People from Europe are among the most sugar-sensitive people in the world, a new genetic analysis concludes – a trait that could have helped ancient populations spot energy-rich foods.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Europeans' sweet tooth may have been survival trait
People from Europe are among the most sugar-sensitive people in the world, a new genetic analysis concludes – a trait that could have helped ancient populations spot energy-rich foods.
Prosecutors to appeal Stanford's release on bond
Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford's release on bond while he awaits trial on charges he swindled investors out of $7 billion in a massive investment scam could be thwarted if prosecutors get their way.
Stanford
Stanford
Opposition leader's aide banned from leaving Iran
Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices.
Opposition leader's aide banned from leaving Iran
Like, that will work!
Opposition leader's aide banned from leaving Iran
Like, that will work!
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Today's horoscope says:
It's a sociable day -- there's no doubt about that -- but for you, it's also the kind of day that's all about surprises -- nice ones, too.
You'll know that for certain when the person who's been leaving you messages (both in person and psychically, whether you're willing to admit it or not) actually ambles right up to you to say exactly what's on their mind.
Prepare yourself -- but not too much.
Will do.
It's a sociable day -- there's no doubt about that -- but for you, it's also the kind of day that's all about surprises -- nice ones, too.
You'll know that for certain when the person who's been leaving you messages (both in person and psychically, whether you're willing to admit it or not) actually ambles right up to you to say exactly what's on their mind.
Prepare yourself -- but not too much.
Will do.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Fish In Toxic Waters Grow Bigger Ears
Listen up!
Carbon dioxide being absorbed by the oceans is having a puzzling effect on fish - their ears get bigger.
Study
Carbon dioxide being absorbed by the oceans is having a puzzling effect on fish - their ears get bigger.
Study
All You Need Is Love
Love, Love, Love.
Love, Love, Love.
Love, Love, Love.
There's nothing you can do
that can't be done.
Nothing you can sing that can't be sung.
Nothing you can say but
you can learn how to play
the game.
It's easy.
Nothing you can make that can't be made.
No one you can save that can't be saved.
Nothing you can do but you
can learn how to be you in
time.
It's easy.
All you need is love.
All you need is love.
All you need is love, love.
Love is all you need.
All you need is love.
All you need is love.
All you need is love, love.
Love is all you need.
Nothing you can know that isn't known.
Nothing you can see that isn't shown.
Nowhere you can be that isn't
where you're meant to be.
It's easy.
All you need is love.
All you need is love.
All you need is love, love.
Love is all you need.
All you need is love (All together, now!)
All you need is love. (Everybody!)
All you need is love, love.
Love is all you need (love
is all you need).
Yee-hai!
Oh yeah!
yesterday
She loves you, yeah yeah yeah.
She loves you, yeah yeah yeah.
How to Relieve Depression Naturally
The first thing you will want to do is to take a trip to the local health food store or natural foods market.
How to Relieve Depression Naturally
How to Relieve Depression Naturally
Stoned wallabies make crop circles
Apparently, Tasmanian wallabies are getting high in fields of poppy grown for medicinal purposes.
"The one interesting bit that I found recently in one of my briefs on the poppy industry was that we have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles," (Tasmania attorney general) Lara Giddings told the hearing (on poppy crop security).
"Then they crash," she added. "We see crop circles in the poppy industry from wallabies that are high."
ACLU sues TSA for illegally detaining and searching man carrying $4,700 in cash
The ACLU is suing the Transportation Security Administration for illegally searching and detaining Steve Bierfeldt, a US citizen who was detained and searched all the while being cursed at and threatened by TSA agents for carrying $4700 in cash (which is legal, by the way and doesn't require disclosure in advance) at an airport in April.
The TSA agents surely would have gotten away with violating the Bierfeldt's Constitutional rights had Bierfeldt not recorded the half-hour interrogation on his cell phone.
"I do not believe I should give up my constitutional rights each time I choose to travel by plane. I was doing nothing illegal or suspicious, yet I was treated like a potential criminal and harassed for no reason," said Bierfeldt. "Most Americans would be surprised to learn that TSA considers simply carrying cash to be a basis for detention and questioning. I hope the court makes clear that my detention by TSA agents was unconstitutional and stops TSA from engaging in these unlawful searches and arrests. I do not want another innocent American to have to endure what I went through.""Mr. Bierfeldt's experience represents a troubling pattern of TSA attempting to transform its valid but limited search authority into a license to invade people's privacy in a manner that would never be accepted outside the airport context," said Larry Schwartztol, a staff attorney with the ACLU National Security Project. "Just as the Constitution prevents the police on the street from conducting freewheeling searches in the hopes of uncovering wrongdoing, it protects travelers from the kind of treatment Mr. Bierfeldt suffered."
TSA officials have the authority to conduct safety-related searches for weapons and explosives. According to the ACLU's lawsuit, TSA agents are using heightened security measures after 9/11 as an excuse to exceed their search authority and engage in unlawful searches that violate the privacy rights of passengers. The lawsuit also charges that unconstitutional searches and detention by TSA agents have become the norm.
Liars and Fools
They Distort, We Deride...
The tools at Faux News do it again. you know things are going really badly for the repugicans these days when even their own noise machinists can't come up with any new ideas...Jim Yeager posted this over on Skippy the Bush Kangaroo and thought Carolina Naturally readers would appreciate it as well.
Science News
From BBC-Science
Flutes dating back to the time modern humans began colonizing Europe suggest music may have been influential in our evolution.
Other Science News:
Clerics join Iran's anti-government protests
In a blatant act of defiance, a group of Mullahs took to the streets of Tehran, to protest election results that returned incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power.
In Iran, Mullahs rule supreme. They are the country's conservative clerics; the guardians of the Islamic revolution and its ideologies. They're loyal only to god and Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iranian doctor: Neda was shot by government forces
A doctor who claims he tried to save Iranian martyr Neda Soltan says she was shot by a pro-government milita gunman.
Mom, after 13 beers, can't recover custody of kids
A mother who drank 13 beers before a psychological evaluation failed to recover custody of her three young children despite claiming she wasn't drunk because she "can drink like a fish."
The woman wanted to get the children back from her husband's stepmother.
Exorcism left dead boy on a cross
A French Guiana court has jailed four church members for up to 12 years for the exorcism of an epileptic teenager who was found dead attached to a cross.
Monkey urinates on Zambian president
A monkey urinated on Zambian President Rupiah Banda during a press conference outside his office in the capital Lusaka.
That makes Three
Farrah Fawcett and Micheal Jackson are dead.
Farrah succumbed to the anal cancer she has battled for the past three years. She will be missed.
Micheal apparently had a heart-attack and died.
Ed McMahon's passing earlier this week along with these deaths fulfills the 'Three' Rule which states that these things always happen in threes.
Micheal apparently had a heart-attack and died.
Ed McMahon's passing earlier this week along with these deaths fulfills the 'Three' Rule which states that these things always happen in threes.
Billy Bob's Daughter Charged with First Degree Murder
The long estranged daughter of Billy Bob Thornton has been charged with first degree murder, aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter of a one-year-old girl who died under her care.Back in October, Amanda Brumfield told cops the child died after falling from her playpen -- but detectives had a hard time believing her story because it wasn't consistent with the little girl's injuries.
An autopsy determined the child suffered a fractured skull and a subdural hematoma due to blunt trauma.
When the story initially broke, Thornton's publicist said that the two haven't spoken for "quite some time."
Do your sunglasses give enough protection?
Use these tips to evaluate if your shades are protecting your eyes properly.
Do your sunglasses give enough protection?
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Iranian president slams Obama for comments
Another silly little man suffering from delusions of adequacy ...
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sharp words for Barack Obama and wants him to apologize as election turmoil continues in Iran.
Iranian president slams Obama for comments
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Character traits that boost careers
Job experts point to three surprising virtues that can get you ahead in the workplace.
Character traits that boost careers
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'Mini-foods' trend targets budgets, waistlines
Restaurants are enticing consumers with smaller portions for a guilt-free experience.
'Mini-foods' trend
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Teen strip search ruled illegal
The Supreme Court holds that school officials violated Savana Redding's rights with an intrusive search.
Teen strip search ruled illegal
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Puppy killed to make a belt!
There should be a hide removal here all right!
*****
*****
A 23-year-old woman who got a friend to kill her Jack Russell terrier was charged with skinning the puppy to make a belt out of its hide.
Krystal Lynn Lewis and Austin Michael Mullins, 26, were being held Friday in the Muskogee County jail on $25,000 bail each. They were charged with one felony count of cruelty to animals.
A Muskogee County judge ordered a mental competency hearing for Lewis.
Lewis wanted the puppy, named Poplin, killed because it was a gift from a female ex-lover with whom she doesn't get along, said Muskogee County sheriff's deputy George Roberson.
Roberson said Mullins shot the terrier 10 times with a .22-caliber pistol. Lewis skinned the animal at her apartment and nailed the hide to a board.
*****
1000 lashes with a cat-o-nine tails for every bullet wouldn't even begin to cover this!
Poplin deserves nothing less!
Poplin deserves nothing less!
Huge Pre-Stonehenge Complex Found via "Crop Circles"
From National Geographic:
Given away by strange, crop circle-like formations seen from the air, a huge prehistoric ceremonial complex discovered in southern England has taken archaeologists by surprise.
A thousand years older than nearby Stonehenge, the site includes the remains of wooden temples and two massive, 6,000-year-old tombs that are among "Britain's first architecture," according to archaeologist Helen Wickstead, leader of the Damerham Archaeology Project.See the rest here.
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Daily Horoscope
Today's horoscope says:
You've been thinking over how to handle this attraction you're feeling for a certain someone, and you've come up with a plan.
You don't take laying your feelings on the line lightly, so when you do manage to mention how you feel to them, you'll absolutely insist that all conditions are right.
That way, things can't help but turn out well.
Now that you have that plan, shouldn't you be on the phone, arranging for the most important element?
The other person?
Wow, deep.
You've been thinking over how to handle this attraction you're feeling for a certain someone, and you've come up with a plan.
You don't take laying your feelings on the line lightly, so when you do manage to mention how you feel to them, you'll absolutely insist that all conditions are right.
That way, things can't help but turn out well.
Now that you have that plan, shouldn't you be on the phone, arranging for the most important element?
The other person?
Wow, deep.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Good One
What's the least-used sentence in the English language?
"Isn't that the banjo player's Porsche?"
"Isn't that the banjo player's Porsche?"
Woman drives off fourth story of parking garage, lives
A pregnant Massachusetts woman escaped injury Monday afternoon after she accidentally drove her car off the fourth story of a parking garage.
Stomach stapling may lower cancer risk in women
Women who have their stomachs stapled not only lose weight, they also may reduce their cancer risk by up to 40 percent, new research says.
Woman pleads guilty in drunken breast-feeding case
A North Dakota woman accused of breast-feeding her 6-week-old baby while drunk has pleaded guilty to child neglect.
Rain washes tank ashore
Heavy rains have washed a Second World War Russian tank ashore in the Danube River in Austria.
North Korea issues strong new threats
I don't think they are really too up on the who would wipe who off the map concept here.
The U.S. continues to watch for signs of missiles as the Communist regime threatens to wipe America off the map.
North Korea issues strong new threats
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Recipes give leftover bread a second life
Brag your way to success
Learning to tactfully toot your own horn may help you land a new job or promotion.
Brag your way to success
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Places in U.S. with best, worst air to breathe
Millions of people in 600 U.S. neighborhoods have an increased cancer risk from pollutants in the air, according to the EPA.
Places in U.S. with best, worst air to breathe
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Famed Iowa H.S. football coach killed
Ed Thomas, a one-time national high school football coach of the year, is gunned down in his school's weight room.
Iowa H.S. football coach killed
Science News
From BBC-Science:
 |  | The climate could have a direct effect on the speed of "molecular evolution" in mammals, according to a study. |
The height to which plants grow follows a global pattern, new research reveals for the first time.
THE BIG PICTURE
Injured man crawls 16 hours for help
A Florida man with severe injuries crawled for 16 hours to get help after falling off the roof of his Georgia summer home.
Injured man crawls 16 hours for help
Injured man crawls 16 hours for help
It's a man, baby!
A scan performed at a suburban New York City hospital shows an ancient Egyptian mummy thought for centuries to be a woman is a man.
Scan reveals NY mummy is male
Scan reveals NY mummy is male
A few extra pounds could mean longer life
Being overweight may protect older people as their health declines, a new study suggests.
A few extra pounds could mean longer life
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Ancient tomb discovered in Bethlehem
Workers renovating a house in the Biblical city stumble on an untouched 4,000-year-old tomb.
Ancient tomb
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Tadpoles falling from the sky in Japan?
Dead tadpoles and frogs were found in fields, gardens, a tennis court, and on car roofs near the Japan Sea coast last week. Was this an example of the classic Fortean phenomenon of animals raining from the heavens?
From Discover:
From Discover:
Various objects and animals do occasionally fall from the sky: It’s called “Fafrotskies,” short for “fall from the skies.” These events generally occur when water spouts, storms, and strong winds suck objects from bodies of water and deposit them on land. But because there had been no reports of strong wind, many officials and meteorologists say this explanation can’t explain the torrent of tadpoles.
An alternative explanation is that birds who eat tadpoles and fish carried the animals in their mouths, then dropped them while flying. Still, some bird experts say that if this had happen, the tadpole carnage would have covered a more sizable area.
TV show helps Utah boy survive in wilderness
When 9-year-old Grayson Wynne realized he was lost in a forest, his thoughts turned to a favorite Discovery Channel show.
TV show helps Utah boy survive in wilderness
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Avoid summertime mishaps
Doctors say summer is the busiest time in the emergency room, so take these steps to keep you and your kids safe.
Avoid summertime mishaps
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Millions commute in old, vulnerable rail cars
Subways from Boston to San Francisco rely on aging rail cars like those involved in Monday's D.C. crash.
Commute
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Daily Horoscope
Today's horoscope says:
Business matters haven't exactly been difficult lately, have they?
In fact, isn't it more accurate to say that everything's been coming up roses?
Well, there's another sweet deal en route -- maybe even sweeter than the last, if you can believe that.
So once you're sure that Lady Luck has once again smiled on you, why not share the wealth?
You don't have to start a foundation, but taking someone special out for an elegant dinner wouldn't hurt.
Hah!, Way ahead of you.
Business matters haven't exactly been difficult lately, have they?
In fact, isn't it more accurate to say that everything's been coming up roses?
Well, there's another sweet deal en route -- maybe even sweeter than the last, if you can believe that.
So once you're sure that Lady Luck has once again smiled on you, why not share the wealth?
You don't have to start a foundation, but taking someone special out for an elegant dinner wouldn't hurt.
Hah!, Way ahead of you.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Hurricane Andres brushes Mexico, kills 1
The first hurricane of the Pacific season picks up speed as it churns Northwest.
Hurricane Andres
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And I Quote
Since Obama has taken the oath we have witnessed:
a) Hezbollah lose a shoo-in election in Lebanon,
b) Pakistan begin serious efforts to control the Taliban and al Qaeda elements inside its borders,
c) Netanyahu of Israel mumble support about a two state solution and rethink settlements and,
d) A major awakening of the Iranian citizenry against the heavy-handedness of the mullahs. What hasn't changed?
The simple-minded thuggery of the Right when it comes to foreign policy has been replaced by common sense.
a) Hezbollah lose a shoo-in election in Lebanon,
b) Pakistan begin serious efforts to control the Taliban and al Qaeda elements inside its borders,
c) Netanyahu of Israel mumble support about a two state solution and rethink settlements and,
d) A major awakening of the Iranian citizenry against the heavy-handedness of the mullahs. What hasn't changed?
The simple-minded thuggery of the Right when it comes to foreign policy has been replaced by common sense.
~ Carl Owen,
Iran soccer players may be quitting team after backing opposition
Several Tehran papers have reported that some Iranian soccer players are retiring from the national team, fueling speculation the departure was related to green bands the players wore in support of the country's opposition movement.
Iran soccer players may be quitting team after backing opposition
Iran soccer players may be quitting team after backing opposition
In the News ...
Milwaukee man accused of driving drunk on a highway in a golf cart
A South Milwaukee man was accused of driving drunk after trying to use a golf cart to drive home nearly 40 miles away from the golf course where he had been drinking beer.
Massachusetts man arrested after allegedly placing an ad on Craigslist selling marijuana
A man has been arrested after he allegedly placed an advertisement on Craigslist selling marijuana.
Pot-smoking mailman busted for burning mail he was too lazy to deliver
A pot-smoking British postal carrier has pleaded guilty to burning mail after he said the weed made him too lazy to deliver it.
Tattooed teen admits lying
A Belgian teenager who had threatened to sue a tattoo artist who left her with 56 stars on her face has admitted she was lying.
Tattooed girl Kimberley Vlaminck admits she lied because her father was furious
Botox 'could be the cure for baldness'
Dr. Simon Ourian, a cosmetic surgeon based in Beverly Hills, California, claimed that he stumbled upon its unexpected powers by accident while treating his mother who was suffering from migraines after having chemotherapy which had made her hair fall out.
Mother and son accused of killing her cancer-stricken husband
A mother and her son have gone on trial accused of killing her cancer-stricken husband to avoid paying the cost of his medical treatment.
Inmate left in feces nearly dies
An Arkansas prisoner nearly died after guards left him lying naked in his own feces, and while investigating the incident corrections officials found that guards received lap dances while on the job.
Indonesian elephant fossil opens window to past
Indonesian scientists are reconstructing the largest, most complete skeleton of a prehistoric giant elephant ever found in the tropics, a finding that may offer new clues into the largely mysterious origins of its modern Asian cousin.
Syphilis Remains Health Concern
This week is National HIV Testing week, but syphilis continues to be a public health problem.
Syphilis
Syphilis
Train in D.C. crash was flagged for phaseout
The subway train that ran into another train was part of a fleet officials had issued warnings about in 2006, an investigator says.
Flagged for phaseout
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Funky food facts explained
Obama toughens stance on Iran violence
The president says he is "appalled and outraged" at Iran's efforts to crush dissent, and fires back at GOP critics who have called him timid.
Obama toughens stance on Iran violence
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Work begins on world's deepest underground lab
Underneath the Black Hills of South Dakota — the depth equivalent to more than six Empire State buildings — a unique project is under way.
World's deepest underground lab
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Surfer pulls off incredible trick on wave
A 21-year-old South African surfer amazes with this unprecedented high-flying surfing move.
Surfer
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Ways to make money working at home
Realize your undiscovered earning potential with ideas for jobs you can do from home.
10 ways to make money working at home
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Unexpected health benefits of common herbs
Flavorful herbs like mint, rosemary, and cilantro also offer some lesser-known healing properties.
Unexpected health benefits of common herbs
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Taliban commander shot dead in northwest Pakistan
A Taliban faction leader who criticized the militant group's Pakistani head over attacks that killed civilians was fatally shot Tuesday, reportedly by one of his own guards.
Taliban commander shot dead
Taliban commander shot dead
And I Quote
If an American is to amount to anything he must rely upon himself, and not upon the State; he must take pride in his own work, instead of sitting idle to envy the luck of others. He must face life with resolute courage, win victory if he can, and accept defeat if he must, without seeking to place on his fellow man a responsibility which is not theirs.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
Tropical Storm Andres strengthens off Mexico
A strengthening Tropical Storm Andres roared toward Mexico's Pacific coast Monday, prompting emergency preparations for a storm that forecasters predicted would become the season's first hurricane.
Tropical Storm Andres strengthens off Mexico
Tropical Storm Andres strengthens off Mexico
Liars and Fools
Liars and Fools: The Faux News edition
Faux's Brick wants everyone to rest assured he's not a complete nutcase
We're assured all right - that he is a complete nutcase.
Faux's Brick says the government has "destroyed" Sarah Palin, Gerald Walpin,
Joe the Plumber (who's not a plumber) ...
Wrong, you cannot "destroy" what never 'existed' in the first place.
Faux caught with its pants down on ABC attacks
(Snicker)Comeuppance served.
Faux's Brick wants everyone to rest assured he's not a complete nutcase
We're assured all right - that he is a complete nutcase.
Faux's Brick says the government has "destroyed" Sarah Palin, Gerald Walpin,
Joe the Plumber (who's not a plumber) ...
Wrong, you cannot "destroy" what never 'existed' in the first place.
Faux caught with its pants down on ABC attacks
(Snicker)Comeuppance served.
Dimbulb Spews
Dimbulb Spews ...
Dimbulb bleats that with digitized health records, "man-child" Obama will be able to "blackmail you" and "deny you treatment"
Yep, and the flying monkeys from OZ are coming to take him away too.
(well, one can dream, can't they)
Dimbulb bleats that with digitized health records, "man-child" Obama will be able to "blackmail you" and "deny you treatment"
Yep, and the flying monkeys from OZ are coming to take him away too.
(well, one can dream, can't they)
World 'Appalled' By Iran Violence
President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared the United States and the entire world are "appalled and outraged" by Iran's violent efforts to crush dissent, a clear toughening of his rhetoric as Republican critics at home pound him for being too passive.
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Daily Horoscope
Today's horoscope says:
Sometimes you can get so caught up in demanding what you want that you could miss something just as good that's right under your nose.
In other words -- sometimes you shake a tree and ask the universe to send you apples right now, but instead you get oranges a week or two later.
And really, aren't both fruits equally as juicy and delicious?
So relax a little.
Go ahead and make your requests to the universe.
Go out and shake a few trees.
And prepare to be delighted by a few surprises.
Sounds like a plan to me.
Sometimes you can get so caught up in demanding what you want that you could miss something just as good that's right under your nose.
In other words -- sometimes you shake a tree and ask the universe to send you apples right now, but instead you get oranges a week or two later.
And really, aren't both fruits equally as juicy and delicious?
So relax a little.
Go ahead and make your requests to the universe.
Go out and shake a few trees.
And prepare to be delighted by a few surprises.
Sounds like a plan to me.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Man seeking to buy marijuana inadvertently sends text message to NJ police officer
See ... I told you texting was for idiots.
A man who allegedly wanted to buy some marijuana was arrested after he mistakenly sent a text message to a southern New Jersey police officer.
Man seeking to buy marijuana inadvertently sends text message to NJ police officer
Man seeking to buy marijuana inadvertently sends text message to NJ police officer
Liars and Fools
Liars and Fools
Boortz says "Obama's health care plan is going to end up killing people"
Nope, it is the lack of health care that IS killing people while lining the pockets of a few obscene fools.
Minuteman killer co-hosted 2007 anti-immigration event featuring repugican presidential losers
Why am I not surprised
Pat Boone says "the end of our religious freedom in America could be at hand"
Nope, it is just beginning to be as our nation was founded for - learn your 18th century syntax and modifiers 'of' meant 'from' as in no state sponsored religion of any sort much less 'christian'.
WorldNetDaily's Janet Porter says Obama's "dictatorship" must be stopped or "we'll all lose our lives"
Hyperbole from the fantasy front. Damn those morons really are insane.
WND's Farah says Obama is calling for genocide against Israel
Not even those who are calling for just such a thing believe that horseshit.
Chambliss (reptile-Georgia) thinks the Iranians don't remember the 1953 CIA coup
Oh, they remember all right, but the old pervert from Georgia clearly doesn't.
Hoekstra (retard-Michigan) compares Iranian protests to repugicans in exile
Now there is a leap, a flight of deranged fantasy if you will, if there ever was one ... Hello, Nest, one of your Coo-koos has flown the coop.
McPain weirdly credits ronnie-ray gun for non-existent role in 1968 Prague Spring
The only role that demented sot had was playing fifth fiddle to a chimp ... and badly at that.
House repugicans compare their plight to Iranian protesters
And my aunt Petunia collects combat boots, too.
Nope, it is the lack of health care that IS killing people while lining the pockets of a few obscene fools.
Minuteman killer co-hosted 2007 anti-immigration event featuring repugican presidential losers
Why am I not surprised
Pat Boone says "the end of our religious freedom in America could be at hand"
Nope, it is just beginning to be as our nation was founded for - learn your 18th century syntax and modifiers 'of' meant 'from' as in no state sponsored religion of any sort much less 'christian'.
WorldNetDaily's Janet Porter says Obama's "dictatorship" must be stopped or "we'll all lose our lives"
Hyperbole from the fantasy front. Damn those morons really are insane.
WND's Farah says Obama is calling for genocide against Israel
Not even those who are calling for just such a thing believe that horseshit.
Chambliss (reptile-Georgia) thinks the Iranians don't remember the 1953 CIA coup
Oh, they remember all right, but the old pervert from Georgia clearly doesn't.
Hoekstra (retard-Michigan) compares Iranian protests to repugicans in exile
Now there is a leap, a flight of deranged fantasy if you will, if there ever was one ... Hello, Nest, one of your Coo-koos has flown the coop.
McPain weirdly credits ronnie-ray gun for non-existent role in 1968 Prague Spring
The only role that demented sot had was playing fifth fiddle to a chimp ... and badly at that.
House repugicans compare their plight to Iranian protesters
And my aunt Petunia collects combat boots, too.
The truth about the 'probiotic' food fad
Active cultures and "friendly" bacteria are all the rage on grocery shelves, but are they really good for your health?
The 'probiotic' food fad
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Obama signs unprecedented anti-smoking bill
"I know how difficult it can be to break this habit," the president says as he passes the historic legislation.
Obama signs unprecedented anti-smoking bill
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You need more sunblock than you think
Summer is officially under way.
Do you know what SPF to use?
You need more sunblock than you think
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Pets unwittingly passing 'superbug' to humans
A new study finds an increasing incidence of animals transmitting antibiotic-resistant bacteria to people.
Pets unwittingly passing 'superbug' to humans
Two trains collide in Washington, D.C.
The trains crash during the evening rush hour, leaving one on top of the other on Washington's Red Line near the Maryland border.
Two trains collide in Washington, D.C.
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Question of the Day
The serious one ...
Why is it that the people most likely to say the Holocaust didn't happen are the people who wish it had?
Iranian police attack protesters
Riot police carried out their threat against opposition protests over the disputed presidential election.
Iranian police attack protesters
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Mascot ideas include an asparagus
From the "Hare-Brained" and "Please tell me it ain't so" Departments:
The College of William & Mary in Virginia is looking for a mascot and ideas have ranged from a feathered horse to an asparagus stalk.
Mascot ideas
Sarkozy says burqas are 'not welcome' in France
President Nicolas Sarkozy lashed out Monday at the practice of wearing the Muslim burqa, insisting the full-body religious gown is a sign of the "debasement" of women and that it won't be welcome in France.
No burqas in France
No burqas in France
Craigslist slaying suspect arraigned
A former Boston medical student accused of killing a masseuse he met through Craigslist has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other charges.Philip Markoff entered the plea to seven charges related to three attacks during his arraignment in Suffolk Superior Court.
Craigslist slaying suspect arraigned
Craigslist slaying suspect arraigned
Teen dies in bathtub Twittering
A Romanian teenager was electrocuted in her bathtub last week after she dropped her laptop into the water as she Twittered.
Live alligator found in bag on train in Norway
Norwegian customs officials carrying out a routine check were shocked to find a live alligator in luggage on board a train bound for Oslo.
Woman trampled to death by cows
Rising Seas
Even if we could freeze-frame the atmosphere as it is today, sea levels would still rise by 25 meters, says the latest study into the effects of climate change on melting ice sheets.
Computer Crime
Cash machines hacked to spew out card details
A forensics team has stunned banks and security analysts by revealing that some cash machines have been compromised by "malware" planted by insiders
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