Sure it’s a little vicarious, if you’ve traveled much you might not be as impressed as I am  with these.  I  can see them fine on fire fox, (haven’t tried with IE or other browsers)   the third link has a  menu page for   other views and options (flash, quick time, etc).  The flash was more detailed and …

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It’s not a spoof. Touched by an Urban Legend (or not-so-urban?) . Gawd. Obviously the sicko is just trying to beat the rap on loony factor. http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0308/506664_video.html?ref=newsstory Morrill reportedly told an investigator preparing his pre-sentence report that he had been sexually assaulted by the legendary Bigfoot. Patton said Morrill really believes the assaulted happened. “I …

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McCain, Romney Campaign Together in Utah http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/03/27/politics/p080155D92.DTL&tsp=1 I didn’t see this one coming. Like the article says, they didn’t like each other., thought that was apparent to all. I didn’t think Romney was  on the neo-con  100 year war  bandwagon.  I  probably would have voted for Romney over McCain, but I don’t know about under …

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Full article here:  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/03/25/politics/p114013D54.DTL This could make for one odd family reunion: Barack Obama is a distant cousin of Brad Pitt, and Hillary Rodham Clinton is related to Pitt’s girlfriend, Angelina Jolie. Researchers at the New England Historic Genealogical Society found some remarkable family connections for the three presidential candidates — Democratic rivals Obama and …

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Tax my rich white torturer Schools? Health care? As if. Your taxes pay for brutality and Wall St. bailouts. Feel better? Just so we have this straight: You are not paying taxes merely to fund torture and bomb-dropping and the killing of countless innocents in Iraq in a futile and lost war that’s not really …

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Santorini Volcano site lists this painting as a young girl collecting crocus (AKA saffron, expensive today herb used for  cooking, then also for dye)  She is in the far left room, #3 in the link below, the complete painting. In any case, it is interesting to look at these wall frescos  in a kind fo virtual exhibit. http://www.therafoundation.org/wallpaintingexhibition

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