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Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Today's Headlines
Here are some tidbits I found. Enjoy.
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- Syria misses Mother Sheehan. That tells me all I need to know.
- Today is Juneteenth.
- Suicide teams have graduated from training and are on their way out into the world. I'd say, "their moms must be proud," but I'm sure they actually are.
- Peace-loving immigrants who just want a better life in the US are setting fires to distract border patrol. Lovely.
- The Chinese are paving the way (literally) up to Everest's base camp. Nice for the Olympic torch runners, but kind of sad, too. I mean, if I can drive to base camp, it's not as... mysterious as it used to be.
- I'm still not sure how I feel about the national ID card, but these 6 states who don't want to implement the law are just stupid. "It costs too much". Every single legal driver in the US will have to get a new driver's license between now and 2013. Just change it over as the old licenses expire.
- In Seattle, the city officials are going to provide housing for the town's indigent drunks. How nice of them.
- And in New York, the poor might get paid for going to the doctor or having a job. (Mayor Bloomberg- if it works so well in Mexico, why are they all coming here? Just curious.)
- The BBC is "casually anti-American." And the sky is blue. The grass is green.
- A town in Massachusetts has its own currency. How quaint. Some of their "heroes" are... telling, I suppose.
- Israel doesn't have any reason to be worried about Russia selling fighter planes to Syria... do they? I mean, it's not like Syria wants Israel completely wiped off the map or anything.
- Christians living in Gaza have a fun choice... accept Islamic law or leave (well, dying might also be an option).
- Chinese companies have made all 24 of the toys on the recall list this year. But there's nothing to worry about. Not a thing.
- Judge says that Nifong should clean out his desk... right now.
- great Britain knighted Salman Rushdie, and the Muslim world has its turbans in a wad... again. More dead threats, the Queen burned in efifgy- the whole 9 yards.
- Larry Seidlin, the ANS judge who started crying on the bench, is resigning "to spend more time with his family." Or maybe to spend more time on tv. Who knows?
- For some reason, I don't think Dave Thomas would have liked it if they sell Wendy's. But I could be wrong.
- Guinness may close its Dublin brewery. Come on, guys! You have a 9,000 year lease. Just upgrade what you have there. Geez.
- Liberals celebrate the decline of conservatism. They're not big fans of honest debate, but they're more than willing to try to embarrass a few conservatives on the way.
- Obama blames his campaign and yet takes responsibility for the "Clinton, D-Punjab" memo. (Supposedly, that's a joke Hillary's told herself, but I can't find a link for it.)
- Hillary outsources for her theme song. Celine sings the songs that Americans won't sing (because it's a bad song).
- The Nuge rants (rightly) about Paul McCartney firing some people on his tour because (GASP!!!) they had the audacity to sneak in some burgers (of the bovine variety, not the tofu kind).
- Fred! is on top of the GOP heap right now. Sweet!
- Bill Richards thinks we should leave NO troops in Iraq. Bill Richards doesn't understand how this whole "war" thing works, does he?
- Janet Folger has a great idea- tear down the fence (around the White House). Well, it makes sense.
- If Bush aides really did "illegally lose" e-mails, then that's a big problem. One that Dems have a history with themselves. (Although, if those missing e-mails were political, then they did nothing wrong. Hatch Act and all that.)
- A middle school in Virginia has banned all physical contact. Hugs? Nope. High Fives? Not a chance. Stupidity? You bet.
- The University of Indiana lost their football coach today.
- Giambi will talk to the Mitchell investigation, which might lead (in a back door way- think Al Capone) to a way for the commish to get at Barry Bonds. A girl can dream, right?
- Tiger has a cub. (Since Sam's a girl, would she be a "cubbette"?)
- It doesn't pay to fight in MLB.
- Pacman really needs to stay away from strip clubs. For his own well-being.
- And football players need to stay away from motorcycles.
- Wilson makes sure that the Bengals' reputation is intact. How nice of him.
- The NFL is having a "concussion conference." I'm sure that's... heady conversation. (I'm sorry. I couldn't help it.)
- Giant pandas were once pygmies. That's cool.
- The US snip rate has dropped. No idea what that means for the world, but... make of it what you will. (The lady mentioned in the article is an idiot. A bris without the circumcision? That's not a bris- that's a "I have a baby- bring us presents" party.)
- The world will end in 2060. Well, that's what Isaac Newton said.
- A six-year old was treated for anorexia in the UK. All he would eat was cheese spread. He's fifteen now, and he still eats a lot of cheese spread. Odd.
- A study shows that eating candy cigarettes lead to smoking. Observation of this study shows that researchers are on crack. I loved candy cigarettes when I was little. No, I don't smoke.
- How not to measure data used in global warming models.
- "We're all gonna die!!!" or something like that.
- "Save the planet! Stop Shopping!" Good luck with that.
- Evan Almighty combines religion and environmentalism- and conservative politicians are the bad guys... again.
- A teenager in ICU recovering from a car accident pulled the plug on his roomie because the life support machines were too loud. Ouch.
- Evidently, he wasn't as dead as they thought.
- Sure. If you have a gambling problem, just blame the casino. No problem.
- I'd expect to hear about goat-slaughter in restaurants in the Middle East or something like that. Not in North Carolina.
- The Vatican issues the 10 Commandments of Driving.
