] "Researchers at the University of Franche-Comte in
] Besancon discovered that snails placed in a container
] filled with soil from a disused lead and zinc smelter had
] increased levels of cadmium in their bodies."

I guess I'm not making my famous "Worms-n-Snails Casserole" for dinner anymore. That ought to make Tom happy...

Study: Sewage toxins might get in food

Wow a movie. Dissenting was never so easy and fun! (except maybe in the sixties when you got to have group sex after the protest.)

Watch it damnit.

[ Originally from the Swater man... --Rek ]

American Civil Liberties Union : Total Information Awareness: Watch the ACLU's New Flash Movie

"The language of hop-hop, like the “languages” of the past, is the spontaneous expression of words. Artists write what they feel. They speak what they live and know. There is humor, deceit and anguish that exposes and glamorizes urban madness that turns the real and ugly into poetry, while resonating an emotional intensity that is matched only by the best in literary affairs."

Barnes & Noble.com - Hip Hoptionary TM: The Dictionary of Hip Hop Terminology

] "A 15-year-old female student who says she was banned
] from gym class at school because she is a lesbian filed a
] lawsuit Tuesday against her instructors and the school
] district, accusing them of discrimination."

You go, girl! As if gym wasn't a humiliating enough experience for girls that age (I remember.. I was that age too...), this poor girl is being punished for something beyond her control. I hope she gets triple every penny she's suing for.

Teen lesbian sues school for bias

] "French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said
] anti-espionage agents arrested four suspects and seized
] two phials of unidentified chemicals, as well as a
] protective suit for use against chemical or biological
] arms during the raid in the northern Paris suburb of La
] Courneuve."

Paris 'terror plot' probe: 4 held

] "(CNN) -- Saturn makes its closest approach to the Earth
] in 30 years this week, promising exceptional views
] whether seen with the naked eye or via a telescope."

if anyone needs to get a hold of me tonight, i will be in my backyard with my telescope. woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!

Real Lord of the Rings shines

] "WINNIPEG, Canada (Reuters) -- It took an airport metal
] detector to give a Canadian woman a clue to why she was
] suffering from persistent stomach aches four months after
] having abdominal surgery."

Good airport security. Bad surgeon!!

Why airport security is -good-

] "Every S.U.V. I've seen is driven by some soccer mom on
] her cellphone," Mr. Dini said. "I hate these people, and
] that Porsche would throw me into that category made me
] speechless. Just speechless."
]
] Mike Dini is not alone. Since Porsche's S.U.V. project
] was first announced in 1999, it has been dogged by
] controversy.

Wounded to the Quick by an Affair Gone Astray

Defies description. My sister sent this to me. She made it herself for a school project. I do not know why I'm blogging this.. I just thought it was neat.

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] "BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Techno artist Moby was
] attacked by two men while signing autographs outside a
] nightclub following a radio station-sponsored holiday
] concert, police said."

Poor Moby. What a bad year. First there's all the hatred he has to endure from Eminem. Now he got beat up.

Techno artist Moby attacked