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Using data recovered from a damaged computer hard-drive that was aboard the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia in 2003, scientists have recently learned more about why the act of shaking a material can quickly transform it into something completely different. One of the best examples of this phenomenon is ordinary ketchup. Shake the bottle and the semi-solid paste becomes a runny liquid. Food scientists do the shaking in a controlled way by putting ketchup (and other processed foods) into a rheometer (rheo, meaning "flow") to see how its viscosity -- the scientific word for stickiness -- decreases when shaken. Robert Berg...

Which condiment you favor when you lather your hot dog -- ketchup or mustard -- reveals your politics, according to a noted political scientist. "People who mostly or entirely use ketchup are much more likely to favor the invasion of Iraq than those who use mustard," says Dr. Noah Frum, a senior fellow at the prestigious Institute for Political Advantage think tank. "Red is an aggressive, war-like color, whereas yellow is much more passive and low-key, " he says. Dr. Frum conducted his study when one of the political parties, looking for an advantage in the upcoming November elections, came...

Five Easy Ways to Go Organic Switching to organic is tough for many families who don’t want to pay higher prices or give up their favorite foods. But by choosing organic versions of just a few foods that you eat often, you can increase the percentage of organic food in your diet without big changes to your shopping cart or your spending. The key is to be strategic in your organic purchases. Opting for organic produce, for instance, doesn’t necessarily have a big impact, depending on what you eat. According to the Environmental Working Group, commercially-farmed fruits and vegetables vary...

Mar. 25 - For at least two days, neighbors at a city apartment complex noticed an acrid aroma, black smoke and leaping flames coming from two barbecue grills on the balcony of a second-floor apartment. What, neighbors at the Red Oak Place apartments wondered, was going on in the unit where 27-year-old Timothy Wayne Shepherd lived? What was he burning at all hours, for days at a time? The answer turned their stomachs. According to law enforcement officials, Shepherd dismembered, and then burned the body of his former girlfriend, Tynesha Stewart, a 19-year-old Texas A&M University student. Nothing remains of...

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One look at you tells me all I need to know about you. I am so tired of liberals that think they are so brilliant. You are such a stupid jackass. You are so stupid you probably believe that the Bush administration orchestrated the attacks on 9/11. Every time you go on the internet, every time you make a bank transaction, or pay a bill, every time you try to email a congressman or senator they are getting so much information off of you. Of course it is all a conspiracy by the Bush administration. I have screwed around by...

Here's something for you to ponder over... http://distressedamerican.cf.huffingtonpost.com/ Any thoughts?

The purpose of FreeRepublic.com's multiple message boards is to limit the topics for each board to particular topics. Posting the same message on all the boards defeats the purpose of multiple-boards for special topics. It is very annoying to see the same message on every bulletin board. PLEASE! DO THE READERS A FAVOR. STOP CROSS-POSTING YOUR MESSAGES!

So, Mr. Kerry, were you also wrong when you voted FOR the invasion of Iraq, but then voted AGAINST the funding for it as you blamed Bush and Rumsfeldt for the lack of armor for Humvees and such? were you "wrong" for sloughing off over 76% of public Senate Intel Comittee hearings in the years following the first WTC attack? Which part of "wrong" was "I voted for it before I voted against it"? must be one or the other. were you "wrong" when you publicly gave aid and comfort to the North Vietnamese communists while they were torturing our...

WASHINGTON -- Senator John F. Kerry is placing himself at the center of congressional action over the war in Iraq this week with a crisply worded resolution to require President Bush to withdraw almost all US troops by the end of this year. The measure has exposed Kerry to attacks from Republicans and some Democrats, as critics rushed to tag the plan as a ``cut-and-run" strategy. But it also has made him a rallying point for antiwar activists. The sweeping resolution amounts to the senator's sharpest condemnation of the war and his broadest repudiation of his own vote to authorize...

Those who disagree with the Bush administration's policies in Iraq face the same scornful charges that they are unpatriotic as Sen. John Kerry did 35 years ago when he spoke out against the Vietnam War, the Massachusetts Democrat said Saturday. "I have come here today to reaffirm that it was right to dissent in 1971 from a war that was wrong. And to affirm that it is both a right and an obligation for Americans today to disagree with a President who is wrong, a policy that is wrong, and a war in Iraq that weakens the nation," Kerry said...

Responding to criticism that he had a laundry list of demands when he stayed in luxury hotels on the campaign trail, Sen. John Kerry said yesterday that he recently took a trip where he slept every night in his truck - accompanied only by his motorcycle, a friend and his butler, "Marvin." Asked about the trip by radio host Don Imus, Kerry explained: "Marvin and Teddy [and myself] . . . We had the best damned time, I'll tell you." "It was wonderful," the top Democrat declared. "We didn't stay anywhere. We actually drove all night. We slept in the...

John Kerry’s list of travel demands makes Dick Cheney "look like a travelin’ rube,” according to the Smoking Gun, an online site that has obtained both the vice president’s and Senator Kerry’s lists of demands. Kerry’s demand list was compiled during the 2004 presidential campaign and circulated by the would-be president’s advance team to prepare hotels for a Kerry visit. The documents reveal that Kerry "hates celery,” and instructs, "NEVER order Tomato based products OR sandwiches [sic].” Thus, ketchup, the condiment that made Mrs. Heinz Kerry’s previous husband enormously wealthy, is out of the question. Kerry does like fruits –...

Ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co. (NYSE:HNZ - news) on Tuesday posted a 23 percent drop in net profit, and fell short of Wall Street estimates, as its tax rate rose and the stronger dollar cut into the value of overseas sales. Analysts said part of the earnings miss was because some operations that were reclassified by the company as discontinued had been classified as ongoing operations by analysts when they made their estimates. "At least part of the apparent miss was due to the sale of businesses in Europe, as Heinz streamlines its operations there -- a plan that we...

Fellow Americans, there comes a time every mans life when we must give up ourselves before we are worthy to recieve. There comes a time in this war on terror when in order to protect liberty, we have to give it up in the mean time for safty. That's right folks. Today, Americans have forsaken the creator for the creation and have decided that they would value our "civil liberties" than protecting western civilization and rich white people from the tender mercies of radical Islamic terrorists. Selfish liberals insist and whine that Bush has no right to spy on Americans...

Since it was on one of the lower rated Sunday shows (and well... is Kerry), I figured this might have been missed by alot of people. For your entertainment... Pt 1 Pt 2

After reading all of the crap that people have been saying regarding Adult Private Social Clubs, I felt that I had to post an article and give my opinion. I am sick and tired of all the religous groups that are saying that there are drugs, prostitution, minors, non-consenting people, and just immoral people at these clubs! First of all, who do these people think they are to decide what is morally right or wrong for me? I believe that I have a good set of morals. I am a law abiding, tax paying citizen, I work full time and...

A campaign convenience is no more. Teresa Heinz, the erstwhile Teresa Heinz Kerry, has stopped using the last name of her husband... Preceding its Women Who Make a Difference Awards dinner next month, the National Council for Research on Women is featuring "a conversation with Teresa Heinz," according to a release from the organization. The council failed to mention the final half of the Fox Chapel ketchup heiress' formerly elongated last name in several other references.

PHILADELPHIA - A lawsuit filed by Teresa Heinz Kerry after her first husband, U.S. Sen. John Heinz, died in a midair collision in 1991 was settled for $15 million, according to newly unsealed court records. Last year, attorneys for The Philadelphia Inquirer sought to unseal the settlement papers when U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., ran for president; Kerry married Heinz's widow in 1995. At first, attorneys for the Heinz estate tried to prevent the Montgomery County Court records from being unsealed, citing the family's need for security and privacy. In October 2004, Montgomery County Judge Paul Tressler unsealed portions of...

'We have to get angry, and organize around that," he told the audience of about 800 students at Brown University, deviating from his prepared text. ...And while Kerry's speech was part of an annual political lecture series at Brown, it had the air of a major political moment. The senator was surrounded by family members including his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, daughter Vanessa, and brother Cameron -- each a key member of his inner circle and each in a position to advise him on whether to make a 2008 run. They and the senator's aides scrutinized his performance from the...

Sen. John F. Kerry jumped into the political fray surrounding the federal government's sluggish hurricane relief efforts yesterday, jetting to storm-ravaged communities with 24 tons of supplies and a pointed message for the Bush administration. ``This is not rocket science,'' the Bay State senator said before boarding a plane to Lafayette, La.

• Light not thy fireworks......

LONDON (June 17) - An e-mail between a highly paid lawyer and a secretary over a tomato ketchup stain has become the talk of legal circles in London, leaving the sender distinctly red-faced. British media reported with glee the tale of Richard Phillips, who e-mailed the secretary to ask her to pay a four-pound ($7.30) dry-cleaning bill after she accidentally spilled tomato ketchup on his trousers. The secretary, who had just returned to work after her mother died, was so irate she forwarded the e-mail to several colleagues at the firm of Baker & McKenzie, who in turn passed it...

Many argue that communism will never be possible because of "human nature". The essence of this false argument is the belief that a communist society would consist of an all-powerful central government that would tell everybody what to do--and would therefore undermine the creative initiative of individuals and the search for happiness. • This argument is based on two false assumptions: (1) It assumes that a communist society will look like the former Soviet Union, or the current China, North Korea, etc (ie: corrupt police states with a feudal-style ruling class) (2) It assumes that people will only work in...

CHICAGO — Ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co. (HNZ) posted sharply lower third-quarter profits Monday, as the ketchup-maker said strong business in North America couldn't make up for rising fuel costs, soaring commodity prices and a large write-down. Earns for the quarter ending Jan. 26 was $152.4 million, or 43 cents per share. During the same period last year, the company earned $202.2 million, or 57 cents per share. The company reported $73.8 million in impairment charges during the third quarter, largely due to a write-off of an investment in the Hain Celestial Group Inc (HAIN). Excluding impairment charges and 4...

CHICAGO — Ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co. (HNZ) posted a 25 percent drop in quarterly earnings due to a write-down of its investment in Hain Celestial Group Inc. (HAIN), though frozen foods helped lead a 7.8 percent increase in sales.

Ketchup king hopes to use Olympic training restaurant bearing its name as an entree to sell more products In China, the Heinz name means baby food. Between 5 and 8 million of the 20 million babies born annually in the populous country will down a spoonful of the company's cereals before they turn into preschoolers. But the H.J. Heinz Co. wants to sell a lot more than just baby food to China, and the 2008 Olympics may serve as an entree. A year-old Heinz Western Restaurant at the Chinese government's Olympic sports training center in Beijing features Heinz ketchup bottles...

Woman finds penis in tomato sauce bottle February 13 2005 at 05:50PM Stockholm - A Swedish woman said on Sunday that she had found a penis in a bottle of ketchup. Viktoria Ed said she was lucky enough to discover the organ before putting the sauce on her bread rolls, unlike her husband Stefan and their children, Madeleine and Simon. "It looked like a penis, of an adult if it's human, and medium sized," she said. "It's disgusting. The top of the bottle was intact, as if it had just left the factory. We would like to know how this...

ODE TO THE LEFT BE-HEINZ When polls were closed, We all supposed It couldn't be much closer! Now Libs are torn, downcast...Forlorn, And poor Soros moroser! The votes were cast, And now at last The counting would begin. Monsieur LaMoore Was very sure His flick would do George in. But now instead, The states are Red, And Hollywood is Blue. Ben Affleck's mad, Sarandon's sad, And Whoopi's come unglued! Begala whines, The Left Be-Heinz, "The Boss" just wonders..."HOW?" James Carville pouts, O'Donnell shouts... No time to ketchup now! The Kerry crowd Was brash and loud; The cool and hip were...

GUWAHATI - An Indian army officer has been dismissed and another suspended after a court martial found they splashed tomato ketchup on civilians to make them look like dead separatist rebels, officials say. An army spokesman said Colonel H.S. Kohli took photos of civilians covered with tomato sauce and posing as corpses and gave them to his senior officers as proof of separatist killings in the revolt-hit northeastern state of Assam. "The colonel tried to use the photographs to back his claim for a gallantry award and was subsequently tried and found guilty in a court martial," an army spokesman...

Fury over new ketchup ad By SUN ONLINE REPORTERANIMAL welfare chiefs today slammed a new telly advert featuring a guinea pig drinking tomato ketchup. The cheeky Heinz commercials show a caged pet downing sauce instead of water from a bottle.But the RSPCA says giving the animals too much ketchup can make them ill and the ads are sending out the wrong message. The clips - which end with the line "You can't eat without it" - are aired during breaks for ITV's Emmerdale.An RSPCA spokeswoman said: "Water is an essential part of a guinea pig's diet and we wouldn't recommend replacing it with ketchup."A small amount...

WASHINGTON — Is this another John Kerry flip-flop? Less than three weeks after vowing in defeat to sweep aside partisan bickering, Kerry is slamming the White House for "a right-wing assault on values and ideals that we hold most deeply." In a new four-minute Internet ad on his campaign Web site, Kerry paints a doomsday future based on Bush's recent nods to fill vacated Cabinet posts. "The Cabinet is being remade to rubber-stamp policies that will undermine Social Security, balloon the deficit, avoid real reform in health care and education, weaken homeland security and walk away from critical allies...

Former US presidential challenger John Kerry plans to use his Senate seat and Democrat supporters to remain a major voice in American politics despite his election loss.Friends and aides said he was assessing the feasibility of trying again for the presidency in 2008.But in a glum post-mortem to the presidential campaign, Senator Kerry's senior advisers said he lost the election because he had failed to turn it into a referendum on the economy.A pollster for Mr Kerry, Stanley Greenberg, said the campaign saw evidence that its position was slightly deteriorating among white rural voters 10 days before election day and...

Now available with specially marked bottles of Heinz Catsup (for a limited time only): "John Kerry's Plans For a More Sensitive,More Effective War in Iraq " These secret plans, developed in the US Senate over 20 years are now available to you in this one time only offer. Available in Eggshell Blue and WindSurf Silver, JOHN KERRY'S PLANS, were to be used by "Smarter" and "More Effective" people in Office of The President of The United States of America. Sealed with the official seal of The United Nations, they can be yours to study and ponder. Get Yours Today

... Possibly even more so than Hillary Clinton, Teresa Heinz Kerry is coming to epitomize the contempt those in the highest positions of power exhibit towards Americans and the American way of life. At least with this harpy coming to the forefront of the news cycle, quasi-apathetic Americans have no excuse about not knowing what’s in store for them should Teresa’s attitude continue to prevail throughout policy and government in terms of curtailing the way in which Americans will be allowed to express themselves and in the very way in which they will be allowed to live their lives. In...

Subject: Your Heinz bottles don't lie! Your Heinz bottles don't lie! Check your Heinz bottles. I checked and my bottle of Heinz catsup says "Product of Canada" Guess I'll be checking out all the Heinz products at the store! I happened to look at the label of a jar of Heinz sandwich slice pickles. Yep...."Made in Mexico." Check some of your Heinz products. Sen. John Kerry keeps talking about U.S. corporations leaving this country and setting up shop in foreign countries, taking thousands of jobs with them. He is right,because that has happened. However, he is trying to blame it...

Hi everybody! After becomming sickened with Kerry's TV advertisements, I decided to make an original "Jib-Jab" style animation demonstrating Teresa Heinz barking like a dog, and Kerry "tap-dancing" for the fans. arrrgghhh...I hope you all enjoy it! www.motherketchup.com

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Democratic challenger John F. Kerry accused President Bush yesterday of covering up the disappearance of Iraqi explosives after the US-led invasion, charging that the incumbent ''tried to hide the information until after the election" as part of a broader political strategy to mislead voters about setbacks in Iraq. At a rally late yesterday in Las Vegas, Kerry went even further, suggesting that the missing weapons had been used against American troops. ''Those ammo dumps have been looted and raided, and kids and our young American forces are being shot at from weapons stolen from the ammo...

Can you think of any? I was sitting here burping the baby and listening to the drone of Kerry's voice when it occurred to me! Three Lines 5 syllables-7 syllables-5 syllables

I think I've figured out what "ping" means, (related to the DOS prompt)? I would like to know what BUMP means and some of the others. I fully expect to be flamed on this question.

You don’t support Democrats. Why should your ketchup? W Ketchup™ is made in America, from ingredients grown in the USA. A portion of every sale is donated to the Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund, which provides scholarships for the children of active duty service members killed in the line of duty. W Ketchup is America’s Ketchup™

Teresa Heinz Kerry visited a Point Loma bakery yesterday to hear stories about the impact of the war in Iraq on military family life. The wife of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry was in San Diego to headline a Democratic Party fund-raising dinner Monday night. Yesterday morning, she sipped a cup of tea at Con Pane Rustic Breads & Cafe and commiserated with several "military moms" around the table about the disruptions of unexpectedly long deployments. Kathy Frasca said she wound up essentially raising her 3-year-old granddaughter when her daughter Emily, a 30-year-old Army Reservist, was sent overseas for more...

Now that I have your attention....It's late, and one last post. I came across this article tonight. It's an absolute puker! This could be the most scarry look into the female liberal mind, and what actually goes on in there! Here's the link: http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/columns/thesexes/9911/ On a completely seperate note, Naomi Wolf has been officialy named Naomi Fox around my house. Too bad she's on the dark side!

Submitted With Relish The H.J. Heinz Co. has announced its "Say Something Ketchuppy II" contest: Sometimes our label gets tired of saying "Tomato Ketchup" all of the time. We received a huge response from our first talking label contest, and now our ketchup is begging for more of your ideas. So make a joke about french fries or have some fun at the expense of mustard. Once again it is time to send your funny phrase (8 words or less, please) and the best ones will be featured on our front label in stores across the country. Earlier winners include...

MIDI - GOT TO GET A MESSAGE TO YOU A loony woman's running around And she's been saying things that are very profound Our first lady she's wanting to be I'm afraid that's something I do not want to see She has got a special message for you Just shove it...just shove it You are scumbags and idiots, too Just shove it...just shove it Would she be as bad as Hillary I can't wait to hear her shout out you're an FJB! Condescension that she has is rare With her traitorous husband they make quite a pair She has...

How did this politically incorrect bottle of Catsup get into my fridge? This mocks those poor little homeless men who spend their Sunday mornings on street corners everywhere pretending to work for food. This reminds me of a certain VP candidate. Big Harry Ketchup! what will they think of next. http://www.grassboots.org

Wedding Videos Revealed September 16 at 11 pm et/pt A couple getting hitched inside coffins, bees attacking the wedding party, a dog ring bearer...and that's just the beginning! Witness the most outrageous weddings ever (bloopers and all) caught on camera! Hosted by comedian Debi Gutierrez. Tune in on Thursday, September 16 at 11 pm et/pt.

If you open up your refrigerator a see a bottle of Heinz Ketchup; here is a link that will give you a lable you can print out and put over the Heinz label. It will be great for all of those Labor Day picnics. Please pass it on. http://bushcountryketchup.com/sitebuilder/images/newcover2-415x332.png

Kerry: Swift Boat Vets for Bush Ad Fact Check - 'Medals'8/31/2004 3:12:00 PM To: National Desk, Political Reporter Contact: Chad Clanton or Phil Singer, 202-464-2800, both of Kerry-Edwards 2004WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a release of Kerry-Edwards 2004:"Let's take this garbage off the air. Let's get on to address the future of the American people and all that rests on this country. All George Bush has to offer is fear and smear," said former Georgia Senator Max Cleland.FACT CHECKAD TITLE: "Medals"DATE: 8/30/04PAID FOR BY: Bob Perry, Harlan Crow and Other Texas Friends of GeorgeBush, Karl Rove &...