(Bestest Friends Forever)
From MSNBC.COM:
Bush endorses John McCain for president
President offers to help GOP candidate raise money and appear at rallies
WASHINGTON - President Bush endorsed Republican nominee-in-waiting John McCain on Wednesday, two bitter rivals from the 2000 presidential race joining together now in hopes of preventing Democrats from winning the White House this fall.
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Well done!
This pretty much sums up how I feel about those idiotic yellow “I support the troop” ribbons on vehicles. I know I’ve been over this before, and I’m happy to report that I see way fewer yellow ribbons on the road here in Northern California than I did a few years […]

From MSNBC.COM: 
Scotty’s space ashes still lost on Earth
Search continues in New Mexico for ‘memorial spaceflight’ payload
The search for the UP Aerospace payload of experiments and the cremated remains of some 200 people — including Scotty of “Star Trek” fame as well as pioneering NASA Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper — continues within New Mexico’s rugged mountain […]

 
It’s been a long time since we had a new poll, so in honor of the four year Anniversary of “Mission Accomplished”  I bring you this new poll, inspired by a similar poll (with a little extra) on Daily Kos…
 
 

What should be done with the Mission Accomplished banner?
Put it on display at the George […]

From News.com.au: 
Man lives to 100, wins bet
A MAN who bet £100 ($240) a decade ago that he would live to be 100 is preparing to pick up his £25,000 ($60,000) winnings.
So confident was bookmaker William Hill in 1997 that it gladly offered Alec Holden odds of 250/1.
But the retired engineer, born April 24, 1907, celebrates […]

From MSNBC.COM: 
Abstinence students still having sex
Study tracked 2,057 young people in government-funded programs
WASHINGTON - Students who participated in sexual abstinence programs were just as likely to have sex a few years later as those who did not, according to a long-awaited study mandated by Congress.
Also, those who attended one of the four abstinence classes reviewed […]

I have to admit, it’s a catchy tune though.
I appologize in advance for the earworm. (To the left… to the right…)
Wait… no I don’t.

 
From MSNBC.COM:
Suspicious devices part of marketing plan
Promotion of ‘Aqua Teen Hunger Force’ cartoon closes Boston bridges
BOSTON - At least nine electronic devices planted at bridges and other spots in Boston threw a scare into the city Wednesday in what a cable network said was a marketing campaign for a late-night cartoon.
Highways, bridges and a section […]

Have you ever thought what it might be like to get splinters from your mouse?
Maybe you like the smell of freshly cut pine coming from your keyboard?
Ever thought how cool it might be if you could carve your sweethearts name into your CD rom drive?
If all that appeals to you, now you’re in luck!   Wood […]

 
From The Register UK:
CNET interviewer assaulted by flying wang
Airborne penises this week attacked CNET reporter and Second Life publicist Daniel Sadville, causing an unprecedented although not insurmountable interview interruption.
Daniel Sadville looked to continue his groundbreaking work hyping the Second Life online game by interviewing alleged virtual millionaire Ailin Graef (aka Anshe Chung). Sadville had invited […]

 
The First Amendment protects all speech, even dorky non-sensical teenager goofball speech.  I hope he wins.
From MSNBC.COM:
Supreme Court takes ‘Bong Hits 4 Jesus’ case
Student hung banner off school property, sparking free speech debate
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court stepped into a dispute over free speech rights Friday involving a suspended high school student and his banner […]

From YahooNews: 
Writers put brave face on bad sex awards
LONDON (Reuters) - There cannot be much good in bad sex, unless maybe it wins you a prize.
Two authors put on a brave face at being recognised for one of literatures most dubious accolades — the Bad Sex in Fiction Award — in a ceremony at In […]

(I wonder how many eggs and rolls of toilet paper Mr. Bruce Watters gets to clean off his house every year)
From YahooNews:
As ‘goblins’ knock, evangelicals answer the door
Bruce Watters used to simply hand out candy on Halloween, just like his neighbors in St. Petersburg, Fla., until he decided the holiday’s ghoulishness really didn’t jibe with […]