Monthly Archives: January 2007

Lame Duck Soup

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Pancakes and Porn, Upstate Reborn

ONTARIO, N.Y., Jan. 26, 2007 (AP) It’s not your typical church breakfast. An event billed as "Porn and Pancakes" is being hosted by a church in rural upstate New York. The breakfast discussion on the pornography industry in America is … Continue reading

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Anti-Bush Minister Killed Near US Base

It has started. Again. The wave of leftist governments spreading across Latin America got a cold, creepy wakeup call last night when the new, socialist, Minister of Defense of Ecuador, the first female to hold that position, was killed in … Continue reading

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Will Ferral Man Follow Monkey Woman?

When they found her last week, her father said, she was "bare-bones skinny" and shaking, scuttling like a monkey along the ground to snatch up grains of rice, her eyes "red like tigers’ eyes". So when the first pictures of … Continue reading

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Part of the Problem with Professional Sports

Watching the Celtics get smoked last night by the lowly Atlanta Hawks, 100-96, ("Victory eludes Celtics") we were hounded by dark and negative thoughts. To wit: No wonder Red bought the farm a week before this Titanic edition of his … Continue reading

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Evidence of Human/Neanderthal Breeding

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A 40,000-year-old skull found in a Romanian cave shows traits of both modern humans and Neanderthals and might prove the two interbred, researchers reported on Monday. If the findings are confirmed, the skull would represent the oldest … Continue reading

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Notorious Kennel Beheading Dogs

BARNSTABLE — Two Mashpee women arraigned on charges of threatening the owner of a pit bull who found the animal’s severed head on her car are facing additional charges. Just hours after Rebecca Clancy and Kelly Hayden were released on … Continue reading

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Buddhism Cures Bulimia

A psychological technique based on Buddhist philosophy and practice may provide a solution for women who struggle with binge eating and bulimia. The technique known as ‘mindfulness’ is being taught to Queensland women to help them understand and deal with … Continue reading

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The True Price of Failure

Are we the only one to note that in all the wailing and thunder over the President’s "Surge" speech, no one is even mentioning the two ton black elephant in the drawing room: What’s going to happen once we’re gone? … Continue reading

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Damn Comment Spam Sham

Comment Spam update: Thus far today we have been the victim of comment spam from the following sources, in chronological order: shuttle xpc sk21g, cardiomax 700e, crystal ball pendant, cheap car audio systems, radiant heater, 14k gold charm bracelet, camaro … Continue reading

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Opening Up the Rabbit Hole

LEAKING a sensitive government document can mean risking a jail sentence – but not for much longer if an online service called WikiLeaks goes ahead. WikiLeaks is designed to allow anyone to post documents on the web without fear of … Continue reading

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Honey, I Ate the Stamps

Stamps released in China to celebrate the Year of the Pig taste of sweet and sour pork. When you scratch the front of the stamps, it smells of the popular chinese dish and when the back of the stamp is … Continue reading

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