While doing some remodeling on a previously unused building at work, we heard some squeaking from overhead. Opening up a ceiling tile, I reached in, expecting to pull out a baby rat. Instead, what I grabbed was a baby squirrel.

I was really amazed that everyone was scared of it. This little guy looked to be [...]

The U.S. “should place a moratorium on capital sentences, bearing in mind the desirability of abolishing death penalty,” the U.N. Human Rights Committee said in a 12-page release of findings on U.S. compliance with a 40-year-old treaty guaranteeing everyone civil and political rights.
FOXNews.com - U.N.: U.S. Uses Death Penalty More on Minorities
The UN is more [...]

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(filed under “raise the roof”)
Although it’s been rumored for a few years, the announcement came recently that Marvel would finally be making an Iron Man movie, set for a Spring 2008 release. Directing will be Jon Favreau (Daredevil, Zathura). The role of Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, has not been cast, but my early favorites [...]

The FairTax was on the ballot of three Georgia county primaries. All three were in favor by 85%! (not sure how that works on a local ballot, as the FairTax is a national initiative) Should be an eye-opener for politicians looking for votes though.

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Strength. Character. Perseverance.
I was checking the stats of another site I maintain and one of the visitors from a search engine had an Israeli IP address. With bombs whizzing overhead (possibly literally) and the threat of annililation ever a part of the conscious being, what was this person searching the Internet for? The protein content [...]

Chicago Tribune Personal injury lawyers today filed the first lawsuits stemming from the CTA Blue Line subway fire and said their clients’ damages may be greater than normal due to initial fears that the accident was a terrorist attack.
Frigging lawyers. Trying to increase their contingency fees by introducing something that the defendants had nothing [...]

I was surprized to see this headline on Fox News along with many other news sites:

Okay, here’s the quote: See the irony is what they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit and it’s over. How is that cursing Hezbollah? If he called them shit (more appropriate), I [...]

Heh. The Gulf Breeze (Fl) Cinema, via the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, is giving away 105 tickets to the Al Goregasim flick - An Inconvenient Truth. Guess the spin is petering out.

The European Union on Thursday criticized Israel for using “disproportionate” force in its attacks on Lebanon following the cross-border raid by Hezbollah guerillas who captured two Israeli soldiers.
News Flash for the EU: The goal of any war is to disproportionately overwhelm the opposing force. What do you expect them to do - play checkers?

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