Chrysler closes deal, gives up control

Chrysler gives up its "good assets" to Fiat, clearing the way for the struggling automaker to emerge from bankruptcy protection.

Chrysler closes deal, gives up control

Also:

• GM spares some dealers

New terrorist stike on American Soil!

More evidence of the danger that is the wing-nuts:

Authorities are investigating a white supremacist as the suspect in the incident, which killed one security guard.

Elderly gunman opens fire at Holocaust Museum

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Daily Horoscope

Today's horoscope says:

Saying what you mean -- and meaning what you say -- can feel like a bit of a risk, but then, beating around the bush can get mighty tiring after a while.
You can be honest while still maintaining a modicum of diplomacy.
The bonus is that honesty begets honesty, and before you know it, you're actually having a meaningful and possibly productive dialogue.
Bring your sense of humor and get started.

Sense of humor, who me?

The Mighty Quinn

Manfred Mann

NC lawmakers approve driver texting ban

Lawmakers want North Carolina motorists to stop mashing their cell phone keypads while mashing on the gas.

Legislation to ban drivers from text messaging or sending e-mails with their cell phones won final approval Tuesday in the state Senate. The House had already approved the measure, so it now goes to Gov. Beverly Perdue. Her office said she expects to sign the bill into law, which would take effect Dec. 1.

Driver texting ban.

Headlines

Headlines

• US: New forces in Afghanistan to be 'game changer'
• Journalists unlikely to see nasty NKorean prisons
• Iran's reformers tap energy of political `party'
• Iraqi accused in 5 US soldier deaths freed
• Amazon Indians challenge Peru government over land
• Army Corps to chop down every tree that grows near a levee
• Global warming has already changed oceans, scientists say
• Notebook of Picasso sketches stolen from museum

Two killed, dozens hurt in NC Slim Jim plant blast

Two workers died when an explosion tore through a Slim Jim meat products plant in North Carolina Tuesday, punching holes in the building's roof and blowing employees off their feet.

Slim Jim plant blast

Always said those things were no good!

Checking the Inbox

Just checking the inbox and finding the latest on the dead forum I left some time back and all reports says more people are leaving the forum and doing so in droves. It is no wonder with some of the topics listed as currently there - lets just say bland is a extremely kind way of putting it.

Also, in the inbox - several invitations to join different forums ... some I am considering.

Comments on this blog:

This Blog Rocks!
Carolina Naturally is #1 with me.
This Canada Lady is telling everyone about this blog.

And I Quote

Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac.

~ George Carlin.

Gas Prices Have Risen 41 Days in a Row: Is It Good for the Environment?

From Treehugger:

Photo: Flickr, CC

How Much Green Mileage Do We Get Out of Pain at the Pump?
The price of gasoline in the US has been going up for 41 straight days (more than the traditional summer increase), bringing the national average to $2.62 a gallon, according to the New York Times. That's still pretty far from the $4/gallon average from last summer, but with crude oil doubling since the beginning of the year and the end of the recession somewhere down the line (who knows when), gas prices are bound to get much higher. While that's not good for people's wallets, the question we're asking today is: What are the implications of higher gas prices on the environment?

Article continues: Gas Prices Have Risen 41 Days in a Row: Is It Good for the Environment?

"Poor Richard" Almanac Nets $556,500

A rare copy of Benjamin Franklin's "Poor Richard" almanac has made somebody rich -- selling at a New York City auction for more than half a million dollars.

Auction Of "Poor Richard" Almanac Nets $556,500

Nearly 1 million Starbucks customers double-charged

They charge too much once, but twice!

If you bought coffee at Starbucks on Memorial Day Weekend, you may have been one of a million customers double-charged for your beverage.

Nearly 1 million Starbucks customers double-charged

*****

This is why you should never patronize Starbucks.

Good Aim

A Philadelphia school teacher is under investigation for allegedly throwing a stapler that struck a student in the head.

Teacher tosses stapler, hitting student

Man arrested for DUI in police station parking lot

Police in south-central Pennsylvania say a drunken driver who was speeding in a police station parking lot and stopped his car between two marked cruisers so he could take a nap has been arrested.

Man arrested for DUI in police station parking lot

Supreme Court clears the way for Chrysler sale

The high court rejects a last-ditch appeal by opponents trying to stop the sale to Fiat.

Chrysler sale

Lincoln document lands in surprising state

Researchers wonder why a Civil War memo turned up in Hawaii's state archives.

Lincoln document lands in Hawaii

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• Lincoln facts and myths

Computer injuries on the rise

It isn't just blurry vision and carpal tunnel that affects those who work and play around PCs.

Computer injuries on the rise

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• National Electronic Injury Surveillance System
• Don't tweet vacation plans

This is called TREASON!

More Treason!

Mark Kirk (retard-Illinois) openly tells a foreign government not to trust the administration in Washington.

More Here

Praying for god to kill Obama

MORE TREASON!

When are we going to put a stop to these wackos!?

Yes, I'm that much of a murderous asshole - for God, of course

Full Story

Former Southern Baptist Convention officer Wiley Drake claimed on Faux News Radio that he is praying “imprecatory prayer” against Obama. In other words, he is praying for God to kill President Obama.

Drake said on “The Alan Colmes Show” that unless Obama repents, he is praying that God will kill the president. He believes that is what happened to slain abortion provider George Tiller. It worked on Tiller, why not the president?

*****

To paraphrase Mahatmas Gandhi, 'I like your jesus - I do not like his followers they are so non-jesus like." or as the bumperstickers exclaim "jesus save me from your followers!"

Science News

From BBC-Science:

Mobile scanner could detect guns

Fuel emissions focus 'too narrow'

Giant black holes just got bigger

Australia wind farm gets go-ahead

Rare Kashmir deer 'makes comeback'

Little known monkey caught on camera in the forests of Gabon

Not fair game: Afghanistan issues its first list of protected species

THE BIG PICTURE

Science News

From BBC-Science:

Road particles pose 'higher risk' Children may be at greater risk from the microscopic particles in traffic pollution than previously thought, according to new research seen by BBC News. Pollution 'higher risk' to children

Welcome to the Spiderlab Some of the world's largest and hairiest spiders are helping to unlock the secrets of spider silk Meet the tarantulas

Earth Watch Did Soviet excesses bring commercial whaling to an end?

In the limelight Basking sharks' annual migration to Cornwall

Flu origins Why some link swine flu to intensive farming

Snake slips show slither secret

Experiments showing how much snakes' bellies grip in different directions has shed light on how they slither.

New Communicable AIDS Like Disease Spreading in China

Amidst the recent hysteria over swine flu, the bigger story as it relates to exotic disease and the possibility for pandemic was lost in the fray. The independent Chinese language network “New Tang Dynasty Television”, filed a report this past Wednesday about a new disease which seems to mimic the AIDS virus but is spreading through mainland China via casual contact or exchange of bodily fluids such as sweat or saliva. Due to the Chinese government’s restrictions on the press, details are light at this time with the following video report being the only credible footage available at this time. Estimates at this time are indicating at least 600 have been infected. The mortality rate of the disease is as of yet, unknown.

Lush Dimbulb as he really is ...

A Traitor - A Pedophile - A Junkie - A Liar -A Fool - An Obese Buffoon

Prehistoric Critters More Bizarre than the Dinos

Why should dinosaurs have all the fun?

Here are a few prehistoric critters that are every bit as bizarre as the strangest of the Dinosaurs.

Prehistoric Critters More Bizarre than the Dinos

Going green: Woman uses recyclable bag to rob bank

Going green helped a woman rob an Austin bank.

The Travis County Sheriff's Office says a woman held up a bank Tuesday and apparently used a recyclable grocery bag to haul away the greenbacks.

Going green: Woman uses recyclable bag to rob bank

Bullet lodged in kid's head for 3 hours

An 11-year-old "miracle" boy sat calmly in a Brooklyn emergency room for three hours -- unaware there was a bullet in his skull.

Full Story

Schoolgirl allergic to 21st Century

Molly Harrad, from Herne Bay, Kent, cannot wear normal shoes, socks or clothing or even come into contact with carpet.

Full Story

Pick Up The Pieces

Average White Band (live)

Woman on trial for killing, freezing babies

A 41-year-old Frenchwoman who confessed to killing three of her newborn babies, hiding two corpses in the freezer of her expat home in South Korea, went on trial for murder today.

Full Story

British boy finds seven-leaf clover

A British 9-year-old said he discovered a seven-leaf clover while hunting for the four-leaf variety with his father in a nature reserve.

Full Story

Video Released in Great-Grandmother Tasering

Kathryn Winkfein, a 72-year-old TX great-grandmother who was allegedly caught speeding 15 MPH over the limit. She was tasered after failing to respond to an order to sign the speeding ticket, used profane language, and became “violent.”

Full Story

The most competitive types of coworkers

Learn to deal with this familiar cast of characters lurking in the workplace.

5 most competitive types of coworkers

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Amazing look inside a tornado caught on tape

Dramatic video shows the beautiful and terrifying moments of a tornado turning on its side.

Amazing look inside a tornado

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• Forecasters: El Niño may be developing
• Store employee captures storm

Parents believe son is reincarnated WWII pilot

Play Video

Eerie details and recurring nightmares convince a boy's parents he lived a past life.

Parents believe son is reincarnated WWII pilot

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• More on their book: 'Soul Survivor'
• Research reincarnation

The best places to live in the U.S.

These great places to work or retire range from a quaint suburb to a live-music mecca.

The best places to live

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• Search: Best quality of life
• Where home values are rising

Blast kills at least 5 at luxury hotel in Pakistan

Suicide attackers detonate a truck bomb at a 5-star hotel in Peshawar.

Blast kills at least 5 at luxury hotel in Pakistan

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• Raw video
• Photos

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Daily Horoscope

Today's horoscope says:

After days of feeling like that tension in your shoulders was never going to go away, you'll wake up this morning feeling like a brand-new person.
And it's probably going to keep getting better, too.
By tonight, whatever stress you're still feeling from recent events will be nothing more than a distant memory.
Help the process along.
Refuse to discuss anything more serious than where to have dinner.

Hey, what is for dinner?

Most dangerous driving mistakes

This lapse behind the wheel causes 80 percent of crashes.

Most dangerous driving mistakes

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• More driving mistakes
• Where the worst drivers live

Dimbulb Spews

Dimbulb Spews

Dimbulb says Obama is doing a better job than Al Qaeda of destroying America
We posted an extensive piece on this treason a few days ago but include it here again.

Dimbulb suggests Obama was really calling for "socialism," "fascism"
Nope, but that hasn't shut up the Lush nor has the fact he doesn't have clue as to what socialism and fascism are.

Dimbuld on Obama: "We've got a miniature dictator in waiting here in his own mind"
Projecting again, are we there Lush?

The danger that is the wing nuts

The danger that is the wing nuts:

Threats to judges are another warning sign of rising right-wing extremism
It's time to call'em as they are - terrorists - and treat them accordingly!

Conservative radio host charged with inciting violence
One on many to come!

Obama ramps up stimulus spending

Play Video

The president promises more than 600,000 jobs with federal agencies pumping billions into public works projects and school programs.

Obama ramps up stimulus spending

Sneaky ways that calories add up

A look at some common meals reveals how easy it is to rack up more than 1,000 calories in one sitting.

Sneaky ways that calories add up

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• What foods cost in exercise
• Find low-calorie desserts

More bodies, key part found at Air France site

Search crews recover eight more bodies and the plane's vertical stabilizer from the Atlantic Ocean.

More bodies, key part found at Air France site

Also:

• Photos
• More on Air France Flight 447

Will Iran's 'Marriage Crisis' Bring Down Ahmadinejad?

Farhad and Mahnaz are the quintessential Iranian couple. They are both engineers with a shared passion for hiking and movies and have been smitten with each other for six years - but Farhad and Mahnaz can't afford to get married because even a one-bedroom apartment is beyond their reach, despite their both having decent middle-class ...

Will Iran's 'Marriage Crisis' Bring Down Ahmadinejad?

The Gall continues

AIG wants money from charities to pay executive bonuses.

Read more here.

Can you believe this shit ...!

Wing Nut Yammering and Flap Doodle

Wing Nuttery

Lamar Smith: 'The greatest threat to America is a liberal media bias.'
Just can't get it through that granite he uses for gray matter the media is as 'liberal' as their conservative owners - the bias in the media is distinctly not liberal - the truth has a liberal bias, though and that is why it causes acute pain to the troglodytes.

Broun (retard-Georgia) redubs climate bill 'Wacky-Marxist Tax And Cap'
Fantasy Land is missing another of its village idiots I see.

Akin (relapse-Missouri) speaks out on global climate change: "I mean, we just went from winter to spring. In Missouri when we go from winter to spring, that's a good climate change. I don't want to stop that climate change."
Damn, How many village idiots are there in Fantasy Land?

Some read the Constitution

A judge has decided that newspapers remain free to publish pictures of a politician being arrested. Thanks, your honor. Mighty nice of you to read the constitution.

Read more here.

Liars and Fools

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Simmons sells kidney stone for charity

Kiss star Gene Simmons has raised $15,000 for a good cause by selling his kidney stone in a bizarre online auction.

Simmons sells kidney stone for charity

And don't forget Gene Simmons Family Jewels is back on A&E Sunday nights at 9pm.

Skydive ends badly

Authorities say a skydiver who bungled the landing on a roughly 10,000-foot nighttime jump was flown to a hospital but ended up with little more than a broken nose.

Skydive ends badly

Monk Fish

Known as the 'poor man's lobster' (because it tastes like lobster, Duh) the Monk fish is one ugly mother trucker.

Sit-ups are bad for your back

Want flat abs this summer?
Doctors say crunches aren't the best way to get that washboard stomach.

Sit-ups are bad for your back

Man caught speeding tells police someone stole his pot

From the "Real Swift, there buddy" Department:

A Pennsylvania man arrested in a traffic stop told police he was speeding because he was chasing someone who stole his pot.

Full Story

Lion escapes and swims to school

A lion that escaped from its cage in a China zoo went for a swim in a local river.

Full Story

Heinz creates world's smallest microwave

It is the world's smallest, portable microwave and can be powered via a link to the USB port on a laptop computer.

Full Story

U.S. team to aid in Air France black box search

A Navy team is bringing high-tech underwater listening devices to search the Atlantic, while searchers have recovered more bodies.

U.S. team to aid in search

Also:

• Computer glitch to blame?
• Airbus A330's history of problems

North Korea hands harsh sentence to journalists

Play Video

Laura Ling and Euna Lee have been convicted and sentenced to 12 years in a labor prison, intensifying the nation's confrontation with the U.S.

North Korea hands harsh sentence to journalists

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• North Korea bans ships from coast
• Photos

Inflatable tower could climb to the edge of space

A giant pneumatic structure could let people climb 20 km without the need for a rocket – and it could be constructed with current technology.

Inflatable tower could climb to the edge of space

Botox could stop disease in its tracks

The neurotoxin, commonly used as a wrinkle smoothing treatment, has been modified so that it could potentially be used to treat asthma and possibly cancer.

Botox could stop disease in its tracks

Was I here Before ...

'Tip-of-the-tongue' moments and déjà vu are phenomena that reveal our brains' occasional slip-ups – now we're a little closer to understanding both experiences.

Why your brain just can't remember that word

Sex talk wins 'science idol' competition

A Serbian molecular biologist has beaten off competition from around the world to win International FameLab – a kind of Pop Idol of science.

Sex talk wins 'science idol' competition

Science News

From BBC-Science:

Early rocks to reveal their ages A new technique has been helping scientists piece together how the Earth's continents were arranged 2.5 billion years ago.

A tornado whirled its way across Cornwall on a day of furious weather in Britain

A TORNADO whirled its way across Cornwall yesterday on a day of wild weather around Britain.

A day of furious weather in Britain

Now, I may be off here, but aren't tornados a wee bit rare in Britain?

Sarah Palin Accused Of Plagiarism

From the "Who gives a flying rat's ass they're only repugicans" Department:

Sarah Palin has been accused of paraphrasing at length from an article co-written by Newt Gingrich when she gave a speech, but her lawyer says proper credit was given to the former House speaker.

And this is news how?
She is dumber than a doorknob in the first place and secondly she is spoon-fed her 'opinions' by her masters just like every other moron, er, excuse me, repugican.

Sarah Palin Accused Of Plagiarism

She Talks To Angels

The Black Crows

Efel the hen lays massive 7oz egg?

Efel the hen was left a little shell shocked after laying this monster egg... It took the gingernut ranger 30 minutes to squeeze out the whopper, which at 7oz is three times the size of a normal one.

Eggscruciating!

Khmer babies 'smashed against trees'

The former jail chief of the Khmer Rouge regime has told Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes trial that his staff had murdered babies by smashing them against trees at a "killing field".

Full Story

Just think these people were/are the same in their 'thought processes' as are the wing-nuts here today. The Khmer were the domestic terrorists of Cambodia and though they call themselves by many names the domestic terrorists in this country are just the same.

Surfer survives jellyfish swarm

A Brit kite-surfer was left fighting for life after he became trapped in a two-mile slick of poisonous jellyfish off the coast of Costa Rica.

Full Story

Whinny Service Personnel

This is for all the travelers out there who have to put up with obnoxious service personnel while traveling:

Confessions of a flight attendant
Confessions of a Hotel Housekeeper

Unexpected moves that could hurt your credit

Your credit score could take a hit if you do any of these seven actions — some of which may seem harmless.

Moves that could hurt your credit

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National landmarks in danger of disappearing

These treasured U.S. vacation spots are threatened in some way by an environmental hazard.

National landmarks in danger of disappearing

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• Free entrance at U.S. parks

Unusual Holidays and Celebrations

Today happens to be:

Upsy Daisy Day!

The Beatles at Shea Stadium - 1965

The Beatles

China wants PCs to come with anti-porn software

China wants all personal computers sold domestically to come with software that blocks online pornography, one of the developers said Monday, potentially giving the government another avenue to control Internet use.

The software, called "Green Dam-Youth Escort," targets online porn by preventing computers from accessing sites with pornographic pictures or language, Zhang Chenmin, general manager of Jinhui Computer System Engineering Co., said. Jinhui, based in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan in central China, was compiling a database of the blocked sites.

"According to our surveys, many teenage students have become familiar with Internet pornography and they commonly share the addresses of pornographic Web sites with one another," Zhang said.

The software could also be used to block other kinds of Web sites, depending on keywords, Zhang said. The Chinese government routinely blocks political sites, especially ones it considers socially destabilizing such as sites that challenge the ruling Communist Party, promote democratic reform or advocate independence for Tibet.

Parents can develop their own lists of sites to be added to the database of blacklisted sites, Zhang said.

"If a father doesn't want his son to be exposed to content related to basketball or drugs, he can block all Web sites related to those things," Zhang said, adding that conversely, users also could unblock Web sites that appear in the database.

Zhang said his company signed a 21 million yuan ($3 million) contract with the Chinese government last May to develop the software and distribute it to personal computer-makers free of charge within one year, to be included with units meant for domestic sale. The software was jointly developed by Beijing Dazheng Language Technology Co. Ltd., which declined to comment.

Consumers can uninstall the software if they do not want it, Zhang said.

China, which has the world's largest population of Internet users at more than 250 million, this year launched a nationwide crackdown on Internet pornography, which is banned in China. More than 1,900 Web sites have been shut down since the beginning of the campaign and Web sites including Google and Baidu, China's most popular search engine, were criticized for linking to suspect sites.

According to the Wall Street Journal on Monday, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a notice on May 19 to personal computer-makers that PCs to be sold in China as of July 1 must be preloaded with the software.

The program would either be installed on the hard drive or enclosed on a compact disc, the paper reported, adding that PC makers would be required to tell authorities how many PCs they have shipped with the software.

A separate notice on its Web site said all primary and secondary schools were required to install the Green Dam software on every school computer by the end of last month.

Educators "should fully realize the damage that harmful online information does to the physical and mental health of primary and secondary school students," the notice said.

Good careers that have bad reputations

These five professions often get a bad rap, but the fields are expected to grow and practitioners can earn solid wages.

Good careers

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Daily Horoscope

Today's horoscope says:

You'll be a veritable fount of willpower now, and only too happy to get everything done that needs doing.
You won't have to tackle it all by yourself, though.
You'll have plenty of help, if you let your loved ones know what's in your mind and in your heart.
You have more than enough enthusiasm to win anyone over to your side -- and a couple of favors to call in, too.

Sounds good to me.

Alternative medicine pushes into mainstream

Play Video

One doctor calls it "mystical mumbo jumbo," but he's still an advocate because he says patients feel better.

Alternative medicine pushes into mainstream

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Giant Lobster Roll Rolls Into Portland, Maine

What could be the world's longest lobster roll turned out to be even longer than expected.

Giant Lobster Roll

Retrieval Team Finds Mannequin Instead of Remains

A specialized ropes team repelled down a cliff at West Rock State Park to recover what they thought was a body.

Retrieval Team Finds Mannequin

Anti-Syrian bloc celebrates Lebanon election win

An anti-Syrian coalition defeated Hezbollah in Lebanon's parliamentary election on Sunday in a blow to Syria and Iran and a boost to the United States.

Anti-Syrian bloc celebrates Lebanon election win

And I Quote ... well sort of

Beauty is but short lived tyranny.

~ Socrates

But ugly is eternal oppression.

~ Nacktman

Rogue Cops

Hope Steffey was brutally and illegally strip searched while handcuffed and tied to the floor face down by as many as SEVEN police officers - male and female.

Her crime? Being the victim of a crime!

Tour the Lighthouse

Visitors to a famous North Carolina lighthouse will be given a unique opportunity to view it from the inside.

Full Moon Lighthouse Tours

North Korea Returned To Terror List

The communist country has conducted recent nuclear and missile tests, and there are concerns about the North's shipping nuclear material to other nations.

North Korea May Be Returned To Terror List

Best housing markets for the next 10 years

Home prices in these towns are projected to have the best annual returns through the year 2018.

Best housing markets for the next 10 years

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• Fed's mortgage plan backfires
• 30-year home loan rates surge

More bodies recovered near jet crash site

Play Video

Searchers have found more bodies in the Atlantic near the area where the Air France plane crashed last week.

More bodies recovered near jet crash site

Also:

• Seat, briefcase among items found

Headlines

Headlines for June 7, 2009

• Brazil recovers 3 more bodies near Air France crash site
• Investors ask Supreme Court to block Chrysler sale to Fiat
• Iraq detains 5 U.S. security contractors in Green Zone death
• Lebanon votes in closely-watched parliamentary election
• Analysis: White House straddles health benefits tax issue
• Carradine family takes action on investigation, published photos
• Studying efficiency of ants could cut down on traffic jams
• Shootout kills 16 in Mexico's Acapulco resort
• Mexico grieves 38 kids killed in day care fire
• Brazil recovers 3 more bodies near jet crash site
• Obama spends time sightseeing in Paris with family
• Iraqis detain 5 Americans in Baghdad
• Hezbollah seeks greater power in Lebanon in vote
• Europe leans right as voters choose EU Parliament

Science News

Science headlines:

• Hawaii Volcano Glows
  
• Japanese Machine Turns Office Waste Into Toilet Paper
  
• Deer Disoriented by Power Lines

Everyday I Write The Book

Elvis Costello

Have you ever noticed ...

... That those who are always yelling to the rooftops about others having 'blood on their hands' are the ones with blood on their hands?!

Pakistan mosque blast prompts attack on Taliban

It looks like the Pakistani people have had enough ...

Hundreds of Pakistanis banded together and attacked Taliban strongholds in a troubled northwestern region to avenge a deadly suicide bombing at a local mosque, a top government official said Sunday.

Iraqi forces arrest five U.S. security contractors

Iraqi forces arrest five U.S. security contractors

Iraqi forces detained five U.S. security contractors in connection with the killing of a fellow American contractor last month in Baghdad's Green Zone.

Iraqi forces arrest five U.S. security contractors

Unusual Holidays and Celebrations

Today is Daniel Boone Day!

Daily Almanac

Today is Sunday, June 7, the 158th day of 2009 with 207 to follow.
The moon is full. (Which explains a lot.)

Today in History - June 7

Yeah, Right ...

A suspected armed robber under house arrest told police in Wisconsin his electronic anklet fell off in a men's room but police say it had been cut.

Accused Bail-Jumper Says Anklet Fell Off

Anything goes in Miami Beach ...

Miami Beach tolerates all kinds of eccentricity, but the south Florida playground of the rich and famous draws the line at a bicycle riding rooster named Mr. Clucky.

Anything goes in Miami Beach, except Mr. Clucky