I think it’s merely an example of what happens when the leader is a rogue at best–an outlaw at worst. There are no pictures because this story is graphic enough for most humans.
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Updated 11:10 a.m. EST, Fri February 29, 2008
Rogue debt collectors — how to fight them
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CNN
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If the Eagles have the nerve to return, why shouldn’t Jack from Hell?
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By Jeremy Lovell Fri Feb 29, 12:01 PM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - Jack the Ripper is about to return to the part of London he made his own private killing ground in one of history’s most infamous unsolved crimes.
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NASA Baffled by Unexplained Force Acting on Space Probes
By Charles Q. Choi
Special to SPACE.com
posted: 29 February 2008
11:17 am ET
Mysteriously, five spacecraft that flew past the Earth have each displayed unexpected anomalies in their motions.
These newfound enigmas join the so-called “Pioneer anomaly” as hints that unexplained forces may appear to act on spacecraft.
A decade ago, after […]
Mukasey refuses probe of Bush aides
By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer 8 minutes ago
Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused Friday to refer the House’s contempt citations against two of President Bush’s top aides to a federal grand jury. Mukasey said White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former presidential counsel Harriet Miers committed no crime.
As […]
Political Punch
Jake Tapper is ABC News’ Senior National Correspondent
Hagee Endorsement for McCain Comes Under Fire
February 29, 2008 11:19 AM
Calling Pastor John Hagee a “bigot,” the conservative Catholic League is calling for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., to denounce/renounce/reject his endorsement Wednesday.
With a Youtube link to prove his point, Catholic League president Bill Donohue said Hagee “has […]
Motivate them to what?! Is not his quaint ‘water-boarding’ actually Chinese Water Torture? Just as the attempt to ban boxing led to female boxing, the attempt to ban water-torture has let it seep into the workplace.
What’s on the horizon? Game shows? Home Water Torture Kits? Maybe, we can look forward to […]
AP
Mon Feb 25, 9:59 PM ET
BERLIN - Police dogs in the western city of Duesseldorf will no longer get their feet dirty when on patrol —
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This is an excerpt from a Sam Stein piece in the Huffington Post…
The campaign operatives also engaged in some standard fiddling with expectations, arguing that if Obama failed to win all four states that vote on Tuesday — Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island — it would send troubling signals about “dissatisfaction with [his] […]
Max Cady: I’m Virgil and I’m guidin’ you through the gates of Hell. We are now in the Ninth Circle, the Circle of Traitors. Traitors to country! Traitors to fellow man! Traitors to GOD! You, sir, are charged with betrayin’ the principles of all three! Quote for me the American Bar Association’s Rules of […]
Boehner tells GOP to get off ‘dead a**es’
By: Patrick O’Connor
POLITICO
Feb 27, 2008 05:51 AM EST
Minority Leader John Boehner
Members and aides present said the Republican leader was clearly frustrated.
Photo: John Shinkle
House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) challenged Republicans on Tuesday to get off their “dead asses” and start raising money for the National Republican Congressional […]
Apparently, Jack wears his to bed…only!
I went “on the Google” and found not one pin on a lapel of Jack Sprat.
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Think Progress
February 28, 2007
On MSNBC’s Live With Dan Abrams last night, Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) said it was okay to “question” Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) patriotism because he doesn’t regularly wear an American flag […]
Republicans for Obama: How Significant?
The Nation2 hours, 47 minutes ago
The Nation — Reagan Democrats played a key role in electing a new present in 1980; now Obama Republicans seem to be emerging as a significant political force - at least in the primaries.
In the Wisconsin primary, almost nine per cent of Obama’s vote came from […]
Obama photo causes stir
By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press Writer 10 minutes ago
A photograph circulating in the Internet of Democratic Sen. Barack Obama dressed in traditional local garments during a visit to Kenya in 2006 is causing a dustup in the presidential campaign over what constitutes a smear.
The Associated Press photograph portrays Obama wearing a white […]
I Gimped this photo in early August during President Sarkozy’s visit.
Who could have thought it would prove to be a Hip-Hop omen?
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy jogs along Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. US newspapers on Sunday avoided editorial comment on a meeting between Presidents George W. Bush of the United States and Sarkozy, […]
60 Minutes Report On Rove’s Dirty Politics
Think Progress
February 25, 2008
Last night, CBS’s 60 Minutes aired its long-awaited report on Alabama’s incarcerated former governor Don Siegelman, featuring allegations that Karl Rove personally told a Republican operative in the state to find evidence that Siegelman was cheating on his wife.
Siegelman, a Democrat, was convicted in 2006 for […]
Mart Kaplan
Huffington Post
Ralphing
Posted February 24, 2008 | 01:08 PM (EST)
It’s hard to believe, I know, but there is now an entire generation of 20- and 30-something Americans who don’t know that Ralph Nader wasn’t always a total a**hole.
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The column is a lot less judgmental,
but one can hardly dispute its opening salvo.
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Feng Shui MacDonald’s offers calm and fries
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The Daily Telegraph
Last Updated: 11:41pm GMT 17/02/2008
A McDonald’s restaurant in California has become the first in the nation to undergo a Feng Shui makeover in a bid to encourage customers to linger over their Big Macs and fries.
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Exxon Oil Spill Case May Get Closure
Almost 20 Years After Valdez Wreck, Justices to Weigh In
By Robert Barnes
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, February 24, 2008; A01
When a federal jury in Alaska in 1994 ordered Exxon to pay $5 billion to thousands of people who had their lives disrupted by the massive Exxon Valdez oil spill, an […]
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Associated Press
Sunday, February 24, 2008
26 minutes ago
Ralph Nader is launching a third-party campaign for president. The consumer advocate made the announcement Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” He says most Americans are disenchanted with the Democratic and Republican parties, and that none of the presidential contenders are addressing ways to stem corporate crime and Pentagon […]
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Report: Man has photo of Clemens at disputed Canseco party
ESPN.com news services
The 1998 party at Jose Canseco’s house in Miami may have started out as a gathering of friends and family. It has turned into an event worthy of congressional testimony and a source of “evidence.”
There is a photo of Roger Clemens […]
Music Review
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An Eco-Friendly Pianist Wears Her Heart on Her Sleeveless Dress
SOYEON LEE performed at Zankel Hall on Tuesday. She wore a dress made of recycled juice containers for the second half of the recital.
(Photo/ Julieta Cervantes for The New York Times)
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
Published: February 21, 2008
Bowing to the protocols of classical music, most female performers […]
The Anti-Lobbyist, Advised by Lobbyists
By Michael D. Shear and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, February 22, 2008; A01
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For years, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has railed against lobbyists and the influence of “special interests” in Washington, touting on his campaign Web site his fight against “the ‘revolving door’ by which lawmakers and other influential officials […]
Vincenzo Kolchak writes about a joke delivered by McCain…
“John McCain asked, “Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.”–SALON.om
I found this little example of what a classy guy McCain is – McCain is such a nice guy, it would be a shame to see him hoisted for “flirting” with a […]
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February 21, 2008
Officials Review Weather to Plan Shooting Down of Satellite
By THOM SHANKER
WASHINGTON — The many moving parts of a mission to shoot down a dying spy satellite with an antimissile interceptor lined up Wednesday after the space shuttle Atlantis returned to Earth, officials said.
Military officials reviewed the weather in the Pacific Ocean to determine […]
MARTY DEBERGI (Inteviewer):
The last time Tap toured America, they where, uh, booked into10,000 seat arenas, and 15,000 seat venues, and it seems that now,on their current tour they’re being booked into 1,200 seat arenas, 1,500 seat arenas, and uh I was just wondering,does this mean uh…the popularity of the group is waning?
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At the end of each column, he takes questions from readers
and chooses the funniest.
I think this fits the bill:
Q. If Andy Pettitte appears before Congress, will Roger Clemens fly in Pettitte’s brother from Sicily to sabotage the testimony? (Tony A____________; Pittsburgh)
A. Pay the man, Shirley.
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I never knew no Godfather. I have my own family, Senator.
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Hagen:
His […]
Briton jailed for urinating on Latvian monument
Tue Feb 19, 12:39 PM ET
RIGA (Reuters) - A British man was sentenced to five days’ detention on Tuesday for urinating on one of Latvia’s most treasured monuments.
A court official said the Briton, who denied the charges, would serve his detention in a police cell after being found guilty […]
Saboteurs may have cut Mideast telecom cables: UN agency
1 day ago
DOHA (AFP) — Damage to several undersea telecom cables that caused outages across the Middle East and Asia could have been an act of sabotage, the International Telecommunication Union said on Monday.
“We do not want to preempt the results of ongoing investigations, but we do […]
Ancient “devil frog” may have eaten baby dinosaurs
By Will Dunham 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was the biggest, baddest, meanest froggy ever to have hopped on Earth.
Scientists on Monday announced the discovery in northwestern Madagascar of a bulky amphibian dubbed the “devil frog” that lived 65 million to 70 million years ago […]
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Hey, Michelle. We’re not in ‘ante-Great War’ Rome anymore.
Religion rears its ugly head
and Patapsco Jack gives me the heads up.
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Giovanni Limbo–basketball writer for L’Osservatore Romano–states
“Pius X no, but Pius XI averaged 23 points a game
before he entered the seminary.”
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School stops female referee from working a boys game
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, February 14, 2008
KANSAS […]
Huge beef recall stems from Calif. plant
By GREG RISLING, Associated Press Writer Mon Feb 18, 2:11 AM ET
LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a California slaughterhouse, the subject of an animal-abuse investigation, that provided meat to school lunch programs.
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Bush Dismisses Iraq Recession: The War Has ‘Nothing To Do With The Economy’
Think Progress
February 18, 2007
This morning on NBC’s Today Show, President Bush denied that the there’s any link between the faltering U.S. economy and $10 billion a month being spent on the Iraq war. In fact, according to Bush, the war is actually helping […]
Published on Capitol Hill Blue
Did an out-of-control Bill Clinton slap protester?
Democratic political professionals worry that former President Bill Clinton is “out of control” and “destroying his wife’s campaign” after he reportedly slapped a heckler at a rally in Ohio and got into a shouting match with another.
Party insiders tell Capitol Hill Blue that the former […]
Hopefully, it’s a declining “niche market.”
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This ranks with other twists in the fabric of history:
Abraham Lincoln’s son Robert was present at both President Garfield’s and President McKinley’s assassinations.
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King George V, Kaiser Wilhelm and Czar Nicholas were cousins and still found reason to […]