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Su-u-ure ... "Free" blinker fluid. Once the car's in the shop they'll sell him a full set of muffler bearings. What a sucker!

Since you never know if it's just another arrogant performer or really is an out-of-control reporter, the last paragraph seems to say a lot: I like Pink ('cept her politics). so I hope it wasn't her fault.

Whoa, 56 pairs?!? I imagine it's the common story of the introduction of non-native snakes, rats and felines. Sad. I remember as a kid visiting the local zoo (it was only blocks from my house so I was there all the time) and seeing, almost, nearly, Kiwis. They had their habitat very dark so it was tough to see them. If I remember correctly, they are nocturnal, hence the darkened habitat.

No apology necessary. I saw the word "landslide" in print, right next to the number "51%" (not sure if it was later raised to the 52% seen in that cartoon or what). I was scratching my head. I ASSUME it means a large number of electoral votes, but that's not the usual number used when describing a victory as a "landslide." Just heard (in a podcast) that in a poll in Canada, 80% would have voted for Obama. Now THAT would be a landslide!

If everyone gave a couple of bucks then, maybe, it'd give kids an improper impression. But most people give a piece of candy worth a few cents, so I think the kid's future is safe. It's mostly about dressing up, THEN the candy, and also the comraderie of joining in a community event. For parents it's the "cute" factor, seeing the kids dressed up. Now, for teens, it's all about the loot.

$2.19. TWO NINETEEN!

Landslide, huh? He did get a large majority of the electoral votes, but I bet 99% of the world's population can't explain what an electoral vote IS.

omigod I bet you used a word or two you can't repeat here when you first saw that site! -----

If YOU go to a site you trust and the flash player says you need an update, you're "relatively" safe in accepting it (among other slight threats there's a new "click-jacking" technique that could make that unsafe, but it's unlikely in this instance). YOU chose to use Windows Update, so that should be safe. The original note made it seem like it had to be something YOU didn't choose to go to, it was "dispatched" TO you instead. -----

My "gut" feeling is this is being blown out of proportion. How many people bet that Obama would NOT be elected (or inaugurated), and how BIG would they have to have bet to be tempted to force the issue? One person? Ten? And out of the likely few that thought McCain would win and bet a huge amount on it, how many of those could orchestrate an international assasination? The odds of that happening must approach zero. ----- I can't believe they reneged on their wager that he'd be "elected" by claiming he must assume office before they'll pay off. That wasn't the BET! -----

You could, for all the good it'd do you: Six months later you'd have to donate it all to charity.

No wonder "the rest of the world didn't expect" an African-American leader with that attitude. Until NOW blacks have NEVER been treated as CITIZENS???? That's so wrong I don't even know what to say. I vaguely recall knowing about the Maori and their "separate but equal" party. Thanks for the additional info.

Don't know if that's a real threat or not, but if you open "dispatches" (I assume that means e-mails) that you did not sign up for, you most certainly WILL get malware eventually. I can't imagine opening an e-mail from CNN or other news sources. "Um, I didn't sign up for that - DELETE."

It's interesting that many nations are moving right while the US has pegged the needle to the left. Everyone says, "The US is too far right, it has to move left!" Then, in their own countries, they vote right.

X 1000!

VERY bad taste. It's an old (and derogatory) joke from like the 1920's or 30's or thereabouts. BTW Marty, you were worried we couldn't elect an African American without some kind of incident? We managed to do it before any industrialized country, didn't we? Any blacks running Germany? France? England? Any European country? China? Japan? Canada? Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope and nope (unless I've forgotten someone somewhere). Does New Zealand elect indigenous peoples to high positions in government? Sorry about being so uninformed about NZ's political scene.

What TIME did you guys go to vote? Polling was open at 6am. I was up already but I doubted that could be correct, so I waited a while. Still, no lines, maybe two or three others voting at the time (there were more election workers than voters). Maybe because it was an elementary school and parents were preoccupied with getting the kids into class? There was one guy devoted to the one electronic voting machine. He had a laptop and typed, oh, something-or-other for a while after I agreed to use that machine. The chatty lady informed me she was the first one to use it (she seemed really proud!).

Hey! Congratulations man! Even after all these years I still get a bit jittery during the process. Guess it's because it only happens every couple of years (or more).

Easy-peesy. Walked one block to the local elementary school, entered the gym, walked up to the correct alphabetical election worker, gave my name & address, signed a piece of paper, then it got different. I was asked if I wanted to use the electronic voting machine. Hey, why not? I liked it. "My" election worker was a bit chatty. There's a state referendem on having a Constitutional convention and it wasn't really covered by the news. WHILE I WAS VOTING she had a few things to say about it (hey, I'm voting here). I, personally, read all about it in the local paper, so I knew what was goi

I'm sure that collar can be modded to be a little more, err, persuasive. Grabbed some "singer-songwriters" off the G-J shelf: Grayson Hugh Gordon Lightfoot James Blunt Leo Kottke (whom I've seen live in concert - Boo-Ya!)

... Not to mention the cost of a lawyer to defend the lawsuit for stealing money from the toll system.

Grabbed a potpourri off the "C" and "D" shelves: Cat Stevens, Teaser and the Firecat (Man; Tuesday's Dead, Morning Has Broken, Moonshadow, Peace Train, wow, what an album.) The Cranberries, No Need To Argue (Ode To My Family, Twenty One, and ... Zombie! Zombie! Yes, Zombie!) Death Cab for Cutie, Plans (I Will Follow You Into The Dark!) Don Henley, I Can't Stand Still (You Better Hang Up, Dirty Laundry and The Unclouded Day ... that last is apparently a "traditional" hymn, Willie Nelson among others have done it, but it seems the authors change depending on who does it ... I don't get it.)

Keith Richards, huh? You must have looked like HELL when you were admitted. OK, nothing to joke about. Must've been terrifying for the OL. Even "innocent" pranks have consequences. Working at a casino I know the consequences when someone underage manages to get on the casino floor, regardless of whether they gambled or not. They review the surveillance tapes and every employee they passed gets fired. You can imagine the havoc that causes to people's lives, just because some nineteen-year-old wanted to play some games. "What harm can it cause?" Eh. (They've been a bit more lenient late

Oh. My. God. Toasted, buttered pumpkin bread.

The odds are with them I guess. A bajillion e-mails only requires a teensy percentage of replies to make a buck, or, more likely, to infect computers with bots, or worse. But I'm with ya, WHO IS that teensy percentage? Kids with access to mommy and daddy's credit cards? First time computer owners? Horny old men?