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I used to like Lindsay Lohan, I really did. Parent Trap? Fantastic. Mean Girls? Epic. Then began that awful downward spiral, Perez Hilton trashing on her, endless court appearances, and now she’s a tragic train wreck. And, what does any once-classy lady do when she’s hit rock bottom? Why, Playboy, obviously. And what’s the best bit? Her mom (obviously) weighed in on the whole affair:

According to X17, the Lohan matriarch told the website of Lindsay’s latest career move, “The photo shoot went well.”

Lohan wasn’t alone on set, however. As always, the eldest Lohan sibling was busy setting a great example for her younger sis, Ali. The duo was spotted arriving at a massive Beverly Hillls mansion together on Monday where the shoot took place.

Tragic. Looks like I need to find a new trainw–, erg, idol.

From RAWSTORY, but the headline is thanks to FARK:

Pat Robertson provided a statement Monday afternoon that some may consider a “pot meets kettle” moment.

On the latest installment of The 700 Club, the televangelist the televangelist admitted that even he believes many in the Republican Party have shifted too far to the right.

“I believe it was Lyndon Johnson that said, ‘Don’t these people realize if they push me over to an extreme position I’ll lose the election?’” Robertson said. “Those people in the Republican primary have got to lay off of this stuff. They’re forcing their leaders, the frontrunners, into positions that will mean they lose the general election.”

He added: “You appeal to the narrow base and they’ll applaud the daylights out of what you’re saying and then you hit the general election and they say ‘no way’ and then the Democrat, whoever it is, is going to just play these statements to the hilt. They’ve got to stop this! It’s just so counterproductive!”

It is telling that Robertson, a man renowned for his myriad of controversial comments, believes that the party he supports needs to scale back on its fervor. These comments are significant because Robertson was a co-founder of the Christian Coalition, which became the most powerful faction of the Republican Party in the 80s and 90s.

So, I received a response to my question to the “99er” as to “could you explain your cause…. in detail, and exactly what you need… supplies wise”.

This was the response:

Marcel Rose wrote:

“To end the fractional banking system. we as Americans bust our a** day in and day out for what? We have had the most foreclosures in history, and the highest gas prices ever within the past year. Milk goes up, gas goes up, rent goes up, taxes go up, does everyone’s wages go up? how are we supposed to survive? We suffer as The rich get richer & the poorer get poorer. We send all this money overseas to “help” others when we have the same issues.here that are ignored. We have poverty, ppl with no health care, good hard working citizens that are losing everything they own. If we as people stand together our voices will be heard on the global level. But to do that we have to be able to raise money for travel, food,tents, clothing, etc. once we are occupying a majority of the states there’s nothing they can do but at least hear us out n let us Americans voice our opinions.”

I feel this is extremely well worded and there is a clear message from this person… but once again, siding with Neil, MAKE THIS YOU MESSAGE!   NON-VIOLENT ORGANIZED MESSAGE.  Let people know what it’s about because there’s no real organized answer.  I commend you Mr. Rose.  I hope for your sake, and that of the American people it does happen.  I am going to email back and see if he would like to join us on the show… we will see.

In case no one noticed, I always make mention of my home state whenever I can, so it comes as no surprise that I got pretty heated when this little nugget made the news:

(CBS/AP)

PORTLAND, Maine – Police are looking for the person they say threw a chemical bomb at the Occupy Maine encampment in Portland.

Police responded around 4 a.m. Sunday morning to an explosion in Lincoln Park at Congress and Pearl Streets.

Nobody was injured in the incident, reports CBS Affiliate WGME, but the homemade bomb – made up of chemicals poured into a plastic Gatorade container – could have caused serious injury.

Police said the bomb was thrown into the camp’s kitchen, a tarped area where food is cooked and served.

Stephanie Wilburn, who was at the camp at the time, told WGME that she heard a “clank” when a car drove by, and then witnessed an explosion about three feet away from her, under a table.

A friend who checked out the scene found the remains of a Gatorade bottle that had contained Drano and tin foil.

“It was kind of scary,” Wilburn said.

“I lost hearing overnight, and I also got a sore thoat from inhaling the Drano smoke. So it was not very fun at all,” she said.

Police Chief Michael Sauschuck said detectives don’t necessarily believe Occupy Maine was the sole target because another device was set off elsewhere that night.

Sauschuck described the device Monday as the type often associated with teenage pranks. But he said police are taking it seriously because someone could’ve been hurt.

No arrests have been made.

Maybe this is my dirty crunchy liberal side coming out to play, but why was that necessary? Despite maybe being a teenage prank, teenage ≠blind. Clearly this little drain-o bomb was lobbed at the #OM camp. Unless the “bomber” thought he was freeing the tent people without getting out of the car, this was obviously an act of direct violence. Not nice, dudes.

Within days of the coalition of free & democratic nations helping to rid the world of Moammar Khadafy, the fruits of their labor have been revealed more fully: Sharia Law and another religious state added to the world. While it is not clear whether Libya could become the next Iran, it’s “interim” leader’s words are surely no comfort to those in the western world.

From the New York Daily News:

During a ceremony Sunday marking an end of Libya’s eight-month civil war, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, chairman of the National Transitional Council revealed the country will be ruled by Sharia law.

Islamic Sharia law, a controversial code for living that governs observant Muslims’ lives, will be the “basic source” of legislation from now on, said Abdul-Jalil.

Existing laws that contradict the teachings of Islam will be nullified, he said.

So I was trolling Craigslist and came across this.  Very interesting.  I emailed them, I will post a response if I receive one.

I love the TSA’s excuse, only a bureaucrat could dream up this excuse “we only screen for explosives when bags are checked”… but we can rough up old ladies for 3.5 ounces of cold cream?

From the LA Times:

Airport security officials at Los Angeles International Airport failed to detect a loaded handgun that was contained in a traveler’s checked bag Sunday, according to several law enforcement sources.

An airport ramp crew discovered the loaded .38-caliber handgun Sunday after it tumbled from an unzipped compartment in a duffel bag they were loading onto Alaska Airlines Flight 563, according to the sources. The aircraft was leaving the terminal at LAX at 8:15 a.m. Sunday, bound for Portland, Ore.

Workers called Los Angeles Airport Police to report the discovery. The owner of the gun was questioned at the LAPD’s Pacific station and released and allowed to board a later flight to Portland. The gun was turned over to Los Angeles police, the source said.

news.au.com tells us:

That’s right. The colour pink doesn’t exist.

Apparently there’s no such thing as pink light, meaning that blind spot on the colour spectrum is merely a stopgap for all the remaining invisible light waves.

Take our test: Stare at the pink spot below for one minute, then look into the white space directly to its right. What do you see?

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From Gizmodo: Walter Isaacson’s new biography of Steve Jobs (titled simply Steve Jobs) comes out next week, but the Associated Press was able to buy a copy early and proceeds to drop some bombs, just like Jobs himself.

“I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple’s $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong,” Jobs said. “I’m going to destroy Android, because it’s a stolen product. I’m willing to go thermonuclear war on this.”

…

“I don’t want your money. If you offer me $5 billion, I won’t want it. I’ve got plenty of money. I want you to stop using our ideas in Android, that’s all I want.”

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