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With all the changes in the automotive world, there's never a shortage of crazy ideas floating around. Fortunately for car enthusiasts, many of those wacky ideas actually see the light of day -- and we've got the 10 best for you right here. snip Siler says the hybrid and "green" car revolution is here to stay, but that the supercar market is a niche one and there'll always be someone willing to shell out big bucks for an exotic ride. With that in mind, here are 10 of the most outrageous, extravagant, or just plain cool autos to look for...

She torched her home with her family inside to get the insurance money, avoid foreclosure and be with a new boyfriend, authorities said. But that was not enough to make Sheryl Christman see any jail time for the potential 20-year felony.

The price of said ticket? $20,589.00 Each

January 13, 2007 South Whitehall woman gets probation, fine for soliciting boy A South Whitehall woman accused of soliciting sex from a 13-year-old boy over the Internet has been sentenced to two years of probation and fined $1,000. At a December hearing in Lehigh County Court, Judge Robert L. Steinberg ordered Melissa Ann Arnold, 32, of 1430 Leicester Place, to have no contact with the victim. He also ordered that her computer equipment be destroyed.

This site gives gun owners a stark and brutal reminder of why we must defend our firearm freedoms with passion and vigilance in Congress, in state legislatures, in the courts... AND ON ELECTION DAY. This site makes it clear why gun owners can never, ever sit on the sidelines during an election. This site is a slap-in-the-face wake up call for every gun owner who thinks anti-gun politicians don't have the nerve or the will to confiscate our guns. And why they must be defeated before they ever get their hands on power. Take a long hard look at the...

Inscriptions etched into Arizona’s Sept. 11 monument — meant to inspire and capture the horror of the terrorist attacks — sparked the beginnings of a political blog battle this week. *snip* One inscription states, “You don’t win battles of terrorism with more battles.� Another: “Congress questions why CIA and FBI didn’t prevent attacks.� And another reads, “Erroneous US air strike kills 46 Uruzgan civilians,� referring to a wedding reportedly hit by mistake in Afghanistan.

Top elected officials in California who leave office in January could be eligible for lifetime pension benefits based on a salary they had earned for only about four weeks. The oddity would apply to Democratic Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, for example, if he loses to Republican Steve Poizner in his current campaign to become insurance commissioner. Claude Parrish, currently a Board of Equalization member, also could benefit from the pension sweetener if he is defeated in the Nov. 7 election for state treasurer, state records show. --snip-- The potential windfall stems from a little-known provision in state law coupled with...

US Marines Build Shrine To Islam By Paul Sperry FrontPageMagazine.com June 13, 2006 http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=22845 We are at war with militant Islam, but you wouldn't know it from the Pentagon, which is busy erecting a shrine to Islam just five short years after Islamic terrorists destroyed a good chunk of its own building and killed more than 100 of its occupants. Worse, it's consulting on the project with a Wahhabi-educated cleric posing as a moderate. Last week, military brass -- along with representatives from the terror-tied Council on American-Islamic Relations -- dedicated the first Muslim prayer center for the Marines as...

A bill requiring students to learn about the contributions homosexuals have made to society and that would remove sex-specific terms such as "mom" and "dad" from textbooks has passed another hurdle on the way to becoming the law of the land in California. Having already been approved by the state's Senate Judiciary Committee, SB 1437, which would mandate grades 1-12 buy books "accurately" portraying "the sexual diversity of our society," got the nod yesterday of the Senate Education Committee. The bill also requires students hear history lessons on "the contributions of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender to...

The governor's annual salary, which is the lowest in the nation, was last increased in 1987 when it jumped from $35,000 to $70,000.If the bill passes, the governor's pay would jump to more than $220,000, or 10 percent higher than $200,850 salary of the chancellor of University of Maine System, according to the Legislature's fiscal office.

FORMER CANADIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS BUSH RISKING WAR WITH ROMULANS (Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan) -- Former Canadian Defense Minister Paul Hellyer, largely credited with turning Canada's armed forces into a "lean, mean, peacekeeping machine," says that US President George W. Bush has entered into a secret alliance with the Klingon Empire that threatens the fragile peace that has existed for 20,000 centuries between the Milky Way and Alpha Centauri galaxies. "George Bush is risking intergalactic warfare because he and his Texas oil baron buddies are trying to take over spice mining on the desert planet of Arakis," said Mr. Hellyer during...

As presidential adviser Karl Rove has been under fire for his role in the alleged outing of a CIA employee, a liberal blog is now suggesting people leave a special care package on Rove's lawn -- the gift of excrement. "If you just happen to be passing through, do the considerate thing and bring a small gift. We suggest a special bouquet for our esteemed latter-day Wormtongue," says A Liberal Dose. It then shows a photo of a suggested donation, followed by the observation, "Now wouldn't it be so nice to see Herr Rove's lawn carpeted with such lovely lawn...

MIDI - THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND This land was your land...but you must be leaving And as we stole it...we saw you grieving Here's the bulldozer...it will be rubble This land is not yours anymore We want new buildings and bigger tax base So stop your whining...wipe the tears from your face Here's a little money...you have one more hour This land is not yours anymore With condemnation, we'll take what we're needing And we'll be deaf too all of your pleading Your memories you'll be taking with you This land is not yours anymore We make the...

My total phone bill for the past month was $33.62. The total taxes and surcharges were $13.29. That makes taxes and surcharges a total of 39.53% of the total bill, but a whopping 65.37% of the total phone charges from SBC. Outraged Bostonians started a revolution over a tax increase that raised taxes to a level of about 3%. When are present day Americans going to free themselves from the bondage of governments?

CHICAGO - The Secret Service sent agents to investigate a college art gallery exhibit of mock postage stamps, one depicting President Bush with a gun pointed at his head. The exhibit, called "Axis of Evil: The Secret History of Sin," opened last week at Columbia College in Chicago. It features stamps designed by 47 artists addressing issues such as the Roman Catholic sex abuse scandal, racism and the war in Iraq. None of the artists is tied to the college. Secret Service spokesman Tom Mazur would not say Tuesday whether the inquiry had been completed or whom the Secret Service...

The Los Angeles Times today, folks, has one of the most vicious, angry, bitter editorials I can recall in that paper in a long time. "Republican leaders, eyeing an opportunity to appease their radical right-wing constituents--" And you radical right-wingers out there know who you are, "--convened Congress over the weekend to shamelessly interject the federal government into the wrenching Schiavo family dispute. They brushed aside our federalist system of government, which assigns the resolution of such disputes to state law, and state judges. Even President Bush flew back from his ranch to Washington on Sunday to be in on...

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) -- Armed with a new law rushed through Congress over the weekend, the attorney for Terri Schiavo's parents pleaded with a judge Monday to order the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube reinserted. U.S. District Judge James Whittemore did not immediately make a ruling after the two-hour hearing, and he gave no indication on when he might act on the request. The hearing came three days after the feeding tube was removed. Doctors have said Schiavo could survive one to two weeks without the tube. During the hearing, David Gibbs, an attorney for the parents, said that forcing...

Continuation of Terri Schiavo daily March threads. Due to overwhelming participation we reached over 5000 posts in three days time!

A Glimpse Ahead Timothy Snodgrass The Impossible Will Come Alive In 2005 01/28/05 In January of 2004, as we began to intercede for the New Year the Holy Spirit gave us the prophetic slogan, "The Seas will Roar in 2004". This year we were given a new slogan, "The Impossible will come Alive in 2005". As the veil of darkness begins to come down over nations and regions, along with great shakings will come great breakthroughs; signs, wonders, healings and a spectacular release of miracles in impossible circumstances. This year, although we are ultimately poised to gain much ground, there...

What's the deal with all the dead scientists?

Columbine victim's kin settle suit By The Denver Post Article Published: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 A civil lawsuit brought by the family of a Columbine High School shooting victim against a former Arapahoe County sheriff's deputy has been settled out of court. Sue Petrone and Brian Rohrbough, the parents of slain student Daniel Rohrbough, have dropped their suit against James Taylor. After the April 20, 1999, shootings, Taylor told the 15-year-old's family he was present when Daniel Rohrbough was shot. Taylor told the family he heard machine-gun fire, saw a Denver police officer in the area and watched Rohrbough go...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. MOUNTAINTOP, Pa. - A Luzerne County perfume factory is closing at the end of the year, leaving 200 people out of work. New Dana Perfumes Inc., the maker of fragrances including Tabu, English Leather and Love's Baby Soft, will close its plant in Wright Township, said Peter Schreiber of Dimeling, Schreiber & Park, the Philadelphia investment firm that bought the perfume-manufacturing operation in July 1999 Dana Classic Fragrances Inc., which holds the trademark to the names and formulas and markets and sells the perfumes, will continue to operate - but officials...

Breast Cancer Walkers Uninformed about ABC LinkBreast Cancer Walkers Uninformed about ABC Link     10/25/2004By Mary E. Traeger, CWA of MO Media CoordinatorOctober is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and anti-cancer organizations are absorbed in sponsoring cancer walks, which involve hundreds . . ."While he was saying this a woman from the crowd called out, ‘Blest is the womb that bore you and the breasts that nursed you!'" (Luke 1:27)October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and anti-cancer organizations are absorbed in sponsoring cancer walks, which involve hundreds of thousands of participants in numerous cities walking to find a breast cancer cure. Corporations are...

KERRY SORRY FOR REMARK ABOUT CHENEY'S LESBIAN CHILD BOSTON -- John Forbes Kerry, father of two heterosexual daughters, today apologized for referring to the sexual preference of Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter during last night's final presidential debate. "There's nothing wrong with being one of God's homosexual children," said Mr. Kerry, an openly-heterosexual veteran of foreign war who is also a U.S. Senator, "And far be it from me to pry into the private life of Mr. Cheney's lesbian child, who is gay and a homosexual. People can't choose whom they will love, and so I should not have mentioned...

My husband and I were outraged when we read an Associated Press story in the Sept. 11 Register saying that dangerous, highly addictive stimulant drugs, such as Ritalin, have been OK'd by the Food and Drug Administration's Pediatric Committee and will be given to physically normal, healthy children as part of a brain study meant to lead to a definitive diagnosis for ADHD. In the study, led by Dr. Judith Rapoport, "MRIs would be used to reveal if the brains of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder respond to stimulants in fundamentally different ways than children who are physically normal," a...

KERRY ALLOWANCE CUT IN ANTICIPATION OF KERRY TAX HIKES BOSTON -- Democrat presidential hopeful John Kerry was embarrassed yesterday at Le Cirque 2000 restaurant in Manhattan when his Platinum American Express charge card was rejected for payment. Fortunately, his Secret Service detail was able to come up with enough cash to pay the $857.23 tab for the "Workingman's Special" of coquilles St. Jacques, pot au feu, and two bottles of Mouton Rothschilds 1967. Iconoclast has learned that Senator Kerry's credit limit has been severely restricted by his billionaire wife Teresa Heinz-Kerry. According to sources close to the couple, Heinz-Kerry is...

Dear Joe: The major issue in the Swiftboat stories is, and always has been, what John Kerry did in 1971 after he returned from Vietnam. Kerry cast a long dark shadow over all Vietnam Veterans with his outright perjury before the Senate concerning atrocities in Vietnam. His stories to the Senate committee were absolute lies..fabrications..perjury..fantasies, with NO substance. That dark shadow has defamed the entire Vietnam War veteran population, and gave "Aid and Comfort" to our enemies..the Vietnamese Communists. Kerry's stories were outright fabrications, and were intended for political gain with the radical left..McGovern, Teddy and Bobby Kennedy followers, Jane...

Former Vice President Al Gore has compared President Bush's Christian faith with fundamentalist Islam, saying it emphasizes "vengeance" and "brimstone." In an interview with the New Yorker, Gore, who says he's a Southern Baptist, expressed disdain for Bush's public declaration of his faith. SPONSORED LINKS Hot Political Gear Buy Kerry, Bush, and other election 2004 t-shirts, bumper stickers, hats, buttons, and more! Great selection, fast delivery. CafePress.com Wall Street Journal Online - Free Trial Get expert political news coverage from this leading subscription news site. From constant updates to exclusive online columns, we have the news that matters most to...

ABA Journal Report Friday, August 20, 2004 INSURANCE COVERS AUTOEROTIC DEATH, COURT SAYS 2nd Circuit Panel Vacates Earlier Decision, Orders Benefits in Asphyxiation BY STEPHANIE FRANCIS WARD Rock climbing and skydiving can be dangerous, yet death from those activities is often covered by life insurance policies. Considering that, a case of death from the practice of autoerotic asphyxiation should also be covered, says the New York City-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The decedent in the 2nd Circuit case was insured by an accidental death policy provided by his employer. First Unum Life Insurance Co. of America had denied...

Summary: An Indiana three-year-old boy who died of a heart attack last November may have died as a result of being sodomized. An Indiana coroner has determined that rectal injuries to a three-year-old boy may have contributed to his death from a heart attack in November. A report in the Northwest Indiana News(March 13, 2004) quotes coroner Jeff Wells: "His heart was unstable to begin with and yes, this could have thrown it over the edge. There is a possibility that he could have had a heart attack while being sodomized." Read and distribute TVC's report on the high rate...

KERRY CAMPAIGN SAYS CARTER PROMISES TO DIE BEFORE ELECTION (Boston) -- According to aides of John Kerry, Democrats can stop fretting about the recent saturation media coverage of the death of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Officials in the John Kerry campaign are ecstatic about a promise they have received from former President Jimmy Carter that he will die before the November election. "This is really good news for the campaign," said Stanley "Red" Farnsworth, a Democrat political strategist who is a Senior Fellow at the Leopold & Loeb School of Government of Harvard University. "If President Cater can...

A homosexual advocacy group rejects the notion that judges are "over-reaching" when they uphold "equal rights" for gays and lesbians. Lambda Legal said it plans to announce an "aggressive national campaign" on Tuesday -- "to reveal the truth behind anti-gay rhetoric about 'activist judges.'" Lambda Legal said its campaign will counter the claims of "right-wingers" who say "'activist judges' are overreaching by ruling in favor of equal rights for gay Americans." Lambda Legal said its campaign will begin on Wednesday -- the same day a U.S. Senate subcommittee begins hearings on a proposed constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union...

Dateline NBC just now running an hour long special, asking "how did Jesus really die". Is anyone watching this? It's an outrageous "hit piece", portraying Jesus as nothing more than a controversial, politically motivated "Jewish preacher" trying to challenge the rule of the day. One "biblical scholar" actually just equated Jesus' statements about "tearing down this temple" to a Terrorist threat!! Apparently failing to stop Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" movie, the liberal elite are now trying to change the story itself. (Not that any outside of the far left will buy into the attempt). NBC (aka "the...

Bush to Propose Broad Amnesty Tell Congress to Say No! We regret having to interrupt your holiday season with bad news on the immigration reform front, but the Washington Post reports this morning that President Bush and Karl Rove-in order to appeal to Hispanic voters-are poised to announce a sweeping amnesty plan during the second week of January. If you like amnesty, mass legal immigration, and the continued unprecedented decline in the American economic standard of living, you'll love President Bush's proposal. While the details of the plan remain unclear, President Bush is expected to propose an outline modeled after...

Williamson County, IL – Today, a nationally known public speaker asked a federal court for permission to intervene in a lawsuit that was filed to prevent him from speaking at a school assembly on the dangers of drugs and alcohol and the importance of staying in school, simply because he is an evangelical Christian. Ronnie Hill is represented by Mathew D. Staver, President and General Counsel of Liberty Counsel, a civil liberties public interest law firm in Orlando, Florida, along with attorneys Joel Oster and Rena Lindevaldsen, also of Liberty Counsel. Dr. Hill, founder of Ronnie Hill Ministries, is scheduled...

Convicted alderman entitled to full benefits, and legal quirks could sweeten potAlthough some states have laws that reduce pension payments of officials convicted of crimes, when Ald. Paul Henningsen leaves office he is entitled to full benefits. Photo/File Ald. Paul Henningsen: Eligible for pension of about $40,440 a year at age 60 along with a lump-sum payment of about $15,000. Law Changes It would require, at minimum, a change in state law to reduce benefits for public officials convicted of crimes, sometimes referred to as "bad boy" rules. Even then, such a change may be limited only to future earnings....

<p>Oreo cookies should be banned from sale to children in California, according to a lawsuit filed by a San Francisco attorney who claims that trans fat -- the stuff that makes the chocolate cookies crisp and their filling creamy -- is so dangerous children shouldn't eat it.</p>

ICONOCLAST DAILY NOTEBOOK.... I am the One Arresting THEM: Baghdad Bob's Surrender... < May 3, 2003: A couple of weeks ago, readers of this blog section were treated to exclusive coverage of the White House Easter Egg Roll through an interview with Iraqi Information Minister Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf (also known as Baghdad Bob or Comical Ali), who reported live from the South Lawn about the eggs and bunnies and kids that weren't there. To my delight, the reader response to this column was overwhelming, and many of you took the time to email me your best wishes for Baghdad Bob...

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As if he doesn't have enough legal troubles. A Harlem man who was charged in June with trying to rape a woman and practicing medicine without a license, yesterday filed a $1-million suit against the city and Fire Department for knocking him over on Sept. 11, 2001. Appukkuttan Narayanan, of West 145th Street, claims he was "a lawful pedestrian" on Canal Street and Broadway at 11 a.m. when he was knocked over by a member of the Fire Department, shortly after the World Trade Center towers collapsed.

Lawyers have the only profession with a virtual cottage industry of mean-spirited jokes aimed against them. The lawyer jokes were created as a peaceful outlet to vent the extreme frustration many Americans feel about a system that's rigged to benefit lawyers at the expense of citizens. This is not a new sentiment. Back in the '50s, the Three Stooges had a skit in which they played lawyers. Their law firm was called Dewey, Cheatem and Howe. There's much support for this sentiment, and the corrupt legal system does indeed need a huge overhaul. Taxpayers don't know whether they're criminals or...

About an hour ago on CSPAN, Tom Daschle, sitting behind a desk with a microphone, said that the Republicans had held up the Homeland Security legislation for political reasons. Isn't this exactly what he was shouting "Outrageous! Outrageous!" about when Bush charged the Democrats with the same thing?

MIDI - CRYING He's getting mad…he's ignored…he was on the Senate floor It's outrageous, he said…he almost lost his head He was seen as such a fool It was just a ploy…little Tommy Boy And now he's whining like a child…whining like a child Poor Tom senses doom…George Bush sent him to his room And now he's whining…whining…whining…whining He sounded like a nut…his allowance was cut So now he's whining Obstruction is the game he plays…he delays and delays The "stupid frat boy" came through…he knew just what to do With Gephardt he made a deal Tommy senses doom…he...

PHOTO FUNNIES Hair Today, In Prison Tomorrow...... The Democrats' Version Of Who Really Pulls The Strings It Came From Outer Space..... James Carville describes his reaction after hearing tapes of Bill Clinton having phone sex with Monica Lewinsky

TNN AND AL-JAZEERA TO CO-PRODUCE "GEE-HAWD" The cast and crew of the new Hollywood/Saudi TV co-production, "Gee-Hawd," pose for group picture (Nashville) -- Executives from The Nashville Network and Al-Jazeera News were all smiles at a news conference this morning to announce the co-production of a new comedy series entitled "Gee-Hawd." The new show, according to TNN Director of Programming Wayne Travis, will combine down-home family entertainment and country music along with Muslim terrorist propaganda. "We think it's a win-win situation for both networks," said Walid al-Fazeri, Vice President in charge of Affiliate Relations for Al-Jazeera. "TNN has been wanting...

Check out this Reuters caption before it dissapears. What an outrage! "Recovery and debris removal work continues at the site of the World Trade Center known as "ground zero" in New York, March 25, 2002. Human rights around the world have been a casualty of the U.S. "war on terror" since September 11. REUTERS/Peter Morgan "

ARKANSAS GRADUATE STUDENTS TO STUDY CLINTON PRESIDENCY IN NEW "CLINTON 1OOY" POLITICAL-SCIENCE COURSE. EACH STUDENT WILL GET TO SPEND A DAY TESTIFYING BEFORE THE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL Starting in January 2003, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will be offering its first course on the Clinton presidency. The political-science course -- Clinton 100Y -- offered to graduate students only, is expected to be a prototype for the university's Clinton School of Public Service. According to Dr. Margaret E. Scranton, the chair of the university's political-science department, the course will be divided into six sections: "Creative Lying" (in both senses of...