Monthly Archives: March 2006

The My Mind is an Open Book Look

A model wears a dress by Ukrainian designer Andre Tan during fashion show at the traditional spring-summer pret-a-porter Fashion Week in Kiev, Ukraine Friday, March 17, 2006. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) from Yahoo more Library Fashion j! This could be a … Continue reading

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Abortion How-to – Don’t Try This at Home

A feminist blogger has posted explicit directions online for a surgical abortion, in reaction to the new South Dakota law all but banning the procedure. Her action troubles activists on both sides of the issue: Is it a harbinger of … Continue reading

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1 in 4 Chance YOU Will Die of Avian Flu

March 14, 2006 – Robert G. Webster is one of the few bird flu experts confident enough to answer the key question: Will the avian flu switch from posing a terrible hazard to birds to becoming a real threat to … Continue reading

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Euro Porn Pays Off

Fake porn euro notes being sold as a gimmick in Germany are being successfully passed off as real cash. The notes, in 300, 600 and 1,000 euro denominations have a ring of 12 hearts instead of the usual EU stars … Continue reading

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Buddha Boy Absconds – or Disappears

The weekend disappearance of a Nepalese boy whom supporters hail as a reincarnation of the Buddha has sparked a nationwide search. Supporters have showered 16-year old "Buddha Boy" Ram Bahadur Bomjan with money and gifts for allegedly sitting in motionless … Continue reading

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Waiting for the Bush Prison Interviews

WASHINGTON — A liberal Democrat and potential White House contender is proposing to censure President Bush for authorizing domestic eavesdropping, saying the White House misled Americans about its legality. ”The president has broken the law and, in some way, he … Continue reading

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Good Move on the Name

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Osama bin Laden’s niece, an aspiring singer who posed for a sexy photo shoot in a men’s magazine last year, has signed up for a reality television show about her life and her as yet unfulfilled … Continue reading

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So What’s Up in San Francisco?

It looks like the Dowbrigade won’t be making his big presentation next week to the 40th annual National Teachers of English as a Second Language conference in St. Petersburg (Florida not Russia). We wanted to take Norma Yvonne as a … Continue reading

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Spark a Little Spliff for Bro. Planno

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Mortimo Planno, a philosopher regarded as a key figure in the development of the Rastafarian religion, has died. He was 85. from MSNBC Mortimo Planno was born in Kingston on September 6.1920. He was one of the … Continue reading

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Comic of the day

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Rescued from the SD Card

Wow, we don’t even remember seeing this guy (and you would think we would). Timestamp shows it was taken just before we woke up in the Clinica Manta. No wonder….

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Rescued from the SD Card

Wow, we don’t even remember seeing this guy (and you would think we would). Timestamp shows it was taken just before we woke up in the Clinica Manta. No wonder…. “gowzer”

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