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"Are women .....men?"
2008-03-08 05:16:00
..........asked Le Nouvel Observateur yesterday, which released extracts of the Study on Sexuality in France, a 600-page tome that brings together 12,000 in-depth interviews with people of all ages conducted during 2005-06.One of the biggest changes in recent years, according to the report, was that male and female sexual behaviour had become increasingly similar."The good old dichotomy (male predators, females patiently awaiting the warrior's return in front of the cave entrance) is in big trouble", said Le Nouvel Observateur."I want a man with nuclear power."http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ma in.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/07/wfrance107. xml
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La Vie en Rose
2008-03-08 01:02:00
"Let me tell you something about hope," Obama continued. "I do talk about hope quite a bit. Out of necessity.
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Sex: The Eternal Husband
2008-03-07 03:56:00
Sentimental NoteEquitable sharing of housework can lead to a happier marriage and more frequent sex."If a guy does housework, it looks to the woman like he really cares about her _ he's not treating her like a servant," said Coleman, who is affiliated with the Council on Contemporary Families. "And if a woman feels stressed out because the house is a mess and the guy's sitting on the couch while she's vacuuming, that's not going to put her in the mood."http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/ 03/06/housework-gets-you-laid_n_90213.htm l
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Hillary The Answering Service: First of Ad Series
2008-03-05 07:09:00
Without her husband in the picture Clinton was able to restate her case in television advertisements that she was the one voters would want picking up the phone in the White House in the middle of the night.(She even talks about "the triangle of shame" her husband has to wear to keep his bits in place during the love scenes.)Louis Armstrong Dream a Little Dream of Me Lyricshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-xz fwDAn1I&feature=relatedStars shining bright above youNight breezes seem to whisper "I love you"Birds singin' in the sycamore treesDream a little dream of meSay nighty-night and kiss meJust hold me tight and tell me you'll miss meWhile I'm alone and blue as can beDream a little dream of meStars fading but I linger on dearStill craving your kissI'm longin' to linger till dawn dearJust saying thisSweet dreams till sunbeams find youSweet dreams that leave all worries behind youBut in your dreams whatever they beDream a little dream of me(instrumental break)Stars fading ...
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Hillary etAll: The Last Judgement (a variation)
2008-03-05 02:22:00
When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and He will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left. Then the king will say to those at His right hand, ?Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.? ... ?Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.? Then He will say to those at His left hand, ?You that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; for ...
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Hillary and One Potato,Two Potato........
2008-03-04 22:48:00
One Potato , Two Potato (Handclapping Rhyme) Author: Unknown One potato, two potato, three potato, four,five potato, six potato, seven potato more.Icha bacha, soda cracker,Icha bacha boo.Icha bacha, soda cracker, out goes Y-O-U! (This chant is used to find the first person to be "It" when beginning a game. All players put their fisted hands together in a circle and one person starts the chant by tapping each fist in succession. When "Y-O-U" is said, the person whose fist is tapped puts that fist behind their back. Then the chant starts again with the chanter starting with the fist of someone else. As soon as one person has both hands out of the circle they are "It". )
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Hillary:?I?m just getting warmed up.?
2008-03-04 04:54:00
?The secret of success in life is sincerity,?Groucho once famously observed. ?If you can fake that, you?ve got it made.? This truth about the human condition applies with particular force to politics. Mrs Clinton tries hard to fake sincerity ? so hard it is painful to watch. Sometimes, in fact, I suspect that she really is sincere and only looks as though she is faking. Barack Obama, on the other hand, may actually be sincere ? and if he is not, he fakes it so well it makes no differencehttp://blogs.ft.com/crookblog/2 008/03/column-hillary-clinton-gets-it-sin cerely-wrong/
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Hillary: On Being a Woman
2008-03-04 02:08:00
"It?s hard being a woman out there.??I think a lot of women project their own feelings and their lives on to me, and they see how hard this is. It?s hard."Her ad shows how composed she would be at the dread moment when she picks up the phone. Her nuke look is feminine, in a tailored camel-colored jacket and gold necklace, yet serious, in Tina Fey black reading glasses.http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02 /opinion/02dowd.html?em&ex=1204693200 &en=9695e14b2ffccd1a&ei=5087%0A
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SNL: Hillary on The Run- Away
2008-03-03 03:21:00
The Rhino Rimes and Rhymes......?I also worried that the armor I had acquired might distance me from my true emotions, that I might turn into the brittle caricature some critics accused me of being. I had to be open to my feelings so that I could act on them and determine what was right for me, no matter what anyone else thought or said. It?s hard enough to maintain one?s sense of self in the public eye, but it was twice as difficult now. I constantly examined myself for traces of denial or hardening of emotional arteries.? Hillary El Sueno de la Razon Produce Monstruos, d'apres Goya The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters:Plate 43 of The Caprices (Los Caprichos), 1799Francisco de Goya y Lucientes(Spanish, 1746?1828)Etching, aquatint, drypoint, and burin;Image:8 7/16 x 5 7/8 in. (21.5 x 15 cm)In the etching that might have served as the frontispiece to his suite of satires, Los Caprichos, Goya imagined himself asleep amid his drawing tools, his reason dulled by sleep and bedevi...

SNL: Hillary ,The Extreme MakeOver
2008-03-03 03:05:00
Saturday Night Live opened tonight with a fake presidential debate hosted by mock Brian Williams and Tim Russert. Williams and Russert were bored by healthcare and were overly nice to Obama, while Amy Poehler, as Hillary Clinton, played mildly indignant.After the debate, instead of the opening credits, there was an "Editorial Response." The real Senator Clinton, seated at a desk and wearing the same brown tweed as Poehler's Clinton, said how she loved the skit and was happy to be back in New York, if only for a few hours. Then Amy Poehler, still in character as the senator, joined Clinton at the desk. They chatted, during which time Clinton asked Poehler if she really laughed like Poehler's Clinton and asked for her earrings back. The New York Senator then said, "Live from New York it's Saturday night!" Watch the editorial response:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/20 08/03/01/live-from-new-yorkit_n_89384.htm lLike a minimalist, he cut away everything that wasn?t necessary. Don?t need...
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Of McCain, Monkeys ,etc:?Oh the campaign is going very, very well"
2008-03-02 23:35:00
Live from New York: From Ashes to Usher......Like his prototype, Mr. McCain trumpets his long years of experience to an electorate that currently associates experience with Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld.He further channels Mrs. Clinton by belittling Mr. Obama?s oratory as an ?eloquent but empty call for change? ? a tactic that calls attention to how flat and uninspiring his own speeches can be. (Again like Mrs. Clinton, Mr. McCain is at his best in small groups and town-hall meetings.)The good news for the Democrats so far is that whatever Mr. McCain?s sporadic overlap with liberals, he is emulating almost identically the suicidal Clinton campaign against Mr. Obama. He has mimicked Mrs. Clinton?s message and rhetorical style, her tone-deaf contempt for Mr. Obama?s cultural appeal, and her complete misreading of just how politically radioactive the war in Iraq remains despite its migration from the front page.He also likes to counter hope with gloom .http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03...
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Hillary Reality Show: From Caves to The White House
2008-03-02 02:40:00
?We have real enemies who are sitting in some cave somewhere trying to figure out how to hurt us again,? she continued.?We?re not going to be able to ignore the reality of the world in which we live.And we need a president who can become a commander in chief immediately to begin to make the decisions that will make us safer going into the future.?(Mrs. Clinton said today that she was ?involved in a lot of decisions that were made? but did not specify any of them.)On Friday she began running an ad in Texas suggesting that she would be a far steadier hand answering the red phone in the White House if a crisis broke out.?He thinks that the clouds will part and he?s so naïve,? ?Mr. Obama said, eliciting zealous boos from the crowd. ?The implication is if you talk about hope, you must be naïve, your head must be in the clouds.?http://nytimes.com/2008/03/02/us/ politics/02campaign.html
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Of Hell,Elections and Erections
2008-03-01 23:16:00
I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!'''The questions are fundamental and - even with modern polling technology - almost impossible to answer. For example: How much of Senator Clinton?s political vulnerability is linked to being a woman, and how much to her own, very specific political identity and past? Why do so many Democratic men and women, at this particular moment, see the race so differently? And one of those candidates happens to be a woman.http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/01/u s/politics/01web-toner.htmlTrois- in French three Atrocious - in English Main Entry:atro·cious Pronunciation: ?-?tr?-sh?s Function:adjective Etymology:Latin atroc-, atrox gloomy, atrocious, from atr-, ater black + -oc-, -ox (akin to Greek ?ps eye) ? more at eyeDate:1658 1: extremely wicked, brutal, or cruel : barbaric2: appalling, horrifying atrocious weapons of modern war>3 a: utterly revolting : abominable atrocious working conditions> b: of very poor qualit...
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Oba & Co: The Wonder of You
2008-03-01 18:47:00
The Wonder of You If they turn out to be their party?s nominees, both Barack Obama and John McCain need to educate voters about themselves in some pretty basic, and challenging, ways. The Democratic candidate has to give voters a better sense of what he stands for, and the Republican candidate has to assure members of his own party that he is conservative enough.http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes .com/2008/02/29/getting-to-know-them/inde x.html(words & music by baker knight)When no-one else can understand meWhen everything I do is wrongYou give me hope and consolationYou give me strength to carry onAnd you are always there to lend a handIn everything I doThats the wonderThe wonder of youAnd when you smile the world is brighterYou touch my hand and Im a kingYour kiss to me is worth a fortuneYour love for me is everythingIll guess Ill never know the reason whyYou love me like you doThats the wonderThe wonder of you

Hill & Obama : Grimm 's variation
2008-03-01 07:52:00
"it's a legitimate question," as well as one of "the kind of [ads] that play upon people's fears.""It is an absolute insult to the voters to suggest that a discussion of national security in this campaign constitutes fearmongering," he said.If one candidate's trying to scare you and the other one's trying to get you to think, if one candidate's appealing to your fears and the other one's appealing to your hopes, you better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope. from The Huffington Post
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Obama:Interpolations
2008-03-01 04:58:00
please click on Obama 's handsHe utters beautiful sentences that massage the soul, sentences .....from Der Spiegel

Of Peaches and Speeches: The PlagueGiarism
2008-02-18 22:04:00
I see a sea....?Don?t tell me words don?t matter! ?I have a dream.? Just words. ?We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.? Just words! [Applause.] ?We have nothing to fear but fear itself.? Just words ? just speeches!??Don?t tell me words don?t matter! ?I have a dream.? Just words. ?We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.? Just words! [Applause.] ?We have nothing to fear but fear itself.? Just words ? just speeches!?http://www.huffingtonpost.com/b ob-cesca/the-wolfson-plagiarism-at_b_8720 9.html
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The Grey Zone: Air Department
2008-02-18 05:57:00
Just a thought...So what's the good news here? If closing down China's factories and cars for even two weeks made a noticeable difference, maybe there is some hope that the widely-expected months-long closedown before the Olympics will do the trick. Especially if the famous Chinese weather-modification teams can arrange for some of the gelid Siberian blasts that have roared through the city in the past, blue-sky week to reappear in August.http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.co m/archives/2008/02/weirdly_i_find_this_en couragin.php
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The Eternal Struggle: He & She
2008-02-18 04:16:00
List of the seven deadly sins ?Humility, timidity, cowardice, submissiveness, blind obedience, visible fear and hypersensitivity ? as common female traits to be avoided at all costs. On the other hand, she also warns women to avoid male tendencies like getting ?drunk with power.?Ms. DiSesa points out that sex and seduction are not one and the same. The first implies sleeping one?s way into the executive suite, an approach she deplores. The second, as she illustrates in rambling anecdotes, is more about using sophisticated charm and sugar-coated words to win the support of male business associates.?One of the greatest tools, or weapons, we have as women is flirting,? she says, later adding, ?Men like women who like them". http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/busines s/17shelf.html?em&ex=1203397200&e n=3b34a637d466f1be&ei=5087%0A
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Orangegotango: After Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes
2008-02-18 03:20:00
please click on the orangedrawings and animation by Marguerita poem by Emily DickinsonAfter great pain, a formal feeling comesThe Nerves sit ceremonious, like ToombsThe stiff Heart questions was it He,that bore,And Yesterday, or Centuries before?The Feet, mechanical, go roundOf Ground, or Air, or OughtA Wooden wayRegardless grown,A Quartz contentment, like a stoneThis is the Hour of LeadRemembered, if outlived,As Freezing persons recollect the SnowFirst- Chill - then Stupor - then the letting go
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MacAir: Suspended Animation
2008-02-17 05:56:00
And at the same time, cars evolving fromVWs to Hummers.jf.
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First of a Series: Back to Future
2008-02-16 23:35:00
More reactions to come later.For today, an aesthetic and emotional reaction:From BIG to eternity? Did you ever notice what is happening? First there were dinosaurs.,enormous, humongous creatures. and as Carl Sagan would like to say millions,and millions and millions away. and through time animals,plants and humans are getting smaller.... and same with machines...... and same.... with MINDS....... and then back to ants and bacteria and then?????????????????? what is it going to be?http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/
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Are Americans Hostile? To knowledge......
2008-02-14 20:38:00
Ms. Pickler threw up both hands and looked at the large blackboard perplexed.?I thought Europe was a country,? she said. Playing it safe, she chose to copy the answer offered by one of the genuine fifth graders: Hungary.?Hungry?? she said, eyes widening in disbelief. ?That?s a country? I?ve heard of Turkey. But Hungry? I?ve never heard of it.?http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/boo ks/14dumb.html
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Gung Hay Fat Choy for Starquest
2008-02-14 03:47:00
Oranges, Mandarines ,Tangerines,Sugar and Spice and all thing niceThe Lunar New Year dates from 2600 BC,when the Emperor Huang Ti introduced the first cycle of the Chinese zodiac.Because of cyclical lunar dating,the first day of the year can fall anywhere between late January and the middle of February.On the Chinese calendar,2008 is Lunar Year 4705-4706.On the Western calendar,the start of the New Year falls on February 7,2008-The Year of the Rat.If you were born in 1912,1924,1936, 1948 ,1960, 1972, 1984, 1996- you were born under the sign of the rat.Characteristicscharming, ambitious, overly critical, power-hungry, honest, generous, quick-tempered and thrifty; gets along with dragons and monkeys but not horses.Though in people's eyes, the rat is not adorable, and even some Chinese sayings that related to it have almost derogatory meanings, it ranged as the head of the Chinese zodiac. It was recognized as an animal with sp...

Hillary-Chic
2008-02-12 03:16:00
please click on the H buckleIn almost two decades on and off the campaign trail, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has weathered criticisms of her hair, her clothes and even a hint of cleavage. Last week, she decided to join the ranks of her own fashion police.

Listen to the song here in my heart like in Beyonce's song
2008-02-12 01:53:00
please click on Obama's hands?Hillary has to win both Ohio and Texas comfortably, or she?s out,? said one Democratic superdelegate who has endorsed Mrs. Clinton, and who spoke on condition of anonymity to share a candid assessment. ?The campaign is starting to come to terms with that.? Campaign advisers, also speaking privately in order to speak plainly, confirmed this view.Campaign advisers said they expect Ms. Williams to bring new energy to both the campaign team and to Mrs. Clinton, after a long year of campaigning, and to encourage Mrs. Clinton to show more spunk and determination on the campaign trail. They say they do not expect the candidate?s political message to change appreciably; she will increasingly focus on the concerns of working-class voters, a key demographic in Ohio, as well as Hispanics, a significant population in Texas.http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/u s/politics/12clinton.html?hpBeyonce's lyrics:http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/b /beyonce/listen.html
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Stress Reduction Method: Kissing
2008-02-11 04:52:00
Why we KissAffairs of the Lips ... Cortisol levels dropped for both sexes no matter the form of intimacy, a hint that kissing in fact reduces stress.Researchers are revealing hidden complexities behind the simple act of kissing, which relays powerful messages to your brain, body and partner.When passion takes a grip, a kiss locks two humans together in an exchange of scents, tastes, textures, secrets and emotions. We kiss furtively, lasciviously, gently, shyly, hungrily and exuberantly. We kiss in broad daylight and in the dead of night. We give ceremonial kisses, affectionate kisses, Hollywood air kisses, kisses of death and, at least in fairytales, pecks that revive princesses.Lips may have evolved first for food and later applied themselves to speech, but in kissing they satisfy different kinds of hungers. In the body, a kiss triggers a cascade of neural messages and chemicals that transmit tactile sensations, sexual excitement, feelings of closeness, motivation and even euphoria...
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Goldman Sachs: SexStockExchange
2008-02-08 21:59:00
Please click on the door knob to see an enlargement.Extra,Extra:New Significance for the words Trading,Broker & Hedge Fun-ds.Goldman Sachs bankers and traders enjoy famously big bonuses and, this year, a little extra job security thanks to their firm?s ability to steer clear of the worst effects of the subprime mortgage debacle.Now, they can add something else to the list of reasons why life is great at Goldman: freesex-change surgery.Fortune.com reported Friday that Goldman added coverage of sex-reassignment surgery to its medical plan last year. The article was part of a sidebar on ?unusual perks? that came with Fortune?s latest ranking of the 100 best companies to work for in the United States. (Goldman was No. 9, up significantly from No. 36 last year.)Goldman employees diagnosed with transsexualism can undergo the procedure, which normally costs anywhere from $5,000 to $150,000, and have it paid for entirely by their medical insurance. http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008...

Bill Clinton as Toto
2008-02-08 21:35:00
Toto plays a key role in The Wizard of Oz. L. Frank Baum emphasizes the dreariness of Dorothy's life in Kansas and describes Toto as the only thing that brings her joy. Toto is the focus of the conflict between Dorothy and Miss Gulch and the reason Dorothy is caught in the storm that takes her to Oz. In Oz, Toto is the one who reveals the Wizard of Oz to be a fraud, but he also causes Dorothy to miss her return balloon flight. Given the prominent role Toto plays in the story, it is surprising that Henry Littlefield does not include Toto in his analysis of the parallels between the Populist movement and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Littlefield makes only one passing reference to Dorothy's dog in his article "The Wizard of Oz: Parable on Populism". [1] In his 1971 book The Winning of the Midwest, Richard Jensen filled that void by pointing out that the name Toto was likely a reference to prohibitionists (that is, "teetotalers") who were important allies of the Populists in the free ...
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Hillary as Dorothy of Oz:
2008-02-08 07:13:00
Hillary is Dorothy :?After seven years of a president who listens only to the special interests,? she said, ?you showed you are ready for a president who will bring your voice, your values and your dreams to your White House.?Dorothy is one of the most familiar characters in American popular culture and in most political interpretations of The Wizard of Oz she represents, as Ranjit S. Dighe puts it, "the American people at their best." [1] Dorothy demonstrates that she's determined and resourceful, and she's loyal. Perhaps Dorothy embodies how Americans want to see themselves. According to Henry Littlefield, "Dorothy is Baum's Miss Everyman. She is one of us, levelheaded and human, and she has a real problem." [2] Hugh Rockoff expresses a similar view, "Dorothy represents America?honest, kindhearted and plucky." [3] Though Gretchen Ritter links Dorothy to a different political movement in her analysis, she offers a similar interpretation of Dorothy as "the all-American girl fro...
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