Category: Out Of This World
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The Pluto Controversy
Who ever thought that the International Astronomical Union voting to take away the <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060825/ap_on_sc/planet_mutiny">status of Pluto as a planet</a> would create such controversy. Some people are very upset by it. I saw a cartoon right after it happened that poked fun at it but I didn't think that it would come true.<br />n<br />n<center><a…
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Cows Have Accents?
<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=401843&in_page_id=1770&ito=1490" title="WTF?">Cows with regional accents? Pull the udder one</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>They have one word in their vocabulary and it's a single syllable at that.<br />n<br />nBut farmers claim cows appear to 'moo' in regional accents, despite their limited conversational skills.<br />n<br />nHerds in the West Country have been heard lowing with a distinctive Somerset…
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Planet, Moon, Whatever
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/15/AR2006081500330.html" title="Free Registration Required">Pluto's New Place in Space Could Be as a 'Pluton'</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Hoping to end the agonizing over whether Pluto is really a planet, an international committee of astronomers has come up with a new definition that would save the tiny body's place in the sun's family.<br />n<br />nUnder the long-awaited proposal,…
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How To Commit Crimes And Get Away With It
The answer is simple, be a short person.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/J/JUDGES_SENTENCE_HEIGHT?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">Sentence for short sex offender draws fire</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A judge's decision to sentence a 5-foot-1 man to probation instead of prison for sexually assaulting a child has angered crime victim advocates who say the punishment sends the wrong message.<br />n<br />nBut supporters of short people…
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Sad State of Affairs
<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/13/npreg13.xml"> Pregnant at 11 and 'happy to be a mum'</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A 12-year-old girl will become Britain's youngest mother when she gives birth next month.<br />n<br />nShe became pregnant at the age of 11 when she lost her virginity to a 15-year-old boy during a drunken night out.<br />n<br />n…..<br />n<br />nThe girl, from…
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For The Person Who Has Everything
For sale on ebay.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4455060285#ebayphotohosting">Titan 1 ICBM Missile Base – Located in Washington State</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Located about 1 1/2 hrs from Spokane, 4 hrs. from Seattle, 5 hrs. from Portland.<br />n<br />n360 Degree Views. Private water system. High Power lines on sight.<br />n<br />nHardened buildings built to withstand One megaton nuclear blast within…
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Misconceptions
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/04/23/news/wyoming/60-guns.txt">Cattleman loses federal gun case</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A man from Nebraska's Panhandle can't have guns as tools of his cattle trade or to reflect his cowboy heritage or for any other reason, a federal jury has ruled.<br />n<br />nOn Friday the jury found that Rudolph "Butch" Stanko of Gordon broke a federal law that bars…
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Duh, No Shit
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/04/18/news/wyoming/22-brucesslosis-feedgrounds.txt">Wyo. Game department finds more brucellosis on feedgrounds</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A survey by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department suggests that 14 percent of the elk wintering on the National Elk Refuge near Jackson have been exposed to brucellosis, a far higher rate than in areas where the state doesn't feed elk during the winter.</blockquote><br…
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Illogical
The wolf is considered an endangered species in the United States.<br />n<br />nendangered species: a species threatened with extinction<br />n<br />nYet in Alaska there are so many of them they <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1547174&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312">kill them to boost moose and caribou populations</a> since the wolves kill so many of them. <br />n<br />nIf there are so many wolves…
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Sighting
I saw something yesterday I haven't seen in years. A XXXXXXXX. I saw them as a kid sometimes but even seeing one like I did was neat. Hopefully I will begin to see a few more around. It wouldn't hurt my feelings.<br />n<br />nBy the way, I never admit to seeing a critter that is…