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    Fuck Kerry

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    Props to Kerry who's still windsurfing/snowboarding/road biking. Bush is a "mountain biker" who rides on the dirt roads around his ranch. He used to play rugby but he's washed up now. I can't say I'm any better than Bush, four years of rugby screwed up my shoulders real nice and now sometimes my nose whistles when I sleep.

    Flu shots

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    go to canada eh.

    Already happening. Stay tuned for busloads of old folks crossing the border.

    cnn story

    BISMARCK, North Dakota (AP) -- With a shortage of flu vaccine across the country, Margaret Holmen and others from the Powers Lake Senior Citizens Center have been talking about going to Canada for their shots.

     

    Clinics and pharmacies across the border are offering to inoculate U.S. residents, and Holmen said she planned to call clinics in Estevan, Saskatchewan, if she cannot get a flu shot in North Dakota this week.

     

    "Everybody here is thinking about it," said Holmen, the senior center's manager. "We hear on the news that we should be patient, but we don't know what to do."

     

    Word of Canada's vaccine availability is spreading quickly. Eighty Americans showed up for flu shots Tuesday at Henders Drug in Estevan -- located about nine miles north of the North Dakota border -- although the store's newspaper advertisement hadn't even run yet.

     

    "I suspect there will be a lot more," said Larry Preddy, pharmacist and co-owner of the store. He charges Americans the same price as Canadians -- $15 Canadian or about $12 U.S.

     

    The U.S. vaccine shortage was caused when British regulators shut down U.S.-bound shipments from Chiron Corp., after some batches of the vaccine were found to be contaminated with bacteria. The decision cut the U.S. supply of flu shots almost in half.

     

    Canada does not have a shortage because it doesn't get vaccine from the British supplier.

     

    Urgent Care Niagara's Fort Erie clinic, just across the border from Buffalo, said it would vaccinate 100 Americans a day, for around $40 U.S. each, squeezing them in among Canadian patients who got first priority.

     

    Virginia Matysiak was No. 100. She and her son Kenneth picked up the number after waiting in line then killed time at the nearby Fort Erie Race Track and Slots. "We ate lunch and played and came back" -- $100 richer, she said.

     

    "So they're paying us to get a flu shot," Kenneth Matysiak said.

     

    Several cars with New York license plates were parked outside the Urgent Care clinic Tuesday and the waiting room was filled with Americans holding the coveted numbers. Urgent Care's Niagara Falls clinic also was vaccinating 100 non-Canadians a day.

     

    Officials at the Canadian clinic said vaccine provided by the provincial government was being given only to Canadian citizens, but that the clinic had purchased surplus doses for sale to non-Canadians in high-risk categories.

     

    Perry Kendall, British Columbia's chief health officer, said there has been some interest at a walk-in flu-shot clinic at the Vancouver airport.

     

    Ross Findlater, Saskatchewan's chief health officer, said Americans are welcome to get flu shots in the province, as long as they do not come in droves.

     

    "A couple hundred or a thousand, overall, from a provincial point of view wouldn't be a problem," he said.

     

    Saskatchewan will track the number of people coming north through shot clinics offered by public health offices. Those shots are free to Canadians considered at high risk from the flu, but Americans would be charged about $16 U.S., Findlater said.

     

    "Most of (the public health units) have some sort of capacity in flu clinics to immunize healthy people who are willing to pay," he said.

     

    Independent doctors and pharmacies in the province get their vaccine from a separate pool, and will not be tracked, Findlater said.

     

    Some health officials in Canadian provinces are concerned about the effect a massive influx of American patients could have. British Columbia's Health Minister, Colin Hansen, said recently that the drug supply situation was too much for the provinces to deal with individually and that it should be tackled by the federal government.

     

    "When we hear both candidates for the presidency of the U.S.A. talk about allowing Americans easier access to medicines purchased from Canada, there has to be a federal government response," and not just each province keeping an eye on the impacts of cross-border shopping, Hansen said.

     

    Also Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration was investigating how unlicensed vaccine ended up being shipped to Florida. The vaccine was to be given starting Wednesday at clinics in Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties.

     

    The vaccine came from Shire Pharmaceuticals Group, a British company that sold its vaccine division in September to a Canadian company, ID Biomedical.

    Breck Girl

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    So he's Metro. . . got a problem with that? Besides, there's an obvious cut when the commentary says "He signals he's ready for hair spray by closing his eyes expectantly, like a child." And it still doesn't beat Wolfowitz's spit-comb trick (the only part I've seen of Farenheit 911 so far).

    John Stewart on Crossfire...

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    With this I'd like to recommend America: The Book. . . The Audio Book. I listened to it on the way to Smith and finished it on the way back. It's damn funny. It's an abridged version of their book but talks about the history of democracy, organization of government, election process, etc. It's the best possible thing to listen to on a long drive, so if you have a decent commute it's well worth it. There's a place in Beaverton that rents books on tape and I rented it for $6 and it was well worth it.

     

    Edit: By the way, John Stewart takes plenty of jabs at conservatives and George Bush, so if you're an easily offended rightie, you might not want to bother.

    Grand jury - bad timing for Rove

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    Here you go:

    Rove Testifies Before Grand Jury in CIA Leak Probe

     

    By Curt Anderson

    The Associated Press

    Friday, October 15, 2004; 4:54 PM

     

    WASHINGTON -- President Bush's top political adviser, Karl Rove, testified Friday before a federal grand jury trying to determine who leaked the name of an undercover CIA officer.

     

    Rove spent more than two hours testifying before the panel, according to an administration official who spoke only on condition of anonymity because such proceedings are secret.

    Before testifying, Rove was interviewed at least once by investigators probing the leak. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Colin Powell also have been interviewed, though none has appeared before the grand jury.

     

    White House spokesman Trent Duffy referred questions to the Justice Department.

     

    The special prosecutor in the case, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald of Chicago, declined comment through a spokesman.

     

    The investigation concerns whether a crime was committed when someone leaked the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame, whose name was published by syndicated columnist Robert Novak on July 14, 2003.

     

    Disclosure of the identity of an undercover intelligence officer can be a federal crime if prosecutors can show the leak was intentional and the leaker knew about the officer's secret status.

     

    Novak's column appeared after Plame's husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, wrote a newspaper opinion article criticizing Bush's claim that Iraq had sought uranium in Niger -- a claim the CIA had asked Wilson to check out. Wilson has said he believes his wife's name was leaked as retribution.

     

    In a widely quoted remark, Wilson said after a speech in 2003 that it might be "fun to see Karl Rove frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs." Wilson has accused Rove of spreading word of the Novak column to reporters.

     

    Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's campaign was quick to pounce on news of Rove's appearance, with senior adviser Joe Lockhart issuing a statement calling on Rove and other aides to "come clean about their role in this insidious act."

     

    "If the president sincerely wanted to get to the bottom of this potential crime, he'd stop the White House foot-dragging and fully cooperate with this investigation," Lockhart said.

     

    Bush-Cheney spokesman Steve Schmidt responded that Kerry's campaign "is spreading rumors and working to politicize a legal investigation. John Kerry has made it clear to the American people that he and his campaign will say anything if they believe they can profit from it politically."

     

    Bush and his top advisers have repeatedly said they are cooperating in the probe, which began more than a year ago.

     

    Judith Miller of The New York Times and Matthew Cooper of Time magazine have been held in contempt by a federal judge for refusing to testify before the grand jury about sources they talked to while following up on Novak's column. Both are appealing those rulings.

    what's up w/the PRG?

    in Climbing Gyms

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    Camilo

    when you say it is rarely crowded makes me think you have never been to PRG have you?

    I go there 2-3 times a week. I've never had to wait for a climb. I know the bouldering area can get pretty packed, and the slab TR area can get crowded. Maybe it's because I usually get there around 9pm. Is it more crowded at other times? Also, I finally got around to getting my lead card, and I've never seen the lead routes even close to crowded. But then again, winter is coming up. . .

    what's up w/the PRG?

    in Climbing Gyms

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    This is starting to sound like that recent Pro-ski thread. Be careful, you don't want to get banned. I personally like the place. I can go there and climb after dark, it's rarely crowded, and I've met some cool people there. I'm not nearly as good as some of the people there but I've chatted with a few of them and they've been nice. And it's fun to laugh at the naked boulderers with their Abercrombie-esque homo eroticism.

    How to clean rock shoes

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    I agree. There's no need to wash them until you start getting weird foot infections. And putting antibacterial powder in your shoes just makes the nastiest, most resistant bacteria survive. Once those bury themselves into one of your blisters or hangnails, you're pretty much screwed and you'll just soon only need a 5.10 rubber leg stump cover. hellno3d.gif

    Make Election Day a National Holiday

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    Speaking of voter pamphlets, Washingtonians should read the Oregon measure 36 (gay marriage) arguments in favor. Funny as hell, I don't know if they have any screening process for arguments. Reminds me of when I was in middle school, doing a class project, where I learned about golden showers, mud wallowing, and rimming all thanks to the good ol' boys at the OCA. This guy is seriously funny though.

    Measure 36

    The Bible says that marriage is for procreation. God made Adam and Eve, and Adam and Eve made Cain and Abel, not an empty nest.

    Marriage is for procreation. If you're not pro-Creation, you're anti-God. And once a marriage has been solemnized, sex is serious business. The solemnity of sex must not be abused for sinful pleasures. Sex is for procreation, not recreation. And marriage is for breeding purposes.

    Therefore, it should be Oregon public policy that

    · Homosexuals may not marry.

    · Infertile persons may not marry.

    · Men with vasectomies may not marry.

    · Women with hysterectomies may not marry.

    · Post-menopausal women may not marry.

    · Persons planning to use birth control may not marry.

    · Non-virgins may not marry (Deuteronomy 22:13-21).

    · Inter-racial couples may not marry (Deuteronomy 7:3).

    And couples who fail to conceive within two years ought to have their marriage licenses revoked.

    Some good laughs in the midst of a serious (in my opinion) issue.

    what's up w/the PRG?

    in Climbing Gyms

    Posted

    where are all the fun v2's and v3's and how come nothins graded in the overhang area? punks. also, what's up with the sausage fest?

    What overhang area? The lead wall overhang, or the bouldering overhang? The lead wall overhang is graded with both lead routes and bouldering problems. I don't know about the bouldering wall. As for the sausage fest, was it different before? I've only been a member since April, and it's been a sausage fest every time I've been there except Wednesday nights this summer when they had ladies' nights. I don't know if Stoneworks or Club Sport have better ratios, I've never been.

    How much would it suck if. . .

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    Nike bought Patagonia? You can think what you want about Patagonia or Patagucci or whatever, but it's a bad match.

     

    By Michael Kahn

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - With their simple design, rubber soles and canvas tops, Converse's Chuck Taylor All-Stars have long set the standard for retro cool -- a counterculture brand embraced by rebels from James Dean to Kurt Cobain.

     

    So Nike Inc.'s decision not to mess with a classic when the company bought Converse last year came as welcome relief to sneaker fans and a pleasant surprise to investors and analysts who have watched it stumble when it tinkered with past acquisitions.

     

    And with Converse helping to drive up sales, industry watchers say Nike is likely to duplicate this success by acquiring other brands.

     

    John Horan, who publishes the trade magazine Sporting Goods Intelligence, lists youth sporting goods company Burton and outdoor clothing retailer Patagonia as two possibilities.

     

    In a mature market, the world's biggest athletic shoe company needs new brands to boost sales, he said.

     

    "Burton would be a fantastic fit because it would get them a terrific platform in that Generation X sports arena," Horan said. "They would love to get their hands on Patagonia because Nike has an outdoor division, but it has never really gotten the credibility in the specialty market."

     

    To diversify its product offerings, Nike paid about $305 million for the nearly 100-year-old Converse. So far the bet has paid off.

     

    For the quarter ended Aug. 31, sales from the company's non-Nike brands grew 64 percent to $434.5 million, with Converse making up about three-quarters of that amount. Total revenue rose 18 percent to $3.6 billion, with Converse contributing four percentage points of that increase.

     

    "The fact they've got this under their belt and they probably did pretty darn well with it gives them a little bit more confidence to think about doing something bigger," said analyst John Shanley of Susquehanna Financial Group.

     

    "They certainly have the financial resources to accomplish that not only here in the United States but also in terms of potential international deals," he said.

    The article goes on, and here's the rest

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