* Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, tagged as an imperious diva on "The Apprentice," criticized the NBC reality show for stereotyping her and other black contestants. (Oh PLEASE !)
* LAPD revises policy on shooting at moving cars. Under the revised policy, officers cannot fire at a moving vehicle unless someone is threatened with deadly force other than the vehicle. (satisfying the minority)
* DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Police in Daytona Beach have been alerted that a neo-Nazi group called the National Alliance plans to promote white supremacy and recruit members at the Daytona International Speedway during race weekend, Local 6 News has learned. (ACLU probably backs this)
* In Hollywood, rich get richer for free 'How much money are you going to pay me to wear this?' ( I thought CA = Democrats = rich need to pay more ? )
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movi...eut/index.html
* Report: 'Questionable' beef imported Lax oversight blamed for violations of mad cow disease ban ( great, welcome more Mad Cow )
* Doctor tells panel Vioxx raises heart attack risk (no schit ? taking hard presrcitoon drugs has side effects ? Really ? )
( Sicker, snicker. Yeah, thats a well preserved skull, isn't it ? Bits and pieces of who knows what plastered together and voila! a 200,000 year old skull !)
* A conservation group wants the polar bear listed as a threatened species, saying global warming could make it extinct by the end of the century. (oh, boy, more global warming crap)
* 'Sausage king' receives death sentence (he'll live for the next 25 years on appeals)
* Smuggling deaths trial gets new start dateHOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- A New York man accused of driving and abandoning a hot, airless tractor-trailer in the nation's deadliest human smuggling attempt has been given yet another trial date. the trial has been postponed four times since its original January 5 start date. (we ARE getting better, aren't we ?)
* Greenspan: Social Security in trouble Fed chief says he's worried about retirement program's finances but avoids using the word 'crisis.' (wow, you REALLY think it is Greenspan ? )
* Secret revealed La Russa: Canseco bragged about having 'helper' (no kidding ? thats a secret still ? )
* hockey season pooooof ! gone. (greedy owners + greedy players = no NHL this season. Like Spreweel said - 6 million ? I gotta a family to feed )
* Capital Letters: Arnold Comes to Town ! (why ? He's trying to get Federal help for his States 6 billion dollar deficit)
* Who"™s the Most Liberal ? (look it up yourself, but get this, Kerry missed too many of 63 votes the magazine used to calculate its ratings for 2004. Great, what was his job then ? Serious flaw there, allowing someone to not do their job, pay them for not doing it, then allowing them BACK afterwards)
* While Democrats are criticizing President Bush"™s Social Security proposals, they"™ve yet to put forth a plan of their own (isn't that beautiful ?)
* Woman Portrayed As Cookie Monster Unsure About Future - Worldwide publicity seemed to go in favor of the girls and against the Youngs. The result has been a barrage of phone calls and mail -- the majority of it negative -- that has Herb Young wondering what to do next. ( and she wonders WHY ? )
* Judge Rules Infant With Often Lethal Skeletal Disorder Can Be Taken Off Life Support ( this is complicated, but NOT getting better IMO )
* Doctors in New Jersey are on alert for a virulent new strain of HIV that showed up in a New York patient. Doctors want to know if the drug-resistant strain of the virus that causes AIDS is isolated or the start of a scary new phase of the epidemic. The case diagnosed in New York last week involved a man in his 40s whose infection was resistant to 19 of 20 new AIDS drugs. (I'll let TardFarmer take this one)
* Sweetener in the Spotlight: Is Splenda Safe? "Splenda is not sugar "” and to piggyback it on to the reputation of the centuries"™ old profile of sugar is more than misleading, it could come back to haunt us, perhaps sooner than we think," says Restuccia, a nutritionist at the Center for Obesity Surgery at New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. (do ya'll know how Splenda is made ?
http://www.truthaboutsplenda.com/fac...ion/index.html )
* Health Secretary Refuses To Name States Cheating On Medicaid
* More than 1.7 million people died from cancer in Europe last year, a fifth of them from lung cancer, a new study has found. ( I wonder why ? )
* Sex nets HIV carrier three-year jail term. A London man showed "callous disregard" for his victim when he engaged in unprotected sex after being warned he was HIV-positive, a London judge said yesterday. (ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww)
But on a birghter note
* NYC celebrity hawks spotted mating. A media frenzy erupted over the birds' eviction by wealthy residents angry over the droppings and half-eaten pigeons littering the elegant building's entrance. ( In my part of the country, we shoot red tailed hawks. )
Join me for a moment ? let us bask in our Prgoressions ........
