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The
One Occasion Bill Clinton Doesn't Turn Out for the
Ladies
Five wives of presidential candidates got together yesterday at the Women's Conference 2007 and discussed their roles in the presidential campaign. You've got to give these ladies props: there had to have been at least some teeth-gritting. "What you are witnessing up here...is history," announced California first lady Maria Shriver. "Never before in the history of our country of presidential politics have the spouses...gathered together to talk about their lives, to talk about the campaign trail, to talk about what it's like when someone in your family gets up and runs for president." There are more details about what each of the ladies had to say here. No-shows? Judith Giuliani, wife of Rudy Giuliani...and Bill Clinton. Ah, a chance to get together with the ladies that Bill actually squashed. And Evelyn McGee-Colbert, if Stephen Colbert is really running - I can't decide. "We invited [Bill] to serve coffee but he was busy," Shriver joked. We love Bill though - he's busy working on his Global Clinton Initiative, so he couldn't make it. Just think about it, though. If Hillary was elected, what would we call Bill? The first man? It would be so groundbreaking. I just wish I liked Hillary more. |
Everybody loves a quote: Top news and media
quotes of October  Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 "So, I've told people, that if you're interested in avoiding World War III, seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from having the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon." -President George W. Bush, October 17th news conference "I do understand beauty...I do own Miss Universe. I do own Miss USA. I mean, I own a lot of different things. I do understand beauty." -Donald Trump, on Larry King "Either they were going to give it to me sometime before I popped off or not at all." -Doris Lessing on winning Nobel Prize for Literature "Dumbledore is gay." -- Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling outing one of her characters while speaking to fans at Carnegie Hall. "The climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity." -- Al Gore after being awarded Nobel Peace Price "I am not a killer or an armed robber, I just want to play golf." - O. J. Simpson "That's the first time I've been asked how do we get prepared for an outerspace attack. Well, if we're properly prepared for all the different things that could happen to us, we'll be prepared for that as well. Right?" -Rudy Giuliani to a child asking about protecting ourselves from alien invasions "Yes, but we're talking about American interests," Lynne Cheney clarifies to Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. "We just want Jews to be perfected." Anne Coulter on CNBC's Big Idea "When I was a little girl in South Africa [yup, that's where she was born], people pointed to America as a sort of example. It seemed sensible, principled, governed in an admirable way...[now] wherever I go, no one wants to talk about America as a superpower. It's all about India and China. What's their model? What's next for them? They're the superpowers now. Not us." -Charlize Theron tells Esquire |
| Amazing, extreme, and award-winning
pumpkins Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 You know it's that time again! Have you made yours yet? If not, dig out the funny-looking carving knives, put on those thinking caps, and get some pumpkin attention this year.
1. The
pumpkin doesn't have to stand alone. Oh, they so
taught us this in the Green Thumb Garden Club. Hell, yes, I
was a member! Other
pumpkins, or even gourds, squash, or other veggies (depending on how
they do outdoors), can be used to accentuate the "main"
pumpkin. Once you
get some oddly-shaped ones together, creative inspiration will
come! 2.
Protest something! Come on,
you had to know that one was coming. 3.
Use something you
love! Anything
can be used as a transfer, just trace and cut it out, and then trace
it onto the pumpkin. It doesn't
have to be a logo or a famous character, but something recognizable
and relatable can make pumpkin history! 4.
Variations on the barfing
pumpkin. Yeah, lots
of people have done the puking pumpkin, but they're usually pretty
basic. Come on,
you can think of something! Stick some candy in with the seeds
and show kids not to each too much treats! I wouldn't
have it puking on the front porch like this example, though - keep
in mind you're liable if anyone slips and falls on your
property! Damn
insurance background. 5.
Dress it up! I don't
know that the fire is the best idea, but there are many, many ways
to dress up a pumpkin. Household
objects, old Halloween costumes, unused Halloween decorations, even
Halloween makeup can be used on your
pumpkins. Smaller budget this year? That's the best part about pumpkins - you can buy just one large one and make an awesome display! Other Halloween money-saving tips: make your own decorations, improvise on your costume with stuff around the house, and make wise (sale) candy purchases! |
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Foxy
Brown gets into a fight behind bars
Look, I don't like the fact that anything from a traffic ticket to your mortgage payments is public knowledge these days. But as long as it is, we're free to tell you that Foxy Brown, 28, is currently in solitary confinement, after "behavioral issues" at Rikers Island, where she is currently serving a year's jail time for probation violation. I feel for the girl! Riker's Island? Holy crap. A spokesman for the New York City Department of Correction announced to one and all that Inga Marchand, AKA Foxy Brown (Inga? Am I serious?) got into a shoving match with another prisoner on October 3rd, and had to be forcibly separated. Neither of the women were injured, but a day later, Foxy allegedly got verbally abusive towards guards and refused to take a mandatory drug test. I say allegedly because I wasn't there, and that's what the guards say. Foxy has no comment. Her manager, Chaz Williams, told MTV News that she shouldn't be isolated, and that the officials aren't following proper procedure when it comes to her health. She is serving time after Judge Melissa C. Jackson gave her a year to think about her actions, which include multiple assault accusations, leaving the state without the court's permission, and missing court dates. "I hope you turn your life around and never again have to stand in a court of law," Jackson told her last month. Foxy is working on an album from prison called Brooklyn's Don Diva, which is coming out Nov. 20th, and has a website at freefoxbrown.com. And I am not digging the fur coat on the homepage. The woman that she got into a scuffle with is also in solitary confinement. |
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Heidi
Klum talks to Oprah about Seal's...um...package
Heidi Klum told Oprah Winfrey on an episode that aired today, that the first thing she noticed about Seal was the size of his package. "I met him in a hotel lobby in New York City and he came in just from the gym, and I was sitting there and I was like, wow. And I pretty much saw everything. The whole package." Is she talking about the whole package as a whole, or as a...package? Well, he was wearing bicycle shorts, so you decide.
"The most common hiccup," Seal told Oprah, is when the first child comes along. "And it turns into all about the kids, which is understandable because they're miraculous. But then you've got to put each other first. You know, she will always be number one for me." "I have the most romantic husband, I do." Klum said. If anyone has the video clip of this, please send it to us! I have got to see Oprah's face after the bicycle shorts story. You've got to love Oprah's face, it's so expressive. |
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We
want to know: What do you think of CODE Pink?
Codepink4peace.org, aka CODEPINK, is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement that is working to end the war in Iraq, and prevent a war in Iran. Both men and women are members of CODEPINK, though, and they have been holding activist rallies against the war since November 17, 2002. Though they hold peaceful protests, a lot of them use realism to get their message across, by dressing in military camoflage and spreading fake blood on themselves. They are a peace group - but they want their message to be real. At a Congressional hearing, the anti-war protestor in the photo above next to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, held blood-stained hands up to Condi and shouted "war criminal!" "The blood of millions of Iraqis is on your hands!" the protestor yelled. Her name is Desiree Anita Ali-Fairooz, and she's a member of the Code Pink organization. Five people total were arrested and charged. The woman was escorted out by plan-clothes security and police, and was charged with disorderly conduct, assault on a police officer, and defacing government property for smearing the red paint on her hands on the hallway wall outside the hearing room. Watch the video clip yourself and decide. We want to know: what do you think of CODEPINK? |
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Vaughn is doing it for the kids Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
The Fulfillment Fund works with disadvantaged youth to help them graduate from high school, get into college, and stay there. A Los Angeles-based organization, the students they support are 98% minority, and come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The group also helps students who graduate transition successfully into the working world. The goal is to help students that are often overlooked in the overcrowded L.A. school system.
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Speaking of the Iraq War: $2.4 trillion by
2017
This is what 1 trillion stars look like. Think about the number $2.4 trillion for a moment. Of course it's too high a number for us to really get a grasp on what it might look like, or what it could possibly do. If you think of it in terms of how it could help the climate, or the economy, or health care: well, by God, it could work wonders. Unfortunately, the $2.4 trillion, will be going towards the Iraq War. A new report by the non-partisan budget analysis group for Congress - the Congressional Budget Office - found that the total cost of the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (without adding Iran into the mix) could reach $2.4 trillion dollars by 2017. The report said that an additional $705 billion can be added for interest payments, if the wars continue to be financed by government borrowing. Dude, you know we're borrowing it, right? And you know we can't afford it, right? Here is a video clip of today's hearing at The House Budget Committee to discuss the growing costs of the occupation. And here's the kicker: the Republicans on the committee did not even show up!
No offense to you Republicans out there - I know it's not your fault - but what are we all going to do?? Great, this is totally going to add to my stress levels. |
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Vince Vaughn, Seth Rogen, and Ron Howard were
among those who came to the Beverly Hills Hilton last night for the
Fulfillment Fund's Annual Stars Gala.
