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LONDON (AFP) - An artist appealed for the return of an artwork that consisted of a bottle of water on a plinth, saying he feared it had been stolen and then drunk. US artist Wayne Hill, had devised the artwork, a two-litre (3.5-pint) clear plastic bottle filled with melted ice from the Antarctic, to highlight the dangers of global warming. Entitled "Weapon of Mass Destruction" it was on show at an arts festival in Devon, southwest England. "It looked like an ordinary bottle of water, but it was on a plinth, labelled, described and in the programme of the whole...

Chatting with Red Sox CEO Larry Lucchino on WEEI yesterday, Callahan was miffed that Carson Kressley and friends are being allowed to throw out the first pitch at Fenway Sunday. Callahan asked Lucchino if the Sox brass received complaints about ''fruitcakes" ''sashaying" in front of children and families, and on a Sunday, of all days. ''No," replied Lucchino.

MIDI - SHE'LL BE COMIN' AROUND THE MOUNTAIN I will smile the day Al Franken's head explodes I will smile the day Al Franken's head explodes From the valley or from the mountain, we can hear him when he's shoutin' I will smile the day Al Franken's head expldes Now the shoulders are the tallest thing on Al Now the shoulders are the tallest thing on Al I have just sent him a letter...his show surely will be better Now the shoulders are the tallest thing on Al

What's the deal with all the dead scientists?

<p>If you value your firearms, your safety, and your financial security, you should read every word of the following article - then pass the information along to other gun owners. Your personal future and your family's well-being could depend on it.</p>

Cynthia McKinney: Refocused but unchanged, outspoken critic fights on A continuing series of profiles of our new members of Congress By BOB KEMPER The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 12/28/04 WASHINGTON — Cynthia McKinney won back her congressional seat in Georgia's 4th District this year by doing what she didn't do when she lost it two years ago: avoiding intemperate rhetoric and focusing on local concerns. "It's a new day, y'all," McKinney shouted to supporters on election night. But as she prepares to return to Congress next week, there are indications that things won't be so new and different for one...

Et Tu, Fruitcake! by Marjorie Dorfman Did someone send you one of those hard as a rock cakes again this year? Are you convinced that whoever did couldn't possibly like you and yours very much? Well, if so, please read on for an interesting look at the history of fruitcakes and what they want from all of us. A fruitcake is a geological homemade cake. Charles Dickens I never met a fruitcake I liked. The Dorfman Archives Is there any food product anywhere that is more ridiculed and parodied during the holiday season than the poor old fruitcake? I once...

I happen to be one of those few people on earth that actually love fruit cake. I know there is a company that claims to sell the most and the best fruit cakes. Any recommendations from Freepers?

Putin: Ally or Terrorist? by William F. Jasper Counting Vladimir Putin as an ally against terrorism ignores his career in the murderous KGB/FSB and his ongoing support for terrorist regimes and organizations. ‘‘Lena Goncharuk, aged 38, said that she was the only one to survive out of a group of six who were ordered out of the cellar where they had been hiding and shot at point blank range. Resting in her hospital bed, her voice barely rising above a whisper, she said she had survived only by pretending to be dead." So reported Paul Wood from the Chechen border...

I'm posted "I was once prochoice...GOD showed me! GOD also gave me wireless energy saving inventions which I list on the "Personal Page of Ernestine Standberry" i.e. Geocities.com/loudproductions60609! I applied for a Grant with the U.S. Department of Energy...on my grant application were the "wireless iron," the "wireless hair-blowdryer" the "wireless hotplate," and the "wireless clock/lamp/radio combination" all with removable digital AC/DC! Mr. James P. Damn from the Energy Department called my home after writing me a letter stating that I received a "YES" on Merit but "We will not give you the money." The "wireless iron" is now in...

© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com A former IRS criminal-investigation special agent who left the agency and became a whistleblower exposing government fraud and abuse says the agency, in its attempt to prevent him from serving as an official representative of taxpayers, is illegally using "enforcers" to monitor his political activities and build its case against him. On his website, Freedom Above Fortune, former IRS employee Joe Banister explains his journey from special agent to a member of the "tax honesty movement" – activists working to expose what they consider is a fraudulent income-tax system. He says when he quit his job at...

TECUMSEH, Mich. -- Morgan Ford poses at his home in Tecumseh, Mich. with his family's 125-year-old fruitcake, baked by Ford's great-grandmother Fidelia Bates. Ford, 83, is taking the fruitcake to Burbank, Calif., to share a piece with Jay Leno on "`The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." Ford is the caretaker of the fruitcake, which has been handed down through generations. (12/22/03 AP photo)

<p>PITMAN, N.J. (CSM) - I used to be one of those people - the kind of person who repeatedly dusted off old jokes from that guy who preceded Jay Leno on the "Tonight Show," chortling and pointing at stacks of fruitcake tins in the grocery store, ridiculing anyone who would actually admit to ingesting one.</p>

<p>TECUMSEH, Mich. (AP) - A fruitcake that is an estimated 125 years old - an artifact of holiday cheer - is expected to make a tasty debut of sorts when it's introduced to viewers of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."</p>

If you're travelling by air this holiday season, forget the fruitcake. At least as carry-on luggage. That's the advice of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority. The head of the authority said Tuesday about 500,000 prohibited items have been intercepted at Canada's 89 airports during the past six months. Jacques Duchesneau said the public still isn't aware of what is allowed on board. A lot of scissors and Swiss Army knives have been confiscated. Duchesneau said if you try to bring a fruitcake onboard, expect it to be X-rayed because they are dense and could hide a weapon. "When seen...

MONTREAL, December 10, 2003 — The much-maligned fruit cake – it's often described as the gift everyone gets but no one wants. In the weeks before Christmas, you can see them everywhere... everywhere but the security counter at the airport. Every day, potential threats are seized at Canada's airports. At Montreal's Dorval Airport, they have a host of items that are too risky to be carried past security. But the signs bearing the list of the banned are outdated – a new item has been added to the list. And at this time of year, it's one you cannot escape....

July 22, 2003Retraction TimesIs Krugman saying the Bushies committed treason? SPECIAL UPDATE, JULY 23, 2003: I'd always rather be lucky than smart. Yesterday Paul Krugman appears to have done something not very smart, but he might have gotten very lucky. In a Krugman Truth Squad column posted here yesterday (and reposted below), I criticized Krugman for making the very grave accusation in his New York Times column Tuesday that "Bush administration officials have exposed the identity of a covert operative." I observed that there appeared to have been no basis for Krugman to have assumed that the operative was...

<p>Sometimes "diversity" seems to be just a politically correct way of saying that different types of people are managing to co-exist. And, while sometimes that may be a good start, a look at diversity from three angles should make it clear there is much more to it than that.</p>

<p>Washington -- His voice trembling nearly to tears, Bakersfield Republican Bill Thomas -- one of the most acerbic and imperious members of Congress -- made an extraordinary apology on the House floor Wednesday for what he called his "just plain stupid" decision to ask Capitol Hill police to eject Democrats from a meeting room Friday.</p>