CNN.com – Man behind anti-Clinton ad convicted – Jun 28, 2006 EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — A political consultant whose company was behind a television ad accusing the Clinton-Gore administration of giving away nuclear technology was convicted of child molestation charges. A jury deliberated almost two days before convicting Carey Lee Cramer, 44, of aggravated sexual assault of a child, two counts of indecency with a child by contact and one count of indecency with a child by exposure. He was cleared of nine other charges Tuesday. Oh, ho ho ho ho. How very delicious: a Rethugnican political consultant getting hard…
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Obama: Democrats Must Court Evangelicals | Chicago Tribune Obama ROCKS. Right on. RIGHT on: WASHINGTON — Sen. Barack Obama chastised fellow Democrats on Wednesday for failing to “acknowledge the power of faith in the lives of the American people,” and said the party must compete for the support of evangelicals and other churchgoing Americans. “Not every mention of God in public is a breach to the wall of separation. Context matters,” the Illinois Democrat said in remarks to a conference of Call to Renewal, a faith-based movement to overcome poverty. “It is doubtful that children reciting the Pledge of Allegiance…
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Vt. man creates the backyard Zamboni – Yahoo! News Recently, a customer in California wanted one of his ride-on ice mowers with a Bambini pull-behind resurfacer to create a 10,000-square-foot skating surface for her children. But the client also wanted to remove snow from the outdoor pond. Renzello, who had been thinking about putting his inventions into one machine, said he had the answer. He combined all the technologies into the Bambini Revolution. It will clear snow, scrape ice smooth and leave a layer of water on the ice to bring it to a glassy finish. The scraper blade smooths…
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Officials criticize ‘Hooters for Neuters’ – Yahoo! News LOS ANGELES – Several city officials on Tuesday sharply criticized a planned bikini contest to raise money for spaying pets, saying the “Hooters for Neuters” event was degrading to women. Unacceptable! Incredibly offensive! And completely degrading to OWLS, too!
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Father Jake pointed out a helpful sermon when he visited a friend’s parish after General Convention’s painful close: the rh[ ] factor: Blowing the “still” The British Navy has a strange custom. If there’s a sudden disaster aboard shipo, the “still” is blown. It’s a whistle that calls the crew to a moment of silence in a time of crisis. When the still is blown, people aboard know that it means. “Prepare to do the wise thing.” They tell us that this moment of calm has helped avert many a catastrophe. The General Convention ended just four days ago but…
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You know, it’s a little bit funny, as the family joke has it. David and Ginny should never attempt an “easy home installation” without having a backup plan that doesn’t include having to find obsure little details on home-repair troubleshooting websites. Or needing a time out. Still, we eventually succeeded – at least, David figured it out while I lent immoral support. David attempted to install some double-wide blinds in the bedroom while I was away this morning. I returned to find him stumped, because one bracket was too tight, causing all the other brackets to fail to engage. Thus,…
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Here is a nice, but boring, image of a pretty fountain. It’s not as elaborate as the one at the Bellagio Las Vegas, but it’s in a nice setting. See? Nice, but static. Now, try this on for size: 101 two-liter bottles of Diet Coke. 523 Mentos. It’s a little bit art, it’s a little bit science, it’s a hell of a mess when they’re done. Do not attempt this without safety glasses and lab coats. EepyBird.com – Extreme Diet Coke and Mentos Experiment via AKMA: 2 Degrees of Eepybird
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I may have to crop this photo down a little. The light that day was good for photographing people outdoors – Mom’s hair looked nice in it. She was always particular about her hair – it was a luxuriant auburn halo when she was young. I haven’t seen any photos of her with long hair yet – and I looked at almost everything she had while I was helping my sisters clear out the house a little week before last. This photo was taken at her 90th birthday celebration at my sister Timmy’s house last September. Her cake was inscribed…
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Boing Boing: Flaming Tuba guy David Silverman on NBC Tonight Show 6/23 If you saw something truly bizarre on The Tonight Show the other night, namely a flaming tuba being played by a genial man in a Utilikilt, here’s somethig REALLY good to watch. via BoingBoing
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This story came out while I was off in Utah, dealing with the family crisis (or not dealing, depending on whichever day it was). Since then, I’ve seen a few “mainline” news citations in Bloglines. The Seattle P-I wonders if this will be this year’s version of the infamous Downing Street Memo; a story that was so not “nothing new” that bloggers had to remind journalists to use their own noses and smell a hot lead. Just doing my bit to keep this one alive and smelly, too. Rolling Stone : Was the 2004 Election Stolen? Like many Americans, I…