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Friday, June 15, 2007
Round the News Reader
Here are some of the headlines you might have missed in the past couple of days:
Today in history:
Today in history:
- Today is the anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta (1215). Don't know what that is? Look here.
- George Washington was named head of the Continental Army (1775).
- The first fatal avaition accident occured (1785).
- Police officers in White Plains, NY, can't inquire about a person's immigration status because, well... that would be discriminatory. (I'm getting sick of law enforcement officers being prohibited from enforcing the law.)
- A young man stupidly prosecuted for a "crime" that wasn't really a crime was ordered released by a judge. Finally. Unfortunately, the DA doesn't think it was a stupid prosecution, and he's appealed the decision, so the young man stays in jail.
- Fred! has some big guns sign on to his campaign.
- Speaking of Fred!, he's gaining in the polls.
- The Goracle used to think that Iraq harbored terrorists.
- If the fact that a middle school thinks a field trip to Planned Parenthood is a good idea isn't bad enough, how about the fact that it was part of a field trip to visit social services offices? Yeah, raising a generation of dependent people is always a great idea.
- Speaking of Planned Parenthood, they had a record profit last year- in spite of the fact that donations were down. How? The US taxpayer, of course.
- I'm all in favor of Guardsmen making some extra money, but I think these guys got it wrong.
- Kilimanjaro's snowcap is shrinking, but not from global warming. Sorry, Al.
- The Governator gets one right.
- The Supreme Court backs the First Amendment for a change.
- Hilary has a Drudge-looking website to spread her propaganda now. How... cute.
- Speaking of Hilary, the Missionaries of Charity weren't very happy with Hilary using Mother Teresa's image in an ad.
- The Russians say the Russian computers on ISS might have a fatal flaw and may need to be replaced. But it's the Americans fault, of course.
- Nifong said he might have gotten "carried away." No... really?
- "No girlfriend for 3 years" is an odd court ruling.
- I'm supposed to be upset that Sicko was pirated, right? I mean, that is illegal. For some reason, I'm just not feeling the outrage. Sorry.
- John "FreeFall" McCain's campaign has bought the "mittvsfact" domain name to "brand Romney. How mature of them. As Romney's campaign said- "Desperate candidates do very desperate things."
- A scramjet was successfully tested at up to Mach 10. very cool.
- Ruth Graham, wife of Billy Graham, has passed away. She was 87.
- I'm not much of a basketball fan at any level, and even I know about the women's basketball rivalry between Tennessee and UConn. And now it is no more.
- The Spurs swept the series. Yippee. No more NBA for a couple of months. Woohoo!
- The good news is that Daunte Culpepper is fine. The bad news is that his '75 Caprice Classic convertible can't say the same thing.
- This is an interesting brain study on dead NFL players. What it means, I'm not sure.
- Ivan Basso gets a 2 year vacation from the Italian cycling federation.
- Dale Junior has signed with Hendrick Motorsports. What will that mean for his Bud and Wrangler deals?
- It's time to look into AA if you're involved in a bar fight, leave the pub, and walk down the street before you realize part of a finger is missing.
- Do you really want to see partially nekkid seasoned citizens in a calendar?
- A squirrel went bonkers and attacked three people.
- hmmm... "embracing while driving"... I've never heard of that one before.
- (not weird, but cool) A 76-year old golfer saved a drowning dog and then finished her round of golf.
- ok... I know what the yellow line on the road means... and the solid white line... and the broken white line... even the double white line... but what about the wide orange line?
- Antibacterial sprays and wipes may be doing more harm than good. Oh, joy.
