The freedom we receive is the legacy we bequeath.

--Bill Moyers

In other news, Miss USA is out of rehab.

I just can't get over the irony of that.

For the record, San Antonio, this is what I thought you meant by an ice storm:


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From The Australian

By Jane Bunce
December 26, 2006AUSTRALIA'S giant prehistoric animals were killed off by humans, not climate change, new research indicates ( Read more... )

By Steve Connor, Science Editor, The IndependentAs 2006 drew to a close, the polar bear was about to be classified as a threatened species by the United States Government. Melting Arctic sea ice could significantly reduce numbers of the world's largest terrestrial carnivore over the next 50 years. And, just before Christmas, a 38-day search for the ( Read more... )

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2003 Ig Noble Prize-winning research:

Lookism in Farm AnimalsWe trained chickens to react to an average human female face but not to an average male face (or vice-versa). In a subsequent test, the animals showed preferences for faces consistent with human sexual preferences (obtained from university students). This suggests that human preferences ( Read more... )

By CHRISTY HOPPE / The Dallas Morning NewsSAN ANTONIO - Gov. Rick Perry, after a God and country sermon attended by dozens of political candidates Sunday, said that he agreed with the minister that non-Christians will be condemned to hell ( Read more... )

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When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.
--Sinclair Lewis