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All the news unfit to print for Saturday, July 11, 2009

High alert: Will Obama scrap the Ridge color codes?

The Obama administration next week is expected to create an official committee to consider modifying or even abolishing the widely ridiculed color-coded terrorism alert system introduced by the Bush administration after the 9/11 attacks..

MORE from Mark Hosenball..

Fall Flu vaccine target: Children..

According to reporting from the Washington POST,

School-age children will be a key target population for a pandemic flu vaccine in the fall, and they may be vaccinated at school in a mass campaign not seen since the polio epidemics of the 1950s

MORE FROM THE POST ARTICLE ..

Other sources, including SCHMUCKRAKER, reported that there is renewed worry about the safety of the vaccines coming in autumn, along with fears over whether Tamiflu is effective in controling swine// It's a marvelous night for a vaccine, with the stars up above in your eyes// A fantabulous night to make romance// Neath the swine flu October skies//

It's worth noting, as governments around the world increase the H1N1 scares, the flu itself has killed fewer people than the common flu virus..

USA TODAY says state and federal officials in the United States are coordinating their fall attack plans.. In April of this year TIME magazine wrote that Howard Markel, director of the Center for the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan and a historical consultant to the CDC on flu pandemics, said citizens still need to trust that the government is working for the greater good...

NORTH KOREAN ARMY SUSPECTED IN CYBER ATTACKS

A North Korean army lab of hackers was ordered to "destroy" South Korean communications networks — evidence the isolated regime was behind cyberattacks that paralyzed South Korean and American Web sites — news reports said Saturday, citing an intelligence briefing..

Swine flu: Obesity doesn't help, researchers say

Researchers described the cases of 10 patients at a Michigan hospital who were so ill they had to be put on ventilators. Three died. Nine of the 10 were obese, seven were severely obese, including two of the three who died.. H1N1 has killed close to 500 people globally, more than 200 in the United States alone.. The number hundreds of percent lower than what the seasonal flu kills per year.. no word on how many of the 500 were obese..

The dumbest internet craze ever (so far): The lying down game..

Thousands of photos are popping up online, Facebook, Myspace, and other social networking sites of people in weird places lying face down.. And that's it. Really, that's all.. More from Britain's DAILY MAIL of the newest fad to hit the net..

One person quotes in the article calls the game very liberating..

The sick story of the Burr Oak Cemetery gets worse...

Outrage is growing in Illinois over the sick scandal of the Burr Oak Cemetery.. Horrified families are filing lawsuits.. and now people are shocked as Emmitt Till's casket has been located rusting under a tarp instead of being cared for as promised..

Till's body and gravesite was not disturbed, though other bodies were dug up and their plots were resold.. However the desecration of Till's glass topped casket simply rusting away in a shack is a shock to hearts and minds around the world, especially African Americans that have long heralded Till's murder as one of the most important moments in the civil rights movement's history..

Emmitt Till was an African American young boy from Chicago murdered at the age of 14 in Mississippi in 1955--the suspects were acquitted but later admitted to the crime.. Six lawsuits were filed Friday by about a dozen families naming four employees criminally charged -- Towns, 49, Keith Nicks, 45, Terrence Nicks, 39, and Maurice Dailey, 59 -- and, in at least one case, company president Melvin Bryant...

After a day of searching, anger over the desecrated in Burr Oak..

Sheriff says he found bones..

..declared crime scene..

PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS: MEDVEDEV SHOWS OFF NEW GLOBAL CURRENCY COIN

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was speaking, and took from his pocket a coin he called "united future world currency"..

The words on the coin were an echo of George Orwell's book 1984: "unity in diversity" .. The future is now...

The idea of a global currency isn't new, but there is a renewed call for the idea with the global economic slump.. China has recently said the world should dump America's dollar in favor of a global bill.. And now, Medvedev shows off his "unity in diversity" coin for all to see..

And now, for better or worse (and I claim much worse) there is a march towards global currency.. The implosion of the dollar.. happening for us all to see while no one watches..

And interesting video of note on the topic from November 2008:

All the news unfit to print for Friday, July 10, 2009

What else? Report says Bush surveillance program extended beyond wiretapping

THE OLD GRAY LADY JUST AIN'T WHAT USED TO BE: THE NEW YORK TIMES MAY CHARGE FOR CONTENT ONLINE!

Must read!! Red alert!! Urgent!!!

Justice Ginsburg Says She Originally Thought Roe v. Wade Was Designed to Limit 'Populations That We Don't Want to Have Too Many Of'!

Full story

She tells the New York TIMES SUNDAY: "Reproductive choice has to be straightened out" .. "There will never be a woman of means without choice anymore. That just seems to me so obvious. The states that changed their abortion laws before Roe (to make abortion legal) are not going to change back. So we have a policy that only affects poor women, and it can never be otherwise, and I don't know why this hasn't been said more often"

The transcript from the TIMES:

"Q. Are you talking about the distances women have to travel because in parts of the country, abortion is essentially unavailable, because there are so few doctors and clinics that do the procedure? And also, the lack of Medicaid for abortions for poor women?

Justice Ginsburg: Yes, the ruling about that surprised me. Frankly, I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of. So that Roe was going to be then set up for Medicaid funding for abortion. Which some people felt would risk coercing women into abortions when they didn't really want them. But when the Court decided McRae, the case came out the other way. And then I realized that my perception of it had been altogether wrong."

The video Michelle Obama will be happy to see

It's not Obama being the male pig.. but Sarkozy!

Accuweather forecaster hints: El Nino could have major winter impact..

Ken Clark previews what the moderately strong El Nino may do..

The forecast for winter coming in Septemer..

SCHMUCKRAKER reported Wednesday that new El Nino studies show an increased threat of hurricanes and "El Nino Modoki" ..

Survey says: No one likes the French

A survey of hotel owners across the world concludes something that only the French would disbelieve: Most people think the French are by the far the rudest world travelers on earth..

While some may think that the ugly American is the world's dumbest tourist, frantically taking photos and desperately searching for 'freedom' fries, 4500 seems to believe that the French are impolite, tight fisted, arrogant, and probably then bad tippers..

The study concludes that the French are pushy.. .. Penny-pinching..

France's defense? A marketing director in France said, "The French don't go abroad very much. We're lucky enough to have a country which is magnificent in terms of its landscape and culture".. 4500 hotel managers may wish that that rude tourists stay within the loving streets of Paris instead..

The New York Post jabs President: TAIL TO THE CHIEF

New York POST reports on Obama and Sarkozy.. And their wandering eyes
at the G8..

To what did their wandering should appear? A 17-year-old in a pink satin shear.

Music to Adolf Hitler's ears..

A German exhibit examines Nazi influence on music..

The Nazis dubbed Johann Sebastian Bach as the "most German of Germans" .. his music was played at rallies ..

The Nazis praised Bach's racially pure background..

The exhibit surprising visitors that didn't know the role that the classical music of Bach played into Nazi culture and German society during the 1930s..

Equally surprising to many generations since the Greatest Generation: The role that IBM played in planning and logistics during the Holocaust..

HELL RUNNING OUT OF ROOM: FOUR ILLINOIS CEMETERY WORKERS ACCUSED OF GRISLY PLOT -- CORPSES REMOVED, LEFT IN WEEDED AREAS, AND GRAVE PLOTS RESOLD AGAIN!!

All the news unfit to print for Thursday, July 9, 2009

FORMER MONSANTO VICE PRESIDENT HIRED AS FDA ADVISOR!

SCIENTISTS PONDER: DO MYSTERIOUS TREMORS DETECTED ON SAN ANDREAS FAULT MEAN AN INCREASED RISK OF MAJOR QUAKE?

Scientists have discovered a spike in underground rumblings on a section of California's San Andreas fault..

Scientists wondering if it means a major event may be coming with underground stress building along the fault line..

According to the AP:

"USGS seismologist Susan Hough found the latest observations intriguing, but said it's too soon to know what they mean.

"We don't have enough data to know what the fault is doing in the long term," said Hough, who had no part in the research. "

Scientists are also worried because the tremors are occuring on the section that produced a quake in 1857..

It's "all natural" baby.. Genetically modified cereal crops created to grow in salty water!

The London TELEGRAPH reporting that scientists have found a way of genetically modifying cereal crops to grow in salty water in a move that could help alleviate hunger in some of the world's poorest nations..

But at what cost? .. the future's so bright..

NANCY PELOSI SHUTS DOWN MICHAEL JACKSON RESOLUTION

..the Speaker of the House saying she did it because it would have potentially brought up debate about "contrary views" of Jackson's life..

1976 HERE WE COME: SWINE FLU VACCINES COULD BE GIVEN TO KIDS IN SCHOOLS IN OCTOBER..

..BUT WILL THEY EVEN WORK??

Repeat of the 1970s outbreak.. The vaccine harmed more than it helped//

Nonetheless, Barack Obama says the United States is trying to avert a crisis..

Vaccines for everyone? The government says it's prepping for a fall surge in the swine flu, the President warned of a resurgence in the gray days of autumn..

But there is renewed worry about whether the vaccine will work, and even some reports of Tamiflu-resistant H1N1..

A word of caution to those who forget history: A swine flu outbreak was a bust in the late 1970s.. and the vaccine turned out to have complications then even led to death.. The vaccine in 1976 triggered public outrage after the vaccines led to Guillain-Barré syndrome...

ANOTHER JACKSON FORCED INTO FAME? REPORTS THAT PARIS JACKSON DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK AT MEMORIAL EVENT

..E! ONLINE reporting that Paris Jackson didn't want to do it.. but did it.

The tearful speech that has been shown nonstop on network and news stories around the world may have been forced upon her by the Jackson family!

The revelations come from reporter Marc Malkin, who writes,

A source tells me that the 11-year-old Paris was seen-and heard-backstage at the Staples Center telling family members that she did not want to make such a public statement.
"She was crying and screaming that she didn't want to do it" says a source. "But the family was telling her she had to."
A rep for the family did not immediately comment

GET A ROOM! G8 men of power: Checking women out in droves..

It wasn't just Obama, the HUFFINGTON POST publishing another photo of Obama from the G8, this time France's Sarkozy happily appears to be checking out a woman's backside as she bends over in front of him:

Earlier today the Drudge Report posted another photo of President Obama appearing to be staring at the rear end of a woman passing by..

COAST TO COAST BUDGET PROBLEMS..

Layoffs of government workers in Illinois..

Layoffs of thousands of state workers possible in Pennsylvania..

California budget crisis gets scarier..

North Carolina battle over whether to raise taxes..

Michigan debate..

Hawaii revenues plunge.. worse than expected.. layoffs by the end of the week..

Bad news for the Buckeye state..

Green still flows: Protesters in the streets of Iran..

..in violation of the government orders, and in spite of the state crackdown against freedom of speech.. More..

AP Photo/Vahid Salemi

Drudge busts: Posts photo of Obama seemingly checking out woman at G8

MORE: Photo of Sarkozy checking out woman..

All the news unfit to print for Wednesday, July 8, 2009

SOUTH KOREAN MALES HATE CLEAVAGE AT THE OFFICE..

WOMAN HATE STAINS ON MENS' SHIRTS

Opinion: The kids aren't alright.. because the adults made it that way..

MTV finally conquered the next generation: The class of 2013 is already becoming ruined .. images of perfect women with bouncing breasts grace television sets across the nation.. scenes of men with sculpted bodies equally broadcast for tweens and teens throughout the country.. bedroom by bedroom.. house by house. Midnight TV never looked so good--or so depression for kids that hate themselves. USA TODAY reported recently that kids are now undergoing plastic surgery to alleviate the things "wrong" with them.. The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery reports that 160,283 children 18 and under had cosmetic interventions in 2008... USA TODAY also reports that it's not just kids that need the surgery that get it, but often kids that want it because they want the perfect look.. that MTV design. Perfection.. The story is a little frightening if you think back only a few decades ago to America in the 1930s.. Several states had eugenics laws in place to get rid of the "degenerates" of society.. Adolf Hitler wasn't the only one that wanted to displace and kill of races of people he felt imperfect.. The world saw a eugenics movement aimed that purifying the world from the underbelly of society.. the poor, the welfare recipients.. the lame of mind..

American kids are faced with a constant diet of Hollywood stars, caked with makeup and eyeliner. American kids are equally faced with thoughts of grief as they look at their imperfections in the mirror.. But their imperfections are not that at all, but instead .. their own look. Our species is amazing.. no one is the same. Not one person is completely alike..

But instead of being proud of our features, or marveling at the beauty of earth, they are busy searching for imperfections on their body.. busy looking for things "wrong" with them. And now it has filtered to the youth of America..

What's wrong with flat-chested cheerleaders? And what's so bad about boys having pimples at the age of 15..?

Kids are kids. It never was easy.. Looks are judged quickly in our society..

But instead of allowing kids to change their looks, shouldn't we strive to change the kids? Shouldn't we work to give children, preteens, and teens the understanding that looks aren't everything.. and they will whither away?

Sadly kids anymore won't know this.. until their own features, often given to them with the perfection of plastic surgery, whither into dust as their age creeps in..

The kids aren't alright. But that's because the adults make them that way..

D E A D M A L L S

The housing industry is still tanking.. may as well go to the mall--without stores! Malls from sea to shining sea are suffering during this Great Recession, job loss is leading to less shoppers gracing stores.. more stores shuttering.. less eateries.. more vacant spaces.. more malls trying to spruce up once filled aisles by placing ads in the empty spots..

A sad day when you think of malls of yesterday, busy and bustling with shoppers and kids..

According to the Associated Press, there are hundreds of empty "ghost boxes" throughout the country..

The International Council of Shopping Centers said 6,913 retail stores — of all types — announced closures last year, compared with 4,603 in 2007..

The days of busy Friday nights at the mall may be memories .. Wally World reaps the benefits. But no one else.

UK CREATES 'GREEN POLICE'.. ready to target companies, but what about dead animals and humans breathing?

The British Environment Agency is introducing big brother in a green sort of way.. The agency set up a police squad being labeled the boys in green.. They are set to police companies in the UK that emit excessive C02..

The agency is starting with about 50 employees.. they will have warrant cards and will be given the power to search companies they suspect of polluting earth.

According to the TIMES ONLINE,

"Decked out in green jackets, the enforcers will be able to demand access to company property, view power meters, call up electricity and gas bills and examine carbon-trading records for an estimated 6,000 British businesses. Ed Mitchell, head of business performance and regulation at the Environment Agency, said the squad would help to bring emissions under control. "Climate change and CO2 are the world’s biggest issues right now. The Carbon Reduction Commitment is one of the ways in which Britain is responding."

Yesterday, reports emerged that the world's rich are being targeted in carbon crackdown..

While the green police search companies in the UK, it's worth nothing other things on earth that emit carbon: Breathing, volcanoes, automobile exhausts, and animal decays.. Will the green police pick up roadkill? I don't think that's in their job description..

Smile: YOU ELSE.. your employer is watching..

Are you happy today?? Are you .. smiling?

Daily smile scans are being performed in Japan, according to reports in the UK TELEGRAPH..

More than 500 staff at Keihin Electric Express Railway are subjected to daily smile scans.. the purpose is to make sure they are happy to greet the public.

The story may cause you to .. smile.. but maybe it should spike fear.. The TELEGRAPH goes on to report,

"For those with a below-par grin, one of an array of smile-boosting messages will op up on the computer screen ranging from "you still look too serious" to "lift up your mouth corners", according to the Mainichi Daily News. A growing number of service industries are reportedly using the new Omron Smile Scan system for "smile training" among its staff."

The workers receive a daily smile printout. Employers expect them to be happy all day.

1982.. 1983.. 1984..

El Nino study: It could mean more hurricanes, and more land hits--and a new name

El Nino typically means less Atlantic hurricanes.. A new study says that we can expepct the unexpected..

A study appeared in the journal SCIENCE on July 3 2009 conducted by the Georgia Institute of Technology.. the climatologists declaring that El Nino is changing to El Niño Modoki (from the Japanese meaning "similar, but different")..

The study concludes that the new kind of warming is taking place in the Central Pacific rather than the Eastern Pacific..

More information on ocean temps can be found at OceanWeather.com .. No word on when forecasters will start calling the Central Pacific warming "Modoki" ..

MEN MAY FINALLY BE USELESS: SPERM CREATED IN LAB!

IT'S TRUE.. read it and weep, if you're of the male species..

UK PAPER reporting that Karim Nayernia breakthrough could give hope to infertile couples..

But it's also bringing fear over how far is too far when it comes to creating and manufacturing life..

Karim Nayernia said, "It could also allow men who are currently infertile the chance to have a child which is genetically their own but this will be many years away – at least a decade"..

US and South Korean websites suffer DNS attacks

Some government sites still suffering.. Treasury and SecretService hit..

Official: North Korea believed to be behind cyber attacks

Reuters: Two Canada hog workers hit by new non-pandemic flu

Firm in Latvia offers cash loans in exchange for immortal souls!!

The story comes to us from real sources, not the Onion.. Russia Today reports that adults in Latvia are able to sell their souls in exchange for cash loans.. The report concludes that the persons that gave their souls away can get their souls back--so as long as they pay up.

The "soul-sellers" or the borrowers can lend money for 90 days maximum with the 1 percent credit each day..

All the news unfit to print for Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Tuesday night pressure..

RECOVERY? ECONOMIC PROBLEMS CONTINUE AS CONSUMERS FALL BEHIND ON LOANS AT A RECORD PACE

Media and politicians have declared over the past month: We have hit bottom! Although Vice President Joe Biden said the Obama Administration underestimated how bad the economic conditions of the nation were (didn't he compare it to the Depression in the 2008 election cycle??), others have said that the bad times were soon over.. we hit bottom. We're on the way up. If "up" looks this bad, I'd hate to see down..

Unemployment in the United States continues to soar and it's proving to continue to batter the already hard-hit housing market. . The market so bad it's deteriorating at a record pace, according to the American Bankers Association. And I think bankers would know..

According to reporting from Reuters, payment delinquencies were the highest since the ABA began tracking the data in 1974. Late payments on home equity borrowings set records, rising to 3.52 percent from 3.03 percent on loans and to 1.89 percent from 1.46 percent on lines of credit..

The ABA concludes that the biggest factor in the consistently bad housing market is job loss.. and job loss shows little signs of easing over the next few months...

RANDOM RAKINGS FROM THE RANDOM WORLD

All that killing behind us.. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday declared a new era for the country..

Sarah Palin returns to work and defends her reasoning to quit..

Ethnic tensions rising in China's oil-rich Xinjiang territory, forcing officials to declare a curfew...

Top military commander says strike against Iran's nuclear facilities remains an option..

Pope calls for reform of the United Nations.. wants a "God-centered" economy...

Pope also calls for a global authority on economy..

STOP BUILDING!! Coastal development killing sea grass--sea grass is instrumental in marine life and the fishing industry..

Accuweather asks: Is the lack of sunspots contributing to the Northeast's cool summer?
Margusity calls New England the no summer zone..

State crises: California dreaming: Speaker boycotts budget session! .. New Jersey in bad shape.. .. Big banks saying no to California IOUs.. .. Pennsylvania may lay off 800 state workers.. .. Rendell asks vendors to hang in there..

Weird rumor: Michael Jackson's ghost on Larry King Live??

16-year-old hacker demands nude photos of college girls--but settles for pictures of their feet..

CASKET FIT FOR A KING: MICHAEL JACKSON'S COFFIN MADE OF GOLD..

The world watched .. and watched.. and watched the memorial service for Michael Jackson in Los Angelas today, beamed around the world and on the internet for your viewing pleasure.. His daughter spoke for the first time in a short, tearful speech praising the fatherhood of Michael Jackson ... Stars and musicians, including Jermaine Jackson, performed live.. a live performance from Stevie Wonder rocked the house..

And all the while, Michael Jackson rested on the stage in a gold-plated casket ..The question now: Where will the coffin of gold be buried?

An estimated 1 billion people worldwide were estimated to be watching services for Jackson.. And it's not over yet: Another tribute memorial service is planned for August, according to Roger Friedman..

Meanwhile, the media circus surrounding Jackson's death may now die down itself.. Networks have gone wall-to-wall with coverage of the Jackson memorial as though it was another 9/11.. While some have compared Michael Jackson's untimely death with Elvis' of yesteryear, the media has rarely brought up controversy surrounding Jackson over the past days since he passed away..

Perhaps now the news can return to cover the news..

And lost in the mix: The sad tale of the late Farrah Fawcett.

THE FINAL GOODBYE: MICHAEL JACKSON MEMORIAL IN CALIFORNIA

REUTERS/Phil McCarten

The long Michael Jackson goodbye

Los Angeles braces for Michael Jackson's final act

Millions expected in city..

Spectacle predicted..

Coming this summer: Exclusive reports from South Africa...

All the news unfit to print for Monday, July 6, 2009

Even Arnie can't save it.. Gold is gone: The rush away from California

Maybe the budget.. maybe the money.. the crisis of housing prices? taxes? immigration? New Geography's Bill Watkins says in California, the canary is dead..

SWINE FLU REACHES INTO LUNGS AND INTESTINES

Nature.com reporting on two seperate groups using ferrets to investigate H1N1.. Verdict of both: The swine flu reaches deep into lungs and gut ..

WILL THE POPE LOSE HIS PRADA?!? VATICAN HIT BY BAD ECONOMIC TIMES

Money is tight across the world, and now at the Vatican. Donations across the world have been hit by global economic chaos // The Vatican ending 2008 with a deficit of $21million dollars in American money..

Will the gold-plated chalices go by the wayside? Will the Pope start wearing a smaller hat? Will he lose the Prada shoes? .. nah.

Bad things in threes...?

ABC news explores the pressing issue: Why do we believe bad things come in threes?

The answer: Triaphilia..

UK DAILY MAIL RELENTLESS: LONDON POLICE SCANDAL OVER WATERBOARDING INTENSIFIES

DAILY MAIL REPORTING: "If there is sufficient evidence, criminal prosecutions and sackings could follow. As a result, the Crown Prosecution Service is reviewing a string of cases in which the officers were involved. If it is found that their evidence is tainted, scores of suspects could walk free. As well as investigating Mr Nwankwo’s allegation of water torture, the Daily Mail can reveal that anti-corruption investigators are probing claims that a number of others were subjected to ritualistic humiliation. Victims were almost always vulnerable people living on the edge of society, such as the homeless or illegal immigrants. Sources say the officers took particular delight in humiliating women, but chose their victims carefully. A source said: ‘It was gratuitous violence on people who were unlikely to make complaints or whose complaints were unlikely to be taken seriously"

MORE///

Monday morning random rakings..

Happy Monday morning.. have a nice hot cup of coffee.. and maybe save yourself? American neuroscientist claims to uncover evidence showing that drinking a few cups of coffee a day could cure Alzheimers..

Kuwait's desire: Keep oil above $60 per barrel..

Disney World horror as monorail crash kills employee over Fourth of July weekend..

Iranian clerical group says vote results are invalid!

1.6 million people attempt to get tickets to Michael Jackson's memorial.. Only thousands will get them..

June in New York City: Coolest since the 1800s!!

Vice President Biden agrees that Israel has the right to take preemptive action against Iran's nuclear facilities..

Serial killer in South Carolina small town Gaffney rattles residents and shatters psyche..

New study says El Nino is changing; May lead to more storms for Western Atlantic coastline, even though warming of Pacific typically means less Atlantic hurricanes..

Critics on Bing: Do what Google does when news breaks..

Fangoria mag gets new image of HALLOWEEN 2..

Report: One in six kids in UK clinically obese when they start school!

THE WAR GOES ON: THE MARINES MARCH ON IN GRUELING AFGHAN SUN

All the news unfit to print for Sunday, July 5, 2009

SHOELESS JOE: BIDEN SAYS THE OBAMA ADMIN MISREAD THE ECONOMY..

Controversy brews as Biden says that Obama Administration misread the economy..

Says that they misread how deep the recession was..

Biden says White House doesn't favor a second stimulus now..

HUFFINGTON POST SLAMS.. SITE SAYS BIDEN IGNORED LIBERAL COLUMNISTS..

REUTERS PHOTO

McNair shooting ruled a homicide..

We should all see this movie

JOBLESS, NOT GODLESS..

Prayers groups springing up as unemployment continues to rise..

MORE; Several prayer groups and church groups for the jobless throughout nation attempts to ease pain from job loss and bring comfort to those that simply can't find one..One group prays: "Father, we pray you would strengthen our faith and help us to wait on you. It can be so hard sometimes to be patient"..

South Korea: The North can hit key targets

The seven ballistic missiles that North Korea test-fired this weekend were likely capable of striking key government and military facilities in South Korea, a defense official said Sunday..

Strange bill raises farm activists' eyebrows

Daily Kos entry on Henry Waxman's interesting farm bill HR 2749: Martial law for farms? $500 fees for home gardens? The government "prohibiting or restricting the movement of food or of any vehicle being used or that has been used to transport or hold such food within the geographic area" ..? FDA to make random warrantless searches of the business records of small farmers and local food producers, without any evidence whatsoever that there has been a violation? .. More..

FORMER D.C. MAYOR CHARGED WITH STALKING A WOMAN

FAMOUS FOR PAST INDISCRETIONS: NOW MARION BARRY HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH STALKING..

HARRY POTTER STAR HAS THE SWINE FLU!!

Rupert Grint, a POTTER star who plays 'Ron Weasley,' has contracted the swine flu--only days before film debuts in London!

His publicist said Grint will leave the spotlight for a few days due to the 'mild' case of the flu// E!ONLINE confirms that he's off and that his doctor stated Grint was no longer contagious.

BBC reporting that Grint is eager to go to the premiere of the film.. His publicist stating, "He has now recovered and is looking forward to joining his fellow cast members" ..

The Half Blood Prince..

Who will sit next to Grint..?

Steve McNair and woman found shot to death

Former football star McNair and a 20-year-old woman were found shot to death in Nashville..

AP writes, "McNair, who led the famous Tennessee Titans' drive that came a yard short of forcing overtime in the 2000 Super Bowl, was found dead on a sofa in the living room Saturday with multiple gunshot wounds, including one to the head. His friend, Sahel Kazemi, was very close to him on the floor, killed by a single gunshot. A pistol was discovered near her, but police said it took a while to find the firearm"

Fourth of July scare: 100 in water as bridge collapses

Spectators in Indiana were leaving a fireworks show.. as about 100 crossed a bridge, the bridge collapsed with pedestrians falling into the water below..

Officials said 26 were injured.. No more missing persons have been reported.

THE FOURTH OF JULY SUNSET: FREEDOM AND BEAUTY ON THE SUNDAY MORNING SIDEWALK

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All the news unfit to print for Saturday, July 11, 2009

High alert: Will Obama scrap the Ridge color codes?

Fall Flu vaccine target: Children..

NORTH KOREAN ARMY SUSPECTED IN CYBER ATTACKS

Swine flu: Obesity doesn't help, researchers say

The dumbest internet craze ever (so far): The lying down game..

The sick story of the Burr Oak Cemetery gets worse...

PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS: MEDVEDEV SHOWS OFF NEW GLOBAL CURRENCY COIN

All the news unfit to print for Friday, July 10, 2009

The video Michelle Obama will be happy to see

Accuweather forecaster hints: El Nino could have major winter impact..

Survey says: No one likes the French

The New York Post jabs President: TAIL TO THE CHIEF

Music to Adolf Hitler's ears..

All the news unfit to print for Thursday, July 9, 2009

It's "all natural" baby.. Genetically modified cereal crops created to grow in salty water!

NANCY PELOSI SHUTS DOWN MICHAEL JACKSON RESOLUTION

1976 HERE WE COME: SWINE FLU VACCINES COULD BE GIVEN TO KIDS IN SCHOOLS IN OCTOBER..

ANOTHER JACKSON FORCED INTO FAME? REPORTS THAT PARIS JACKSON DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK AT MEMORIAL EVENT

GET A ROOM! G8 men of power: Checking women out in droves..

COAST TO COAST BUDGET PROBLEMS..

Green still flows: Protesters in the streets of Iran..

Drudge busts: Posts photo of Obama seemingly checking out woman at G8

All the news unfit to print for Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Opinion: The kids aren't alright.. because the adults made it that way..

D E A D M A L L S

UK CREATES 'GREEN POLICE'.. ready to target companies, but what about dead animals and humans breathing?

Smile: YOU ELSE.. your employer is watching..

El Nino study: It could mean more hurricanes, and more land hits--and a new name

MEN MAY FINALLY BE USELESS: SPERM CREATED IN LAB!

US and South Korean websites suffer DNS attacks

Reuters: Two Canada hog workers hit by new non-pandemic flu

Firm in Latvia offers cash loans in exchange for immortal souls!!

All the news unfit to print for Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Tuesday night pressure..

RECOVERY? ECONOMIC PROBLEMS CONTINUE AS CONSUMERS FALL BEHIND ON LOANS AT A RECORD PACE

RANDOM RAKINGS FROM THE RANDOM WORLD

CASKET FIT FOR A KING: MICHAEL JACKSON'S COFFIN MADE OF GOLD..

The long Michael Jackson goodbye

All the news unfit to print for Monday, July 6, 2009

Even Arnie can't save it.. Gold is gone: The rush away from California

SWINE FLU REACHES INTO LUNGS AND INTESTINES

WILL THE POPE LOSE HIS PRADA?!? VATICAN HIT BY BAD ECONOMIC TIMES

Bad things in threes...?

UK DAILY MAIL RELENTLESS: LONDON POLICE SCANDAL OVER WATERBOARDING INTENSIFIES

Monday morning random rakings..

All the news unfit to print for Sunday, July 5, 2009

SHOELESS JOE: BIDEN SAYS THE OBAMA ADMIN MISREAD THE ECONOMY..

We should all see this movie

JOBLESS, NOT GODLESS..

South Korea: The North can hit key targets

Strange bill raises farm activists' eyebrows

FORMER D.C. MAYOR CHARGED WITH STALKING A WOMAN

HARRY POTTER STAR HAS THE SWINE FLU!!

Steve McNair and woman found shot to death

Fourth of July scare: 100 in water as bridge collapses