As California state leaders hunt for solutions to a budget shortfall, some Democrats are proposing unorthodox ways to generate cash. Assemblyman Charles Calderon has proposed a 25% tax on sex toys, strip shows, pornographic magazines and videos and anything else sold in an "adult entertainment venue."
read moreWASHINGTON, D.C. -- Close-in supporters of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign are convinced he never will offer the vice presidential nomination to Sen. Hillary Clinton for one overriding reason: Michelle Obama.
read moreEstonian farmers have received tax notices for methane emissions from their cattle, the country's opposition party, the People's Union of Estonia, said on Thursday.
read moreFederal bailouts reward bad decisions at the taxpayers' expense
read moreThe Bluetooth wireless technology that allows people to use a hands-free earpiece while making a mobile telephone call could soon alert the emergency services when someone has a heart attack, Ofcom predicts.
The average temperature in April 2008 was 51.0 F. This was -1.0 F cooler than the 1901-2000 (20th century) average, the 29th coolest April in 114 years. The temperature trend for the period of record (1895 to present) is 0.1 degrees Fahrenheit per decade.
Bernie Ward, a prominent radio talk show host and reporter in the Bay Area for more than two decades, admitted today to distributing child pornography in a plea deal that will send him to federal prison for at least five years.
read moreAl Gore Calls Myanmar Cyclone a 'Consequence' of Global Warming
Former vice president tells NPR's 'Fresh Air' cyclone is example of 'consequences that scientists have long predicted might be associated with continued global warming.'
Michigan's lost Democratic delegation may be a step closer to this summer's convention in Denver. The delegation, stripped of its convention credentials when state party leaders scheduled a Jan. 15 primary in violation of national rules, could finally be seated under a compromise the state party's executive committee endorsed Wednesday night. Under that proposal -- hammered out weeks ago by Sen. Carl Levin, Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger and National Committeewoman Debbie Dingell -- Sen. Hillary Clinton would get 69 of the state's delegates and Sen. Barack Obama, 59.
read morePut farm subsidies out to pasture
Blocking the farm bill's renewal would put an end to welfare for farmers
read moreAfter many voters had already gone to sleep, the conventional wisdom of the elite political pundit class that resides on television shifted hard, and possibly irretrievably, against Senator Hillary Clinton's continued viability as a presidential candidate. The moment came shortly after midnight Eastern time, captured in a devastatingly declarative statement from Tim Russert of NBC News: "We now know who the Democratic nominee's going to be, and no one's going to dispute it," he said on MSNBC. "Those closest to her will give her a hard-headed analysis, and if they lay it all out, they'll say: 'What is the rationale? What do we say to the undeclared super delegates tomorrow? Why do we tell them you're staying in the race?' And tonight, there's no good answer for that." (See the video.)
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.---Here's the official Obama team spin on what is shaping up as a likely Indiana loss: "There really has never been any question that Senator Clinton would win Indiana," said a Obama talking points memo out Tuesday. Team Obama also blames Rush Limbaugh for urging Republicans to infiltrate the primary and vote for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Last Tuesday, Jon Stewart explained the Detroit Text-Messageing Scandal on the Daily Show:
www.thedailyshow.com@#kfest
Yesterday on a local political program, Flashpoint, the commentators were so upset about this. I don't know why, it is funny.
www.local6.com
Florida beach-goer ticketed for wearing a speedo
I have a suspicion that it is a DR poster, I think I know whow, but won't say.
Imbreeding can lead to brain deficiencies:
www.ft.com
Like most people in Mingo County, West Virginia, Leonard Simpson is a lifelong Democrat. But given a choice between Barack Obama and John McCain in November, the 67-year-old retired coalminer would vote Republican.
"I heard that Obama is a Muslim and his wife's an atheist," said Mr Simpson, drawing on a cigarette outside the fire station in Williamson, a coalmining town of 3,400 people surrounded by lush wooded hillsides.
Democratic country keeps its distance from Obama
www.ft.com
From the article:
Like most people in Mingo County, West Virginia, Leonard Simpson is a lifelong Democrat. But given a choice between Barack Obama and John McCain in November, the 67-year-old retired coalminer would vote Republican.
"I heard that Obama is a Muslim and his wife's an atheist," said Mr Simpson, drawing on a cigarette outside the fire station in Williamson, a coalmining town of 3,400 people surrounded by lush wooded hillsides.
1. Show of hands, how many of you think this "Muslim thing" is a nice convenient cover for some who may not want to admit the real reason why they won't vote for Obama, he is black? Since when is it acceptable in America that people refuse to vote for people on account of their religion or race?
2. I read a comment on Saturday on the DR where someone was complaining about Obama supporters laughing at poor white (West Virgina) people an so on. Well, may I suggest that if they want our respect that they earn it. They could do that by not being backwards and dense. As long as they keep acting like 19th throwbacks, people will keep laughing at them.
www.stateofworldliberty.org
Go to the Summary and you will see that Estonia is number 1, this was back in 2006.
I'd love a link to that, if you find it.
Posted by BetelG
A couple of years ago I had actually come across an index wit the list of countries. This is all I could find now:
footprints.blogs.com
I remember having posted that index to the DR.
Sombody ought to tell those West Virginians that O'Bama is actually Irish and not Black:
www.latimes.com
www.youtube.com
Do you think they'll buy it?
www.iht.com
Obama is such a weak candidate with such little support, he can't even fundraise more than Clinton.
LOL!
University research contributes to global warming
www.environmental-expert.com
"Add university research to the long list of human activities contributing to global warming. Herv Philippe, a Universit de Montral professor of biochemistry, is a committed environmentalist who found that his own research produces 44 tonnes of CO2 per year. The average American citizen produces 20 tonnes. Herv Philippe"I did my PhD on nucleotide sequencing in the hope of advancing our knowledge of biodiversity, but I never thought that the research itself could have a negative impact on biodiversity," he said, during a recent biology department symposium."
How ironic is this!
Bwaahahahahaha!
Superdelegate Watch: 4 More For Obama As Another Clinton Superdelegate Switches
www.411mania.com
Damn, I don't even feel like laughing anymore. It's not funny any more.a
Superdelegate Watch: 4 More For Obama As Another Clinton Superdelegate Switches
www.411mania.com
Damn, I don't even feel like laughing anymore. It's not funny any more.
Breaking News:
Polar Bear rapes Penguin in the arctic:
www.breitbart.tv
It must be that agw stuff.
Speaking of which:
Does this impact global warming at all:
apnews.myway.com
London square sealed off after police gun battle
www.breitbart.com
I was always under the impression that London police did not carry guns. I guess I was wrong.
UBS reports 1Q net loss $11 billion
biz.yahoo.com
Owner of Tropicana casinos files for Chapter 11 protection
biz.yahoo.com
When SWISS BANKS and CASINOS are doing bad you know the whole global economy is in bad shape. Under normal circumstances, SWISS BANKS and CASINOS would be pretty good investments I would think.
These guys should be grateful they weren't in NYC. The cops there would have shot each of them 50 times and then claimed they had WMD.
Posted by northguy3
NYPD Cracks Sadistic Gang Of Cop Impersonators
8 Charged In Abduction, Torture Of East Coast Cocaine Traffickers
Threatened To Squeeze Testicles With Pliers
wcbstv.com
So what is the difference between these impersonators and the real thing?
At least these impersonators are not protected by the badged and coddled by the authorities even when they are trigger-happy assassins.
If I were a travel agaen in Europe I would be recommend people not to travel to NYC since it's so dangerous, sometimes you have to fear the real police more than the actual criminals.
Clinton lends herself $6.4M as Obama's lead grows
apnews.myway.com
Well, if Clinton wants to waste her money that's fine.
How can someone who can afford to lend herfsefl millions try to portrary herself as a working class girl while while having the BALLS to to try to portray her opponent as an elitist?
Hillary is such an elitist she thinks she can buy the dem nomination.

"Bob Barr will run as a libertarian and get the usual half a percent."
If Repugs thought he only was gonna get half a percent they wouldn't be having a cow now. Obviously they think he can get more than that if they are so upset.