Let’s say you’re preparing dinner and you realize with dismay that you don’t have any certified organic Tuscan kale. What to do?
Here’s how Michelle Obama handled this very predicament Thursday afternoon........
LLoyd
Joe: Guys, we got enough here to get Masked Avenger rings and an ice-cream soda.
Arnold: We gotta leave some for Palestine.
Joe: Why should we leave anything for Palestine? It’s all the way over in Egypt.
Arnold: It’s a sin. What if the rabbi catches us?
Joe: Hey, they’ll never find out. Besides, I can handle him.
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SPOKANE, Wash. —
Authorities are searching by air and land for a criminally insane killer who escaped during a mental hospital field trip to a county fair that has infuriated residents and officials around Washington.
Authorities have said they believe Phillip Arnold Paul is heading to the Sunnyside area, where his parents and many siblings live. The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office launched a helicopter on Friday in the search, and the public was urged to call 911 if Paul is spotted.
His brother Tom Paul tells The Associated Press “Why would they load him on a bus and take him to a fair?” Authorities at Eastern State Hospital are being criticized for allowing Paul to visit the fair despite his violent criminal past and history of trying to escape.
WHEW! That’s a relief!
No charges will be filed against two state troopers who clubbed three baby seagulls to death at Colman Ferry Dock in July, the King County Prosecutor’s Office said Thursday.
The troopers, who provide security at the ferry terminal, said they were responding to complaints from ferry employees about aggressive seagulls who were dive-bombing ferry passengers and workers on July 15.
The troopers climbed to the roof of the terminal, where the birds were nesting, and killed three seagull chicks in an effort to drive away the aggressive adult birds that were harassing passengers.
No charges will be filed because the case does not fit the criteria for second-degree animal cruelty, the Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the troopers did not “knowingly, recklessly or with criminal negligence inflict unnecessary pain or suffering upon an animal.”
The troopers killed the young seagulls quickly by clubbing them over the head with their batons, and they took their actions “under color of state regulatory authority,” the statement said.
a day with Dragon Fighters......
Americans
As soon as Helmsley corporate management learned of the possibility of either the Iranian Mission or President Ahmadinejad holding a function at the New York Helmsley Hotel, they immediately ordered the cancellation of that function,” Rubenstein said.
“Neither the Iranian Mission nor President Ahmadinejad is welcome at any Helmsley facility. The Helmsley organization is grateful to United Against Nuclear Iran for bringing this matter to its attention so that appropriate action could be taken.”
“Appropriate,” indeed.
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San Francisco International Airport passengers can now help reverse the damage their flight inflicts on the environment by paying a fee that will help fund reforestation projects.
The voluntary program for travelers unveiled Thursday is, according to involved parties, the first of its kind among U.S. airports. The airport spent $190,000 to install three “Climate Passport” kiosks past security checkpoints, one in domestic Terminal 3 and two more in the International Terminal.
Paying at the kiosks, or online at the airport’s Web site, is relatively simple. Travelers enter their flight’s origin and destination, their number of passengers and whether they plan to fly round-trip. The machine then calculates a fee that can be paid via credit card to counteract the carbon emissions spewed into the atmosphere during their trip.
The kiosk shows how many pounds of carbon dioxide each passenger is responsible for, then charges $16.50 per ton of emissions.
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McDougal said there is a third-party monitoring process in place to ensure the money goes toward CO2-reducing projects, adding that the airport and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom have staked their integrity behind the program.....
Gilbert dancing at “Tijuana Tokyo”
I still cannot believe that I actually managed to find this.
That’s my friend Gilbert (from my old Navy days on Guam) playing a “new wave” dancing extra on the Magnum P.I. season 4 episode, ”Distant Relative”, circa 1983.
During the episode, you can see him in a number of tight shots dancing directly behind the table there where Selleck is seated.
I still remember the first time watching this episode...nearly bent over from laughing as I watched my friend flap around the dance floor in his gigantic Flock of Seagulls hairdo.
If anyone out there happens to have this episode on tape, I’d be indebted to you forever and ever to obtain a copy.
A video file would be superb as I can pull additional stills for even more hilarious enjoyment.
A Red Titi monkey and a Tamarin monkey eat from a rainbow-coloured feeder to get them in the mood for Gay Sunday at ZSL London Zoo this weekend
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This song appears to be making quite the comeback on all of the rock stations lately—wonder why.
Can’t seem to get it out of my head.
Taliban are confused to see Rep. John Murtha with the Americans, and hesitate to shoot, giving our snipers time to pick them off.
Oh how I’d love to give a baker’s dozen of these away as door prizes at the Military Police Ball—if only for the hopeful promise of seeing the troop videos go viral.
Ah, tis’ to dream.
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N. O’Really
Free Tonic Water, PMS Tea, and cocktail shaker
I have 11 cans of Safeway tonic water, a box of PMS tea and a Makers Mark cocktail shaker (mini size). I’ll be leaving them outside my townhouse.
If you want it take it all
The Massachusetts House of Representatives approved a bill Thursday allowing Gov. Deval Patrick to name an interim appointment to the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Edward Kennedy.
The House voted 95-58 in favor of the bill. The bill now moves to the state Senate for its consideration.
House Speaker Robert DeLeo, a Democrat, said the change is needed to ensure Massachusetts continues to be represented by two senators until voters can choose a replacement during a Jan. 19 special election.
“I just want to make sure that Massachusetts has a say ... that Massachusetts has their voice heard on health care, on the environment, on clean energy,” DeLeo said.
Patrick, a Democrat and ally of President Barack Obama, also supports the change.... duh
...or the ones Kerry missed because of his failed attempts to be somebody...........
I have been going over and over in my head all day trying to think of something witty and sweet and appropriate and it’s impossible to put it into words.
JR and I did the accounting last night and we raised a total of $1815 for the Beer of the Ball.
$1815. I know.
I’ll be presenting a check to Captain K tomorrow ....it’s not a formal event but everyone will be there that has been involved so this should be pretty cool. I am so excited. You guys rock my world and I can’t wait to see their faces. I have been sure to let them know the kind of people you/we are ( “we”...I love that :) and while there’s no way to describe our group of whatever we ares in any coherent way...that we’re all just regular folks on their way through life that meet up right here from time to time. How lucky I am.
This was the most we’ve ever raised for any endeavor and it’s incredibly inspiring to see that we’ve not forgotten how much we love our country and those who serve. And for the MPs even! :D
So, without further a due, thanks for so much.
It means we’re loving our country even more...maybe because we’re all fighting for it too.
friends...enemas...and coincidence
In an open letter to Obama in July, senior figures from the region including Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic and Poland’s Lech Walesa urged him not to be swayed by Russian objections in making his decision on the missile shield.
Poland and the Baltic republics, in particular, have been alarmed by what they see as Russian “neo-imperialism” in Moscow’s dealings with ex-Soviet republics such as Georgia.
The deputy head of Poland’s National Security Bureau, Witold Waszczykowski, told Reuters Thursday the abandonment of the shield plan “would be very bad. Without the shield we would de facto be losing a strategic alliance with Washington.”
For NATO member Poland, the timing of the report is particularly sensitive. Thursday marked the 70th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of eastern Poland following a pact between Moscow and Nazi Germany, an event seen by Poles as “a stab in the back.”
“I hope this is just a coincidence,” said Waszczykowski.
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This series is fast replacing Ghost Hunters as my favorite show on the paranormal.
The House, in a motion to recommit attached to the student loan bill, has voted overwhelmingly to de-fund ACORN.
It was a bipartisan vote, with more than 300 members voting for the measure…
This goes further than the Senate did; the Senate took money out of one bill. This is to de-fund the group completely—for any money the House would appropriate.
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“ACORN has violated serious federal laws, and today the House voted to ensure that taxpayer dollars would no longer be used to fund this corrupt organization. All federal ties should be severed with ACORN, and the FBI should investigate its activity. This united Republican effort to defund ACORN is a victory for the rule of law and taxpayers across the country.”
An uncharacteristically emotional Nancy Pelosi is warning House Republicans — and other groups getting whipped up over the health care debate — not to incite unstable supporters who might repeat acts of violence that struck San Francisco in the 1970s.
A top Pelosi aide later confirmed reporters’ suggestions that her statement was likely a reference to the City Hall murder of gay rights activist Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone in Nov. 1978 — an earth-shattering experience for Bay Area Democrats like the speaker.
Pelosi stumbled when asked about Rep. Joe Wilson’s “You lie!” outburst and its impact on civility in the House, momentarily overcome by emotion.
“I think we all have to take action and responsibility for our words — we are a free country and this balance between freedom and safety is one that we, um, have to carefully balance,” she said.
“I have concerns about some of the language that is being used because i saw this myself in the late ‘70s in San Francisco, this king of rhetoric. ... It created a climate in which violence took place. ... I wish we would all curb our enthusiasm in some of the statements and understand that some of the ears that it is falling on are not a balanced as the person making the statements may assume.”
