Friday, April 18, 2008

THIS JUST IN!

News you need to know, or not!

It was 11:30 last Saturday night and a long line had formed outside the downtown Minneapolis club Aqua. The temp had dipped to 32, but shivering clubgoers were still quick to whip out their cellphone cameras, ready to capture the cause of this sudden excitement.

Kim Kardashian had arrived.

And just who the hell is Kim Kardashian? Well, she's a buxom noncelebrity who became a celebrity by way of 1) her Paris Hilton affiliation, 2) her own sex-tape scandal and 3) a starring role in a reality TV show, E!'s "Keeping Up With the Kardashians." In that order, too.

Have we sunk this low? Her butt is reaching Jlo proportions, and she gets paid. Maybe she is smarter than we think.

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A St. Cloud Metro Bus vehicle powered by recycled deep fryer vegetable oil will be rolled out today as part of Earth Day festivities at St. Cloud State University.

The Husky Fried Ride, a 40-foot-long bus with 35 seats, is powered by a mix of 80 percent recycled vegetable oil and 20 percent diesel fuel. The diesel is needed to keep the fuel fluid in cold weather.

Now if we could just get that last bit of diesel replaced by the liposuction fat from eating all those french fries.

The CEOs of Delta and NWA say a merged airline would retain its Eagan pilot training facility, Minneapolis and Chisholm reservation centers, and Twin Cities-based pilots and flight attendants

So long headquarters people. Some at headquarters I am sure will be naive and believe that nothing will change. Been there, done that.

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Pope Benedict XVI chided Americans for a moral breakdown he said had fueled the church's child sex abuse scandal, ahead of an open-air mass before tens of thousands here Thursday.

That's right popey, blame it on us. I believe that the church coverup was as bad as the vile acts themselves. And that my friends is why I am no longer Catholic.

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April 16 (Bloomberg) -- When a male resident at Kildegaarden nursing home in Denmark made an indecent sexual proposal to a member of the staff, the home's director, Inger Marie Kristensen, told a nurse to telephone for a prostitute. Hoo Yah!

``There was a considerable change in his demeanor after the escort girl had paid him a visit,'' Kristensen said in an interview. ``We do this for our clients just as we offer them other services that they need as human beings.'' No Shit!

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Stepping up the Clinton Administration's campaign against gun violence, Hillary Rodham Clinton used an emotional White House ceremony today to call on Americans to press Congress to ''buck the gun lobby'' and pass several gun control measures.

Now, she describesherself as a pro-gun churchgoer, recalling that her father taught her how to shoot a gun when she was a young girl and said that her faith “is the faith of my parents and my grandparents.” Flippity Flop!

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Bill Clinton was the featured speaker of the rally but avoided commenting on Obama's remarks. When asked about it afterward, he said simply, "I agree with what Hillary said." Bill, you have finally learned.

Words of wisdom!

Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty much leave me the hell alone.

Have a nice day!

Sam







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