Youthful Art, Aboriginal History Created half a century ago by a boy in an Australian internment camp, it is part of a trove of 113 artworks that emerged recently from a dusty Colgate University storage space. A bit of writing by the young artist, Parnell Dempster, survives as well. “Now I am 14 years old,”…
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U.S. Marine opens fire outside Mass. nightclub
(Personally, I think he showed incredible restraint. If a bottle comes through my window, watch what happens….Semper Fidelis…cd) BOSTON (Reuters) – A decorated U.S. Marine, who had been treated for post-war stress since serving in Iraq, opened fire outside a Massachusetts nightclub, wounding two people, Boston media reported on Monday. Daniel B. Cotnoir will be…
SPACE.com — SpaceX Private Rocket Shifts to Island Launch
LOGAN, Utah—Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) of El Segundo, California is putting in place private rocket facilities at a Kwajalein Atoll launch area in the western Pacific Ocean. Yet the going has been tough for the private start-up, bankrolled by Elon Musk, chairman and chief executive officer of SpaceX. SPACE.com — SpaceX Private Rocket Shifts…
China to Build Offshore Wind Power Complex – Yahoo! News
(Go China!!!!!…cd) China to Build Offshore Wind Power Complex – Yahoo! News SHANGHAI, China – China plans to construct its first offshore wind power complex next year in hopes of easing chronic electricity shortages, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday. ADVERTISEMENT The complex, to be built in the Bohai Sea off the northern province…
Hawaii Reporter: Hawaii Reporter
(Personally, I think everyone that claims Hawaiian descent should be given a free parking pass…that would solve all of these problems…cd) Hawaii Reporter: Hawaii Reporter Aloha, Apartheid A Court Strikes Down a Race-based Policy in Hawaii, While Congress Considers Enshrining One By John Fund, 8/10/2005 8:42:44 PM For the seven million people who vacation in…
New White House Head Chef…
(The Bushes sure don’t seem to like to hire white people as their servants….cd) CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) – U.S. First Lady Laura Bush, on a quest for the last six months to give White House menus a lighter, more American flair, has hired Philippine-born Cristeta Comerford as the mansion’s new head chef, the first woman…
The Yahoo Shaka
I can’t believe I open up my email and have a yahoo shaka smiley coming at me…hasn’t Army command heard of this..lol…cd
The Wisdom of Kim Jong Il
(Okay, even scarier than being a lunatic is seiing Kim as a genius….cd) Kim Jong-il practicing the ‘Art of War’ A nervous world sighed with relief when the North Korean denuclearization talks resumed on July 26 after a 13-month deadlock, but now the talks are in recess after 13 days’ fruitless negotiations. In a moment…
Expedition casts wide Net for Bigfoot
(I’m guessing that bigfoot is hanging out next to the 400 foot waterfall at Whiskeytown….cd) By ALEX BREITLER Scripps-McClatchy Western Service August 13, 2005 Saturday HAPPY CAMP, Calif. – Tom Biscardi is on the hunt for Bigfoot, and you’re invited to join him. For a fee, that is. The controversial Sasquatch sleuth has embarked on…
I was an Oompa Loompa….uh…not really
(Imagine how embarrassed you would be if that guy was your hairdresser and you had been telling everyone that you got your hair done by an oompa loompa and then they saw it wasn’t true?….cd) Actor admits Chocolate Factory fraud after losing stomach for lie LAURA ROBERTS A 4FT-TALL former actor who courted celebrity over…