Any chance the next debate moderator will have the candidates do an Al Green sing off?
It worked! I cleverly convinced my date for us to pretend we were married for the night. She agreed and we immediately started arguing and she made me sleep in the garage.
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CHICKS WITH GUNS
Lindsay McCrum
Chicks with Guns reveals much more than women with firearms.
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'Bubble Wrap Dress'
Callie Duty, Grade 11,
Klein High School
Artwork from the Scholastic Gold Key Art Award Exhibition currently ON VIEW at Art League Houston
Bubble wrap dress ships easily.
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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – In what some critics are calling the most radial tactic ever employed in a State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama risked alienating congressional Republicans last night by repeatedly using facts.
Mr. Obama stirred controversy throughout the speech with his relentless references to facts, data, and things that have actually happened, all long considered the third rail of American politics.
As the President made reference to tax rates and unemployment numbers, as well as sixteen separate mentions of Osama bin Laden, congressional Republicans’ blood began to boil.
After the speech, a furious Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters, “It’s been a longstanding tradition in our politics not to use facts in a State of the Union Address, a tradition the President chose to ignore in an outrageous way tonight. I won’t stand for it and the American people won’t stand for it.”
Mr. Obama stirred controversy throughout the speech with his relentless references to facts, data, and things that have actually happened, all long considered the third rail of American politics.
As the President made reference to tax rates and unemployment numbers, as well as sixteen separate mentions of Osama bin Laden, congressional Republicans’ blood began to boil.
After the speech, a furious Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters, “It’s been a longstanding tradition in our politics not to use facts in a State of the Union Address, a tradition the President chose to ignore in an outrageous way tonight. I won’t stand for it and the American people won’t stand for it.”
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Mitt Romney’s Taxes Aren’t ‘Complicated’ To His Tax Lawyers
If you are a wealthy American who pays the top regular income tax rate of 35%, you have terrible, awful lawyers. Mitt Romney does not have terrible lawyers. The news of the day is that GOP frontrunner Romney released the previous two years of his tax returns. Romney’s 2010 adjusted gross income was $21,661,344. His estimated AGI for 2011 is $20,901,075. But Romney is trying to spin his tax returns as an example of how “complicated” that tax code is….
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Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:41 PM PST
Reports come from TMZ tonight that Demi Moore was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital for substance abuse. She’s likely on her way to rehab. Usually I don’t report on this sort of private matter. But I like Demi a lot. However, when I saw her last week in Los Angeles at a party, we had a long talk. Her appearance and demeanor worried me. She was painfully thin, and wobbly. She had trouble staying focused. No one likes to write about this stuff, or to confront the people in question. I certainly don’t. But I’m relieved to hear that she’s in good hands now. Recently, Demi told an interviewer–I’m paraphrasing–that she didn’t think she could be loved. Imagine that, a woman admired by so many strangers, and yet terribly alone. She told me that night she was looking to make an action adventure movie. I was shocked. She looked like a twig that might break in half. The fact is, Demi Moore — despite her antics with Ashton Kutcher, etc in the tabloids- can be a damn fine actress. [...]
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Oldest Federal Judge Dies
January 25, 2012
January 25, 2012
Senior U.S. District Judge Wesley Brown
Senior U.S. District Judge Wesley Brown, who regularly presided over cases well past his 104th birthday, died on January 23, 2012.
Brown turned 104 last June 22, tying an age record for the federal bench – set in 1977 by Judge Joseph Woodrough of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Brown was appointed to the U.S. District Court in Wichita, Kansas, by President John F. Kennedy in 1962. He assumed senior status in 1979, but continued his judicial duties for the next 32 years.
U.S. District Judge Monti Belot, who served as a Brown law clerk years before joining him on the bench, said Brown's weaker health had kept him from working within the past month.
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- Kennedy Nominees Serve 50 Years on Bench
- Video: 2006 interview with Judge Wesley Brown
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 Woman bit by pit bull awarded $53KA jury awarded $53,000 to a woman who claimed that she has nightmares as a result of a pit bull attack. In 2008, Maryam Babaie, then 24, was bitten by the dog right after she exited her home. Babaie was bitten on her left knee and fell to the ground, causing her to sustain a knee laceration and contusions to her buttocks. She claimed that the attack caused her to experience post-traumatic stress disorder, resulting in nightmares and a phobia of dogs. She underwent psychological counseling. Babaie v. Fong Animals - Harris County  | |
Jury awards woman who fell down stepsA jury awarded $268,000 to a woman who fell down steps outside her apartment as she had her dog on a leash. In 2007, Penny Herring, then 49, fractured her humerus that resulted in shoulder surgery. Herring sued the owners and manager for premises liability, alleging that, ever since the stairs had been repaired in March 2007, a piece of metal protruded from the steel frame in which the concrete steps sit. Herring said she tripped over the piece of metal. The jury found the owner 45 percent negligent, the management company 45 percent negligent and Herring 10 percent negligent. Herring v. Sierra Vista Apartments Premises Liability - Harris County |
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LEGAL ETHICS
Judge Accused of Keeping Money Raised for Courthouse Ten Commandments Display
Jan 25, 2012, 08:22 am CSTCRIMINAL JUSTICE
Lawyer Helps Blow the Whistle on Alleged Cruise Ship Scammers
Jan 25, 2012, 07:36 am CSTCELEBRITIES
Garth Brooks Awarded $1M in Suit Claiming Hospital Broke Donation Deal to Honor His Mom
Jan 25, 2012, 06:32 am CSTCIVIL PROCEDURE
Federal Judge's Footnote Hits Employment Lawyer for TMI in Legal Briefs
Jan 25, 2012, 05:30 am CSTTRIALS & LITIGATION
Judge Orders Jury Duty Slacker to Carry Sign in Front of Courthouse
Jan 24, 2012, 04:51 pm CST
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Italian Cruise ship captain Francesco Schettino began his new job as a bus driver yesterday.....
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Ding-Dong Ditch: Former Bronx Prosecutor Arrested After Firing Gun In Anger Over Teen Ringing Her Bell
Published 1, January 25, 2012 Criminal law , Society 24 Comments
Former Bronx prosecutor Bernadette Greenwald, 37, has been criminally charged after she pulled a gun on a teen and fired a shot in anger over teenagers ringing her door bell in the “ding-dong ditch” game. Police say that Greenwald fired her pink 9mm handgun to show the teen she had (in her words) “balls.” Greenwald practices under her maiden name, Bernadette Nicchia.---------------------------------------------------------
Pelosi: Gingrich Unelectable Because “There Is Something I Know.”
Published 1, January 25, 2012 Bizarre , Congress , Politics , Society 58 Comments
I previously criticized Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for suggesting that she has dirt on Newt Gingrich but would disclose it later. She has returned to that ignoble theme in an interview with CNN, saying that Gingrich will not be elected because “There is something I know.” I have been a vocal critic of Gingrich on this blog, but once again I view this low-grade form of politicking to be grossly unfair to Gingrich and a further degrading of our political system. If you want to attack Gingrich, then do it. Do not constantly suggest that you have severed heads in a duffel bag or some other evidence against the man.
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