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    Corruption Sting in New Jersey

    :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/06/nj.arrets/index.html (CNN) -- Two mayors and two state legislators are among 11 public officials arrested in New Jersey as part of a corruption investigation, the U.S. attorney's office in Trenton announced Thursday...
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    Hippo-Kramer Contest / Week 1

    Just a few hours until kickoff and some people still haven't made their picks. We'll allow leeway this week since I don't think it was clear, but normally all picks need to be in before the first kickoff of the week - whether that's on a Sunday, Saturday, Thursday, or whenever. Every game out...
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    Todd Marinovich

    Wow, this guy is arrested AGAIN for felony drug posession. How far can a person fall? http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2996539 NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Todd Marinovich, the former professional quarterback whose career ended in a mire of drug abuse, is facing a possible prison term...
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    The Hippo-Kramer Contest ...official thread

    Might as well get this going. The rules: You must pick 3 NFL sides or totals each week of the regular season. The lines we will use will be from Pinnacle, as of Tuesday or Wednesday each week, whichever day is easier to post them. Each selection is worth 1 point if it's correct, -1 if wrong...
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    JaMarcus Russell?

    I almost forgot about this guy. How dumb is he? Holding out for unreasonable terms that nobody - let alone the Raiders - will accept. LOL at him wasting away his first season being a greedy jackass. It seems that his team has no problem moving ahead without him.:sadwave:
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    Ball Buster ...was this real?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6drXB57d8g :scared
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    Maybe we should give our infrastructure higher priority?

    Levees being topped by Cat 3 storms, important interstate bridges collapsing, utility explosions in our largest city.... Perhaps - rather than bragging about how great we are and attempting to turn other parts of the world into us, we should focus attention on making our own country...
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    DTB's "do nothing" congress continues to do things...

    Senate approves greater disclosure of pet projects, fundraising http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/02/congress.ethics.ap/index.html WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate voted Thursday to make lawmakers disclose more about their efforts to fund pet projects and raise money from lobbyists, a move some...
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    ...and for Padre's 1,000th post....???

    I see you are sitting on 999. The bar of sentimental group-hugging/ass-kissing was set pretty high by Rolltide. Can you outdo him?
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    Veruca Salt Buys Wall Street Journal

    "I want the WHOLE world!" ...and of course that's his wife.
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    Congress Passes 9/11 Panel Recommendations

    http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/27/homeland.security.ap/index.html WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress sent President Bush legislation Friday to intensify anti-terror efforts in the U.S., shifting money to high-risk states and cities and expanding screening of air and sea cargo to stave off future...
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    Chicagoland Help

    I hate forwarding emails, but this one is from a good friend of mine who is close to the victim's family. Tragic story. I know MJ's is a place of great generosity, so I couldn't think of a better way to try and help.... ......................................... Hello family and friends- Very...
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    That's our Bush....

    July 19th Bush gave a speech at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville. He was met at the airport by Joe Downs, who had his legs blown off by an IED in Iraq. Said Bush, ?We?re going to get him some new legs, and if he hurries up, he can outrun me on the South Lawn of...
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    Happy 38th Anniversary!

    ;)
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    Read a Book

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWqa7cbdOC8
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    We don't hear much about Turkey, but...

    They seem to be a wildcard in the Iraq mess. Now they have amassed 140,000 troops on the border with Kurdish Iraq!!?? For a little persepctive, that's more than our entire forces in all of Iraq. Kurdish rebels operate in and around Turkey, regularly carrying out suicide missions (which we...
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    Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Bill

    http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/20/bush.stem.cell.ap/index.html
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    This morning's cards...

    This morning's cards shall be distributed as follows for the following reasons: GREEN Sponge - publicly supported by Madjack Fat Daddy Cool - protecting us from Canada Eddie Haskell - keeping God out of our school lunches Buddy - keeping His name alive in the face of Eddie Garden Weasel -...
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    iehulei2

    English, mother f**ker. Do you speak it? Sincerely, Jehovah
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    Wolfowitz: Is there nothing he can't f*#k up?

    Perhaps the worst example of Bush's "Loyalty trumps competence" philosophy. Please, Dubya - don't give him anymore jobs! Architect of the Iraq War and unethical President of the World Bank. Big FU to you, Paul - for all you've done. Really, thanks a lot! [Source: House Committee on...
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