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Thursday, June 21, 2007
Headlines for the Day
Here's the news you might have missed:
General:
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- Two girls got kicked off a bus for kissing. They should have received a kick in the pants from their parents, but that's not going to happen. The mother of one of the girls didn't seem upset at all to find out that her FOURTEEN year old daughter was locking lips with another girl. (Oh, yeah... and the bus company apologized. How nice of them.)
- The Polish PM has made waves... by telling the truth.
- Bob's not as excited about Rosie on "The Price is Right" as was originally reported.
- Planned Parenthood responsible for yet another patient death in California. With no repercussions, I'm sure.
- A hacker claims that he know how the final Harry Potter book ends, and he posted the ending for religious reasons.
- Congress gets a 3% approval on immigration. Which is no surprise, since they have an overall approval rating of 14% (the lowest since 1973). Will they pay attention to this? Nah... they'll say that their approval rating is so low because they're not getting "immigration reform" passed. uh... no- it's because you're not protecting our borders and enforcing the laws already on the books. But that's just me...
- President Bush has finally decided to pick up the veto pen for something other than stem cell research (which is important- don't get me wrong). The budget is worth vetoing for? It's about time.
- In our "and the sky is blue" news flash, journalists give money to Democrat candidates at a 9-to-1 rate. Who knew?
- John Edwards doesn't even have his daughter's "vote." (Scroll to the last paragraph.) Oops.
- Fred! looks like he's about ready to make it official.
- Sammy "Never My Favorite Player" Sosa hit his 600th career home run. Of course he came back to hit #600. And of course he probably used some form of performance enhancing substance. But he's in the record books, and that's all that counts, right?
- Pacman is facing 2 felony charges. That's for the February shooting, not the one earlier this week. He's just a "witness" in this week's fiasco.
- NASCAR will have the
WinstonNextelSprint Cup Series next year. (aw, come on- I was just getting used to the series not being named after cigarettes. Add that to the uncertainty of Junior's sponsors for next year, and y'all are just trying to confuse us NASCAR fans, aren't you?) - I didn't even know golf had a drug problem. Alcohol? Sure. Steroids? Not so much.
- The AMA is going to vote on whether or not internet/video game addiction is a medical condition. It should be easy to prove- pull the plug and see if they go into physical withdrawals. (Temper tantrums don't count.)
- Beware of the biting dolphins! (duh- just ask T1- he got bit at SeaWorld.)
- Not busy for the next 100-520 days? Need a steady income, busy schedule, and the paradox of isolation and lack of privacy? Sign up now for the Mars mission simulation.
- Vaclav Klaus (President of the Czech Republic) has some logical thoughts on global warming. And he answers questions, too!
- As you get ready for global warming, don't throw away your mittens. You just might need them.
- A lawyer is handling cases for people who say they were abused by aliens. No, not Mexicans. The green, big-eyed aliens.
- Boston bars may start serving cocktails in sippy cups. Sure, it might sound like a good idea, but it's quite nanny-state, don't you think? The bar staff might like it, though- easier to clean up after closing.
- Suicide squirrels torment homeowner. (And I thought the squirrels crawling into the transformers near our house when I was growing up was bad.)
- Stan Lee, on the heels of his cameo in the latest Fantastic 4 movie, is now an action figure.
- Stupid crooks tried to sell Herman Munster's credit card information.
- Man kills rabid bobcat- with his bare hands.
