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beefche · beefche

Our gubanatorial candidate wants to add another year to high school to improve graduation rates.

beefche · beefche

Why would the US release our STRATEGIC RESERVES to an enemy? Ok, despite that loaded question, I truly don't understand why we would do this. We'll release some oil to a country that has spewed venom regarding us for years. It's there for a strategic reserve--so what's the strategy for this? Linky...

hiccups · hiccups

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/29/mccain-to-name-running-mate-on-friday/

bokbadok · bokbadok

Why is no one talking about this good news? Or is only doom and gloom allowed around here?

arbilad · arbilad

So what are your thoughts on the Democratic National Convention? A big deal? A big yawn? I'm hearing all sorts of news about it, since I live not too far away. A friend last week had relatives stay with him who were driving through the state on their way home; they couldn't find a hotel room, even the Wedne...

Xanth · Xanth

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10103424/ A poll http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10103521/ -- Edited by Xanth at 21:54, 2008-08-20

arbilad · arbilad

A couple in Fort Collins, CO is suing the city for not caring for the marijuana plants they confiscated 3 years ago. The plants died, so when they proved they were just using them for "medical marijuana" it was already too late to return the plants to them.

arbilad · arbilad

According to official sources, inflation stands at 5.6% right now. It seems like a lot more to me. Just one bag of chicken feed last year cost me $10, and now it's almost $15. That's not the most extreme example of inflation, either.

hiccups · hiccups

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,406923,00.html Oooga chocka, baby.

hiccups · hiccups

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,392261,00.html

arbilad · arbilad

Apparently the food situation in Zimbabwe is so bad that people are killing elephants for food.

arbilad · arbilad

Russia has sent troops into Georgia and their airplanes are bombing a Georgian military base. The area in question wanted to break away from Georgia, and so Georgia responded by sending troops in. They happened to accidentally kill some Russian "peace keepers" that were there.

arbilad · arbilad

There are evangelicals who are saying that if Romney is the VP candidate, they will not vote Republican in November. Personally, I am not voting Republican for many reasons, but if Romney was the VP candidate, that would give me just one more. And I like the idea of an LDS as President.

arbilad · arbilad

Freddie Mac has announced their 4th straight quarterly loss. The actual results are about 4 times worse than what analysts were expecting (that last bit I heard on the radio, not in the article). They're touted as vital to our economy, yet they seem like they're in death throes. What do you think the f...

arbilad · arbilad

Larimer county in Colorado, by state law, has to open its polling places for the primary despite the lack of more than one candidate. At first I thought that this was just another example of government inefficiency, but then I thought about it. There really is no such thing as an uncontested race in the...

arbilad · arbilad

I'm glad that I don't work for the state of California. They just laid off 22,000 state workers, and 200,000 more will be paid federal minimum wage now. California has had serious financial problems for a while, and it's possible that it will only get worse.

arbilad · arbilad

Articles like this make me sick for several reasons. First, it is a horrible thing whenever anyone is murdered. Second, it makes it worse when people use such crimes for political purposes. The man in question was dressing up as a woman and asking people to refer to him as such. When he died and the coron...

Organist · Organist

http://mormontimes.com/ME_blogs.php?id=1586 Orson Scott Card said: We agree, by law, to make it a crime to take what belongs to others -- even when you need it more than they do. Every aspect of our lives is affected by this, and not for a moment could a society exist that did not protect the ri...

hiccups · hiccups

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/07/25/fn.healthy.company/index.html

arbilad · arbilad

The Lord does give special care to children - firefighters were able to rescue this baby from a collapsed home.

arbilad · arbilad

A woman who had been undergoing radiation therapy shuts down a Russian airport.

arbilad · arbilad

The City of San Diego is suing Bank of America to force them to stop foreclosures. They'll soon sue other banks. This is monumentally stupid, in my opinion. If you're in a house and having trouble, you don't care about your credit rating anymore, and you know that they can't foreclose your house, you wo...

arbilad · arbilad

The democrat convention committee in Denver has been filling up using city fuel pumps and has, until now, been avoiding gas taxes. And yet they're keen to raise everyone else's gas tax. How's that for hypocrisy?

arbilad · arbilad

Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe has put other instances to shame, IMHO. They just printed a $100 billion bank note, which (depending on the account you read) isn't enough to buy a loaf of bread or is barely enough. That puts even my experience in Ukraine to shame, where the exchange rate towards the end of m...

hiccups · hiccups

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/03/salmonella.tomatoes.ap/index.html

hiccups · hiccups

I find these state obesity rankings interesting. I also think it's funny that I was heaviest in the least obese state. (CO) I'm contrary like that. State ranking: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,385549,00.html Article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,385163,00.html

arbilad · arbilad

The President signed a bill that Congress passed to give the government more powers of surveillance and to give telecoms immunity from lawsuits for going along with their unconstitutional (and therefore illegal) power grab. Basically, Congress and the President say that they have the right to li...

arbilad · arbilad

GM is losing money hand over fist, and so they're cutting a fifth of their workforce and suspending production of trucks, amongst other things. Do you think they'll pull out of it? Their troubles seem pretty severe.

arbilad · arbilad

A car salesman friend of mine said that this new Jeep, which is coming out in 2009 or 2010 (he's in a position to know), might actually convince him to buy a hybrid. Mostly he's been critical of the concept. But the Jeep Renegade will get about 110 mpg by using a diesel hybrid engine. In theory, you could us...

arbilad · arbilad

PETA is upset that the army will be shooting live pigs to train its combat medics. I don't have a problem with this. You have to train them somehow. Simulations can never cover all the possibilities. But PETA is having a fit of apoplexy over it.

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