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The recent North Korean nuclear test must have changed the approach to Iran considerably — clearly if you are against Iran developing nuclear weapons (which most estimates say won ’ t happen for five years to a decade) you would think that the earlier you strike the better. North Korea shows that if I you can develop nuclear weapon, you should and that there ’ s little that can be done about it — especially if your neighbor/patron is China.
http://americansforbayh.blogspot.com
The study is an update to research completed by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Their first estimates appeared in the Lancet, a British medical journal, in 2004.
http://illdesire39.livejournal.com
"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaineswe would like to know who really believes in gay rights on livejournal. There is no bribe of a miracle or anything like that. If you truly believe in gay rights, then repost this and title the post as "Gay Rights". If you don't believe in gay rights, then just ignore this. Thanks. Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. damn strait... or... not strait. ya, we'll go with that.
http://whirledview.typepad.com/whirledview
The United Nations Security Council has issued a condemnation of North Korea ’ s test. The United States is now pressing for a variety of sanctions against North Korea.
http://www.131j.com/wp
In other Google News. The recently aquired Writely is offically no longer called Writely and has been paired with Google spreadsheets to be called Google Docs & Spreadsheets.
http://www.democrats.com/blog/8223
If Senate Democrats have had to endure a Republican representing Rhode Island, they couldn ’ t have done much better than Lincoln Chafee, who votes with them more often than the likes of Democrats Ben Nelson and Ken Salazar. But it looks like Chafee's time has run out. Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse has been ahead in every major poll but one in the last three months and has a large amount of money to sustain that lead in the stretch run.
http://www.berkeleybubble.org
If you haven ’ t seen it yet, check out this great clip from the Daily Show, where Jon Stewart queries Bill Bennett on his new book “ America, The Last Best Hope, ” and his views on gay marriage. Score: Jon Stewart-3, Bill Bennett 0.
http://rhosymedre47.livejournal.com
The offspring was, to be precise, a girl. A girl, with thick brown hair, and dark brown eyes who, astonishingly, managed to get through her first eleven years without being turned into any other kind of object (animate or otherwise), falling into a cauldron of potion or being taught by enterprising students to swear in front of her parents at an amusingly inappropriate time.
http://xrefer.blogspot.com
Kiran Desai is the winner of the 2006 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for The Inheritance of Loss, published by Hamish Hamilton. The Indian-born writer has a strong family tie with the prize as her mother Anita Desai has been shortlisted three times since 1980 but has never won. This year, however, her daughter, Kiran, has won the acclaimed literary prize [link]
http://nora-fida.livejournal.com
This is what goes on in a guy's mind: 1. Lying to her: It is fine as long as she doesn't find out the truth.2. Cheating on her: It is fine as long as it's done behind her back.3. Being nice to her: So she doesn't suspect anything when he does the first two. Get real. As if she is so oblivious. She knows. She just want to see how long you can act in front of her. Guys = Actorsactors = Hollywoodhollywood = Love that doesn't last longsee Brad Pitt & Jennifer Aniston Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Brad Pitt &? Brad Pitt = Guy = Good Actorequation Proven
http://yanksfansoxfan.typepad.com/ysfs
ESPN has confirmed that New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle was the pilot of the plane that crashed into a 50-story condominium in Manhattan earlier today, killing Lidle and at least three others.
http://annexodus.livejournal.com
fuck you, sendspace rapidshare and megauploadand fuck you, laptop, for losing all my musicand fuck you wireless connection because i can download stuff at home but not in schooland fuck you, random people who have been crossing my path pissing me offand fuck you stupid essays and deadlines and shitdude all i'm asking for is a little music, y'know? music. that's all. good music. mmm a little hendrix or skid row. some loud rock. how i would love some led zeppelin now or bob marley. or ac/dc. or gnr. or pink floyd! yes, pink floyd, i'm in the mood for you.anyway we had a good time yesterday. i love you.i'm in the school library working on the first draft of my kafka-coetzee essay. this system feels like a cage. this place is a prison. burn the motherfucker down burn BURN BURN
http://shoiryu.livejournal.com
Last night at about two am there was a fucking epic battle in the bathroom between me and the biggest cricket I've seen in a long time. It was amazing. Our bathroom isn't all that big, and this thing was the size of my entire thumb. I was armed only with a wad of toilet paper and a bottle of Star Wars Jedi Berry Scented Bubble Bath. Whenever I lunged at the damn cricket, it would jump on me. So... I dumped bubble bath on it so it couldn't move, then I squashed and flushed it.
http://www.returnfalse.com
And while we 're on the subject, yes, Albright gave Lil'Kim a basketball. Donald Rumsfeld, you'll note, just went ahead and sold him fissile material. But thank god he didn't give the Dear Leader a set of golf clubs â € ” otherwise the world would be totally fucked.
http://kristiii.livejournal.com
NEW nightmare before xmas SOUNDTRACK featuring... Marilyn Manson, She Wants Revenge, Panic @ The Disco, Fiona Apple and of course... Danny Elfman... Link to listen: http: // www.hyfntrak.com/nightmare/AFF27232/The NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS in 3D comes out on October 20th (MY BIRTHDAY!!!). Can't frackin'wait!
http://andydarko.livejournal.com
The first trailer for Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantino's GRINDHOUSE has hit the net and it makes me want to spooge geek juice everywhere. This trailer only covers stuff from RR's Planet Terror film, with footage from one of the many'fake trailers'that will bridge the gap between both films, this one is called "Machete" Planet Terror involves an awesome cast, zombies, explosive gore and a girl with a gun for a leg!!! Oh, and Michael fucking Biehn! Machete involves Danny Trejo with big knives, naked women and a chaingun mounted motorcycle. What - is - not - to - love? NOTE: All trailers include over the top violence and some nudity.
http://www.commonprejudice.com
November, 2000 Bush is "elected" (ha ha, a little levity). He declares disdain for the Agreed Framework and openly contradicts his Secretary of State Colin Powell, who had previously stated that the Bush administration will try "to pick up where the Clinton administration had left off" in dealing with North Korea. Bush states, "" We 're not certain as to whether or not they 're keeping all terms of all agreements, "without noting the US had not kept up its end of the bargain nor the basic fact that there was only one agreement - the Agreed Framework.
http://www.rightlinx.com
Madeleine Albright has never looked so good, and the Democrats have never looked so bad. This is the ad by David Zucker you have been hearing about although you will never see it on commercial television.
http://www.exposay.com
It's hard to imagine music artist David Bowie contributing his rock 'n'roll voice for a more serious tone in a popular kids'animated show. The music legend begged producers to let him voice a part for "Spongebob Squarepants" because his six-year-old daughter, Alexandria, is a big fan of the squishy, yellow character under the sea.
http://fanfiction.mugglenet.com
It has been three years since Albus Dumbledore was murdered by Severus Snape in the Astronomy Tower. All but one Horcrux has been destroyed and the end is approaching. But then the unthinkable happens - Ronald and Ginevra Weasley are killed by Lucius Malfoy. Harry Potter kills Lucius in a fit of rage and is thrown into Azkaban as a result. Now Hermione Granger and the remants of the Order of the Phoenix must get him out, destroy the last Horcrux, and kill Lord Voldemort.
http://www.rightlinx.com
Adam Gadahn was featured prominently in an Al Qaeda propaganda video released earlier this summer that extolled American soldiers to switch sides, and for the rest of us to convert to Islam or die. He has been featured in interviews on foreign television networks. He is known among his terrorist buddies as Azzam al-amriki, or “ Azzam the American. ”
http://itsnotabout.us
Well Tara Reid finally got a magazine cover. Even though it is only for Usweekly. Even though it is to talk about her fu # @ ed up plastic surgery. Even though she still looks like crap. Even though she has nothing to really say. Even though her career is over. Even though she is boring.
http://www.kensavage.com
Mel Gibson calls his anti-semitic rant following his arrest for drunk driving in July “ the stupid ramblings of a drunkard. ” In an interview with Diane Sawyer set to air on “ Good Morning America ” on Thursday and Friday, Gibson says that though staying sober is a struggle, he has not had a drink in 65 days.
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp
WASHINGTON -- When the congressional page scandal broke last month, Democrats across the country saw a chance to lambaste Republican leadership - including Democrat Diane Farrell, who has called on House Speaker Dennis Hastert to step down.
http://www.xanga.com/jushaf2fly
I was doing some research on Aaron Sorkin (I didn't even realize he was the West Wing producer) and came up with some facts that were startling, but did not necessarily surprise me.
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com
* In Connecticut, Ned Lamont (D) has narrowed the gap a little against Sen. Joe Lieberman (I), but only a little. A new Hartford Courant/University of Connecticut poll shows the incumbent leading by eight, 48% to 40%. Alan Schlesinger, the official GOP candidate, is a distant third with 4%. At this point, Lieberman enjoys 67% if the Republican vote, on top of 35% of Connecticut Dems.
http://artificial-moon.livejournal.com
For over an hour theres been all these jets flying overhead.. Which is weird, cause we do nt really have an airport.. Robs gone to Caroles with the Tim Horton crew to watch the Tito Ortiz & Ken Shamrock fight on Spike.. Bleh to that. Im having a horrible night. Very pissed off about work related stuff, and Im just still pmsing altogether .... v _ V Now Revenue Canada sent Rob and I each a letter asking us to prove we paid 825 each in rent last year.. FRIG.. I have my receipts thank God.. Now I have to go to Richard Amyottes again.. I think.. God I hate the government some days..
http://www.yankeesbaseballblog.com
Make no mistake: Joe Torre is still squarely in George Steinbrenner's cross hairs. All the proof you need is in the Boss'statement yesterday announcing his manager was staying for the final year of his contract. Torre was as good as fired Sunday and would have been let go this week had it not been for a series of conversations that caused Steinbrenner to reluctantly relent. Two of them were directly related to Lou Piniella, whom Steinbrenner had determined was the only manager he could replace Torre with.
http://www.glamour.com/news/blogs/gossip
Bricks & Stones reports that Johnny Depp & Vanessa Paradis are going to make it official next February, after eight years together and two children to boot.
http://pop.wizbangblog.com
The man who shot and killed John Lennon is denied parole, just one day after what would have been the former Beatle's 66th birthday. Mark David Chapman is serving 20 years to life at Attica state prison for fatally...
http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog
The fascists who stormed the stage and shut down a speech by Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist at Columbia University have set up a petition to support their thuggish actions, describing the near-riot as a “ courageous stand: ” Statement of support for the Columbia University students who protested Jim Gilchrist Petition. (Hat tip: Terp Mole.)
http://inactivist.org
Lapsed Catholic tho I may be -- and not a believer in any personal, interventionist deity -- I welcome, if true, news that Pope Benedict XVI is issuing a universal indult to permit the return of the Latin Tridentine Mass. The vernacular Novus Ordo that was foisted on the Church dating back to Vatican II is an aesthetic abomination, and many former Catholics I know -- not just extreme conservatives among the practicing faithful -- found it intolerable.
http://www.celebrific.com
According to the Bahamian government, Howard K. Stern is the father of Anna Nicole Smith ’ s baby daughter Dannielynn Hope Smith. As Stern was listed as the father of Anna Nicole ’ s baby on her birth certificate, there is no question for the Bahamian authorities on the paternity of the newborn.
http://www.hamline.edu/oracle
As we rapidly approach another election, events have already taken a turn for the weird. First on the radar, of course, is the scandal surrounding disgraced Republican Congressman Mark Foley of Florida. Foley has been sending some rather explicit e-mails and even more explicit instant messages to teenage congressional pages over the last few years. Foley ’ s top aide, Kirk Fordham, recently made a statement claiming that House Speaker Dennis Hastert was notified of concerns about Foley ’ s conduct with pages before 2005.
http://newsbusters.org
Network coverage on ABC, CBS, NBC? In case you hadn't guessed, zero. ABC had a story on a Columbia, Missouri woman donating breast milk to South African orphans. CBS had a story on celiac disease (poor tolerance of glutens) with a Columbia University expert. NBC reported Columbia University professor Edmund Phelps won the Nobel Prize for economics. But nothing on this free speech-trampling event just a few miles from their New York studios. On October 5, the one CNN story was narrated with commentary by Lou Dobbs on his program:
http://stargazer51703.livejournal.com
Condoleezza Rice said the United States would not attack North Korea, rejecting a suggestion that Pyongyang may feel it needs nuclear weapons to stave off an
http://www.zimbio.com/portal/anna+politkovskaya/blog
Jeff Morley writes that the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya is seen by many not just as a political assassination, but as an indictment of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the European governments that have embraced him. Read more.
http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish
The latest creepy twist to the Foley saga: A source with firsthand knowledge of events says that this coming Thursday, Kirk Fordham — former chief of staff to both Foley and more recently Rep. Tom Reynolds, R-N. Y. — will testify that...
http://the-senjou.livejournal.com
I am feeling very much like Georgiana Reed at the moment. Cue bitch-slap from Eliza: Take one day; share it into sections; to each section apportion its task: leave no stray unemployed quarters of an hour, ten minutes, five minutes, include all; do each piece of business in its turn with method, with rigid regularity. The day will close almost before you are aware it has begun; and you are indebted to no one for helping you get rid of one vacant moment: you have had to seek no one's company, conversation, sympathy, forbearance: you have lived, in short, as an independent being outght to do. chap 21, Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
http://www.democrats.com/blog/8223
Katherine Harris claims she's quietly sneaking up on Bill Nelson in Florida and will shock the world on election day. Yeah, that's the ticket. And I will soon shock all of my buddies by announcing a hot fling I'm having with Scarlett Johansson.
http://www.personaldemocracy.com
On the front page of the site -- reserved for the Fellows -- there has already been a lively conversation about the George Allen/Jim Webb debate in Virginia and the Conrad Burns/Jon Tester debate in Montana, among others. However, thus far there has been very little action in the diaries. These need to be much more active if the site is to work according to its founders'plans. I have no doubt that it will if it gains a larger group of participants and encourages them to post freely.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog
So, syndicated sex columnist Dan Savage definitely has a potty mouth. After all, it was his no-holds-barred column that spawned the infamous sex term named after Sen. Rick Santorum.
http://www.mackavenuetigers.com
The Tigers got on Barry Zito early for five runs and knocked him out in the fourth inning. Nate Robertson pitched five innings of shutout baseball. They weren ’ t the most uneventful of innings, but the runs column still read 0 when Fernando Rodney came into the game. The A ’ s scored before the night was over, but Detroit won, 5-1.
http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin
NEW YORK (CNN) -- An aircraft has crashed into the middle of a brick luxury high-rise residential building on Manhattan's Upper East Side at 72nd Street and York Avenue, police officials said.
http://jenniferaniston.redcarpetweekly.com
Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston are a couple no more, according to reports in Us Magazine. “ It ’ s not common knowledge, ” the magazine quotes Vaughn telling a source, “ but we ’ re not together anymore. We ’ ve split up. ”
http://von-kampen.livejournal.com
I've 1 day to the first Bernstein concert, and 3 days to the second, and last concert. I can not wait.10/14/2006 after all the production loading out is done, I'm going to NEC for druken 4-square and other ridiculous things I can do for celebration.10/15/2006 I want to sleep in and then get pancakes or bacon, or both. (Though I have to got to a Benharmonic rehearsal that night, * sigh *) "The Prestige", a movie with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, what more could I ask for? I'm out of chocolate pudding and suffering for it. Must go get pudding .... or butter pecan icecream .....
http://davesleepswcats.livejournal.com
Interesting concept Larry King has tonight. Lou Dobbs is promoting his new book. Lou leans to the right more often than not, but I respect him for not being an idealogue and for his civility is dealing with opposing views. He just debated Bill Richardson on illegal immigration, and now he's debating Robert Reich on onsourcing. I have nothing to say regarding these issues; I'm just impressed by the level of discourse I'm seeing on a cable news program. Unfortunately, tomorrow night, Larry is going to have four radio talk show hosts from different sides of the spectrum, and it promises to be an incoherent shoutfest. Oh, well.
http://www.mackavenuetigers.com
I have nothing against Neifi Perez personally. But why in the world is he batting second and Alexis Gomez is Dhing? Does Jim Leyland not realize this game counts? Beck says it ’ s for the lefty-righty matchup. But Thames hit right-handers fine. Why are we rehashing problems from last month? * sigh * BLECH!
http://www.uncsense.com/root
Tonight, fer instance, at the Shoreline Amphitheater, it's Roger Waters. He's only one of the two principle members of my favorite band of all time, Pink Floyd. Show starts in a bit more than an hour; but here I sit, effin'blogging and completely SOL. Eff. And KFOX is intent on making me feel bad by playing Floyd all throughout the day. And tonight? Tonight, from 10pm to 12, it's nothing but. And at midnight? Dark Side of the Moon. The whole album. Just rub it in, why dontcha?
http://www.deadspin.com
• Detroit Tiger Weblog. So far the extent of Sean Casey's injury still isn't known and won't be until (1.) he wakes up, and (2.) he gets some diagnostics (i.e. MRI). What we do know is that my fears have come to fruition and Neifi Perez will be getting the nod at shortstop with Carlos Guillen going to first. This is my problem with Perez. It isn't that he's bad to have as a 25th guy, it's that Jim Leyland uses him as a 10th guy. I know that we 're not supposed to criticize Leyland, but the decision to carry Infante/Perez/Santiago was a poor one.
http://socialitelife.com
And the drama between Paris Hilton, Shanna Moakler and Travis Barker continues to unravel for the all the world to see. Goody! The latest development is a restraining order Paris has filed against Barker's soon-to-be-ex-wife, Shanna Moakler, who Paris claims punched her in the jaw about a week ago. Trusty ol'Star Magazine has the dirt:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/editors-pick
Democrat Amy Klobuchar is kicking Republican Mark Kennedy's butt all over Minnesota and, by contrast, the Talent-mccaskill race in Missouri, remains tighter than Ken Mehlman's closet door.
http://entropicrenee.livejournal.com
Morbid? Sure, but it worked for Shakespeare. Romeo & Juliet may have been a better choice for plot-line theft than Persuasion. Think about it. Not only does Keanu Reeves character end up dead at the end of the movie (200 points for the writer!), but Sandra Bullock's character becomes so overwhelmed with grief that she can no longer stand living without time-travel boy. But, it's not as tragic because they 're not both 15 with families that hate each other - and it still upholds that'happily ever after'idea that love can be so strong and overpowering... ugh, I can't even write that crap.
http://www.gothamist.com
If the Mets win, the games will look like the ones against the Dodgers -- a talented offense working over an overmatched staff and undermanned bullpen. Before Mets fans punch their tickets, however, they should remember this: the Cardinals have the best pitcher (Chris Carpenter) and hitter (Albert Pujols) in the series. Carpenter could win the Cy Young Award for the second straight year, and Pujols should win his second consecutive most valuable player award. The Mets would love to avoid heading to St. Louis tied, 1-1, with Carpenter starting Game 3. And they should dread the thought of playing a Game 7 with Carpenter ready again -- against Steve Trachsel.
http://www.tvgasm.com
Meanwhile, Coach Propst spent his lonely Thanksgiving driving sixty-five miles to the small town of Ohatchee, Alabama -- his hometown. Just when I was about to make fun of him and the Confederate flag flapping in the Ohatchee breeze, we then saw Propst standing over his parents'graves. Okay, this was kind of somber and sad. It made me realize what a lonely existence he must have. Not a lot of family, no wife, no apparent friends. Just two tombstones on Thanksgiving.
http://striketwo.net/player/barry_zito
1) Yesterday ’ s score – Tigers 5, A ’ s 1 (Tigers lead the series, 1-0) 2) Today ’ s schedule – Tigers (Justin Verlander) at A ’ s (Esteban Loaiza), 8: 19 Cardinals (Jeff Weaver) at Mets (Tom Glavine), 8: 19...
http://purkledragon.livejournal.com
I love Boston Legal; it's crack, it's hysterical, I fucking love James Spader and William Shatner -- that being said... Someone help me !!!!! I have the worst possible image of a threesome in my head right now and it won't go away. * screams *
http://noted.blogs.com/westcoastmusic
ALMO presents "UNLOCKED", his first SOUL album. The french artist, who has lived and studied in the U.S. and whose musical influences include Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Marvin Gaye, Cat Stevens has developped his own sound; strong and loving soul R&B with mesmerizing vocals sung in impeccably natural american-english. These generous, limpid and personal songs are the result of ALMO's collaboration with his lyricist Andrew Crocker (USA), and feature ALMO's warm voice in very sensuous grooves and atmospheres. The artistically talented musicians in ALMO's band come from Jazz, World and Pop-rock backgrounds, thoroughly enjoy together and offer their concert audiences and individual listeners very sensitive music that's full of life.
http://www.pissedonpolitics.com
Go ahead, turn on fox news, Rush Limbaugh, or Sean Hannity. They are all saying that this North Korea fiasco is Clinton ’ s fault and that if you want to be safe then you better vote Republican.
http://plantingseeds.wordpress.com
A great look at the life and writings of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement in America. It is imspiring to read his words on faith, equality, oppression, and hope.
http://stricklersports.blogspot.com
Great gift items for the holidays! Authentic autographed 8x10 photos... Johnny Depp, Kristin Kreuk, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Motley Crue, Pearl Jam, Metallica, Dave Matthews, Barbra Streisand, Megan Mullally, Christina Ricci, Demi Moore, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Mick Jagger, Al Pacino, The Three Stooges, Gwen Stefani, Stephan Tyler, Jon Bon Jovi, Natalie Portman, Kate Beckinsdale, Julia Roberts, Paul Mccartney, Madonna, "Seinfield" Cast, "Friends" Cast, Robert Deniro, etc. FREE domestic shipping! International orders welcomed! Click to see our newest available authentic autographs!
http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics
"I know the speaker didn't go over a bridge and leave a young person in the water, and then have a press conference the next day. Dennis Hastert didn't kill anybody." Republican Congressman Chris Shays, noting that his opponent, who...
http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/silence
I've watched the first two U.S. Senate debates between Harold Ford Jr. and Bob Corker, and Ford is clearly defining himself as a leader, and of all things, the trusted father figure between the two of them.
http://www.movingideas.org/blog
Representative Patrick Mchenry (R-NC), Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich are among many Republicans accusing Democrats, including DCCC Chair Representative Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), of strategically orchestrating the release of Representative Mark Foley ’ s sexually explicit instant messages to young male pages. They want us to believe that they released the information for political purposes, in the last month before the November elections. Apparently, they don ’ t want us to think that Speaker Hastert ’ s office had not released the information, which he allegedly has held for as many as 5 years, for political reasons.
http://freyapax.livejournal.com
GEMINI (May 21-june 20): Growing up in Montreal, musician Rufus Wainwright was steeped in the mystique of that city's legendary songwriter Leonard Cohen. As a young adult, Wainwright finally got to meet Cohen. The great man's daughter brought him to her family's home. To Wainwright's surprise, Cohen was in his underwear in the kitchen cooking up tiny sausages, which he was chewing, regurgitating, and feeding to a weak baby bird he had found and was trying to revive. I predict that you'll soon have a comparable experience, Gemini: A revered source of magic and myth will confound your fantasies in a poignant and delightful way. You may even cry with amazement and laugh with mournful bliss. (Thanks to the film * I'm Your Man * for Wainwright's story.)
http://cut-to-the-chase.blogspot.com
OK, you know things are getting wild and woolly and that the lunatics indeed are running the asylum when I quote both Andrew Sullivan and not quite-so-out-of-the-closet-but-nonetheless-quite gay Tucker Carlson, and all wrapped around a Chris Matthews program!
http://www.passtimes.org/search-names
Hendry hopes to name manager by end of October — Times - Phase II of the managerial search begins next week, with the interviews. The three top names on the list were confirmed by sources Friday as former Florida Marlins manager Joe Girardi, veteran manager and current Fox analyst Lou Piniella and Cubs search names.
http://scottokc.livejournal.com
First, a couple of questions. What happened with the time on Live Journal? The date and time showing on my end is five hours later than the actual time. Also, if Jack White and Jack Black are in the same room, do they cancel each other out? I watched a rerun of "The Andy Griffith Show" the other night. I don't normally watch it, but it was about the only thing on. Aunt Bee was a juror in a burglary case. She thought that the defendant was innocent because he looked like a nice man. Later, they showed the defendant and it was - Jack Nicholson?!? I thought it was funny that Aunt Bee thought that Jack Nicholson looked like a nice man. Andy figured out who the real burglar was, of course. Maybe the real burglar will use Matlock as his lawyer.
http://corner.nationalreview.com
Of course, there are big problems in Iraq, Iran and North Korea. And quite frankly, I ’ m really not 100 percent certain exactly what American foreign policy is in those areas. What I do know is that the economy is still the greatest story never told. And Mr. Bush is correctly urging Republicans to tell the story.
http://freyapax.livejournal.com
ARIES (March 21-april 19): According to the * Midwest Book Review, * David Foster Wallace's 1,088 - page book * Infinite Jest * is "perhaps the most innovative novel in the English language since James Joyce's * Ulysses." * The * Review of Contemporary Fiction * calls * Infinite Jest * a vast comic epic, adding that it's "so brilliant you need sunglasses to read it." On the other hand, critic Dan Schneider (Cosmoetica.com) believes * Infinite Jest * "might be the worst novel ever written." I expect that there will be a similar diversity of opinion about you and your efforts in the coming week, Aries. My advice? Igno re everyone's assessment but your own and that of the person who knows you best.
http://www.mensbigandtallretailstores.bigandtall-clothes.com
In a city synonymous with gray, rainy days, Bonnie K. Crawford, asid, of Bonnie Crawford Design Group, has created a master bath that looks like it ’ s straight out of the sun-drenched hills of Hollywood.
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In the ad, Zucker, producer of SCARY MOVIE 4, recreates former Clinton Secretary of State Madeleine Albright ’ s 2000 visit to North Korea. During the visit, Secretary Albright presented North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il with a basketball autographed by former NBA superstar Michael Jordan.

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