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Washington -- Peace, one of two turkeys pardoned by President Obama last year, was euthanized Monday, according to an official who insisted the timing of the death - days before the Thanksgiving holiday - was not suspicious. Rebecca Aloisi, vice president for marketing at the Mount Vernon Estate, confirmed that Peace had been dead after a weekend "illness." But Aloise knew neither the nature of the illness, the manner of death, nor what had been done with the remains of the large, edible bird. "I appreciate where you're going with this," Aloisi told CNN. "But I assure you that these...

The MSM is going to do what it can to keep Libya under wraps and let Obama lie his way to running out the clock. But what if America rises up against Obama, what if every place Obama goes a huge crowd of loud protestors are there to demand answers. What if every campaign rally he holds has twice as many protesters than attendees, what if the media is hounded about why they are not covering this story every time they try to talk to somebody? What if the media itself became the target of massive protests? Could Obama be...

....The series, which is set to launch in June from Chicago-based Devil's Due Publishing, kicks off with Barack the Barbarian: Quest for the Treasure of Stimuli. Hugely muscled, wearing a fur loincloth and grasping a bloody battle axe in his manly hands, Barack the Barbarian is a "mighty hero"...A particular foe will be Red Sarah, a comic book version of Sarah Palin who is pictured in a wolf fur cape, a fur bikini, and little else apart from her trademark spectacles...

Sitel Corporation Closing Robertson Road Call Centre Cindy Clyne and Dan Pihlainen - Wednesday, November 29, 2006 Some bad news for employees at Sitel Corporation in Bells Corners. The company's Roberston Road call centre is closing effective April 30th. The company hasn't confirmed the news yet, but some employees say they've been told their jobs are being outsourced to Costa Rica. There is word that some of the 800 jobs will transferred to the company's Kanata office, however the company hasn't said yet how many jobs will be saved.

For several years it has been common for politicians for claim that some intrusive nanny-state rule should be made law ‘for the sake of the children’. An anonymous email rant talk of how the adults today made it though childhood alive in a time when bicycle helmets were unheard of, dodge ball was allowed at recess and using seatbelts was optional. Although it certainly is possible to go too far in trying to shelter children from the bumps and scrapes of life, society does have a duty to protect the next generation and foster their development into productive members of...

Click on the link to get to the shockwave game. You basicly beat up on a blob guy and get money for the more hits you land. You can then use the money to buy more weapons, or skins to turn blob guy into kerry or a telletubbie or whatever. Lots of fun.

Excerpts from conversations between Pinnacle Airlines Capt. Jesse Rhodes and First Officer Peter Cesarz just before they died in the crash of a Bombardier regional jet on Oct. 14, 2004. Investigators say the crash occurred after the pilots took the plane to 41,000 feet, an altitude where engine problems can develop. 9:48:44 p.m. Cesarz: "Man we can do it. Forty-one it." 9:48:46 Rhodes: "(Unintelligible) baby." 9:48:57 Cesarz: "Hundred and eighty knots, still cruising at Mach point six four." 9:51:51 Cesarz: "There's four-one-oh, my man." 9:51:53 Cesarz: "Made it, man." 9:54:19 Rhodes: "Yeah, that's funny, we got up here, it won't...

A MAN’S nipples are perfectly suited to soothing a crying baby until it can be fed, according to a report on fatherhood. It names the Aka Pygmies, a hunter-gatherer tribe from the northern Congo, as the best fathers. When the mother is not available, the father calms his baby by giving him or her a nipple to suck. Aka Pygmy men do more in the way of childcare than fathers in any other society, according to the FatherWorld report, published today by Fathers Direct, a British charity. Aka fathers may hold their baby close to their bodies for a couple...

This was inspired by WestViking's article. (click on the source link to read it)

Internet gambling outlet GoldenPalace.com has snapped up what may or may not be the popster's home pregnancy test for $5,001 from a Canadian radio station. Staff members at Ottawa's Hot 89.9 claimed to have obtained the used test through a connection who retrieved the discarded item from the garbage outside Spears and hubby Kevin Federline's Los Angeles hotel room months ago. However, the station remained mum on the test until Spears confirmed last month that she was indeed expecting. Once the announcement was made, staffers hustled to turn a profit, despite being unable to provide any proof that the test...

A new potential slogan against same-sex marriage is entering the stage Toronto Free Press guest writer Paul Albers has come to the conclusion that marriage, or rather, legally-recognized marriage, is a privilege and not a right. "The battle over same-sex marriage is partly about setting the standard used to determine a couple's fitness to marry. Just the fact that there is such a thing as a fitness test shows that a legally recognized marriage is a privilege, not a right." says Paul Albers in his article. "If you attempt to create a fitness test for speech you have censorship, create...

While channel surfing last night I caught a SNL skit that was a parody of the SwiftVet ads. Now before you start getting upset, it was very funny and mocked Kerry big time. The fake vets were talking about Kerry's stand on domestic issues, in one part, a FakeVet talked about how they were in a serious firefight, when Kerry started talking to him about raising taxes back in the USA. The FakeVet said "What about these VC shooting at us!" and Kerry said he would tax them too. Another talked about how he ripped the gas engine out of...

Calling all photoshop experts: The Original AGD: Raw material (pardon the pun) for you:

So true, and so funny. Sorry it's so small, but I can't figure out how to link to the bigger copy at the source. It seems I can't give a link to the source either it's against FR rules to advertise for the shops there.

Artist's impression . . . Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake re-enacting the infamous Nipplegate fiasco. Photo: AFP What took them so long? The 24-year-old Canadian artist Siobhan Sawatsky has created a Barbie-sized version of Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake re-enacting the infamous Nipplegate fiasco. The dolls are for sale on eBay, with bids starting at $US49.99 ($67) and reaching $US112.50 by the time we went to press. Sawatsky told E! online: "The dolls took only a couple of evenings to create. However, if I had known they were going to create such a hype, I would have spent more time...

Belinda Stronach is the worst possible choice for party leader. I would vote for a woman like Deb Grey or Margaret Thatcher in a heartbeat, and I was hoping that Belinda would be a strong candidate, but she is all marketing and no substance. She either has few conviction on big issues, or she is too timid to say what they are without checking first if they are popular. It seems like no matter what issue you ask her about, she jumps back to reciting some part of her campaign speech. What policies she does have are really no different...

There are a couple of common misconceptions about the ruling of the Ontario Appeals Court. First is that the ruling is about the rights of homosexual couples to form an economic unit as a common law couple. The fact is that homosexuals had those rights before this ruling, and they enjoy the same inheritance, insurance, tax and other benefits that common-law couples do. This ruling was about the legal definition of marriage and nothing else. The other misconception is that changing the legal definition of marriage is no big deal. You will often hear people say that it doesn’t affect...