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arbilad · arbilad

The socialist health care system in the UK has decided to make smokers wait longer for operations if they don't want to quit. This is what you get when you put government in charge of healthcare. What next? Are they going to make fat people wait if they can't lose weight? It's not so farfetched. In the US,...

rayb · rayb

This summer, if you really CARE about the environment, you'll refrain from destroying it by grilling outdoors... Yes... this is apparently the latest media jihad... http://newsbusters.org/node/12958 And you thought environmentalism was quaint and harmless... but this means war!! --Ray

Cat Herder · Cat Herder

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276137,00.html How many years does it take for the Polish far right to catch up to Jerry Falwell's allegations? Dang, if Tinky Winky is a person with propensity for acting out SSA behavior for playing with a purse, then my little beserker needs some seriou...

arbilad · arbilad

According to this article, a boy shot the largest wild pig ever with a .50 caliber revolver. What I'm finding hard to believe is not so much that the pig was the largest ever found, but that an 11 year old boy fired accurately 8 times with a .50 caliber pistol. It's hard for an adult to hold one of those thin...

Cat Herder · Cat Herder

I thought a food fight was a food fight, but I guess it is now just a "bad choice, bad judgement" prank. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,277493,00.html Having witnessed a food fight at the Morris Center at BYU when I was a freshman many years ago (the culprits waited until me and my r...

arbilad · arbilad

How secure are we if an illegal can take the identity of his dead US Citizen cousin and work as a cop for 5 years?

rayb · rayb

This is really sad... http://www.komotv.com/news/local/7775912.html I did an eggdrop when I was in HS physics... one guy tried encasing his in lucite, and well... he was disqualified... I did regular packing foam and lots of ductape... and was fine from the top of the flagpole. --Ray -- Edited by r...

fear of shiz · fear of shiz

I imagine you have heard about the immigration "compromise". I am Mr. Republican, but this is just too much. Why don't the politicians get that their base of support is totally opposed to them on this issue? Why doesn't some Presidential candidate get the sense to tap into this and ride...

rayb · rayb

http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSN3120395820070531

rayb · rayb

http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/07/05/16/135205.shtml

Cat Herder · Cat Herder

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,275997,00.html So, now we're all supposed to feel sad for you? You let yourself be used as a pawn, ruined your marriage, have neglected your other children, and put yourself in the poor house by your own short-sighted choices, so you shouldn't be surprised...

rayb · rayb

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070529/D8PE2SH82.html

Cat Herder · Cat Herder

This is just such an affront to all the hardworking, good folks who do such a valuable job in bringing us a cheap supply of poultry flavored poo crystals...

arbilad · arbilad

I found the following tidbit in the News of the Weird: KUSA-TV reported in March that a Transportation Security Administration undercover team was able to sneak simulated liquid explosives past screeners at Denver International Airport about 90 percent of the time during a three-day test in Febr...

Cat Herder · Cat Herder

They are actually contributing to global warming by not allowing as much sunlight energy to get reflected back out into space! Evil Forests! http://www.foxnews.com/science/index.html (unfortunately, not an article, you have to go down to the video section on science and watch the report)

arbilad · arbilad

An article at Slashdot discusses the expiration of the broadband internet tax moratorium. They also quote someone about the possibility of email being taxed. What do y'all think?

arbilad · arbilad

This article talks about how a speaker at Boulder High School encouraged the students to have sex and do drugs.

rayb · rayb

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1624697,00.html

rayb · rayb

Apparently there've been specific deaththreats made against Prince Harry if he goes to Iraq. This is an interesting situation to me, but dibs go to the Prince for being willing to fight for his nation's freedoms alongside the common military man. http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,3010...

arbilad · arbilad

Sometimes reading the headlines about Colorado makes me feel like I've moved back to California or something. This article talks about a yearbook showing student drug use.

rayb · rayb

McCain attacks Romney... after assorted meltdowns... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,274452,00.html They need to be careful they don't give the guy a heart-attack. --Ray

Pt314 · Pt314

link Weird situation, Using DNA for a paternity suit won't work if identical twins are the ones suspected being the father of this child. This coming off of the whole Anna Nicole Smith debacle seems to highlight something very sick with our society. I agree with this statement " As for the child s...

rayb · rayb

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/316618_youtube22.html?source=rss

rayb · rayb

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003712156_rats18m.html?syndication=rss-- Edited by rayb at 15:33, 2007-05-18

mirkwood · mirkwood

"It has been determined the Six Muslim men who were going to Shoot up Ft.Dix were illegal aliens! They were here to do a job Americans wouldn't do, try to shoot up a military base of thousands of highly trained soldiers with only six men!"

rayb · rayb

This is pretty funny, some gal was mad at her mom, so while she was away, she posted on Craig's List that everything in the house was free, because the house was to be demolished. The mom came home 6 days after the posted notice to a completely stripped house. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/l...

rayb · rayb

I thought the question as to whether the candidates believed evolution as a theory was valid, was a manipulative attempted by Chris Matthews to marginalize the candidates, and apparently it was effective. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,271152,00.html So I guess it's time for us all to...

rayb · rayb

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/05/wolfowitz_to_re.html

rayb · rayb

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/16/asia/AS-GEN-Japan-NKorea-New-Missile.php

rayb · rayb

Got this off of DRUDGE REPORT... Does anyone understand house procedures well enough to know what's going on in our grand Legislative branch and can translate it to lay-man (or lame man) terms? Shiz? --Ray PELOSI LOWERS THE BOOM Wed May 16 2007 14:43:59 ET After losing a string of embarrassing votes o...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	UK to delay operations for smokers (Preview) The socialist health care system in the UK has decided to make smokers wait longer for operations if they don't want to quit. This is what you get when you put government in charge of healthcare. What next? Are they going to make fat people wait if they can't lose weight? It's not so farfetched. In the US,...	arbilad	9	352	Jun 5, 2007 by salesortonscom
	Planet BBQ (Preview) This summer, if you really CARE about the environment, you'll refrain from destroying it by grilling outdoors... Yes... this is apparently the latest media jihad... http://newsbusters.org/node/12958 And you thought environmentalism was quaint and harmless... but this means war!! --Ray	rayb	41	791	Jun 5, 2007 by Cocobeem
	Polish Children's Rights Watchdog vs. The Teletubbies (Preview) http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276137,00.html How many years does it take for the Polish far right to catch up to Jerry Falwell's allegations? Dang, if Tinky Winky is a person with propensity for acting out SSA behavior for playing with a purse, then my little beserker needs some seriou...	Cat Herder	37	625	Jun 4, 2007 by salesortonscom
	Monster Pig (Preview) According to this article, a boy shot the largest wild pig ever with a .50 caliber revolver. What I'm finding hard to believe is not so much that the pig was the largest ever found, but that an 11 year old boy fired accurately 8 times with a .50 caliber pistol. It's hard for an adult to hold one of those thin...	arbilad	19	672	Jun 4, 2007 by TitusTodd
	Food Fight = Prank? News to me... (Preview) I thought a food fight was a food fight, but I guess it is now just a "bad choice, bad judgement" prank. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,277493,00.html Having witnessed a food fight at the Morris Center at BYU when I was a freshman many years ago (the culprits waited until me and my r...	Cat Herder	1	298	Jun 4, 2007 by salesortonscom
	Illegal steals identity, works as a cop for 5 years (Preview) How secure are we if an illegal can take the identity of his dead US Citizen cousin and work as a cop for 5 years?	arbilad	1	308	Jun 4, 2007 by salesortonscom
	The Dangers of Public School Physics... (Preview) This is really sad... http://www.komotv.com/news/local/7775912.html I did an eggdrop when I was in HS physics... one guy tried encasing his in lucite, and well... he was disqualified... I did regular packing foam and lots of ductape... and was fine from the top of the flagpole. --Ray -- Edited by r...	rayb	2	322	Jun 2, 2007 by nitasmile
	Republican Party's Death Wish (Preview) I imagine you have heard about the immigration "compromise". I am Mr. Republican, but this is just too much. Why don't the politicians get that their base of support is totally opposed to them on this issue? Why doesn't some Presidential candidate get the sense to tap into this and ride...	fear of shiz	24	438	Jun 1, 2007 by lundbaek
	Reuters on Romney's reaction to Thompson... (Preview) http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSN3120395820070531	rayb	4	344	May 31, 2007 by Mahonri
	Treadmill Workstations... (Preview) http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/07/05/16/135205.shtml	rayb	4	328	May 31, 2007 by PollyAnna
	Cindy Sheehan Quits as 'Face' of Anti-War Movement (Preview) http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,275997,00.html So, now we're all supposed to feel sad for you? You let yourself be used as a pawn, ruined your marriage, have neglected your other children, and put yourself in the poor house by your own short-sighted choices, so you shouldn't be surprised...	Cat Herder	7	374	May 30, 2007 by Mahonri
	Guess who has Cooties? (Preview) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070529/D8PE2SH82.html	rayb	6	361	May 29, 2007 by arbilad
	The Power of Poop (Preview) This is just such an affront to all the hardworking, good folks who do such a valuable job in bringing us a cheap supply of poultry flavored poo crystals...	Cat Herder	9	366	May 29, 2007 by salesortonscom
	Homeland Insecurity (Preview) I found the following tidbit in the News of the Weird: KUSA-TV reported in March that a Transportation Security Administration undercover team was able to sneak simulated liquid explosives past screeners at Denver International Airport about 90 percent of the time during a three-day test in Febr...	arbilad	0	337	May 26, 2007 by Mahonri
	Cut Down All The Trees in Colder Climates... (Preview) They are actually contributing to global warming by not allowing as much sunlight energy to get reflected back out into space! Evil Forests! http://www.foxnews.com/science/index.html (unfortunately, not an article, you have to go down to the video section on science and watch the report)	Cat Herder	14	428	May 26, 2007 by arbilad
	Should the internet be taxed? (Preview) An article at Slashdot discusses the expiration of the broadband internet tax moratorium. They also quote someone about the possibility of email being taxed. What do y'all think?	arbilad	12	398	May 26, 2007 by PollyAnna
	Boulder High School students encouraged to have sex and do drugs (Preview) This article talks about how a speaker at Boulder High School encouraged the students to have sex and do drugs.	arbilad	14	378	May 26, 2007 by Mahonri
	Al Qaeda in Iraq on retreat in Al Anbar provice... (Preview) http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1624697,00.html	rayb	0	280	May 23, 2007 by rayb
	Prince Harry no longer to deploy to Iraq (Preview) Apparently there've been specific deaththreats made against Prince Harry if he goes to Iraq. This is an interesting situation to me, but dibs go to the Prince for being willing to fight for his nation's freedoms alongside the common military man. http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,3010...	rayb	5	370	May 23, 2007 by rayb
	Yearbook of Colorado school shows student drug use (Preview) Sometimes reading the headlines about Colorado makes me feel like I've moved back to California or something. This article talks about a yearbook showing student drug use.	arbilad	6	328	May 23, 2007 by arbilad
	McCain Meltdown... (Preview) McCain attacks Romney... after assorted meltdowns... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,274452,00.html They need to be careful they don't give the guy a heart-attack. --Ray	rayb	12	377	May 23, 2007 by Cat Herder
	Identical Twins, Which is the Daddy? (Preview) link Weird situation, Using DNA for a paternity suit won't work if identical twins are the ones suspected being the father of this child. This coming off of the whole Anna Nicole Smith debacle seems to highlight something very sick with our society. I agree with this statement " As for the child s...	Pt314	12	360	May 23, 2007 by Mahonri
	Students mock teacher, put it on YouTube... (Preview) http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/316618_youtube22.html?source=rss	rayb	6	338	May 22, 2007 by Cocobeem
	Giant Rats sniff out Landmines... (Preview) http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003712156_rats18m.html?syndication=rss-- Edited by rayb at 15:33, 2007-05-18	rayb	6	367	May 22, 2007 by PollyAnna
	A job illegal aliens will do that Americans will not (Preview) "It has been determined the Six Muslim men who were going to Shoot up Ft.Dix were illegal aliens! They were here to do a job Americans wouldn't do, try to shoot up a military base of thousands of highly trained soldiers with only six men!"	mirkwood	6	331	May 22, 2007 by rayb
	Revenge with Craig's List... (Preview) This is pretty funny, some gal was mad at her mom, so while she was away, she posted on Craig's List that everything in the house was free, because the house was to be demolished. The mom came home 6 days after the posted notice to a completely stripped house. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/l...	rayb	14	389	May 21, 2007 by Cat Herder
	Evolution and Politics... ( 1 2 ) (closed) (Preview) I thought the question as to whether the candidates believed evolution as a theory was valid, was a manipulative attempted by Chris Matthews to marginalize the candidates, and apparently it was effective. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,271152,00.html So I guess it's time for us all to...	rayb	75	1339	May 21, 2007 by rayb
	Wolfowitz to resign the World Bank for hankypanky hiring? (Preview) http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/05/wolfowitz_to_re.html	rayb	7	353	May 17, 2007 by Cocobeem
	North Korea acknowleges it is developing long range missiles... (Preview) http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/16/asia/AS-GEN-Japan-NKorea-New-Missile.php	rayb	8	330	May 16, 2007 by rayb
	Pelosi vs Republicans... (Preview) Got this off of DRUDGE REPORT... Does anyone understand house procedures well enough to know what's going on in our grand Legislative branch and can translate it to lay-man (or lame man) terms? Shiz? --Ray PELOSI LOWERS THE BOOM Wed May 16 2007 14:43:59 ET After losing a string of embarrassing votes o...	rayb	3	393	May 16, 2007 by rayb
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