I don't mean to be critical, but wouldn't he get a better deal with the devil?
A New Zealand man has put his soul up for auction to the highest bidder, noting that it is "a merry old soul" rather than a "funk soul brother" but that he would "would like to think there is a bit of funk in there somewhere."
Walter Scott, 24, put his soul up for sale on New Zealand Internet auction site TradeMe, and so far has received more than 100 expressions of interest.
Those disgusting noises you hear from those sitting at the computer terminals are the sound of the economy being saved:
An independent market-research firm, AIMRCo (Adult Internet Market Research Company), has discovered that many websites focused on adult or erotic material have experienced an upswing in sales in the recent weeks since checks have appeared in millions of Americans' mailboxes across the country.
Don't you dare celebrate the Fourth of July by having a good time. You must sacrifice!
Omigod, Iv'e been wrong about everything:
Likening Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama to a political “trailblazer,” singer Barbra Streisand has become the latest Hollywood celebrity to join the Obama campaign bandwagon, switching from her past support of Sen. Hillary Clinton.
I've frequently posted about dumb laws. Here's a Web site devoted entirely to that subject. Just a quick scan of the opening page gave me this favorite:
I just received this email from a staffer in the U.S. Senate:
There is some good advice in this Indianapolis Star editorial, but the overall tone seems to be, "Just give up and go with it."
A Friday holiday makes any weekend a great time to get away, but we recommend that you forego travel and stay near home to celebrate the Fourth of July.
Need a reason? We'll give you three.
Be careful that when you go to the polls you don't end up voting for a third Bush term. That would happen if you elect -- no, not John McCain:
We're beginning to understand why Barack Obama keeps protesting so vigorously against the prospect of "George Bush's third term." Maybe he's worried that someone will notice that he's the candidate who's running for it.
The best answer to Harry Reid's energy idiocy:
As pressure builds to develop America's domestic energy resources, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid now says it's a health issue. Coal and oil, he says, make us sick. So why does he oppose nuclear power?
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Let's face it: Harry Reid and the Democrats want no new domestic coal, oil, natural gas or nuclear power. It's their energy policy that makes us sick.
Today's existentialism quiz.
Bob Dylan: If you aint' got nothin', you got nothin' to lose.
Kris Kristofferson: Freedom's jsut another word for nothin' left to lose.
What's the difference?
I can think of at least a couple.
Wait just a second. Isn't this country going to hell in a handbasket? Hasn't our own Associated Press told us that Americans are in a mood of dour helplessness because everything seems to be spinning out of control? Then how can this be?
Maybe it's because I spend so many of my working hours thinking and writing about politics, but my answer would be "neither of them":
WASHINGTON (AP) — People would rather barbecue burgers with Barack Obama than with John McCain.
Scenes from a world gone mad
Coughing and spluttering resonated around Tweede Kamer coffeeshop in Amsterdam yesterday as customers got to grips with new Dutch smoking regulations that prohibit tobacco but not marijuana.
“They're having to smoke pure weed now and they're not used to it,” Frank, working behind the counter, said. “That's why there's all this coughing. It's going to be quite tricky.”
[. . .]
Scenes from a world gone mad
Coughing and spluttering resonated around Tweede Kamer coffeeshop in Amsterdam yesterday as customers got to grips with new Dutch smoking regulations that prohibit tobacco but not marijuana.
“They're having to smoke pure weed now and they're not used to it,” Frank, working behind the counter, said. “That's why there's all this coughing. It's going to be quite tricky.”
[. . .]
Hoosier Hooligans, happily corrupting hapless Illinois hicks:
To shoot fireworks legally, a person must attend training at a local fire department and pass a safety and knowledge test. They must also apply for a site inspection by the fire department and apply for a permit issued by their local government.
William Weimer, vice president of Phantom Fireworks, said people from Illinois will continue to get fireworks in Indiana despite what the law says.
Thank goodness for small favors. The feds are going to give us a little leeway on education:
Six states are getting the OK to write their own prescriptions for ailing schools under the Bush administration's signature education law.
The state, the headline says, is "seeking input" from citizens on this:
According to its testimony and exhibits in this case, I&M is seeking an additional $125.6 million in annual operating revenues from its Indiana customers through a base rate increase.
OK. No, no, no, no, no, no, NO!
Glad I could help.
He's seen the flash of the tracers. He's lived the values of service and sacrifice. In the Navy, as a prosecutor, as a senator, he proved his physical courage under fire. And he's proved his moral courage too.
Since we're deep into festival season, and Three Rivers is right around the corner, I thought you'd appreciate this list of the seven unhealthiest carnival foods. I'm happy to report that chili dogs and elephant ears are not on the list. And you know what's No. 1 -- the unhealthiest of all.
As Fort Wayne and New Haven bar owners could tell you, if you ban something people want in one jurisdiction, and an adjacent jurisdiction still has it, people will still get what they want:
New Jersey bakers are hoping the Big Apple's trans-fat ban means more dough for them.
As of today, the city's prohibition on hydrogenated oils extends to all baked goods, but no such restrictions exist across the river in the, uh, Larden State.
For the "unintended consequences" file: The American Family Association apparently doesn't like the term "gay" -- makes them sound too friendly and mainstream, I guess -- so for its new OneNewsNow outlet, it created a search/replace function that would replace gay with "homosexual" whenever it showed up in a story. You can probably guess what happened when a story came along about Olympic track team star Tyson Gay:
