I read this on Scott Keith's blog. Now I guess I can respect him again.
"The rest of the show was kind of predictable and I nearly wretched at having Al Gore’s propaganda piece shoved down my throat all night, not only by winning Best Documentary but also Best Song AND another segment just dedicated to letting Gore talk about global warming! Look, the best scientists that money can buy today can barely even tell us if it’s going to rain tomorrow, don’t give me this line of crap about how they can somehow magically predict climate changes for the next hundred years, because they can’t."
Richard Freeman of the Centre for Fortean Zoology, which researches mystery animals, said the sightings could in fact be of giant sterile eels, which, unlike normal eels, "just stay in fresh water and get bigger and bigger".
I don't know where the "Centre for Fortean Zoology" is, but what I do know is that I NEED to work there. Click on the link for a picture.
Astronomers have captured enough light from two planets far beyond our own solar system to reveal details of their chemical make-up, marking a new phase in the search for extraterrestrial life.
Ron Paul has run as the presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party in the past.
If there's still any Republicans out there who actually care about this great country, we NEED to get this man through the primaries. Sure he's not one of the media darlings (suck ups) that McCain, Rudy, or Chuck "bin" Hagel are, but it would be great if he's included in the debates.
At least then maybe some Republicans would open their eyes and see what their party has become in the last four years. Maybe even the phony conservatives at Fox News.
"Ronald Reagan once said that libertarianism is 'the very heart and soul of conservatism' (Reagan was great at communicating the principles of limited government, if less great at actually implementing them). Of all the candidates so far declared, only Paul can credibly lay claim to the legacy of the Reagan-Goldwater revolution. How well he does, how long he lasts, and who ends up defeating him will reveal whether there's any limited government allegiance at all still stirring the Republican Party."
Here's an interesting read from a Nebraskan priest who was Rome when John Paul II passed away. Why am I posting this? He's the priest who will be performing my wedding this fall!
Of all the people to die of "pro-wrestling premature death syndrome (pwpds)," Curt Hennig's was the saddest to me. He was always one of the best and to this day no one outside of The Mountie had a better theme song. The best match I've ever seen live was at a house show in Lincoln, NE where Mr. Perfect and Bret Hart went to a 30-minute time limit. Great (no... Perfect) stuff.
Anyhow, it was announced that he would be inducted to the WWE Hall of Fame this year. That's great; he deserves it. However, I hope they limit their dead wrestler inductions to only one each year (the von Erich's can be the exception.) I also think it was a little tasteless to announce that they were inducting a wrestler who died way too young on the same day that another former ECW, WCW, and WWE wrestler (Mike Awesome) also died of pwpds without mentioning his passing.
UPDATE: It appears the Mike Awesome's body was found Saturday and that the death was an apparent suicide. Very sad.
I am REALLY getting tired of reading about pro-wrestlers passing away like this. It seems like there is one every month. He was a good guy too. He worked his ass off at the first ECW: One Night Stand pay-per-view a couple of years ago. Prayers for the family, etc.
From PWInsider.com: I'm sorry to report the passing of former ECW World champion Mike Awesome. We don't have much in the way of details yet but Awesome, real name Michael Alfonso, was 42 at the time of his passing.
This is, um... well, I didn't get it from artbell.com, so who knows?
NEW YORK (AP) -- Researchers are trying to find ways to regrow fingers _ and someday, even limbs _ with tricks that sound like magic spells from a Harry Potter novel.
There's the guy who sliced off a fingertip but grew it back, after he treated the wound with an extract of pig bladder. And the scientists who grow extra arms on salamanders. And the laboratory mice with the eerie ability to heal themselves.
The implosion of the world wide Anglican communion continues do to the antics of the Episcopal church in America. Fortunately, not all hope is lost for the denomination. This is totally interesting to dorks like me :)
My biggest complaint with the Libertarian Party was the immigration policy. Here's their new rational immigration policy. I'm sure it would be considered way to xenophobic for President Bush, but it here it is anyhow.
Solutions: Borders will be secure, with free entry to those who have demonstrated compliance with certain requirements. The terms and conditions of entry into the United States must be simple and clearly spelled out. Documenting the entry of individuals must be restricted to screening for criminal background and threats to public health and national security. It is the obligation of the prospective immigrant to demonstrate compliance with these requirements. Once effective immigration policies are in place, general amnesties will no longer be necessary.
The Archbishop also revealed that professional wrestling is predetermined. Not really, but it's good to see that some people are addressing the global problem of anti-Semitism, which is clearly on the rise through Europe.
Here's a pretty good article about the late Bam Bam Bigelow.
Bigelow proved his courage in July 2000 when he rescued three children, ages 5, 8, and 9, from a burning home at 3:30 a.m., suffering second-degree burns on over 40 percent of his body that put him in the hospital for almost two months.
So not only did the government give an illegal drug smuggler blanket immunity to testify against border agents, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, but also misled Congress about it.
These men need justice.
Why won't the phony conservatives in the White House do anything about this travesty?
A Department of Homeland Security official admitted today the agency misled Congress when it contended it possessed investigative reports proving Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean confessed guilt and declared they "wanted to shoot some Mexicans" prior to the incident that led to their imprisonment.
Here's a look at the Mormon practice of post-death baptism.
"So Benedict looks set to join his predecessor John Paul and a centuries-long list of popes Mormons have baptized -- despite the fact that he, back when he was the Vatican's top doctrinal authority, ruled that Mormon baptisms were not even Christian."
I don't know too much about the LDS, but at the end of this article there's a very brief summary of why they baptise the dead. Give it a look.
American Justice. This is the direct result of the president's immigration policy. Look the other way when people come in illegally, then look up the federal agents who try to stop them.
"He said he didn't have a chance to turn around and look at any of the guys attacking him at that time. He just felt a blow to the back of his head. The prisoners were kicking him with steel-toe shoes, the work boots they are issued in prison. They kept kicking and kicking. And they kept calling him in Spanish a **** immigration officer, saying 'darle, darle,' which means, 'give it to him.' They were cussing him out in Spanish. He couldn't fight back he was outnumbered."
I haven't watched this week's episode of Impact yet, but Lance Storm really rips it apart in this column. And it really does sound terrible.
I think we need a new chant in TNA ... "Go home Ru-sso CLAP.CLAP.CLAPCLAPCLAP."
I really wonder if the conspiracy is true that Vince Russo actually works for Vince McMahon and just goes around the country working for the competition in order to kill it from the inside.
Storm: "How a company with such an amazingly talented locker room can produce such an unwatchable show is beyond me. Actually it isn't beyond me I watched Vince Russo do it in WCW. There is an old expression: 'Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.' Someone needs to explain the history of WCW to Dixie Carter."
Storm: "The show is called Total Non-Stop Action yet we get almost no action and when we do get some it is over shadowed by endless run ins, outside interference, and non-finishes."
