What do you call someone who utterly refuses to accept responsibility for their actions? Asshole? F*ckwad? Chromosonal Trash?

August 13, 2004 – Bill Janklow, the former South Dakota congressman convicted of speeding through a stop sign on a rural road and causing a deadly collision with a motorcyclist, filed paperwork this week to reverse his second-degree manslaughter charge or get a new trial.

According to news stories out of South Dakota, lawyers for Janklow filed the motion Tuesday with the state Supreme Court, saying that Janklow did not get a fair trial. The case will not be heard by the Supreme Court justices, since Janklow had a hand in their appointments, but will be heard by a panel of five circuit court judges appointed by the Supreme Court. It could take several months before a decision is reached.

Janklow seeks reversal of manslaughter conviction

Matt Drudge usually has some pretty interesting stuff but come on...

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JANET JACKSON: BUSH WHITE HOUSE USED MY BOOB TO DISTRACT FROM IRAQ

Janet Jackson now claims that her "Nipplegate" Super Bowl incident was used by the Bush administration to distract people from the war in Iraq!

Mike Slezak, managing editor of GENRE magazine, tells DRUDGE he has set the provocative Jackson interview for October's issue.

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You have GOT to be kidding... Saw an ad for this on the tube this morning.
Too much work... too many errands... too many soccer practices. Too much stress... too much anxiety... too little time! Too little of you to go around. Too little rest... too little relaxation... too little tranquility. You need a little bliss!

Imagine yourself in a beautiful alpine chalet. You’re seated in a soft leather recliner, in front of a roaring fireplace, listening to the enchanting melodies of a baby grand. The mouth-watering aroma of fresh baked breads and cookies is tempting your willpower, and the soothing sound water is washing your tension far, far away. All the while you’re eagerly anticipating your hot stone massage.

This must be a luxurious spa high in the rockies!

No, you’re at Dentalbliss Spa in Franklin. Hard to imagine that dentistry and bliss actually belong side by side. Now for the first time, these seemingly opposite ideas are woven and melded together for the ultimate dental experience.

Everything at Dentalbliss has been meticulously designed as a feast for your senses. You’ll first notice the 2-acre, natural wooded setting of our chalet-inspired facilty, featuring 2 babbling creeks fed by a 150-year-old springhouse with a working spring. Walking trails meander throughout the park-like setting. Once inside, warm woods, natural stone, 60-foot vaulted ceilings and an expanse of glass invite the tranquility of the outdoors in. Ten fireplaces, two high-definition plasma tv’s, nine aquariums, a full range of massage and aesthetic care, live piano music, even childcare... all serve to relax, pamper and indulge you.

Dental Bliss Spa?

When coloring in 800,000 pixels on a map of India, Microsoft colored eight of them a different shade of green to represent the disputed Kashmiri territory. The difference in greens meant Kashmir was shown as non-Indian, and the product was promptly banned in India. Microsoft was left to recall all 200,000 copies of the offending Windows 95 operating system software to try and heal the diplomatic wounds. "It cost millions," Edwards said.
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Microsoft has also managed to upset women and entire countries. A Spanish-language version of Windows XP, destined for Latin American markets, asked users to select their gender between "not specified," "male" or "bitch," because of an unfortunate error in translation.

Two Words Bill... Babel Fish.

Lost in Translation?

flynn23 wrote:

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] ] They set a trap using as bait some doughnuts, honey and
] ] two cans of Rainier Beer. It worked, and the bear was
] ] captured for relocation.
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] and that bear's name is Homer.

Maybe he saw the signs for Bear Season but read them as Beer Season. It could happen...

RE: Bear guzzles 36 beers, passes out at campground

Do you have to present your member card prior to burial?

Supplier says warehouse retailer is testing six styles at two of its Chicago-area locations.
August 17, 2004: 11:32 AM EDT

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Warehouse retailer Costco Wholesale, bulk seller of products to help save you money in life, is offering a way to save money in death, too.

The Issaquah, Wash.-based No. 1 wholesale club operator is testing six models of steel caskets at two of its locations in the Chicago area.

"We're trying to offer value to our customers like with everything else that we sell," said Gary Ojendyk, Costco's general manager of merchandising.
Ojendyk said the retailer has set up a special order program in which customers can select a casket in either of the two locations and have it shipped to their mortuary of choice within 48 hours.

Caskets, for less, at Costco

SMS is pretty much ubiquitous in Europe, Asia and Australia. Why hasn't it caught on yet in the US?

LONDON, England (CNN) -- It is great for organizing meetings, to tell someone a piece of information and even voting for your favorite "Big Brother" housemate.

Now, text messaging is increasingly being used by UK hospitals to remind patients about outpatient appointments -- and could potentially save the National Health Service millions of pounds every year.

Hospitals embrace SMS technology

flynn23 wrote:
] ] Covad executives know that despite improved finances and
] ] some support from the FCC's Powell, the company cannot
] ] rely on the Telecom Act to keep its business growing.

I am quite amazed that they have survived to this point.

RE: Covad tries an end run

Gay American? Is this a new ethnic option? WTF ?!?

TRENTON, New Jersey (CNN) -- New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey held a news conference Thursday to announce his resignation. This is a transcript of his remarks.

Throughout my life, I have grappled with my own identity, who I am. As a young child, I often felt ambivalent about myself, in fact, confused.
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And so my truth is that I am a gay American. And I am blessed to live in the greatest nation with the tradition of civil liberties, the greatest tradition of civil liberties in the world, in a country which provides so much to its people.

McGreevey: 'I am a gay American'

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Procrastinating monkeys were turned into workaholics using a gene treatment to block a key brain compound, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.

Blocking cells from receiving dopamine made the monkeys work harder at a task -- and they were better at it, too, the U.S. government researchers found.

Dr. Barry Richmond and colleagues at the National Institute of Mental Health used a new genetic technique to block the D2 gene.

"The gene makes a receptor for a key brain messenger chemical, dopamine," Richmond said in a statement. Dopamine is a message carrying chemical associated with rewards, movement and a variety of other important functions.

"The gene knockdown triggered a remarkable transformation in the simian work ethic. Like many of us, monkeys normally slack off initially in working toward a distant goal," he added.

The Slacker Gene?