After news broke out of the shooting at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas, the nation watched in horror as the toll of dead and injured climbed. The White House was notified immediately and by late afternoon, word went out that the president would speak about the incident prior to a previously scheduled appearance. [...]
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There’s a world of difference between mourning a loss and remembering the one you lost. I’ve tried, since it happened, to come to grips with what happened. Patches was, to borrow a cliche, my best friend in the universe. Even though I only had her for 3 years, there wasn’t a single day where [...] In England, a woman was having a very difficult pregnancy. She ended up going into labor 21 weeks and five days after conception. The record for a surviving baby is 21 weeks and six days. And it still is. The fetus did not survive. Oh, it was born alive. Its heart beat, it breathed, it moved. But under [...] “one would much rather that twenty guilty persons should escape the punishment of death, than that one innocent person should be condemned and suffer capitally.” -Sir John Fortescue, 1470 In a withering critique, a nationally known fire scientist has told a state commission on forensics that Texas fire investigators had no basis to rule a deadly house [...] I’m very much anti-death penalty. There was a time when I was all about fryin’ the bad guys, but that time’s long since passed. I don’t think I could watch anyone get the death penalty in 2009 with a clear conscience. I strongly believe that, in matters of life and death, God [...] With the recent spate of celebrity deaths this past week and a half, it’s hard to believe we just had another one today. While Billy Mays may have been a minor celebrity (or some wouldn’t even consider him one, honestly), to me, he was larger than life. Discovery Channel, this season, started airing a new [...] It isn’t safe for planes to take off, and cars driving around are sliding like they’re on slip and slides. What do the scumbags who run the hansom cabs do? Why, they keep them working, of course! No one I know in NYC is in favor of these insane hansom cab rides, and the [...] Apparently the folks over at Planned Parenthood (an organization founded by an admitted eugenist)aren’t too concerned over parental notification laws, seeing as they’ve completely ignored them in at least two videotaped incidents. Live Action Films, home of the Mona Lisa project, has just released yet another tape of a Planned Parenthood worker suggesting that a 13 [...] When people ask what about 9/11 we’re supposed to “never forget,” I never have to think about the answer. It’s the people who, while doing nothing more than living their lives, were taken from this earth by savage killers with no regard for individual life. I remember them. Their sacrifice. The sacrifices of [...] Vimeo is still getting a ton of feedback over their snotty decision to pull video game videos from the service because of “resource issues.” The original post on the Vimeo blog is now up to over a thousand comments… Here’s a snip from one I found particularly poignant: And though Vimeo may have sprung [...] [viddler id-160ff530 h-370 w-437] Just as a reminder, not only did we forget yesterday, we ignore what’s going on right under our noses. When BP bought Amoco, they made a few promises. Cleaner stations, brighter lighting, and a friendlier atmosphere. In the process of the takeover, they converted all the old Amoco stations to BP stations and renovated each and every one of them with new pumps, new signage, and an overall new look that was [...] Three years ago today, Terri Schiavo’s “husband” got his wish and got to finish a job he so desperately wanted to finish and was able to starve and dehydrate his wife, who he claimed to love, to death, secure in the knowledge that he had the backing of a corrupt court system that disallowed evidence [...] House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a longtime critic of China’s human rights policies, said Friday it would be wrong to boycott the Beijing Olympics. She said in a statement that while the Chinese government has failed to live up to its commitments to improve human rights conditions in China and Tibet, “I believe a boycott of the [...] I’m so jealous of these 14 year old kids that get to boff their cute teacher… I never was that lucky… Beth Ann Chester, a teacher in the Moon Area School District, has admitted to having sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old student, Moon police said today. Ms. Chester, 26, is scheduled to have a [...] When I was a kid, we didn’t have a whole ton of money. Every car we ever had as far back as I was alive to really remember them (with one exception) was either used or a hand me down. In 1992, my parents decided that the time of having hand me down [...] No shocks here, except for how well I did in Math. I suck at Math. Found on Sodapop’s site. Technorati Tags: nerd, geek, dork, failure
Paris Hilton and 50 Cent were spotted canoodling in Las Vegas. The rapper made his move on the hotel heiress at the launch party for his new album Curtis at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on Saturday night. A source said: “50 played a few songs and then made straight for Paris. She was laughing and [...] Poor little guy… The Berlin Zoo’s popular polar bear cub, Knut, is not feeling well and had his daily public appearance in front of thousands of visitors cut short Monday after only 30 minutes. The zoo’s veterinarian, Andre Schuele, put the 4 1/2-month old cub on antibiotics and said the Knut is “off stage to get some [...] Something to be aware of as we head into the appropriate season for the greatest candy on the Easter menu… via Lost Remote Technorati Tags: cadbury, creme egg, sad, disappointment |
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