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Spectacular Sky Scene Monday Evening

Dave — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:05:21 -0500

Every once in a while, something will appear in the night sky that will attract the attention of even those who normally don't bother looking up. It's likely to be that way on Monday evening, Dec. 1.

A slender crescent moon, just 15-percent illuminated, will appear in very close proximity to the two brightest planets in our sky, Venus and Jupiter.

White House Honors Hanukkah with Christmas Tree

dave — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:32:29 -0500

The president and the first lady invited leaders of America's Jewish community for a Hanukkah reception at the White House next month -- but raised eyebrows by putting a picture of a Christmas tree on the invitation. The message reads that the couple "requests the pleasure of your company at a Hanukkah reception," written beneath an image of a Clydesdale horse hauling a Christmas fir along the snow-dappled drive to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

Bush Pardons 14, Commutes 2

Dave — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:50:59 -0500

President George W. Bush has granted pardons to 14 individuals and commuted the prison sentences of two others convicted of misdeeds ranging from drug offenses to tax evasion, from wildlife violations to bank embezzlement.

Hendrix Drummer Mitch Mitchell Dies

dave — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:57:04 -0500

Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group's last surviving member, was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He was 61.

McCain: Palin Didn't Hurt Presidential Bid

Dave — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:57:57 -0500

John McCain said Tuesday that Sarah Palin did not damage his presidential bid. "I'm so proud of her and I'm very grateful she agreed to run with me. She inspired people, she still does," he said on the Tonight Show. "I couldn't be happier with Sarah Palin."

McCain criticizes paper for not releasing tape

dave — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:24:07 -0400

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin accused the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday of protecting Barack Obama by withholding a videotape of the Democrat attending a 2003 party for a Palestinian-American professor and critic of Israel.

Latest rightwing e-mail smear: Snopes

Dave — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:56:00 -0400

Here's the latest rightnut e-mail smear:

"Read this all the way because it is what all people still able to think have

known for some time. Snopes is a fraud.

Read it and then try to imagine the level of deceit these left wing air head

are trying to push through to white wash their candidate and then wonder why

they have to do so.

I had run upon some snopes articles that seemed to "smudge " some

things.

This really explains a lot!!!"

Bluegrass Legend Ralph Stanley Endorses Barack Obama

Dave — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:37:27 -0400

I'll see yer "Hank Jr." and raise you a "Ralph Stanley".

Christian lunatics intensify attacks on Obama

Dave — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:57:06 -0400

Terrorist strikes on four American cities. Russia rolling into Eastern Europe. Israel hit by a nuclear bomb. Gay marriage in every state. The end of the Boy Scouts. All are plausible scenarios if Democrat Barack Obama is elected president, according to a new addition to the campaign conversation called "Letter from 2012 in Obama's America," produced by the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family Action.

ACORN controversy: Voter fraud or mudslinging?

dave — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:31:29 -0400

The stories are almost comical: Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, registered to vote on Nov. 4. The entire starting lineup of the Dallas Cowboys football team, signed up to go the polls in Nevada.

But no one in either presidential campaign is laughing. Not publicly, anyway.

Turn Cheap Plonk Into Fine Wine

Dave — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:05:02 -0400

An entrepreneur claims to have invented a machine that turns a cheap bottle of plonk into a vintage-tasting wine in a matter of minutes. Inventor Casey Jones says the 350 gadget uses ultrasound technology to recreate the effects of decades of ageing by colliding alcohol molecules inside the bottle.

No Sunspots for over 200 Days

Dave — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:33:18 -0400

The Sun has been strangely unblemished this year. On more than 200 days so far this year, no sunspots were spotted. That makes the Sun blanker this year than in any year since 1954, when it was spotless for 241 days.

The 25 Best Blues Rock Bands

dave — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:11:50 -0400

Damn, we need a brake from all this Obama-McCain-Palin crap.

I'm flat-out sick of the shit.