1969 - Dr. Denton Cooley implanted the first temporary artificial heart.
1987 - The U.S. charged the Soviet Union with wiretapping a U.S. Embassy.
COINCIDENCE? I think NOT!
Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.
-- Karl Marx
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
-- Groucho Marx
FROM THE CHURCH OF INEFFABLE STUPIDITY:
a) A NEW WINNER! JOHN BRENNAN
The Church is proud to name John Brennan, spook, torture master and criminal as our sAINT for the day.
As reported by NEWSWEEK, the White House last month had accepted a recommendation from Attorney General Eric Holder to declassify and publicly release three 2005 memos that graphically describe harsh interrogation techniques approved for the CIA to use against Al Qaeda suspects. But after the story, U.S. intelligence officials, led by senior national-security aide John Brennan, mounted an intense campaign to get the decision reversed, according to a senior administration official familiar with the debate. "Holy hell has broken loose over this," said the official, who asked not to be identified because of political sensitivities.
http://rawstory.com/...
Holy Hell, indeed.
If the Obama administration caves in on this critical issue, it will lose the respect of world, not to mention most of those who voted for him.
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b) Wasilly Hillbillies - Starting this fall on TNT!
Todd Palin’s half-sister was arrested Thursday after police say she broke into a Wasilla home for the second time this week to steal money.
Palin is the husband of Gov. Sarah Palin. He declined comment.
Diana Palin, 35, entered a home near Wasilla’s Multi-Use Sports Complex and attempted to steal cash from the owner’s bedroom, police said. She also broke into the same house on Tuesday and stole $400, they said.
http://community.adn.com/...
First, Sarah takes the GOP of hundreds of thousands in clothing, then forgets to return it as promised.
Then, the favored family values candidate becomes a grannie through her unwed teen.
THEN, their future in-law turns out to be a meth dealer.
NOW, Todd's sister is a crook.
There's a term of art for these kind of people, Sarah included. rhymes with mite rash.
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c) American Family ASSociation
The Incredible Creatures That Defy Evolution Series enters the fascinating world of animals to reveal sophisticated and complex designs that shake the traditional foundations of evolutionary theory.
This series features Dr. Jobe Martin, who for the past 20 years, has been exploring evolution vs. creation. His findings have been fascinating students around the world as he lectures on these remarkable animal designs that cannot be explained by traditional evolution.
https://store.afa.net/...
My favorite part is this one: What creature was the inspiration for the helicopter?
Obviously, this disproves evolution WHY exactly? Just because humans study nature and take advantage of the best designs brought about through trial and error over a billion years?
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d) The Church of Ineffable Stupidity
Sometimes I blow it.
I've not been a big fan of the twitterization of our country, what with the silly 140 byte limitation and the "fun" of having 14,372 of your best friends know that your pizza was cold.
Nor am I a big fan of Demi Moore, although her movie Striptease was observed in detail, solely for clinical reasons.
If you combine the two . . . .
Actress Demi Moore and her league of Twitter followers Friday helped thwart a possible suicide attempt by a distraught California woman.
"Getting a knife, a big one that is sharp. Going to cut my arm down the whole arm so it doesn't waste time," said the message sent to Moore by a user of the social networking site.
"Hope you are joking," wrote back Moore.
"Gbye...gonna kill myself now," the woman responded.
http://www.nydailynews.com/...
Because of Demi, that woman is still alive and getting treatment.
Way to go, Demi. I may have to view Striptease again to give thanks for a good job.
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"There was never a good war or a bad peace."
Benjamin Franklin