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  1. Teller_Card_100dpi.jpg

     

    is that edward teller, father of the h-bomb?

     

    Teller worked on the atom bomb and led the development of the hydrogen bomb. "He was known for building the really big ones," said one colleague. "We're talking planet bumpers here."

     

    Teller also talked President Reagan into investing in the 'Star Wars' missile defense program, but will best be remembered for destroying the career of his one-time boss, Robert Oppenheimer, by testifying during the McCarthy era that Oppenheimer was purposely "slowing things down" in the development of the H-bomb. He will also be remembered for writing the children's book, "A is for Atom, B is for Bomb."

     

     

  2. Unsatisfying Sex Life Leads to Silverdale Woman's Meltdown

     

    SILVERDALE

     

    Highly intoxicated and dissatisfied with her sex life, a 28-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday for stealing her husband's wallet and later assaulting the deputy who booked her into jail.

     

    The meltdown, which deputies witnessed along with the couple's 3- and 4-year-old children, started when the husband, 24, had told his wife they had three hours to quit smoking, drinking, swearing and engaging in some sex acts because "they were going to be good Christians now," the woman said.

     

    The man said she had woken him up to have relations, but then became disappointed and angry.

     

    Kitsap County deputies were called to the apartment on the 11800 block of Majestic Lane NW at 2:38 a.m. after a neighbor overheard yelling, crying and slamming doors, the report said.

     

    When deputies arrived, the woman denied any assault had taken place, and repeatedly, without sparing a vulgar euphemism, told the deputies about how unsatisfied she was with her sex life — some of the time carrying around a half-gallon of whiskey while doing so.

     

    During an argument with one of the deputies, the woman picked up the family's 20-pound dog and threw it at the deputy, who caught it, the report said.

     

    The deputies convinced the couple to separate for the night, and the man said he was taking their children to a hotel. But the 28-year-old returned to the apartment and took her husband's wallet, military identification card and keys.

     

    The woman resisted being arrested for theft — her screams were described as "blood-curdling" by one of the deputies. The deputy who drove the woman to jail reported she questioned his manhood, asked God to forgive him because "he knows not what he does," and "donkey-kicked" him in the shin while he attempted to walk her from his patrol car to the jail, reports said.

     

    She was booked for second-degree theft and third-degree assault.

     

    http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/may/01/unsatisfying-sex-life-leads-to-womans-meltdown/

     

     

  3. Story Highlights

    Pilot, flight attendant arrested, suspended from jobs

     

    Police say Pinnacle Airlines pilot wore only flip flops and a watch

     

    Police say couple told them they wanted "to go do it in the woods"

     

    Jeffrey Paul Bradford and Adrianna Grace Connor are both 24

     

     

    and let me just say thank God CNN took the time to give us the details in bullet form.

  4. he should be kept alive as a specimen of psychopathic behavior - a scientific example of a disease.

     

    people moralize this stuff, then they mythologize it. i'd say it's just another example of human nature (at it's worst).

     

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    the ice axe red dot combo is like a spike into the vein.

     

    i say i can quit but i keep coming back.

     

     

  6. Starbucks Earnings Sink 21%

     

    Starbucks, faced with a sharp drop-off in customers, reported on Wednesday that earnings declined 21 percent during the second quarter.

     

    Starbucks reported that net income declined to $108.7 million, or 15 cents a share, from $150.8 million, or 19 cents a share, in the year-ago quarter. The company said revenue rose 12 percent, to $2.5 billion.

     

    The report came just a week after Starbucks, the world’s largest coffee chain, warned of lower-than-expected earnings and cut its full-year forecast, citing a decline in quarterly sales and describing the economic environment as the weakest in the company’s history. Wall Street analysts had forecast 19 cents a share for the quarter.

     

    “Fiscal 2008 is a transitional year for Starbucks and, while our financial results are clearly being impacted by reduced frequency to our U.S. stores, we believe that as we continue to execute on the initiatives generated by our transformation agenda, we will reinvigorate the Starbucks Experience for our customers,” Howard Schultz, who is chairman, president and chief executive, said in a statement.

     

    Mr. Schultz returned as chief executive in January in hopes of turning the company around, replacing James Donald.

     

    Shares of Starbucks closed up 3 cents, at $16.23, before the report was issued.

     

    Mr. Schultz said the results were heavily influenced by the company’s American business, which accounted for 77 percent of total net revenue.

     

    Starbucks, which had 125 stores when it went public in 1992, now has 15,000 stores in 44 countries. But the company has struggled to maintain its differentiation in the face of growing competition. Most recently, Starbuck’s has suffered the effects of the crisis in the housing market, which has put a pinch on sales, particularly in California and Florida. Mr. Schultz said that customers were simply not visiting Starbucks stores at the rate they once did.

     

    Mr. Schultz is expected to lay out a turnaround plan in a conference call with financial analysts late Wednesday. Among the many changes Mr. Schultz is expected to unveil in coming months, in addition to cutting costs, is the addition of a line of fruit smoothie drinks, the start of a broad effort to offer healthier drinks and expand beyond coffee beverages.

     

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/business/01starbucks-web.html

     

     

    HEY I WONDER IF MAYBE THEY BUILT TOO MANY STORES???

     

    :grlaf:

  7. shortly after finishing college i spent a couple weeks on a solo canoe trip in the maine wilderness. i brought a hefty supply of drugs with me. at one point i ate some shrooms, and then went fishing off the shore. i started laughing and spinning in circles. as i was spinning with a fishing pole in my hand the bobbin on the fishing line reminded me of the moon - the way the white side of the bobbin was always facing me and the sunlight illuminated it from the side as it rotated. i had a huge moment of clarity as i imagined the moon spinning rapidly around the earth, compressing an enormous amount of time into something that could be seen and grasped. the whole histroy of the earth, the evolution of life, and my small place in time suddenly seemed to make sense to me.

     

    it was fucking beautiful.

     

     

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