Toledo mayor explains decision to kick out Grand Rapids-based Marines

WZZM13 - Toledo mayor explains decision to kick out Grand Rapids-based Marines: "A spokesman for the mayor says residents had complained about previous exercises and the mayor feared the activity would disturb them."

NPR tells us "other" countries are hurting Costa Rica

GordoM wonders just what country NPR might be accusing......yeah right....

NPR: Rainfall Shortages Threaten Costa Rica Power: "But Costa Rica's efforts to minimize its own contributions to global warming have made it especially vulnerable to climate changes caused by other countries."

DC is the "Detroit" of the east?

The Volokh Conspiracy - -#1202690921: "Almost everyone who lives or works in the District of Columbia is well aware that the District's government performs very poorly compared to almost all other big-city governments in the United States. Nevertheless, the Buckeye brief is shocking."

WNYC - The Leonard Lopate Show: Underreported: The Darker Side of Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (August 16, 2007)

WNYC - The Leonard Lopate Show: Underreported: The Darker Side of Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (August 16, 2007): "These are all “feel good” measures—and ridiculous. “…Put the expired bulb in two plastic bags and send it off to the landfill.”? No thanks. I’ll stick with Tommy Edison’s regular ol’ incandescents. (I turn off the light--singular--when I leave the room anyway.)"

Clinton "dirty tricks" again?

Obama will be assassinated if he wins: Nobel winner Lessing: "If Barack Obama becomes the next US president he will surely be assassinated, British Nobel literature laureate Doris Lessing predicted in a newspaper interview published here Saturday."

Mohamed again?

Gateway Pundit: Beheading in London: "Mohamed Boudjenane, of Kingsgate Road, Kilburn, north London, will appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates Court on Monday.

The headless body, wrapped in blankets, was found by shoppers in a supermarket goods cage in Kingsgate Place, Kilburn, on Wednesday. ......

Police are still searching for the head."

Amazon.com: Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians, and the Media: Books: Patrick J. Michaels

Amazon.com: Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians, and the Media: Books: Patrick J. Michaels: "Advocates of the precautionary principle will note that he fails to demonstrate his claim that 'there is no known, feasible policy that can stop or even slow these climate changes.' And while he chalks up global warming alarmism to an unholy alliance of climatologists hungry for grants and media sensationalism, his remedy for biased science is not better science but a 'wider source of bias' in the form of more funding of climatology by the fossil fuel industry. He also calls for the abolition of academic tenure—a crushing blow against an independent professorate that libertarians and their allies in the world of academia view as the intellectual wellspring of the regulatory state. Nonetheless, Michaels’s challenge to global warming orthodoxy should invigorate the debate over climate change."

YouTube - Changes - Presidential Candidates feat. Bowie

YouTube - Changes - Presidential Candidates feat. Bowie

Crime statistics as sophistry

The Volokh Conspiracy - -: "Sounds like a pretty telling statistic, no? But then let's look at the small print in the footnote:
It should be noted, however, that when a household member was present, the incidence of violent crimes was considerably higher -- about 30.2%."

Travellers who 'smuggle' poppy seeds face Dubai jail - Times Online

Travellers who 'smuggle' poppy seeds face Dubai jail - Times Online: "Tracy Wilkinson, 45, from West Sussex, who was arrested at Dubai airport in 2005 for possession of codeine, which she had been taking for chronic back pain. She was held in custody for 8 weeks before officials accepted proof from her doctor of its use for prescribed medical purposes only."

Equal Rights Nonsense - WSJ.com

Equal Rights Nonsense - WSJ.com: "The first would resurrect the discredited idea of 'comparable worth.' The second would add various sexual orientations to the classifications protected from employment discrimination. The third is a plaintiffs' bar wish list, aimed mostly at overturning cases it lost in the Supreme Court."

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Science News Science & Technology Technology News: "'The benefit of a longer penis is obvious"

Gender-Bending Barnacles Grow Huge Penises in Rough Waters - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News

Science News Science & Technology Technology News: "But large penises can be a problem"

FOXNews.com - Former ABC News Reporter John McWethy Dies in Ski Accident - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

FOXNews.com - Former ABC News Reporter John McWethy Dies in Ski Accident - Local News News Articles National News US News: "Former ABC News Reporter John McWethy Dies in Ski Accident"

Religious police in Saudi Arabia arrest mother for sitting with a man - Times Online

Religious police in Saudi Arabia arrest mother for sitting with a man - Times Online: "“Some men came up to us with very long beards and white dresses. They asked ‘Why are you here together?'. I explained about the power being out in our office. They got very angry and told me what I was doing was a great sin,” recalled Yara, who wears an abaya and headscarf, like most Saudi women.
The men were from Saudi Arabia's Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, a police force of several thousand men charged with enforcing dress codes, sex segregation and the observance of prayers."

Dantonio details 2nd recruiting class at Michigan State

Dantonio details 2nd recruiting class at Michigan State: "Analysts say the second recruiting class for coach Mark Dantonio could wind up in the nation's top 50."

Exxon's 2007 Tax Bill: $30 Billion - Seeking Alpha

Exxon's 2007 Tax Bill: $30 Billion - Seeking Alpha: "In other words, just one corporation (Exxon Mobil) pays as much in taxes ($27 billion) annually as the entire bottom 50% of individual taxpayers, which is 65,000,000 people! Further, the tax rate for the bottom 50% is only 3% of adjusted gross income ($27.4 billion / $922 billion), and the tax rate for Exxon was 41% in 2006 ($67.4 billion in taxable income, $27.9 billion in taxes)."

The Lies of Tet - WSJ.com

The Lies of Tet - WSJ.com: "On January 30, 1968, more than a quarter million North Vietnamese soldiers and 100,000 Viet Cong irregulars launched a massive attack on South Vietnam. But the public didn't hear about who had won this most decisive battle of the Vietnam War, the so-called Tet offensive, until much too late."

Nelson says he doubts official explanation of terrorist attacks - Examiner.com

Nelson says he doubts official explanation of terrorist attacks - Examiner.com: "'I saw those towers fall and I've seen an implosion in Las Vegas, there's too much similarities between the two. And I saw the building fall that didn't get hit by nothing,' the singer-songwriter said. 'So, how naive are we, you know, what do they think we'll go for?'"

FOXNews.com - Cops: Drunk Driver Buckled Up Beer, but Not Baby - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

FOXNews.com - Cops: Drunk Driver Buckled Up Beer, but Not Baby - Local News News Articles National News US News: "A Florida woman arrested on drunk-driving charges on Super Bowl Sunday, allegedly buckled up her case of beer in the front seat, but left a 1-year-old girl in the backseat without one, police told FirstCoastNews.com."

AberdeenNews.com

AberdeenNews.com: "Preventing obesity and smoking can save lives, but it doesn't save money, researchers reported Monday.

It costs more to care for healthy people who live years longer, according to a Dutch study that counters the common perception that preventing obesity would save governments millions of dollars."

Clearwater Police: Woman's Arrest At McDonald's Justified

Clearwater Police: Woman's Arrest At McDonald's Justified: "She was being rude,' said Sarah Curtis, a McDonald's manager, 'saying, you know, she's prominent, she knows people. And saying that she's 75 years old, and that she could die tomorrow, and that the officer should be ashamed' of himself."

My Way News - Fat People Cheaper to Treat, Study Says

My Way News - Fat People Cheaper to Treat, Study Says: "It costs more to care for healthy people who live years longer, according to a Dutch study that counters the common perception that preventing obesity would save governments millions of dollars."

ESPN - College coaching legend Knight resigns from Texas Tech - Men's College Basketball

ESPN - College coaching legend Knight resigns from Texas Tech - Men's College Basketball: "Texas Tech coach Bob Knight, the all-time winningest Division I men's basketball coach known as much for his brilliance as his fiery temper, resigned Monday in the middle of the season.
The program will be turned over to his son, Pat Knight, who was named head coach-designate in 2005."

ESPN - College coaching legend Knight resigns from Texas Tech - Men's College Basketball

ESPN - College coaching legend Knight resigns from Texas Tech - Men's College Basketball: "Texas Tech coach Bob Knight, the all-time winningest Division I men's basketball coach known as much for his brilliance as his fiery temper, resigned Monday in the middle of the season.
The program will be turned over to his son, Pat Knight, who was named head coach-designate in 2005."

My Way - Sports News

My Way - Sports News: "Spain could lose both its Formula One races following the racist taunting of driver Lewis Hamilton by spectators.
The sport's ruling body said Monday the abuse aimed at F1's first black driver during weekend testing at the Barcelona circuit might result in sanctions. Punishment could lead to the removal of two races from the Grand Prix calendar - the Spanish Grand Prix on April 27 in Barcelona and the European GP on Aug. 24 at Valencia.
FIA, the governing organization, said it will write to Spanish authorities to learn what happened before making a decision.
'Formula One is a global, multicultural sport,' FIA said. 'It does not have scenes like this in its history and doesn't want to see scenes like this.'"

No fart zone?

(Camden) Middle school issues ban on intentional flatulence - Community - VillageSoup: "'Strange, but true, thanks to a bunch of 8th grade boys, intentional farting has been banned from CRMS,'"

Judge orders jail time for wetlands damage

Judge orders jail time for wetlands damage: "SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. -- A judge in Chippewa County has ordered two men to serve five days in jail for driving off-road vehicles through sensitive wetlands on Drummond Island.
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality says Michael Edward Coon and Michael Donald Lucchesi pleaded guilty to violating the state's wetland protection law.
They destroyed vegetation and disturbed habitat of nesting ospreys and other wildlife.
In addition to the jail time, District Judge Michael MacDonald ordered them to fix the damage and pay $2,655 in fines and court costs."

Value City closing all Michigan stores

Value City closing all Michigan stores

The Volokh Conspiracy - -

The Volokh Conspiracy - -: "Large numbers of people also believe that John F. Kennedy's assassination was the result of a wideranging conspiracy in the government, that the AIDS virus was secretly produced in a government laboratory for the purpose of infecting blacks, and that the government is covering up evidence of alien visitation of Earth."