May 22, 2008 -
Remember the crazy story about Elisabeth Fritzl being locked in a basement and held prisoner by her dad who fathered 6 of her children and kept them locked up as well? They were held captive for 24 years, but Arnold Schwarzenegger now wants to get them out and seeing the world.
He plans to offer Elisabeth and her kids an all expenses paid vacation to California.
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Oct 19, 2009 -
A gown fit for a leading lady. Ultra-glamorous matte jersey gown features a plunging neckline that is beautifully accented by an Austrian crystal closure. A dramatic open back is created by an innovative strap design.
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Oct 15, 2009 -
by Troy Senik
http://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/who-killed-california
My apologies for having nothing originally in this post. The text was here but didn't show up.
Apparently this article is too long to be printed here, at about 11 pages. It is nevertheless worth reading, unless, as someone has already done, you have made your mind up what to believe before reading.
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Aug 03, 2009 -
Cash For Clunkers is an economically unsound program that will only make the American economic situation worse. It transfers wealth from one group of people to another while simultaneously destroying real wealth and misallocating scarce capital away from its best use.
To understand why this is, you need only understand the Broken Window Fallacy.
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Jun 16, 2009 -
Source: www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/06/16/2009-06-16_jennifer_aniston_heidi_klum_or_bruno_who_is_the_hottest_nude_gq_model.html#ixzz0IdF2PEhG&D
by Cristina Everett
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Talk about baring it all!
Sacha Baron Cohen’s gay Austrian alter-ego, Bruno, is the latest famous face to strip down for the cover of GQ magazine.
The fictional fashion journalist takes a barely-there cue from past cover models Jennifer Aniston and Heidi Klum.
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Jun 11, 2009 -
Sad and freaky, but apparently it was her time.
After narrow escape, fate catches up with Italian traveler.
A woman who dodged death when she and her husband narrowly missed Air France Flight 447 before it plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 aboard, was killed in a car accident just over a week later.
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Jun 04, 2009 -
Supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio and Sacha Baron Cohen’s alter ego Bruno (an Austrian fashion journalist) are styled based on the famous 80’s Versace ad campaign and take the July 2009 cover of UK’s Marie Claire, out in the UK now.
In the issue, Bruno shares his A-Z’s of fashion. Here’s one of the funniest ones: “O is for… ORLANDO BLOOM.
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Mar 02, 2009 -
The Associated Press
updated 1:38 p.m. CT, Mon., March. 2, 2009
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI on Monday formally rescinded the promotion of an ultraconservative priest who came under fire for suggesting that God punished New Orleans with Hurricane Katrina.
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May 06, 2009 -
Legalize marijuana? Schwarzenegger says let’s debate it
By Jimmy Orr | 05.06.09
Source
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (not actual size) on Tuesday said it was time for a discussion on the idea of legalizing and taxing marijuana. Although he said he doesn't support it now, he welcomed a debate on the issue.
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May 04, 2009 -
Our Genius President: 'Happy Cuatro de Cinco!'
Posted by Mary Katharine Ham Weekly Standard blog
I like to note these little incidents when they happen, not because I think it makes Obama an idiot because he occasionally stumbles over his words, but because his somewhat overblown reputation as the most cerebral, eloquent, utterly erudite president of all time could really use a pricking every now and then.
Also, because if Bush had made such a blunder, it would have been the basis of a four-part MSNBC investigative series on the malapropism's deleterious effects on the Republican Party's attempts to woo Hispanic voters, Mexican-American relations, and our "place in the world."
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