Female koalas indulge in lesbian “sex sessions”, rejecting male suitors and attempting to mate with each other, sometimes up to five at a time, according to researchers.

The furry, eucalyptus-eating creatures appear to develop this tendency for same-sex liaisons when they are in captivity. In the wild, they remain heterosexual.

Scientists monitoring the marsupials with digital cameras counted three homosexual interactions for every heterosexual one.

“Some females rejected the advances of males that were in their enclosures, only to become willing participants in homosexual encounters immediately after,” say the researchers.

“On several occasions more than one pair of females shared the same pole, and multiple females mounted each other simultaneously. At least one multiple encounter involved five female koalas.

“One theory put forward by the researchers is that the females do it to attract males; another is that it is simply hormonal, or that it is a stress reliever.

FARK

Will he or will he not?

Algore declare for POTUS at the Oscars??!!??!!??!?!

Completely lost on the irony......

Zach Braff: “You know America, here’s a little interesting tidbit you probably don’t know about me. My middle name is Israel. We’re both named after countries. “

America Ferrera: “Wow, that is interesting.”

Braff: “So do you think that you have any traits in common with the country that is your namesake?”

Ferrera: “Well, you know, I mean I guess I’m a free-spirited person and America’s supposedly the ‘land of the free,’ right?”

Braff: “Well, I guess.”

Ferrera: “Or at least we will be in 2008.” [loud applause] Well how about you, Zach, I mean do you have anything in common with Israel?”

Braff: “Let me see. Well, I’m predominantly Jewish, I’m very hot and all of my neighbors hate me. So yeah.” [audience laughter]

According to IMDb’s bio of Braff, his actual middle name is Ivan.

According to Josh in comments over at Rodger’s, Braff’s real name IS Israel (according to Wikipedia that is) so who knows. I’d take either source with a grain of salt and really, who gives a shit?

SOME of America’s most senior military commanders are prepared to resign if the White House orders a military strike against Iran, according to highly placed defence and intelligence sources.
Tension in the Gulf region has raised fears that an attack on Iran is becoming increasingly likely before President George Bush leaves office. The Sunday Times has learnt that up to five generals and admirals are willing to resign rather than approve what they consider would be a reckless attack.

“There are four or five generals and admirals we know of who would resign if Bush ordered an attack on Iran,” a source with close ties to British intelligence said. “There is simply no stomach for it in the Pentagon, and a lot of people question whether such an attack would be effective or even possible.”

A British defence source confirmed that there were deep misgivings inside the Pentagon about a military strike. “All the generals are perfectly clear that they don’t have the military capacity to take Iran on in any meaningful fashion. Nobody wants to do it and it would be a matter of conscience for them.

“There are enough people who feel this would be an error of judgment too far for there to be resignations.”

A generals’ revolt on such a scale would be unprecedented. “American generals usually stay and fight until they get fired,” said a Pentagon source. Robert Gates, the defence secretary, has repeatedly warned against striking Iran and is believed to represent the view of his senior commanders.

Boazo

*cough*Harry Reid*cough*

Mitt Romney’s… great-grandfather had five wives and at least one of his great-great grandfathers had 12.

G-d History is an Iron

Genealogical detectives from Ancestry.com were able to trace the lineage of the Reverend Sharpton to his great-grandfather, Coleman Sharpton, a slave in 1835 Edgefield County, South Carolina. Coleman Sharpton was sent to South Carolina and hired out to work off the “debts of the estate” of Julia Thurmond Sharpton.

Reports vary, tho…

An 1861 indenture documented that Coleman Sharpton, Rev. Sharpton’s great- grandfather, worked on behalf of four Sharpton children to pay off the debts of their father’s estate. Their mother, Julia Thurmond Sharpton, was Strom Thurmond’s first cousin twice removed.

According to the [The Daily News], the genealogists found documents establishing that Sharpton’s great-grandfather, Coleman Sharpton, was a slave owned by Julia Thurmond, whose grandfather was Strom Thurmond’s great-great-grandfather.

????

I dunno—I’m not seein’ it.

In 1957...as a Democrat… Strom Thurmond...filibustered for more than 24 hours against a civil rights bill.

The real question:  How much will the shakedown be for?

If a person who indulges in gluttony is a glutton, and a person who commits a felony is a felon, then God is an iron.
--Spider Robinson

Al is SO THERE.

FreeRepublic

Gonna milk this one dry

Genealogists have found that civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton is a descendent of a slave owned by relatives of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, a newspaper reported Sunday.

The Daily News said professional genealogists, working at the newspaper’s behest, recently uncovered the ancestral ties between one of the nation’s best-known black leaders and a man who was once a prominent defender of segregation.

“I have always wondered what was the background of my family,” the newspaper quoted Sharpton as saying. “But nothing — nothing — could prepare me for this.”

Robert Byrd was incoherant for comment.

reason # 2765.988 why I love the Czech Republic

You have to make it clear to them you won’t succumb to blackmail.....

then tell ‘em to “Get a job—ya damn hippie!”

Illegal aliens are killing more Americans than the Iraq war, says a new report from Family Security Matters that estimates some 2,158 murders are committed every year by illegal aliens in the U.S. ... more than 15 percent of all the murders reported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the U.S. and about three times the representation of illegal aliens in the general population.

Stoo

On February 11, 2007, a tractor-trailer registered in Texas and containing a large shipment of weapons, ammunition and a Nissan pickup truck fitted with armor and bullet-proof glass was stopped by the Mexican army in Matamoros, just south of the U.S. border at Brownsville, Texas.
The weapons seized included 18 M-16 assault rifles, including at least one equipped with an M-203 40mm grenade launcher, several M-4 carbines, 17 handguns of various calibers, over 200 magazines for different weapons, and more than 8,000 rounds of ammunition, assault vests and other military accessories.

Melissa

“Doing jobs Americans won’t do!” ...

The chef is the real deal, hairy knuckles and all. Seems like a very regional Greek cuisine...and just like you’d have if this guy was making it for you in his own home.
And tonight they had a live Greek trio (not them, the music...they were very white Liberals) that was fun. All I could think of was my love-ah*.

Great service despite an unusual crowd and as busy as he was in the open kitchen he took a moment to personally acknowledge us when we left. It takes a lot to impress me with a restaurant since I can cook just about anything great...I’ll go here again.

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A young girl raises up a keychain snotty tissue showing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah as he speaks to thousands of supporters in the southern suburbs of Beirut Lebanon.

Sorry about weak posting today (and the last few). It’s been insane here in SondraKiStan to say the least.

Mr. Colonel Jerry, SIR! is doing quite swell and is actually scheduled to go home tomorrow!!!

I’m heading BACK out again for some Greek grub for an early celebration of JRs birfday (which is Tuesday) and then we start watching the first season of 24 and I don’t have to work again until TOMORROW NIGHT!!!! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee........

I will be back I promise.
For now have at it, this thread’s for you.

US:

Them:

About the only excitement was making poncho girls head pop off. (that’s one angry womyn!!!!)

Who are YOU???

SondraK

Just SondraK....just one name?????

Yea, like Cher.

They left within an hour of showing up late for their own “protest” ......

I give it an “F” for no eFFort.

The complaint filed against the town of Lexington, about 12 miles west of Boston, had said the school had “begun a process of intentionally indoctrinating very young children to affirm the notion that homosexuality is right and normal in direct denigration of the plaintiffs’ deeply held faith.”

The book that sparked the case was “King & King” which tells the story of a crown prince who rejects a bevy of beautiful princesses, rebuffing each suitor until falling in love with a prince. The two marry, sealing the union with a kiss, and live happily ever after.

The Lexington school system had said reading the book was not intended as sex education but as a way to educate children about the world in which they live, especially in Massachusetts, the only U.S. state where gays and lesbians can legally wed.

That’s bullshit!!! Gay princes marry beautiful young girls and then when they die amidst controversy in a tragic car accident marry old horse-faced hags.

I knew he was a maniacal, murderous despot operating under “authority” of a pedophile of a “prophet” - but these writings of Khomeini’s shed a whole new icky light on the perverted death cult of Islame.

“A man can have sexual pleasure from a child as young as a baby. However, he should not penetrate. If he penetrates and the child is harmed then he should be responsible for her subsistence all her life. This girl, however would not count as one of his four permanent wives. The man will not be eligible to marry the girl’s sister.”

Well, now… Ain’t that flippin’ special?  Hey, Yarbouti - Please tell me you don’t run a daycare center for girls.  Or boys for that matter.

“The meat of horses, mules, or donkeys is not recommended. It is strictly forbidden if the animal was sodomized while alive by a man. In that case, the animal must be taken outside the city and sold.”

So you can’t sell a “violated” animal to anyone within your city but you can sell it to someone in another city?  How’s that for the Golden Rule?

“It is forbidden to consume the excrement of animals or their nasal secretions. But if such are mixed in minute proportions into other foods their consumption is not forbidden.”

Who the flip eats animal snot and shit?  And why is it OK if said substances “are mixed in minute proportions into other foods?” What kind of a freak says, “Hey, Abu!  I could go for some goat tacos with camel snot sauce or maybe some rosemary grilled chicken with black olive and donkey shit aioli!”

a sighting in the wild

Driving up to a T intersection tonite, we observed a handful of geriatric sign-wavers dancing and chanting about surrendering in Iraq and “Dissent” being “Patriotic.”

Unbidden, my hand lowered the window and I heard my voice call out, “Get a job—you damn hippies!”

We’ve seen plenty of political moments at the Oscars before. But on Sunday, we could see the most unusual political moment ever.

Consider this scenario: It’s Academy Awards night. Best documentary feature is up. And the Oscar is favored to go to . . . “An Inconvenient Truth,” starring former Vice President Al Gore.

Lawrence Bender, producer of “An Inconvenient Truth,” and the film’s other producers come up to accept the Oscar—with Gore. (Watch Bender explain while it might be Gore’s time Video)

The audience roars its approval—this is liberal Hollywood—and Gore speaks.

“There’s even some speculation that he would use his Oscar as the occasion to announce that he’s running,” Martin Kaplan, director of the University of Southern California’s Norman Lear Center, told CNN. “Imagine that: a billion people worldwide! Take that Jay Leno, as an announcement venue!’’

Two chocolate covered chocolate/macadamia biscotti (maybe three four) , a few gorgonzola cheese straws, coffee and two Midol.\

And some popcorn and a Coke. I ADORE those little 1/2 cans of Coke!!! Do they rawk or what???!!! I sometimes can’t even finish one of them but it’s usually juuuuuuuust the right amount on the occasion that I want one.

I was just sitting here wondering what Britney’s up to tonight.........

Reporter: One of the suicide bombers summed up for Al-Jazeera the reasons for carrying out this act. He denied that poverty or depression, or any other of the reasons given by commentators, had led to his decision.

Suicide bomber (translated into Arabic): I understand what a self-sacrifice operation means. I am an educated student from a well-off family. I have no mental problems or anything like that. I could complete my studies and become a doctor.

I can see that.

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RUSH: My hero, Dick Cheney, is back. The highest levels of the administration are not backing down. He was on Good Morning America today from Sydney, Australia. Correspondent Jonathan Karl again talking to him. Question: “The speaker of the house was so upset about your comment that she called the White House to complain.” But Cheney did not back down.

CHENEY: I’m not sure what part of it is that Nancy disagreed with. She accused me of questioning her patriotism. I didn’t question her patriotism. I questioned her judgment. Al-Qaeda functions on the basis that they think they can break our will. That’s their fundamental underlying strategy. My statement was that if we adopt the Pelosi policy, that we will validate the strategy of Al-Qaeda. I said it, and I meant it. And I’m not backing down.

I just hope Cheney keeps kicking Pelosi’s ass in the press until he quietly slips back into a private life of fly fishing in Wyoming in two years.  He’s so damn good at it.

Mexican actress/singer Ninel Conde poses backstage at Premio Lo Nuestro Latin music awards Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007 in Miami.

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What would happen if an astronaut came unglued in space and, say, destroyed the ship’s oxygen system or tried to open the hatch and kill everyone aboard?

Check out these guys who built and launched their own space shuttle with *ahem* astounding results

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Cherry: Say, that’s a good looking gun you were about to use back there. Can I see it?

Matt: [turns, rubs the side of his nose with his thumb and looking a bit amused, hands his gun over]

Cherry: [draws his gun and offers it to Matt] And maybe you’d like to see mine. [examining Matt’s gun] Nice. Awful nice. You know, there are only two things more beautiful than a good gun—a Swiss watch or a woman from anywhere. You ever had a good Swiss watch?

Matt: [pointing toward a tin can in the distance] Go ahead, try it.

[Cherry fires a shot and knocks the can into the air. Matt immediately fires a shot hitting it midair]

Cherry: Hey! That’s pretty good!

[Matt then fires a shot and knocks the can into the air. Cherry immediately fires a shot hitting it midair]

Matt: Hey! Hey! That’s good too! Go on, keep it going.

Some condemned the 1979 film as blasphemous, because of its story of a Jewish man who is worshipped as the Messiah and then crucified.

Now the Anglican St Thomas the Martyr church in Newcastle is due to screen the film on Friday as part of a project with the independent Tyneside Cinema.

The Reverend Jonathan Adams said he had the backing of his congregation.

Religious faith

When first released, some religious groups picketed cinemas which screened the film, claiming it poked fun at the story of Christ.

The Friday screening of the film at St Thomas the Martyr will feature an organ accompaniment and provision of song sheets.

I’ll be participating in the counter-protest at the Olympia ARMY recruitment center tomorrow and it’s going to be....
DAY TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fwiw I believe that a recruitment center is about the only “appropriate” place to protest the war HOWEVER things tend to go beyond that with the lefturds.