'Shindig'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dear Steve Doocy,
SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP OH, MY GOD, SHUUUUUT UUUUP.
No kidding. I so badly wanted to point out that the government already runs loads of health care in this country with less overhead that private insurers.
Plus, the problem with Cash for Clunkers is that it was too successful. Actually, I don't want to keep extending that program very long, but that's aside from the point.
Does anybody know what happens if you try to cross back to the US with an expired passport?
Usually, they won’t let you leave with an expired passport. In fact, a lot of places say that your passport must be valid for 30 days after your return date.
We'll vouch for your tendency to not know where you are going, Theo. Clearly inadvertent border crossing.
That didn’t work so well for the journalists in Northern Korea. Of course, in Canada, you’re less likely to get 12 years of hard labor rather than a heartfelt apology for not marking the border quite clearly enough.
There are expedited passport places online -- I've even heard some promise a 24-hour turnaround. Did you check those out?
I once got a passport in 4 hours. I came in at 8, came back to pick it up at lunchtime. But, I live in DC, so that may not be possible elsewhere.
Judge clears way for dinosaur park to be seized
A federal judge has cleared the way for the government's seizure of a creationism theme park in Pensacola owned by a couple convicted of tax fraud.
A ruling by U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers states that the nine properties that make up Dinosaur Adventure Land as well as two bank accounts associated with the park will be used to satisfy $430,400 owed to the federal government.
Kent Hovind, who founded the park and a ministry, Creation Science Evangelism, is serving 10 years in federal prison for failing to pay the Internal Revenue Service more than $470,000 in employee taxes.
He was found guilty in November 2006 on 58 counts, including failure to pay employee taxes and making threats against investigators.
The conviction culminated 17 years of Hovind sparring with the IRS. Saying he was employed by God and his ministers were not subject to payroll taxes, he claimed no income or property.
Hovind is incarcerated at the Edgefield Federal Correction Institution in South Carolina.
His wife, Jo, also was sentenced to a year in federal prison for her role in the tax fraud. She's currently jailed at the Federal Correctional Institution in Marianna.
Awww--Uganda has its first newborn rhino in nearly three decades, and they've named it Obama.
The first baby rhinoceros born in Uganda in almost 30 years has been named Obama because his father is from Kenya and his mother was born in the US.
A federal judge has cleared the way for the government's seizure of a creationism theme park in Pensacola owned by a couple convicted of tax fraud.
They'll have to remember the whole "Give unto Caesar" thing next time.
Give unto Caesar
Hee-hee. Say, did I already mentioned that if I'll go back in time more than once (because destination #1 is already set for a fixed place and time), I'm planning to burn all of Cicero's writings?
He's. Just. So. Annoying.
A cool graph that shows what % of Americans are up to what activities at any given time of day.
How Different Groups Spend Their Day
Mouse over it if you don't understand it....
Wow, that's really interesting! And kind of makes me sad for old people.
And kind of makes me sad for old people.
How come? They have the most "Relaxing and Thinking" time than anyone else!
Also, I could use a 2pm nap and leisurely breakfast every day.
The days I can take a nap ( unless I am sick) are some of my more productive days