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Saturday, February 21, 2009
Authorities closing in on killer of intern Chandra Levy
ACCORDING TO THE CHICAGO-TRIBUNE FOUR HOURS AGO...
"An arrest may be near in the nearly decade-old slaying of federal intern Chandra Levy, whose disappearance in 2001 ended Gary Condit's congressional career, several television stations reported.
The California Democrat was romantically linked to Levy, but was not considered a suspect in her death or disappearance. Television stations, KFSN and KCRA in California and WRC in Washington, D.C., reported that police were seeking an arrest warrant."
Click here for entire article.
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Friday, February 20, 2009
THE BUSH FAMILY SHAME: Geronimo's Skull stolen and taken to Yale to be used in rites for the SKULL AND BONES secret society!
DUBYA DIDN"T FALL FAR FROM THE FAMILY TREE. IT SEEMS THE BUSHES THINK THEY ARE SOMETHING SPECIAL. I HOPE THEY LOSE THIS LAWSUIT BEING FILED ON THE GREAT LEADER'S 100th BIRTHDAY...
"The descendants of Geronimo have sued Skull and Bones, a secret society at Yale University with ties to the Bush family, charging that its members robbed his grave in 1918 and have kept his skull in a glass case ever since."
Click here to read the whole story.
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An increase in crime could be another recession result experts warn
DON'T WE HAVE ENOUGH TO WORRY ABOUT IN THIS DEPRESSION WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT MORE CRIME?
McCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS HAS THIS ARTICLE TODAY THAT SAYS,
"Experts say that the next piece of collateral damage from the recession could be a spike in crime, as rising unemployment and widespread law-enforcement budget cuts begin to take their toll."
FOR THE WHOLE STORY CLICK HERE.
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Back in the 1920s they invented extreme badminton!
This photo was taken long before Photo Shop, so what you see is what you get.
Source: American Memory Project, Vintage Photo
Florida Courthouse is invaded by rampaging rodents!
FROM USA TODAY WE HAVE MICE INVADING A COURT HOUSE!
"There are so many mice in one Florida county courthouse that they've been seen falling from ceiling tiles.
One judge at the Palm Beach County Courthouse told The Palm Beach Post newspaper that it's an infestation. Some staffers say they check their handbags for stowaways before leaving the building each day.
Court employees and lawyers say the rodents scuttle down corridors, munch legal papers and scratch behind the walls. Last week, one mouse ran around a courtroom floor for an hour during a burglary trial."
For the rest of the story go to : http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-02-20-mice-courthouse_N.htm?csp=34
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Can You Say Oink Oink? Burtha and PMA Group Can...
FROM CQ POLITICS WE HAVE A STORY OF PORK SPENDING AND THE PERSON LEADING THE WAY...
More than 100 House members secured earmarks in a major spending bill for clients of a single lobbying firm — The PMA Group — known for its close ties to John P. Murtha , the congressman in charge of Pentagon appropriations.
Read the whole story yourself and see what you think.
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Don't Get Froggy with These Guys if you Value your Life!
The most poisonous animal is not a snake or a spider. It's a beautiful little frog!
"Most frogs produce skin toxins, but the dart poison frogs from Central and South America are the most potent of all.
The golden poison frog, called terribilis (the terrible), is so toxic that even touching it can be dangerous. A single terribilis contains enough poison to kill 20,000 mice or 10 people. It is probably the most poisonous animal on Earth." (source)
Images sources: Zoltan Takacs.
Phyllobates terribilis, shown below, has enough poison to kill 100 humans (source)
Their poison contains toxins that dull the nerves and produce heart and repiratory (sic.) failure. The skin of an adult P. terribilis has enough batrachotoxin to kill 20,000 mice, or 100 adult humans. Two-tenths of a microgram of batrachotoxin is lethal in the human blood stream and each adult P. terribilis contains nearly 200 micrograms.
When Paint Jobs Aren't Enough: Try This 'Type' of car!
Some car owners can deal with a standard, metal-bodied car only if it's been suitably disguised. For a whole slew of weird cars click here. This car is made of computer keys. Where the keys came from, I don't know and the owner isn't saying. One thing is certain though - it has to be the only car of its, er, type!
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Man shoots himself inside the Crystal Cathedral after handing notes to two ushers!
ACCORDING TO AN ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT THIS MORNING...
"A man shot himself to death in front of a cross inside televangelist Robert H. Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral on Wednesday as a group of visitors was being told about the church’s suicide - prevention program.
The man entered about 9:45 a.m., handed a note and his driver’s license to two ushers, walked to the cross and then shot himself in the head as he appeared to be praying, said Senior Pastor Juan Carlos Ortiz.
The man used a semiautomatic handgun, said police Lt. Dennis Ellsworth.
The Orange County coroner’s office identified the man as Steve Smick, 48. No hometown was given."
THE IRONY OF THIS MAN'S SUICIDE TAKING PLACE IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF TOURISTS WHO WERE BEING TOLD ABOUT THE CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL'S SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM, IS ENORMOUS. WHY DID HE CHOOSE TO GO THERE AND KILL HIMSELF OF ALL PLACES? WE MAY NEVER KNOW.
Beck falsely claimed average UAW worker makes $154 per hour
What's Glenn Beck's reason for lying about how much UAW workers get paid?
Is he letting his anti-union sentiments come to the surface?
Is this his way of staying in good standing with the exclusive "Poor-Losers, Conservative/Republican Boy's & Girl's Club?" Media Matters for America has caught him being a liar... liar... liar again.
Read the whole article today here at Media Matters for America.
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Cell phone texting gets student suspended from school
I never cease to be amazed at the misuse of texting with cell phones. The guy who wrecked that train in California - which resulted in 22 deaths - was busy texting.
I see people every day staring down at their lap while driving. I suspect most are texting or dialing a number. I really can't see the sense in texting. It's so much easier to just talk on the phone. But the younger generation seems enamored of punching in letters to send a misspelled message to someone.
A 14-year-old Wisconsin girl who refused to stop texting during a high school math class was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, according to police.
Check out this mornings Smoking Gun and read the rest of the story here.
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Racist attitudes still prevail as cartoonist goes over the top
This cartoon image provided by the New York Post appeared in the Post's Page Six Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009.
The cartoon, which refers to Travis the chimp, who was shot to death by police in Stamford, Conn. on Monday after it mauled a friend of its owner, drew criticism Wednesday on media Web sites and from civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton.
(AP Photo/New York Post)
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Scientists say humans are related to this stressed-out looking animal called an Aye Aye
One of the most endangered in the world is the... Aye-Aye a large nocturnal primate from the Strepsirrhini family - the ones that have "wet noses".
Aye-ayes can be found only on the island of Madagascar. These rare animals may not look like primates at first glance, but they are related to chimpanzees, apes, and humans." They tap on trees with their long middle fingers and listen for the insects and bugs that might inhabit its depths.
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Conservative columnist exposed by Political Animal blogger
FROM POLITICAL ANIMAL this morning....
"WHERE THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S NO WAY.... George Will not only published an error-filled column on global warming, Brad Johnson notes that the conservative columnist "is also recycling his own work, republishing an extended passage from a 2006 column -- which Think Progress debunked -- almost word for word."
With this in mind, maybe now would be a good time to consider what George Will has written about bloggers.
As Jonathan Chait noted, "If by 'no reins,' Will means that bloggers can publish outright falsehoods without consequence, then he's correct. But he might not be the best person to make this point."
And speaking of writers and "reins," Jonathan Schwarz passes along a great anecdote from Noam Chomsky that seems especially relevant given the events of the last few days.
As far as I can tell, George Will's column, which ran on Sunday, still hasn't garnered a correction. Perhaps he's throwing a tantrum." - Steve Benen
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Move over Madoff: Stanford ripoff rivals your crimes!
FROM THE US SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION web site...
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Robert Allen Stanford yesterday and three of his companies for orchestrating a fraudulent, multi-billion dollar investment scheme centering on an $8 billion CD program.
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Stanford's companies include Antiguan-based Stanford International Bank (SIB), Houston-based broker-dealer and investment adviser Stanford Group Company (SGC), and investment adviser Stanford Capital Management. The SEC also charged SIB chief financial officer James Davis as well as Laura Pendergest-Holt, chief investment officer of Stanford Financial Group (SFG), in the enforcement action.
For the entire article click here.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
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