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The terrorist have officially won. America is paralyzed in fear and willing to give up personal freedom and liberty in the name of safety. Is red tape and an army of G.E.D's really the answer to our security problems?

Is this Texas woman really a threat? Apparently I'm the only one who thinks this is outrageous. MSM seems to only care about whether or not she receives an apology and if she can cash in on a lawsuit. Unbelievable.
 
Oh Eva....the irony. The feminists in Portland are complaining about using Veganism to promote a strip club, and yet that picture clearly shows that this guy "Johnny Diablo" is brazenly ripping off his girls and the feminist don't even raise a peep.
 
Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy! I'm seriously considering renouncing my decades long commitment to vegetarianism...

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"...Burger King plans to start building a new version of its restaurants this year called the Whopper Bar that will sell a wider variety of its signature hamburger in a hipper setting.

The menu and size of the Whopper Bars will be smaller than a typical Burger King, but they will sell Whoppers not typically available at all times in the chain's traditional restaurants. Executives say they haven't finalized the menu, though it could include as many as 10 types of Whoppers, such as the Western Whopper, the Texas Double Whopper and the Angry Whopper, a version topped with spicy onions. One menu sketch has a section called "Pimp Your Whopper," where patrons can chose from additional toppings like jalapeno peppers, bacon and barbecue sauce..." WSJ Linky
 
I remember reading "The Killing Fields" as a young adult. The name Dith Pran has stuck in my brain ever since then. This man faced so much adversity yet persevered. It's a great book if you ever have the spare time (and yes, I have a first edition)

NEW YORK (AP) - Dith Pran, the Cambodian-born journalist whose harrowing tale of enslavement and eventual escape from that country's murderous Khmer Rouge revolutionaries in 1979 became the subject of the award-winning film "The Killing Fields," died Sunday, his former colleague said.

'Killing Fields' Survivor Dith Pran Dies - AOL News

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Conn. nation's richest state

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS newsroom@ctpost.com

Article Last Updated: 03/27/2008 04:25:33 PM EDT

HARTFORD — Connecticut remains the nation's richest state and is widening its lead over the other 49.

The U.S. Commerce Department reported Wednesday that total per capita income in Connecticut rose to $54,117 in 2007, up from $50,762 in 2006. This per-person income, the highest in the nation, is 40 percent more than the national average of $38,611.

In addition, the 6.6 percent gain in Connecticut's per capita income from 2006 to 2007 ranked fourth in the United States and was higher than the 5.2 percent national average.

Per capita income in Connecticut was helped last year by the continued growth of the financial services industry in Fairfield County. And millionaires comprise about 2.4 percent of the population, double the national rate.
 
As I was driving around Irvine I noticed a black SUV.

The license plate read cuulade. (I only wish I had a camera on me)

I don't know if it was meant to be pronounced Kool-Aid, but that is how I took it.

It gave me a little chuckle and I wonder what the story is behind that plate. any guess?
 
halfnote19 said:
As I was driving around Irvine I noticed a black SUV.

The license plate read cuulade. (I only wish I had a camera on me)

I don't know if it was meant to be pronounced Kool-Aid, but that is how I took it.

It gave me a little chuckle and I wonder what the story is behind that plate. any guess?
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Sounds like a Cadillac Escalade purchased with HELOC money...
 
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