Does this mean a wheelchair bound elderly woman
will no longer be able to get tattoos at the small of her back?
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TSA to change body piercing procedures
Mon Mar 31, 9:36 AM ET
LOS ANGELES - The Transportation Security Administration said it will change they way its officers search passengers with body piercings after a Texas woman […]
The Times
March 31, 2008
US credit crunch hits education as banks abandon student loans
Suzy Jagger in New York
One of America’s leading banking associations has given warning that the United States faces a growing educational apartheid as some lenders withdraw from student loans amid new evidence that the credit crisis has spread across all types of borrowing.
In […]
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Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson — who has come under widespread criticism for cronyism and corruption within his department — “is expected to announce his resignation Monday.” “The exact reasons for Mr. Jackson’s decision couldn’t be learned.”
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Think Progress
March 30, 2008
Lieberman Falsely Claims McCain Doesn’t Support Privatization Of Social Security»
On ABC’s This Week today, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) falsely claimed that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) “is not for the private accounts to take the place of social security.” “He’s for what Bill Clinton used to call Social Security plus,” said Lieberman.
Lieberman didn’t […]
U.S. Pilot Sues Boeing Over F-15 Falling Apart
By bruce rolfsen
Published: 24 Mar 15:27 EDT (11:27 GMT)
The pilot of the F-15C Eagle that broke apart in November, forcing an U.S. Air Force-wide grounding of F-15s, has sued the jet’s builder.
The lawsuit seeks more than $75,000 from Boeing.
(Capt. Tana Stevenson / U.S. Air Force)
Maj. Stephen Stilwell’s lawsuit […]
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I found these stills to accompany Vincenzo’s observations
which are best read before viewing the enclosed video.
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From the electrons of Vincenzo Kolchak…
“I guess I missed on the hat — I just showed this to (L’il Vincenzo) and now he knows where Krusty the Klown came from — I have to say that Galapoochie is the […]
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Oops! The president’s age negates Cactus Jack Garner’s observation.
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Think Progress has a good story.
Image: via Think Progress
Brain-damaged woman at center of Wal-Mart suit
JACKSON, Missouri (CNN) – Debbie Shank breaks down in tears every time she’s told that her 18-year-old son, Jeremy, was killed in Iraq.
The couple’s 18-year-old son, Jeremy, was killed two weeks after arriving in Iraq.
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The 52-year-old mother of three attended her son’s funeral, but she […]
Give them credit for keeping television-viewing to a minimum.
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By DAN JONES
ABC NEWS
March 27, 2008 —
From NEW SCIENTIST
Could Neanderthals speak? The answer may depend on whether they used make-up.
Francesco d’Errico, an archaeologist from the University of Bordeaux, France, has found crafted lumps of pigment essentially crayons left behind by Neanderthals across Europe.
He says that […]
Bush aide resigns for alleged wrongdoing
By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent
March 28, 2008
An aide to President Bush has resigned because of his alleged misuse of grant money from the U.S. Agency for International Development when he worked for a Cuban democracy organization.
Felipe Sixto was promoted on March 1 as a special assistant to the […]
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Man who beheaded hotel duck sentenced in Minnesota
The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 03/26/2008 02:52:44 PM MDT
ST. PAUL—A former Colorado man who ripped the head off a duck in a St. Paul hotel has been sentenced to 21 days in the workhouse and 80 hours of community service.
Scott D. Clark pleaded guilty to felony animal cruelty […]
His eight years ended up by crashing the Democratic party through crypto-Republican policy and hayseed escapades, now he is working on Part II.
Enough is enough, folks.
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Clinton Praises “Moderate” McCain
ABCNews
March 27, 2008 7:30 PM
ABC’s Z. Byron Wolf Reports: At a stop in rural Pennsylvania, over winding roads and through rolling hills in small Lewistown, […]
I wonder if these folks got the idea in JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT?
BIL-KO IMPORT EXPORT?
Nevertheless, there is a big difference between allegedly and guilty.
The truth has always been a problem with the present administration.
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March 27, 2008
Supplier Under Scrutiny on Arms for Afghans
By C. J. CHIVERS
This article was reported by C. J. Chivers, Eric Schmitt and Nicholas […]
Australian farmer finds mystery space junk
Fri Mar 28, 12:57 AM ET
A cattle farmer in Australia’s remote northern outback on Friday said he had found a giant ball of twisted metal, which he believes is space junk from a rocket used to launch communications satellites.
Farmer James Stirton found the odd-shaped ball last year on his 40,000 […]
REUTERS
Clinton takes hit in new poll on White House race
Wed Mar 26, 10:53 PM ET
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s positive rating has dropped to a new low of 37 percent in an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released on Wednesday.
According to the poll, the New York senator’s positive rating slid 8 percentage points in two weeks […]
Well, It Did Happen to Somebody
By Mary Ann Akers And Paul Kane
Thursday, March 27, 2008; A15
For those of you who doubt that story involving a Balkan airport, the one Hillary Rodham Clinton tells about darting across the tarmac to dodge sniper fire, take note: It really did happen.
Just not to Clinton.
In October 1995, six months […]
I obtained these photographs from the 1996 greeting ceremony in question.
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The following story has been a catalyst for the fertile minds
of Patapsco Jack and Vincenzo Kolchak.
The New York Times
March 25, 2008
Paterson Says He Tried Cocaine and Marijuana in 1970s
A week after admitting that he had been unfaithful to his wife on multiple occasions, Gov. David A. Paterson made another confession about his past, […]
Beijing torch lit as police scotch protest
By Karolos Grohmann
March 24, 2008
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (Reuters) - Human rights demonstrators breached tight security and tried to hijack the Beijing Olympic torch lighting ceremony and relay in ancient Olympia on Monday.
Just before the torch was lit inside the archaeological site that played host to the Olympics in ancient […]
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We Don’t Know This Sen. Joe
Published on 3/23/2008 in Home Editorial
The Day.com
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When The Day endorsed Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman for re-election in November 2006 it was supporting a candidate who demonstrated a history of pragmatic leadership and a willingness to seek bipartisan solutions.
We wonder what happened to that senator.
Sen. Lieberman’s open-ended commitment to military involvement […]
Isn’t that how Condi’s boss handled the Axis of Evil?
Hu cares?
1 hour, 24 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged China Monday to speak to the Dalai Lama as the “only policy that is sustainable in Tibet,” during talks with her visiting Indian counterpart.
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W ‘n Friends reward the man with disdain while having praised
vermin in the guise of Chalabi. But, why wouldn’t W’s regime
appreciate someone accused of embezzling $300,000,00
from a Jordanian bank?
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Stalwart Service for U.S. in Iraq Is Not Enough to Gain Green Card
By Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 23, 2008; A01
During his nearly four years as […]
Vincenzo Kolchak wonders about Noah’s ability for quality control.
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Washington Post
March 21, 2008
The Fact Checiker
Michael Dobbs
Candidate Watch
Hillary’s Balkan Adventures, Part II
Greeting ceremony, Tuzla military airport, Bosnia, March 25, 1996.
(In WashingtonPost.com)
“I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to […]
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The Nissan Rogue is not the first time automobile models have carried somewhat questionable names. Domestic and foreign manufacturers have always saved a few odd handles for their product lines.
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Model Pictured: 2-stroke Pipsqueak
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Model Pictured: Underhand Cam 178 cubic inch Cold Sweat
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Model Pictured: 3.6 litre Procrastinator
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Model Pictured: 12 cylinder fuel-injected Aggrandizer
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Model Pictured: High […]
Kate Beckinsale Would Rather Eat V***** Than Sushi
Moviefone
March 21, 2008 02:32 PM
“Underworld” actress Kate Beckinsale can’t stop talking about v***** in interviews. Married with a daughter, Beckinsale recently told Allure that hers is her best feature, and referenced it as “Pharoah’s Tomb.” Now she tells a moviefone interviewer that she would rather eat v***** than […]
Dallas Morning-News
Bill Clinton: Hillary and McCain love their country
11:12 AM Sat, Mar 22, 2008
Bruce Tomaso
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The former president has riled the Obama camp once again, this time with a statement that seemed to question Barack Obama’s patriotism.
Speaking to a group of veterans in Charlotte, N.C., Bill Clinton was discussing the possibility of a November matchup […]
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“We just see ourselves very much at risk here,” said New York Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly. He said he does not want to rely solely on other agencies for the city’s protection. (By Helayne Seidman — The Washington Post)
In New York, a Turf War in the Battle Against Terrorism
By Dafna Linzer
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, […]