A small blip on a computer screen sent champagne corks popping among physicists in Switzerland. Near Chicago, researchers at a "pajama party" who watched via satellite let out an early morning cheer.
The blip was literally of cosmic proportions, representing a new tool to probe the birth of the [...]
I started a new thread so as to not continue highjacking the other.
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As you will agree then, the definition of wealth is a relative term. But then so is the defiition of poor.
The new McCain commercial has set an all time low in sleaziness. Now he is claiming that Obama wants to teach Sex Ed to Kindergartners. Here is the commercial (directly from johnmccain.com on youtube. The official campaign page on youtube):
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What does Europe teach us? They face an even bigger problem. Part 2
They're respectable, wealthy, well-raised and educated. They know history, speak different languages and travel. They hold high posts at banks, financial corporations and law offices. These are the new European nationalists
A short description of our first [...]
A friend brought this up yesterday and I'm curious as to what your thoughts are. People are always bickering back and forth about illegal immigrants but what about the millions of jobs that are outsourced to foreign countries? Why do people not seem near as concerned with this issue? Is [...]
Here is a column I just read regarding the attacks on Sarah Palin. While reading this I saw myself saying much of the same things in some conversations over the past few days.
HOW OBAMA BLEW IT
PAYS PRICE IN POLLS FOR BUNGLED ATTACKS ON SARAH
there are a ton of ideas that wont work on the table for healthcare. if the brass called you today, and told you that you were in charge of coming up with a solution, what would your plan be? [...]
Factcheck.org has done some legwork on the Palin rumors flying around the Internet. Here's the start of their report, with a link to their analysis:
WeÂ’ve been flooded for the past few days with queries about dubious Internet postings and mass e-mail messages making claims [...]
If there are any of you out there who own an XBOX 360 and have NOT yet bought BIOSHOCK, I suggest you get the video store as soon as possible. Here, I thought Resident Evil 4 was all consuming, but I really had no idea. I have lost so many [...]
By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, September 8, 2008;
MSNBC is removing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as the anchors of live political events, bowing to growing criticism that they are too opinionated to be seen as neutral in the heat of the presidential campaign.
We lost a member of our family this weekend. I found our 14 yr old dog dead in the back yard Sunday night. Poor thing looked like she just laid down and died. Looked very peaceful. In a way I'm glad she died now because I had a feeling she [...]
DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally said that more legislators are "in our corner" as the three U.S. auto makers prepare to lobby the government for as much as $50 billion in low-cost loans.
"I think last year was a real turning point," Mr. Mulally [...]
NO MORE VEILIN' PALIN: SARAH TO FACE MEDIA
By DAPHNE RETTER, Post Correspondent and Post Wire Services
WASHINGTON - John McCain's presidential campaign loosened its grip on Sarah Palin's public exposure yesterday, scheduling her first media interview as a veep nominee [...]
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I have a question I would like everyone to ponder.
A politician warned that Americans were wasting too much energy, that domestic supplies of oil and natural gas were running out, and that foreign supplies of petroleum were subject to embargoes by the producing nations, principally by members of [...]
So what do you think after seeing the first game of the season? How about good ole' Huard throwing that beautiful interception? Then again he had one hell of a pass to Darling in the last 90 seconds or so. I'd like to see em do something this year but [...]
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been subjected to an intense amount of media and public scrutiny since she was named as John McCainÂ’s vice presidential pick one week ago. Many of the attacks have come in [...]
Sept. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is preparing to announce plans to bring Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under government control, seeking to halt the crisis of confidence in the companies that make up almost half the U.S. mortgage market.
Maureen Dowd, winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary, became a columnist on The New York Times Op-Ed page in 1995 after having served as a correspondent in the paper's Washington bureau since 1986. She has covered [...]
Sept. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is preparing to announce plans to bring Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under government control, seeking to halt the crisis of confidence in the companies that make up almost half the U.S. mortgage market.
Thanks to O&A and his hack posts about Fox news, I didn't know Obama was a smoker.. interesting that he said he'd quit for running for president, but can't manage to shake the habit.
BY KERRY BURKE, ALISON GENDAR and CARRIE MELAGO
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Wednesday, September 3rd 2008, 7:41 PM
Two dozen Brooklyn kindergartners and first-graders traveled in circles for up to five hours after their bus driver got lost but wouldn't admit it, [...]
Oprah's ratings have been dropping pretty dramatically recently and maybe her little jump into politics is a big reason. Looks like racism trumps feminism.
Is Oprah Biased? Host Won't Interview Palin
Republican VP Nominee Sarah Palin Isn't Welcome on 'Oprah'
By EMILY FRIEDMAN
Sept. 5, 2008 — [...]
...I donÂ’t know if itÂ’s the librarian glasses or the fact that sheÂ’s kind of a bitch, but the bottom line is, I havenÂ’t been this curious to see what a Vice Presidential hopeful looked like naked since Spiro Agnew....
Yes, this is epic. Read the whole thing over at [...]
A prominent Philadelphia attorney and Hillary Clinton supporter filed suit this afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic National Committee and the Federal Election Commission. The action seeks an injunction preventing the senator from [...]
A woman was very distraught at the fact that she had not had a date or any sex in quite some time. She was afraid she might have something wrong with her, so she decided to seek the medical expertise of a sex therapist.
REMARKS BY JOHN MCCAIN TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
As prepared for delivery
Thank you all very much. Tonight, I have a privilege given few Americans -- the privilege of accepting our party's nomination for President of the United States. And I accept it with gratitude, humility [...]
The little boy (who had been looking out the window of the airplane) turned to his mother and asked, 'If big dogs have baby dogs, and big cats have baby cats, why don't big airplanes have baby airplanes?'
The mother (who couldn't think of an answer) told her son [...]
Nielsen has said the 38.4 million viewers averaged by Obama's address last Thursday is believed to be the biggest television audience ever for a U.S. political convention speech, and Palin's tally of 37.2 million came close to that.
97% of Obama's numbers - looks like that "superstar" status of [...]
Ok, so I'm trolling through Obama's plans for this and that and I come across some interesting facts
- Obama plans to enforce FLMA down to 25 employees (which will kill small business)
- Demand ALL businesses give employees 7 days of paid sick leave (56 hours [...]
I was glad to head down to the City Union Mission for the first time in my life last night. I enjoyed the opportunity overall, but have somewhat mixed thoughts about making it the place I frequent. I was hoping to have a little more time to interact and help [...]
ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?
WITNESS: No, I just lie there.
__________________________________________________ ________
ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the
impact?
WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
__________________________________________________ ________
ATTORNEY: This myast henia gravis, does it affect your
memory at all?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And [...]
Post here about this. I will likely get many non serious responses. But I've thought about it for days, and I remember that there are a lot of nice people here. (Balancing out the bad.) I went back to the doctor (finally) last week and I found out that my [...]
When am I gonna get some rain down here in BF, Missouri? Every rain chance the past month or so has bypassed my yard. I want some rain, dammit. And, that bastard, Gustav, is popping up showers all around me but not here in the sticks.
Everyone, I have, for a long time, been conflicted on religion. So I am starting this thread to ask for knowledge. I am not attacking any religion, I am genuinely attempting to learn something. As, I have been unable to get a reasonable answer.
After 18 years of church, i was given the knowledge that there is a God. Between vacation Bible Schools and Sunday School, i had great knowledge of Bible History.
All of my life i prayed to God(Atleast i thought) even in Jesus name.
A really awesome hardcore band that I have recently gotten into. They are pretty much some guys that took a bunch of Ahhnold movies and made songs into them! Some are really hillarious. But most of all they are really hardcore and definately badass.
August, 2005, I came into New Orleans from the west on I-10, spent a few hours in the French Quarter and got kind of lost in the 9th ward on the way out to Biloxi. The [...]
The U.S. military has handed control of Iraq's once violent Anbar province to Iraqi security forces.
At a ceremony marking the handover Monday, the commander of U.S. troops in Anbar warned that the struggle against insurgents in the western region [...]
Anyone else take a shower and then not have their ear handed back to them? WHAT THE PHUCK? I've clearly got water stuck in my left ear, because it makes strange yawning noises whenever I bend over or move around. But HOW THE FROCK do I get it out? I've [...]
Just when the price of gasoline and oil is coming down, we get a major hurricane:
Weather.com-
"Hurricane Gustav has become a very dangerous Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds near 145 mph. Gustav will be swirling over western Cuba very shortly and into the southeastern Gulf of [...]
Since we've had a lot of news lately and activity on the site, I figured on doing it again. I left this one "private" so we can't see who voted how. Hopefully that will help "get out the vote"! [...]
With gas prices setting record highs nearly every day, many Americans are being forced to trade in their performance cars
and large trucks and SUVs due the high price of a fill up.
In Yahoo in Groups, I have formed a Group called NPR local stations. The idea of this group is to look at diversified NPR programming. Of which locally we have several examples; KKFI, KCUR, The Bridge, and Lawerances Public Radio. I would invite those who listen to NPR stations come [...]
Probably the most heinous crime I have ever heard of. To harm a baby, you have to be lower than pond scum. First reaction is to start constuction of an adult sized microwave oven, transmitting at 900,000 gigawatts but 50 or 60 years on earth to remember what she did [...]
Here she is - she has a consistent 80% approval rating in Alaska, gave herself a cut in pay, and from what else Ingraham had to say, sounds like a good VP choice.
What do you guys think???? [...]
Make KCTalk Blackberry friendly? When I check in all I see are the frames. I am on my berry now and its somewhat hard to navigate. Just my suggestion. [...]
By CALVIN WOODWARD, Associated Press Writer Thu Aug 28, 2:16 PM ET
WASHINGTON - John McCain and Barack Obama share common ground on a surprising selection of issues where the age-old Republican-Democratic divide doesn't [...]
Ok, I, like most people have been pretty patient. But, now, I'm getting a little edgey. Why do we not have the games back up in the arcade? I went throught th casino, wanted to see the action in the sports betting, nothin'. I mean, come on. There is all [...]
I have terabyte lust, I don't NEED that much space I have an 80GB drive on this machine and it isn't even 65% full. I have a networked drive (250 GB) and it is 70% [...]
All of the Wal-Marts across Alabama sold out of ammunition as of yesterday. A reliable source said that one of the purchasers commented that while Russia may have invaded Georgia, they sure as hell ain't doin' it to Alabama.
The attachment is Michael Phelps as a young man.
[...]
Is it a sickness? An addiction? Sado Masochism? Resident Evil 4. So what is it with this game? I heard it was one of the top ten games of all time, so I got it. It sat on my shelf for about six months, while I tended to my Grand [...]
In March or April 2007, three noncommissioned United States Army officers, including a first sergeant, a platoon sergeant and a senior medic, killed four Iraqi prisoners with pistol shots to the head as the men stood handcuffed and blindfolded beside a Baghdad canal, two of the soldiers said in sworn [...]
Police Arrest 2 At Overland Park Hotel
Posted by: Aaron Heintzelman
Email: heintzelman@nbcactionnews.com
Last Update: 2:08 pm
Slideshow
Jennifer Russell OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – A man and a woman were charged with misdemeanors related to prostitution Wednesday after they were arrested at an [...]
I wonder, is there a way to track the thread visitor's as being unique?
The FFC thread had about 5000 views since yesterday, now, I know those all aren't unique (or, if they are, WOW!!!!) - anyway to do some SQL magic and get an idea of the number [...]
DENVER (USA) -- The sun dipped behind the towering sandstone monoliths of the Red Rocks Amphitheatre on a recent evening as donors to the Democrats' national convention sipped mojitos and snacked on bison burgers at a private reception. They later took [...]
So in an effort to start some interesting conversations I decided to start a little thread covering some of the issues the media isn't paying attention to.
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Here she is - she has a consistent 80% approval rating in Alaska, gave herself a cut in pay, and from what else Ingraham had to say, sounds like a good VP choice. 
