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M. (hristine

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I can't imagine that a cat would liked being slicked up with vaseline so the plaster wouldn't stick in it's fur.

That's kind of what I thought too. Though in Nina's kitty's case, there wasn't any.

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Upon first glance I actually thought the lady on the left was Kathy Griffin.

 

i'm not too proud to say my morbid (or is it perverse) curiousity would compel me to watch at least several minutes of a kathy griffin porn. and that, my friends, is exactly why you'll never see me run for president.

 

i actually introduced myself to nina as a big fan in vegas one year. the AVN show is always same time as the consumer electronics show. quite frankly, i'd advise erring on the side of caution and not meeting any of those entertainers in person. some look good, some...not so much.

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i'm not too proud to say my morbid (or is it perverse) curiousity would compel me to watch at least several minutes of a kathy griffin porn. and that, my friends, is exactly why you'll never see me run for president.

 

i actually introduced myself to nina as a big fan in vegas one year. the AVN show is always same time as the consumer electronics show. quite frankly, i'd advise erring on the side of caution and not meeting any of those entertainers in person. some look good, some...not so much.

 

Thanks for keeping this thread on topic :rotfl

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Thanks for keeping this thread on topic :rotfl

Yeah. I can tell I've had enough when I start talking about shaved money makers.

 

So who's going to give a short lecture on the legislative branch and pharmaceutical law?

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Was this posted yet? :lol

 

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/1008/563913.html

 

 

Joe McCain Allegedly Calls 911 to Complain About Traffic

 

Alexandria (web|news) - A 911 tape, reportedly of Sen. John McCain (web|news|bio) 's brother Joe, could prove controversial for the McCain camp since the call was not for an emergency, but rather to complain about being stuck in traffic.

 

The call came into Alexandria's 911 system on October 21.

 

Operator: 911 state your emergency

 

Caller: It's not an emergency, but do you know why on one side at the damn drawbridge of 95 traffic is stopped for 15 minutes and yet traffic's coming the other way?

 

Operator: Sir, are you calling 911 to complain about traffic? (pause)

 

Caller: "(Expletive) you." (caller hangs up)

 

The complaint call about traffic on the Wilson Bridge forced the 911 dispatcher to call back. The voice mail on the other end, appears to belong to Joe McCain, brother of presidential candidate, John McCain.

 

"Hi this is Joe McCain. I can't take this message now because I'm involved in a very (inaudible) important political project. I hope on November 4th we have elected John."

 

"I think it's horrible. I can't believe somebody would tie up valuable resources to complain about traffic," said District resident Nancy Case.

 

"It seems stupid, my name can be tagged to this, why would I hose my brother, why would I do it," asked District resident Rob Case.

 

But that wasn't all. McCain apparently called 911 again to complain about the message the operator just left him, warning him such use of 911 is criminal.

 

Caller: Somebody gave me this riot act about the violation of police.

 

Operator: Did you just call 911 in reference to this?

 

Caller: Yeah.

 

Operator: 911 is to be used for emergencies only not just because you're sitting in traffic.

 

"The future president, possible president whatever, possible president, can't control what someone does, but this gentleman should be fined or something should happen to him," said tourist Suzanna Rey.

 

The McCain campaign has not commented on the issue, although it's said the campaign did listen to the call. ABC 7/NewsChannel 8 crews tried to reach Joe McCain, but were unable to.

The traffic is pretty bad.

 

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QUOTE (sweetheart-mine @ Oct 24 2008, 10:40 AM) *

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Florida voting back in spotlight this Election Day

 

By TAMARA LUSH, Associated Press Writer Tamara Lush, Associated Press Writer – Fri Oct 24, 4:44 am ET

 

MIAMI – Let us count the ways things could go wrong on Election Day in Florida:

 

• Thousands of new voters might not be able to cast ballots because of discrepancies between their registration forms and government records like driver's licenses.

 

• An unprecedented number of new voters, combined with multipage ballots in some counties, will likely create long lines and confusion at the polls.

 

• And there's always Palm Beach County. Using new voting equipment mandated by the state, the county lost 3,500 ballots in a close judicial race in an Aug. 26 primary. The ballots were eventually found but it took three recounts before a winner was finally declared a month later.

 

Ah, Florida ...

 

It was the laughingstock of the nation during the 2000 presidential election, when a contentious, 36-day recount resulted in George Bush winning the state (and, therefore, the White House) by 537 votes over Al Gore. The fragility of the state's voting system was exposed via hanging chads and butterfly ballots; the bungled election inspired an HBO movie and years of fodder for late-night TV hosts.

 

As Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain battle to the wire for every presidential vote in this state, the question remains: Will Florida be ground zero for another voting scandal?

 

Of course, nobody knows.

 

"There's plenty of reasons to be concerned about this election in Florida," says Howard Simon, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union's state chapter. "And not just because it's Flori-Duh. You have to be a cockeyed optimist not to be concerned about this election."

 

Florida's elections chief, Secretary of State Kurt Browning, says the voting landscape has improved dramatically since 2000. For one thing, Florida now offers two weeks of early voting.

 

"Uniformity has been the guiding principle," he said, adding that recount rules, ballot designs and pollworker training are now the same in all 67 counties. "We have a pollworker manual now."

 

And unlike 2000, there is now a clear paper trail that shows voter intent in case of a recount. Voters now use pencil or pen to mark paper ballots, which are then counted by machine. Punchcards and their chad are no more.

 

Still, Browning, and most county elections supervisors, are cautious when it comes to declaring a trouble-free election. About 2.5 million more voters are expected than in 2000. And with 376,000 new voters registering between Sept. 8 and Oct. 6 alone (there were only about 504,000 new registrations in all of 2007), there will be long lines at the polls and other pitfalls, despite the early voting.

 

In some counties, the ballot is four-pages long — which means voters will take their time, adding to the lines. On Monday — the first day of early voting — lines of 50-plus people stretched around some precincts while voters inside spent 10 minutes or more with their ballots.

 

In addition, the state's "no-match, no-vote" law requires elections officials to verify the identity of new voters by matching their registration to their driver's license or Social Security card by using government databases.

 

Advocacy groups predict thousands of people, mostly the poor and minorities, will be denied the right to vote through no fault of their own because of the new law. Browning disagrees; he says recent changes make the system "much more voter-friendly." He adds that voters who must cast a provisional ballot because of address discrepancies have two days after the election to confirm their information with the local supervisor of elections.

 

As far as voting machine or ballot problems, officials are hoping for the best after hours of training and dry-runs. But Florida's most populous counties have changed voting systems three times since 2000, from punchcards to touchscreen computers to optical scan machines.

 

"It's very confusing to voters to keep changing," said Rod Petrey, president of the Collins Center for Public Policy in Miami.

 

The August primary election did little to restore confidence. In Palm Beach County — where the problems of the 2000 election first surfaced — a candidate for judge was ahead by 17 votes after the initial count of 91,000 ballots.

 

That triggered a recount. Officials determined that 3,500 ballots were missing. Weeks later, officials announced they had sorted out the missing votes. But then they had more votes than had been recorded on election night.

 

"The accuracy that the public in this country demands in elections does not exist," said Judge Barry Cohen, head of Palm Beach County's canvassing board.

 

Both the Obama and McCain campaigns are watching closely.

 

Hayden Dempsey, chairman of Florida Lawyers for McCain, says the Republicans are concerned that Democratic poll watchers may try to illegally "assist" voters.

 

Obama's Florida campaign has opened a toll-free hot line in Florida so voters can ask questions about the elections process; the campaign said it received thousands of calls before early voting began, including questions about early voting and even whether a voter could wear a campaign T-shirt to the polls.

 

"We want to bring in as many voters as possible," said Luis Vizcaino, an Obama campaign spokesman.

 

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a-man, yes, that's what i'm afraid the real answer is.

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From Salon:

 

Was McCain volunteer attacked over bumper sticker?

 

Ashley Todd, a 20-year-old volunteer for the McCain-Palin campaign, has told Pittsburgh police she was mugged and then targeted for further attack on account of her political beliefs.

 

The alleged attack happened Wednesday night, at a local ATM. Todd says her assailant came up behind her while she was using the ATM, put a knife to her throat and demanded money, and that she gave him $60. But then, Todd says, the robber saw her bumper sticker and attacked her, punching her in the back of the head and knocking her down. Todd told police that the man continued to punch and kick her, saying he'd teach her a lesson for supporting McCain. In a later interview, she added that he said, "You are going to be a Barack supporter." According to Todd, he then sat on her chest, pinning her hands with his knees, and used a dull knife to scratch the letter "B" into her right cheek. WTAE, a local television station, reports that this occurred outside the view of the bank's security cameras.

 

Todd, who is from Texas and is reportedly not familiar with Pittsburgh, then drove to a friend's house nearby. From there, she called police, and the responding officer followed her and her friend until they found the scene of the alleged attack. She refused medical attention, however, saying she would go to the hospital Thursday. Two senior officials with the College Republicans told HotAir.com that Todd did go to the hospital Thursday morning, where she had what the site reports was "an MRI and/or a CAT scan." The site also says that doctors "believe her cheek will heal fully."

 

The story came to national attention Thursday afternoon, when it was posted on the Drudge Report. Both John McCain and Sarah Palin reportedly called Todd to offer their sympathy and well wishes, and the Obama campaign issued a statement on the incident.

 

Since then, though, some people -- conservative blogger Michelle Malkin among them -- have begun to question Todd's account. And the Web site TMZ.com says it has sources inside the Pittsburgh police who say "they have serious questions about the authenticity of the alleged victim who says she had her face cut by a politically-motivated attacker." The site also reports that it has been told "there are several things about the alleged attack that don't add up." Police reinterviewed Todd Thursday night, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports; the questioning lasted at least five hours. And the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review says investigators plan to administer a polygraph test to Todd, reportedly because her statements conflict with evidence from the scene where she says the attack occurred.

 

A post-attack photo of Todd that the Associated Press says was not taken by police has been circulating on the Internet. Based on that image, some people on the Internet have been asking why the "B" on Todd's cheek is reversed, as if she did it to herself using a mirror. Others have brought up an incident from the late 1980s, when Morton Downey Jr. claimed skinheads had painted a swastika on his face. His story was similarly questioned because the swastika was reversed.

 

The photo also shows Todd with a black eye. Salon showed it to Jennifer Province, an emergency room nurse, who says she believes the black eye was faked. The color of it is wrong, Province said, and there's less swelling than typically seen.

 

This isn't the first time this year that Todd has claimed to be involved in an election-related incident. Earlier this month, she posted to YouTube a video she shot of a janitor at New York's Queens College. In it, she says, "This janitor took down all of my signs ... and tore them apart ... I am really perturbed. He closed off the bathrooms and is making it very hostile."

 

Salon was able to find some of Todd's personal Web pages, which we're not linking to in order to protect her privacy. What appears to be her MySpace page, which gives her age as 23 rather than 20, is private. But the quote at the top of it is visible -- it reads, "Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her cloths [sic] off, but its [sic] better if you do."

 

Diane Richard, a spokeswoman for the Pittsburgh police, was not available for comment.

 

Update: Shortly after I posted this, WTAE updated its story on the incident with additional comment from Richard, who said, "We have learned that the victim's statement has a few inconsistencies in it and her statement has changed." According to Richard, Todd now says she isn't sure if it was her bumper sticker that enraged her alleged attacker or a campaign button she wore on her jacket. (Separately, the Post-Gazette reports that she did not originally tell police about the bumper sticker at all.) She has also reportedly added new details to her story, saying she lost consciousness during the attack and also that she was sexually assaulted.

 

"She indicated that when he had her on the ground he put his hand up her blouse and started fondling her. But other than that, she says she doesn't remember anything else. So we're adding a sexual assault to this as well," Richard said.

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FYI: for the record, i obtained executive privelege to photos of the first scene of 'nailin' paylin' and it's worth checking out no matter what side of the political spectrum you fall on. she takes on two russians whose car has broken down near her home, obviously right on the alaska border.

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FYI: for the record, i obtained executive privelege to photos of the first scene of 'nailin' paylin' and it's worth checking out no matter what side of the political spectrum you fall on. she takes on two russians whose car has broken down near her home, obviously right on the alaska border.

I read the script of this scene. Hot.

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