This study doesn’t come as a big surprise except that the dumbest state wasn’t Texas, after all, they are the first state to have elected GW Bush. cd Hawaii is the ninth “dumbest” state according to a study released by the research company Morgan Quitno Press based in Kansas.Measurements such as teacher salaries, money spent…
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Poking Holes in a Picasso….
I like it. Let’s all poke holes in the sacred cows of the art world, the political world, and the rest of it. A reader sent me a nasty message this morning saying that no one cares about my causes and I should give it up…I’ve got news for you all….I don’t care about my…
Gay congressman's spouse denied benefits
BOSTON – Former Rep. Gerry Studds, the first openly gay member of Congress, was married to another man in Massachusetts at the time of his death, but the federal government will not pay death benefits to his spouse. Studds married Dean Hara in 2004 after gay marriage was legalized in Massachusetts. But Hara will not…
Human species 'may split in two'
BBC News, Oct. 17, 2006 Humanity may split into two sub-species in 100,000 years’ time, as predicted by H.G. Wells, says evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry of the London School of Economics. He expects a genetic upper class would be tall, slim, healthy, attractive, intelligent, and creative and a far cry from the “underclass” humans, who…
Funny Morph of the Bushplug into Tom Cruise Plug…
Our Bushplug is everywhere these days (not just you know where) For the real Bushplug, just click on Bushplug on this page or type in www.bushplug.com We love this kind of shit! Let us know who else you would like to see up your ass! cd HOLLYWOOD – Tom Cruise has filed a $50-million lawsuit…
Drunk Norwegian breaks into prison
OSLO, Norway – In a different kind of jail break, a very drunk young man surprised prison guards by breaking into their northern Norway jail. “You might say we were a bit perturbed to find this person on our turf,” prison warden Geir Broen said on the state radio network NRK on Monday. Broen said…
U.S. Nuclear Envoy on North Korea 'Not Very Helpful'
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea said Tuesday it considered U.N. sanctions aimed at punishing the country for its nuclear test “a declaration of war,” as Japan and South Korea reported the communist nation might be preparing a second explosion. The North broke two days of silence about the U.N. resolution adopted after its Oct….
Reuters AlertNet – Iraq and Afghanistan: Optimism gone too far
Many would agree that a healthy dose of optimism is desirable even in the most dire situations. But U.S. Republicans may have gone a step further: They have set aside $20 million for a “commemoration of success” in Iraq and Afghanistan, of all places, Britain’s Independent reports.They are so confident of success in the two…
MysticalBall.com – The Amazing Mind Reader
Just in time for Halloween….. MysticalBall.com – The Amazing Mind Reader
Birds do it…bees do it….
OSLO (Reuters) – The birds and the bees may be gay, according to the world’s first museum exhibition about homosexuality among animals. With documentation of gay or lesbian behaviour among giraffes, penguins, parrots, beetles, whales and dozens of other creatures, the Oslo Natural History Museum concludes human homosexuality cannot be viewed as “unnatural”. “We may…