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Re: So I take it George Carlin WON'T be appearing @ the Newport Yacht Center tonight (07/23)???

nos...@yahoo.com (Chris) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:09:31 UT

That Link seems to have been disabled now. I couldn't get to the schedule
page.
Maybe they could do a "Forever Plaid" kind of thing
"George Carlin - the concerts he never gave"

Re: Healthwatch: Iraq's Bid To Participate In The 2008 Summer Olympics

a...@att.net (A) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:29:29 UT

x-no-archive: yes
Please name some of their tricks, for those of us who aren't
keeping up with them.

Philippines: van driver repeatedly ran over city's chief of safety and traffic management

zapratzratsap...@newsguy.com (ZapRatz) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:16:29 UT

Trike owner runs down Caloocan traffic chief
By PETE LAUDE and JERRY BOTIAL
The Philippine Star
[link]
A tricycle operator used a van to repeatedly run over the chief of
Caloocan City North’s public safety and traffic management office
Wednesday morning.

Okla. crane fall kills man watching construction

catsandcanar...@nospammeowmeow.com (cat) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:12:05 UT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Church members watching the steeple being raised on
their new building looked on in horror Thursday as a crane holding the
structure toppled, crushing a car and killing a 79-year-old man who had been
watching from inside the vehicle, firefighters said.
The man's 78-year-old wife, who was also in the car, was transported to a

Re: Healthwatch: Iraq's Bid To Participate In The 2008 Summer Olympics

invalid_see_...@example.com.invalid (J.D. Baldwin) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:44:07 UT

But back when Udai Hussein was running it and threatening athletes
with torture, it was A-OK? I guess they're just upholding Avery
Brundige's tradition. What a bunch of moral midgets.

Pablo Martinez, 78 (NY Mets) Pedro's father

a...@att.net (A) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:37:59 UT

x-no-archive: yes
[link]
07/23/2008 10:37 PM ET
"Pedro's father loses battle with cancer: Elder Martinez passes away at age
78 on Wednesday night"
By Jon Blau / MLB.com
NEW YORK -- Pedro Martinez's father, Pablo, 78, died during Wednesday

Re: Healthwatch: Iraq's Bid To Participate In The 2008 Summer Olympics

perin...@eudoramail.com (DGH) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:32:33 UT

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With their tricks, perhaps China should also be barred from participating in
the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Healthwatch: Iraq's Bid To Participate In The 2008 Summer Olympics

perin...@eudoramail.com (DGH) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:29:25 UT

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[link]
N.Y. Times
BAGHDAD [Iraq] -- Just two weeks before the start of the Olympics, Iraq was
told Thursday [July 24, 2008, that] it's not welcome in Beijing [China]
because of a political feud in Baghdad that angered the games' guardians and

Re: A-B In-Bev merger (The New York Times perspective), a $52 Bil. mega-deal

d...@sill.org (Dave Sill) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:00:14 UT

I'm pretty serious. Note that I didn't say Stella tastes like Budweiser.
I'm saying:
Stella : Belgian beer :: Bud : American Beer
Both Stella and Bud are produced for the masses. Both are light in color
and low in flavor compared to the craft beers of their country produced
for connoisseurs. Both are brewed with a very high level of consistency.

UK: Wife Swap contestant died of drink and drugs binge after his partner ran off with her lesbian lover

zapratzratsap...@newsguy.com (ZapRatz) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:56:33 UT

Wife Swap contestant died of drink and drugs binge after his partner
ran off with her lesbian lover
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 7:07 PM on 24th July 2008
[link]
A father-of-two who appeared on Channel 4's Wife Swap died after a

100 U.S. female service members have died in Iraq

zapratzratsap...@newsguy.com (ZapRatz) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:51:01 UT

100 U.S. female service members have died in Iraq
[link]
(CNN) -- The death of an Air Force technical sergeant in Iraq last
week quietly ushered in a somber milestone: 100 American female
service members now have died in Iraq, according to a CNN count of

Re: Obit for 'At the Movies,' by Roger Ebert

matthew.k...@telus.net (Matthew Kruk) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:53:52 UT

This was a great obit.

Re: (YouTube) "My Ding-a-Ling"

matthew.k...@telus.net (Matthew Kruk) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:46:36 UT

Really? I gotta listen to that again ...

Re: (YouTube) "My Ding-a-Ling"

a...@att.net (A) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:39:56 UT

x-no-archive: yes
Who said it was a 'he'? Maybe it was an 'it', as you are.
<plonk--again!>

Re: 37 yo man dies when 4WD trip goes wrong

arf...@flipflop.com (Apairateef) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:33:44 UT

Seriously though...some people do dumb things.....
[link]
Sarns