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FishbowlDC
tries to get a White House Day Pass like Jeff Gannon did
"..we figured we were at least as 'real' as many of the
more colorful characters who have been admitted to the briefing
room." DAY
THREE |
Animals
won't get promised break at pound
Preoposed $12M San Antonio animal pound will not live up to promises
made to voters who approved it "..voters were told in a
city-issued brochure that the new facility would allow animals without
tags to be held for three days before they are euthanized."
The
City wonders why voters are skeptical and untrusting?
Citizens
For Pound Reform
“There
will be no toll lanes in Comal County!” County Commissioner
Jack Dawson said. "They are dreaming. It's not going to happen."
Texas Department of Transportation plans to build toll lanes
on U.S. 281 through Comal County came as a surprise to county officials,
who have ruled out participating in such a project.
A
pro-Bush cartoon slips in... 
| Ten-Foot
Poll on 10 Commandments---RESULT |
STORY
|
posted
1020am-11pm Wed 3/2/2005
Since
1961 there has been a 6-foot monument on the Capitol grounds
in Austin, bearing the words "Ten Commandments" and "I am the
Lord thy God".
| It
should stay |
385
|
88% |
| It
should be removed |
55
|
13% |
|
Total
votes 440
|
|
|
Internet
Email rumor
GOT THIS ONE YET?
Denzel Washington was visiting BAMC (Brook Army Medical Center,
in San Antonio, Texas) the other day ... got his check book out
and wrote a check out for the full amount right there on the spot."
True or Not?
Zippo
upset by federal airport ban
Remember
the story the other day said you'll still be allowed to carry 4
books of matches onto your flight, but not a cigaret lighter.
Our bureaucracy at work!
SmartPay cards have data security breach SmartPay
travel cardholders warned to watch accounts after Bank of America
lost data tapes with personal information of about 900,000 federal
employees
This
is weeks old, but I missed it until now. Sigh.
Overlawyered.com
Helping
themselves to class action funds
Federal
prosecutors say they've caught two men masterminding unrelated complex
schemes to siphon off large sums from class action settlements by
falsely posing as members of the class. Richard Lagerveld was charged
with mail and wire fraud after settlement administrators in two
class actions mailed $9.2 million to his stated address in San Diego,
which was in fact a homeless shelter.
More: Ploy
paid man millions, authorities say
Utah
idiots found safe after hunt
New
research opens a window on the minds of plants To a growing
number of biologists, the fact that plants are now known to challenge
and exert power over other species is proof of a basic intellect.
"If intelligence is the capacity to acquire and apply knowledge,
then, absolutely, plants are intelligent..."
Jacko-and-chimp
tale: It gets hairy
Rush & Molloy: Just when you thought Michael Jackson's reputation
couldn't sink any lower...
