Cameron Frye’s house from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is now up for sale check out Realtor.com has the listing the price of the house at $2,300,000.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Senate rejects McCain's bid to strip 8,000 earmarks
WASHINGTON — Members of both parties Monday voted to keep their cherished home- state projects as the Senate resumed debate on a spending bill covering foreign-aid and domestic-agency budgets. By a 63-32 vote, lawmakers rejected a bid by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., to effectively strip about 8,000 of those earmarks from the $410 billion measure. Democratic leaders had hoped to pass the measure last week, but Republicans withheld the votes required to clear an important procedural hurdle. They insisted on the right to offer additional amendments. Now, it's anticipated the measure will pass today. Democrats stand poised to defeat all amendments because they don't want the measure to return to the House for a further vote.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
NADYA Suleman, woman who gave birth to octuplets, has been offered $1 million to star in hardcore porn.
Unbelievable. What has happened to our world?
No way I just read this-House passes resolution to honor actor Paul Newman
They don't have enough to do? We have way bigger fish to fry. Why does the government insist on getting involved in everything? I cannot believe how much time they waste on things like this.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Barack Obama sends bust of Winston Churchill on its way back to Britain
Barack Obama has sent Sir Winston Churchill packing and pulse rates soaring among anxious British diplomats.
A bust of the former prime minister once voted the greatest Briton in history, which was loaned to George W Bush from the Government's art collection after the September 11 attacks, has now been formally handed back.
The bronze by Sir Jacob Epstein, worth hundreds of thousands of pounds if it were ever sold on the open market, enjoyed pride of place in the Oval Office during President Bush's tenure.
But when British officials offered to let Mr Obama to hang onto the bust for a further four years, the White House said: "Thanks, but no thanks."
Diplomats were at first reluctant to discuss the whereabouts of the Churchill bronze, after its ejection from the seat of American power. But the British Embassy in Washington has now confirmed that it sits in the palatial residence of ambassador Sir Nigel Sheinwald, just down the road from Vice President Joe Biden's official residence. It is not clear whether the ambassador plans to keep it in Washington or send it back to London.
American politicians have made quoting Churchill, whose mother was American, something of an art form, but not Mr Obama, who prefers to cite the words and works of his hero Abraham Lincoln. Indeed a bust of Mr Lincoln now sits in the Oval Office where Epstein's Churchill once ruled the roost.
Churchill has less happy connotations for Mr Obama than those American politicians who celebrate his wartime leadership. It was during Churchill's second premiership that Britain suppressed Kenya's Mau Mau rebellion. Among Kenyans allegedly tortured by the colonial regime included one Hussein Onyango Obama, the President's grandfather.
The rejection of the bust has left some British officials nervously reading the runes to see how much influence the UK can wield with the new regime in Washington.
Now it is likely that Gordon Brown will offer a alternative symbol of Anglo-American fealty when he visits Washington to meet Mr Obama for the first time since he became President. Diplomats are still working to finalise a date for the visit which is expected in the final week of this month or early in March.
One suggestion, given Mr Obama's interest in the Lincoln era, is that Mr Brown should offer an artefact relating to the career of John Bright, the 19th Century MP and political reformer who became the most prominent British supporter of Lincoln's Union forces during the American Civil War.
A British Embassy spokesman said: "The bust of Sir Winston Churchill by Sir Jacob Epstein was uniquely lent to a foreign head of state, President George W Bush, from the Government Art Collection in the wake of 9/11 as a signal of the strong transatlantic relationship.
"It was lent for the first term of office of President Bush. When the President was elected for his second and final term, the loan was extended until January 2009.
"The new President has decided not to continue this loan and the bust has now been returned. It is on display at the Ambassador's Residence."
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Tony's Restaurant in Mich Serves Burger with 20 Bacon Strips-Bananna Split uses Half Gallon of Ice Cream
http://www.mlive.com/business/mid-michigan/index.ssf/2009/02/tonys_i75_restaurant_in_birch.html
Tony's I-75Restaurant in Birch Run sells a sandwich as big as your head loaded with 20 strips of bacon -- nearly 1 pound of artery-clogging, salt-cured meat. Its banana split includes a half-gallon of ice cream.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Anti-gay American cleric banned from UK for inciting hatred
Man who runs hate website planned to picket play in Hampshire about gay student's murder
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/19/britain-bans-us-cleric
Thursday, February 19, 2009
NY Post draws criticism from a cartoon that seems to link Obama to dead chimp.
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Post is standing behind a cartoon that some have interpreted as comparing President Barack Obama to a violent chimpanzee gunned down by police. The cartoon in Wednesday's Post by Sean Delonas shows two police officers standing over the body of a bullet-riddled chimp. One of the officers says the other, "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill." Civil rights activist Al Sharpton called the cartoon "troubling at best given the historic racist attacks of African-Americans as being synonymous with monkeys." But Sharpton said the Post should clarify the point it was trying to make with the cartoon, which was playing off Monday's rampage by a pet chimpanzee in Stamford, Conn., that left a woman severely mauled. Police ended up killing the chimp. In a statement, Post Editor-in-Chief Col Allan said: "The cartoon is a clear parody of a current news event, to wit the shooting of a violent chimpanzee in Connecticut. It broadly mocks Washington's efforts to revive the economy. Again, Al Sharpton reveals himself as nothing more than a publicity opportunist." A story about the cartoon on the liberal-leaning Huffington Post Web site drew hundreds of reader responses, many calling the cartoon racist and insensitive. Sam Stein, a columnist for the site, wrote that "at its most benign, the cartoon suggests that the stimulus bill was so bad, monkeys may as well have written it. Most provocatively, it compares the president to a rabid chimp. Either way, the incorporation of violence and (on a darker level) race into politics is bound to be controversial."
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
18,000 Naked People!
This is a detail of the installation the photographer Spencer Tunick did in Mexico city's Zocalo on may 6th 2007 where 18,000 people showed up for the masive nude, breaking the record of Barcelona where there were 7,000 people.People were told to pack uptheir clothes and leave them by the street while making the shots.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
The 65 Most Romantic Movie Couples
1. Buttercup / The Princess Bride (Robin Wright Penn) and Westley (Cary Elwes)
The Princess Bride (1987)
2. WALL•E (voice) (Ben Burtt) and EVE (voice) (Elissa Knight)
Wall-E (2008)
3. Adrian (Talia Shire) and Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone)
Rocky/Rocky II (1976/1979)
4. Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet)
Titanic (1997)
5. Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling) and Allie Hamilton (Rachel McAdams)
The Notebook (2004)
6. Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) and Molly Jensen (Demi Moore)
Ghost (1990)
7. Harold (Bud Cort) and Maude (Ruth Gordon)
Harold and Maude (1971)
8. Marcee Tidwell (Regina King) and Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.)
Jerry Maguire (1996)
9. Robert Kincaid (Clint Eastwood) and Francesca Johnson (Meryl Streep)
Bridges of Madison County (1995)
10. Robbie (Adam Sandler) and Julia (Drew Barrymore)
The Wedding Singer (1998)
11. Lady and Tramp
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
12. Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) and Diane Court (Ione Skye)
Say Anything (1989)
13. Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) and Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette)
True Romance (1993)
14. Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) and Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts)
Pretty Woman (1990)
15. Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) and Annie Reed (Meg Ryan)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
16. Loretta Castorini (Cher) and Ronny Cammareri (Nicolas Cage)
Moonstruck (1987)
17. Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald) and Jake Ryan (Michael Schoeffling)
16 Candles (1984)
18. Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy)
Before Sunrise (1995)
19. Crash Davis (Kevin Costner) and Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon)
Bull Durham (1988)
20. Gary 'Gal' Dove (Ray Winstone) and Deedee Dove (Amanda Redman)
Sexy Beast
21. President Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) and Sydney Ellen Wade (Annette Bening)
The American President (1995)
22. Honey Bunny - Yolanda (Amanda Plummer) and Pumpkin - Ringo (Tim Roth)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
23. Allen Bauer (Tom Hanks) and Madison (Daryl Hannah)
Splash (1984)
24. Frances 'Baby' Houseman (Jennifer Grey) and Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
25. C.D. 'Charlie' Bales (Steve Martin) and Roxanne Kowalski (Daryl Hannah)
Roxanne (1987)
26. Randy 'The Ram' Robinson (Mickey Rourke) and Cassidy (Marisa Tomei)
The Wrestler (2008)
27. Jack Foley (George Clooney) and Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez)
Out of Sight (1998)
28. Mike Shea / Elmo Barnett (Timothy Hutton) and Annie Packert / Ally Chandler (Kelly McGillis)
Made in Heaven (1987)
29. Giselle (Amy Adams) and Robert Philip (Patrick Dempsey)
Enchanted (2007)
30. Jamie Bennett (Colin Firth) and Aurelia (Lúcia Moniz)
Love Actually (2003)
31. Josie Geller (Drew Barrymore) and Sam Coulson (Michael Vartan)
Never Been Kissed (1999)
32. Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger) and Kat Stratford (Julia Stiles)
10 Things I hate about You (1999)
33. Charlie Lang (Nicolas Cage) and Yvonne Biasi (Bridget Fonda)
It Could Happen To You (1994)
34. Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) and William Thacker (Hugh Grant)
Notting Hill (1999)
35. Zack Mayo (Richard Gere) and Paula Pokrifki (Debra Winger)
Officer and a Gentlemen (1982)
36. Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos) and Ian Miller (John Corbett)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
37. Lelaina Pierce (Winona Ryder) and Troy Dyer (Ethan Hawke)
Reality Bites (1994)
38. Stella Payne (Angela Bassett) and Winston Shakespeare (Taye Diggs)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
39. Nick (Michael Cera) and Norah (Kat Dennings)
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
40. Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Helen Tasker (Jamie Lee Curtis)
True Lies (1994)
41. Andy Stitzer (Steve Carell) and Trish (Catherine Keener)
40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
42. Jenna Rink (Jennifer Garner) and Matt Flamhaff (Mark Ruffalo)
13 Going on 30 (2004)
43. Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) and Annie Hall (Diane Keaton)
Annie Hall (1977)
44. Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and Lisa McDowell (Shari Headley)
Coming to America (1988)
45. Ali MacGraw (Jennifer Cavalleri) and Oliver Barrett IV (Ryan O'Neal)
Love Story (1970)
46. Danielle De Barbarac (Drew Barrymore) and Prince Henry (Dougray Scott)
Ever After (1998) A Cinderella Story
47. Samantha Andrews (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and Ian Wyndham (Paul Nicholls)
If Only (2004)
48. Cher Horowitz (Alicia Silverstone) and Josh (Paul Rudd)
Clueless (1995)
49. John Smith (Brad Pitt) and Jane Smith (Angelina Jolie)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
50. Gray (Jennifer Garner) and Fritz (Timothy Olyphant)
Catch and Release (2006)
51. Satine (Nicole Kidman) and Christian (Ewan McGregor)
Moulin Rogue! (2001)
52. Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz) and Graham Simpkins (Jude Law)
The Holiday (2006)
53. Melanie Smooter (Reese Witherspoon) and Jake Perry (Josh Lucas)
Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
54. Viola De Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow) and Will Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
55. Cliff Poncier (Matt Dillon) and Janet Livermore (Bridget Fonda)
Singles (1992)
56. Henry Roth (Adam Sandler) and Lucy Whitmore (Drew Barrymore)
50 First Dates (2004)
57. Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) and Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman)
Casablanca (1942)
58. Kat Ellis (Debra Messing) and Nick Mercer (Dermot Mulroney)
The Wedding Date (2004)
59. Jonathan Trager (John Cusack) and Sara Thomas (Kate Beckinsale)
Serendipity (2001)
60. Landon Carter (Shane West) and Jamie Sullivan (Mandy Moore)
A Walk to Remember (2002)
61. Doug Dorsey (D.B. Sweeney) and Kate Moseley (Moira Kelly)
The Cutting Edge (1992)
62. Scott Wormer (Devon Sawa) and Roberta Martin (Christina Ricci)
Now and Then (1995)
63. Lucy Eleanor Moderatz (Sandra Bullock) and Jack Callaghan (Bill Pullman)
While You Were Sleeping (1995)
64. Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) and Sally Albright (Meg Ryan)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
65. Mickey Knox (Woody Harrelson) and Mallory Knox (Juliette Lewis)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
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Thursday, February 12, 2009
Boulder Wants to Rename School for Obama.
Why not? He has been president for what 3 weeks?? That is plenty of time to know how great he is.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Harvard Economist: "Stimulus is worst bill since the 1930's"
This is probably the worst bill that has been put forward since the 1930s. I don't know what to say. I mean it's wasting a tremendous amount of money. It has some simplistic theory that I don't think will work, so I don't think the expenditure stuff is going to have the intended effect. I don't think it will expand the economy. And the tax cutting isn't really geared toward incentives. It's not really geared to lowering tax rates; it's more along the lines of throwing money at people. On both sides I think it's garbage. So in terms of balance between the two it doesn't really matter that much.
USA was 3 hrs away from Economic, Political Collapse in September 2008
The Sky is Falling, the sky is falling.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
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Monday, February 9, 2009
We Are All Socialists Now
In many ways our economy already resembles a European one. As boomers age and spending grows, we will become even more French.
UN Says Meat Industry Is the Top Contributor to Global Warming
This is the funniest thing I have ever seen. Basically, PETA knows that Global Warming is the topic of the day so are using it to help their cause. If we ate one less chicken we could save the world. Funny.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Could your marriage survive a year of total, brutal honesty?
Very Interesting article about how this couple made it through not telling white lies to each other.
The results were suprising to me.
Who's Messing with Wikipedia?
Despite warnings from many high-school teachers and college professors, Wikipedia is one of the most-visited websites in the world (not to mention the biggest encyclopedia ever created). But even as Wikipedia's popularity has grown, so has the debate over its trustworthiness. One of the most serious concerns remains the fact that its articles are written and edited by a hidden army of people with unknown interests and biases.
FBI Investigates $9 Million ATM Scam
A Fox 5 investigation exposes a worldwide ATM scam that swindled $9 million and possibly jeopardized sensitive information from people around the world. Law enforcement sources told Fox 5 it's one of the most frightening well-coordinated heists they've ever seen.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
"A failure to act, and act now, will turn crisis into a catastrophe."
Catastrophe, mind you. So much for the president who in his inaugural address two weeks earlier declared "we have chosen hope over fear." Until, that is, you need fear to pass a bill. And so much for the promise to banish the money changers and influence peddlers from the temple. An ostentatious executive order banning lobbyists was immediately followed by the nomination of at least a dozen current or former lobbyists to high position. Followed by a Treasury secretary who allegedly couldn't understand the payroll tax provisions in his 1040. Followed by Tom Daschle, who had to fall on his sword according to the new Washington rule that no Cabinet can have more than one tax delinquent. The Daschle affair was more serious because his offense involved more than taxes. As Michael Kinsley once observed, in Washington the real scandal isn't what's illegal, but what's legal. Not paying taxes is one thing. But what made this case intolerable was the perfectly legal dealings that amassed Daschle $5.2 million in just two years. He'd been getting $1 million per year from a law firm. But he's not a lawyer, nor a registered lobbyist. You don't get paid this kind of money to instruct partners on the Senate markup process. You get it for picking up the phone and peddling influence. At least Tim Geithner, the tax-challenged Treasury secretary, had been working for years as a humble international civil servant earning non-stratospheric wages. Daschle, who had made another cool million a year (plus chauffeur and Caddy) for unspecified services to a pal's private equity firm, represented everything Obama said he'd come to Washington to upend. And yet more damaging to Obama's image than all the hypocrisies in the appointment process is his signature bill: the stimulus package. He inexplicably delegated the writing to Nancy Pelosi and the barons of the House. The product, which inevitably carries Obama's name, was not just bad, not just flawed, but a legislative abomination. It's not just pages and pages of special-interest tax breaks, giveaways and protections, one of which would set off a ruinous Smoot-Hawley trade war. It's not just the waste, such as the $88.6 million for new construction for Milwaukee Public Schools, which, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, have shrinking enrollment, 15 vacant schools and, quite logically, no plans for new construction. It's the essential fraud of rushing through a bill in which the normal rules (committee hearings, finding revenue to pay for the programs) are suspended on the grounds that a national emergency requires an immediate job-creating stimulus -- and then throwing into it hundreds of billions that have nothing to do with stimulus, that Congress's own budget office says won't be spent until 2011 and beyond, and that are little more than the back-scratching, special-interest, lobby-driven parochialism that Obama came to Washington to abolish. He said.
Consumers blindsided by Experian on credit score
At a time when it's so important for consumers to monitor their credit scores, Experian, one of the three credit reporting agencies, has decided consumers are not entitled to see their FICO scores based on their Experian credit file.
Okay, Guys be Careful what you Wish for. What You Should Know Before Getting Another Girl To Join In
Do you have a 2 Women fantasy? This is sweet justice.
Flirting with Disaster.
Friday, February 6, 2009
God In the White House-Book
How did we go from John F. Kennedy declaring that religion should play no role in the elections to Bush saying, "I believe that God wants me to be president"? Historian Randall Balmer takes us on a tour of presidential religiosity in the last half of the twentieth century—from Kennedy's 1960 speech that proposed an almost absolute wall between American political and religious life to the soft religiosity of Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society; from Richard Nixon's manipulation of religion to fit his own needs to Gerald Ford's quiet stoicism; from Jimmy Carter's introduction of evangelicalism into the mainstream to Ronald Reagan's co-option of the same group; from Bill Clinton's covert way of turning religion into a non-issue to George W. Bush's overt Christian messages, Balmer reveals the role religion has played in the personal and political lives of these American presidents. Americans were once content to disregard religion as a criterion for voting, as in most of the modern presidential elections before Jimmy Carter.But today's voters have come to expect candidates to fully disclose their religious views and to deeply illustrate their personal relationship to the Almighty. God in the White Houseexplores the paradox of Americans' expectation that presidents should simultaneously trumpet their religious views and relationship to God while supporting the separation of church and state. Balmer tells the story of the politicization of religion in the last half of the twentieth century, as well as the "religionization" of our politics. He reflects on the implications of this shift, which have reverberated in both our religious and political worlds, and offers a new lens through which to see not only these extraordinary individuals, but also our current political situation.Book Description
My take on the Credit Crisis and Baliout.
This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen. Why oh why can't congress do their homework!!! Any company out there that throws their future and money at a problem goes out of business! USA will have the same thing happen if we don't wise up. We are the most powerful nation on earth and I am starting to wonder if we are only out of sheer luck. If we keep going on like we are we will survive only out of sheer luck.
Please let's use our heads here. Here are some effective ways to fix our current issues without spending.
Eliminate Mark to Market accounting. It is a ludicrous way to account for your assets. Here is a definition of Mark to Market.
Another way to flood the market without spending a dime, lower the capital gains tax. Wall Street still runs the market. The people that have money are the ones we need to start investing again. These investors would come back in if we did this one simple thing. Doesn't cost us a dime. Yes, less revenue but we would not take actual cash out of our system to do it and I guarantee you will see money come back in.
Reduce the payroll tax and the price of doing business. These are effective ways to get our economy rolling again. I feel it is not what people do it is why are they doing it.
Letting people in government that are not out for the best interests of the economy, or to give them the benefit of the doubt, are well meaning but misguided, power over the economy is terrifying. What are the credentials of our leaders making our financial futures? Well, based on our last election, If Al Franken can get elected.... what can you say. Senators should have to have some kind of background in finance and other criteria to be running our country. But this will never happen. Why? Because of the huge conflict of interest. The criminals are running the prison. And so the change we really need isn't going to happen.
Letting Nancy "Kickback" Pelosi come up with these pork barrel spending bills is going to take us down. Obama, it has nothing to do with whether we accept this stupid Bailout bill. It has very little support. WE ARE NOT STUPID!!
Change we need??? This is a rerun of what Paulson and Bush did a few months ago. The rhetoric is insane. And no one is buying it.
Robyn D. Honsey
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Scientists: True love can last a lifetime
(CNN) -- Love's first blush fading? Lost that loving feeling? Love is not all around?
Scientists have used brain scans to study how long love lasts between couples.
Sick of cliches?
Take heart, scientists have discovered that people can have a love that lasts a lifetime.
Using brain scans, researchers at Stony Brook University in New York have discovered a small number of couples respond with as much passion after 20 years together as most people only do during the early throes of romance, Britain's Sunday Times newspaper reported.
The researchers scanned the brains of couples together for 20 years and compared them with results from new lovers, the Sunday Times said.
About 10 percent of the mature couples had the same chemical reactions when shown photographs of their loved ones as those just starting out.
Previous research has suggested that the first stages of romantic love fade within 15 months and after 10 years it has gone completely, the newspaper said.
"The findings go against the traditional view of romance -- that it drops off sharply in the first decade -- but we are sure it's real," said Arthur Aron, a psychologist at Stony Brook, told the Sunday Times.
Testing of Online Flower Delivery Services. The best and the worst.
CBS Tests Several Online Flower Delivery Services
CBS tested five online flower delivery services for accuracy of pictures compared to what is actually delivered. Top services FromYouFlowers.com, FTD and Teleflora and worst were ProFlowers.com and Zeze Flowers. The complete report is here. Tips.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
Joe Namath Presents Title Trophy (Video)
It is impossible to go through a Super Bowl without being reminded of Joe Namath's famous guarantee before Baltimore's Super Bowl III update.
It's perfectly fitting, then, that the 65-year-old Namath brought the Vince Lombardi Trophy onto the field after the Steelers' exciting victory -- especially since the game turned into a classic dual between two talented quarterbacks. After Pittsburgh celebrated on the field, Namath appeared with the trophy, which he then had to carry through a hoard of jubilant Steelers players, all of whom took turns trying to grab the Lombardi as it passed.
Video of Namath being mobbed by Steelers as he walked to the podium, along with the presentation ceremony itself, is after the jump.
It's always nice when Namath makes an appearance in front of the national network cameras given his disastrous appearance with Suzy Kolber at a Jets game in 2003 still gets talked about:
Broadway Joe apologized for that appearance, then later checked into an alcoholism treatment program, so football fans everywhere must appreciate seeing Namath confidently stride into the public eye.
Groundhog Day- Groundhog Sees His Shadow-6 more Weeks of Winter.
Punxsutawney Phil has spoken: Six more weeks of winter. The legendary groundhog made his annual prediction early Monday after seeing his shadow. Since 1886, Phil has seen his shadow 97 times, hasn't seen it 14 times, and there are no records for nine years, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club. The last time Phil didn't see his shadow was in 1999. The Groundhog Day forecast for the Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, area suggests Phil will have trouble seeing his shadow. The National Weather Service predicts mostly cloudy weather for the area. Thousands of people descend on Punxsutawney, about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, each year for the tradition.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Lehman Brothers seaside mansion on Jupiter Island in Florida, bought for more than $13 million five years ago, was just sold for $10.
Check out Todd Palin Feminists should be giving him an award!!
Governor Sarah Palin’s husband, Todd Palin, yes, the First Dude is the Real Thing. Last week Governor Sarah Palin gave Alaska’s annual “State of the State” address…and check out who was in the audience and what he was doing…yes, the First Dude with their baby….he should be getting an award from Feminists ! He supports his wife so that she can have a career leading the largest state in the Union. The family doesn’t just talk about equal rights…or scream about them…they live them.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
China censors Obama's inauguration Speech
BEIJING – China censored its translation of President Barack Obama's inauguration speech, removing references to communism and dissent, and quickly halted state television's live broadcast of the address when Cold War-era animosities were mentioned. One television official tried to downplay the cutaway as a normal break in programming while an editor with the China Daily newspaper's Web site said staff who censored online versions of the speech likely did so because they were "duty-bound to protect the country's interests." The news channel of state broadcaster China Central Televisionbroadcast the speech live early Wednesday local time, but appeared caught off-guard by Obama's reference to how earlier generations of Americans had "faced down fascism and communism." The audio quickly faded out from Obama's speech and cameras cut back to the studio anchor, who seemed flustered for a second before turning to ask a U.S.-based CCTV reporter what challenges the president faces in turning around the economy. China's ruling Communist Party maintains a tight grip over its entirely state-run media. Beijing tolerates little dissent and frequently decries foreign interference in its internal affairs. Wang Jianhong, deputy director of the CCTV general editing department, said he did not stay up to watch the inauguration broadcast but suggested the transition was a normal part of the program. "There are breakaways even when broadcasting China's own meetings," he said. "Americans might care a lot about the presidential inauguration, but Chinese may not be very interested." The China Daily Web site, the official Xinhua News Agency and popular online portals Sina and Sohu all used a translation of the speech that omitted the word "communism" from the same sentence that tripped up thenews anchor. The translation was also missing Obama's remarks on free speech when he said "those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent — know that you are on the wrong side of history." An editor at the China Daily Web site said managers did not order the censorship. "Our translators and editors on the evening shift would make those decisions independently," said the editor, who refused to give his name as is common in China. "As Chinese, we are duty-bound to protect the country's interests." Another popular online portal, Netease, carried a translation that was missing the paragraph mentioning communism, though it retained the part about dissent. Rebecca MacKinnon, a journalism professor who teaches about media and the Internet at the University of Hong Kong, said this kind of censorship was common in China, though she could not say why the government would want to do so. "I can't attribute motives to it, I can't get inside their head and explain what they're thinking. But this is standard practice," she said. The full translation of Obama's speech could be viewed on the Web site of Hong Kong-based broadcasterPhoenix Satellite Television, which has a reputation as a more independent news source. The China Daily Web site posted Obama's full remarks in English only. China has previously altered the words of U.S. officials. A 2004 speech in Shanghai by former Vice President Dick Cheney was broadcast live on state-run television at the insistence of U.S. officials, but the Chinese transcript of the remarks deleted references to political freedom. In 2003, the memoirs of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Obama's nominee for secretary of state, were pulled from publication in China after the government-backed publisher removed references to the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy protests and altered Clinton's comments about human rights activist Harry Wu.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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