Monthly Archives: April 2010
Some people actually are looking into getting that “free” Obamacare!
Yes, despite every bit of evidence to the contrary, despite the fact that NO ONE, absolutely NO ONE ever said that healthcare would be free under this massive bill, still some idiots had that word, “free” stuck in their heads.
Sorry, wrong quote. These are the kind of questions to expect, multiplied by fifty or sixty million:Questions reflecting confusion have flooded insurance companies, doctors’ offices, human resources departments and business groups.
“They’re saying, ‘Where do we get the free Obama care, and how do I sign up for that?’ ” said Carrie McLean, a licensed agent for eHealthInsurance.com. The California-based company sells coverage from 185 health insurance carriers in 50 states.
McLean said the call center had been inundated by uninsured consumers who were hoping that the overhaul would translate into instant, affordable coverage….
“We tell them it’s not free, that there are going to be things in place that help people who are low-income, but that ultimately most of that is not going to be taking place until 2014,” McLean said…
This is what the left has deluded themselves into believing. That EVERYTHING should be handed to them, free. With so many people this stupid all I can say is God help us!
Remember when Obama said he would bring us all together?
He was lying to us, as Peter Whener explains via American Spectator
But almost from the outset, Obama began pushing an ambitious liberal agenda in a nation that is center-right. Facing an unprecedented fiscal crisis, Obama unveiled initiatives and budgets that made things far worse. In addition, after a yearlong debate on Obamacare, the president is pushing his agenda over the strong objections of most Americans, who are saying, in every way they know how, “Stop.” But Obama is indifferent to their wishes. He knows better.
Add to this the fact that a considerable number of Americans believe that the means that Obama, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have used to pass health care reform are at best questionable and at worst an abuse of power, and you have the ingredients for a popular uprising against Obamaism, which is exactly what is unfolding. It doesn’t help, of course, that the White House and its allies attack their critics in a manner that ranges from mocking to vicious.
The combination of an unpopular agenda being advanced through ugly and indefensible back-room deals, without any of the transparency that Obama promised, has created a sense among a growing number of Americans of what the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche called “ressentiment,” by which he meant not only opposition but something more: a sense of injury caused by a perceived injustice (James Davison Hunter discusses Nietzsche’s views in his new book “To Change The World: The Irony, Tragedy, & Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World”).
Pretty much spot on, be sure to read it all.
Your joke of the day
After a President has been in office for 1 year it is customary for the last President to send a note of congratulations to the new one. So yesterday when the note came from Bush to Obama, the President was somewhat troubled because it was written in code and all it said was: 370H-SSV-0773H
This troubled him as he had always heard from his peers how former president Bush was perceived to have been scholarly challenged. So he took the note to his wife. She was unable to decipher it.
They called in the VP, and he was unable to decode the message. They called in the chief of staff and the head of Secret Service detail and they were unable to determine the meaning of the note.
Next he called in the head of the Senate and Speaker of the House..
They both were mystified by the meaning of the coded message.
Now there was complete panic in the Oval Office.
They called all of their contacts in the media and sent copies of the note to all of them, and not one was able to come up with an answer. A special emergency meeting was called by the staff.
All branches of the military, counter intelligence, CIA, FBI were called in, and the best minds were unable crack the code. After a sleepless night, a now humbled President Obama picked up the phone and called the former president, and asked him the meaning of the note. George Bush chuckled and replied: ‘Bud …. you’re holding it upside down
Please do not call Charles Johnson a douchebag anymore
Seriously, I mean it, he in no way deserves that name. What he does deserve to be called is a race-baiting, bottom-feeding, degenerate bigot! But douchebag? OK, he IS a freaking douchebag too. And most of all, he is displaying all the characteristics of an intellectual cowardice. After seeing this crap that Ace found on CJ’s once fine blog, I wonder if Johnson is auditioning to be a MSNBS host, or maybe he wants to give tongue baths to Olbermann, or bikini waxes to Rachel Maddow? I mean this garbage is exactly what the MSNBS bunch spews isn’t it? Johnson has devolved into nothing more than a useful idiot for Obama’s Alinskyists. Stalin would have loved this asshat wouldn’t he? He would have patted little Charles on his little head, and said good job. Dictators love idiots like Johnson, idiots who swallow every last drop of the propoganda they spoon feed them, and then beg for more.
Tea Partiers, Circa 1950 WINGNUTS | Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:56:58 pm PDT
This didn’t start with Barack Obama’s election.
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Court: No Internet Control For FCC – Conservative NC
Federal Communications Commission does not have the legal authority to slap Net neutrality regulations on Internet providers, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
A three-judge panel in Washington, D.C. unanimously tossed out the FCC’s August 2008 cease and desist orderagainst Comcast, which had taken measures to slow BitTorrent transfers and had voluntarily ended them earlier that year.
Because the FCC “has failed to tie its assertion” of regulatory authority to any actual law enacted by Congress, the agency does not have the authority to regulate an Internet provider’s network management practices, wrote JudgeDavid Tatel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Tuesday’s decision could doom one of the signature initiatives of current FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, a Democrat. Last October, Genachowski announced plans to begin drafting a formal set of Net neutrality rules – even though Congress has not given the agency permission to begin. (Verizon Communications CEO Ivan Seidenberg, for instance, has said that new regulations would stifle innovative technologies like telemedicine.)
Even though liberal advocacy groups had urged the FCC to take action against Comcast, the agency’s vote to proceed was a narrow 3-2, with the dissenting commissioners predicting at the time that it would not hold up in court. FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell, a Republican, said at the time that the FCC’s ruling was unlawful and the lack of legal authority “is sure to doom this order on appeal.”
The ruling also is likely to shift the debate to whether Congress will choose to explicitly grant the FCC the authority to regulate companies’ network management practices, and revive lobbying coalitions that have been defunct for the last few years.
In 2006, Congress rejected five different bills, backed by groups including Google, Amazon.com, Free Press, and Public Knowledge, that would have handed the FCC the power to police Net neutrality violations. Even though the Democrats have enjoyed a majority on Capitol Hill since 2007, however, the leadership has shown little interest in resuscitating those proposals.
“We must decide whether the Federal Communications Commission has authority to regulate an Internet service provider’s network management practices,” Tatel wrote in his 36-page opinion. “The Commission may exercise this ‘ancillary’ authority only if it demonstrates that its action – here barring Comcast from interfering with its customers’ use of peer-to-peer networking applications – is ‘reasonably ancillary to the… effective performance of its statutorily mandated responsibilities.’”
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Republicans Slam Obama Judicial Nominee Over 117 Omissions From Record – Fox News
Senate Republicans on Tuesday slammed one of the Obama administration’s most controversial judicial nominees for failing to initially disclose more than 100 of his speeches, publications and other background materials – an omission the Republicans called unprecedented and a possible attempt to “hide his most controversial work.”
They said Goodwin Liu’s nomination to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is in “jeopardy” in light of the problem.
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GM And Chrysler’s Pensions Underfunded By $17 Billion – New York Times
The pension plans at General Motors and Chrysler are underfunded by a total of $17 billion and could fail if the automakers do not return to profitability, according to a government report released Tuesday.
Both companies need to make large payments into the plans within the next five years – $12.3 billion by G.M. and $2.6 billion by Chrysler – to reach minimum funding levels, according to the report, prepared by the Government Accountability Office.
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Obama Not Briefed On Nuclear Attack Plans Because ‘He Thought It Was Insane’? – Washington Examiner
According to a knowledgeable source who would not be identified discussing sensitive national-security matters, President Obama wasn’t briefed on the U.S. nuclear-strike plan against Russia and China until some months after he had taken office.
“He thought it was insane,” says the source. (The reason for the delay is unclear; the White House did not respond to repeated inquiries.)
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Woops: The Party-Switch Slips Specter’s Mind –
Senator Arlen Specter was launching his Students for Specter initiative Tuesday at Pennsylvania State University when he had a verbal slip-up that harkened back to his days with the GOP.
A reader points out the video clip below, in which Specter mistakenly thanks those in attendance for the endorsement of the “College Republicans.” Alas, he meant the College Democrats, and it seemed everyone had a nice laugh about it.
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CNN Poll: Two-Thirds Say Things Going Badly In Nation – CNN
Two-thirds of all Americans say that things are going badly in the country today, according to a new national poll. But a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey indicates that the public’s mood has improved over the past year.
Sixty-seven percent of people questioned say things are going badly in the country, with 32 percent saying that things are going well. The 67 percent is down 10 points from a year ago.
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Thousands of students and concerned parents are calling for the cancellation of a blasphemous play at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. The offensive production Corpus Christi by Terrence McNally portrays Christ and the twelve Apostles as homosexuals.
The lewd production was recently canceled at Tarleton State University in Texas due to peaceful protest. And now Gallaudet University is facing a similar protest for its decision to host the play on April 8-10.
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Rio’s Worst Rains In History Kill At Least 95 – Yahoo News
The heaviest rains in Rio de Janeiro’s history triggered landslides Tuesday that killed at least 95 people as rising water turned roads into rivers and paralyzed Brazil’s second-largest city.
The ground gave way in steep hillside slums, cutting red-brown paths of destruction through shantytowns. Concrete and wooden homes were crushed and hurtled downhill, only to bury other structures.
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Mother And Daughter ‘Tried To Smuggle Corpse On To Plane’ – Daily Mail
Tucked up in his wheelchair wearing a large pair of sunglasses, the elderly traveller might have looked like he was simply catching a nap as he waited for his flight. But something didn’t seem quite right.
As his family tried to check in, airport staff became suspicious – and to their horror, they discovered that the 91-year-old was dead. Now Willi Jarant’s wife and step-daughter have been arrested over the bizarre episode that has echoes of the Hollywood comedy A Weekend At Bernie’s.
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Chinese Big Foot Caught – Pat Dollard
A bizarre creature, dubbed the “oriental yeti”, has baffled scientists after emerging from ancient woodlands in remote central China. The hairless beast was trapped by hunters in Sichuan province after locals reported spotting what they thought was a bear.
One hunter, Lu Chin, said: “It looks a bit like a bear but it doesn’t have any fur and it has a tail like a kangaroo. “It also does not sound like a bear – it has a voice like a cat and it is calling all the time – perhaps it is looking for the rest of its kind or maybe it’s the last one.
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Bethlehem Police: Drunk Man Forgets Clothes, Address – Morning Call
A heavily intoxicated man urinated on himself early yesterday, stripped off his clothes and broke into a Bethlehem home he thought was his, Bethlehem police said. He was only off by about 46 miles.
Bethlehem police were dispatched to 2067 W. Broad St. at 2:28 a.m. yesterday when a neighbor reported seeing a man breaking into that home. The people who lived at the home were away, the neighbor told police.
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Brawl Erupts Over Easter Candy – Salisbury Post
Police aren’t sure whether Walmart’s prices were so good or if there was a shortage of chocolate rabbits. Whatever the reason, seven women ended up in a brawl in the Easter basket aisle Saturday evening.
Candy eggs, rabbits and Peeps flew through the air in an unlikely Easter exchange. Property damage, primarily to candy and Easter decorations, totalled nearly $800. Salisbury Police responded to the Walmart at 323 Arlington St. around 7 p.m. Saturday.
Stormy Daniels, does the GOP
Hey if, the RNC is going to “F” us, why not let a pro help? After all that Lesbian Bondage stuff can be tricky. Right Mr. Steele?
Congrats are in order part 2
To Carol, I offer these words. You have every right to be proud today, Duke earned it!
Congratulations are in order
Cassy Fiano, an excellent blogger, has some very happy news, and Ed and I offer her our best wishes. We really enjoy Cassy’s work, like how she smacks around feminuts
If you ever needed an example of why feminism no longer speaks for the average American woman, then you need look no further than this story.
About two dozen women marched topless from Longfellow Square to Tommy’s Park this afternoon in an effort to erase what they see as a double standard on male and female nudity.
The women, preceded and followed by several hundred boisterous and mostly male onlookers, many of them carrying cameras, stayed on the sidewalk because they hadn’t obtained a demonstration permit to walk in the street. About a thousand people gathered as the march passed through Monument Square, a mix of demonstrators, supporters, onlookers and those just out enjoying a warm and sunny early-spring day.
After the marchers reached Tommy’s Park in the Old Port, some turned around and walked back to Longfellow Square, but most stayed and mingled in the park. Some happily posed for pictures.
Police said there were no incidents and no arrests – nudity is illegal in Maine only if genitals are displayed.
Ty McDowell, who organized the march, said she was “enraged” by the turnout of men attracted to the demonstration. The purpose, she said, was for society to have the same reaction to a woman walking around topless as it does to men without shirts on.
However, McDowell said she plans to organize similar demonstrations in the future and said she would be more “aggressive” in discouraging oglers.
Does this not just sum up everything that is wrong with feminism today? Today’s feminists don’t fight for actual equality or gender rights, like voting or not being discriminated against in the workplace (the phony “pay gap” frequently touted by feminists doesn’t count, because it isn’t real). They “fight” for useless things. Take abortion, one of feminism’s most sacred “rights”. Well, abortion is legal, but are feminists satisfied? Of course not! It has to be taxpayer funded and every woman should be getting abortions. It isn’t good enough to be able to choose — women must be actively choosing abortion in greater and greater numbers while government funding likewise increases. They “fight” for the ability of women to sleep around like horndogs with no consequences whatsoever. They advocate one-night-stands and meaningless hook-ups, but frown upon abstinence and commitments. Nevermind that it’s perfectly legal to sleep with as many people as you want — there are just consequences. Maybe it’s getting pregnant, maybe it’s getting an STD, maybe it’s getting an awful reputation. What feminists want is no consequences.
Feminism is all about fighting for things that don’t. actually. matter.
How very true. Largely the “Feminists” are just trying to remain relevant, but, as Cassy points out, they have no legitimate issues to fight for any more. I would add this thought. These women were PO’d, offended, outraged, and generally put out because people noticed them in their protests? Isn’t getting noticed WHY you protest in the first place? Just asking.
And, again, congrats Cassy, and I am honoring you with our coveted Blog of the Day Award!
Carol of the Closet: Europeans are all bed-wetting pansies!
I tell you, Carol is getting feisty over there, maybe she is partaking of some liquor she has stashed in her Closet?
What do you think Belevdere meant by that?
Bob Belvedere, blogging legend, says this about fellow blogging legend Stacy McCain
Hey, Has Anybody Else Noticed That Stacy McCain Is A Great Guy?…and is not a complete douchebag
Se? He says McCain is not a COMPLETE Douchebag. HMMMM. HMMM indeed! So, I ask what DID he mean by that?
Your Blogquote of the Day
Hats off to Dave C for this line concerning Chris “Crazy Legs” Matthews
Dana Loesch is quick to set the record straight and put Matthews into some — as they say in the streets — freaking knowledge. Sadly, I think it’s a wasted effort. You can’t beat clues into Matthews if you duct taped him to a tree and told a bunch of Mexican kids he’s a piñata.
And no, that is neither racist, or inciting violence, so any whiny Leftist reading that can just drink a can of Shut The Hell Up, followed by a Grow Up chaser! right now!
Net Neutrality kicked to the curb
Good news! at least for now, as Michelle warns, the regulators will try again. They always do.
The U.S. Court of Appeals unanimously rejected the Obama FCC’s bid to expand its regulatory powers over the Internet this afternoon. As Clarice Feldman headlined the ruling succinctly:
Your refresher course via ReasonTV (more background here):
Just as the Left would love to silence talk radio, they would also love to squelch us pesky bloggers. ”Net Neutrality” could be a usdeful tool towards that end. As Michelle says, they will try again, and again, and……….
Pat might be “just a blogger” but………..
She obviously grasps national defense issues better than the POTUS does
I guess Obama could have sent out engraved invitations that said “Open for attack,” but that would have taken a little organization. Instead, he has simply told the world that we will not use nuclear weapons:
For the first time, the United States is explicitly committing not to use nuclear weapons against nonnuclear states that are in compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, even if they attacked the United States with biological or chemical weapons or launched a crippling cyberattack. Those threats, Mr. Obama argued, could be deterred with “a series of graded options,” a combination of old and new conventional weapons. “I’m going to preserve all the tools that are necessary in order to make sure that the American people are safe and secure,” he said in the interview in the Oval Office.
White House officials said the new strategy would include the option of reconsidering the use of nuclear retaliation against a biological attack, if the development of such weapons reached a level that made the United States vulnerable to a devastating strike.
“Graded options”….is that sort of like all those sanctions that work so well?
Pat is correct, and to be honest, and here is why. She applies reason and logic to her view. She knows that our enemies are, well, called enemies for a damned good reason. She knows showing weakness does not work. It never has, and never will. Pat likely understands as well, that we no weapon will do any good if we do not posess the will to USE THEM! Too bad that Pat is not the POTUS.
Am I Libertarian? Conservative, or………..
Mike, writing at Washington Rebel explores the differences between Conservatism and Libertarianism. A fascinating read
There’s been a lot of complaining here at the Reb about libertarians. Why? I do not understand. But the sometimes seething hatred so many conservatives have towards libertarians, does fascinate me. What are they arguing against?
If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals–if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is. — Ronald Reagan, 1975
Go read the entire post, it is well worth it. As for me, I have often pondered whether I am a Libertarian, a Conservative, and have generally concluded that I am a Conservative with some definitive Libertarian leanings. My biggest area with Conservatives would be over “social issues”.
My general feeling as to morals, and personal behavior is that the law should stay out of the behaviors of what consenting adults, do in the privacy of their homes, as long as no one is harmed. For instance, sodomy laws have no place in a free country. It matters not if you agree with the behavior or not. The sole question ought to be is it the legitimate role of any governmental body to deem such acts illegal? Clearly, the answer is no.
I do not give a damn about “community standards” either. What an American does in their home is not the business of the community. Again, as long as what they do causes no harm to others, is consensual, and is done between adults.
The only censorship I approve of is the censorship I engage in for myself, or the censorship of parents concerning what their children read, hear, or view.
So, do these beliefs make me a Conservative, or a Libertarian? Or a bit of both?
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25 Killed In West Virginia Coal Mine Explosion – Fox News
Rescue teams planned to search again for four workers missing in a coal mine where a massive explosion killed 25 in the worst U.S. mining disaster in more than two decades, though officials said Tuesday that the chances were slim that the miners survived.
The suspended rescue mission would resume after bore holes could be drilled to allow for toxic gases to be ventilated from Massey Energy Co.’s sprawling Upper Big Branch mine about 30 miles south of Charleston, state and federal safety officials said.
“All we have left is hope, and we’re going to continue to do what we can,” Kevin Stricklin, an administrator for the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, said at a news conference. “But I’m just trying to be honest with everybody and say that the situation does look dire.”
Though the cause of the blast was not known, the operation run by Massey subsidiary Performance Coal Co. has a history of violations for not properly ventilating highly combustible methane gas, safety officials said.
Stricklin said officials had hoped some of the missing survived the blast Monday afternoon and were able to reach airtight chambers stocked with food, water and enough oxygen for them to live for four days. However, rescue teams checked one of two nearby and it was empty. The buildup of toxic methane gas – a constant problem at the mine – and of carbon monoxide prevented teams from reaching other chambers, officials said.
A total of 29 miners were in the area during a shift change when the blast happened, officials said. Some may have died in the blast and others when they breathed in the gas-filled air, Stricklin said. Seven bodies had been recovered and identified, but the other 18 have not, said Gov. Joe Manchin, who returned to the state after being out of town. Names weren’t released publicly.
“Everybody’s just heartbroken over this and the impact on these families,” said mine safety director Joe Main, who was headed to West Virginia.
It is the most people killed in a U.S. mine since 1984, when 27 died in a fire at Emery Mining Corp.’s mine in Orangeville, Utah. If the four missing bring the total to 29, it would be the most killed in a U.S. mine since a 1970 explosion killed 38 at Finley Coal Co., in Hyden, Ky.
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The Obama Nuclear Doctrine – The Guardian
The long-awaited, long-delayed Nuclear Posture Review is out today, spelling out the circumstances in which America will use its nuclear arsenal, and how big that arsenal should be.
Some of it is out already in the form of excerpts and an interview in the New York Times. The headline is that Obama has narrowed the role of nuclear weapons in US defence strategy, but has also left significant loopholes that will disappoint arms control advocates.
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Scores Of Indian Soldiers Killed In Maoist Ambushes – BBC News
Maoist rebels have killed at least 72 Indian soldiers in a series of attacks on security convoys in the central state of Chhattisgarh, officials say.
Troops were on patrol in dense jungle in a remote part of Dantewada district when rebels opened fire on them and set off explosives, police say. Rescue teams were also ambushed. Police say fighting is continuing.
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Critics Blast Holder For Stalling Voting Rights Probe – News Max
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has given U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder an April 12 deadline to state whether the Justice Department will stop stonewalling an investigation of alleged voter intimidation involving three members of the New Black Panther Party for Self Defense in Philadelphia.
A letter from Commission chairman Gerald A. Reynolds to Holder declares that the organization’s efforts to obtain information from the Justice Department are at an “impasse.”
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Duke Wins NCAA Title In 61-59 Thriller Over Butler – Yahoo News
The ball went sailing while the buzzer went off. Where it landed would be the difference between a shining moment for one team, a tearstained loss for another. Butler forward Gordon Hayward’s halfcourt shot hit backboard, then rim, then barely careened out.
Duke beat Butler 61-59 on Monday night. What a game! And what a way to end the season, even if America’s favorite underdog came up a little short.
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Suspects Freed Days Before Killings – Washington Examiner
All three of the suspects in last week’s quadruple homicide had been in custody just days before the carnage, only to slip through the hands of authorities in a series of missteps, the Washington Examiner has learned.
Malik Carter, 14, who is charged as a juvenile with four counts of first-degree murder, fled a center run by Alternative Solutions-Youth on March 22, a source with knowledge of his record said.
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Vermont Awards $150,000 For Critter Crossing – Washington Times
State officials in Vermont awarded a six-figure grant last week to the Monkton Conservation Commission to build a tunnel under a busy street for salamanders and reptiles. The tunnel, or culvert, is expected to be completed in the city of Monkton by 2011.
Commission Chairman Chris Slesar said the structure is necessary to help safeguard the local amphibian population. Salamanders make the trek across the road each year “like clockwork” to reach a swamp used for mating.
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Holy Sissy Pitch! Obama Booed Loudly; Throws Arcing Lob Ball At Nationals Opener – First Things
Good Grief! That pitch would make any 9 year-old girl blush. Obama was booed loudly at the Nationals Game today in Washington DC, a city where he collected over 90% of the vote in 2008.
To top it off, he threw an arcing sissy pitch that barely made it to home plate. MSNBC hosts came to his defense, insisting that Bush was probably booed more.
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81-Year-Old Great-Grandmother Suing For Back Child Support – AHN
An 81-year-old woman is suing her son’s father for back child support. She claims he’s been dodging payments for 60 years and owes $57,000 plus interest. Rosemary Douglas says she secured a court order for child support after her son with Urban Joseph Grass, Gerald, was born in 1950.
She claims Grass never paid while he claims he never knew anything about the order. Grass now has a new lawyer, Pedram Mansouri, who says he and his 82-year-old client aren’t worried.
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April Fool’s UFO Report Sparks Panic – WKMG
A Jordanian newspaper’s April Fool’s Day report chronicling a late-night visit by 10-foot-tall aliens in flying saucers sparked public panic and almost led to the town’s emergency evacuation, officials said Monday.
The Al Ghad newspaper published a front-page article April 1 about the fake UFO landing near the desert town of Jafr, some 185 miles (300 kilometers) from the capital, Amman.
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Sheriff Arpaio Makes Inmates Pedal To Watch TV – Yahoo News
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has started a program he calls “Pedal Vision,” in which inmates pedal stationary bikes to generate electricity for television sets. The bikes are customized to turn on connected TV sets once inmates at Phoenix’s Tent City Jail pedal enough to generate 12 volts of electricity.
An hour of pedaling equals an hour of television. Arpaio said inmates only will be able to watch television if they choose to pedal. He said he started the program with female inmates because they seemed more receptive.
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Gran, 102, Goes Back To Junior School – Ananova
A 102-year-old grandmother has become the world’s oldest primary pupil after going back to school in China. Ma Xiuxian, from Jinan, Shandong province, started work in a cottom mill at the age of 13, reports the Qilu Evening Post.
But she always longed for the chance of a proper education and has now gone back to school to fulfill her ambition. “I feel very happy that I can finally realise my dream of going to school at this age,” said Ma.
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