I have previously stated on this blog that the seventies were a glorious mad time here in these United States, a time when existential malaise and bellbottomed pants combined in some cosmic way to make everyone go a little crazy. Evel Knievel was our patron saint, Burt Reynolds our court jester. We all had flaming chickens tattooed on our chests, a can of Colt 45 in our hands, and glorious mayhem in our hearts.

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I still got gifts from Mom, but it didn't help when girls around me were getting gifts from their first boyfriends. The world seemed so cruel. And in high school I had a boyfriend for 2 years, whom I loved so much. Things were perfect, until I realized he sucked with Valentine's Day. He'd give me stupid gifts like candles and jewelry, both of which I HATE.

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U.S. Navy Capt. Lisa Nowak, 43, who flew last July on a shuttle mission to the international space station, was also charged with attempted vehicle burglary with battery, destruction of evidence and battery. She was denied bail.

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What would happen if tomorrow we were told that, after all, the Earth is flat? It would probably be the most important piece of news in the media and would generate a lot of debate. So why is it that when scientists who have studied the Global Warming phenomenon for years say that humans are not the cause nobody listens? Why does no one acknowledge that the Emperor has no clothes on?

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All in Full Page, High Resolution glory... enjoy!

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Michael Savage, the nation's third-most listened to radio talk-show host, says he may leave his top rated show to make a bid for the GOP nomination for president.

"I know it sounds bizarre but when you consider the people running for the presidency, none . . . seems to be qualified," Savage told NewsMax in an exclusive interview.

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Unlike chief GOP rivals Sen. John McCain and Mitt Romney, however, Giuliani has been somewhat ambiguous about whether or not he would ultimately pursue the Republican nomination.

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Deportation was once an unimaginable response to the problem of the 11 million here illegally. Now its practicality, rather than its morality, appears the keener point of contention. And the concerted effort by Chicano activists to drive from popular parlance the descriptive term “illegal alien” in favor of the politically correct, but imprecise and often misleading “undocumented worker” has largely failed. Similar efforts to demonize opponents of open borders as “anti-immigrant” or “nativist” have had only a marginal effect in stifling debate, as has the deliberate effort to blur illegal and legal immigration. The old utopian talk of a new borderless zone of dual cultures, spreading on both sides of a disappearing boundary, has given way to a reexamination of NAFTA and its facilitation of greater cross-border flows of goods, services—and illegal aliens and drugs.

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The court martial of Lt. Watada is underway now at Fort Lewis, Washington. If you are not familiar with the situation, this Lieutenant refused to go to Iraq while claiming the war is illegal.

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YOU...yes YOU... can help someone live like a Rockstar for the Rest of their Life!

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"I was angry enough to say, "I'm not paying this ticket. You know, they can do whatever they're going to do, but I'm not going to pay it," said Kelly Mendenhall.

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Someone has WAY too much time on their hands...

Believe it or not, you can live it up at Walt Disney World Resort – whether you plan on visiting Disney’s Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney-MGM Studios or Disney’s Animal Kingdom – without making a huge dent in your wallet. By planning ahead, seeking out the best online deals and following the money-saving tips listed below, you can enjoy significant savings on your Disney World vacation getaway – without sacrificing any of your family’s comfort or enjoyment.

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Ten minutes into Because I Said So, I (deleted) my pants. Not by choice. Rather, this it started around the time Diane Keaton's character called her copulating daughter to remind her that her (deleted) were lopsided, and it continued right through the second all-girl singalong at the end of the movie.

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Walid Shoebat, a former PLO terrorist who is now a peace activist will [sic] on campus. Shoebat will discuss his transformation from hate to love as a former terrorist.

I’ve received several emails from readers telling me that the UC Davis Muslim Student Association (notice how the name changes from campus to campus—at UC Irvine it’s the Muslim Students Union) is going to try to shut down Shoebat’s speech. Any lizards who attend this event are invited to send me their accounts, photos, and video.

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A new study asks an interesting genetics question: if there was a gene that controlled homosexuality—and hence limited reproduction—how could it be favored to exist? If there is a gene that causes one to not reproduce, natural selection would dictate that it cannot survive long in a population, since it is not being passed on to future generations. A new paper in the Proceedings of the Royal Society is using population-genetics modeling to try and answer why a theoretical gene predisposing an individual to homosexuality could spread in a population.

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A Saudi Arabian judge sentenced 20 foreigners to receive lashes and spend several months in prison after convicting them of attending a party where alcohol was served and men and women danced, a newspaper reported Sunday.

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The 27-year-old Portlander makes a living catching online sex predators prowling for underage victims. But he's not on a crusade to protect children; he doesn't even like children.  "People don't like it when I say that, but I just don't like kids," he said. "I'm not a kid person. I don't like being around 'em; I'm never gonna have 'em. But I don't like pedophiles more."

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BMW has vowed not be left behind in the ratio wars and plans to bring an nine- eight-speed transmission to market by the end of the decade.

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Imagine, if you will, that one by one your friends and family– the people closest to you– are being removed and replaced with exact duplicates. Although they are identical in appearance and manner, you are certain that these people are not your loved ones. They are impostors. While most people would become deeply paranoid in such a scenario, there are some individuals who experience such things every day without fear… and just wonder, "why?" Such is the life of people stricken with Capgras' Syndrome.

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According to this graph, it may be just about everything...

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Which one was your favorite?

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Deputies from France's ruling centre-right UMP party have called on President Jacques Chirac to persuade his European colleagues to declare Hizbullah a terrorist organization.

The US government considers Hizbullah, a Shi'ite Muslim group whose guerrillas fought a 34-day war with Israel last July and August, a terrorist organization. But Hizbullah does not appear on the European Union's list of terrorist groups.

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A revolt against a national driver's license, begun in Maine last month, is quickly spreading to other states.

The Maine Legislature on Jan. 26 overwhelmingly passed a resolution objecting to the Real ID Act of 2005. The federal law sets a national standard for driver's licenses and requires states to link their record-keeping systems to national databases.

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A senior Iraqi official has said half of all insurgent attacks in Baghdad are carried out by militants from Syria.

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Britain faces the loss of £370 million in export trade in meat and live birds after the arrival of the avian flu virus in the poultry industry.

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At LakeEola park, there is much beauty to behold: robust palms, beds of cheery begonias, a cascading lake fountain, clusters of friendly egrets and swans, an amphitheater named in honor of Walt Disney.

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Nichol unexpectedly created a ruckus in October when he ordered the cross removed to make the chapel more welcoming to students of all faiths. Previously, the cross could be removed by request; now it can be returned by request.

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Raymond Kowal sat in his car and watched quietly as the body of the man accused of murdering his daughter was lowered into the frozen earth at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery -- the same Evergreen Park cemetery where Vicky Kowal was laid to rest shortly after last Father's Day

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Sounds like a job for Maury Povich...

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Among the hundreds of boats that went outside the Golden Gate Bridge to welcome the Queen Mary 2 was a boat waving a British flag on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007, in San Francisco. Chronicle photo by Lacy Atkins

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Democratic U.S. presidential candidate John Edwards on Sunday said that he would raise taxes, chiefly on the wealthy, to pay for expanded healthcare coverage under a plan costing $90 billion to $120 billion a year to be unveiled on Monday.

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In honor of this year’s Super Bowl, we’ve put together a quick list of the Top 7 Awesomely Bad Super Bowl Halftime Shows, complete with video proof.

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