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Someone sent me the link and it seemed to be relevant for a Texas politics thread. DU content is unwelcome at FR, but there is DUFunnies so maybe this thread will survive. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6563121

The following are the reasons why tonight I fear for my country: Normally reliable GOP states like Virginia and North Carolina appear at risk in the polls Young voters are being strongly courted and are flocking to the Democratic candidate [...with the] presidential elections just weeks away, there are unprecedented efforts to turn out young voters and indications that they are paying closer attention to the campaigns than they have in years. ...at least 2.6 million new voters between the ages of 18 and 29 have been registered – the vast majority via the internet. The New Voters Project has...

Wow! If you listen to Obama's latest policy shift on Iraq, he sounds just like McCain, and Bush. Hell, he might as well hire Karl Rove to help further refine his image! I guess if withdrawal is conditions-based, his next conclusion will be that we might just be there for 100 years. Thank you, Senator Obama, errr Barack McBush, for your "new", entirely original, policy decision!

In an interview with NPR's David Welna that ran today former Gov. Jesse "The Body" Ventura, Ind-Minn., says he will run for Senate, challenging incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., whom Ventura defeated for governor in 1998, as well as Democratic nominee and former Saturday Night Live humorist Al Franken. Ventura, born Jim Janos, tells Welna that the main reason he's running is because of Coleman's support for the war in Iraq. "That's the reason I run," he says. "I run because it angers me...All you Minnesotans take a good hard look at all three of us. And you decide: if...

Kryogeniks’ Defiant and EBK say it’s only a matter of time before the FBI catches up with them, speaking to Wired Threat Level in a Thursday phone interview. The FBI is working hard to make good on the duo’s fears, and announced a joint investigation with the San Jose police department on Friday, to try and track down the culprits responsible for a Wednesday attack against Comcast’s subscriber portal. Both Defiant and EBK are members of the hacking group Kryogeniks, who in the past was implicated in attacks against AOL and a number of celebrities. The duo said that their...

Dr Phil, called into help Spears family as Britney mnelts down, went public with plans to air it on a special "intervention" show.

High-5 to Bobalu!!! Mine is only the assist.. your link brought me right to this! They are streaming video of them arresting Alex Jones... he is a guy from Texas who claims that the 911 Attackers were assisted by a Cabal of United Nation-types. Not sure.. but, the scene on Geraldo was seriously testing the Video Production crews. They'll hold for the 48 Hours likely.. then what are they going to charge hom for.. petitioning his greivences.. maybe a permit violation or something.

No, Google is not defacing billboards belonging to others. Instead, Google, through its new toolbar, is hijacking the websites visited by its users and replacing their ads with Google ads.

"Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., is greeted by Arkansas supporters at the Democratic Party of Arkansas Jefferson-Jackson Day event in North Little Rock, Ark."

"Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., tosses her purse to a staffer prior to speaking at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 19, 2007 on energy efficiency."

"Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., talks with co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates before the start of commencement ceremonies at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass."

"A video message from former U.S. Vice President Al Gore is shown during a press conference of Live Earth concert Tuesday June 19, 2007 in Shanghai, China. Live Earth is a 24-hour, 7-continent concert series taking place on July 7, 2007 to increase public awareness of our natural environment. Shanghai will be one of the nine concert sites across the world."

One of the world's most prestigious health journals has lashed a fast-growing trend in the United States and Britain for "designer vaginas," the tabloid term for cosmetic surgery to the female genitalia. The fashion is being driven by commercial and media pressures that exploit women's insecurities and is fraught with unknowns, including a risk to sexual arousal, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) says. Known as elective genitoplasty, the surgery usually entails shortening or changing the shape of the outer lips, or labia, but may also include reduction in the hood of skin covering the clitoris or shortening the vagina itself....

"Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., right, pumps his fist as he learns that his intern, Mark Faldowski, a junior at West Point, is from Pittsburgh, during their conversation while waiting for a news conference on military pay, Tuesday, May 22, 2007, on Capitol Hill in Washington."

"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, left, is presented with a large gavel by University of San Francisco President Stephen Privett during commencement exercises at the University of San Francisco"

"Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., right, laughs with Gloria Ison, who has relocated to Brooklyn, N.Y., during a campaign stop in New Orleans.""Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., talks at a roundtable discussion in New Orleans""Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., reaches to shake hands with Michael Saylor at Lakefront Airport as Marine pilots Dan Ward, left, and Luke Knora look on in New Orleans, Friday, May 18, 2007. Clinton was in the Crescent City for fund-raising events and to speak at the Dillard University graduation ceremony Saturday. Ward and Knora had landed their Navy jet just before Clinton arrived....

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., second from right, makes a statement to the press at the top of her meeting to discuss Iraq, Friday, May 18, 2007, on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. Pelosi, White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Alec Baldwin has parted ways with his agents at a major Hollywood talent agency, his spokesman said Monday. Baldwin left Creative Artists Agency for personal reasons, said spokesman Matthew Hiltzik. He did not elaborate. The actor has made headlines in recent days after an angry voicemail to his daughter was obtained by the celebrity Web site TMZ.com and broadcast around the world. Baldwin and actress Kim Basinger have been locked in a custody dispute over their 11-year-old daughter, Ireland, since their 2002 divorce. In it, Baldwin yelled at his daughter for failing to answer the telephone...

"Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, right, shakes hands with supporters at the Jefferson-Jackson-Bailey Dinner in Hartford, Conn., Friday, April 20, 2007. Pelosi delivered the keynote address at the fund-raiser."

"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, and Rep. Patrick Murphy take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington after a sharply divided House of Representatives voted to order President Bush to bring combat troops home from Iraq next year."

"Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. speaks during a presidential forum on health care coverage, Saturday, March 24, 2007, in Las Vegas. The Forum was sponsored by the Center for American Progress Action Fund and the Service Employees International Union."

This is a sure sign you're driving way too fast!

By Mr. EdSooToday.comTuesday, January 30, 2007ABRIDGED NEWS RELEASE AMAZON.CA *************************Norah Jones' Not Too Late becomes most pre-ordered album of all time on Amazon.ca Enormous fan support pushes Jones to the top of the all-time list SEATTLE - Amazon.ca has announced that Norah Jones' third album, Not Too Late (pictured) has become the most pre-ordered album of all time on Amazon.ca. Not Too Late will be released on January 30, 2007 and is currently available for pre-order on Amazon.ca for $12.97. Earlier this year, Amazon.ca began offering the critically acclaimed singer's throng of fans an exclusive first listen to her third...

Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) picks up her gavels following U.S. President George W. Bush's State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 23, 2007. Pelosi is the first female speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES)

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Anyone else see that T-Shirt the Saint's fan was wearing? "F%$# the Eagles" - That's why I don't like going to games anymore. The fans are losing it ...

If you rearrange the letters in "President Hillary" you get "Hitler lady ripens."

Can anyone point me to a site that has the vote totals by congressional district and senatorial. I would like to know how far the Bolshecrap claim can be made that they achieved a mandate.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- Wake Forest completed the finest road performance in Atlantic Coast Conference history against a team it had trouble beating anywhere. Now, after defeating Maryland 38-24 Saturday night, the No. 20 Demon Deacons will take their successful road show to Florida to play for the league championship. "Wake Forest (10-2, 6-2) will be seeking its first ACC title since 1970 next Saturday against Georgia Tech in Jacksonville. The teams did not face each other this season. The final game of a crazy ACC regular season matched two of the league's most surprising teams in a duel...

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Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi speaks to the press 08 November 2006 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats unanimously chose Nancy Pelosi to become the first female speaker of the House of Representatives and second in the presidential line of succession.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)

After a disabled woman's cat started a house fire, her specially trained dog came to the rescue, then died trying to help the cat still in the house. Jamie Hanson said the 13-year-old dog named Jesse brought the phone so she could call 911 and also brought her artificial leg. "She got me outside and then she heard the cat upstairs and she went up there to get the cat and she wouldn't come back to me," Hanson, 49, said at a news conference Monday at Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center where she was being treated for her injuries. She...

As I have been traveling through the country on my musical tour, I have been thinking about the upcoming election, which is less than a month away. So far, I have been in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York and currently I am in Washington DC, the epicenter of political activity in our country. It has been a while since I communicated through a statement on my website, since I have been busy preparing for the tour. But I have been following the various congressional and senate races by reading the local newspapers in these states, and once again it is so...

Anyone else peeved as I am at this nonsense? I am assuming it is a patriotic song. The images you see during this commercial are Vietnam War protestors, the peace sign, Nixon waving goodbye before he gets on his helicopter, and Katrina flooding. What a depressing commercial. Kind of defeatist if you ask me. Thoughts?

A Katy music teacher bitten by a bat returned to work Tuesday as another bat captured at the school tested negative for rabies. A public health official said students are not at risk of contracting rabies from the Mayde Creek High School orchestra teacher because he is not infectious. "He's perfectly fine once he has had his shots," said Rita Obey, of the Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services Department. Michael Jones, who was bitten Monday before school, declined to comment. He began rabies-vaccination treatment at Christus St. Catherine's Hospital in Katy as a precaution. As Jones was about...

Perhaps it's time to recolonize the Middle East. If we get our NATO allies and Russia together with us on the same page and invade the entire Muslim Middle East and re-establish European run colonial governments, we could save a lot of money on oil and put an end to government sponsored terrorism. Together, this alliance would have 90% of the world's military might. Without the mother's milk of oil revenue, it will be far more difficult fot terrorists to obtain the financing for nuclear weapon development or purchase. Russia could administer Iran, France could administer Syria, Britain could administer...

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A couple who already have 13 children are to spend thousands on IVF treatment to conceive another child. Mark and Shirley Wilson shrugged off criticism of the move. Shirley,44, of Lincoln said: "It has always been my ambition to have lot of children. There's nothing else I ever wanted. I just love them." She and electrician Mark, 45, had their last child, Ellis, in October 2004 and began trying for another within months. Shirley miscarried twice so now they are seeking treatment from a private IVF clinic. She said: “The miscarriages were devastating, but I am determined to have another...

'Homely' bride prompts lawsuit Family of 'handsome' son claims fraud in arranged marriage Posted: July 6, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com Citing the potential bride's protruding teeth, bad complexion and poor English, a family in Massachusetts called off an arranged marriage and filed a lawsuit for damages. The Hindu family, residing in Belchertown, Mass., had agreed to an arrangement proposed by Hindu friends in Maryland to marry their niece, who lives in India, the Springfield Republican newspaper reported. But the father of the groom-to-be, Vijai B. Pandey, 60, filed suit after family members saw the selected bride in...

It is July 3rd and nothing festive on Google.com. Will they or won't they decorate their site for the holiday? I have a feeling they won't.

I hope I won't get suspended for this vanity, but I just saw this on a T-shirt and wanted to share it.

A spokesman for Rudy Giuliani says the former New York City mayor is not interested in buying the Chicago Cubs and remains a diehard New York Yankees fan, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune. Giuliani's firm, Giuliani Partners, had reportedly been seeking to team up with former Cubs' star Ernie Banks and another investment firm to purchase the team. But according to Crain's Chicago Business, Banks met on May 23 with club executives by was rebuffed. An executive from Giuliani Capital Advisors had a meeting with Banks at Banks' request, according to Giuliani spokeswoman Sunny Mindel. She apparently...

Wow! Great night of fighting put on by the UFC in it's first show in California! Here are the results! RESULTS: - Thiago Alves defeated Derrek Noble by TKO at 2:54 of Rd.1 - Jason Lambert defeats Terry Martin by TKO at 2:37 of Rd.2 - David Terrell defeats Scott Smith by RNC at 3:08 of Rd.1 - Karo Parisyan defeats Nick Thompson by tap out to strikes at 4:44 Rd.1 - Jeff Monson defeats Pay De Pano Cruz by split decision - Evan Tanner defeats Justin Levens by triangle choke at 3:14 Rd.1 - Tito Ortiz defeated Forrest Griffin...

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Bob Barker pleaded with city officials to close the Los Angeles Zoo's pachyderm exhibit and allow its three elephants to retire to a sanctuary. Appearing jovial when he arrived at Friday's City Council meeting, the veteran game show host and longtime animal rights activist turned serious when he began to talk about the zoo's elephants, Gita, Ruby and Billy. "I came here today to ask, to beg you ... to vote to release those elephants from that zoo," Barker said. "They have lived in misery." Gita and Ruby are ill, leaving only Billy on display. A fourth elephant, Tara, died...