The Associated Press. Because accuracy is always Job One on those really important news stories:
In a Nov. 13 story, The Associated Press incorrectly reported that Paris Hilton was praised by conservationists for highlighting the problem of binge-drinking elephants in northeastern India.
Lest you become mildly bored the next time you and your Fruit of the Loom boxer briefs should find yourselves alone on a stretch of deserted beach...
An Australian man took off his underpants to blindfold a 5ft crocodile he found on a popular beach. Jimmy Howard wanted to calm down the saltwater crocodile and says his red pants were all he had to hand.
The male of the species is endlessly inventive, a fact for which we women remain ever so thankful.
Oh! those naughty seniors! Somehow I think this falls under the heading of TMI:
Nursing home infidelity bittersweet but common
On the other hand, in the context of Alzheimers, this story may have breathed a disturbing new life into the excuse "She didn't mean a thing to me, sweetie".
Up here in the 'hood, ma peeps be wicked jammin'.... Word.
No wonder American prisons are overcrowded.
Schadenfreude alert. I suppose it would be bitchy to snicker?
Consumer advocate and three-time presidential candidate Ralph Nader sued the Democratic Party on Tuesday for conspiring to prevent him from running for president in 2004. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Nader, his vice presidential running mate Peter Miguel Camejo and a group of voters from several states. It names as co-defendants the Kerry-Edwards campaign, the Service Employees International Union, private law firms, and organizations like the Ballot Project and America Coming Together that were created to promote voter turnout on behalf of the Democratic ticket. According to the lawsuit the defendants used “groundless and abusive litigation” to bankrupt Ralph Nader’s campaign and force him off the ballot in 18 states.
We are joined in the firehouse studio here in New York by public interest attorney Carl Mayer, whom the New York Times has described as "a populist crusader and maverick lawyer." We tried reaching the Democratic National Committee and some of the other defendants to invite them to the show but received no response.
Think your office is small? Think again.
Looks like the compassion for Conservatives movement I noted the other day is gaining ground. Perhaps a truly progressive cure can finally be found for this horrible affliction...
A mandatory University of Delaware program requires residence hall students to acknowledge that "all whites are racist" and offers them "treatment" for any incorrect attitudes regarding class, gender, religion, culture or sexuality they might hold upon entering the school.
Then again, perhaps the pathology runs too deep. Let's face it -- despite the reality-based community's well-known respect for diversity and tolerance (which includes their avowed commitment to eschew discriminatory, perjorative, or demeaning labels) we all know the wingnuts are sick, sick people with deeply entrenched psychosexual issues:
"A RACIST: A racist is one who is both privileged and socialized on the basis of race by a white supremacist (racist) system. The term applies to all white people (i.e., people of European descent) living in the United States, regardless of class, gender, religion, culture or sexuality."
And: "By this definition, people of color cannot be racists, because as peoples within the U.S. system, they do not have the power to back up their prejudices, hostilities, or acts of discrimination."
Might as well face facts.
Nothin' says lovin' like a rocket from the oven. Happy holidays, y'all.
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