Posted in 2002, Barack Obama's Speech October on February 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Obama’s speech (October, 2002):
“Good afternoon. Let me begin by saying that although this has been billed as an anti-war rally, I stand before you as someone who is not opposed to war in all circumstances.
“The Civil War was one of the bloodiest in history, and yet it was only through the crucible of the sword, [...]
Posted in Chelsea, broke law, criminal on February 5, 2008 | No Comments »
(WTNH) _ This might cause a headache for Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign in Connecticut. It’s Chelsea Clinton inside a New Haven polling place at 6:00 a.m.
So why might this be an issue? According to state law, candidates or a candidate’s representative, such as someone wearing a sign, have to stay 75-feet away from polling places “on [...]
Posted in Oslo, could, forsees, likely, many little-understood, nonsensical, possible, potenitally, projected, reckons, suppositions, thaw, uncertainty, would on February 5, 2008 | No Comments »
OSLO (Reuters) - Global warming this century could trigger a runaway thaw of Greenland’s ice sheet and other abrupt shifts such as a dieback of the Amazon rainforest, scientists said on Monday.
They urged governments to be more aware of “tipping points” in nature, tiny shifts that can bring big and almost always [...]
Posted in Battle of Waterloo, Biggles, Charles Dickens, Crimean War, Duke of Wellington, Florence Nightingale, Mahatma Gandhi, Richard the Lionheart, Sherlock Holmes, Winston Churchill, incredible, moronic on February 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
LONDOND - (AFP) - Britons are losing their grip on reality, according to a poll out Monday which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth while the majority reckon Sherlock Holmes was real.
Winston Churchill - really it is!
The survey found that 47 percent thought the 12th century English king [...]
Posted in Just plain stupid on February 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Yes, I know this piece should be over at my other site - morganrants - but I thought I’d bring some stupidity to this site.
MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish driver who collided with a cyclist is suing the dead youth’s family $29,300 for the damage the impact of his body did to his luxury [...]
