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Sunday, June 5, 2011

The Daily Drift

The Daily Drift

Today's horoscope says:
It can be very liberating to let someone else take the wheel for a while.
Kick back and put your feet up while someone else worries about how to get where you need to go.
Relationships are about balancing power, so it's okay for you to let the scales tip in their direction now.
Being passive isn't a character flaw, it's an element of every balanced person's personality.
Your quest for balance has been very successful, and this is one of the few final elements to incorporate into your life.

Some of our readers today have been in:

London, England, United Kingdom
Manila, Manila, Philippines
Paris, Ile-De-France, France
Stoke On Trent, England, United Kingdom
Kuala Lumpur Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Seoul, Kyonggi-Do, Korea

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 North Wales, Baton Rouge, Indianapolis, Iowa City and more.

Today is:

Today is Sunday, June 5, the 156th day of 2011.

There are 209 days left in the year.

Today's unusual holiday or celebration is:

Hot Air Balloon Day.

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Non Sequitur

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Palin: I didn't 'mess up' Paul Revere history

Say What!

Man, just how stupid is this bitch. She was and is completely wrong and yet in repygican fashion she continues to tell the lie hoping it will become the truth. Never does.

Sarah Palin insisted Sunday that history was on her side when she claimed that Paul Revere's famous ride was intended to warn both British soldiers and his fellow colonists.

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And I Quote

"Speaker of the House John Boehner, appearing alongside Rep. Ryan, offered these words of praise for the Wisconsin congressman: 'Preachers like Harold Camping go around predicting the end of the world, but it’s guys like Paul Ryan who do the hard work of making it happen.'”

~ from the Borowitz Report

Venezuela: Relations with US are 'frozen'

Venezuela's relations with the U.S. are frozen and President Hugo Chavez's government sees no possibility of improving them after its state oil company was hit with sanctions by Washington, the country's top diplomat said Sunday.

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Are wild horses native to US?

American history textbooks teach generation after generation that the wild horses roaming the Western plains originated as a result of the European explorers and settlers who first ventured across the ocean and into the frontier.

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Twin friars die on same day at age 92

The brothers were born seconds apart in 1919 — and died hours apart this week.

'They did almost everything together'

Also:

Historic flood begins to abate, but far from over

The Mississippi River flood of 2011 may seem like a thing of the past for people who fled rising waters that never came, yet the final toll is shrouded in murky water for thousands of people devastated as the flood made its way from the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Chilean volcano erupts, forces mass evacuations

Southern Chile's Puyehue volcano erupted for the first time in half a century on Saturday, prompting evacuation orders for 3,500 people as it sent smoke billowing into the sky, authorities said.

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Germany: Sprouts likely cause of E. coli outbreak

Lower Saxony's agriculture minister says initial tests have confirmed that locally grown beansprouts are the likely cause for Germany's E. coli outbreak that has killed 22 people and sickened hundreds.

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