{"article":{"id":203209,"heading":"Vitter denies prostitution accusations","author":"Manuel Taylor","created":"2007-07-18 19:30:57","modified":"2007-07-18 19:30:57","last_modified":"Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:30:57","article":"<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b><i>persistent sources<\/i><\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nsites:<br>\r\n<br>\r\nAstronomy Pic of the Day<br>\r\nATPTennis.com<br>\r\ninformationclearinghouse.info<br>\r\nwaynemadsenreport.com<br>\r\nWSWS.org<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nlists:<br>\r\n<br>\r\n911InsideJobbers (at) yahoogroups.com<br>\r\nCatapultThePropaganda (at) yahoogroups.com<br>\r\nPlaneHuggers (at) yahoogroups.com<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nblogs:<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>http:\/\/www.Legitgov.org<\/b><br>\r\n<b>http:\/\/www.Rense.com<\/b><br>\r\nhttp:\/\/911tvfakery.blogspot.com\/<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\narchives:<br>\r\n<br>\r\nDedicated to 911 Truth files, and Conspiracy research. A bittorrent tracker<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.anomalicresearch.com:6969<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nclick here for today's attempted illustrate mirror:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/baltimore.indymedia.org\/newswire\/display\/15336\/index.php<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<table bg><tr><td align=\"left\"><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b><i>********INDYMEDIA: BETRAYAL*********<\/i><\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nIndymedia (IMC) says: <b>Give us property and we'll give you Death!<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\n7\/15:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2007\/07\/15\/18435506.php<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n7\/13:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/cleveland.indymedia.org\/news\/2007\/07\/26197.php<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/news\/2007\/07\/203087.php<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2007\/07\/13\/18435258.php<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n7\/11:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/cleveland.indymedia.org\/news\/2007\/07\/26182.php<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2007\/07\/11\/18434793.php<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/news\/2007\/07\/203015.php<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n7\/9:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2007\/07\/09\/18434297.php<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b><i>********911: SEPTEMBER CLUES********<\/i><\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nAbsolutely incredible new revelations about how the TV networks aired fake video of animated \"planes\" on 9\/11!<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nPart VI: Must see TV!<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.livevideo.com\/video\/C69E733A247346FE94FCA7A0EC01945F\/september-clues-part6.aspx<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nParts I, II and IV not to be missed.  Part III has good payoff near the end.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nPart I, tHE 911 NEWSWMEDIA COVERAGE:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2yc5l9<br>\r\n--or--<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.livevideo.com\/video\/6F393F4DE41C4CF798CBB438E6378129\/september-clues-part1.aspx<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nPart II, tHE FLYING TELEPHANTS:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ysycy7<br>\r\n--or--<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.livevideo.com\/video\/9CA2E0D39C0A44EBA589A972F80FC2A6\/september-clues-part2.aspx<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nPart III, Of MISSILES and MEN:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yv84fn<br>\r\n--or--<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.livevideo.com\/video\/E0E8DC73928D42D4A01CF664B22E16B5\/september-clues-part3.aspx<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nPart IV, tHE DENSE COINCIDENCE DANCE:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yubvjm<br>\r\n--or--<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.livevideo.com\/video\/3F706266A8524D6AA3CCC4CFC2F0F257\/september-clues-part4.aspx<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b><i>********911 NEWS MEDIA HOAX: RECENT STUFF********<\/i><\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\ncrash physics for everyone:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.coffinman.co.uk\/crash_physics_for_everyone.htm<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n9\/11 video clips that Dan Rather would rather not show you:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_0eC3uns3pA<br>\r\n<br>\r\nthe hole that was not there:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2k5yac<br>\r\n--or--<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/i113.photobucket.com\/albums\/n237\/StillDiggin\/TheHoleThatWasNotThere.jpg<br>\r\n<br>\r\nRenault crash test v. 911 planes:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2lrspl<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nthe Pixel Crash:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/911logic.blogspot.com<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b><i>********911 NEWS MEDIA HOAX********<\/i><\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nSeptember 11 as it happened.  Watch CNN lie to their audience about planes striking the WTC:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/r9scb<br>\r\n--or--<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9cUEcgQiEWk&amp;mode=related&amp;search=<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nFlight 175 Vanishment!<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/webfairy.org\/ghostplane\/vanishment<br>\r\n<br>\r\nKrash!  the most unbelievable of the 9\/11 \"planes\" you've ever seen.<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/webfairy.org\/krash<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b><i>********CIA INFILTRATION********<\/i><\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nYoung adults are giving CIA-infiltrated newspapers scant notice:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/07\/16\/business\/media\/16habits.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin&amp;pagewanted=print<br>\r\n<br>\r\nYahoo\/CIA has <b>deleted<\/b> about 50 images from my group!!<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/health.ph.groups.yahoo.com\/group\/News_Junkie_GP\/photos\/<br>\r\n<br>\r\n(Yahoo\/CIA employees don't mind at all being well compensated for destroying this country.)<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<\/td><\/tr><\/table><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b><i>********CLIMATE CHANGE********<\/i><\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*HOW MANY GM EXECUTIVES DOES it TAKE to TURN ON AN ELECTRIC CAR?*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nMelting ice drives polar bear mothers to land:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/scienceNews\/idUSN1235191720070712<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nA message from the melting slopes of Everest:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/environment.independent.co.uk\/climate_change\/article2739751.ece<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nWater-hogging So. Cal lawns are enemy #1:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.latimes.com\/features\/home\/la-hm-lawn5jul05%2C0%2C5594716.story<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nLake Superior is drying up:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/nation\/environment\/2007-06-13-lake-superior_N.htm<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<table bg><tr><td align=\"left\"><br>\r\n\r\n<br>\r\n\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b><i>********FALSE-FLAG NEWS********<\/i><\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*BIRD FLU HOAX\/FALSE-FLAG PANDEMIC*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nFrom the same people who attacked New York (on 9\/11\/01) and flooded New Orleans, comes the...<br>\r\n<br>\r\n'Implementation of the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza':<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/news\/releases\/2007\/07\/20070717-5.html<br>\r\n<br>\r\n(i like '<b>The<\/b> National Strategy' in the title.  The White House is now making decisions for us.  There is no Congress anymore.)<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*NEW ORLEANS*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nhow they flooded New Orleans:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.media-criticism.com\/New_Orleans_Flooded_Links_2006.html<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*911: NUCLEAR BOMBS at WTC*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nFDNY thyroid cancer shock:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2ka8ms<br>\r\n--or--<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.nypost.com\/seven\/07082007\/news\/regionalnews\/fdny_thyroid_cancer_shock_regionalnews_ginger_adams_otis_____and_susan_edelman.htm<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n9\/11 sicknesses consistent with environmental radiation contamination:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.agoracosmopolitan.com\/home\/Frontpage\/2007\/06\/22\/01625.html<br>\r\n<br>\r\nWTC cancer cluster 'like Hiroshima':<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.total411.info\/2006\/12\/wtc-cancer-cluster-like-hiroshima.html<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b><i>********FOURTH REICH********<\/i><\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nUS judge calls for secret trials for \"terrorists\":<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/theaustralian.news.com.au\/printpage\/0,5942,21986986,00.html<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b><i>********WAR AGAINST INTERNET********<\/i><\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*MICROSOFT + YAHOO = DISASTER*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nFolks, if Microsoft and Yahoo merge it will mean the end of the Internet as a place where people can communicate with each other without the government listening in.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nMicrosoft + Yahoo = Government Watches Every Keystroke<br>\r\n<br>\r\nIE8 = Major Spying<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<\/td><\/tr><\/table><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b><i>********NEXT WORLD WAR\/ESCALATION********<\/i><\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nBush Dictatorship just might send more US kids to Bush's meat grinder in Iraq:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20070716\/ap_on_re_mi_ea\/iraq_pace<br>\r\n<br>\r\n(notice that Congress doesn't exist anymore.)<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nBush dictatorship sends another carrier to Gulf to terrorize the Iranian people:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/rtrs\/20070710\/tpl-uk-usnavy-carrier-9562ed3.html?printer=1<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b><i>********MILITARY OCCUPATIONS: ROBOTS********<\/i><\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nRobot air attack squadron bound for Iraq:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20070715\/ap_on_re_mi_ea\/iraq_air_surge_ii<br>\r\n<br>\r\nIsrael to employ robot snipers to enforce its 40th consecutive year of unlawful military occupation of Palestinian land:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/blog.wired.com\/defense\/2007\/06\/for_years_and_y.html<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b><i>********BLEAK ECONOMICS********<\/i><\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*WORLD ECONOMY SUPERBOWL*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nChina's roaring, polluting, C02-emitting economy set to overtake Germany:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/afp\/20070715\/bs_afp\/chinaeconomy<br>\r\n<br>\r\n(here the fact that China's economy is growing rapidly if described in general, sports terms.  In other words, team China is #3 and climbing.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThere's no mention of the environmental devastation that is accompanying China's rise in the rankings.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nwhen are we allowed to receive the opinion that the US, China and German economies are just one economy; that we're one human race and our survival is the only game that is being contested?)<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*US DOLLAR*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nSpiraling US Federal debt triggers decline of Dollar:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/index.php?context=va&amp;aid=6288<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nDollar plunges to fresh lows:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/news.independent.co.uk\/business\/news\/article2753423.ece<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b><i>********GENERAL NEWS********<\/i><\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*ANIMALS*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nFound: the giant lion-eating chimps of the magic forest:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/environment.guardian.co.uk\/conservation\/story\/0%2C%2C2126328%2C00.html<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\ncell tower blamed in animals' deaths:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.canada.com\/theprovince\/news\/story.html?id=9b4225cb-5254-4187-a12b-4dc5437c5085<br>\r\n<br>\r\nPoachers, climate change causing elephants to be desperately seeking water:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/pages\/live\/articles\/news\/worldnews.html?in_article_id=465016&amp;in_page_id=1811<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*FEDERAL RESERVE: SCAM*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nHow commercial banks secretly create money, charging interest in the process:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.webofdebt.com\/articles\/dollar-deception.php<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*ENCROACHING COMMERCIAL SPEECH*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nWrigley now the \"official gum of the NBA\":<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/environment.guardian.co.uk\/conservation\/story\/0%2C%2C2126328%2C00.html<br>\r\n<br>\r\n(btw, chewing gum and playing basketball simultaneously is not advised for those who aren't great at b-ball.  with no limits on commercial speech we are finding ads everywhere for anything.)<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*CELL PHONES*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nUnlock the cell phone?  It's a high-stakes debate:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ywc84y<br>\r\n--or--<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/news.com.com\/The+high-stakes+debate+over+open+access\/2100-1039-6196718.html?part=dht&amp;tag=nl.e703<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*FIRST AMENDMENT, RIP*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nCharges added against 2 who held anti-Dictator-Bush banner:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2wcslr<br>\r\n--or--<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/local\/chi-web_bannerjul17,1,197935.story?ctrack=1&amp;cset=true<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*RADIOACTIVE TELEVISION*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nChild TV addicts \"greedy and unhappy\":<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/pages\/live\/articles\/news\/news.html?in_article_id=468603&amp;in_page_id=1770<br>\r\n<br>\r\n(good.  let's have the nastiest of them work at Indymedia\/Yahoo\/Homeland Security when they grow up.)<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*US \"HEALTH CARE\"*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nUS barbaric, for-proft \"health care\" system falling behind more civilized countries:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?file=\/c\/a\/2007\/07\/10\/MNGNUQTQJB1.DTL<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nDictator Bush threatens to veto childrens' health insurance legislation:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/boston.indymedia.org\/newswire\/display\/200355\/index.php<br>\r\n<br>\r\nPrisons as the new mental asylums: the example of Michigan<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.wsws.org\/articles\/2007\/jul2007\/ment-j10.shtml<br>\r\n<br>\r\nAll the money in the world can't fix America's barbaric, for-profit \"health care\" system:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.washingtonmonthly.com\/features\/2007\/0705.longman.html<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*MERCENARY ARMIES*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nBush Dictatorship renting Pakistan army for $100 million a month:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2nmcs3<br>\r\n--or--<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/US_renting_Pak_army_for__100_million_a_month\/articleshow\/2202810.cms<br>\r\n<br>\r\n(present and future generations of US citizens are paying for this.)<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*ILLEGAL WAR\/MILITARY OCCUPATION BUDGETS*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nBush's permanent occupation of Iraq costing future generations $12 billion a month:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20070710\/ap_on_go_co\/us_iraq_costs_12<br>\r\n<br>\r\n(they are simply raping this country, destroying it for profit.)<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nBush's illegal, barbarous and mad wars of aggression costing future generations $12 billion <b><i>a month<\/i><\/b>.<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.forbes.com\/feeds\/ap\/2007\/07\/09\/ap3895784.html<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*PROSTITUTION: CRIME*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nVitter denies prostitution accusations:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/wireStory?id=3383605<br>\r\n<br>\r\n(why is prostitution even illegal?)<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*NEW YORK: UNDER MILITARY OCCUPATION*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nNew York moves to ban public filming and photography:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/infowars.net\/articles\/june2007\/290607Filming.htm<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<table bg><tr><td align=\"left\"><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b><i>********ELSEWHERE********<\/i><\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*UNITED KINGDOM*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nUK police want endless detention, never mind the Magna Carta:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2fuao9<br>\r\n--or--<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/news\/world\/we-want-endless-detention-say-police\/2007\/07\/15\/1184438148985.html<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*AFGHANISTAN*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nReports indicate over 150 civilians killed in Afghanistan over past week<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.wsws.org\/articles\/2007\/jul2007\/afgh-j10.shtml<br>\r\n<br>\r\n13 children killed by Afghanistan \"suicide bomber\":<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/nationworld\/2003783780_wdig11.html<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*IRAQ: BARBARISM*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nJust another day in Iraq: 100 more fathers, mothers, sons and daughters killed:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/news.independent.co.uk\/world\/middle_east\/article2776137.ece<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nBarbarous, illegal US occupation Killing 10,000 Iraqis every month:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/schwartz07052007.html<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nDeaths in Iraq (from Bush's illegal war of aggression and occupation) have reached 1 million:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.uruknet.de\/?s1=1&amp;p=31567&amp;s2=23<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<\/td><\/tr><\/table><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b><i>******HEALTH, SCIENCE and LIVING******<\/i><\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*CASSINI HOAX*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\n\"Saturn's Hyperion: a moon with odd craters\":<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap070128.html<br>\r\n<br>\r\n(APOD's illustration at the link above is so utterly ludicrous it makes me cry with laughter.  doesn't NASA have any quality control regading the fake images it produces of the \"Cassini probe of Saturn\"?)<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*ARCHEOLOGY*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nEgypt's oldest known art identified, is 15,000 years old:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2kzcoe<br>\r\n--or--<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2007\/07\/070711-egypt-artwork.html<br>\r\n<br>\r\n(so Groog, you thinkin' what i'm thinkin'?  let's smash the cave drawings so that we can all stay in the cave!)<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*BANANAS*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nHail the wondrous banana:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.rense.com\/general77\/hail.htm<br>\r\n<br>\r\n(i saw a very pretty woman eating a banana the other day...)<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*DEPRESSION*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nWhy are children today so unhappy?<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/pages\/live\/femail\/article.html?in_article_id=468866&amp;in_page_id=1879<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*PRESCRIPTION DRUGS v. ILLEGAL DRUGS*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\n120,000 die from prescription drugs annually.  compare that to how many die from all illegal drugs combined:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.rense.com\/general77\/posthuman.htm<br>\r\n<br>\r\n\"...At last count 11,000 people died last year from illegal drug use. 11,000 people. What does that tell you?\"<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*MARIJUANA: WONDER DRUG*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nNorth Dakota farmers file lawsuit to grow hemp:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/articles\/article_5695.cfm<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nDoes Pot <b>cure cancer<\/b>?<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCannabis compound slows lung cancer in mice:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn11630-cannabis-compound-slows-lung-cancer-in-mice.html<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nStudy finds no cancer-marijuana connection:<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/nsd2k<br>\r\n--or--<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/05\/25\/AR2006052501729.html<br>\r\n<br>\r\n\"The largest study of its kind has unexpectedly concluded that smoking marijuana, even regularly and heavily, does not lead to lung cancer...\"<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n(folks, let's all <b>cure cancer<\/b> by smoking some pot <i>now<\/i>.)<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b><i>********MISC********<\/i><\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<b>*CINEMA: CRISS CROSS*<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nCriss Cross (1949):<br>\r\nhttp:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0041268\/<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCriss Cross should be named \"Ain't Dames Tough!\"  Here pathetic Steve (Burt Lancaster) can't get his duplicious former wife (Yvonne De Carlo) off his mind, no matter how she toys with him.  Steve even travelled around the world and returned to his home in order to forget her--it didn't work.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nSteve is obviously unstable.  meanwhile, he also happens to be an armored car driver.  didn't the armored car companies in the 1940s screen unstable characters like Steve from joining their brigades?<br>\r\n<br>\r\nDespite the humor in the plot, Criss Cross is a very interesting noir.  it should not be missed by noir buffs.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nLancaster, De Carlo and the slimiest screen dirtball ever, Dan Duryea, are all great.  Siodmak's direction is not visually remarkable but seems fluid, moving the film along.  the final scenes are very memorable.)<br>\r\n<br>\r\nyou don't often see strong but pathetic characters like Lancaster's Steve Thompson anymore.  Also, Duryea is a classic, imitable bad guy.  i also think De Carlo's Anna Dundee is an excellent followup to Jane Greer's Kathie Moffat (in the 1947, 'Out of the Past').  De Carlo certainly looks fab here.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe depth of characterization in Criss Cross is much different than with today's CIA's cinema; no American film out today is worth seeing twice.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\np.s. all are welcome on the News Junkie GP list<br>\r\ngroups.yahoo.com\/group\/News_Junkie_GP\/<br>\r\n\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"Vitter denies prostitution accusations","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2007\/07\/203209.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}