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Archive for May, 2006

It’s official: Lance Beats French Again and Is Completely Vindicated

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006 by Insider

Below are the facts as laid out in newly released report commissioned the International Cycling Union on allegations that Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs during his first win in 1999.
1. Most importantly, Armstrong is cleared of all allegations of steroid use as was widely reported in the French media.
2. The tests on urine samples were […]

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Nothing Funny About This Case of Mistaken Identity

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006 by Insider

Couple sits bedside for “daughter” in a coma, but it’s not their daughter who in fact has been dead for a month.
Some stories are just so upside-down that you can’t imagine what the people involved must be going through. The tragic mistaken identity in Indianapolis is one such case:
A couple sat by their daughter’s hospital […]

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Update on LA’s Early Release Program–Celebrity Edition

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006 by Insider

Ending our hopes of a real life “smokin’ hot women in prison” enactment, LA Observed notes that actress Michelle Rodriguez was released after serving just four hours and twenty minutes of a sixty-day sentence for violating probation. Not exactly hard time and most likely not a single group shower or a chance for a melee […]

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California Republicans: Your Vote May Matter Again (Every Four Years)

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006 by A Senior Administration Official

The LAT reports today on the push for an agreement among states as to how they award their Electoral College votes in future presidential elections:
Under a bill passed by the Assembly, California would join an interstate compact in which states would agree to cast their electoral votes not for the winner in their jurisdictions but […]

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9/11 Conspiracy Theorists: BS

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006 by A Senior Administration Official

Penn and Teller have a low opinion of 9/11 conspiracy theorists … see this clip from their show Bullshit! (Showtime) (warning: strong language):

Direct link to YouTube page here

H/t: Indy Media Watch

Technorati Tags: 9/11 conspiracy

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Going for the horny teenager demographic - DC Comics makes Batwoman a Lipstick Lesbian

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006 by Chad

There really isn’t a lot more to say Batwoman was jilted by Batman in the 60’s and switched to the other team. DC Comics sensing an opportunity to garner more of the horny male demographic have decided to exploit Batwoman and her lesbian lover Renee Montoya.

Personally I think if they really want […]

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Memorial Day wishes from Independent Sources

Monday, May 29th, 2006 by Insider

The Independent Sources team wishes all the best on this Memorial Day week-end.

Chad is going spending it listening to his old 38-Special 8-tracks.
Senior Admin is scouring junk yards for AMC Hornet parts.
Insider is sittin’ on his porch all day with a case of Coor’s Light.
Mullicious!

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Microsoft’s X-Box Hotties

Sunday, May 28th, 2006 by Insider

Bringing new meaning to “non-PC” gaming!

It’s hard to be politically correct while appealing to video gamers who are predominantly young adult males. Just ask Microsoft. It wants to support a female gaming team and even goes so far as to claim in the literature that they are sponsoring a diverse group of hard-core gamers:

The PMS […]

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Missing: LAPD Blog Posting on “Freddy Krueger” Assailant

Sunday, May 28th, 2006 by Insider

The following post showed up on my RSS reader for the LAPD blog however at some point after being syndicated it was pulled and cannot be found on the site. Why was it pulled? Cover-up? If Jason shows up and starts whacking people over the head on Sunset Blvd. are they going to squash that […]

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Sunday Funnies: A book we’d like to see

Saturday, May 27th, 2006 by Insider

(source: email from Dr. Hoist)

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Found on the Web

Saturday, May 27th, 2006 by A Senior Administration Official

Every Calvin and Hobbes strip.

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9/11 Conspiracy Theorists: If It’s In The Movies, It Must Be True

Friday, May 26th, 2006 by A Senior Administration Official

In an article at 9/11 conspiracy site Prison Planet, we learn the Hollywood provides a gold standard for accuracy … at least in the conspiracy theorists’ world:
Many skeptics point to the 1999 movie Pushing Tin as an example of the effects of wake turbulence. At the end of the film, the main characters, played by […]

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Two Wild and Crazy Guys!

Friday, May 26th, 2006 by A Senior Administration Official

“Mr. Clinton is rarely without company in public … Nights out find him zipping around Los Angeles with his bachelor buddy, Ronald W. Burkle, or hitting parties and fund-raisers in Manhattan …” - New York Times, May 23
Which answers the question — what’s more fun: being the spouse of a Senator or the wingman of […]

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Everything is big in Texas, especially smokin’ hot French newscaster Melissa Theuriau

Friday, May 26th, 2006 by Insider

Move over Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders, Texans increasingly favor hot French newscasters … and who wouldn’t?

Looking at Google Trends data shows a stronger than expected following in the Lone Star state. In fact, 4 out of the top 5 U.S. cities searching for Miss Theuriau are in Texas. We’ll let you draw your own conclusions […]

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Pelosi Accused of “Discrimination”

Thursday, May 25th, 2006 by A Senior Administration Official

… by Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.), the congressman found with $90,000 in his freezer:
Pelosi wrote the embattled lawmaker, who is at the center of a massive bribery scandal, a curt note requesting his immediate resignation from the powerful Ways and Means Committee … Jefferson promptly refused, calling her request “discriminatory” … and suggested that […]

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