Is there some kind of hivemind meme download section hidden on Little Green Footballs?
Ok, I've clicked the pi symbol... I'm in! Today's phrases are 'Clinton also fired attorneys' and 'there is global warming on Mars.' With these perfectly cogent talking points, I'll be unstoppable!
MIAMI, Feb. 28 — Steven B. Stanton has been the city manager of Largo, about 25 miles west of Tampa, for 14 years. But he is now facing dismissal after his plans to have sex-change surgery became public.
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The City Commission placed Mr. Stanton, 48, on paid leave on Tuesday night after voting 5 to 2 to begin the process of firing him.
Mr. Stanton had recently confirmed that he is a transsexual and announced his sex-change plans after an area newspaper reported that he was receiving hormone therapy in preparation for the operation.
About 500 Largo residents attended the commission meeting Tuesday, and commissioners have received hundreds of e-mail messages, most supporting the resolution to fire Mr. Stanton, which was introduced by Commissioner Mary G. Black.
“I do not feel he has the integrity, nor the trust, nor the respect, nor the confidence to continue as the city manager,” The Associated Press quoted Ms. Black as saying.
Jesus. Can you imagine how much shit these assholes would be in if you replaced transgendered with black, or female, or (to a much lesser degree) gay? And is it just me or should the fucking New York Times know better than to refer to her as Mr.?
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In other news, the wiregrass counties of Alabama (Dothan, Troy, Enterprise, Ozark, etc.) where I used to live got clobbered by a storm today.
A couple of quick thoughts-- if TDS was doing this they'd be self deprecating enough to associate Obama's cocaine with Bush or the Bush kids, or Rush (and so on and so forth.)
--The quick cut to reveal a co-anchor is pure Daily Show.
--BO? 99.9%? Gassy? I'm reminded of being in 4th grade and beginning to grasp the mechanics of humor. And at least the Daily Show would be self-aware enough to realize that Obama has been in politics at a state level longer than that, or that there might be a parallel to Arnold Schwarzenegger (or fuck, Bush. The governor of Texas is very limited in political power. Executing retards is a nice perk.)
Differences over how to punish Iran's nuclear defiance strain international alliance
Iran says it wants to develop enrichment to generate power and has started assembling the first of what it says will ultimately be 54,000 enriching centrifuges at underground bunkers near the central city of Natanz -- just weeks away from a Feb. 21 Security Council deadline to stop the program or face sharpened sanctions.
Yet, government officials say there is some disagreement about how much to make public to support the administration's case. Intelligence officials worry the sources of their information could dry up.
That is the sophisticated language and appeal of America's all-time best selling adult novels celebrating the ethnic cleansing of non-Christians at the hands of Christ. If a Muslim were to write an Islamic version of the last book in the Left Behind series, Glorious Appearing, and publish it across the Middle East, Americans would go beserk. Yet tens of millions of Christians eagerly await and celebrate an End Time when everyone who disagrees with them will be murdered in ways that make Islamic beheading look like a bridal shower.
“There is no expressed grant of habeas in the Constitution; there’s a prohibition against taking it away,” Gonzales said.
Gonzales’s remark left Specter, the committee’s ranking Republican, stammering.
“Wait a minute,” Specter interjected. “The Constitution says you can’t take it away except in case of rebellion or invasion. Doesn’t that mean you have the right of habeas corpus unless there’s a rebellion or invasion?”
Gonzales continued, “The Constitution doesn’t say every individual in the United States or citizen is hereby granted or assured the right of habeas corpus. It doesn’t say that. It simply says the right shall not be suspended” except in cases of rebellion or invasion.
Audio of excerpts from the fatal "Hold your wee for a Wii" radio contest.
Basically, for several hours before the woman dies, the DJ's are joking about how they probably should have done some more research on this, and how it could be lethal but you'd probably throw up if you drank too much, and dismissing callers who called in to warn them about water intoxication by saying it was ok because the contestants signed a waiver. I might try to transcribe it at some point.
I didn't listen to the last minute (where the contestant was talking about how she had a headache and felt bad but the interns told her it was ok) because it made me kind of angry but mostly just panicy.
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