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Trashed! $180K worth of Palin's clothes reportedly in garbage bags

Oscar de la Renta, Valentino, Ferragamo.

These were just a few of the designer labels Sarah Palin wore during her 2008 campaign.

Where are many of these infamous clothes now? In trash bags!

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Stolen Baby Jesus Returned After 12 Years

Belleview, FL - A baby Jesus statue stolen from northwest Florida nativity scene is back at the church, 12 years after it was swiped.

Rev. Jack Gray, pastor at St. Anne's Catholic Church, says the statue and a note were discovered in a pew Thursday.

The letter, written by a person who identified themselves as "M," stated that a friend had stolen the statue years before and left it with "M" when he moved. "For a long time, I did not know what to do," the anonymous person wrote.

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Dalai Lama Stuns Audience... Admits: "I Love George Bush"

Bush & Dalai Lama
He loves him

The Dalai Lama admits, "I love George Bush." Beeqube and ROP reported:
The Dalai Lama, a lifelong champion of non-violence on Saturday candidly stated that terrorism cannot be tackled by applying the principle of ahimsa because the minds of terrorists are closed.

"It is difficult to deal with terrorism through non-violence," the Tibetan spiritual leader said delivering the Madhavrao Scindia Memorial Lecture here.

Comment: It is interesting that the Tibetans often call the Dalai Lama Yishin Norbu, meaning "Wish-fulfilling Jewel" !


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Satire: Obama Says Bush Took Washer, Dryer, Fridge When He Left

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© Crystal AirPresident Obama calls wife Michelle to tell her he found a fridge that he likes.
Showing the resiliency that many say won him the election in the first place, President Barack Obama hugged his wife and children and mustered a smile for the reporters gathered on the South Lawn as he announced that the first family would be spending its first days in the White House without a washer, dryer or refrigerator.

"It, umm, appears that President Bush has, umm, taken the aforementioned appliances with him on his trip back to Crawford, Tex.," Obama said as he fought back tears. "This is not just a difficult time for Michelle and myself, and the girls, but a difficult time for all middle class Americans who just want a pair of clean socks."

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Nigeria: Police parade goat as robbery suspect

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© UnknownThe goat "robbery suspect"
*For attempting to 'steal' a Mazda car

It was a shocking sight yesterday as men of the Kwara State Police Command paraded a goat as an armed robbery suspect.

The goat "suspect" is being detained over an alleged attempt to snatch a Mazda car. The mysterious goat, according to the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Tunde Mohammed, while briefing bewildered journalists at the Force headquarters, is an armed robber who attempted to snatch the said car, Wednesday night, and later transformed into the goat in a bid to escape arrest.

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Court Rules 'Q' Unacceptable As Boy's Name

Ostersund, Sweden - The letter Q may identify James Bond and "Star Trek" characters, but it may not be used as a boy's name, a Swedish administrative appeals court ruled.

The parents of a boy in northwestern Sweden's Jamtland province, where the actress Ann-Margret was born, had argued they'd been calling their son Q since he was born.

The unidentified couple said that their son responds to the name and that no matter what official records say, everyone knows him as Q, the Lanstidningen newspaper reported.

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UK: Woman Locked Repairman With Washer

Thornley, England - A British woman said she barricaded a repairman in the room with her broken washing machine because she felt there was "no other option."

Tracey Fox, 42, said the Jan. 13 incident at her Thornley, England, home came after she purchased the washing machine 10 months ago and requested a repairman from electrical retailer Currys five times after it ceased working in December, The Daily Telegraph reported Monday.

"It broke early December, but they told me that I would have to wait until after Christmas," Fox said. "When the man came round on the 13th ... the machine still wasn't working, and I asked when he would fix the other problems."

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German Thief Caught Out Giving Policeman's Address

A German teenager caught shoplifting tried to dupe police by lying about where he lived - but ended up in even more trouble when the address he gave turned out to be the home of an investigating officer.

The 18-year-old from Achim, a town of 30,000 in northern Germany, admitted he had lied when the officer explained that the address belonged to him, said police in nearby Verden.

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Woman Returns To Life After Being Frozen

Woman Was 'Technically Dead' Surgeon Says.

Milwaukee, WI - A woman who was found frozen in a snow bank and near death is now fully alive and talking again thanks to the officer who found her and the doctors that fought to keep her alive.

Tia Ross was recovering this week from frostbite at the Waukesha Memorial Hospital, WISN-TV in Milwaukee reported.

"I was dead and he brought me back to life," Ross said.

The woman said she remembers celebrating her 25th birthday Sunday night. Ross spent an hour at the Lincoln Pub and had one drink.

She said that her companion eventually left and that the bartender made her leave because the pub was closing.

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Proof! FOX News has no sense of history (or humor)

Beck Outraged At Inauguration Benediction, Accuses Rev. Lowery Of Calling America 'Racist'»

Yesterday, civil rights leader Rev. Joseph Lowery delivered the benediction at President Obama's inauguration. At the end of the prayer, Lowery offered a light-hearted approach to a hopeful future absent of racial bigotry:
LOWERY: Lord, in the memory of all the saints who from their labors rest, and in the joy of a new beginning, we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man, and when white will embrace what is right.
Right-wing talker Glenn Beck found Lowery's blessing way too much to handle, however. On his new Fox News show yesterday, Beck compared Lowery to Rev. Jeremiah Wright, accused him of calling all of America "racist," and asked, "Can you imagine anyone else saying something like that!?" Seeming to take personal offense at Lowry's benediction closing, Beck made sure to inform his viewers that he doesn't "hate minorities."

He then chastised Obama, saying he "was shocked" that Obama "actually smiled when he said this and shook your head." Watch it:

Comment: Amid the hysterical accusations of racism in the comments on the transcript of the benediction, voices of sanity reminds us how important it is to "remember the past":

By Gayathri on January 21, 2009 12:08 AM

He was just reversing an old saying....

"If you're white, you're alright
If you're brown, stick around
If you're yellow, you're mellow
But if you're black, get back"

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By Runita Jones on January 21, 2009 1:10 AM
This whole issue shows that racism needs to be discussed fully to completely be healed. Right now, everyone just wants to pretend it didn't exist and that it doesn't still exist...after all we have an African American President.

Having an African American President will not solve the problems if we push what we don't want to see under the rug. That said, the quote used at the end of Rev. Lowry's speech is from a 1949 blues song called Get Back or Black, Brown and White. It was an indictment of the Jim Crow Laws which were enacted by southern state governments.

I am not of the generation that experienced Jim Crow, but I heard this version of the quote: "If you're black, get back; if you're brown,stick around; if you are white, you're alright". Sometimes the word light would be substituted for the word white. When this was the case, it would mean a light skinned black person. Rev. Lowery actually changed the wording and was praying, I believe, for a time when all vestiges of this way of thinking could be truly left behind us. He also implied that we are well on our way when he quoted Lift Every Voice And Sing, by James Weldon Johnson.