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Argentina's First Lady Likely
to be Next President
The lovely lady above - who looks like my mama in the 70's in that photo on the left - is Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. First Lady and Senator Cristina Fernandez is the wife of the leader of Argentina, President Nestor Kirchner.
You can read more of the article and view more pictures here. Argentina is looking better and better! Doesn't America need a president like this? Ask her to run here, instead! Oh wait, she wasn't born here. Well, maybe ABC should have a reality show for America's next president. I mean, I'm not feeling the direction everything is going in as of late. And if Stephen Colbert can run, what the hell? He signed his papers with an alias and a pink feather pen! Calling all contestants who are natural-born citizens in the U.S., who've resided here for at least fourteen years, and who are at least 35! Step on up! |
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DRAFT! Diplomats drafted
by U.S. government to embassy in Iraq
Starting on Monday, 200 to 300 diplomats will be notified that they are "prime candidates" to fill 40-50 vacancies that will open at the U.S. Embassy next year, announced Harry Thomas, director general of the Foreign Service. Those who are notified they are selected for the one-year position will have ten (10) days to respond. Unless they have a medical condition or other "compelling reasons," they will not be able to refuse the draft without facing disciplinary action up to dismissal. "If someone decides that they do not want to
go, we will then consider our An entire class of entry-level diplomats was sent to serve in Vietnam. Since then, some diplomats have been forcibly assigned to embassies in West Africa during the 1970's and 80's. DRAFT! DRAFT! DRAFT! Thomas also said that those who refuse duty are failing to uphold their oath to serve the United States and the Constitution. Oh, PLEASE! How many times has the Bush administration violated the Constitution? They've practically rewritten it.
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News
Roundup: Other News You Don't Want to
Miss  Friday, October 26th, 2007 Animals: Yes! Someone sent the minks free! Mink farm in Germany emptied Source: Yahoo! Crime: Teen's jail time over oral sex cruel and unusual punishment, he is released Source: ABC Entertainment: Chris Rock takes his 3-year old daughter to Bee Movie premiere, dressed as a bee. Awwwwwwww! Source: Just Jared Fashion: Some wild animal is attacking Sharon Stone! GROSS fur outfit. Source: Dlisted U.S. News: FEMA apologizes for staging a fake news conference about wildfires Source: BBC News U.S. News: FOX News asks if California wildfires started by Al Qaeda Source: The Raw Story U.S. News: Bush will allow Senator Leahy to view wiretapping correspondence Source: Boston Globe World News: Talks with Iraqi delegation begin in Turkey Source: New York Times World News: Some detainees reported freed in Myanmar Source: Washington Post |
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Everyone
from
Bono to America's Next Top Models supporting Keep a Child
Alive
The 4th annual Black Ball concert honored U2 frontman Bono for all of his charity work, and presented him with a Liberty Metal at a ceremony during the event. Bono, Alicia Keys, and Gwen Stefani all performed. He says, "Rock stars always want to do two things. They want to have fun and change the world. If they can do both at the same time, you're okay."
Petra Nemcova (Nemcová, actually) a fashion model from the Czech Republic and good girl extraordinaire, shows some skin at the Keep a Child Alive event. Petra has her own charity, the Happy Hearts Fund (HHF), which helps children who have suffered hardship as a result of natural, economic, or health-related disasters. The Keep a Child Alive charity is an organization that helps children and families obtain life-saving AIDS drugs and support for survival in Africa, where the AIDS pandemic is raging. They provide crucial anti-retro viral medication AIDS sufferers. Speaking of Keep a Child Alive, this week America's Next Top Model (ANTM) contestants' challenge was putting together a promo bit for the AIDS charity. They posed in recycled goods. I didn't see it but plan on watching the rerun: cool shots, good cause! Wouldn't it sound like farting if Ebony sat down in that skirt, though?
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Editorial: Five Reasons We
Don't Like Kid Rock I posted an article yesterday with a picture of Kid Rock and I wrote "waffle breath" on it - I was reporting on his appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres show, where he brought her a t-shirt that said "Eat my grits" and was joking about his recent fight at a waffle house. So suddenly all of these Kid Rock fans come out of the woodwork and start commenting me, e-mailing me. I found it especially amusing that someone said, "Know your role." Here's is my role, kids. I am a news blogger. I'll admit I interchanged Waffle House and IHOP in that article - it was not an IHOP. I was reporting from news that was submitted to me incorrectly. I was not aware that there is a distinct enough difference to make people upset. However - who cares what type of breakfast food is served there? The point of the story is that he got into a fight at 5 am after drinking and showing up at a breakfast place. A window was broken. A guy was hit. Kid Rock, Bob Ritchie, Robert Ritchie, whatever you like to call him, was charged with a misdemeanor of simple battery. He was released from the county jail on bond Sunday afternoon.
And as a news blogger, I insert my opinion. I'm a nice girl. I give props everywhere props are due. In the case of Kid Rock, I find him distasteful and offensive. I will even provide you with 5 good reasons why. Not that I have to - because you're on my blog, loves. But I support freedom of expression, so I leave the comment sections open. 1. I find him religiously offensive. While I like one song off of his recent album, Rock 'N Roll Jesus:
I find the album as a whole offensive and sacrilegious. He dresses as if he thinks he is Jesus, and even refers to himself as such: "Testify. It's a Rock revival. Don't need a suit. Ya don't need a Bible. Get up and dance. I'm gonna set you free, yeah. Testify: It's all sex, drugs, rock n roll. A soul sensation that you can't control. And you can see I practice what I preach I'm your rock 'n roll Jesus. Yes I am." - Rock 'N Roll Jesus 2. He's immoral, and he's a bad example for young America. He sings that track Amen, and three songs later in the album, there's "So Hott," where the chorus is: "I don't want to be your friend, I want to f*ck you like I'm never gonna see you again." Yes, complain about all of the problems of the world, and then encourage people to have meaningless sex with people they'll never see again. That won't spread HIV, no sir. 3. He wears fur constantly. I am avidly antifur, and anyone that doesn't know what is done to the animals he pays thousands for and slings on his back, is willfully ignorant. 4. This is not the first time (recently, even!) that he has been in a fistfight. Violence is never the answer, and he condones it through his words and his actions. Go help promote peace. 5. He needs to wash his hair. So there you have it. Five good reasons why I don't like Kid Rock. And since this is my blog, Kid Rock fans should probably just stay away, because I doubt there will ever be positive news to report about him.
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Action
alert: Cleveland area city bans pit bulls as
pets
The city of Garfield Heights, which is a suburb in the Greater Cleveland area, began a "pit bull ban" this week, because city leaders believes the dogs are not safe to have, even as pets. The city prosecutor said there were two pit bull attacks in the last six months, and a decision had to be made. Shana Klein, a local resident, organized a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals meeting in Bratenahl last night. She and her husband adopt animals in need. She told a local news channel in Cleveland that pit bull bans do not work, and the group is looking for support to reverse the ban. "When you're confronted by a dog that's about to attack you, you're not saying, "well it's not a pit bull, then it must be nice," Shana said. "You're afraid because it's a dog that's not being controlled by its owner...It's very scary to live in a place where a family member can possibly be confiscated because of the way they look." If a complaint comes into the police station about any pit bulls in Garfield Heights, police will respond and give owners a chance to find their dogs a new home, outside of the city. If the owner does not comply, the city now has the right to put the dog(s) in a shelter, or even euthanize them. The ordinance passed in September, and owners can also get 60 days in jail and a $500 fine. And it's not the only city in Northeast Ohio that has a pit bull ban: the neighboring suburb of Parma has had such a law since 1987. The 14th amendment of the Constitution states: "No state shall..deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." Our dogs - who are also friends, members of our family - but are they not our own property? I would like to post further information and a petition regarding this ban: if anyone has any further information, please contact us.
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Mariah Carey's spiritual advice for
troubled stars
Mariah Carey, aka Mimi, has offered advice to troubled stars Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears. Take it from the successful diva, girls! Mariah, who has suffered her own emotional breakdown in 2001, credits spiritual guidance for helping her get through it. She told Glamour magazine her advice for stars who are under stress: "I would say you need to be very centered, and spiritually know where you're at, all the time. Don't read the tabloids. Don't be obsessed with what people are writing or saying. Live your life for you. "My lifestyle has changed since making it. It's not a financial struggle, but I'm still struggling in a lot of ways...it took me a long time to acknowledge that my personal feelings mattered." For the Mimi fans: Here's a YouTube video clip of Mariah during her interview for Glamour's November 2007 issue. She gives some random facts about Ms. Mariah Carey.
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Rwanda charade ends:
Paris Hilton isn't going The foundation that was sponsoring Paris Hilton's upcoming trip to Rwanda cancelled through a statement to the press yesterday from the leaders of "Playing For Good." "Due to the restructuring of the Playing for Good Foundation, the philanthropic trip to Rwanda that the foundation had previously planned with Paris Hilton has been postponed," the statement read. |
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NY Cop's lung disease death
nothing to do with 9/11, ME says
Speaking of uber-suspicious. The New York City Chief medical examiner released her findings yesterday, in the true cause of death of James Zadroga, a NY police detective who died in January 2006. A pathologist in New Jersey had linked Zadroga's death to inhaling Ground Zero Dust after working in the rubble of the Word Trade Center after the September 11th attacks. The city's medical examiner disagrees. James' family and the police union had believed his death was caused by the hundreds of hours he had spent working at the 9/11 site. My question is: Why would they even be still investigating whether or not that was the true cause in the first place? He worked on Ground Zero and breathed in the white dust for more than four hundred hours! And then died of lung disease at the age of 34, five years later. Give his family what they need, as Mayor Bloomberg promised.
"The lung disease is not due to anything that was inhaled, it was because of what was put through his blood stream," announced Ellen Borakove, spokeswoman for the chief medical examiner. "He ground up drugs and injected them. Talc and cellulose were found. Those two are used as binders when the companies make prescription drugs," she said. They are saying that Zadroga took the insoluble ingredients, crushed them up, and injected them, giving himself the lung disease that killed him. Zardoga's family acknowledged he was taking
several drugs to treat his In a letter sent this week to Zadroga's parents, Chief Medical Examiner Charles Hirsch rejected all opinions and analysis that linked the officer's death to breathing in harmful substances. "It is our unequivocal opinion, with certainty beyond doubt, that the foreign material in your son's lungs did not get there as the result of inhaling dust at the World Trade Center or elsewhere," Hirsch wrote in the letter, also was signed by city Medical Examiner Michele Slone. Zadroga died Jan. 5, 2006, at his parents' home in Little Egg Harbor, N.J., from pulmonary disease and respiratory failure. His death had resulted in state lawmakers in New York passing a bill awarding accidental-death benefits to relatives of Ground Zero workers and responders who contracted fatal illnesses as a result to the harmful toxins at the site. His memorial page at The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc., where you can leave a "reflection" in memorium of him and other rescue workers and heroes, remains unchanged: "Detective
James Zadroga Biographical
Info Incident
Details Detective James Zadroga died of a respiratory disease he contracted during rescue and recovery operations at the site of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center." He is survived by his five-year old daughter, and his parents.
The DVD is out on November 6th, so preorder now! For Christmas, even! They've also updated their website with more in the "What Can I Do?" section. Comments > > |
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Sean Penn will be honored with the Best Director award for his
latest movie
The
State Department announced today - quietly, 
options," he told
reporters over the phone. "We have many options, including dismissal
from the Foreign Service."
David Bowie, Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day, Jay-Z, Clive
Davis, Mike Mills of R.E.M., Alicia Keys, Petra Nemcova, Gwen Stefani,
Diddy. Those are just a few of the names that turned out for last
night's $1.5 million AIDS fundraiser benefit concert called The Black
Ball.
And it
took them nearly two years to release their findings? I have never
heard of this cause of death, that the ME ruled yesterday.
illness,
and some of them intravenously, but they were all prescribed for his lung
disease.
