I keep telling you all that zombies really do exist. Over the weekend, Harvey added maps of the deceased voters’ locations. He’s also posted a list of names and other data on his campaign website. Now will you believe me???? [Vote or Die (and we’ll vote for you)] Technorati Tags: politics, humor, Memphis
Well, I was getting all excited at the extra second of sleep I would be getting. I realized thought that midnight CUT is six PM here in Nashville. Oh well. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Get ready for a minute with 61 seconds. Scientists are delaying the start of 2006 by the first “leap second” in seven [...]
Now see, if Protestant ministers were required to be celibate, this kind of thing wouldn’t happen. HOUSTON – The wife of the pastor of the nation’s largest church was asked to leave a plane after she failed to comply with a flight attendant’s instructions, the FBI said Tuesday. Houston Lakewood Church pastor Joel Osteen, his [...]
A Roman Catholic bishop here has excommunicated members of a communal sect whose leader allegedly claims to be a manifestation of the late Pope John Paul II. Sect leader Edwin Gonzalez Concepcion and his followers can no longer receive communion or participate in church activities, according to the order issued by Mayaguez Bishop Ulises Casiano [...]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Nashville fire department officials say a man lying on a railroad track has been killed by a train. Department spokesman Charles Shannon says it isn’t clear why the victim was on the rails when the C-S-X train passed over him. The Nashville police department and the medical examiner’s office are investigating the incident [...]
SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. – Pregnant skydiver Shayna Richardson has survived a face-first plunge into the ground. Richardson, 21, of Joplin, Mo., was making her first solo jump in Siloam Springs, Ark., on Oct. 9 when her main parachute failed and her reserve chute didn’t fully deploy. What? WHAT!?!?!? She was pregnant and she went up [...]
I really have mixed feelings on this. SAN QUENTIN, Calif. – Convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams, the Crips gang co-founder whose case stirred a national debate about capital punishment versus the possibility of redemption, was executed Tuesday morning. On the one had, I really don’t understand why in a country with our wealth and resources [...]
I am wondering if maybe “breaks out” wasn’t the best phrase to use in this headline…. New row breaks out over face transplant [Guardian Unlimited | Science | New row breaks out over face transplant]
“In 2006, it’s going to be immigrants — that’s who he is going to scapegoat next,” Dean said of Bush. “Once again, the Republicans create a problem so they can think to come in and solve it.” I just asked Suzette if she felt like a “scapegoat for the Republicans”. She doesn’t think so…. At [...]
OK….So you’ve heard about the devastation from the Earthquake in Pakistan. It’s horrible and these people need our prayers. But you haven’t heard this one from the MSM have you? LONDON (CNS) — Hundreds of Christian families in Pakistan are being kicked out of their homes to make way for Muslims left destitute by the [...]
NEW YORK Antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan and her book publisher are upset about Associated Press and Reuters photos that allegedly presented a misleading impression of her book signing last weekend in Texas. I don’t know. I guess I wouldn’t be surprised it literally tens of people were there…. [Cindy Sheehan Claims Photos Falsely Implied Her [...]
LYON, France – Doctors have performed the world’s first partial face transplant So who was it, Nicholas Cage or John Travolta? [Partial Face Transplant Done in France - Yahoo! News]
Here’s the headline: Vatican: Sexually Active Gays Unwelcome UM….HELLO!!!! Are you listening, or are you deaf? Straights who are sexually active aren’t welcome either… This isn’t meant to pick out homosexuals and say they aren’t fit to be priests. It’s meant to pick out active, unrepentant sinners and say they aren’t fit to be priests. [...]
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea on Saturday called a recent CNN program depicting a public execution in the communist state a “sheer fabrication” and dismissed it as a ratings ploy by the U.S.-based broadcaster. How do they know it was fake? Was there a big black “X” on the screen? [N.Korea says CNN execution image [...]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) – A fugitive former election official has emerged briefly from hiding to deny charges he helped Philippines’ leader Gloria Arroyo cheat to win last year’s presidential elections. To me it’s obvious that there was something weird going on in these elections. The corruption runs so deep in the politics of the Philippines [...]
SANTA MARIA, Calif. – A Greyhound bus ran off a freeway, overturned and slid at least 100 yards on its side before hitting a tree Sunday, killing a pregnant woman and a man on aboard, authorities said. Faro Jahani, 50, of San Francisco, and Martha Contreras, a 23-year-old Santa Maria resident who was seven months [...]
A powerful earthquake has hit southern Iran, killing at least 10 people, injuring dozens more and damaging several villages, officials say. The 6.1-magnitude quake struck Qeshm island, home to 120,000 people, and the city of Bandar Abbas, state media said. Every time I see new story on this incident, the death rate is higher. On [...]
“BAGHDAD, Iraq – Several insurgents groups have contacted President Jalal Talabani’s office in the past few days, with some saying they are ready to lay down their arms and join the political process, the presidential security adviser said Thursday.” “It’s a trick, get an ax.” [Some Iraq Insurgent Groups Want to Talk - Yahoo! News]
“DUBAI (Reuters) – Al Qaeda in Iraq said reports that U.S. forces had killed its leader Abu Musab Al Zarqawi were a lie, according to an Internet statement posted on Wednesday. The group was reacting to remarks by a U.S. official who said on Sunday that U.S. authorities were looking into whether Zarqawi had been [...]
Man….Since when did Home Depot employ the Pharisees? I mean, talk about the letter of the law and not the spirit… “METHUEN, Mass. – Home Depot Inc. apologized to a carpenter who was banned by the chain worldwide after he absent-mindedly pocketed a pencil he had used up to do some quick math. Michael Panorelli, [...]