steak, or you can order the Chef's Salad and pick off the 2 pounds of ham and turkey.
12. When we fill out a table, there are three main dishes: meats, vegetables, and breads. We use three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup! Oh, yeah . . We don't care what you folks in Cincinnati call that stuff you eat IT AIN'T REAL CHILI!!
13. You bring 'Coke' into my house, it better be brown, wet and served over ice. You bring 'Mary Jane' into my house, she better be cute, know how to shoot, drive a truck, and have long hair.
14. College and High School Football is as important here as the Giants, the Yankees, the Mets, the Lakers and the Knicks, and a dang site more fun to watch.
15. Yeah, we have golf courses. But don't hit the water hazards - it spooks the fish.
16. Turn down that blasted car stereo! That thumpity-thump crap ain't music, anyway. We don't want to hear it anymore than we want to see your boxers! Refer back to #1!
2. Turn your cap right, your head ain't crooked.
3. Let's get this straight: it's called a 'gravel road.' I drive a pickup truck because I want to. No matter how slow you drive, you're gonna get dust on your Lexus. Drive it or get out of the way.
4. They are hogs. That's why they smell like hogs. They smell like money to us. Get over it. Don't like it? I-10 & I-40 go east and west, I-17 & I-15 goes north and south.. Pick one and go.
5. So you have a $60,000 car. We're impressed.. We have $250,000 Combines that are driven only 3 weeks a year.
6. Every person in the South waves. It's called being friendly. Try to understand the concept.
7. If that cell phone rings while a bunch of geese/pheasants/ducks/doves are comin' in during the hunts, we WILL shoot it outta your hand. You better hope you don't have it up to your ear at the time.
8. Yeah. We eat bass, catfish, and deer. You really want sushi and caviar? It's available at the corner bait shop.
9. The 'Opener' refers to the first day of deer season. It's a religious holiday held the closest Saturday to the first of November.
10. We open doors for women. That's applied to all women, regardless of age.
11. No, there's no 'vegetarian special' on the menu. Order steak, or you can order the Chef's Salad and pick off the 2 pounds of ham and turkey.
12. When we fill out a table, there are three main dishes: meats, vegetables, and breads. We use three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup! Oh, yeah . . We don't care what you folks in Cincinnati call that stuff you eat IT AIN'T REAL CHILI!!
13. You bring 'Coke' into my house, it better be brown, wet and served over ice. You bring 'Mary Jane' into my house, she better be cute, know how to shoot, drive a truck, and have long hair.
14. College and High School Football is as important here as the Giants, the Yankees, the Mets, the Lakers and the Knicks, and a dang site more fun to watch.
15. Yeah, we have golf courses. But don't hit the water hazards - it spooks the fish.
16. Turn down that blasted car stereo! That thumpity-thump crap ain't music, anyway. We don't want to hear it anymore than we want to see your boxers! Refer back to #1!
Overzealous
When we were looking to buy property, I had this overzealous realtor show us what can only be described as a totally worn-out old farm. I mean the land had just been worked to death. The weeds on the property were hardly even growing.
The smiling super salesman said, "Now really, all this land needs is a little water, a nice cool breeze and some good people."
I replied, "Yeah, I agree. But, couldn't the same be said of Hell?"
The smiling super salesman said, "Now really, all this land needs is a little water, a nice cool breeze and some good people."
I replied, "Yeah, I agree. But, couldn't the same be said of Hell?"
Kids say the darnedest things ...
A kindergarden teacher at age 30 was talking to the children seated on the floor around her, absentmindedly she removed her glasses to clean them.
"Wow, Miss Collins!" one child exclaimed. "You look really different without your glasses on !"
Another child piped up, "I bet she looks different when she takes her teeth out, too!"
"Wow, Miss Collins!" one child exclaimed. "You look really different without your glasses on !"
Another child piped up, "I bet she looks different when she takes her teeth out, too!"
Photos reveal what astronauts left on moon
A spaceship captures first-ever images of the remnants of five early NASA missions.
What astronauts left on moon
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Which home remedies really fight mosquitoes?
From garlic to B1 vitamins, find out if popular home-grown mosquito repellents really work.
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Hot new airplane amenities
From shower stalls to WiFi, airlines are making the skies just a little bit friendlier.
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Daily Almanac
Today is Saturday, July 18, the 199th day of 2009.
There are 166 days left in the year.
Today In History July 18, 2009
There are 166 days left in the year.
Today In History July 18, 2009
Saturday Jam
For today's Saturday Jam we go PUNK!
Rock Lobster
Blitzkreig Bop
Good Girls Don't
Rock the Casbah
Rock Lobster
Blitzkreig Bop
Good Girls Don't
Rock the Casbah
President Obama's Weekly Address
Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama
Weekly Address
Saturday, July 18th, 2009
Right now in Washington, our Senate and House of Representatives are both debating proposals for health insurance reform. Today, I want to speak with you about the stakes of this debate, for our people and for the future of our nation.
This is an issue that affects the health and financial well-being of every single American and the stability of our entire economy.
It’s about every family unable to keep up with soaring out of pocket costs and premiums rising three times faster than wages. Every worker afraid of losing health insurance if they lose their job, or change jobs. Everyone who’s worried that they may not be able to get insurance or change insurance if someone in their family has a pre-existing condition.
It’s about a woman in Colorado who told us that when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, her insurance company – the one she’d paid over $700 a month to – refused to pay for her treatment. She had to use up her retirement funds to save her own life.
It’s about a man from Maryland who sent us his story – a middle class college graduate whose health insurance expired when he changed jobs. During that time, he needed emergency surgery, and woke up $10,000 in debt – debt that has left him unable to save, buy a home, or make a career change.
It’s about every business forced to shut their doors, or shed jobs, or ship them overseas. It’s about state governments overwhelmed by Medicaid, federal budgets consumed by Medicare, and deficits piling higher year after year.
This is the status quo. This is the system we have today. This is what the debate in Congress is all about: Whether we’ll keep talking and tinkering and letting this problem fester as more families and businesses go under, and more Americans lose their coverage. Or whether we’ll seize this opportunity – one we might not have again for generations – and finally pass health insurance reform this year, in 2009.
Now we know there are those who will oppose reform no matter what. We know the same special interests and their agents in Congress will make the same old arguments, and use the same scare tactics that have stopped reform before because they profit from this relentless escalation in health care costs. And I know that once you’ve seen enough ads and heard enough people yelling on TV, you might begin to wonder whether there’s a grain of truth to what they’re saying. So let me take a moment to answer a few of their arguments.
First, the same folks who controlled the White House and Congress for the past eight years as we ran up record deficits will argue – believe it or not – that health reform will lead to record deficits. That’s simply not true. Our proposals cut hundreds of billions of dollars in unnecessary spending and unwarranted giveaways to insurance companies in Medicare and Medicaid. They change incentives so providers will give patients the best care, not just the most expensive care, which will mean big savings over time. And we have urged Congress to include a proposal for a standing commission of doctors and medical experts to oversee cost-saving measures.
I want to be very clear: I will not sign on to any health plan that adds to our deficits over the next decade. And by helping improve quality and efficiency, the reforms we make will help bring our deficits under control in the long-term.
Those who oppose reform will also tell you that under our plan, you won’t get to choose your doctor – that some bureaucrat will choose for you. That’s also not true. Michelle and I don’t want anyone telling us who our family’s doctor should be – and no one should decide that for you either. Under our proposals, if you like your doctor, you keep your doctor. If you like your current insurance, you keep that insurance. Period, end of story.
Finally, opponents of health reform warn that this is all some big plot for socialized medicine or government-run health care with long lines and rationed care. That’s not true either. I don’t believe that government can or should run health care. But I also don’t think insurance companies should have free reign to do as they please.
That’s why any plan I sign must include an insurance exchange: a one-stop shopping marketplace where you can compare the benefits, cost and track records of a variety of plans – including a public option to increase competition and keep insurance companies honest – and choose what’s best for your family. And that’s why we’ll put an end to the worst practices of the insurance industry: no more yearly caps or lifetime caps; no more denying people care because of pre-existing conditions; and no more dropping people from a plan when they get too sick. No longer will you be without health insurance, even if you lose your job or change jobs.
The good news is that people who know the system best are rallying to the cause of change. Just this past week, the American Nurses Association, representing millions of nurses across America, and the American Medical Association, representing doctors across our nation, announced their support because they’ve seen first-hand the need for health insurance reform.
They know we cannot continue to cling to health industry practices that are bankrupting families, and undermining American businesses, large and small. They know we cannot let special interests and partisan politics stand in the way of reform – not this time around.
The opponents of health insurance reform would have us do nothing. But think about what doing nothing, in the face of ever increasing costs, will do to you and your family.
So today, I am urging the House and the Senate, Democrats and Republicans, to seize this opportunity, and vote for reform that gives the American people the best care at the lowest cost; that reins in insurance companies, strengthens businesses and finally gives families the choices they need and the security they deserve.
Thanks.
Our Readers
Some of our readers today have been in:
Raanana, Hamerkaz, Israel
Graz, Steiermark, Austria
Delhi, Delhi, India
Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Mumbai, Maharashtra, Idia
Odessa, Odes'ka Oblast, Ukraine
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
Paris, Ile-De-France, France
Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Lecce, Puglia, Italy
Nice, Provence-Alpes-Cote D'Azur, France
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
as well as Portugal, and the United States
Raanana, Hamerkaz, Israel
Graz, Steiermark, Austria
Delhi, Delhi, India
Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Mumbai, Maharashtra, Idia
Odessa, Odes'ka Oblast, Ukraine
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
Paris, Ile-De-France, France
Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Lecce, Puglia, Italy
Nice, Provence-Alpes-Cote D'Azur, France
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
as well as Portugal, and the United States
Daily Horoscope
Today's horoscope says:
Sure, you have a lot of decisions to make right now -- but don't think that you have to spend the same amount of time making each one!
Prioritize and act more quickly than you usually do.
Don't waste too much time mulling things over.
Your gut is going to help you make the right choices, so use it.
Too much research and deliberation will paralyze you.
Act without really knowing what outcome will be, and things will be most favorable for you.
Time for another leap off the cliff, eh?
Sure, you have a lot of decisions to make right now -- but don't think that you have to spend the same amount of time making each one!
Prioritize and act more quickly than you usually do.
Don't waste too much time mulling things over.
Your gut is going to help you make the right choices, so use it.
Too much research and deliberation will paralyze you.
Act without really knowing what outcome will be, and things will be most favorable for you.
Time for another leap off the cliff, eh?
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