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This Public Service Announcement comes to us from the UK. If only US television would be so bold as to air something of such significance.
WARNING: This is not for the kiddies or prudish adults.
Good news, he's a Libertarian running for the Republican Presidential nomination. Bad news, nobody takes him seriously. Rudy Guilianni provides the oafish laugh track behind most of Paul's honest answers in the FOX Repub debates. Youtube can help you if you forgot to set your TIVO.
From his website http://www.ronpaul2008.com
As a specialist in obstetrics/gynecology, Dr. Paul has delivered more than 4,000 babies.
Brief Overview of Congressman Paul’s Record:
He has never voted to raise taxes.
He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
He has never taken a government-paid junket.
He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.
He voted against the Patriot Act.
He voted against regulating the Internet.
He voted against the Iraq war.
He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program.
He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the U.S. treasury every year.
Congressman Paul introduces numerous pieces of substantive legislation each year, probably more than any single member of Congress.
PBS had a fascinating, yet ultimately scary, program about the loss of bees in America and around the world.
"In the winter of 2006/2007, more than a quarter of the country's 2.4 million bee colonies -- accounting for tens of billions of bees -- were lost to CCD, Colony Collapse Disorder. This loss is projected have an $8 billion to $12 billion effect on America's agricultural economy, but the consequences of CCD could be far more disastrous.
The role honeybees play in our diet goes beyond honey production. These seemingly tireless creatures pollinate about one-third of crop species in the U.S. Honeybees pollinate about 100 flowering food crops including apples, nuts, broccoli, avocados, soybeans, asparagus, celery, squash and cucumbers, citrus fruit, peaches, kiwi, cherries, blueberries, cranberries, strawberries, cantaloupe, melons, as well as animal-feed crops, such as the clover that's fed to dairy cows. Essentially all flowering plants need bees to survive."
Even though I know you all watched the broadcast, here is the full list of nominees and winners (and I think everyone here should pick one to read and post it in the comments):
Debut Author Of The Year
WINNER
The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
Written by Diane Setterfield
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Written by Ishmael Beah
No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories
Written by Miranda July
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
Written by Daniel J. Levitin
Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
Written by Rob Sheffield
General Fiction
WINNER
The Road
Written by Cormac McCarthy
Brothers
Written by Da Chen
American Youth
Written by Phil LaMarche
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Written by Marisha Pessl
Jamestown
Written by Matthew Sharpe
Romance
WINNER
Angels Fall
Written by Nora Roberts
Simply Magic
Written by Mary Balogh
The Kommandant's Girl
Written by Pam Jenoff
Natural Born Charmer
Written by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
The Edge of Winter
Written by Luanne Rice
Audio
WINNER
To Kill a Mockingbird
Written by Harper Lee
Read by Sissy Spacek
Can't Wait to Get to Heaven
Written and read by Fannie Flagg
I Like You
Written and read by Amy Sedaris
Mississippi Sissy
Written and read by Kevin Sessums
Thirteen Moons
Written by Charles Frazier
Read by Will Patton
Religion/Spirituality
WINNER
Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know - And Doesn't
Written by Stephen Prothero
American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion
Written by Paul M. Barrett
Gonzo Judaism: A Bold Path for Renewing an Ancient Faith
Written by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein
The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
Written by Francis S. Collins
Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?
Written by Philip Yancey
Graphic Novel
WINNER
Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels
Written by Scott McCloud
Ode to Kirihito
Written by Osamu Tezuka
Alice in Sunderland
Written by Bryan Talbot
Exit Wounds
Written by Rutu Modan
Aya
Written by Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerie
Poetry
WINNER
For the Confederate Dead
Written by Kevin Young
Grave of Light: New and Selected Poems, 1970 – 2005
Written by Alice Notley
One Big Self: An Investigation
Written by C.D. Wright
Blackbird and Wolf
Written by Henri Cole
A Thief of Strings
Written by Donald Revell
Cooking
WINNER
Joy of Cooking: 75th Anniversary Edition
Written by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan Becker
Pork & Sons
Written by Stephane Reynaud
Arabesque: A Taste of Morocco, Turkey and Lebanon
Written by Claudia Roden
The Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook: Stories and Recipes for Southerners and Would-Be Southerners
Written by Matt Lee & Ted Lee
Baking: From My Home to Yours
Written by Dorie Greenspan
Health/Self-Improvement
WINNER
How Doctors Think
Written by Jerome Groopman, M.D.
Is it Hot in Here? Or Is it Me?: The Complete Guide to Menopause
Written by Pat Wingert, Barbara Kantrowitz
YOU On a Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management
Written by Michael F. Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.
Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss—and the Myths and Realities of Dieting
Written by Gina Kolata
Walking on Eggshells: Navigating the Delicate Relationship Between Adult Children and Parents
Written by Jane Isay
Biography/Memoir
WINNER
Einstein: His Life and Universe
Written by Walter Isaacson
The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam
Written by Tom Bissell
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Written by Ishmael Beah
Edith Wharton
Written by Hermione Lee
William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism
Written by Robert D. Richardson
Sports
WINNER
The Kings of New York: A Year Among the Geeks, Oddballs, and Geniuses Who Make Up America's Top High School Chess Team
Written by Michael Weinreb
Ty and The Babe: Baseball's Fiercest Rivals; A Surprising Friendship and the 1941 Has-Beens Golf Championship
Written by Tom Stanton
Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History
Written by Cait Murphy
Streams of Consciousness: Hip-Deep Dispatches from the River of Life
Written by Jeff Hull
The Echoing Green: The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca and the Shot Heard Round the World
Written by Joshua Prager
Humor
WINNER
I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence
Written by Amy Sedaris
25 Questions for a Jewish Mother
Written by Judy Gold and Kate Moira Ryan
Spy: The Funny Years
Written by Kurt Andersen, Graydon Carter, George Kalogerakis
I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny
Written by Bob Newhart
Oy!: The Ultimate Book of Jewish Jokes
Written by David Minkoff
History/Current Events/Politics
WINNER
The Assault on Reason
Written by Al Gore
Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power
Written by Robert Dallek
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million
Written by Daniel Mendelsohn
The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor
Written by William Langewiesche
Infidel
Written by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Business
WINNER
The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't
Written by Robert I. Sutton, PhD
Small Is the New Big: and 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas
Written by Seth Godin
Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny
Written by Suze Orman
Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home
Written by David Shipley and Will Schwalbe
Chocolates on the Pillow Aren't Enough: Reinventing the Customer Experience
Written by Jonathan M. Tisch with Karl Weber
Mystery/Suspense
WINNER
What the Dead Know
Written by Laura Lippman
The Collaborator of Bethlehem
Written by Matt Beynon Rees
Body of Lies
Written by David Ignatius
The Overlook
Written by Michael Connelly
A Welcome Grave
Written by Michael Koryta
Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
WINNER
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One)
Written by Patrick Rothfuss
Farthing
Written by Jo Walton
Getting to Know You
Written by David Marusek
Brasyl
Written by Ian McDonald
The Execution Channel
Written by Ken MacLeod
Children's Picture Books
WINNER
Flotsam
Written by David Wiesner
The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon
Written by Mini Grey
Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy
Written by Jane O'Connor
Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser
Orange Pear Apple Bear
Written by Emily Gravett
Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship
Written by Isabella Hatkoff and Craig Hatkoff
Photos by Peter Greste
Children's Chapter/Middle Grade
WINNER
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Written by Brian Selznick
Clementine
Written by Sara Pennypacker
Illustrated by Marla Frazee
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Written by Jeff Kinney
Pick Me Up: Stuff You Need to Know
Written by David Roberts and Jeremy Leslie
The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3)
Written by Rick Riordan
Young Adult/Teen
WINNER
Sold
Written by Patricia McCormick
American Born Chinese
Written by Gene Luen Yang
The Green Glass Sea
Written by Ellen Klages
Incantation
Written by Alice Hoffman
Life as We Knew It
Written by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Say what you want, GW has the nicest pair of legs.
I wrote that
Here's every net viral EVAR in one easy-to-something package. Enjoy.
Hey! Guess who's back for OS X!
Combining two popular segments, Steve ATE THE TREE BRAIN!!
Anybody else enjoy Ron Paul's refreshing brand of "Crazy"?
This "Agent Smith on holiday look- alike" has an interesting rant. No need for alarm... I'm sure it's just a coincidence that he LOOKS AND SPEAKS like an Agent of The Matrix. I'm not for Ron Paul, yet-- despite the allure of his great pornoesque name AND my affinity for Anarchy utopia.
About 350 people spent Sunday night on cots inside the Escondido High School Gym after evacuating their homes in Ramona, San Pasqual and other areas because of spreading wildfires.
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Besides Red Cross workers, the Church of Scientology sent four volunteer ministers to assist by directing traffic and helping distribute supplies.David Meyer, president of the Church of Scientology of San Diego, said he also likes to joke with people, asking them if they're here for the party and whether they've enjoyed their stay, to keep them calm during the crisis.
"If they get relaxed, they won't make stupid mistakes," he said.
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