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POPSJobless GM Automakers Celebrate Saving The Planet In line with the green theme of the event, the General Motors administration created a special Saving Gaia Pledge Wall, which laid-off automakers were encouraged to decorate with symbolic drawings reflecting on their personal plans of greenifying the Earth. Wagoner's personal plans of greenifying the Earth included cutting 19,000 more jobs in the next few months, while making sure that the layoffs are conducted in "as environmentally friendly manner as possible."
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POPSdrunk driver jailed 20 years "The collision occurred on Jan. 20, 2006, the day Yellowknee had just been released from jail. He had been drinking all day and, by 5 p.m., he was staggering around the Sawridge Truck Stop in Slave Lake, a bottle of Silk Tassel Rye tucked into his jacket, trying to hitch a ride up to Wabasca. Slave Lake is about 250 kilometres northwest of Edmonton. Minutes later, he was behind the wheel of a stolen white pickup truck, speeding out of Slave Lake on the highway with the police in pursuit, lights on, sirens blaring. He fishtailed, hit the shoulder, shot over the yellow line and slammed head-on into a black car. He killed everyone inside. Misty Chalifoux, 28, died instantly, as did two of her daughters - nine-year-old Trista Chalifoux and 13-year-old Michelle Lisk. Six-year-old daughter Larissa was airlifted to hospital. She died the next day. Yellowknee's blood alcohol level was .22 that night, nearly triple the legal limit of .08."
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POPSWhy Eye Contact Matters And for the one who's being looked at, eye contact sends a message, signaling acknowledgment, connection, and attention, signaling something, I suppose, like empathy. Being seen is, on some level, being felt. It's nice to be acknowledged.
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POPSInvestigate Republican Corruption -- Get Fired.
I was busted last week for smuggling in 500 tons of illegal sagebrush over the Mexican border (it's illegal to bring weeds into the country). It's true I also had kidnapped the sweet 16-year old daughter of the Mayor of Nogales, Sonora. and was carrying my AK-47 and had a few boxes of Stinger missiles in the back of the Ford pickup But these were all 'dirty ops,' for the good guys, like Iran-Contra and our current mulitude of scams in the Middle East. So I was sure glad when the border agents who stopped me were later arrested, and the state attorney general gave me immunity to testify against them. (as we all happened). Now, though, I'm moving my business over to San Diego so I'm glad the Big Jefe, Comandante Bushie is taking care of things over in California before we move our base of operations. Normally you have to live in a third-world banana republic dictatorship to get service like this; but we're all part of a global economy now and War & Oil is the Main Line to the Holy L