] To some, 15-year-old Lisa McClelland is a heroine - while
] to others she is public enemy number one.
]
]
] One thing she herself says she is not is a racist, as she
] defends her attempts to start a "Caucasian club" at her
] California high school.

you just can't make this shit up.

BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Row over student's Caucasian club

standard teen angst + available guns == bad things happen

they haven't said shit about a motive, but the fact that it was an acne scarred loner type shooting some people in the weight room probably tells most of the story.

anyone placing bets that this kid is a gamer?

ABCNEWS.com : Teen Kills One, Wounds Another in Minn.

] A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled that the Federal
] Trade Commission overstepped its authority in creating a
] national do-not-call list against telemarketers.
]
] The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by telemarketers who
] challenged the list, comprised of names of people who do
] not want to receive business solicitation calls. The
] immediate impact of Tuesday's ruling was not clear.
]
] U.S. District Judge Lee West sided in favor of the
] plaintiffs, U.S. Security, Chartered Benefit Services
] Inc., Global Contact Services Inc., InfoCision Management
] Corp. and Direct Marketing Association Inc.
]
] The telemarketing industry estimates that the do-not-call
] list could cut its business in half, costing it up to $50
] billion in sales each year.

Tough shit if they lose money. Its an iffy business model anyway - call huge volumes of phone numbers until you find a sucker who will buy your crap? Ummm... doesn't that sound an awful lot like SPAMMING? And I'd think this list would actually HELP their business - weeds out the people who do not want these calls.

I wonder how much this judge was paid off by the telemarketing industry?

LB

Court blocks 'do not call' list

] For the past 15 years, the Census Bureau has always
] released the [statistics and poverty] report on a Tuesday
] or Thursday. This year, in order to mask the bad news buried
] within the report, the report will be released on a Friday.

Hmmm. Well, our current government is doing such a good job, i'll bet the Poverty and Income report is all roses anyway...

Daily Kos: Trying to hide bad news, povery and income report released Friday

] A Papua New Guinean soldier has been charged with the
] manslaughter of his baby son, who police said on Friday
] had died several months after the man stabbed his
] pregnant wife with an HIV-infected syringe.

Jesus H. Christ, those email "hoaxes" we used to get in college were REAL!

Seriously, though, i can't think of a punishment sufficient for such an action. It's shit like this that undermines my faith in humanity.

IOL : Soldier stabs pregnant wife with HIV needle

Well, Clark's in the mix. Anyone feel like 10 candidates is overkill? I mean, i guess in reality it's only like, 5 or 6, but still... oi.

Just for fun, i decided to link to the ueber conservative Washington Dispatch today.

I think you'll find it's incicive wit and honest discourse a refreshing change from the lies the liberal media's been telling you.

Says mr Rairden :
] Clark will use his years of experience and the Clinton
] spin machine to make quiet reserved misstatements and
] position changes while claiming he is a “straight talker.”
] Clark will have a very short time to rise to the top, and I
] believe he will.

woo! hot damn!

and :
] That will pit one loud obnoxious anti-Bush liberal against
] a slick talking, quiet four-star fibbing anti-Bush liberal
] backed by the Clintonistas.

yeah! those damn fucking asshole clintons!

(for those that don't know me, I'm pretty sarcastic. And pretty liberal too.)

The Washington Dispatch - Opinion

you're a female cashier or a corporate officer at Wal-Mart, age 18 and over, and you're not afraid to shed your inhibitions in front of the camera, Playboy wants you.

Playboy wants Wal-Mart women

The recall is halted (for now) due to concerns over voting machine error.

Yahoo! News - Appeals Court Delays Calif. Recall Vote

] Apologists for Bush's little war in Iraq, whose numbers
] are diminishing in the face of relentless reality, have
] invested a mighty labor in dismissing two claims; that
] the war in Iraq is about oil, and that there is a
] comparison to be made between the Iraq War and the
] Vietnam War.

mr. goff makes some statements that seem a bit excessive or parnoid, but the main line of his argument is pretty cogent and presents a reasonable view of the situation. Of especial note are his credentials as a former Special Forces Master Sergeant.

Stan Goff: It Was the Oil and It Is Like Vietnam

] Indeed, the number of troops wounded in action in Iraq is
] now more than twice that of the Persian Gulf War in 1991.
] The total increased more than 35 percent in August --
] with an average of almost 10 troops a day injured last
] month.

some shit they aren't saying on most of the media outlets... apparently it only matters if you're dead, not if you lose an arm...

Number of Wounded in Action on Rise (washingtonpost.com)