Is this what we want? Britons 'could be microchipped like dogs in a decade'They could be used by companies who want to keep tabs on an employee's movements or by Governments who want a foolproof way of identifying their citizens - and storing information about them.The United States is moving in the same direction:[By the year 2025:] "The civilian...

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George W. Bush:"the Democrat approach in Iraq comes down to this: the terrorists win and America loses." Rick Santorum accuses challenger Bob Casey Jr. of "aiding and abetting terrorism and genocide" George W. Bush and Rick Santorum can both kiss my a...

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Julia Corker on video--no lesbian action, unfortunately, so you'll have to just use your imaginati...

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Ha ha . . . Note: this blog is not in favor of torturing Dick Chen...

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Julia Corker update:I have been scouring the internets, using the google, looking for more racy photos of Julia Corker, all to no avail. This graphic, from the Memphis Commercial Appeal, via Wonkette, does seem to answer the question as to her sexual orientation--she likes it "both way...

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Washington Post: Bush accuses Democrats of lacking plan for IraqWait a freaking moment--Bush has a plan for Iraq? Is he saying that everything in Iraq is going according to plan? If he has a plan, it's not worki...

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From conservative site Judicial Watch: Pentagon Loses WeaponsThousands of sophisticated weapons earmarked for Iraqi security forces are missing from the U.S. Department of Defense and government officials say it is unlikely that they will be recovered. The Pentagon cannot account for 14,030 weapons that include assault rifles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and semiautomatic pistols that could easily be used by terrorists to attack civilians in the United Stat...

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UFO Crash in 1941 in Missouri?In the spring of 1941, at about 9 p.m., Baptist minister William Huffman of Cape Girardeau was asked to deliver last rights to the pilot and passengers of an aircraft that crashed about 15 miles outside of town, in the direction of Sikeston, according to a letter from Huffman’s granddaughter Charlette Mann to UFO investigator...

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First Halliburton gets the Homeland Security contract to build the camps.The contract, which is effective immediately, provides for establishing temporary detention and processing capabilities to augment existing ICE Detention and Removal Operations (DRO) Program facilities in the event of an emergency influx of immigrants into the U.S., or to support the rapid development of new programs. The contingency support contract provides for planning and, if required, initiation of specific engineering, construction and logistics support tasks to establish,...

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A joke for Friday:A protestor outside the white house was carrying a sign that read, "The President is an Idiot" A Secret Service agent approached him and said, "Under the new law, that remark makes you an enemy combatant and you will have to come with me". Not wanting to get water boarded, the protester quickly retorted, "But I was talking about the President of Mexico". The Secret Service agent replied," Nice try buddy, but we know who the idiot i...

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Piglipstick Predicts:Here's a prediction. The repugs will pull their election stealing bullshit and the uproar will be enormous in the days following the theft. Contests will be challenged, recounts demanded and chaos will rein supreme and the media will carry the news of one giant clusterfuck that will make Mexico look serene by comparison.Until a massive war with Iran sweeps it all off the table.My prediction: no war with Iran, Democratics win the election (at least the hous...

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Being Pissy

Yeah, I know my last post had my mis-adventures while peeing in a cup, but this is a different kind of pissy. I have really been in a lousy mood lately--not so much that I'm crabby, just that anything can set me off at any time. And of course, the only one I can go off on is K. (Well, I can get pissed off at the cat, but she just gives me a withering look and turns her back on me.) And, for the most part, he doesn't deserve my moodiness. It isn't so much that I will SAY anything to him, it is just my general lousy attitude right now. Not...

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Hot Girl-on-Girl ActionThe Republicans are running a shamelessly racist ad suggesting that Senate candidate Harold Ford likes white women. Apparently he is not the only one. Wonkette runs this photo of his opponent's daughter, Julia Corker, in a lip-lock with with a blonde. Julia's "Spashley" moment w/o the dorky guy in the picture. Julia (far right)...

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Try to read this, you'll be amazed. From RW Researchcdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg THE PAOMNNEHAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNIDAoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig h...

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Active troops ask congress to end Iraqi occupationWASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sixty five active duty service members are officially asking Congress to end the war in Iraq -- the first time active troops have done so since U.S. invasion began in 2003.Three of the service members will hold a press conference Wednesday explaining their decision to send "Appeals for Redress" under the Military Whistleblower Protection Act to their members of Congress. Under the act, National Guard and Reservists can send communications about any subject to their member of...

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My Life--That's All

Not a whole lot to report from here--just life going on as I know it. So, here goes.--K came home from work four hours early last night. No real explanation, just took the time off. I have a suspicion that he isn't feeling completely well--he has a bit of a cough and that may be why he came home. Of course, it isn't like you can ACTUALLY go to see a doctor if you're not feeling well--you have to wait till you get so bad that it will take twice as long for you to get better! Chances are he'll go see someone tomorrow.--Today K decided to...

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spam poem2Sci Fi loveour coincidence of feeling was soon discoveredto take us in awkward startof humour and sarcasm by journey's end.(A new hobby of mine--creating "poems" from bits and pieces of spam, particularly the pseudo-content they put in to fool the spam blocker...

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"Iraq was better than expected. Overall, there is nothing really to question or be skeptical about. I think the results are very good."Good for Halliburton that is, according to Jeff Tillery, analyst with Pickering Energy Partners Inc., and I'm sure he is right. True, Iraq is rapidly falling into civil war, and the "reconstruction" that Halliburton is supposedly doing in Iraq is a catastrophic failure, but "Halliburton's Iraq-related work contributed nearly $1.2 billion in revenue in the third quarter of 2006." What's good for Halliburton is good...

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Diplomat: US 'arrogant, stupid' in IraqReally? Arrogance and stupidity from the Bush administration? This really does fall in the "Sky is Blue" catego...

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Senator Ted Kennedy Accused of TreasonThe right-wing blogosphere is abuzz with allegations regarding a memo that supposedly has been unearthed in the former Soviet archives. According to a new book, The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism , Senator John Tunney had traveled to the Soviet Union on Kennedy's behalf and offered the assist them in a PR campaign to counter Reagan's foreign policy.As CNS News describes it:The letter, dated May 14, 1983, was sent from the head of the KGB to Yuri Andropov, who was then General Secretary of...

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Lukery at Wot is it Good 4 continues his excellent coverage of whistle-blower Sibel Edmonds, who has been silenced by use of the State Secrets Privilege, supposedly a matter of National Security. Most observers feel that what is actually being covered up is corruption on a massive scale, to the detriment of America. Daniel Ellsberg has spoken to Sibel at length and has given us a peek at what she knows, namely that Dennis Hastert has taken suitcases of Al Qaeda-linked heroin cash!Al Qaeda, she's been saying to congress, according to these interviews,...

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In five years, it's not unlikely that U.S. Special Operations forces will be working with Sunnis in western Iraq against a Shiite-dominated pro-Iranian government that controls much of the country.So says Middle East expert Frank Anderson who worked for the CIA from 1968 until 1995. He also says:There is no prospect under which we will depart from Iraq in better circumstances than we entered. It's probable that every month we stay there our position will be worse than it would have been if we had left the month before.Dick Cheney says that things...

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Smiles All Around

Today I got phone calls from BOTH of the girls--and it sure was nice.First off, the youngest daughter called to tell me about two of the patients she had a chance to meet today. As anyone knows who has been reading this blog for awhile, she works at a vet clinic--actually, she now works at TWO clinics, both part time--so the patients we are talking about are animals. Now, before I go any further I have to say this, I am a BIG fan of the sitcom 'Newhart'--the one where Bob Newhart is the owner of an inn in Vermont--and my favorite characters in...

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Man Accused Of Engaging In Sex Act With Family DogOddly enough, though, he is not a Republican candidate for Congre...

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Our Fearless Lea...

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After 9/11 brothers Kevin and Pat Tillman joined the Army, and served together in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pat was killed in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004. Kevin Tillman has a few things to say:Somehow ...Somehow those afraid to fight an illegal invasion decades ago are allowed to send soldiers to die for an illegal invasion they started.Somehow faking...

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Keith Olbermann to the President: “Your words are lies, Si...

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I Came Back!

I have been AWOL the last few days, as my loyal readers know. (And that is all three of you? :D) Anyway, here is an update on what's been happening.First off, we went on another one of our road trips on Monday morning--so, of course, my Sunday was all about getting ready to go. While I very much appreciate the fact that K does ALL of the driving whenever we go anywhere, I still cannot understand why EVERYTHING else connected to a trip remains MY job. This includes packing, doing the laundry, cleaning up the house, garbage, feeding the cat,...

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Stunning new revelations:Marilyn Monroe murdered Marilyn Monroe was talking on the telephone to Louise DiMaggio when she was murdered and was able to utter the name of her attacker before her death, according to a new book by DiMaggio's niece and Monroe confidante June DiMagg...

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“In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.”-H. L. Mencken (from Station Char...

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Dick Cheney tells Rush Limbaugh that the situation in Iraq is going ‘Remarkably Well’ On the other hand, this government has only been in office about five months, five or six months now. They’re off to a good start. It is difficult, no question about it, but we’ve now got over 300,000 Iraqis trained and equipped as part of their security forces. They’ve...

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Senator Larry Craig (R) Outed by BlogActive: (graphic from Wonkette)I have done extensive research into this case, including trips to the Pacific Northwest to meet with men who have say they have physical relations with the Senator. I have also met with a man here in Washington, D.C., who says the same -- and that these incidents occurred in the bathrooms...

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Congressman Curt Weldon and the Flying SaucerThanks to Wonkette for drawing our attention to this story. It seems that Curt Weldon's daughter was representing a Russian company that made Flying Saucers. I'm not kidding.From the LA Times:Karen Weldon, an inexperienced 29-year-old lobbyist from suburban Philadelphia, seemed an unlikely choice for clients...

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I never meant to say that the Conservatives are generally stupid. I meant to say that stupid people are generally Conservative. I believe that is so obviously and universally admitted a principle that I hardly think any gentleman will deny it. - letter to the Conservative MP, Sir John Pakington. March, 1866.-- John Stuart M...

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Piglipstick posts this interesting video about the series of explosions in Baghdad. There is a really BIG explosion at about 3:55. A harrowing first-person account can be found he...

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Amid widespread panic in the Republican establishment about the coming midterm elections, there are two people whose confidence about GOP prospects strikes even their closest allies as almost inexplicably upbeat: President Bush and his top political adviser, Karl Rove.The official White House line of supreme self-assurance comes from the top down. Bush has publicly and privately banished any talk of losing the GOP majorities, in part to squelch any loss of nerve among his legions. Come January, he said last week, "We'll have a Republican speaker...

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WorldNetDaily: Shit Coming Down!Yes, according to this wingnut site, another Pakistani journalist reports that something big is going to happen during the month of Ramadan, which is observed this year Sept. 24 to Oct. 23. All Muslims are warned to leave the country.The head of the Islamabad-based al-Quds Center reported receiving an audio message from Mullah Masoom Afghani urging U.S. Muslims to get out of the country "because Allah's punishment would fall on America in the month of Ramadan."Muslims are observing Ramadan this year Sept. 24 to Oct....

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Iraqi Shiites Make a Turnabout, Join the Resistance This story, from Cytations, is dated September 9 so it is no longer breaking news. I suppose it falls into the category of "it's news to me." Cyte, the author of this blog knows Arabic so I will be keeping a closer eye on Cytations in the future.But after watching the Kurds recently lower the Iraqi...

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Cartoonist Jim Morin (found at Smirking Chi...

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Just A Meme

Cindi at Somewhere Over the Rainbow tagged me, so here goes another meme. Just wanted to warn people before they got too far! :)***FOOD***What is your salad dressing of choice? Honey mustard, French, or the house dressing. Depends on the mood.What is your favorite fast food restaurant? McDonald’s? Burger King? Any pizza joint? Ah, hell, I just like food that’s not good for me.What is your favorite sit down restaurant? Possibly Outback. I also like Casa Calabria, Bonanza, Texas Roadhouse--I just like food!On average, what size tip do you...

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Fiery light seen over Rome (in Italian)From a Babelfish translation: (cleaned up a bit)Mysterious sight this evening in the sky of Rome...According to what the witnesses have explained, in the sky there has unexpectedly appeared a great object that emanated a strong light as if it had been wrapped in flames.A sign in the ski...

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Conservative Rick Moran: The GOP is ToastAt the moment, it appears that it may be more efficacious for some Republicans to change their party affiliation to “Independent Wicca...

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Rep. John Murtha on Republicans: "Screw them." I knew I liked h...

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The web page that I took this from is now, for some reason, no longer available. Fortunately, I saved ...

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Note to Congressional candidate David McSweeney: being photographed with these two will probably not help you in the polls. What, wasn't Mark Foley availab...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger taking the pulse of the public(from Raw Story)...

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You Might Be a Yooper!

Enjoy this list of things that make us Yoopers who we are--surprisingly, many of these are very, very true! :)(I compiled this list and have lost the original author's names--I apologize to the very witty people who wrote the lists I took these from.)If your snowmobile costs more than your kid's college education, you might be a Yooper!If you install your snow tires in early September, you might be a Yooper!If your best clothes are reversible; Blaze Orange to Camouflage, you might be a Yooper!If you think the expression "to open a can of worms"...

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What's Happening

The snow came...at least for parts of the UP. Over 8 inches of snow dumped on the part of the UP where K and I grew up--and it is calling for another 8-15 inches through tomorrow. I talked to C tonight and she said school, as well as other activities, were canceled today and tonight. Because of teacher inservices tomorrow, school doesn't need canceling--which is a good thing as there are only a limited amount of 'snow days' available before school districts have to make the days up at the end of the year. Here in the town where we live, everything...

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Small Aircraft Hits Manhattan Building Update: It's not Al Qaeda--It's a Yankee Numerology: a poster at Godlike Productions points out that the address of the high rise building is 524 East 72 street and does the math: 5+2+4 = 11 and 7+2 = 9 which equals 9/11 AND...9/11/01 if you turn it upside down = 10/11/06 Also, Cory Lidle's passsport was found...

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Getting Ready...

I think the next few days around here will be fun...NOT!! We are under a snow and blowing snow advisory for tonight and tomorrow and then it turns into an winter storm warning sometime tomorrow afternoon. They are predicting from 8-10 inches of snow 1oo miles north of us--where my oldest daughter lives. I really don't think it should be so bad...

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BREAKING NEWS: Eisenhower Carrier Group Sails for Iran TheaterThe Eisenhower strike force, according to my sources, is scheduled to arrive in the vicinity of Iran around October 21, at the same time as a second flotilla of minesweepers and other ships.This build-up of naval power around the coast of Iran, according to some military sources, is in preparation for an air attack on Iran that would target not just Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities, but its entire military command and control system.What is deeply troubling here is the total silence...

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As PageFuckerGate (as Wonkette calls it) unfolds we would all do well to keep in mind Buell's Law, which states: Whenever a prominent political figure is accused of sexual misconduct--HE DID IT! Seems un-American I know, but remember those three words and you will rarely go wrong.As we wait for the next page to turn, here are some stories about Scott Palmer, Chief of Staff for Speaker Dennis Hastert:From the Huffington Post:Many chiefs of staff are close, very close, to their bosses on Capitol Hill. But none are closer than Scott Palmer is to Denny...

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Huffington Post: Developing...Major TV News Network Pursuing Story On GOP Rep. Kolbe’s Involvement With Congressional Pag...

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Most Profound Man in Iraq — an unidentified farmer in a fairly remote area who, after being asked by Reconnaissance Marines if he had seen any foreign fighters in the area replied "Yes, you." From Time magazines "The Secret Letter from Iraq." Read the whole thi...

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Jeb Bush in the Closet!Protesters greeted Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on his way to a campaign event for a Pennsylvania senator, and he briefly took refuge in a subway station supply closet to avoid the anti-Republican demonstrators.Humor aside, the rest of the article is no so funny."Officers used stun guns to subdue two protesters, saying they disobeyed orders to disperse, said Bob Grove, a Port Authority spokesman.It was a very tense situation. They were very close to the governor and shouting on top of him," Grove said.Bush was not injured.The protesters,...

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I'm A Horrible Person :)

Last week I was talking to C when she mentioned the baby's first birthday. EXCUSE ME!?!?!? WHEN is her birthday???? Turns out, Gracie is a one-year-old this Thursday. Now, I went to ALL of my calendars, my PDA, EVERYWHERE, and there is no mention of when Gracie was born. (I DID post on this blog when she was birthed, but I HARDLY EVER read my own blog. :)) What a horrible grandmother I am. But then, in my defense, I DO have five grandchildren and I can't be expected to remember them all equally, can I? ;) I DO remember visiting C night...

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"There will always be good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."Steven Weinberg, Nobel prize-winning physic...

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Rep. Mark Foley and President George Bush discuss fish...

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Nothing Interesting

Well, we got home on Friday--late afternoon. I got all of the shopping done that I wanted to do and I must say, I did well for myself! This trip, I found THREE pairs of shoes to buy--doesn't happen often that I find shoes I like AND fit my feet, so I had to buy all three pair. If I keep this up, I'll be getting into Imelda Marcos territory. I also...

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"the Democrats are going to lose the contest in November"So says Mark Crispin Miller who thinks the Republicans will steal enough votes to w...

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From BlogActive:Mr. Speaker, I have a point of information...Hey, Dennis, on Monday I'll be telling everyone about the high level closeted staffer in your offi...

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The "Reverend" Fred Phelps--worst Christian ever. (photo found at Kiko's House, a new addition to my lin...

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Len MunsilPresident Bush endorses Republican candidate for Governor of Arizona Len Munsil, calling him:"an attractive man, a family man, an honest man."...

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From the Washington Times:A former Navy intelligence officer weighs in on how the world will stop Iran from building nuclear bombs: "I really believe the Israelis are going to strike [Iran's] several uranium processing factories soon. They cannot survive a first strike. This time, unlike when they sent eight F-16s to destroy the Iraqi reactor Osirak, I think they will use the Jericho missiles and the submarine-launched, nuclear-tipped Tomahawks to do nuclear strikes. Most of the factories are 150 meters underground and too deep for bunker busters."...

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Former Congressman Mark Foley and Unidentified CitizenABC News: Three More Pages Come Forward (this makes at least five)"I was seventeen years old and just returned to [my home state] when Foley began to e-mail me, asking if I had ever seen my page roommates naked and how big their penises were," said the page in the 2002 class.If I am not mistaken,...

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Road Trip

We will be leaving in the morning for one of our road trips. Good grief, driving three and a half hours to, basically, go to eat dinner with friends! But, I get to see what is at the stores and--possibly--get an idea for Christmas shopping, so the trip is more than worthwhile. Don't know if I will be posting from the road, so have a great weeke...

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Help Congressman Foley Protect Our Children! This is interesting--originally from the Independent/UK, August 8, 2004: Between them, Mr Aravosis and Mr Rogers have outed about 20 staffers and politicians, including Congressman Mark Foley, a Florida Republican, and Democrat Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland. Mr Foley's office has since confirmed...

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What We Prefer

From mental_floss:More Women Prefer Dogs Over Husbands: An online poll released by DogCatRadio.com, shows more women would rather have a pet than a husband.(Not a surprise! Dogs give unconditional love—and don’t watch football!)More Women Prefer Looks Over Money: The more money a woman earns, the more likely she is to prefer good looks to money in her man, a new survey reveals.(Um, if a woman has money of her own, why wouldn’t she go for the eye candy?)More women prefer clean-shaven men (70% of women prefer a clean shave, 20% prefer a goatee,...

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Former Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) interrupted a vote on the floor of the House in 2003 to engage in Internet sex with a high school student who had served as a congressional page, according to new Internet instant messages provided to ABC News by former pag...

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More Gay Bush GossipDavid Muranto is the male prostitute who performed oral sex on GW Bush in a Texas Motel in 1987David was 22 years old at the time he met and had sex with George Walker Bush. He now lives in Rio where he owns a gay nightclub and runs a private antique export/import business. He is also variously known as Serge Lionel, Cruse Mato and Gregory Tieb...

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Hot Air asks:First booze turned Mel Gibson into an anti-semite, now it’s gone and turned Mark Foley into a child predator. Alcohol: is there anything it can’t ...

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Now can we say Bush lied?From: Jack AbramoffTo: 'octagon1'Monday, March 18, 2002 8:31 AMSubject: RE: SundayI was sitting yesterday with Karl Rove, Bush's top advisor, at the NCAA basketball game, discussing Israel when this email came in. I showed it to him. It seems that the President was very sad to have to come out negatively regarding Israel, but...

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Donkeyhue, one of the conservative commentators at The Aurora, has this to say about Mark Foley:Whoever Knew Must Be Through Innocent until proven guilty blah blah blah. Now that Ive got the legal mumbo jumbo out of the way, I will say this...Foley needs to be arrested and brought up on charges befitting a pedophile sexual predator. If found guilty, he needs to have his sack cut off and force fed to him. Just as importantly, anyone that had knowledge of these indespicable and illegal emails needs to resign and step down. I dont give a shite if...

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