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Why are you a Democrat in 2008?

Win the chance to spend a day in the presidential campaign press pool, and attend the 2008 Democratic National Convention!

CNN reports that, following these rules, you too can break the law and avoid punishment!

Every time I’m out shopping or whatever, I often catch myself saying. “There goes someone who’s desire to get to wherever it is he’s going is more important than my life!”

I too have owned a radar detector, so I can’t take the high and mighty road. But there’s something wrong in helping people beat getting a speeding ticket. There’s a good reason why police officers hand out speeding tickets - to deter that kind of behavior. Speeding increases gas consumption. Speeders can be annoying and distracting (Ever have one riding your bumper, honking his horn and flashing his lights? Ever have one blow your doors off trying to get around you, only to stop in front of you to make that long-waiting left turn?).

And did I mention that speeding kills? Unfortunately, most times, it’s not even the GD speeder that’s killed in a crash! Much like drunk drivers, speeders usually survive crashes, whereas their victims oftentimes do not.

If the only way to do deter speeding is to fine the speeder, then please let them get fined. If I decide to make a trip, I very much would like not to die doing it, thank you!

Unlike Kentucky, Virginia does not allow for a second dose of sodium thiopental, which results in a deep, coma-like unconsciousness, even when a second round of the other drugs is required. Virginia also administers the three drugs more quickly than Kentucky.

Are Virginians sadists? Do they have “sexual gratification gained through causing pain or degradation to others?” Do they get “any enjoyment in being cruel?” Do they revel in “extreme cruelty?”

SURE AS HELL APPEARS SO!

It’s because of thinking like this that waterboarding is allowed to happen. Sick, twisted fucks.

CNN Video: Novak

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Novak says he has been issued a $50 citation after hitting a pedestrian while driving in downtown Washington. Novak tells WJLA-TV he was cited for failing to yield the right of way. He says he didn’t realize what happened and continued driving until a bicyclist stopped him. David Bono, the bicyclist who witnessed the incident, told The Associated Press that the pedestrian was hit in a crosswalk and was splayed across Novak’s windshield.

“Some passengers vomited after disembarking.”

I wouldn’t have waited. A big pop, oxygen masks deployed… the barf bag couldn’t have gotten up to face no where near in time.

Hole in Qantas jet forces emergency landing

(CNN) — A Qantas flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne made an emergency landing in the Philippines on Friday after a hole appeared in the fuselage and the cabin lost pressure suddenly.

“There was an almighty crack,” one passenger said. “We dropped a bit in the air, but other than that it was fine.” [...]

Images of the Boeing 747-400 after it landed showed a large hole where the leading edge of the wing attaches to the fuselage. [...]

Qantas said the hole, which was between 2.5 to three meters in diameter, was being inspected by engineers.

Qantas pilot Captain John Francis Bartels looks at the damaged fuselage in Manila, Philippines.

Sonny Landreth

Riffing off the slide guitar earlier this week, here’s a double dose of Sonny Landreth, “Uberesso” and “Native Stepson,” live from the Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2007. Landreth’s got a wild, very impressive technique.

Barack Obama addressed over 200,000 in Berlin. Wonder what the draw for McCain would be. ha! Here’s his speech.

Well deserved. Too bad it took them so long for the rest of the so called journalists to figure it out.

Two things about this make me crazy. Here’s a 13 year old girl reported missing. She’s been missing for 3 weeks, but the police have “no reason to believe she was in any danger.” WTF is that? She’s missing……isn’t that fucking reason enough to think she might be in danger? Then……there was no Amber alert because the case didn’t meet all the criteria. Gee, what criteria wasn’t met? She wasn’t a little white girl with blond hair???? And now they tell the family not to talk to the media. They do NOTHING, and don’t want the family to talk to the media about it. Unfuckingbelievable. Not only would I be talking to the media, I’d be talking to a damn lawyer. My heart felt sympathies go out to this family. What a nightmare.

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