News

"You own a dog but you feed a cat"--Jenny de VriesTwo 'who gives a shit' stories and one that is quite funny!--Vanity Fair is going to put the first-ever pictures of TomKat's baby on its cover. Editor Graydon Carter is so afraid of the pictures being leaked beforehand that he has hired armed guards to protect the pics and forced everyone to sign confidentiality agreements. If you are interested, you can read the rest of the story here. But as I said, WGAS!--Someone decided to make-over Katie Couric with Photoshop. Seems as if there was a pic...

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Fascism demands a succession of wars, foreign conquests, and national threats to keep the nation in a state of fear, anxiety and patriotic hypertension. Those who disagree are branded ideological traitors.Sounds vaguely familiar, doesn't it? From The Big Lie About 'Islamic Fascism' However, there are plenty of modern fascists. But to find them, you have to go to North America and Europe. These neo-fascists advocate "preemptive attacks against all potential enemies," grabbing other nation’s resources, overthrowing uncooperative governments, military...

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"I don't have a date, but I can see over the next 12 to 18 months the Iraqi security forces progressing to a point where they can take on the security responsibilities for the country with very little coalition support." - Gen. George W. Casey JrThe light at the end of the tunnel aways seems to be 12 to 18 months away. General Casey, I would refer you to this site.Meanwhile President Bush is about to launch a new PR campaign to sell the Iraq War to the American people. Sorry, sir, we are not buying. I would refer the President to this si...

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Marrying In Canada? Think Twice

When I talked to A last night, she told me that they STILL have not received their marriage license from Canada--this is ONLY 5 months AFTER they got married. I think she is on the verge of panicking--after all, she cannot change her name or be listed as a wife until they have the proof that they are married! While the wedding was so much fun, this waiting is just plain crazy. She is going to wait just a little while longer and then she will start writing e-mails and letters and making phone calls. That is, if she can figure out WHO she is...

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Another One...

I got an email from A the other day and she announced that they have a new dog. Let's see, this means I am grandma to 3 dogs, two cats, four girls, one boy, and step-grandma to one boy. Is it a wonder that I CRS most of the time?Here is a picture of A's two dogs:We met the one on the left when we were in St. Paul. The one on the right is the new...

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If I don't get off this Lesbian Barbie kick I may have to rename this blog. Hmm...Anyway these photos and more can be found hereAlso, still more lesbian barbie porn at Shalimar's P...

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Just Another Day

"Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later." - Mary Bly--Well, I watched Prison Break last night and, still it is holding my interest. It really is almost totally different from last year, as they are now out of prison--so I don't know if the same level of quality writing will be sustained. I AM a little pissed off...

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Barbie.com: The Movie...

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Coming Soon To A TV Near You

(DISCLAIMER: This is something that hasn't happened--YET.)Announcer: He confessed…He was extradited…He was let go. Next week on Oprah: John Mark Karr! (fade out)Morning Talk Show Talking Head (looking intensely serious): This morning we are talking to Oprah Winfrey. She has caused quite a stir by announcing that John Mark Karr, the man who confessed to killing JonBenet Ramsey will be a guest on her show. Good morning Oprah.Oprah (looking just as serious): Good morning, MTSTH.MTSTH: Let’s get right to it. Why would you put this man on your show?...

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Updated: More Barbie Lesbian Art thanks to Proceed at Your Own Risk Yet more Barbie Lesbian Art and here Lesbian Barbie Upsets Mattel Update: Mattel may deny Barbie is a lesbian but I've got the goods on her here:Not only is Barbie a lesbian but she is apparently kinky as well:So face it Matt...

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Bad For You

"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this." -- AnonymousI am really waiting for 'them' to come out and say that yogurt is very bad for a person's health. I EAT yogurt, simply because it is supposed to be good for you, but it is NOT the first thing I gravitate towards when I go into the frig. I have a problem with food that you can never tell when it has gone 'bad.' Really now, unless you have had that carton in the frig for months, does yogurt EVER go 'bad'? I remember, years ago and before home yogurt-makers,...

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Mike at Born at the Crest of the Empire directs us to this astonishing fact:One year after Katrina, large areas of New Orleans remain virtually uninhabitable. Only $117 million in at least $25 billion in federal aid has reached the city, while federal investigators determined that roughly $2 billion in taxpayer money was wasted in no-bid contracts and disaster aid to people who did not need the help. Incompetence in itself cannot explain this--only corruption on a massive scale. Untold billions have been diverted in both New Orleans and Ir...

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Professor Juan Cole directs us to this poll of the Iraqi people concerning the presence of American troops in their country:91.7% of Iraqis oppose the presence of coalition troops in the country, up from 74.4% in 2004. 84.5% are "strongly opposed". Among Sunnis, opposition to the US presence went from 94.5% to 97.9% (97.2% "strongly opposed"). Among Shia, opposition to the US presence went from 81.2% to 94.6%, with "strongly opposed" going from 63.5% to 89.7%. Even among the Kurds, opposition went from 19.6% to 63.3%. In other words, it isn't just...

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In The News

Here are two news stories that I missed this past week:--Olympia, Washington. The raccoons are out of control. They are rampaging and killing cats. The citizens don't have a clue as to what to do about them varmints--they seem to believe that hand-wringing is a good choice. To read the whole story, go here. Be sure to read the comments that are posted--some of them are just hysterical. You probably will come away from reading them with the same response as me: shaking your head and wondering what is wrong with people! (The comments are...

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Use Meds AND Get Dead

"Some people say that cats are sneaky, evil, and cruel. True, and they have many other fine qualities as well." -- Missy Dizick(the quotes have NOTHING to do with my posts--I just like them! :))As I 'revealed' several posts back, I have psoriasis. Anyone who watches TV has seen the commercials for a 'new and better way' to treat the disease. Well, the new way is a drug that is injected under the skin and it works on a person's immune system--as psoriasis is an auto-immune disease. This has had an amount of success and I was very happy when they...

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Does Anyone REALLY Care?

Here are a few of the 'BIG' stories that are going around and my question remains: Does anyone REALLY care?--Tom Cruise is soooooooo boring and every story about him is just really getting on my last raw nerve. Don't read the stories, you say? Unfortunately, you can't get away from them! Here is just ONE of the more than 1000 articles that Google news has about the latest that has been happening to him. Just go away, Tom, just go away. (He could have left with dignity, but it is too late for THAT!)--Okay, so I DON'T watch reality TV--except...

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US News & World Report on the President of the United States:Animal House in the West WingHe loves to cuss, gets a jolly when a mountain biker wipes out trying to keep up with him, and now we're learning that the first frat boy loves flatulence jokes. A top insider let that slip when explaining why President Bush is paranoid around women, always...

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A Couple of Videos

"I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals." --Winston Churchill--When my daughter, A, was younger, we saw a cartoon on Nickelodeon that quickly became a favorite. I have now found the video and here is a link to "The Cat Came Back." Hope you enjoy and hope it may bring back memories!--Today on mental_floss they had a post about the woman with the world's longest fingernails. While seeing the picture was bad enough, they have a video of her and another woman with long nails that is really rather disturbing--actually,...

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"Many of the same 'disaster profiteers' and government agencies that mishandled the reconstruction of Afghanistan and Iraq are responsible for the failure of 'reconstruction' of the Gulf Coast region. The Army Corps, Bechtel and Halliburton are using the very same 'contract vehicles' in the Gulf Coast as they did in Afghanistan and Iraq. These are 'indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity' open-ended 'contingency' contracts that are being abused by the contractors on the Gulf Coast to squeeze out local companies. These are also 'cost-plus' contracts...

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China Cracks Down on Strippers at Funerals"Striptease used to be a common practice at funerals in Donghai's rural areas to allure viewers," it said. "Local villagers believe that the more people who attend the funeral, the more the dead person is honored."What a wonderful custom! I want a stripper at my funer...

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Hump Day Funny

Thank you, Yoopergirl, for the following. (And, girl, I have missed you! Welcome back!)No Nursing Home for MeAbout 2 years ago my wife and I were on a cruise through the western Mediterranean aboard a Princess liner. At dinner we noticed an elderly lady sitting alone along the rail of the grand stairway in the main dining room. I also noticed that all the staff, ships officers, waiters, busboys, etc., all seemed very familiar with this lady. I asked our waiter who the lady was, expecting to be told that she owned the line,but he said he only...

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Thanks To mental_floss

Today on mental_floss, they have Tuesday Turnip. The author types in a random term or phrase into Google search and then blogs the results. Today's Turnip is 'six out of every ten.' Here are the results:(Everything in quotes is lifted from the mental_floss blog.)"In the US, six out of every ten couples buy a diamond ring for their engagement.Six out of every ten Americans are overweight.Six out of every ten apples you eat are grown in WashingtonSix out of every ten new jobs are computer-related.Nearly six out of every ten Protestant churches now...

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August 22 - Apocalyptic FantasiesIran had said it would reply to Western concerns about its nuclear program on August 22, which is today. Bernard Lewis wrote in the Wall Street Journal on August 8 that this date might have some apocalyptic significance.In Islam, as in Judaism and Christianity, there are certain beliefs concerning the cosmic struggle at the end of time--Gog and Magog, anti-Christ, Armageddon, and for Shiite Muslims, the long awaited return of the Hidden Imam, ending in the final victory of the forces of good over evil, however these...

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Little Bits

--There is a place in San Luis Obispo, California that is called BubbleGum Alley. Since 1960, people have been placing used chewing gum on the walls of this place and continue today. In some places, the gum is 15 wads thick! Here is a link to some pictures. Yuck!--Sebastian is a long-haired, black Persian cat. He has a bit of a dental problem--he...

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Scientists Challenge Single-Bullet TheoryLIVERMORE - More than four decades after his death, John F. Kennedy's assassination remains the hottest cold case in U.S. history, and the clues continue to trickle in. Now Lawrence Livermore Laboratory scientists say a key piece of evidence supporting the lone gunman theory should be thrown o...

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Mark Lane with Jane FondaMOHAMED Al Fayed - who has long alleged that the car crash deaths of his son Dodi Fayed and Princess Diana were part of a sinister plot to prevent the doomed lovers from marrying - has asked a prominent JFK conspiracy theorist to investigate the 1997 tragedy. Al Fayed flew author Mark Lane to London earlier this week and asked...

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And Now Playing...

I just finished my list of shows to be taped for the next week and it seems the fall premiers are beginning. On Monday, Prison Break will start its second season--can't wait! I hope it will be as good as the first season was. I know, it was totally implausible, but it sure kept your attention--and it isn't too hard to watch Wentworth Miller, either!The...

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Suppressed News draws our attention to this story:Two Strange Deaths in European Wiretapping ScandalThe first death:Just after noon on Friday, July 21, Adamo Bove -- head of security at Telecom Italia, the country's largest telecommunications firm -- told his wife he had some errands to run as he left their Naples apartment. Hours later, police found his car parked atop a freeway overpass. Bove's body lay on the pavement some 100 feet below.Bove was a master at detecting hidden phone networks. Recently, at the direction of Milan prosecutors, he'd...

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And Now We're Home

We got home around 4:00 this afternoon. It really wasn't a bad ride back--the traffic wasn't too bad and we only got lost once. I would rant over how K doesn't listen to me and that is why we get lost, but this is absolutely no one's fault! We got lost in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Now, this is a small town--smaller than ours--but there just is no way to get in and out of the place easily. Every single time we have had to go there--and K's sister lives there--we get lost. It is understandable when we visit the sister, as they live off of the...

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From The New York Times“The insurgency has gotten worse by almost all measures, with insurgent attacks at historically high levels,” said a senior Defense Department official who agreed to discuss the issue only on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak for attribution. “The insurgency has more public support and is demonstrably more capable in numbers of people active and in its ability to direct violence than at any point in time.”“Senior administration officials have acknowledged to me that they are considering alternatives...

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Not At Home

Tonight is our second night in St. Paul and we still have tomorrow night to go before we head home. I didn't do a post last night because I was so tire and had a headache--I guess I really am not much of a traveler. We really didn't do much yesterday--we found our daughter's house and visited with her for a time and then drove around to get the lay of the land. We had dinner and then went to sleep.Today we were running around all day. We found a 'regular' mall and walked through it. There was nothing more than what you would find at any mall,...

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Professor Juan Cole quotes Ray Close, a retired CIA analyst of Arab affairs:"Despite vehement official assertions to the contrary, indications are increasing every day that the Bush Administration has already decided that conventional diplomacy will fail as a way to manage its confrontation with Iran, and that military action against the Teheran regime has therefore already reached the point of final countdown.This bombastic and posturing style of “diplomacy” is going to lead inescapably to one or the other of the following results: 1. War with...

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Patrick Buchanan on the Next WarWith our War Party discredited by the failed policies it cheered on in Lebanon and Iraq, there will come a clamor that Bush must "go to the source" of all our difficulty – Iran. Only thus can the War Party redeem itself for having pushed us and Israel into two unnecessary and ruinous wars. And the drumbeat for war on Iran has already be...

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Thanks to Lukery at Wot Is It Good 4 for drawing our attention to to a good song about Sibel Edmonds by a group called Gary Hood and the Last Show Ever which is #20 on this list ofso...

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Israeli Leaders Fault Bush on WarFrom Robert Parry, a real journalist.Amid the political and diplomatic fallout from Israel’s faltering invasion of Lebanon, some Israeli officials are privately blaming President George W. Bush for egging Prime Minister Ehud Olmert into the ill-conceived military adventure against the Hezbollah militia in south Lebanon.As part of Bush’s determination to create a “new Middle East” – one that is more amenable to U.S. policies and desires – Bush even urged Israel to attack Syria, but the Olmert government refused to...

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The Mighty Mac...BOOM?

Great, now this story is going to be all over the news and that means people are actually going to find out WE ARE HERE! Seems some guys were arrested downstate and the authorities say they were planning to blow up the Mackinac Bridge as a terrorist attack. I'm sure we will be hearing more about this in the days to come. You can read the story here.CHIPMUNK UPDATE: A chipmunk was upstairs, again. We watched it go down into the basement and saw where it left the house. K boarded up the spot where it left. About 30 minutes later, the 'sticky...

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Pets

Several days ago, Miss Fire posted about a problem she has been having with a roaming cat. I left a comment at her site, but I wanted to expand on what I said.First, I don’t want this to become dog-people versus cat-people. I am an animal lover who owns a cat. I like the fact that cats are independent—this is the main reason I have one. At this point in our lives, a dog just isn’t what we want—maybe someday…Our town has an ordinance against animals roaming free—both dogs AND cats. This is as it should be. I don’t think my cat has any more...

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The AWWWWW Factor To The Nth Degree

Just HAD to post a link to Cute Overload again. They have some pics of a rabbit and white-tail that are not to be believed. Unfortunately, the permalink doesn't seem to be working, so you have to go to the main page at Cute Overload and scroll down. (Can't figure out what I am doing wrong--if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know!) If you want to go "AWWWWWWWW" for the rest of the day, get there qui...

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Same Old, Same Old

It has been a couple of days since I posted about the chipmunk in our house, so here is an update: it is still here. As of today, it has been upstairs at least 3 times--this afternoon, for one. I CANNOT figure out how it is getting up here. It is NOT getting up from the basement door, so it has to be coming through one of the numerous rodent-sized holes in the floor: for example, the holes around the hot-water pipes in our heat runs. Of course, the queen-of-the-world (our cat) has just decided that this is a new member of our household--SHE...

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FYI

Facts about psoriasisAccording to the National Institutes of Health, as many as 7.5 million Americans have psoriasis—a chronic, noncontagious skin disease that causes itchy, painful, red patches. It's a common disease that can develop in anyone, regardless of age, gender or race. It can affect nearly every aspect of a person's life.During Psoriasis Awareness Month in August, and throughout the year, the National Psoriasis Foundation educates others about the disease. Psoriasis isn't contagious, but awareness is!Psoriasis is not contagious.People...

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The latest opinion poll shows President Bush's approval rating at 33%. It is interesting to compare that poll to this one, in which the public is asked to rate all the Presidents back to Roosevelt. Here are Bush's ratings:31% - great28% - average40% -failureWithin the margin of error, about the same percentage think Bush is a great President as approve of his performance. First of all, of course, who are these people? Second, it appears that Bush's rating are unlikely to go much below a one-third approval rating, if about that percentage still...

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Was Jack Ruby a cross dresser? Enquiring minds want to know.I just found out last night a friend who I've known for 17 years mother worked for Jack Ruby as a cigarette girl and told him Ruby was a cross dresser. Her real name was Rose McGee and later in life when I met her she owned a private club in DeSoto, Texas named the Armadilla VILLAGE.(Emphasis adde...

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Another Meme--by way of Red and Red

Found this on Red's blog, who found it on Red's blog (though I don't know where this Red's post went!), so I thought I would give it a go!Do you sleep with your closet door open or closed?Have to keep the doors on the closet closed or the cat goes into the farthest corner to sleep—then I can’t find her forever!Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotels?I always take the ‘amenities’ from hotels—I donate them to the local women’s shelter when I have enough.Have you ever stolen a street sign before?No—nothing I ever thought of doing.Would...

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Watching And Waiting

The chipmunk is still here--in my pantry. K has the back door open--just hope no more chippies come in--and is waiting for it to leave. It isn't working, as he has been waiting and watching for about a half hour. And, of course, the lazy, good for nothing cat of ours is upstairs having her post-nighttime, post-morning-snack, early-afternoon nap. This, of course, is before her early-evening-snack, mid-evening nap. Which in turn occurs before she has her main meal and main sleep of the day. She has a good life. And she still doesn't do a damn...

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General Wesley Clark:"As I went back through the Pentagon in November 2001, one of the senior military staff officers had time for a chat. Yes, we were still on track for going against Iraq, he said. But there was more. This was being discussed as part of a five-year campaign plan, he said, and there were a total of seven countries, beginning with Iraq, then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Iran, Somalia, and Sudan. I left the Pentagon that afternoon deeply concerned." Deeply concerned. Yes, I am deeply concerned as we...

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Treason is rampant in the country. So says political velociraptor Ann Coulter. I am using an image of the Ann Coulter "action figure" rather than one of Ann herself in case you are having your lunch while reading this bl...

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Retired colonel John Alexander of Los Alamos National Laboratories, Gordon Novel, and John's wife Victoria. (Photo from Saucer Smear ) Col. John Alexander is a retired military officer with unusual interests, including remote viewing and spoon bending. He is also an expert on non-lethal weapons , is allegedly a member of the MJ-12 "aviary" as the...

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Greg Palast on BPIn one case, BP's CEO of Alaskan operations hired a former CIA expert to break into the home of a whistleblower, Chuck Hamel, who had complained of conditions at the pipe's tanker facility. BP tapped his phone calls with a US congressman and ran a surveillance and smear campaign against him. When caught, a US federal judge said BP's acts were "reminiscent of Nazi German...

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Feeling A Little Squirrelly

Actually, that should read 'chipmunky'. Yep, we have had another critter in the house--this time a chipmunk in the basement.I heard something making noise in the basement this morning. When I went to look, the cat greeted me at the bottom of the steps and I continued to hear the chipmunk chirping--obviously she had been stalking it. I got K out of bed to go and look, but he didn't see anything. We waited awhile and then just came upstairs. We hope--too optimistically, I'm afraid--that the little bugger found its way back out of the house....

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From Suppressed News: FEMA's Prison CampsThere over 800 prison camps in the United States, all fully operational and ready to receive prisoners. They are all staffed and even surrounded by full-time guards, but they are all empty. These camps are to be operated by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) should Martial Law need to be implemented...

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Living and Breathing...HOCKEY

We live and breathe hockey here in the UP of Michigan. We are much closer to Canada in the way we regard hockey than most--if not all--of the other states. For example: C is talking about putting their boy in hockey this year--he just turned two! Just to warn my readers: I WILL be talking hockey A LOT this year.Our town is, once again, going to be home to a Junior 'A' hockey team--they will start their season (at home) on 23 September. I hope to attend many games. Junior 'A' hockey is for players in high school through 20 years old--this...

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JFK Assassination Secrets for Sale in Latest EMail ScamWakefield, MA - infoZine - Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, have warned computer users to be wary of an email claiming to come from a dying KGB agent offering to pass on secrets of the John F Kennedy assassination. Sophos believes that the spammed email campaign is an attempt to lure unsuspecting lovers of conspiracy theories into handing over cash and confidential information to internet scammers.This one is for real however: Oswald's...

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Not Much Going On

I have really felt out of it since this weekend. I just feel tired and not wanting to do anything. Don't know why--I guess I just get emotionally exhausted whenever I have to be within 20 miles of The Family.I dropped off the gift at the shower on Saturday and got the reception I expected. Not even going to get into it. I have to admit, though, that I came away with a great feeling of jealousy--the gifts on the table for The Niece were more and bigger than A got for her wedding gifts. A got enough Tupperware to choke a horse and I doubt The...

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CIA files on Project Star GateI find myself becoming increasingly skepical on psychic phenomena. Decades of research by parapsychologists have not amounted to much; that did not stop the U.S. Intelligence community from spending a good deal of time and money investigating "remote viewing" and other paranormal claims. Starstream Research has obtained some 80,000 pages of CIA documents, a small selection of which are available at the link abo...

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Back in 2005 I received a CD of images from Johann W. Rush. Mr. Rush was the camera man who filmed Lee Harvey Oswald in New Orleans as he passed out pro-Castro flyers. Rush seems to be quite conservative and believes that conspiracy theories surrounding the Kennedy assassination had their origins in Soviet propaganda. In 1991 he went to the Soviet...

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"Iraq is now caught in hell." A grim view from American and Iraqi military men. We are going to hear over the months ahead that the Iraqi situation is very complicated, that there will be a blood bath if we leave, and that there is no easy way out.Some will even suggest that we may need to send more troops to Iraq. American officials should remember the first rule of holes: when you are in a hole, stop diggi...

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Insurance

Please, don't get me wrong--I KNOW we have it pretty good when it comes to our insurance coverage. The problem is, we USED TO have so much BETTER coverage than we have now. Every contract, the union gives so much more back to the company, and it always seems to be our benefits. Anyway, I just want everyone to know how grateful I AM for what we have, but I still have to rant about our insurance.Dental coverage. Orthodontics are only covered--50%--for anyone under the age of 19. I passed that a loooooooong time ago. We had to pay for my braces...

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PHYSICISTS IN JAPAN PLAN TO CREATE NEW UNIVERSE IN LABA radical new project could permit human beings to create a "baby universe" in a laboratory in Japan. While it sounds like a dangerous undertaking, the physicists involved believe that if the project is successful, the space-time around a tiny point within our universe will be distorted in such a way that it will begin to form a new superfluid space, and eventually break off, separate in all respects from our experience of space and time, causing no harm to the fabric of our universe."Causing...

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Death of Democracy? Clint Curtis is a hero of mine--see my links. Clint has provided important evidence of election fraud and governmental and corporate corruption. Unfortunately, his efforts may have led to the murder of an official investigator, Raymond Lemme. Hustler is now covering the story.Hustler Story on "Suicide" of Raymond LemmeBackground...

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The Ignorance of a PresidentA year after his “Axis of Evil” speech before the U.S. Congress, President Bush met with three Iraqi Americans, one of whom became postwar Iraq’s first representative to the United States. The three described what they thought would be the political situation after the fall of Saddam Hussein. During their conversation with the President, Galbraith claims, it became apparent to them that Bush was unfamiliar with the distinction between Sunnis and Shiites.Galbraith reports that the three of them spent some time explaining...

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'Hound Dog' Bests 'Teddy Bear'

I saw this story on the morning news and just had to laugh--along with the entire TV crew and 'newsreader'! In England there is a teddy bear museum with many valuable teddy bears on display--one of them a bear owned by Elvis. This museum had great security: a doberman named Barney. Barney went nutso overnight and, while on a rampage, destroyed many of the bears. Now, the story itself isn't really funny, it's the pictures (actually, I saw tape on the news) of the poor dog--he looks like Mel Gibson (I'm not knocking Mel, it is just a good reference)...

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Sidney Blumenthal reports in Salon that the Neocons are providing NSA intelligence to Israel in an effort to provoke a wider war:The neoconservatives are described as enthusiastic about the possibility of using NSA intelligence as a lever to widen the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah and Israel and Hamas into a four-front war.We are not in World War Three yet but they are working for it with "enthusiasm."Rice's diplomacy in the Middle East has erratically veered from initially calling on Israel for "restraint," to categorically opposing a...

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Britain's outgoing Ambassador to Iraq William Patey:"The prospect of a low intensity civil war and a de facto division of Iraq is probably more likely at this stage than a successful and substantial transition to a stable democracy." Gen. John Abizaid, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East:“I believe that the sectarian violence is probably as bad as I’ve seen it, in Baghdad in particular, and that if not stopped, it is possible that Iraq could move towards civil wa...

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