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for domestic violence. Color me not surprised.

Jetsprint, or Sprint Boat Racing is a form of racing sport in which jetboats with a crew of two race individually against the clock through twisting series of channels in less than a metre of water. Tracks are typically designed for spectators, and racing is fast and loud, with boat motors usually V8s developing well over 500hp.(VIDEO)

Here's the evening menu at the Lurker Compound. While not very traditional it sure hit the spot here: Christmas Menu 2009 Deviled Eggs with Shrimp, Dill, Goat Cheese, and Capers Seared Bacon Wrapped Scallops with Fig Jam Pickled Asparagus Wrapped with Prosciutto, Parmesan, and Cracked Pepper Butternut Squash soup with Sugar and Spiced Pepitas and Jarlsberg Swiss Chicken Rosemary Brie Ravioli with Peach Bourbon Butter and Chopped Cashews Homestyle Grilled Flatbread with House made Pork Sausage, Goat and Bleu Cheeses, Caramelized Onions, Basil, and Chopped Tomatoes Fried Dough with Sugar, Cinnamon, and Vermont Maple Syrup Drizzle Adult Beverages: La Crema...

Very sorry for the vanity - quick question hopefully = know there is a lot going on tonight - am following the attempted terrorist attack on the NWest plane - but also - have been very frustrated trying to find the Titans/Chargers game anywhere - on /TV or online radio!!! Can anyone help?

Physical Contact between Sheen and Mueller Dec 25th 2009 Sources tell TMZ ... There was contact between Charlie Sheen and his wife Brooke Mueller -- but the issue will be who started it. We're told Mueller called 911 claiming Sheen assaulted her. But we're told Sheen told law enforcement that Brooke was the aggressor and he was just fending her off. The "Two and a Half Men" star was arrested this morning in Aspen, Colorado for felony second degree assault, felony menacing and criminal mischief -- a misdemeanor. Sheen will remain behind bars until he sees a judge.

On the topic of international trade, the views of economists tend to differ from those of the general public. There are three principle differences. First, many noneconomists believe that it is more advantageous to trade with other members of one’s nation or ethnic group than with outsiders. Economists see all forms of trade as equally advantageous. Second, many noneconomists believe that exports are better than imports for the economy. Economists believe that all trade is good for the economy. Third, many noneconomists believe that a country’s balance of trade is governed by the “competitiveness� of its wage rates, tariffs, and...

<p>Seattle doesn’t like to say No. (Look how many times we tried to say Yes to the monorail.) But that doesn’t mean we’re a city without no-nos.</p> <p>Newcomers to Seattle quickly find that we’re a cultural minefield of prejudice and political correctness that can blow up in your face if you misstep. So here’s a list of conversation stoppers — things you just can’t say in polite company. Clip and save this column; it may save you from social banishment or worse.</p>

25 December 2009 BROTHER: BEWARE OF WOMEN!

I am home alone my wife is working and my kids are all doing their own thing, so I am reading a book " Christian faith alone is capable of combining tradition and renewal Tradition alone leads to petrification;renewal alone leads to dissolution,artificial planning and tyrannical centralization ."

ASPEN, Colo. – Charlie Sheen has been arrested in the Colorado resort town of Aspen on charges related to an alleged case of domestic violence. Aspen police spokeswoman Stephanie Dasaro says Sheen was arrested Friday on charges of second-degree assault and menacing, both felonies, along with criminal mischief, a misdemeanor.

Here is video from Disneyland where they have added a Tiger Woods joke to the script of "Aladdin - A Musical Spectacular." The Genie is talking to Aladdin and is giving him the ground rules on how he can use his three wishes: "Just like Dr. Phil, I can't make somebody fall in love with you...I had to say that, like, 15 times to Tiger Woods." How different things are for Tiger Woods this Christmas than they were a year ago. . . . (VIDEO)

A new catnip mouse!

Actor Charlie Sheen was booked into the Pitkin County Jail on felony domestic violence charges today, authorities in Aspen said. Aspen police were summoned by a 9-1-1 to a home at 320 West Hallam St. near downtown at about 11:20 a.m.. A unnamed "victim did not require transport to the hospital," according to a statement from police. The home at that address is for sale for $7.45 million, but the owner's name is not listed, according to real estate records. Sheen married 29-year old real estate investor and actress Brooke Mueller last year and she gave birth to twins, Max...

Michael Card's original version of "Joseph's Song".

The original song done by Amy Grant and with scenes from the movie, " The Nativity".

For me 2009 was a very consuming year on me physically and mentally with the left wing agenda being rammed down our throats. Our country is way on its way to becoming a socialist country. Luckily we still enjoy the right to free speech. So may God forgive us of our sinful country that has aborted many innocent children, and have become like a modern day Sodom and Gomorrah. 2010 I will concentrate more on rebuilding the church, being more a fisher of men, and also strengthening men to become better leaders in the church. I believe that a lot...

Media Bias Is Real, Finds UCLA Political Scientist By Meg Sullivan December 14, 2005 Category: Research While the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal is conservative, the newspaper's news pages are liberal, even more liberal than The New York Times. The Drudge Report may have a right-wing reputation, but it leans left. Coverage by public television and radio is conservative compared to the rest of the mainstream media. Meanwhile, almost all major media outlets tilt to the left.... http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Media-Bias-Is-Real-Finds-UCLA-6664.aspx?RelNum=6664

Have you wondered why Barack Hussein Obama has insisted that the U.S. Attorney General hold the trials for the 911 Murdering Muslims Terrorists in Civilian Courts as Common Criminals instead of as Terrorists who attacked the United States of America? Think about this: If the Muslim Terrorists are tried in Military Tribunals, convicted, and sentenced to DEATH by the Military Tribunal, BY LAW of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama, as President of the United States, would be required to SIGN their Death Warrants before they could be EXECUTED. He would not be required to sign the death warrants if...

Pope Benedict XVI was attacked last night while entering St Peter's Basilica for celebration of Christmas Midnight Mass. The attacker, 25 year old Susanna Maiolo, could be seen in footage scrambing out of her seat and jumping over the small barrier that separated congregants from clergy as they walked to the altar. A security guard tackled her to the ground, but she still managed to pull the 82 year old Pontiff down to the ground by his vestments. The same woman attacked the Pope last year during Midnight Christmas Mass but was tackled by guards before she could reach the...

Something like the iPod Touch can do so many things, it can be hard to know where to begin.Year after year, Apple's line of iPod portable media players make for great holiday gifts to give and receive. But whether it's your first iPod or an overdue update, the increasing complexity of the iPod (and the iTunes software behind it) can be challenging to wrap your head around. To shorten the distance between unboxing and rocking out, I've put together a collection of all the major iPod and iTunes tutorials I've created over the course of the year. Happy holidays.

Just got a new Mac for Christmas and feeling a little bewildered?Fear not - Switch to Mac, brought to you by our colleagues over on MacFormat magazine, shows new Mac users how to move comfortably from the familiarity of Windows. Below are 20 common tasks that PC owners perform without thinking about, and their equivalents on a Mac - just as easy! On Windows I used to... Do a right-clickThere's a myth that Macs can't right-click. Nonsense! Since before the days of Mac OS X, Macs have had the ability to use two-button mice to bring up the kind of...

A Christmas message from President Reagan to the American people. Thank God for the time when our country had a REAL president. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIZMGBdhav8

Here is a video report saying disgraced financier Bernie Madoff is being treated for serious "facial injuries," broken ribs and a collapsed lung after he supposedly "fell out of bed" in a North Carolina Federal Prison. Other reports had said Madoff had injuries "consistent with an assault." But officials now are saying the injuries are the result of him falling out of bed. . . . (VIDEO)

Grover Norquist and Jane Hamsher are not often on the same side of anything, beyond both usually being in the Western Hemisphere. Norquist is a leading voice of fiscal conservatism as head of the anti-tax group Americans for Tax Reform; Hamsher is a leading voice of the digital left, whose blog Firedoglake has taken on influence in speaking up for progressives during the health care debate and in pressuring lawmakers through its activist arm, FDL Action. But the two have united to level serious allegations at White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and demand his resignation.

The first Christmas in the new nation began almost as precariously as the very first Christmas in Bethlehem. The early results of the American war effort by Christmas 1776 had been under whelming , and gave little indication that men who had pledged their lives and sacred honor would one day live to be free. The icy Delaware River may not have been the Red Sea, but the need for Divine Providence and Deliverance to a besieged people was likely inescapable to any American soldier who trod the frozen ground that winter. Like the Israelites of old, this miraculous water...

Someone once called the birth and life of Jesus Christ the greatest story ever told. It most certainly is, for no other story offers such a powerful and sublime mixture of wonder, pain, hope, and love. Paradoxically, the very thing that makes this story so irresistible to some also stands as a stumbling block to others, because to them its claims seem so fantastic that they could hardly be true. Why, it is often asked, would God come down to this earth -- a tiny planet tucked away in a forlorn corner of the universe -- and assume human form?...

"It scares the bejesus out of the DC establishment of both parties to think that the left and right might align against the corporate interests that dominate the massive giveaways that keep happening no matter who’s in power." This video summarizes health care "Reform": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51G-FfBhN6w&feature=player_embedded * "Obama's health care bill, the poisoned Kool-Aid making its way through the Senate, will not confer any of its supposed benefits on Americans until 2013. But they will find themselves chafing at its restrictions and paying its taxes immediately after the law takes effect." ... * "The first "no" will hit the 10 million...

Pa never had much compassion for the lazy or those who squandered their means and then never had enough for the necessities. But for those who were genuinely in need, his heart was as big as all outdoors. It was from him that I learned the greatest joy in life comes from giving, not from receiving. It was Christmas Eve 1881. I was fifteen years old and feeling like the world had caved in on me because there just hadn't been enough money to buy me the rifle that I'd wanted for Christmas. We did the chores early that night...

He belongs to Tracie Steger of Spring Hill and disappeared on Nov. 15. Steger searched for hours in the dark. She put up LOST KITTY signs. Neighborhood kids handed out fliers. People walked the neighborhood, calling out the cat's name. A little girl across the street told Steger she saw a car hit a cat and drive off. It had a gray coat. Steger winced. Another day Steger saw whiskers between the teeth of a hungry vulture. She scared it off and saved a kitten that wasn't Giggle-Blizzard. On Thanksgiving night, they heard something yelping on the porch. There was...

Merry Christmas morning from the Palins! Joy,peace,rest&increased faith for you&your family this season. Jesus is the Reason for the Season!

A Graceful Arc Credit & Copyright: Tony Hallas Explanation: The graceful arc of the Milky Way begins and ends at two mountain peaks in this solemn night sky panorama. Created from a 24 frame mosaic, exposures tracking Earth and sky were made separately, with northern California's Mount Lassen at the left and Mount Shasta at the far right, just below the star and dust clouds of the galactic center. Lassen and Shasta are volcanoes in the Cascade Mountain Range of North America, an arc of the volcanic Pacific Ring of Fire. In the dim, snow-capped peaks, planet Earth seems...

A recording of "O Holy Night" from my son's church. Modern, rock version. My son did the audio & video editing (Proud mom here) Merry Christmas!!

Here is video of singer Travis Cottrell singing a beautiful Christmas Song - "In the First Light." . . . (VIDEO)

Here is video of Great Britain's Queen Elizabeth II delivering her Christmas Message today. She praised British forces serving in Afghanistan, and wished the British people a "Merry Christmas." . . . (VIDEO)

First, to all my Christian Friends: May the Lord G-d bring you a very Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year. ------------------------------------------------------ Now to the point. In an effort to save other Freepers time and money, let me tell you ahead of time what will happen when/if you write to members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation. Writing to Barney Frank: Whatever the issue, Frank's office will generate a huge letter (average: 10 pages of single-spaced type) divided into two parts: Part 1 will contain his public stance and a long list of foornotes to let you know that he's really...

What can employers across the country, big and small, do to avoid much of the costs of the new Obamacare legislation? There has been talk about converting employees to contractors. But there are pitfalls to doing this as outlined by this site: http://www.contingentlaw.com/Costly_legal_myths_in_contract.htm What can employees do to avoid costs (or even protest) this new monstrosity being forced upon them? If you are a business owner, what are some plans you might inact to reduce the costs and emilinate or minimize any penalties that will come with this legislation?

Plus it's a blistering 18 degrees. I'm so thankful for Al Gore's warning. I wouldn't have known what it was, otherwise.

Ho ho ho! http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/7ULiqTkuBMeMlV3V

To All My Democrat Friends: Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2010, but not without due...

RIVERVIEW - Authorities have identified the man a Hillsborough County sheriff's corporal shot and killed after he was called to investigate a domestic disturbance at a supermarket. Cpl. Mark Clark killed Richard Darnell Longstreet, 32, of 3730 West Main St., Tampa. When Clark arrived at the Publix at U.S. 301 and Big Bend Road about 1 p.m., he saw Longstreet and Aisha Warren of Gibsonton arguing in the parking lot, Hillsborough Sheriff David Gee said. Warren tried waving the deputy off and the couple got 1995 Nissan Altima and drove away. Three children, ages 12, 6 and 2, were in...

I've been an NFL fan for more than half a century now. I do not recall any regular season NFL game ever having been played on a Friday before. So what gives? Is this another political statement by the NFL to go along with their pink shoes and announcements in Spanish? It's Christmas and the NFL doesn't care for their players and production staffs or anyone else. I'm not even Christian and I am offended. ML/NJ

Those words to the left were lifted straight from a journal entry written at 2 a.m. on the April night the good doctor broke the rules. He broke another one, too, a few hours before, admitting a critical patient at the Huntsman Cancer Hospital without first directing him through the emergency room at University Hospital, according to protocol. Steve Call, an attending physician at the Huntsman that night, received a phone message at 7 p.m. from another doctor about a cancer patient who was in dire condition. The doctor asked if his patient could come in directly. Call relented, although...

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Ok, the gifts are opened.Lets compare gifts.

While many of his fans, particularly in the US, appear disappointed, I, for one, believe that Mr Obama has had an extraordinarily successful first year as president. The immediate order of business when he took charge was, of course, the global financial crisis. Disregarding the Chicken Littles, who were preparing for the end of the world, Mr Obama’s team, in coordination with fiscal and monetary teams all over the world, turned on the Big Tap, and the results are there for all to see. Clearly, the worst is behind us, although there is still much to be done in creating...

Since it opened last week, James Cameron's much-anticipated film "Avatar" has won praise from movie critics and been a juggernaut at the box office. But some who have seen the film say that it contains hidden messages that are anti-war, pro-environment, and perhaps even racist. For the benefit of those who haven't seen the film, a little nonspoiler background might be useful. The story is set in the year 2154 when Earth's inhabitants, having used up most of their natural resources through decades of living in excess, plan to use military force to conquer Pandora, a moon roughly the same...

Im not sure if im in the right place to ask this question but i dont know where else to ask i guess. How do I clear my pings under my account. any help would be appreciated. Merry Christmas to all.

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Merry Christmas!

Take a deep breath. The Herald has put state Sen. Anthony D. Galluccio’s oral argument to the test. The embattled Cambridge Democrat, on home confinement after pleading guilty to a hit-and-run crash, flunked a series of blood-alcohol checks this week - and he blamed it on his toothpaste. Galluccio claimed Sensodyne and Colgate Total Whitening toothpaste caused low readings on a Sobrietor, the device Galluccio uses. Galluccio said he brushed with both brands Monday before blowing into the device showing “several low level positive reads over the course of an hour.” A Herald test using an Alcohawk Slim Ultra digital...