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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (C) poses with Japanese women after a signing ceremony with Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp in Tokyo April 6, 2009. Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) denied on Monday it had approved a $1.5 billion credit line for Venezuela to finance the expansion of two refineries. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (L) speaks with a Japanese attendant after a signing ceremony with Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp in Tokyo April 6, 2009.

Blundering Afghan suicide bomber blows up 6 militants Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:58am EDT KABUL, March 26 (Reuters) - A would-be suicide bomber accidentally blew himself up on Thursday, killing six other militants as he was bidding them farewell to leave for his intended target, the Interior Ministry said. "The terrorist was on his way to his destination and saying good-bye to his associates and then his suicide vest exploded," a statement from the ministry said. Taliban-led attacks in Afghanistan have escalated in the past year with suicide and roadside bombings insurgents' weapons of choice. The incident happened in Helmand...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- First came the iPhone. Then, there was the "iFart" flatulence noise download. Now, there's "Pull My Finger" -- and next could come the lawsuits. A Florida-based company has accused a Colorado competitor in federal court of trademark infringement and unfair business practices over the phrase "Pull My Finger." The dispute began after the makers of iFart began using phrase "pull my finger" in advertisements for their products. Air-o-Matic, based in Jacksonville, Florida, and Colorado-based InfoMedia, Inc., both offer a range of competing software applications, or "apps," that subscribers can download into their multitasking cell phones. Users can...

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Space is typically thought of as a very quiet place. But one team of astronomers has found a strange cosmic noise that booms six times louder than expected. The roar is from the distant cosmos. Nobody knows what causes it. But the newly detected signal, described here today at the 213th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, is far louder than astronomers expected. There is "something new and interesting going on in the universe," said Alan Kogut of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

Delaware will receive $2.55 million from the stateÂ’s successful participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) auction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions allowances held Dec. 17. The entire 31,505,898 allowances offered by the 10 RGGI states were sold at a clearing price of $3.38 per allowance generating approximately $106.5 million for distribution among the 10 states. Delaware offered 755,979 CO2 allowances for sale in this second RGGI auction and will receive the proceeds once all payments are made by successful bidders early next year. The revenues from the sale of RGGI allowances are dedicated to public benefit purposes as...

As the autumn cold begins to bite in the Arctic tundra, the freezing ground releases a large and unexpected burst of methane into the air. The emissions, thought to be squeezed out by the growth of surface frost, match up with an atmospheric methane surge that had previously gone unexplained. Scientists already knew that microbes breaking down organic debris in the northern wetlands emit considerable amounts of the greenhouse gas methane, a process that has been carefully measured for decades during the growing season. But it was widely assumed that methane production drops to nearly nothing over the winter, because...

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New Zealand scientists claim to have developed a "flatulence inoculation" aimed at cutting down on the massive amount of methane produced by its sheep and cows. Such animals are believed to be responsible for more than half of the country's greenhouse gases, causing huge environmental problems. But Phil Goff, New Zealand's trade minister, told an Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) in Paris yesterday that a solution was in sight. "Our agricultural research organisation just last week was able to map the genome ... that causes methane in ruminant animals and we believe we can vaccinate against" flatulent emissions,...

Here is a photograph of the Ron Paul 2008 national office in Arlington, Virginia. We have the entire second floor; about 3,000 square feet. The photograph was taken around 6:00 o'clock this morning.

LITTERAE APOSTOLICAEMOTU PROPRIO DATAEDE ALIQUIBUS MUTATIONIBUS IN NORMIS DE ELECTIONE ROMANI PONTIFICIS BENEDICTUS XVI Constitutione apostolica Universi Dominici gregis, die XXII Februarii anno MCMXCVI promulgata1, Venerabilis Decessor Noster Ioannes Paulus II, nonnullas immutationes induxit in normas canonicas servandas pro electione Romani Pontificis a Paulo VI, felicis recordationis, statutas2.In numero septuagesimo quinto memoratae Constitutionis statutum est ut exhaustis incassum omnibus suffragationibus, iuxta normas statutas peractis, in quibus ad validam electionem Romani Pontificis duae ex tribus partes suffragiorum omnium praesentium requiruntur, Cardinalis Camerarius Cardinales electores consulat de modo procedendi, atque agetur prout eorum maior absoluta pars decreverit, servata tamen ratione ut electio...

I think Charlize Theron is my ultimate Goddess of a Woman.

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va., April 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy is jointly sponsoring the first U.S. test of a system that might significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Using a new application of existing technology, engineers will attempt to capture methane in underground coalmine air. Scientists said if the technique is successful, it could limit emission of a greenhouse gas with more than 20 times the warming potential of CO2. Methane in underground coalmine air constitutes approximately 5 percent of all U.S. methane emissions and is the equivalent of about 32 million tons of CO2 per year. The test...

Hugh Grant has been arrested over an allegation that he lashed out at a paparazzi photographer with a tub of baked beans.

Explosion reported in Fort Worth location unknown. Flames 1000 feet high according to WBAP.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: March 26, 2007 9:23 p.m. Eastern © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com Stewart Laidlaw (courtesy Dumfermline Press) Scotland's ban on smoking in pubs has backfired, so to speak, on a regular customer whose constant habit of breaking wind has now resulted in his expulsion from his favorite watering hole. Stewart Laidlaw, 35, is being barred from Thirsty Kirsty's in Dunfermline, Fife, for failing to control his flatulence. "No one could smell anything when the pub was full of cigarette smoke," Laidlaw told Wales on Sunday. "I never used to complain about the smell of their cigarette smoke, but now everyone complains...

Flatulence brought 99 passengers on an American Airlines flight to an unscheduled visit to Nashville early Monday morning. American Flight 1053, from Washington Reagan National Airport and bound for Dallas/Fort Worth, made an emergency landing here after passengers reported smelling struck matches, said Lynne Lowrance, a spokeswoman for the Nashville International Airport Authority. The plane landed safely. The FBI, Transportation Safety Administration and airport authority responded to the emergency, Lowrance said. The passengers and five crew members were brought off the plane, together with all the luggage, to go through security checks again. Bomb-sniffing dogs found spent matches. The FBI...

Howard K. Stern just announced on Larry King that he's the Dad of Anna Nicole's Baby and that they're in love. That's all.

Oilman Bush has gas in backgroundBy Margery EaganBoston Herald Columnist Thursday, August 24, 2006 - Updated: 02:19 AM EST Maybe if Iraq were going better, I’d chalk this up to some cowboy thing.“Blazing Saddles Does D.C.”     As it is, I worry that the supposed leader of the free world is trapped in the body of a 7-year-old and hiding a Whoopie Cushion under his bed.     Has Dubya lost it?     Anyway, here’s the news, such as it is. U.S. New & World Reports’ Paul Bedard says our commander in chief “loves flatulence jokes . . . can’t get enough of fart...

I'm going to join and fight with the IDF. I can think of no better way to die than to do so while taking out Islamic scum. Would anyone like to join me?

In this photograph provided by 'Meet the Press,' Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., appears during the taping of 'Meet the Press'' Sunday, June 25, 2006, at the NBC studios in Washington. (AP Photo/Meet The Press, Alex Wong

The man who does my parents' taxes in Green Bay seemed nice enough. He shook our hands and greeted us with small talk as we sat down to go over papers. But the acrid sounds coming from a stereo tuner near his ancient desk filled the office like dirty smoke. It was right-wing radio, an angry white man on his afternoon shift. I was amazed that this accountant was taking my parents' money and making us listen to this to boot, but I reminded myself I was there to help them. On this day, the topic was poor Dick Cheney...

My fingers have smelled strange for a couple of days...kinda of a sickly sweet smell? Has anyone else experienced this?

Fatah emerged as the biggest party in Palestinian parliament elections, but Hamas came in as a strong second, a Palestinian polling official said Wednesday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Fatah won more than 42 percent of the vote and Hamas more than 34 percent, based on exit polling of 6,500 voters. The offiical declined to give exact figures until the exit poll is published later Wednesday. Polling stations across the West Bank and Gaza Strip closed on time, at 7 p.m. after 12 hours of voting, the Palestinian Central Election Commission announced. Security forces closed the...

Having one's own personal effect on our growing global warming/climate change crisis is most certainly a multi step program. We often view our choice in automobile as the most efficacious and obvious first move forward, but two assistant professors at the University of Chicago say the gas we want to change may actually be the gastronomic type. According to a news short titled It's better to green your diet than your car found at the New Scientist web site the two professors "compared the amount of fossil fuel needed to cultivate and process various foods, including running agricultural machinery, providing...

Just my take We should hate Perot more each day. As we all know Bush would have won in 1992 had it not been for Perot. Aside from the horrible presidency of Clinton, he reshaped politics. Clintons win allowed the Democrats to solidify some blue states allowed the Dems to make some states blue. For example NJ, CA, IL, WA, OR were all Republican states until Clinton. Even areas in NY like Westchester and Long Island were all Republican but have become dem because of Clinton. Clintons presidency took away some states from us and we can all point our...

"As many of you are aware, I had been anxiously awaiting the addition of a new baby to my life. The baby has been born and both mother and child are in good health. Since the birth, however, we have discovered that biologically, the child is not mine. As excited as I was about becoming a new father, my disappointment is equally as strong. So out of respect for all that are involved, please allow this situation to remain private and know that I will not be commenting further on this very personal matter. I'm thanking you in advance for...

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Help me please ASAP with a D poster Posted by PeteB570 to budvol On General/Chat 10/10/2005 6:51:08 PM PDT · 4 of 4 Why??????

Minutes ago on the 11:00 news: Ana Ayala, the woman who says she found a finger in her Wendy's chili, has been arrested at her Las Vegas home. What is known is that she will be charged with Grand Theft. The San Jose Police have scheduled a press conference tomorrow morning.

your choice...pinged to the previous 'artists'...

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Map reading and parking may prove difficult for some women because they were exposed to too little testosterone in the womb, researchers suggest. The study, in the journal Intelligence, fuels the age-old male myth that women are deficient in these skills. Scientists from the University of Giessen, Germany, found a lack of the hormone affects spatial ability. Low testosterone levels are also linked to shorter wedding ring fingers, they say. The research looked at the spatial, numerical and verbal skills of 40 student volunteers. Spatial skill is the ability to assess and orientate shapes and spaces. Map reading and parking...

Enough already. Where are the moderators that are letting these dang threads from this Zot wanna bees going on and on and on. The one up now is at 7,000 plus. Another one was at over 64,000 the last I looked. Don't just boot the idiots, pull the threads they start too!

JONESBORO, Georgia (AP) -- On his first day on the job, the new sheriff called 27 employees into his office, stripped them of their badges, fired them, and had rooftop snipers stand guard as they were escorted out the door. The move Monday by Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill provoked an angry reaction and prompted a judge to order him to rehire the employees. "It appears ... that employees of the Sheriff were terminated without cause" and in violation of the county's civil service rules, Judge Stephen Boswell wrote in granting a 30-day restraining order. Hill, 39, defended the firings...

LOGAN, Utah -- A woman is fighting the City Council in Providence to issue her a permit to run a colon-cleansing service out of her home. Colon hydrotherapy is a licensed procedure in other states, but in Utah is considered only a homeopathic method. Colette Yates says she has invested two years and roughly $40,000 on her home business, which focuses on removing waste from the large intestine by injecting water into the colon, where it loosens and softens waste. The water is injected through the rectum. The Providence Planning Commission recently recommended denial of Yates' request for a permit...

1 Corinthians 14 Prophecy a Superior Gift "1 Pursue love, yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. " This person who remains anonymous, had an alleged message from the Lord in 1990. It told us the coming evil of stem cell research and that a "dark cloud" hangs over NY City for twelve years and its' "Pride will be broken". In 1994 Stem cell research was coming to the forefront with Dolly the cloned sheep. In Sept 2001, almost 12 years after the prophecy the Twin towers collapsed. Now this person has received another message, and...

Tim Russert was asking Senator Reid about a symbolic vote Sen. Reid took against a sense of the Senate resolution declaring support for Roe v. Wade. He refused to state he disagreed with Roe v. Wade, citing the fact that his "sister," Barbara Boxer supports Roe v. Wade. When asked whether it would be a good thing if Roe v. Wade were overturned, he answered, "Oh, I think it would be very, very hard for everybody.

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Shotgun Incident Worsens for Kerry New legal research by gun-law expert Alan Korwin indicates that merely accepting a gift shotgun from a private party out of his home state would be a five-year federal felony for Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, the Democratic candidate for President [see United States Code, section 922(a)(9)]. Giving him the gun would also be a felony [922(a)(5)]. National news reports picture Kerry proudly holding the gift in Racine, West Virginia, during a Labor Day celebration. Bringing the gun back to his home state would be an additional five-year federal felony, under the massive and bewildering federal...

SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, Mexico (Reuters) - Normally a sleepy refuge for aging hippies and wealthy retirees, this cobblestone town in Mexico's mountainous heartland is abuzz with U.S. election fever as campaigners clamor for their votes.   For the roughly 5,000 Americans living here, political get-togethers have disrupted a leisurely routine of sculpture classes and tennis, and pro- or anti-Bush badges are suddenly de rigueur as Democrats and Republicans fish for support from expatriates.   "People are talking a lot about politics because of the terrible way the last election was decided," said New York-born Barbara Lichter, who has...

While certainly not limited to the 20-30 something crowd, viewers of South Park tend to be the latchkey offspring of the infamous Baby Boomers. These children of MTV and video games have extremely limited attention spans and as a result are always moving from one experience to the next in hopes of finding fulfillment. Unfortunately, all they are finding in South Park is a wasteland.

So many changes. I am sure that they are great. But I can't navigate FR like I used to. I feel so helpless, like John Kerry in a real war zone. Things are indented, and it looks like something is reading my mind (or trying to). Am I alone? This is not a complaint, just a global obesrvation. [x] This is SOOO Not an Excerpt.

The question is: "Is Kerry sticking his bony, well-manicured, girly, index finger in the chest of the Marine pictured here?" The answer is "No." After optimizing the pic with Photoshop and Image Optimizer, what looks like Kerry's finger is actually the top piece of a wooden frame that holds a mirror and is attached to the window. There is another mirror just like it behind the Marine, to the right of his elbow.

I am a registered Republican and I will be be voting for Bush in this election. However, I am very troubled by a couple of issues. It seems (as much as I was against it) that Klintoon's nominal tax increase on the super wealthy did work. It didn't hurt the economy, it didn't hurt the wealthy's input to creating jobs, and it did help reduce the deficit. Also I wonder about President Bush's intentions for going into Iraq. I tend to believe he was backing a PNAC plan and would have gone there regardless of whether or not 9/11 occurred....

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!

The Soxaholix pokes fun at raving conspiricy nuts... The Devil Rays winning streak is part of the VWRC.

THINGS YOU'D LIKE TO  SAY OUT LOUD AT WORK1. I can see your point, but  I still think you're full of shit.2. I don't know what your problem is, but  I'll bet it's hard to pronounce.3. How about never? Is never good  for you?4. I see you've set  aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public.5. I'm really easy to get along with once  you people learn to see it my way.6. I'll try being nicer if you'll try  being smarter.7. I'm out of my  mind, but feel free to leave a message.8. I don't work here   I'm a...

What do we offer the world? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: May 19, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern "So, how do we advance the cause of female emancipation in the Muslim world?" asks Richard Perle in "An End to Evil." He replies, "We need to remind the women of Islam ceaselessly: Our enemies are the same as theirs; our victory will be theirs as well." Well, the neoconservative cause "of female emancipation in the Muslim world" was probably set back a bit by the photo shoot of Pfc. Lynndie England and the "Girls Gone Wild" of Abu Ghraib prison. Indeed, the filmed orgies among...