Tag: edited by Port1080
N-F-L
thefadd.
Posted to Sport on Fri Sep 05, 2008 at 06:21:21 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
American football begins yet another season in its annual quest for the Lombardi Trophy. Tee En Tee has shown its affinity for making baseless predictions -- and occasionally being right -- so it's as good a time as any to give those another shot.
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Campaign 2008: Republicans in St. Paul
profwhat.
Posted to Politics on Thu Sep 04, 2008 at 07:51:51 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
And you thought the Republican National Convention would be boring this year! It began with a hurricane, forcing the cancellation of all major activity; continued through a withering speech by Democrat/Independent Joe Lieberman, a surprisingly strong speech by Sarah Palin, and is scheduled to finish with McCain's acceptance speech tonight.
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The Man Everyone Forgot.
MayorBob.
Posted to Legal on Wed Sep 03, 2008 at 12:48:18 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Joseph Shepard could be a candidate for poster child for the Sixth Amendment Society, should such a society ever be formed. He's been sitting in a jail cell in Jennings, Missouri waiting to have his drug case resolved in court. He's been waiting for almost two years, most of it spent in his cell 23 hours out of each 24 hour day. He's been forgotten by the system.
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Oregon Judge Grabs Jurors Off Sidewalk
profwhat.
Posted to Legal on Wed Sep 03, 2008 at 06:44:16 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Dislike jury duty? Then don't walk near courthouses in Oregon. A judge in Eugene, Oregon, facing a shortage of jurors, ordered a sheriff's deputies to walk outside the courthouse, onto a busy downtown street, and "summon the first 10 to 12 people you see" to serve as jurors.
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RIP Don LaFontaine, King of Voiceovers
HidingFromGoro.
Posted to Media on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 12:17:18 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Don LaFontaine, the "movie trailer voiceover guy" has passed away at age 68 due to complications from a collapsed lung. He'd done work for over five thousand movies.
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Toad Christ -- Art Or Sacrilege?
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 06:50:18 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Is it art or not? That's the eternal question which has greeted such efforts as Fountain by Marcel DuChamp, Piss Christ by Andres Serrano, and so on. Just as it always is, so it goes with a piece hung in a museum in Bolzano, Italy. The art critic assailing the piece does have a certain air of authority about him. But, nevermind, the museum says "meh" to the critic's concerns and that they're going to continue to display the crucified toad.
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Loomings Over The Suet [Review]
uncarved block.
Posted to Media on Mon Sep 01, 2008 at 08:46:06 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Glen Baxter decides to tell a story. Kind of.
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Senator Says `Get To Work' - Federal Workers Say `Get Real'
MayorBob.
Posted to Business on Sun Aug 31, 2008 at 06:43:27 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
US Senator Tom Coburn (R - OK) is no fan of big government. He's not really what you could call a fan of federal workers. Thus, when the Oklahoma uber conservative thinks he's found a juicy piece of red meat involving absenteeism of federal workers, he starts chomping down reflexively. He's doing a good bit of masticating these days over his finding that federal workers are absent without leave (AWOL) in droves from their workplaces.
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Are mobile and cordless phones the secondhand smoke of the 21st century?
Degee.
Posted to SciTech on Sat Aug 30, 2008 at 06:33:51 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
I have just purchased a cordless phone to replace an old beater of a cord phone that I held onto for years. Suddenly I find myself questioning the effect of whatever is radiating from these wireless devices. (I am getting a little more safety conscious lately because my partner and I are expecting our first child in September.)
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The Palin Shocker: McCain's New VP Choice [Breaking]
pO157.
Posted to Politics on Fri Aug 29, 2008 at 11:03:01 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
In a last minute decision, John McCain switched from his first announced choice for the VP slot to announce Alaska Governor Sarah Palin got the nod.
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Here comes the story of the hurricane: Katrina Redux
pO157.
Posted to Scoop on Fri Aug 29, 2008 at 06:45:09 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Three years after the unprovoked assault of Hurricane Katrina upon the besotted city of New Orleans quality rum drinks and 190 Antifreezes have begun to flow again. At least, until Monday when meteorologists warn that the city is at risk of another major disaster.
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Money Sex can be exchanged for goods and services!
pO157.
Posted to Business on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 06:46:09 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
In 2000, when Stephanie Gerson (then 19) found herself in Brazil she decided she wanted to go into the jungle deeper than any tour would take her. So she did the logical thing: flirted with the resort bus boy and arranged to have him take her on a private two week tour of the jungle in exchange for sex.
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