BEWARE OF A GEEK

BEARING GIFTS

Any truth to the rumor that Dubya presented smoked hams as a gift to the leaders of Israel and Palestine?

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In order to capitalize on the windfall of the Economic Stimulus Checks, I've decided to open a PayPal account where you all can just endorse them over to me.

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I see that the disaster in China has caused an upsurge in capitalism. I think they are calling it the Green Acres Society.
Just more proof that the world wants to be part of the "American Dream".

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Would you believe that the Johnson & Johnson Companies actually sued the American Red Cross over the use of the symbol on the left? They lost.

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In Los Angeles, to get a drink of water, it may be necessary to flush the toilet. Hey! If its good enough for our astronauts, its good enough for the rest of us. Now don't cringe. Most of you have been doing this for generations without notice. Does your community get its water from a river? Just look at what your neighbors upstream are dumping into it. All that LA is doing is eliminating the middle-man.

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I guess this Compass Airlines flight attendant couldn't find a passenger to ride in the toilet, like that earlier story. So he took matters in his own hands.

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By posting this image I am now subject to 4 years in prison in New York State. Gee, all I was doing was inviting Dubya to a party. Casual dress, of course. If Dubya wants to wear a tie, I'll provide it. He may be the only one dancing though. ;-)

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Talk about a major "flip-flop"! Wasn't it McCain that said that we could be in Iraq for the next 100 years? His latest projection is a 95% improvement over his earlier statements. I wonder if he has hired Sylvia Browne as his prognosticator?

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Poor Dubya. Not only is he the least respected President this country has ever had, but his fiscal policies may have actually cost him money. Cheney, our invisible VP, may have actually made money. Didn't he refuse to put his money in a "blind trust" when first elected? Now I understand why.

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Thanks for dropping over. Very much. I'll be back later with more.

Its TGIF!

Mahalo

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ODDS & ENDS

In another entry for my LEX LUTHOR DOESN'T EXIST award: Always plan your get-away. Of course, if they ever find the guy he'll probably sue the good samaritan.

This story is just strange. It allegedly occurs in 1 out of every 500,000 live births.

Before reading this story, I suggest taking a couple of aspirin, or smoking one huge "dubie". Quantum physics is redefining the concept of the space/time continuum. Oh, and here is an interesting video about black-holes.

I wonder if John Bobbitt plans to contribute to this museum's collection?

Before cable-tv, TV sets had dials to select a channel (those of you too young to know this, just ask your grandparents), hence the archaic term "Spin the dial and see whats on." Not only have "dials" on TV sets gone the way of the Dodo bird but also on landline telephones. Now the landline itself may be facing extinction. I haven't had a landline since 1999. And, in a vaguely related story, cable connection to the WWW is surpassing DSL. And those with dial-up connections (theres that archaic term again) are becoming a statistical anomaly.

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ART AS ILLUSION

ILLUSION AS ART

Cool art that will mess with your head

11 ships or 3 ships & 8 arches?

Do you see faces or all houses?

How many horses in this picture?
Should find 7

People or faces?

A picture puzzle

How many people?

See more than one deer?

Look at the middle column
Where does it end?

Do you see four people?

Who is the tallest?

A "face"?
Or the word "liar"?

A bunch of black splotches
or the word "lift"?
Allegedly, girls spot the word "lift" easily while men have difficulty.

How many faces do you see?
Supposed to be 11

Focus on the dot in the centerand move your head backwards and forwards.

"You are not here merely to make a living.

You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement.

You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand."
Woodrow Wilson

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DAILY CHUCKLE

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WHATCHA GONNA DO...

WHEN NO ONE BELIEVES IN YOU?

Yesterday the House passed the 5 year 2008 Farm Bill by a veto proof margin. The Senate is expected to do the same today. Dubya has flatly stated that he will veto it. But, with the overwhelming support on both sides of the aisle in both Houses of Congress, why is he going to make this futile effort? He has become the proverbial petulent child who pouts because he is losing the game.

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In past tragedies in China, their government put up a firewall to restrict the flow of information. This has not been the case for the recent earthquake. Probably because of their commitment to a successful Olympic Games in August, they have become very liberal in allowing press coverage about everything in their country. Like the western world, China has ceased being a country and is turning into a multifaceted corporation. Whether this new outlook will continue after the Games is unknown. They are accepting global aid in their rescue recover efforts and are being asked to urge Burma/Myanmar to do the same. I think part of the problem with the later is that the country is overcrowded and the ruling junta might just be using this as a means of "natural" population reduction/control. That way the world community would see them as either completely inefficient or uncaring but could not bring claims of deliberate genocide.

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The US Dept. of the Interior has added the polar bear to its "Endangered Species" list. A spokesperson for the 2 remaining polar bears not in captivity expressed appreciation from his home in the Bahamas.

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I'll be back later with more rants and raves. As always, thanks for coming by. The time you spend here is appreciated very much. Have a great day!

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NOVEMBER IS GOING TO BE A BLOODBATH...

FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

The GOP is still trying to grasp what has happened in the last three special elections. They lost by a landslide in that trio of contests. Now they are admitting they could easily lose 20 more House seats and 6 Senate seats this Fall. But are they willing to follow the lead of their (presumptive) presidential candidate? Of course not. McCain is considered by neo-cons to be a RINO. His precepts out of step with the party leadership. Not recognizing that the GOP is out of step with the nation's voters. A large majority of our Republican Congress members rode into Washington on the coattails of Dubya. And for 6 years they would send legislation for signature that he wanted enacted. Rubber stamping the neo-con philosophy into our legal codes. The only people who received tax breaks were big business and the top 5% of income earners. Perpetuating the "trickle-down" theory of economics espoused by HRH Reagan, 2 decades prior.

What the American people want is leaders who aren't too far left nor too far right. Leadership that will restore our Constitution as the ultimate law of the land. Both McCain and Obama are close to the center of what the country is looking for and desperately needs. McCain isn't as conservative as his party wants and Obama isn't as liberal as his party desires. Both represent the opposite side of the same moderation coin. I just hope by having two branches of government controlled by the same political party that we don't create a pendulum effect. It would be nice to see the needle pointed at the center for a (long) while.


Just my 2-cents.

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ODDS & ENDS

In the 2001 United Kingdom census, 390,000 - 0.7 percent of the population - listed Jedi as their religion. I am not sure if consuming 10 liters (2½ gallons) of wine, before a service, is part of their sacraments but it sure makes their worship services noteworthy.

It seems religious services everywhere are getting a bit more arresting.

We all know the Aussies love their beer. But more than their children? I am sure (I hope) that this is not a universal concept over there.

Now this one is a new LLDE applicant.

I know the airlines are in deep fiscal doo-doo but this is beyond the pale. I guess he was lucky the flight wasn't 20 years long.

When you read tales of encounters with UFO's do you get the feeling that these non-terrestrial biological entities are just the equivalent of prankish teenage boys? At least the Vatican doesn't feel its a sin to believe in ETs. Which shows how far the Holy See has progressed over the last few centuries.

And speaking of Rome, in a very rough segue, archaeological divers have found a marble bust, among other things, of Caesar dating to about 46bce. The discovery was in the Rhone river near the French town of Arles.

Another reason I like Einstein.

In notable events for this day:

• George Lucas was born in 1944
• Israel became an independent nation in 1948 and the world hasn't been the same since
• Guglielmo Marconi made the first communication by wireless telegraph in 1897
• Louis XIV became King of France at age 4 upon the death of his father, Louis XIII, in 1643. His furniture is still popular at those upscale yard sales
• The TV series "Seinfeld" signed off in 1998 after nine years on NBC. That was 10 years ago and I still haven't figured out what it was about

As a science fiction nut. I often have to suspend belief to enjoy the plot. Most Sci-Fi films (and TV shows) just don't get the science right. But there have been a few that did. Among two on this list that I really found fascinating were 2001 - A Space Odyssey and Gattaca. Alien was enjoyable (but come-on a creature with hydrochloric acid for saliva?), and it is the first movie that I can remember where the female lead was a kick-ass, hard-ass SOB instead of a whimpering sap.

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