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As more and more people in California face foreclosure and lose their homes, many have been turning to tents.

• The Midwest is drowning and the president is as MIA as he was during the Katrina apocalypse in NOLA. What is this guy, part cat? Is he afraid of the water? Maybe he’s just too busy patting himself on the back while Europeans roll their eyes at him and wait for Obama to be president.

• And speaking of Obama, word is that he will give Michigan and Florida delegates at the Democratic national convention full voting powers.

• Mind you, this is from Fox News, but some activists are worried about what weapons will be deployed against them at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

• Here in Florida, where recent FCAT testing revealed that 62 percent of 11th-graders had below grade-level science skills, we’re turning out a generation of dunces. Meanwhile, over in Iran, science learning has become a priority.

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 However, that does not mean there’s nothing that we information providers can do about it.

• Recently discovered: bacteria that poop petroleum. I do sense a bit of a marketing problem, though.

• Up to 90 percent of the remaining wild pandas in China may be in jeopardy after last month’s earthquake devastated their habitat.

• We may all be space aliens at our core.

• Shark populations are collapsing worldwide. Why is this a problem, you may ask?

•  How Montezuma gets his revenge.

• As if retreating sea ice and being recently named to the endangered species list were not enough, polar bears now need to put up with the latest environmental atrocity from the Bush Administration: permission has just been given to oil drillers to annoy or even harm polar bears that get in the way of the pursuit of black gold.

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• John McCain’s chilling project for America. And you thought he only wanted to keep us in Iraq for 100 years.
• John McCain doesn’t think habeus corpus is a right; it’s a privilege.

• Who isn’t getting enough blame for high gas prices? George W. Bush and his disastrous monetary policy.

• Maybe James Bond can do it. George W. Bush is pinning his hopes on British Special Forces to finally kill Osama bin Laden.

• Transcripts of an interview of John McCain while he was in North Vietnamese captivity.

• A North American Union on the horizon?

•  What is “The Family” and why should we be worried?

• And finally, the future of personal outsourcing, or why work more than few hours a week when you can pay some guy in India pennies on the dollar to do your job while you sleep.

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The government may try to take away our guns and is making it harder and harder to buy them, so we may just have to make our own.

• Today’s Big Brother update: the government wants your personal information. All of it. Including biometrics.

• Republican Ron Paul has suspended his campaign for president, but to the delight of his libertarian supporters, he’s not going away.

• Libertarianism: where it has been and where it’s going.

• SWAT raid of “illegal dance” in Detroit has civil libertarians roiled.

• The Impeach Bush forces continue to grow. OfficialWeb site here.

• Once again, we are forced to turn to Comedy Central and John Stewart to report the news the MSM won’t.

• Canada is facing a worrisome shortage of pole dancers.

• Nerd alert: making your own font is becoming trendy.

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Never forget that one likely trotted across your head last night while you were sleeping.

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• As I said yesterday, he does not have a chance of succeeding, but it’s still beautiful to watch all 35 articles of impeachment read against President Bush.

• What are the scientists at the South Pole going to do during the next three months of darkness? Get busy.

• Why is President Bush giving nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia, home of 17 of the 19 9/11 hijackers?

• And what about the Reconquista?

• The sheriff of Philadelphia, Pa., has not forgotten that he is both to protect and serve.

• And for all you germophobes out there, here’s 10 more places you never expected to harbor dangerous bacteria.

• If you want a good chuckle, check out this sampler of the Best of Craigslist.

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No we are not talking about the after-effects of the Taco Bell Value Menu, either. Residents of border states have begun to discover that gasoline is more than a dollar cheaper per gallon south of the border.

Things are likely never to be this cheap again, though. Remember those days….

• But since gas prices appear to be going up and up, there is some good news from Colorado, where scientists have modified a Toyota Prius to get more than 100 mpg.

• No surprise here: Senate Republicans blocked a bill to put a windfall tax on oil companies and to take away billions of dollars of industry tax cuts. Good luck defending those votes this fall….

• And speaking of evil Republicans (yes, I know that’s redundant), Dick Cheney is again marshalling the forces of darkness and pressing for an attack on Iran. Doesn’t he realize that would likely triple the price of oil? Maybe that’s the point….

• As president Bush’s approval ratings continue to slide well south of Nixon country, fellow Republicans are treating the president like the proverbial pube in the punchbowl. Don’t be fooled; all these people loved GWB quite recently and are now just running for their sorry political lives. Here’s the proof.

• Got a teenager? Good luck getting him or her out of the house this summer. There are few jobs for the taking.

• And finally, and disturbingly, it appears that Muslim women in Europe are paying to have their virginity surgically restored.

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 Or a few even scarier ones: cheese with a side of tuberculosis.

• Americans are profligate water users and keeping our supply strong in the face of growing demand and increasingly wild weather patterns has made it a national security issue.

• John McCain won’t vote for expanded GI Bill education benefits for today’s members of the armed forces, but he has no problem collecting $58,000 a year in disability payments from the federal government.

• The Iraqi military can’t keep track of basic items like guns and body armor (some of which has fallen into the hands of insurgents and been used against U.S. troops, but we are about to send them top-of-the-line night vision technology that will take away one of our biggest advantages.

• Dennis Kucinich is still calling for President Bush’s impeachment, and even though it’s a really good idea, it’s not going to happen. Two words to make your blood run cold: President Cheney.

• Why isn’t anyone covering the Bilderberg meeting?

• Will Barack Obama fall into the Iran trap?

•  What it means when the U.S. goes to war, an Asian perspective.

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 • Recent testing in California indicated that 1 in 3 votes tabulated from an electronic punch-card WAS WRONG. Yep, that’s how we’ll be voting this fall in Sarasota…

• You have to be just a titanic fuck-up to be sanctioned by the Bush Administration. I guess allowing nuclear weapons hardware to be shipped to Taiwan and allowing live nuclear weapons to be flown across the United States qualifies.

•  As the drums of war continue beat for an attack on Iran, several Senators have quietly been warning President Bush that an attack could be grounds for impeachment.

• Where have all the good bosses gone? Oh yeah, prison.

• 125 miles on $3? Meet the car that runs on compressed air.

• Yes, McCain’s speech was that bad.

• There are loads of redactions, but this report of the Senate Intelligence Committee is still worth reading as it includes several nuggets about pre-Iraq War intelligence.

• There’s still a war in Iraq? And it’s costing us $5,000 a second?  Why am I not seeing too much about it in the mainstream media?

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This video shows how easy it is to pick a combination lock. All you need is a beer can and a pair of scissors.

Which of course, reminds me to remind you that you can pick some circular locks (Kryptonite, many food and beverage machines) with a Bic pen:

In other news:

• The CIA helped Iran with it’s nuclear program - while George W. Bush has been president.

• Just be glad you don’t live in Great Britain.

• But, there are plenty of fascists in Michigan as well.

• Places you don’t want to live if you are a woman.

• Of course, considering how things are going in the airline industry, you are not going to want to travel anyway.

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The Politico has the latest dirt on who may be selected as the vice-presidential candidates for each party.

• Will the painfully ignorant decide this fall’s presidential election?

• And does it even matter? Some will connected pols on both sides are quietly admitting that John McCain could crush Barack Obama this fall.

• Is the American economy much worse off than government statistics tell us? One prominent economist thinks the government is cooking the books.

• Some may say that American democracy is in trouble, but one man is arguing that it never existed in the first place, that our country’s founders were openly hostile to the very idea.

• Think every terrorism suspect is in Guantanamo Bay? Think again. One man, an American citizen, is being treated just as poorly right here at home.

• Name one thing that will get President Bush’s Press Secretary Dana Perino fired: oh yeah, talking about the value of the dollar!

• Imagine that: Insurance companies place a low value on human life.

• And finally: Another Democratic big gun will be down on the Suncoast tomorrow to help out U.S. Rep. hopeful Christine Jennings. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) will hold a press conference with Jennings to discuss the housing issues faced by the 13th Congressional District on the Manatee County Courthouse (1051 Manatee Ave. West Bradenton) steps at 1:45 p.m. May 28. If you can’t be there, don’t worry, we will cover it.

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