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POPSTommy Cooper Jokes - A Celebration Two elephants walk off a cliff...... boom boom! --------------------------------------------------------------------- So I went to the dentist. He said 'Say Aaah.' I said 'Why?' He said 'My dog's died.' --------------------------------------------------------------------- So I got home, and the phone was ringing. I picked it up, and said 'Who's speaking please?' And a voice said 'You are.' ------------------------------------------------------------------- So I rang up my local swimming baths. I said 'Is that the local swimming baths?' He said 'It depends where you're calling from.' --------------------------------------------------------------------- So I rang up a local building firm, I said 'I want a skip outside my house.'
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POPSGermany’s Green Party Elects First Ethnic Turk as Leader With a conservative party’s choice of Angela Merkel to run as chancellor in 2005 — a successful gambit — and now an ethnic Turk at the helm of an influential party, it appears that German society is slowly breaking with the past, when women were inconspicuous and immigrants’ voices were seldom heard.
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POPSObama Issues First Video Address Big surprise; it's about the economy, stupid. Lots to like here -- extending unemployment benefits, boosting the economy by investing in infrastructure and green energy, and affordable health care. Nice to hear the green energy part, since it falls in line with my Friday post . Dealing with the climate and fixing the economy can be the same damned thing. A transcript of the address is also available at the link .
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POPSNo $$ for you Democrats are suggesting, however, an even more ambitious reason to nationalize. Once the government owns Detroit, it can remake it. The euphemism here is “retool” Detroit to make cars for the coming green economy. If you think we have economic troubles today, consider the effects of nationalizing an industry of this size, but now run by bureaucrats issuing production quotas to fit five-year plans to meet politically mandated fuel-efficiency standards — to lift us to the sunny uplands of the coming green utopia.
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POPSGreens Pave Way for Republican Comeback
than most other sorts of development, whether they be new or expanding suburban communities, roads, farming or a green energy projects -- like wind farms, solar panel fields, and cellulosic ethanol plants. Consider, for example, how much “fragile” environment would be disturbed by T. Boone Pickens’ plan to build the largest wind farm in the world on 400,000 acres in the Texas panhandle. While the Greens say they support Pickens’ effort, in what way is the Texas panhandle less fragile than the Utah desert? Last spring, the BLM placed a moratorium on solar power projects to be built on public lands, pending environmental impact studies. The necessary transmission lines and water use might disturb the native vegetation and wildlife, says the BLM. But the solar power industry screamed bloody murder and the moratorium was soon rescinded. Given that the Greens oppose oil and gas drilling everywhere, the rest of us -- especially congressional Republicans --
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POPSSAMURAI SWORDS KATANAS JAPANESE HAND FORGED CLAY TEMPERED This master swordsmith creates the world's greatest swords in my humble opinion. And, they are nothing like the typical shopping mall junk display swords. Hazama's swords are the real deal if you are a serious sword collector or martial artist like I am. A+++
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POPSHoliday Recipes~Turkey,Stuffing,Side Dishes,Desserts A perfect slice of pie is at once flaky, moist and makes the most of its fruit or filling. From the roast turkey to a slough of dazzling side dishes, the pie can't be an afterthought — it needs to make a sweet final statement. For traditionalists, we have plenty of pumpkin pie recipes from expert bakers who know a thing or two about rolling out the perfect crust. For those wanting to offer family and friends variety, we also have many apple, pecan, sweet potato, berry and creamy chocolate pies. Serve any of these showstoppers with homemade whipped cream or ice cream, and the encore to your Thanksgiving meal just might become the star of the show. http://img.recipezaar.com/images/2008/newsletter/111108/?nl=RZ-111108-issue-info__cant-view-url
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