A friend posted this on his LJ and I've decided to take up the challenge. I'll keep the same caveats and restrictions. Here's what he posted ( Read more... )

President Elect Obama chatted with the President of Poland. The Poles are not overly concerned about Russian threats to target Poland should the missile defense system be built, they are more worried the system won't be built.  Afterwards the Polish put out a press release that said Obama had reeiterated the US's commitment to installing hte ( Read more... )

So Russia is putting in new missiles aimed at the missile defense site in Poland. he told Poland that in any potential conflict they would be targeted first. The President of Russia announces this hours after the Obama victory.  Think they would have done that if McCain won? Oh and he placed the blame for the World financial crisis on the US and ( Read more... )

It does not get any tougher than this for a civil libertarian.

www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-pumpkin31-2008oct31,0,2115760.story

These are, in some cases, people who have served time for their crimes. The idea that they are still being curtailed and subject to punishment without due process bothers  me. So does the idea that ( Read more... )

There are three things I have always loved and never understood, painting, music and women. -Bernard de Fontenelle

Well said Bernie, well said.

Two members of a group of people that you think of pejoratively are waiting at a bus stop.
When a bus pulls up and opens the door, one of the two people leans inside and asks the bus driver:''Will this bus take me to 5th Avenue?''

The bus driver shakes his head and says,''No, I'm sorry.''

At this the other person leans inside, smiles, and asks: '' ( Read more... )

Today was a bizarre day, and it's not over yet ( Read more... )

A man decided to march in the holy crusades. Concluding that his wife should wear a chastity belt while he is gone, he locks up her nether regions and gives the key to his best friend. He tells him, "If I do not return within four years, unlock my wife and set her free to live a normal life ( Read more... )

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/10/23/ms.treatment/index.html?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail

This might be a very big deal. Keep your fingers crossed.

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Happy Birthday, enjoy the day.

-WF