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Prop 8 Struck Down

California judge strikes down Prop 8 (PDF)…

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Top Secret America

A fountain of information from the Washington Post… 854,000 with top-secret access.

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Drugs Inc. – Meth Episode

A look at the ins-and-outs of meth

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Billion Bug Highway

Fantastic animation/report from NPR to cleanse the palate today… It’s about billions of bugs in the sky.

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Aimee Sword Convicted

Sword gets 30 years for sex with son…

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USA V. Arizona (PDF)

The Justice Department has officially filed a lawsuit against the state of Arizona over still yet to be enacted SB1070. Read the filing here (PDF).

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Dobbs Calls Condi A ‘Cotton Pi…’

He Gets Real Close To Saying Cotton Pickin’ At 1:27 In:

Lou Dobbs is a nice guy, I talked to him not long ago. I can tell you he’s no racist. I can also tell you that he hit the brakes on this one like a champ. His mouth got a little ahead of his brain on this one.

Update: Whoops! CNN scrubbed this comment from the transcript.


Judge Tosses Whites Out Of Court

An Atlanta Judge Tosses All Whites Out Of His Court Room:

Let me ask you this, if a white judge removed all blacks from his court room to speak directly to the whites who remained would he be deemed racist? I think that he most certainly would. In a day and age when Al Sharpton rushes to the defense of rapists because of their skin color, you can better believe someone would cause a fuss over this if…


Chelsea Asked About Monica Again

This Time Chelsea Clinton Was At North Carolina State University:

Listen, Chelsea, it’s all my business if your mom wants to be President. If Hillary is using her time in office under her husband as experience than all important events that happened during that time are up for debate. Was there anything more important or that demanded as many headlines as the Monica Lewinsky scandal? Answer the question or get off of the trail…


USA 2008: The Great Depression?

The UK Daily ‘The Independent’ Jumps The Shark Once Again:

The Great Depression? We’re not even officially in a recession yet.


28,000 Pieces Of Lost Baggage

The Nightmare Continues At Heathrow Airport In London:

British Airways says the baggage trouble will last “into next week.”


Formula 1 Boss In Nazi Orgy Video

Formula 1 Boss Max Mosely Caught In Nazi Orgy Video:

Formula one boss Max Mosley is under pressure to resign after he was exposed by a British tabloid enjoying a Nazi-style orgy with five prostitutes.

Jewish groups condemned the behaviour of Mosley, 67, whose father, Sir Oswald, was the leader of the British Union of Fascists and a friend of Adolf Hitler.

Mr Mosley was caught on video by the News of the World with five women in an


Bush Booed At Baseball Opener

President Bush Faces Loud Boos At MLB Opener In D.C.:

Normally Bush is at home with the baseball crowd but, at this point, the only place where he can avoid the boos is at a Nascar race.


Protesters Disrupt Rove Speech

Karl Rove Speech At George Washington University Interrupted:

Rove: “first of all, the tail and the horns are retractable.”


News Junkie Radio Show 03-29-08

Obama’s Problem, Stop Loss Flops, Hillary Clinton And More:


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Terrorists Get Early Release In UK

Due To Prison Overcrowding, Two Terrorists Go Free In England:

Two convicted terrorists have been released early under a controversial Government scheme to ease prison over-crowding, ministers have been forced to admit.

One is a radical muslim cleric – Yassin Nassari, 29 – who was caught trying to smuggle blueprints on how to build a missile into Britain.

As if Europe doesn’t have enough problems related to the spread of radical Islam, now these two loons are on


The Death Of The Newspaper

Newspaper Association Reports Steep Decline In Ad Revenue:

Overall print advertising revenue fell 9.4% last year, according to new data from the Newspaper Association of America.

That’s the biggest drop in more than 50 years, according to Editor & Publisher.

The trade group says online advertising revenue continued to increase, albeit at a slower rate.

“Even with the near-term challenges posed to print media by a more fragmented information environment and the economic headwinds facing all advertising media, newspaper


A Sneak Peek At My Desktop

A Look At What Is On One Of My Three Monitors Now:

There’s only one way to stay ahead of the game


Tooth Tattoos Sweeping The Nation

Keep An Eye Out For The Latest In Dental Trends:

What would possess someone to get a tattoo on a tooth?


Vogue Magazine In Race Row

What Do These Two Magazine Covers Have In Common?:

This story has been brewing for a few days now. Vogue photog Annie Liebovitz snapped the cover shot on the right featuring basketball star LeBron James and model Gisele Bundchen. For days now, it has been compared to a still image from the movie King Kong implying that Liebovitz intended for James to look like an animal holding a dainty white blond but the shot above takes this to a…


‘UFO’ Pics Create Online Buzz

Photos, Taken in Capitola, California, Show Something Bizarre:

UFO Capitola

NBC 11 has more photos. Whatever it is, it looks a bit fake to me. A product of Photoshop perhaps? Regardless, apparently the Internet traffic is coming in heavy for NBC 11. Local paper the Santa Cruz Sentinel is so jealous of NBC 11 that they are soliciting ‘UFO’ photos ‘real or doctored.’ Just give us something! Well, WJNOBLOG is not to be left out of all of this…