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Archive for February 3rd, 2009

Obama’s Choices

Posted by obama the antichrist on February 3, 2009

Tom Daschle ~ Nominated for health and human services secretary. This man failed to pay over $130,000 in taxes. He also recieved a limo and a driver from a “friend” and forgot to pay medicare for that limo driver. So any sensible person would realize that Daschle, who is running for as head of medicare, is not the right choice. Thankfully he withdrew. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in And All That Jazz, Politics | 4 Comments »

What’s Our Agenda?

Posted by lawman2 on February 3, 2009

We have recieved hundreds of emails asking us “What is your blogs agenda?”

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Well it is pretty simple…  Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Business, Crime, Entertainment, Health, Just A Caveman, Military, News, Poems, Politics, Religion, Science, Sex, sports, Symbolic History, Uncategorized | 8 Comments »

‘Baby Grace’ Mom Found Guilty of Capital Murder

Posted by tothewire on February 3, 2009

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GALVESTON, Texas —  A mother was convicted Monday of capital murder in the beating death of her 2-year-old daughter during a daylong discipline session in which the toddler was whipped with belts and flung across a room like a rag doll. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Crime, News | 1 Comment »

Olivia Newton-John’s Missing Boyfriend

Posted by tothewire on February 3, 2009

Patrick McDermott and Olivia Newton-John

Patrick McDermott and Olivia Newton-John

Did Olivia Newton-John’s ex-boyfriend stage his own death?

(This report aired on Dateline NBC on Sunday, Jan. 25.)

By Keith Morrison
Correspondent
Dateline NBC

There are some stories that simply won’t go away.  This is one of them.  It’s a potent mix of celebrity as bright as the stars and mystery as deep as the ocean. A mystery that started three years ago and has only deepened with time. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Entertainment, News, Uncategorized | 7 Comments »

GPS for Forest Creatures on the Move

Posted by tothewire on February 3, 2009

03angier-600BARRO COLORADO ISLAND, Panama — We were tramping doggedly through the forest in pursuit of white-faced capuchins, those familiar organ-grinder monkeys with the wild hair, piercing eyes and impatient scowls of little German professors. Capuchins are said to be exceptionally quick-witted, and that morning they might as well have been swinging from their Phi Beta Kappa keys. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in News, Science | 1 Comment »

What Are Your Thoughts On This?

Posted by tothewire on February 3, 2009

A Life Term for Rape at 13: Cruel and Unusual?

Joe Sullivan at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Lake City, Fla., in June 2007.

Joe Sullivan at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Lake City, Fla., in June 2007.

WASHINGTON — In 1989, someone raped a 72-year-old woman in Pensacola, Fla. Joe Sullivan was 13 at the time, and he admitted that he and two older friends had burglarized the woman’s home earlier that day. But he denied that he had returned to commit the rape. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Crime, News, Politics | 3 Comments »

2009 Super Bowl…Commercials!

Posted by lawman2 on February 3, 2009

Gotta Love Youtube!

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Posted in Entertainment, Just A Caveman, sports | 6 Comments »

What ya been smokin, Mike?

Posted by tothewire on February 3, 2009

Michael Phelps’ Image Takes a Hit After Marijuana Photo Surfaces

Michael Phelps took a big hit — and now his wallet could take a big hit, too.

A photo of Phelps smoking marijuana out of a bong at a party in November has brought his endorsement career to a crossroads, marketing experts say. And the megabucks that were flowing in could soon go down the drain unless America’s superstar swimmer, who won a record eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games, changes his ways. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Crime, News, sports | 9 Comments »