Date archive for May, 2009
(“I Remember Mama” by Xavier Viramontes ) Join La Raza In Stopping The Hate Speech The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) are fighting back against the Right Wing racist, sexist smear campaign which is designed to permanently tarnish the reputation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. In addition to statements in every venue they can reach, they’ve set up an online petition to demand leaders of the Republican Party stop these hate-based attacks. I’m going to copy in below the e-mail I received from them.
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Join La Raza In Stopping The Hate Speech
Arkansan Kris Allen’s victory in last week’s American Idol finale has supercharged interest in the American Idols Live 2009 Summer Tour. Since the show, interest in the tour has skyrocketed, with searches for American Idol tickets on FanSnap the most popular request by far, outpacing the combined searches for Taylor Swift, Jonas Brothers, Beyonce, Dave Matthews, and Kenny Chesney! The 50 city tour, starting July 5 in Portland, features Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta, Anoop Desai, Danny Gokey, Kris Allen, Lil Rounds, Matt Giraud, Megan Joy, Michael Sarver, and Scott MacIntyre. Check out some of the other key stops: Jul 12 San Jose (2000 tickets, from $78*) Jul 16 Los Angeles (2500 tickets, from $79) Jul 23 Dallas (700 tickets, from $77) Aug 11 Long Island (1700 tickets, from $74) Aug 18 Boston (2600 tickets, from $65) Aug 20 Philly (1200 tickets, from $65) Sep 2 Rosemont, IL (2600 tickets, from $50) * combined price + commission per ticket; May 30 4 AM
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American Idols Tour is Hot!
I was watching the news yesterday about how to get discounted tickets to Carowinds, and other parks.
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Getting Discount Tickets To Carowinds
Free agents lost : OT Khalif Barnes , FB Anthony Controne, CB Drayton Florence , CB Isaiah Gardner , WR Matt Jones , S Chad Nkang , LB Mike Peterson , WR Jerry Porter , S Pierson Prioleau , G Tutan Reyes , OT Stefan Rodgers , S Gerald Sensabaugh , OT Charles Spencer , DE Paul Spicer , RB Fred Taylor , WR D’Juan Woods , TE George Wrighster Free agents gained : QB Todd Bouman , CB Tyron Brackenridge , S Sean Considine , WR Torry Holt , OT Tra Thomas Lost via trade : DT Tony McDaniel Drafted : OT Eugene Monroe , OT Eben Britton , DT Terrance Knighton , CB Derek Cox , WR Mike Thomas , WR Jarett Dillard , TE Zach Miller , RB Rashad Jennings , WR Tiquan Underwood It’s not the biggest transaction the Jaguars have made in terms of on-field impact, but letting Fred Taylor mosey off to New England makes the Jaguars feel like a whole new team. That, plus the new uniforms, and we may have a whole new era of Jacksonville football on our hands. I’m not so sure that the old era wasn’t better
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Offseason progress reports: Jacksonville Jaguars
• The Onion: Investigators believe that it was James Harrison who bit his own son . "James III is almost completely recovered and has been released from Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, while his father has been quarantined at Animal, Linebacker, and Wide Receiver Control of McKees Rocks, PA." • Bad news for Mark Sanchez fans : He continues to suck in practice. Good news for Mark Sanchez fans: He’s up late late every night, studying the playbook and watching video
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Deep Posts: The extended James Harrison biting edition
PRINT ARTICLE For the first time since 1983/1984, the Stanley Cup Championship will be a rematch of the previous year’s. In the 2007-2008 finals, the Red Wings won the series four games to two and sent the pride of the NHL, Sidney Crosby, home without any hardware. Detroit has a chance to extend their dynasty further if they can repeat. Detroit has won four of the last 11 championships, and has made the playoffs every year since 1990.
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Penguins and Red Wings in Stanley Cup Rematch
MSC Cruises has announced that from November 2009 glamorous Italian actress Sophia Loren and sitcom-star-turned-fitness-guru Suzanne Somers will serve as their ambassadors. While Loren still has the privilege of being MSC’s only godmother, Suzanne Somers will officially welcome MSC Poesia to North America in a ceremony on November 10, 2009.
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Suzanne Somers and Sophia Loren – MSC Cruises Ambassadors
Doanwanna Poopoo is on vacation, in the meantime, here’s some older audio.
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Mr. Pulverizer’s Letter to Corby
Rowdy delivers tickets to an unsuspecting group of fans. and they like it.
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Oh Rowdy pt. 4
With temperatures in the more modest 90s, when will be the day this summer that we hit 105 degrees? The coldest bar in Las Vegas (on purpose) is Minus 5, located in Mandalay Place at the entrance of Mandalay Bay. For $25, you get a drink and are outfitted in a parka, gloves, boots, and are let loose in their frozen bar that’s set at a chilling minus 5 degrees (Celsius, about 23 degrees Fahrenheit)
From bikini contests to Santa Run contests, Las Vegas has it all. And now, to celebrate its 25th anniversary, Cirque du Soleil is shooting to get a Guinness World Record for the most people walking on stilts at the same time (it’s already in the Book from an event 5 years ago). The event takes place June 16 around the world, including Las Vegas.
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Cirque du Soleil to set another global record for simultaneous stilt-walking
The ghost of Miller’s past showed up in a wedding photo and Junior Miller Man talked about it today. Supposedly there was no way someone was tall enough to show up in that picture. They talked of it possibly being a “ghost” and all that jazz, however, I found the full picture from that day
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The Junior Miller Wedding Ghost – Explained
If you want unique items that involve game, Hicks is the one to talk to. He always pops on with very unusual items he has collected over the years.
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Fake Tom Hicks – Still Weird
We’ve been hearing from multiple sources lately that Hawaii hotels are cheaper than ever these days, thanks to the slack economy. Average hotel rates in the island state are reportedly down some 23 percent this year. Search for airfare deals on our sister site Kayak.com and check out some of the Hawaii hotel deals we’ve found recently below: Honua Kai Resort and Spa : To celebrate its opening year, this all-suite Maui hotel is offering 35 percent off regular rates through Dec.
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Hawaii Hotels Cheaper Than Ever
Listen to Wayne Hurlbert on Blog Talk Radio Vice-Chairman of Obsidian Enterprises, Principal of Value Added Institute and author of the brilliant and business saving book Collapse of Distinction: Stand out and move up while your competition fails , Scott McKain , describes how customer experience around the globe has taken on a sameness. He points out how this lack of distinction has resulted in lower customer satisfaction and loyalty. He offers ideas for creating distinctiveness that will create more loyal customers and to help your business stand out from the crowd
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Scott McKain: Collapse Of Distinction – Blog Business Success Radio
Collapse of Distinction Stand out and move up while your competition fails By: Scott McKain Published: March 31, 2009 ISBN: 1595551859 ISBN-13: 9781595551856 Format: Hardcover, 272 pages Publisher: Thomas Nelson, Inc. “Being different, standing out, getting noticed in a sea of sameness is vital to an organization’s sustained growth and profitability”. writes best selling author Scott McKain in his brilliant and business saving book Collapse of Distinction: Stand out and move up while your competition fails
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Collapse Of Distinction by Scott McKain – Book review
Two people stand in the YS Falls at the Tallest Zip Line Ride Close up view of YS Falls Zip Lines Tour Guide Zip Line Rider screaming over the YS River extreme adventure zip lines Wide view of the YS Falls river gorge where you go for fast Zip Line Rides Are ready for an extreme vacation in Jamaica? Would you like to take a zip line tour in Negril to YS Falls and enjoy the rush of flying over the roaring river from 100 feet above the gorge
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Zip Line Tours to YS Falls from Negril Jamaica
PRINT ARTICLE New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady joined teammates for his first official practice with the team since suffering a knee injury in the first game of the 2008 season. After surgery to repair his ACL, and subsequent procedures to clean out an infection, Brady has been given a clean bill of health. The Pats QB participated in private throwing sessions with top targets Randy Moss and Wes Welker
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Brady on Track to Start Season With Patriots
The more I hear his voice, with the Andy Panda drops in the background, the more I think they were separated at birth! Gordo had a segment with Norm’s intern, James. He was to ask Gordon a sports question
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Fake Andy Panda – Norm’s Intern “James”
As Jose Canseco’s career is as rock bottom as it gets, he really is looking for a new nitch and for some reason, I don’t think it’s in MMA. Two nights ago Canseco’s MMA debut took place in Yokohama, Japan against super heavyweight Hong Man Choi . When I first watched the video of this fight, it took me a while to realize what I was watching. Canseco whose 6’4 jacked up body is familiar to most sports fans, appeared dwarfed to this giant. Choi stands at 7’2 and 330 pounds and made the roid-child squirm throughout the fight. However, it would be tough to call this a fight as it lasted a mere 1 minuet and 17 seconds. Canseco attempted to fight at the bell but quickly realized he was overmatched in every way possible. By the 45th second, he was running around the ring avoided the stalking presence of Choi who injured Canseco’s knee by simply taking a kick from the poorly trained Athletic. After the knee went, the fight was done. Choi was able to land a solid left jab that knocked Jose down and finished with a ground and pound fury of fists
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Jose Canseco’s New Career… Or Not
There are lots of cruises available to sail for this holiday . You can find cheap tickets starting from $199 onwards per person to lovely places like Bahamas, Bermuda, Western Caribbean, Eastern Caribbean, Baja Mexico, Alaska, Mexican Riviera, Hawaii, etc. and you can travel in one of those very famous cruises such as Carnival Cruise Lines, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Celebrity Cruise Lines, Costa Cruise Lines, Silversea Cruise Lines, NCL Cruise Lines, etc
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Last Minute Cruise Deals
Barrett will be giving keynote speeches in London on Tuesday 7th July 7.30pm, London UK.
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Niels Harrit & Kevin Barrett – London 7/7/2009 Exploring Evidence
Now’s a great time to fly, because tough economic times have grounded airfares.
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Your Ticket to Cheap Airfare
The Musers pulled out some old audio while no one was listening Memorial Day. They compared Lexi’s all-time worst ticket ticker in Ticket History.
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Who’s Worst? Lexi’s Ticket Ticker or Brian Collins Sports Reporting?
According to the SF Chronicle , the California Supreme Court ruled 6-1 to uphold Proposition 8, but also decided that the 18000 or so gay marriages performed are valid and will remain so. This is exactly the slicing and dicing predicted by many commentators. The RWAs can remain happy in their ability to remove fundamental rights from an oppressed minority, the progressives can remain happy that nobody had their marriages annulled
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BREAKING: California Supremes uphold h(8), existing marriages
The background press release is out : Sonia Sotomayor has served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit since October 1998. She has been hailed as “one of the ablest federal judges currently sitting” for her thoughtful opinions, and as “a role model of aspiration, discipline, commitment, intellectual prowess and integrity” for her ascent to the federal bench from an upbringing in a South Bronx housing project.
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Sotomayor for SCOTUS