Sunday, February 4, 2007

The League of National Footballers

"Hello you, hello me, hello people we used to be": Kinks

*An estimated 1,000 people have been killed throughout Iraq in the past week due to gunbattles, drive-by shootings and bomb attacks

*as rescue teams search through wreckage Saturday in Lady Lake, where at least seven people were killed by a tornadoes;

*and 18 endangered young whooping cranes that were led south from Wisconsin last fall as part of a project to create a second migratory flock of the birds were killed in storms in Florida;

*Defense Secretary Gates says there is no plan to start a war with Iran;

*Scientists release a 21-page report strongly linking humans to climate change;

*Girls jumping rope chant "one less, one less," in TV commercials for the new cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil;

*Steve Jobs is hoping to elbow into the crowded smart phone market with Apple's new iPhone;

*The woman who claims to be James Brown's fourth wife wants half of the singer's estate and to be allowed back into the South Carolina home she was locked out of soon after his death;

*President Bush's 2008 budget will call for the largest increase in three decades in Pell grants, which are awarded to low-income students and do not have to be paid back;

*Four New Orleans police officers charged with murder in shootings that took place in the chaos that followed Hurricane Katrina will not face the death penalty if they are convicted;

*He is called "Super Tonio," and at a whopping birth weight of 14.5 pounds, the little fellow is causing a sensation in the Mexican resort of Cancun.

And then some chicken wings....

3 comments:

tmancus said...

man, are you a downer. can't we enjoy our excesses and opulence? i like to hit fat babies since they can't hit back so good. will this restrict me from your household? if so, i will retract my statement.

tmancus said...

and what's with the approval board? i want instant gratification! i'm an amurican dammit!

Anonymous said...

yea yea baby