Ha,
We've been invaded by mice this winter.
Been trapping them big time for last two weeks.
I think these are the kind of mice wev'e been dealing with.
Can't wait to show this to my son.
purps
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Having a tough day? Need a chuckle?
by AwSnap inwell, follow this mouse.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psupz7wn_5q.
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Five Things You May Know About Marijuana That Arent True
by Elsewhere infive things you may know about marijuana that arent true.
posted by guest columnist on february 27, 2010 @ 2:19 am in us news | 35 comments.
by steve elliott.
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purplesofa
You know what ticks me off about the whole pot vs alcohol thing.
Making pot illegal has taken away many peoples choice to "get a buzz"
Some prefer alcohol, some prescription pills, whatever.....
You can find pros and cons about alcohol and pot,
but I find it totally unfair that pot continues to be illegal.
Let a person decide thier choice of high, but still have
all the laws intact for abuse whether its pot or booze.
I can't drink very much as it
messes up my blood sugar levels.
Smoking pot does not do that nor gives me a hangover.
Nor makes me psychotic.
I would not drive, operate heavy machinery, etc etc high.
I will tell you this, It does seem to help my ADD, I have better concentration
and can be very productive after smoking a joint.
I do not smoke very often at all.
It's ashame that when I do want to indulge( a treat to myself), I am committing a crime.
Not fair at all.
purps
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JW-girls on Dutch XFactor
by Lady Viola invery funny video from 2 jw girls on the dutch xfactor.
it will start at about 2.33.. one of the jury (left) says 'they have such smug faces, they look like jehovah's witnesses'.
when they tell him they are jw's, he's laughing his head off.... http://www.rtl.nl/components/shows/x...ctor_s3_a3.xml .
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I thought they sounded really good!
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Voiding Birth Certificates to stop Identity fraud
by purplesofa insurprise and confusion after puerto rico voids birth certificates to combat identity theftby suzanne gamboa, apfebruary 27th, 2010. .
shock over voided puerto rican birth certificates.
washington native puerto ricans living outside the island territory are reacting with surprise and confusion after learning their birth certificates will become no good this summer.. a law enacted by puerto rico in december mainly to combatidentity theft invalidates as of july 1 all previously issued puerto rican birth certificates.
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Surprise and confusion after Puerto Rico voids birth certificates to combat identity theft
By Suzanne Gamboa, AP
February 27th, 2010
Shock over voided Puerto Rican birth certificates
WASHINGTON — Native Puerto Ricans living outside the island territory are reacting with surprise and confusion after learning their birth certificates will become no good this summer.
A law enacted by Puerto Rico in December mainly to combat identity theft invalidates as of July 1 all previously issued Puerto Rican birth certificates. That means more than a third of the 4.1 million people of Puerto Rican descent living in the 50 states must arrange to get new certificates.
The change catches many unaware.
Julissa Flores, 33, of Orlando, Fla., said she knew nothing about Puerto Rico’s law.
“I was planning a trip and now I don’t know,” she said. “Do I need to go get a passport? If my birth certificate is invalid, am I stuck here?”
People born in Puerto Rico, a U.S. commonwealth, are U.S. citizens at birth. Anyone using a stolen Puerto Rico birth certificate could enter and move about the U.S. more easily, which could also pose security problems.
Puerto Rico’s legislature passed the law after raids last March broke up a criminal ring that had stolen thousands of birth certificates and other identifying documents from several different schools in Puerto Rico.
Puerto Ricans on average get about 20 copies of their birth certificates over their lifetimes, said Kenneth McClintock Hernandez, the commonwealth’s secretary of state.
This is because they are regularly asked to produce them for such events as enrolling children in school or joining sports leagues. Schools and other institutions have typically kept copies, a practice prohibited under the new law since January, McClintock said.
As much as 40 percent of the identity fraud in the U.S. involves birth certificates from Puerto Rico, McClintock said he was told by the State Department.
“It’s a problem that’s been growing and as the need in the black market for birth certificates with Hispanic-sounding names grew, the black market value of Puerto Rican birth certificates has gone into the $5,000 to $10,000 range,” McClintock said.
Thus far, there seems to be little effort by the U.S. or Puerto Rican governments to educate the 1.5 million people born in Puerto Rico and living on the mainland about the new law.
Rep. Jose Serrano, D-N.Y., has been getting a steady stream of calls about the law at his district office. Serrano — who must replace his birth certificate, too — said he is trying to provide answers without triggering a panic.
“No one has thought about what effect this could have, if any, on those of us born in Puerto Rico who now reside in the 50 states,” Serrano said.
McClintock said a news conference held in Puerto Rico in December did not draw national media attention he hoped would spread the word. He noted there is no deadline for getting a new birth certificate. After July 1, the government will issue a temporary, 15-day certificate for those who need a birth certificate in an emergency.
The State and Homeland Security departments are deciding what to do for passport applicants with invalid birth certificates, State Department spokeswoman Adriana Gallegos said.
For now, Puerto Ricans are learning about the law from each other, news reports and community groups. The information isn’t always correct.
Carlos Vargas-Ramos, a researcher at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College in New York , said he found out about the new law through an e-mail from a Latino public policy group.
“You have to be plugged into networks to learn about it,” said Vargas-Ramos, whose father and sisters were born on the island.
Conchita Vallecillo, 66, of Fairfax, Va., read about the new law in a Puerto Rico newspaper. She thought her age exempted her. “I didn’t think we would be affected, so it’s one of those things that you don’t pay attention to,” said Vallecillo, whose husband and four children also were born in Puerto Rico.
There is no exemption for age. The law only waives the $5 fee for a new birth certificate for people over 60 and for veterans.
Emilio Perez, president of the Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce of Central Florida, traveled to Puerto Rico to gather his own information on the new law. He planned to post the information on the chamber’s Web site to help get information out.
About 47 percent of people of Puerto Rican descent in Florida, or 377,000 people, and 29 percent, or 318,000, in New York — states with the largest Puerto Rican populations — were born on the island.
On the Net:
Puerto Rico birth certificate rules: tinyurl.com/yjdudqv
State Department: www.state.gov/
Homeland Security Department : www.dhs.gov
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Five Things You May Know About Marijuana That Arent True
by Elsewhere infive things you may know about marijuana that arent true.
posted by guest columnist on february 27, 2010 @ 2:19 am in us news | 35 comments.
by steve elliott.
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Letter to Mom
by Coffee House Girl injust in case there are any faders that need help breaking the news:.
i am posting this letter i left with my mother after i explained to her in person that i no longer wanted to be "in the truth".
you are not to blame, you cant make choices for me any more, only i can.. .
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Five Things You May Know About Marijuana That Arent True
by Elsewhere infive things you may know about marijuana that arent true.
posted by guest columnist on february 27, 2010 @ 2:19 am in us news | 35 comments.
by steve elliott.
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purplesofa
Nine drawings done by a man on LSD, check it out!!!
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Five Things You May Know About Marijuana That Arent True
by Elsewhere infive things you may know about marijuana that arent true.
posted by guest columnist on february 27, 2010 @ 2:19 am in us news | 35 comments.
by steve elliott.
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purplesofa
My personal opinion
thanks for making it clear that is only your opinion!
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Is Richard Dawkins an ostentatious acrimonious supercilious pusillanimous calumnious censorious vituperative querulous embittered obsessive and bombastic bully?
by slimboyfat inrichard dawkins closes down his free-thinking/free-thought site (www.richarddawkins.net) for 30 days to reconfigure it 'because too many morons were contributing drivel' (he doesn't put it quite like that!
) he is then surprised because those self-same contributors call him everything under the sun (i won't repeat the names flung at him on our ultra -refined boards).
he now wants the site more or less 'peer-reviewed' (by analogy with papers to learned/scientific journals having to be vetted by vips).
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purplesofa
50 years ago Jehovah's Witnesses were preaching that they were the spokespersons for God. 90% of what they taught has now been proved untrue.
50 years ago some Scientists were acting as if they were God. 90% of what they taught then has now been proved untrue.
I'm trying to figure out what percentage of what you just posted is true, of course it just might be my opinion!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Is Richard Dawkins an ostentatious acrimonious supercilious pusillanimous calumnious censorious vituperative querulous embittered obsessive and bombastic bully?
by slimboyfat inrichard dawkins closes down his free-thinking/free-thought site (www.richarddawkins.net) for 30 days to reconfigure it 'because too many morons were contributing drivel' (he doesn't put it quite like that!
) he is then surprised because those self-same contributors call him everything under the sun (i won't repeat the names flung at him on our ultra -refined boards).
he now wants the site more or less 'peer-reviewed' (by analogy with papers to learned/scientific journals having to be vetted by vips).
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I think he's shown quite a bit of patience with some of the insane stuff he has dealt with.