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Archive for January, 2010
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010‘Bulletproof’ bat mitzvah big shot in ’scam’ trial
The New York Post
By SELIM ALGAR
Last Updated: 12:56 PM, January 26, 2010
Posted: 3:04 AM, January 26, 2010
Even body armor might not help him now.
The Long Island bulletproof-vest mogul who shelled out $10 million for his daughter’s star-studded bat mitzvah financed the fete and other wild luxuries by looting […]
Vincenzo is the person who found irony in the “Twenty One” quiz show scandal. Everyone was worried about keeping the high ground for a program sponsored by GERITOL tonic for “tired blood.”
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 I sent the following item from GADGET LAB
to Vincenzo Kolchak:
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Blu-ray Maker Re-Boxes $500 Player, Charges $3,500
* By Charlie Sorrel Email Author
* January 22, 2010
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* Categories: Media Players
“Above you see two Blu-ray players. On the bottom is the Oppo BDP-83, a $500 machine. On top is the Lexicon BD-30, which will set you […]
A Movie Tagline Test. Identify the Film from the corresponding Tagline.
Monday, January 25th, 2010Four Points for Each Correct Answer
Each tagline is from IMDb.com. Emphasis is studio’s.
1-An offer you can’t refuse.
2-A Tale of the Christ
3-His Triumph Changed The World Forever.
4-It’s a race for the secret … or TOTAL DESTRUCTION
5-The GREATEST ROMANCE and ADVENTURE in a THOUSAND YEARS!
6-Gable and Lancaster make the seas boil in the battle adventure that hits […]
How will they determine the difference?
Monday, January 25th, 2010Movie made by chimpanzees to be broadcast on television
By Matt Walker, Editor, Earth News
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There were far worse movies than THE OSCAR, but those films did not require an all-star cast to be horrible. I suggest you rent this epic because it will keep you in stitches. Certain bad movies transcend their mediocrity to rise to […]
SC Lt. Gov. compares people getting gov’t help to ‘stray animals’ who ‘breed’ because they don’t know better. –THINK PROGRESS headline
Sunday, January 24th, 2010By Amanda Terkel on Jan 23rd, 2010 at 3:02 pm
South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer, who is running for the Republican nomination for governor, held a town hall meeting yesterday where he argued government should be tougher on families whose children receive free and reduced-price lunches.
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The Lieutenant Governor in what could be an
unguarded moment of […]
Rest In Peace
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010Silver screen legend Jean Simmons dies at 80
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Saturday, January 23rd 2010, 11:41 AM
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Jean Simmons - shown in 1954 - starred in movies such as ‘Affair with a Stranger’ and ‘The Actress’ in her early career.
LOS ANGELES - Jean Simmons, the film star who played Ophelia to Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet, sang with Marlon Brando […]
Several years ago I posted scenario where the Swiss Guard of Pope Benedict XVI would square off against the Red Chinese Army. That was a joke, but it could not be crazier and more dangerous than this story from ABC News.
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010TODAY - January 19, 2010
Bible codes found on military weapons
Rifle scope with Bible verse inscription (ABC News)
Bible codes found on military weapons
A contractor has been inscribing coded references to Bible verses on rifle scopes for years. The controversy
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My story pales in comparison…
The Vatican has only one chance.
If the Pope’s troops take it the distance, […]
Yahoo News Headlines-Jan. 19, 2010 3:45 p.m. EST
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010Haiti quake creates thousands of new orphans Photos
Port-au-Prince looters face hunger, warning shots from police
Democrats begin finger-pointing over close Mass. Senate race
China blocking Internet access for millions since riots
Monkey brains ‘hardwired’ for simple math, scientists say
Herbie, New England’s largest and oldest elm tree, cut down
Ham-and-bean dinner postponed until Jan. 30- Canton…
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Is that Canton, China?
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I’m a sucker for Nature stories.
Monday, January 18th, 2010Mutually-Beneficial Animal Relationships
Huffington Post
First Posted: 01- 4-10 07:48 AM | Updated: 01- 4-10 07:52 AM
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Images: Most are via Huffington Post and marked at bottom right. (Ant suitcase) mcli.dist.maricopa.edu; (barber smock) triangle.kudzu.com (Scope bottle) petrasoap.com;
Feds Quizzed Vick On Steroids–headline, The Smoking Gun, 01/06/10
Sunday, January 17th, 2010There must have been an inter-agency weigh-lifting contest later in the day.
I wonder what he’d look like viewed through beer goggles.
Friday, January 15th, 2010New Osama Bin Laden PICTURES: FBI’s Digitally-Enhanced Images Of How He May Look
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TodayHuffington Post/AP First Posted: 01-15-10 11:32 AM | Updated: 01-15-10 12:23 PM
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Osama Bin Laden may look drastically different today than he did just a few years ago, and the FBI has released new pictures showing what he may look like today.The digitally-enhanced images […]
Your Career: Ten Fastest-Growing Professions–MSNBC.com headline
Friday, January 15th, 2010Rather than go through the pages of ads to find the careers, I decided to use logic, experience and current events to offer my own list.
1) Telephone Collection Agent
2) Bankruptcy Attorney
3) Food Stamp Clerk
4) Automobile Re-Possessor
5) Major Appliance Re-Possessor
6) Shepherd
7) Crime Scene Cleaner
8) Copper and metal thief
9) Human Test Subject
10) Masochistic Street Performer
Buffalo’s Debt Collectors Accused of Bullying–Associated Press headline, January 6, 2010…
Monday, January 11th, 2010That’s bad, but it could be worse…
“Bull Durham County Debt Collectors Accused of Buffaloing”
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Monday, January 11th, 2010Federal Reserve Seeks to Block Release of U.S. Bailout Secrets
Bloomberg
David Glovin David Glovin – Mon Jan 11, 12:01 am ET
Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve will ask a U.S. appeals court to block a ruling that for the first time would force the central bank to reveal secret identities of financial firms that might […]
How many recall when the Roman Catholic Church was at the vanguard of the labor movement?
Sunday, January 10th, 2010 When viewed against what passes for televised theology today,
Fulton J. Sheen was was Thomas Aquinas.
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Image: (Bishop Sheen) bishopsheen.excerptsofinri.com; (hot dog) deusterco.com;(SEIU) 2.bp.blogspot.com via thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com