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I read and heard a lot in the news today about "Taliban regime resurgent"I wonder who would be trying to give aid and comfort to an enemy in a time of war?

Why Beer Is Better Than Obama "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." --Benjamin Franklin Soldiers like beer. Sailors like beer. Marines like beer. Beer won't take half your paycheck. You're sad if there's no more beer. Beer makes life a little better. You know what's in beer. Beer doesn't come from Madrassas.

Based on prime-time precedent and the general laws of television, South Park - the animated Comedy Central series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone that's currently in its 12th season - should have degenerated by now into a pathetic parody of itself that has fans and critics calling for its immediate demise. Yet the general consensus about South Park is that this savagely funny satire has never been as biting and relevant as it is now. All of which begged this question during a phone interview earlier this week with Parker and Stone: How did the pair ward off...

Calvin "Clicker" Embry talks a little funny these days. You would, too if a 15-pound snapping turtle ever latched onto your tongue and wouldn't let go." I started doing this trick years ago, and it's a great crowd pleaser," the legendary turtle hunter said. "I guess I've kissed about a hundred snappin' turtles and never been bit — until this last time."....The chunk of tongue that's missing makes "Clicker" talk a little funny, but it's not serious enough to stop him from kissing snapping turtles on the snout or licking their eyeballs.

The American Secret Society of Illegals (ASSI) will endorse a candidate for president this year. We believe it will be crucial to elect a president friendly to immigration "reform," i.e. We promise once again to halt illegal crossings if you extend amnesty to the 30 million illegals already here, after which, as in 1986, we'll flood across again. Sponsored by the American Secret Society of Illegals. Washington DC 20002 For latest news, advice and sales products for Illegals, VISIT: http://americansecretsocietyofillegals.blogspot.com/ ONLY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE ALLOWED TO VISIT THIS CLOSED SITE – NO AMERICANS PERMITTED!!!! The Dilemma - Barak or McCain?...

IT NEVER FAILS: Murphy's Law. When applying for jobs, the one place you do not want to call you back inevitably will. I encountered this annoying fact applying for jobs in Richmond, when I landed one at the local Subway. Of all the interesting, vibrant-looking places in my area that I could have worked, this was definitely my last choice. But the only other places I had wanted to work told me it would be a few weeks or months, and I had to have something ASAP so that I could pay the rent. At first glance, the job didn't...

When I watch this video, I just can’t stop laughing. Cats think they’re so superior, so when you catch them in moments like this, you can rub their faces in it.

WooHoo.....It's Friday!!! Time To Play Just watch where you're going Don't leave anyone behind, no matter how different they are And make sure you do it correctly

So far the internet provides little to no information about Obama's IQ Score, his college transcripts from Harvard, his GPA, his SAT or LSAT scores. Could Obama actually be as dumb as Al Gore? Wait... that's not possible. We know that Obama has less experience than a Home Owner's Association President, but could he have an IQ to match? Help me out if you find information about his IQ and other test scores. Thanks.

Where, oh where, has Sarah Jessica Parker’s famous facial mole gone? The “Sex and the City” actress’ face was mole-free when she stepped onto the field at Tuesday night’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium in New York. A source told Foxnews.com that the 43-year-old actress had her trademark bump removed sometime during the last two weeks. Another source told UK’s Daily Mail that the singer wants to keep “Operation Mole” on the down-low. “I don’t know exactly when she had it done but she has definitely had a procedure. She’s kept it really quiet, though,” said the...

Former U.S. presidential candidate Al Gore delivers a speech on America's future energy needs in Washington July 17, 2008.

Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) addresses supporters during a campaign stop at the NAACP National Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 16, 2008.

John Edwards shakes hands with supporters in Anamosa, Iowa on July 14 following his announcement of a proposed Presidential initiative to ensure all Americans share in the benefits of the new energy economy. Edwards supporters gathered at the Lawrence Community Center to hear his plan to invest in a new energy future, which is projected to create over a million jobs economy-wide. Dubbed the Green Collar Jobs training plan, it will offer job training and placement for up to 150,000 workers a year.

US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama listens to his introduction before making a foreign policy speech on Iraq and American National Security in Washington, July 15, 2008. Obama's overseas trip will be a high-risk debut on the world stage -- with the potential pitfalls at least as numerous as the likely rewards. The crowd looks on as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) June 27, 2008 in Unity, New Hampshire. American voters remain divided by race before a presidential election that will have the first black nominee from a major party...

The fact that the former Democratic presidential candidate and civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson wanted to cut out some of Barack Obama's nuts for himself was hardly a surprise to anyone familiar with their miraculous properties. For a long time, people from all cultures of America and beyond have sought to incorporate Obama's nuts into their lives, both as objects of beauty and as tools for the body, mind and spirit. Every Obama's nut is unique with various properties and characteristics and has the ability to induce hope, as well as store, receive, and transmit energy. Other legendary properties...

Wow!A terrific interpretation!Adolf's Got Talent

"Sammi/Zanne Joi, on the left, and Mari/Toby Blome, on the right. Two of Code Pink's Berzerkeley Babes."

Obama is so pretty that the new symbol of the Democrat Party will be a unicorn. Obama is so pretty that Bill Clinton wants to intern for him. Obama is so pretty that his anti-matter version is James Carville. Obama is so pretty that he won't ride in Ted Kennedy's car. Obama is so pretty that he would even look good in a Hillary pantsuit. Obama is so pretty that he gives Edwin Edwards makeup tips. Obama is so pretty that when he goes to Iraq he has to wear a Burka.

Take a minute or two and enjoy watching a hippie's VW be eaten in an industrial shredder. Watch It Shred: A "Hippie" Bug (1974 VW)

I'm not sure what Chinese string this restaurateur fed to the translation software used to to generate the giant sign hanging over the entrance, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't: TRANSLATE SERVER ERROR. Ah, the special problems of translations into other alphabets.

Do you think Denver is trying to hide the homeless during the Democratic National Convention? Yes No

New Campaign 2008 Jib Jab video/cartoon http://www.jibjab.com/

Back in the fabled '60s, when Nancy Pelosi was wearing tie-dyed T-shirts and floral headdresses — and long before she could imagine single digit congressional approval ratings — there was a marketing phenomenon that mated, perfectly, with the San Francisco zeitgeist. Called the “Mood Ring,” it provided Haight-Ashbury sidewalk sitters a sort of love-the-one-you're-with radar: Finagle it onto your date's finger, and the ring would illuminate the path to her G-spot like a Garmin GPS. “At your next possible opportunity, make a U-turn.” Today's liberals have flocked to a human Mood Ring, and he's got built-in thermotropic antennae that measure...

(2008-07-14) — The Bush administration’s plan to use the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury to save two mismanaged quasi-governmental mortgage companies has already revived confidence in the U.S. free enterprise system both at home and abroad. “This just proves that American capitalism works,” said an unnamed analyst from Bear Stearns. “The self-correcting mechanism of free markets still happens as if guided by an invisible hand. This week we caught another glimpse at that hand. Too bad Adam Smith wasn’t alive to see it.” Around the globe, investor faith in the U.S. economy was buoyed by the news that the...

I bet all of you have seen this little disclaimer that is often attached to email:Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. rof,lmfaopersonally I recommend PGP if ya wanna keep yer eMail private

Dakota tribal wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. However, in business we often try other strategies with dead horses, including the following:

ATHENS (Reuters) - Nine British women were facing prostitution charges after being arrested at the weekend for taking part in an oral sex competition in the Greek holiday island of Zakynthos, police said on Monday. Six British and six Greek men, including two bar owners, were also charged in the incident, which took place at Laganas beach in the south of the Ionian island, which lies off the west coast of mainland Greece, police said. The women, who came to the popular resort on holiday, had been paid to take part in the competition, which was video recorded and was...

Coffee giant Starbucks Corp. has released its first list of store closures since it announced a major downsizing July 1, and five of the eight California locations to be shuttered are in the Inland area.

Hundreds of feet of chain fencing have been stolen from a historic cemetery in Franklin, police said.

Q. Why will Jimmy Carter vote for Barack Obama? A. Because Jimmy doesn't want to be the worst President in history. Q. Why will Senator Hillary Clinton vote for Barack Obama? A. Because he stole the primary election fair and square. Q. Why will Jane Fonda vote for Barack Obama? A. Because Ho Chi Minh is dead. Q. Why will Ho Chi Minh vote for Barack Obama? A. Because Ho Chi Minh is dead. Q. Why will Jay Leno vote for Barack Obama? A. Because he's running out of George Bush jokes. Q. Why will David Letterman vote for Barack...

Run with it, roll with itNew York's centuries-old history as the gateway to America's melting pot has given it a certain multicultural cachet, but the fact that New Orleans culture is built on a melange of cultural flavors is often overlooked. In addition to the French architecture and language, Cajun food and the endless cultural festivals that fill the calendar, New Orleans now brings you a little taste of Spain, too.NOLA Bulls, the organization behind San Fermin in Nueva Orleans, a tip of the hat to the bull run in Pamplona, Spain, is the brainchild of Mickey "El Padrino" Hanning....

He goes after Olberman and the Dems at about 2:34 into the video.

A young passer-by points to a mural composed of a series of portraits that are a combination of the faces of Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in Boston, Massachusetts July 11, 2008. Gallery XIV commissioned the mural by artist Ron English.

First off let me say that I have my own cell phone. I use it to text all of my buddies over on Dogster throughout the day. So it was with great concern I read about Andy Fanelli, a Lhasa Apso, getting hassled by Verizon for not paying his bill. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — More than 70,000 consumers complained about third-party debt collectors in 2007, but one Sacramento couple said they have good reason to bark about the bill they received. Steve Fanelli received a bill from AFNI collections claiming an Andy Fanelli owes Verizon Online $142.34. And although Steve Fanelli...

What could be sillier than.... I A stereotype is a simplified and/or standardized conception or image with specific meaning, often held in common by people about another group. A stereotype can be a conventional and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image, based on the assumption that there are attributes that members of the other group hold in common. Stereotypes are sometimes formed by a previous illusory correlation, a false association between two variables that are loosely if at all correlated. Some stereotypes could be offensive.... Stereotypes may be positive or negative in tone. They are typically generalizations based on minimal or...

Hi everyone - I thought it a good idea to lighten up the mood amidst all the present political brouhaha to present to you a classic article from Time Magazine, concerning er... exotic examples of car types built throughout the 20th century.

I see US House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer's name alot in the headlines lately.I thought Nancy Pelosi was the Speaker of the House.What's up with that?

Regardless of whether Americans elect the Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama, seen here, president in November, the man who takes up residency in the White House will be a lefty -- at least in terms of the hand he favors. U.S. Senator and Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-IL) is led off the stage by U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) after the two appeared together at a "Women for Obama" campaign event in New York City, July 10, 2008.

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In the battle of the sexes, women's magazine editor Cynthia Good said this was a skirmish she had to fight. Across Atlanta they stood, orange signs with black letters that read "Men At Work" or "Men Working Ahead." Sometimes, the signs stood next to women working alongside the men. Good demanded Atlanta officials remove the signs and last week, Atlanta Public Works Commissioner Joe Basista agreed. Score one for gender equality, Good said Wednesday. "They get it," Good said about the city in a telephone interview. Public Works officials are replacing 50 "Men Working" with signs that say "Workers Ahead."...

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Man Robbed While Trying To Purchase Crack Cocaine Calls Cops, Is Arrested Wednesday July 9, 2008 CityNews.ca Staff A man who called police in East Hartford Connecticut Monday seems to have lost sight of his priorities. He reported he'd paid money for goods never received, presumably hoping they would chase down the guilty parties. But authorities were more interested in the fact that the man was trying to purchase crack cocaine at the time of the theft, and charged him with criminal attempt to commit possession of narcotics. The Judge at his arraignment reportedly asked if he "really thought" police...

Hidden Kitten Attacks Super cute video! A little kitty hides under the covers then jumps out to attack its owner's hand.

Home > Post Your Opinion > Archives > 2008 > July > 07 > Entry Does Limbaugh deserve $50 million a year? By Post Staff | Monday, July 7, 2008, 03:13 PM

<p>US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama poses for a photograph with a young boy in Pennsylvania. President George W. Bush will attend the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics, defying boycott calls from critics of China's record on human rights and in Tibet, including Obama and presumptive White House rivals John McCain.</p>

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee, US Senator John McCain addresses the League of United Latin American Citizens convention at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC. Iraq's hardening demand for a pullout deadline for US troops on Tuesday reignited the sharp campaign quarrel over the war between White House rivals McCain and Barack Obama. John McCain, seen here in Mexico City on July 3, 2008 US Republican presidential hopeful John McCain points at a journalist during a press conference north of Bogota, Colombia. McCain has warned security conditions must dictate troop withdrawals from Iraq, after Baghdad said it wanted a timetable for...