after a weekend of History, Discovery and National Geographic channels,
enjoy this latest glimpse of doom.
Real Death Star Could Strike Earth
Charles Q. Choi
Special to SPACE.com
SPACE.com
March 10, 2008
A beautiful pinwheel in space might one day blast Earth with death rays, scientists now report.
Unlike the moon-sized Death Star from Star Wars, which has to get close to […]

But, it will move to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
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By Charles Q. Choi, Special to LiveScience
posted: 19 September 2006 08:58 am ET

Simulated event of the collision of two protons in a particle accelerator viewed along the beam pipe. The colors of the tracks emanating from the center show the different types of particles emerging from the collision. […]

people natter, “With all his ______(power, money, celebrity,fans);
why does he have to pay?”
If the man had decided to follow that advice instead,
those same people would say,
“Can’t he just go to a prostitute if he’s that horny?”
Of course, had the governor wished to eliminate the middleman–so to speak–and have gone the route of online pornography, […]

Causing environmental blight is a sin, but the Church certainly seemed to want the boy king and his more sinister compatriot in pollution for the top USA jobs.
I wonder if ‘Child Buggery by a Clergyman’ has dropped on the
Vatican’s Sin-O-Meter (sih-NAM-etter).
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Vatican lists “new sins,” including pollution
By Philip Pullella
Reuters
March 10, 2008
Thou shall not pollute […]

AP: Water makes US troops in Iraq sick
By LARRY MARGASAK, Associated Press WriterSun Mar 9, 11:38 AM ET
Dozens of U.S. troops in Iraq fell sick at bases using “unmonitored and potentially unsafe” water supplied by the military and a contractor once owned by Vice President Dick Cheney’s former company, the Pentagon’s internal watchdog says.
A report […]

He looks like a heavy from a late 60s Costa-Gravas film.
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Municipal French Elections Appear to Rebuke Sarkozy
By Molly Moore and Corinne Gavard
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, March 9, 2008; 5:20 PM
PARIS, March 9 — French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s ruling party appeared to suffer major losses in municipal elections across the country Sunday in what some voters […]

chicagotribune.com
Bill Clinton’s Midas touch
Stock deal benefiting his foundation among shrouded successes
By Andrew Zajac
WASHINGTON BUREAU
March 4, 2008
WASHINGTON
In December 2004, former President Bill Clinton made a much-publicized appearance at a launch party in New York for Accoona, a new Internet search engine billing itself as a rival to Google.
Clinton’s presence at the gathering at Tavern on the […]

The Second Rule of Hillary Club–
Once a suburban Chicago Goldwater Girl Republican;
Forever a Crypto-Republican
Huffington Post
Gary Hart
Breaking the Final Rule
Posted March 7, 2008 | 12:45 PM (EST)
It will come as a surprise to many people that there are rules in politics. Most of those rules are unwritten and are based on common understandings, […]

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‘Former’? They still look like Pit Bulls to me.

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Images: (meeting room) parkpavilion.net;  (Pit Bulls L to R): 1-dogear.org via terrier-dogs.blogspot.com; 2-z.about.com via freerepublic.com; 3-farm1.static.flickr.com via petjunction.blogspot.com;4&5-bluemagicpits.com; (floor ashtray) rexite.com; (seat ashtray) battelle.org via advertising-age.blogspot.com; (cigarettes) freefoto.com via jettfumes.blogspot.com; (coffee cups) di1.shopping .com via mysimon.com; (butts in floor ashtray) collegian.csufresno.edu;

Story is here.

I’ve been picking on Hillary Clinton because she supports the Republican candidate to the detriment of the party which will lose if she is nominated.
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By Toby Harnden in Washington
Last Updated: 9:30am GMT 08/03/2008
Page 1 of 2
Hillary Clinton had no direct role in bringing peace to Northern Ireland and is a “wee bit silly” for exaggerating […]

It is with great pride I present my answer to his question.

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Images: (man) wrt.howard.syr.edu; (plow) (houses, etc) dcski.com; (Main pix) Gerald Olson; (plow) (c) Richard Percy, 1995 courtesy Jim Czarnecki

Clinton Remained Silent As Wal-Mart Fought Unions
Tapes Reviewed by ABC News Show Clinton As a Loyal Company Woman
By BRIAN ROSS, MADDY SAUER and RHONDA SCHWARTZ
ABC New
Jan. 31, 2008—
In six years as a member of the Wal-Mart board of directors, between 1986 and 1992, Hillary Clinton remained silent as the world’s largest retailer waged a major […]

Is there an iron-clad confirmation that the rumor exists?

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The rumor. 

More Nevada Surgery Clinics to Be Cited
March 8, 2008
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY – 12 hours ago
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A statewide inspection of outpatient surgery centers like the one believed to have spread hepatitis C to its patients has uncovered dangerous practices at four other clinics, a health official said Friday.
The state swore to quickly inspect […]

March 9, 2008
Bush Uses Veto on C.I.A. Tactics to Affirm Legacy
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
The New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Bush on Saturday further cemented his legacy of fighting for strong executive powers, using his veto to shut down a Congressional effort to limit the Central Intelligence Agency’s latitude to subject terrorism suspects to harsh interrogation […]

SYDNEY MORNING-HERALD
They knew, but did nothing
March 8, 2008
In this exclusive extract from his new book, Philip Shenon uncovers how the White House tried to hide the truth of its ineptitude leading up to the September 11 terrorist attacks. .
In the American summer of 2001, the nation’s news organisations, especially the television networks, were riveted by […]

No Need for Lawmakers’ Approval of Iraq Pact, U.S. Reasserts
By Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, March 6, 2008; Page A18
The Bush administration yesterday advanced a new argument for why it does not require congressional approval to strike a long-term security agreement with Iraq, stating that Congress had already endorsed such an initiative through its 2002 […]

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Video shows bicyclist fleeing Times Sq.
By TOM HAYS, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
NEW YORK - A small bomb caused minor damage to a landmark military recruiting station in the heart of Times Square before dawn Thursday, and police were searching for a hooded bicyclist seen on a surveillance […]

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National security officials testify at the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 5, 2008. Seated (L-R) are: Director of the FBI Robert “Curly” Mueller, Director of National Security Admiral Michael “Larry” McConnell, and Director of the CIA General Mike “Moe” Hayden.(Larry Downing/Reuters)
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More FBI privacy violations confirmed
By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated […]

for only an $800,000 unit cost + shipping & handling. Tote bag is extra.

It stunned me and no one had to touch a battery.

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New Weapon Against Terror: A Flashlight?
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Brandi Hitt
LOS ANGELES (CBS13) ― It looks like a normal flashlight, but Homeland Security has paid close […]

Weather Channel Founder Blasts Network; Claims It Is ‘Telling Us What to Think’-
TWC founder and global warming skeptic advocates suing Al Gore to expose ‘the fraud of global warming.’
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By Jeff Poor
Business & Media Institute
3/3/2008 6:11:04 PM
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The Weather Channel has lost its way, according to John Coleman, who founded the channel in 1982.
Coleman told an audience […]

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I saw this item at Think Progress:
Right-wing radio host Melanie Morgan — who once called for the editor of The New York Times to be “sent to the gas chamber” — has been fired from her job at KSFO 560 AM, but will continue her World Net Daily column. “[J]ust because Melanie Morgan is off […]

Certainly some days can be shorter than others and there should be some time spent out of the city, but a working vacation should not mean sweating while clearing brush. It is highly doubtful that W ever spent seven days a week doing anything except riding his bike, so the idea of needing […]

March 3, 2008, 2:08 pm
House Fires With a Message in the Northwest
New York Times
By John Holusha

House fires.Firefighters poured water onto a burning house in a suburb north of Seattle where four multimillion-dollar homes burned on Monday. Three were destroyed and a fourth was damaged. (Elaine Thompson/Associated Press)
For people who are anti-sprawl activists — or […]

Matt Gonzalez says he’s ready to campaign at colleges and promote election reform.

Gonzalez on Nader campaign: ‘Get beyond 2000′
Phillip Matier,Andrew Ross
San Francisco Chronicle
Sunday, March 2, 2008
“People say we’re being self-centered and egotistical - but in politics, everything is called egotistical,” says Ralph Nader’s new running mate, Matt Gonzalez.
“If you run for mayor, people say you’re […]

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Images: (Hillary) huffingtonpost.com via cnn.com; (cigarette) news.yahoo.ca; (smoke) jupiterimages.com; (40) content.answers.com; (Commie line) Dr. Strangelove

Notre Dame honors activist-actor Sheen
Sun Mar 2, 4:10 PM ET
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Activist-actor Martin Sheen will be honored by the University of Notre Dame with its Laetare Medal for his humanitarian work, the school announced Sunday.
Sheen, who starred as a U.S. president who was a Notre Dame graduate in NBC’s “The West Wing,” is […]

Unchecked aliens cram flight schools
by Bill Hutchinson
Daily News staff writer
Thursday, February 28th 2008, 4:00 AM
Despite tough post-9/11 laws, thousands of foreign students are training at U.S. flight schools without proper visas or security background checks, government documents show.
“TSA’s enforcement is basically nonexistent,” Bill McNease, a former Federal Aviation Administration inspector, said in an interview aired […]

At the core of snowflakes, bacteria
“Bacteria are by far the most active ice nuclei in nature,” said Brent C. Christner, an assistant professor of biological sciences at Louisiana State University.
Moisture must cling to something in order to condense into precipitation, but scientists were surprised to learn how frequently that something is bacteria.
From the Associated Press
March […]

Obviously, child abuse is no laughing matter, but
I think this headline writer could have been more careful.
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Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:02pm EST
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Parents who teach “tough love” by disciplining their children with spankings could be making them more likely to have sexual problems as teenagers and adults, a leading researcher said.
Image: […]

One has to appreciate the Italian feeling for industrial design.
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Thu Feb 28, 11:25 AM ET
ROME (Reuters) - Italians are used to buying bogus Gucci bags or Rolex watches to look stylish but police found a new height of craftsmanship and cunning when they broke up a ring selling fake Ferrari cars for a fraction of […]