Spoon Bending

Houck unveils a milk crate filled with more than 1,000 sacrificial spoons and forks that participants will pick through and attempt to bend. The distorted utensils on the table are remnants from previous parties.

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Bush delivers a turkey

The May 1 campaign appearance produced the Flight-jacket George doll, and perhaps the Thanksgiving photo op will give us Army-jacketed George delivering a plate of turkey. The turkey can symbolize his Iraq policy.


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Woman crushed in rush at DVD sale

For me this story sums up what North America has become. It is truly sickening, where has our humanity gone?

Bush and the Nazis: New Documents

In October, Buchanan began publishing a series of articles documenting the Bush dynasty patriarch's business deals with Nazi-era businesses.read more here

Melting glaciers may make billions thirsty

The world's glaciers could melt within a century if global warming accelerates, leaving billions of people short of water and some islanders without a home, environmentalists said.
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European defence 'deal' reached

Britain, France and Germany have reached an informal agreement on a joint defence arrangement for Europe. read more here

You Have the Power

I recently attended a grassroots summit in Los Angeles organized by the Dean campaign titled "From Mouse Pads to Shoe Leather." 250 people crowded into a lecture hall at UCLA. Howard Dean was not there, and this was not a rally. It was all about taking action.
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Man goes without food or water for several decades and survives...REALLY! BBC

Doctors and experts are baffled by an Indian hermit who claims not to have eaten or drunk anything for several decades - but is still in perfect health. Read this bizzare story here...

Ex-Iraqi General Dies During Interrogation

A former Iraqi general died while under American interrogation, the U.S. military said Thursday.
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Shevardnadze says US betrayed him

Ousted Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze has accused the US of helping to remove him from power. read it here

Clark's True Colors

Wesley Clark. His eyes are blank. Like a turtle resting on a rock in the middle of a pond, he simply seems never to move, no matter how long you stare. But then, just as you're about to pack up your picnic basket and go home, you catch him: His head pops out, and he slides off into the water...
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Moore still gunning for Bush and Blair

Bestselling author and Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore is in the UK to continue his one-man crusade against President George W Bush. read here

Michael Moore responds to the wacko attackos...

I've enjoyed reading these inventions/mistakes about this "Michael Moore." I mean, who wouldn't want to fantasize about living in penthouses roughhousing with brothers you never had. But lately I've begun to see so many things about me or my work that aren't true. read moore here

Orgasmatron inventor seeks female volunteers

Women who cannot have orgasms can now have a device implanted in their spines that will trigger the sensation for them. Clinical trials of the "orgasmatron" have begun in the US, with the approval of the Food and Drug Administration.

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The gathering storms

Forget the violent gales of 1987 - when a real hurricane hit Britain 300 years ago, it was an 'Army of Terror' that killed 8,000 people. And we're due for another, says Richard Hamblyn. read it here

Sony Pictures - Hellboy

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Singing Saddam and Bin Laden Dolls Seized

dang I want me one of them dolls so's they kin play with my george Dubya doll. Read it here

UN's clarion call for great apes

The clock now stands at one minute to midnight for the world's four great ape species, the United Nations says. read here

A View to a Kill: How Safari Club Int'l Works to Weaken ESA Protections

The club contributes large sums to mostly Republican candidates and, not surprisingly, has been able to ingratiate itself with various administrations, most notably the Bush Administration, and with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). read more here

Coronal Hole

This ominous, dark shape sprawling across the face of the active Sun is a coronal hole -- see it here

Tell Us The Truth!

Furious with the Bush Administration's deceptions, and even more furious with the failure of major media outlets to expose and challenge those deceits, thousands of Americans are chanting, "Tell us the truth!" Their cries are being met not with the stony silence of Washington but with a protest chorus that mixes rock, rap, folk, soul and alt-country into a call to arms.

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War on Terror: Holy War 101

Rumsfeld frets that radical Islamic schools are training a new army of jihadists—that ‘the harder we work, the behinder we get.’ He’s right to worry .
no kidding

Medical marijuana distributors get probation

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Three men who pleaded guilty to distributing medical marijuana to seriously ill patients received probation instead of a federal prison term after a judge expressed admiration for their work and called the prosecution "badly misguided."

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Sun 'sheds its skin like a snake'

"The Sun is like a snake that sheds its skin," "In this case, it's a magnetic skin. The process is long, drawn-out and it's pretty violent. More than a thousand coronal mass ejections. Read more here...

FBI keeps eye on anti-war protesters

The FBI has collected information about tactics and training used by anti-war protesters in an effort to blunt potential violence by extremist elements, a federal law enforcement official said Sunday.
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Radical' Queen's Speech promised

It says that once an emergency was declared by the Queen the government could order the destruction of property, order people to evacuate an area or ban them from travelling and "prohibit assemblies of specified kinds" and "other specified activities".

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Iraqi mob beats bodies of slain U.S. soldiers

About a dozen swarming teenagers dragged the soldiers' bodies out of the wreckage and beat them with concrete blocks, the witnesses said.
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White House wins fight on overtime rule changes

"Just in time for the holidays, the White House has delivered another gift for big business, along with a pay cut for millions of working families," Harkin said in a written statement.

read it here.unbelievable