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- Search in Travel:Specialty Travel:Travel with Pets |
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- Nah, was more the torture of Markit I was looking forward to, was going to volenteer to assist.. And yes, use that. I' |
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- Price: $223.00; Rating: 3. |
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Amazon (Dec 18 2006 21:59 GMT) - Price: $299.00; Rating: 3. |
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- Search in Action & Adventure:Action Stars:Arnold Schwarzenegger |
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- phlyMail is a Webmail and data hosting application. It features folders, unlimited POP3/IMAP profiles, quotas, an integrated address book, SMS support, themes, and multilingual support. It uses either sendmail or SMTP to send email, and can handle MIME. Support for IDN (Internationalized Domain Names) is included. Through its modular design, various new functions (like RSS, personal file storage, a bookmark manager, etc. |
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- Cloverdale man fatally shoots intruder ** Updated ** OK, A guy gets into a fight at a party and leaves. He comes back, but he comes back to the wrong house - it was next door.The owners of the home next door to the party were awakened just before 3 a.m. by the man, who was jumping on the hood of their car. |
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- C'est La Vie... See Part 1 Here... C'est La Vie copyright Jennifer Babcock, ©2006 [Click on each image for a larger and clearer view of the comic] |
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- The old parties are husks, with no real soul within either, divided on artificial lines, boss-ridden and privilege-controlled, each a jumble of incongruous elements, and neither daring to speak out wisely and fearlessly on what should be said on the vital issues of the day. -- Theodore Roosevelt |
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- Cox warns universities not to dawdle on Proposal 2 OK, the law takes effect on the Dec. 22 - a law banning affirmative action as we know it. But the big Michigan Universities don't want to follow the law.The universities said changing the rules by which applications are considered and financial aid awarded in the middle of the academic year would create havoc and unfairness.Havoc, probably, but |
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- Revere man slashes wife, self A restraining order offered no restraint.Ignoring a protection order filed against him, Cocchia broke into the home of his estranged wife around 1 a.m. Wednesday and attacked her with a mallet and a knife, said police. The attack left Maria Cocchia with blunt traumatic head injuries and her neck slashed, said police. |
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- December 17th (by the new calendar) marks the beginning of Saturnalia and a host of other Solstice celebrations. Originally, the winter solstice fell on December 25th. (Special day, isn't it) But when the Roman Catholic Church re-engineered the calendar in 1582, one of the many things they did was move the solstice away from the the 25th, separating Christmas from all of the other Solstice |
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- Telegraph | News | First woman awarded an MC The British Military Cross is an honor awarded to members of the British Army for "gallantry during active operations against the enemy." Private Michelle Norris is a a 19-year-old medic with the Royal Armoured Medical Corps. She volunteered for a tour in Iraq after having been posted to Germany. She won the Military Cross for braving enemy fire to |
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- If you aren't reading C'est La Vie, you should be. (I only wish she would make coffee mugs available!) C'est La Vie copyright Jennifer Babcock, 2006 [Click on the image for a larger and clearer view of the comic] |
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- Acephalous: The History Carnival's Annual Happy Holidays Party (as Reported by an Ignorant, Belligerent Lush) Strange, but everything is there.... |
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Exactly! (Dec 18 2006 21:58 GMT) - BREITBART.COM - Ex-Rep. Barr Quits GOP for Libertarians Once a player in the GOP, Barr quits for VERY good reasons. "It's something that's been bothering me for quite some time, the direction in which the party has been going more and more toward big government and disregard toward privacy and civil liberties," said Barr, 58, a lawyer and consultant living in Atlanta. "In terms of where the |
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- DenverPost.com - Christmas gift gunfire in Pueblo Happy holidays.Four theft suspects in Pueblo got into a shoot-out with police Wednesday over - of all things - wrapped Christmas presents under a tree.Armed break-in, unarmed homeowner. When police got there the goblins were carrying the gifts out the front door. |
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- KOBTV.com - Man fatally shot east of Albuquerque. A call to 911 was possible before the break-in, but deputies still arrived after everything was over.ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - Authorities say a man was fatally shot after he broke into a home east of Albuquerque and threatened the homeowner.There is video (this story is from a TV news site), but it doesn't add much. |
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- [OK, so I recycled this from last year... bite me.] Chanukah begins this evening at sundown. MSNBC - Armed Jews Week: Via AlphaPatriot, we have this post on the true meaning of Hanukkah [It is] Armed Jews Week, or as it is more popularly known, Hanukkah. |
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- N.J. lawmakers approve gay civil unions - U.S. Life - MSNBC. |
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- [I moved this to the top, since I still find it incredibly appropriate] The recent discussions have put me in mind of some satire.And I am absolutely confident, my friends, that I speak the righteous truth when I say these things because the Lord has told me that I am never wrong! There was one time I thought I was wrong. But I was wrong.Steve Allenas "Dr Jerry-Jim, preacher" Remember this when |
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Pure Evil (Dec 18 2006 21:58 GMT) - I am sure all the folks over at Cassandra's place would agree. How evil are you? Hat tip goes to Ilyka |
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- TomPaine.com - A Bright Gay Future For Marriage Even with all the setbacks in this country, there is progress being made both at home and abroad.The U.K. celebrated the one-year anniversary of its civil partnership law, which legally recognizes same-sex couples. |
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- ?How could this happen?? | StarNewsOnline.com | Star-News | Wilmington, NC The police (actually it was more like the paramilitary hit squad) shows up to arrest thief - who was also a college student. They knock, but don't wait for anyone to answer the door and start breaking it down. Then they don't even bother to wait to see what is on the other side of the door, they shoot the kid before the |
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- Dr. Sanity: DR. SANITY'S PRACTICAL GUIDE TO VICTIMHOOD Becoming a victim --as we all have learned from famous TV stars, prominent politicians; religions, races, and even nations--is an advantageous state of being in many ways, several of which are: |
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- 1 Fatally Shot In Apparent Home Invasion - News One would-be home invader is dead, the other is in the hospital with gunshot wounds. Both were shot multiple times. Police call the shootings self-defense. The good guys came out ahead this time. |
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- Villainous Company: The "Idiot" Post In particular, see my response to her response. (It started here, then moved here when I was inspired to do a rant on Repubs.) |
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- Ilyka Damen: Wherever I Go, There They Are And I thought I had problems.... |
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- A Near-American Holocaust of 1862 Most people don't know about General Grant and the expulsion of Jews from his "department." The order was signed on the 17th of December, 1862. His "department" designated areas of Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky. There was a thriving black-market in the south, trading with South to supply money if not war supplies. While some of the |
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- Dodgeblogium : BOMS snows in Roundup of some interesting posts that are at least 60 days old - and not mired in the politics of the day for that reason. |
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- or, Why I am mostly done with "mainstream conservatives" Conservatives in America today - or maybe it is just Republicans - have morphed mostly into a strange parody of the 1970s Democrats. Big government is OK as long as we suggest it. (Is the prescription drug program the largest entitlement since Social Security?) Not to mention the expansion of police powers under the war on (some) drugs. |
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- The Columbus Dispatch - Senate votes to override Taft veto of state gun law The Ohio house voted last week to override. Different guns were illegal in different cities. Cincinnati for example outlawed semi-autos with 10 or more round capacity magazines - more onerous than even the old Clinton gun ban. They also eliminated the requirement to carry "in plain sight" while driving. This was fairly |
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- Telegraph | News | Five bodies found in Suffolk murder hunt. Seems to be reminding everyone over there of the Yorkshire Ripper (1970s and 80s?). And has everyone scared. Of course it is basically illegal to defend yourself in the UK, so it isn't surprising that they criminals run amok. |
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- Cortez Journal Online - Women take time to target Self-defense: Firearm skills can fend off muggings, car jackings This is a nice article that covers why women might want to take up arms in self-defense.?Our world has changed, and the bad guys shouldn?t have all the guns,? Goodwin said. |
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- AP Wire | 12/09/2006 | Science casts doubt on arson convictions Just because "the facts" used to convict someone were bogus is no reason to assume they are innocent. Or so says the great state of PA. Bad forensic science has probably convicted many people of arson and murder. The fact that those same "facts" are no longer used - because they aren't facts - doesn't matter to the Criminal |
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- WILX - Michigan Man Picks Wrong Time and Place to Pass Bogus Check. Don't try to break the law in a store full of cops.CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A man who police say tried to pass a counterfeit check at a Wal-Mart chose the wrong store at the wrong time. Dozens of officers were at the suburban Detroit store Tuesday helping needy children pick out items as part of an annual "Shop with a Cop" |
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- Intruder shot, killed by homeowner - Nashville, Tennessee If you break into enough homes, eventually you will find an armed homeowner. Thomas Tyrone Howery was shot once in the head and died at the scene of a home invasion. A resident then called police to report the incident. I don't know if this is the first house that Mr. Howery ever broke into or not. |
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- The Bitch Girls :: Spreading the Holiday Cheer How the heck did I miss this? Go take a look at the video, if nothing else. |
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- By way of AnarchAngel we get the following story. Department of Energy - New World Record Achieved in Solar Cell Technology This is an important milestone because if (when) panels of this efficiency are manufactured, the price of electricity from solar becomes very competitive in today's market. And as the price of oil increases, that will get even better. See AnarchAngel's post for an |
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- Bagging a Backyard Buck Suburban deer hunting draws attention in Vienna. They are all sure that doom is going to visit their little enclave because hunting is allowed. The truth is somewhat different.CONCERNS ARE OFTEN raised about dangers to children and pets when the subject of suburban bowhunting comes up, said Fairfax County wildlife biologist Earl Hodnett. "But nobody ever gives an example |
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