FTA-"According to TMZ, John Kerry left a Nantucket restaurant and a group of **drunken college kids (**today’s redundancy brought to you by Oxi Clean, the stain specialist!) on a boat asked the senator to take some pictures with them.
FTA-"We now face the very real prospect in Barack Obama of an "actual black person" being elected president — though one whose own cultural narrative is so unique and complicated that some would argue it has as many contrasts as commonalities with that of the average black American.
In fact, reading Obama's absorbing 1995 memoir "Dreams from My Father," it strikes me that the tropes that surround and define Obama can just as easily be read as those of another community entirely. Which raises the question: Could it be that our true first black president might also be our first Asian American president?"
LAS VEGAS - An Air Force official says the crash of an F-15 jet in the Nevada desert during a training exercise has left one pilot dead and the other injured.
Air Force spokesman Andrew Dumboski says the two-seater plane went down at about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday on the Nevada Test and Training Range outside of Goldfield, Nev.
McDonald's, home of the Big Mac and Happy Meals, has sponsored a homosexual festival featuring public nudity for both men and women, according to the American Family Association.
They keep coming, these dubious endorsements. But, hey, any publicity in a political campaign -- except crooked friends, indictments, spousal abuse, etc. Today Phil Spector, the famous rock entrepreneur and infamous date, showed up for a court hearing in Los Angeles wearing a very obvious "Barack Obama Rocks" pin
Sen. Ted Stevens, the nation's longest-serving Republican senator and a major figure in Alaska politics since before statehood, was indicted Tuesday on seven counts of failing to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars in services from an oil services company that helped renovate his home.
The first sitting U.S. senator to face federal indictment since 1993, Stevens has been dogged by an investigation into his home renovation project in Alaska and his dealings with wealthy oil contractors
"I tried to warn them, but the Elders of this planet would not listen," said Gore, who in 2000 was nearly banished to a featureless realm of nonexistence for promoting his unpopular message. "They called me foolish and laughed at my predictions. Yet even now, the Midwest is flooded, the ice caps are melting, and the cities are rocked with tremors, just as I foretold. Fools! Why didn't they heed me before it was too late?"
The mother of a missing 2-year-old Florida girl was caught by photographers partying at a club June 20 -- after the date she claims her daughter disappeared.
The photographs, obtained by FOX News, show Casey Anthony smiling and posing with various people at an Orlando club called Fusion. She later would tell police that her daughter, Caylee Marie Anthony, had been missing since earlier in the month.
It was an unusually warm January day in Washington as President-elect Barack Hussein Obama took the oath of office administered by longtime Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. Stevens already had administered the oath of office to Vice President-elect Evan Bayh, of Indiana, who had been picked by Obama because he was perceived to be a middle-of-the-road man.
When pictures of ANWR are actually shown by the "mainstream" media, they often feature the southern area of ANWR, which is very different than the Coastal Plain area where drilling is desired. While the southern area is very beautiful with lots of trees and vegetation, once you cross the mountains, the terrain quickly becomes barren marsh.
During the Democratic primary battle, blasting the private security firm Blackwater USA as a bunch of unaccountable trigger-happy mercenaries was an easy crowd pleaser - particularly after the September 2006 Nisoor Square incident and a subsequent congressional report that stated the company's use of force was "frequent and extensive". Hillary Clinton announced she was sponsoring legislation banning the use of private security contractors.
Iran has carried out missile tests for what could be a plan for a nuclear strike on the United States, the head of a national security panel has warned....“The only plausible explanation we can find is that the Iranians are figuring out how to launch a missile from a ship and get it up to altitude and then detonate it,” he said. “And that’s exactly what you would do if you had a nuclear weapon on a Scud or a Shahab-3 or other missile, and you wanted to explode it over the United States.”
During the past year, several federal agencies – including the Department of Homeland Security, the State Department, and the National Counter Terrorism Center – have declared a war on words. Specifically, these agencies have issued memoranda discouraging their employees from naming the enemy in the War on Terror. The prohibition included words such as “jihad,” “Islamist,” “Islamofascism,” and “caliphate,” among others.
"Max" is the story of a sad, little, disturbed man attempting to break into the art world following four years in the army. A decorated but disillusioned war hero, the aspiring artist is pulled from his love of art and into extremist politics by others around him. The artist's name? Adolf Hitler. The film was buried for making Hitler 'human' although he was never portrayed sympathetically.
From the review- "What’s so interesting here – the reason that the Jewish Defense League is protesting - is that Adolf Hitler was allegedly molded from the world around him and not born the antichrist we’d all figure him to be. Seems those outside influences – notably fellow soldiers and candid captains – ultimately drove Hitler away from his love of art and onto the podium, where he’d maniacally shout about the injustices of the Jewish.
Max Rothman is essentially the only person who sees more than a peculiar, highly-strung soldier in Hitler, giving him a chance to succeed where he most wants…in the art world. Whilst his talent is minute, Rothman feels there’s a lot more going on there and that the young Hitler could ultimately be the next futurist of the art world."
"I completely understand the frustration of "best of lists", and I can assure you that I read hundreds of comments here on the Yahoo Music blogs whenever we post one. Many times our "best album" lists generate thousands of comments. And although many of the remarks are ridiculous, many are valid in a subjective sort of way."
Not a bad list, but noticeably absent are Elvis, The WHO, The Rolling Stones, RUSH, etc. So, I'm not buying the author's 'criteria' but to each his own.- Riley
A plan by Barack Obama to redistribute American wealth on a global level is moving forward in the Senate. It follows Marxist theology — from each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
We are citizens of the world, Sen. Obama told thousands of nonvoting Germans during his recent tour of the Middle East and Europe. And if the Global Poverty Act (S. 2433) he has sponsored becomes law, which is almost certain if he wins in November, we're also going to be taxpayers of the world.
Can every athlete in the world be tied to Derek Jeter through his many Hollywood Flings? The man has scored some of the finest celebrities from Jessica Alba to Mariah Carey to Jessica Biel.... And now we put all his accolades to the test in a game called.....
"In an increasingly metrosexual world, perhaps it was just a matter of time. But yesterday a high street store announced that it would start stocking makeup designed just for men. 'Guy-liner' and 'Manscara' to enhance the eyes of the male in your life, will appear in Superdrug this week."
It’s no surprise: Superhero movies are waaay popular, especially among men — just look at The Dark Knight, which is breaking box office records left and right. And while most dudes like all comic book capers, they usually have a favorite. The superhero a man prefers reveals the strengths and qualities that he would like to have or develop more of, says Krista Bloom, PhD, author of The Ultimate Compatibility Quiz.
This is one of those articles (like many in Cosmo) that I write-off as Pure Crap. A woman with a PhD. pretends to know something abut 'men' as if we're some sort of generic commodity that can easily be categorized. Like most of the fluff in Cosmo, its reverse sexism. - Riley
The museum's directors appealed to the public Tuesday for money and volunteer support to help the museum reopen. The museum also is negotiating with its creditors and city officials for assistance.
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