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  1. congrats glad yer both feelin okay get enough sleep!!!!!!!!!
  2. I think Cindry is one of the most violated and abused people we've met in the series so far. She couldn't even die as an escape because she's already dead; no escape, no way out, brainwashed into a mostly obedient slave, serving the sick freak that committed a heinous violation to her body. Hogback is a pretty twisted fuck.
  3. hopefully he thought Thousand Sunny or someplace he had recently been on Shabondy. If Kuma selects the local then Zoro is doomed to Impel Down or maybe even topside up in Marijo (spelling?) the holy city where Ace is gonna be executed....
  4. youtube size Thriller Bark vid Victioria Cindry HBsRqetvcvQ
  5. Online campaigns work ppl! Dear friends, In just over 18 months, the Avaaz community has grown to almost 3.4 million people from every country of the world, an average growth of over 40,000 people per week! Working in 13 languages, Avaaz members have taken nearly 8 million actions, donated over 2.5 million Euro ($3.5 million), and told over 30 million friends about Avaaz campaigns. A wonderful new source of global community and democracy is being created, and we've started to win real victories to close the gap between the world we have and the world we want -- on human rights, environmental protection, poverty, global justice and more. Huge thanks and congratulations to everyone who has signed a petition, sent a message, donated, attended a rally, lobbied leaders, told friends, given advice or otherwise been a part of this effort. Scroll down this email to see some of the latest campaign highlights and achievements over the last 3 months, and click the link below to see a report back on all our achievements since launch and leave a comment: https://secure.avaaz.org/en/report_back_2 Campaign Update -- May-July 2008 Over the last 3 months, Avaaz members have helped to win the first global treaty banning cluster bombs, successfully campaigned for a ceasefire to ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, prevented G8 summit leaders from spinning their failure to act on climate change, run a major global ad campaign in Chinese communities promoting a constructive dialogue with China over Tibet and other issues, and personally rankled the President of Sudan (indicted for genocide by the International Criminal Court) with a campaign to help bring him to trial. Below is a quick summary of campaigning developments on Israel and Palestine, the food crisis, Zimbabwe, climate change, China, Tibet, and the Olympics, Darfur, cluster bombs, and more. On all of these issues, much more remains to be done -- but we have all contributed in important ways. What we've done so far is just the beginning. China, Tibet, and the Olympics More than 175,000 Avaaz members have joined a global handshake chain -- launched by the Dalai Lama, carried through London by a 2000-person chain of Avaaz members to the Chinese Embassy, and then racing around the world online. A positive symbol of constructive dialogue, the Avaaz team travelled to Beijing to personally deliver the handshake to senior officials, including UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. To further amplify the handshake's message, Avaaz members funded ads in Chinese publications from Hong Kong to California, launched a Mandarin-language Avaaz sister site in China, hired "mobile and walking billboards" in New York's and London's Chinatowns -- among a host of other tactics. Zimbabwe More than 400,000 Avaaz members, including tens of thousands in Africa, have taken action to support democracy and human rights in Zimbabwe. This past weekend, South African trade unionists marched to a regional summit in Johannesburg with Zimbabwean refugees and civil society groups carrying a sea of red cards for Mugabe -- and holding banners representing the more than 75,000 virtual red cards sent by Avaaz members last week. Avaaz members have contacted governments around the world, urging non-recognition of Mugabe's regime; funded ad campaigns globally and throughout Southern Africa; and even flown a 280-sq-meter banner over the United Nations to press South Africa's Mbeki to push harder in his role as mediator between Mugabe and the opposition MDC. The summit is over, but our campaign for the end of the Mugabe era is not. Israel and Palestine 215,000 Avaaz members, including citizens of both Israel and Palestine, have driven Avaaz campaigning for real peace talks, a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, and an end to the blockade of Gaza. A major print-and-online advertising campaign for the ceasefire reached more than 1 million Israelis this June, thanks to donations from Avaaz members. Within a week, a truce was signed -- encouraging the Avaaz community to play an ongoing role, large and small, in helping to resolve this conflict. G8 and climate change More than 250,000 Avaaz members urged the G8 leaders to adopt firm targets to cut climate emissions by the year 2020, signing a petition that was hand-delivered to G8 chair Japan's prime minister. During the summit negotiations, however, the US, Canada, and Japan refused 2020 targets -- so Avaaz called them out in a satirical full-page, full-color ad in the global Financial Times drawing on the Japanese "Hello Kitty" cartoon. The ad, funded with small donations from 2,000 Avaaz members, sparked coverage in media outlets from the New York Times to the Nikkei Business Daily. Coverage of reactions from Avaaz and other groups ensured that Canada's Stephen Harper and other leaders couldn't spin their way out of accountability for blocking progress on this urgent issue -- and with climate change a key issue in coming elections, hopes for change (and our campaigning plans) are growing. Food crisis Responding to a video appeal for international support from the Foreign Minister of Sierra Leone, 342,197 Avaaz members signed petitions urging governments to take action on the food crisis. In May, Avaaz staff hand-delivered their message to UN chief Ban Ki-Moon at an emergency food summit in Rome. Moon, in turn, used the petition with the press and global leaders to build his urgent case for action on food prices and practices. As the food crisis deepens, we are redoubling our efforts to meet this huge threat to the livelihoods of millions. Darfur To counter Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir's claim that the International Criminal Court is a "Western Crusade," Avaaz launched a major Arabic-media ad campaign. More than 4500 Avaaz members from 80 countries donated to run the ads throughout the region, which challenged the "crusade" charge by showing that Bush and Bashir are both strong opponents of the court. Arabic media reports that Bashir personally invited one newspaper editor who refused to run the ad to visit Sudan and accept his thanks. Our campaigning will continue until the Sudanese people can achieve a long sought peace with justice. Other highlights When a 120-country summit to ban cluster bombs was at risk of failure, more than 160,000 Avaaz members emailed world leaders to urge a strong treaty free of loopholes and delays. The campaign made waves with negotiators inside the conference and headlines in Finland and the International Herald Tribune -- and a firm treaty was agreed in the final days. Avaaz members raised over $2 million in aid after the Burma cyclone, channeled directly to those at greatest need through monks and aid workers inside the country. A full report back on this campaign is available on the Avaaz website. When the UN launched a closed process to choose its new top Human Rights official, human rights experts worried that a weak candidate would be chosen. In response, Avaaz placed a mock job advertisement in The Economist that generated a full story in the New York Times, Reuters and several other press outlets, and a strong response from UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. The ad, and a companion blog, helped bring a highly unusual level of democratic scrutiny to a top UN appointment. It can seem as though every week brings a new crisis or international emergency. As human beings, we have a responsibility to our brothers and sisters, no matter where they are in the world. But it is inspiring to know that none of us is alone -- that there are millions around the world sharing our concerns and joining with us to take action when it matters most. Avaaz is based on a simple idea: that global public opinion should shape global decision-making. When we take action, we may not win every battle -- but together, over time, we can change the field on which the battles are fought. We are already making a difference, and our voices are growing stronger. This is only the beginning. With much respect and gratitude for this wonderful community of people, Ricken, Ben, Graziela, Brett, Paul, Pascal, Veronique, Iain, Milena -- and the whole Avaaz team
  6. like a mutherfucker ob steroids I've decided to trim back the yard. My lawn tractor has been tits up for 2 summers now and I'll kill myself and my push mower if I keep beating the shit out of it in this huge ass yard. So, I'll end the yard on the other side of the pussy willow and lilac trees I have at the front of the first garden....and move all my plants behind it forward. It will make it easier to find and take plants if/when I move out of this house but I have some plants that need a 6 ft circumference of room for just themselves... lots of em like that. its gonna be a few weeks of digging.... I'm going to die I started with the arch and butterfly bushes. I'll get pics of progress in here eventually... if I don't stroke out in the back yard that is
  7. if someone is disfigured I can see the benefit of plastic surgery if someone is a shallow asshole that just wants to look good I lump them in the Michael Jackson category and they can fuck off and die With all of the people living in devastating sometimes lethal poverty fake noses and tits are at the bottom of my 'shit that concerns me' list
  8. *passes out zoloft* who knew being a rude mouthy bitch from NY was a gift X'D I got a Mini Merry for my birthday! Mine is pink but its this thing
  9. hope ya liked it now ya get why I freak out over recycling plastics so damn much
  10. From Louise Melling, Director ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project 25 days to protect women's health Take actio now at: http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=k3a_IbRo0Z7SVVBeO7D0Zg.. ************************************************* Dear ACLU Supporter, George W. Bush has launched a new assault on birth control and reproductive freedom. Late last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed regulations that could seriously undermine access to basic reproductive health services -- including birth control and abortion. Instead of striking a careful balance between individual religious liberty and patients' access to reproductive health care, the Bush administration has taken patients' rights and their health care needs out of the equation. We have less than 30 days to stop these new rules from being enacted. Take a stand now: http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=yMv-AVPGFHEVPObUoyAt1A.. The rule leaves open the possibility that -- based on religious beliefs -- institutions and individuals can deny women access to birth control. It also permits individuals to refuse to provide information and counseling about basic heath care services. And it expands existing laws by permitting a wider range of health care professionals to refuse to provide even referrals for abortions. Act fast to protect access to basic care for the millions of Americans who depend on federally funded health care services. Go to: http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=gxRgk7unk5LC50GHc9IlsA.. This far-reaching proposal doesn't need congressional approval. But, it can't go forward without allowing for public comment. That's where you come in. Tell the Department of Health and Human Services to stop efforts to block women's access to basic reproductive health services. Submit your comments now: http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=vTtJKFXviNlyCJRjY8snFw.. The public comment period on these insidious regulations is open until September 20. That's all the time we have to generate a massive public outcry. Take action now: http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=PmEg-iHBGoUOHA0bz-BiXQ.. At a time when more and more Americans are either uninsured or struggling with the soaring costs of health care, the federal government should be expanding access to important health services, not undermining existing protections or interfering in programs that have successfully provided services for years. Please act right now. The deadline on public comments is fast approaching, and we have to generate intense opposition to these dangerous regulations. After you take action, please forward this email to your friends and family who care about equal access to health care. Thanks for standing with us. Sincerely, Louise Melling, Director ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project
  11. Life after people was awesome. It makes ya stop and think, have we ever come top this point in science,technology and urban development previously in human history only to be slapped back to the stone age by forces beyond control or war. pole shifts do happen....
  12. how well does the stuff you get form into patties or meatballs?
  13. budget or contracts maybe? I love the Doctor
  14. dun make me bring up burnt sienna X'D
  15. “ This government is acknowledged by all, to be one of enumerated powers.” —Chief Justice Marshall in McCulloch v. Maryland” “ We start with first principles. The Constitution creates a Federal Government of enumerated powers.” —Chief Justice William Rehnquist in United States v. Lopez” The specific, "enumerated" powers of Congress are spelled out in Article of I Section 8 the Constitution. There are twenty of them, and you can read the list for yourself on our Background page. Because these powers are delegated from the people, they are the only powers Congress has. But our Founding Fathers went further -- trying hard to make enumerated powers so obvious that even a politician couldn't miss the point. They passed the Ninth and Tenth Amendments to shut the door to claims of additional power . . . The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. & The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. And it is the tradition of Congress, for each member, upon the start of their terms of office, to take an oath, promising to protect and uphold the Constitution. Yet virtually every day that Congress is in session these same oath-takers become law-breakers -- passing laws and expending funds on items that are not Constitutionally permissible. Over the years they've used the Necessary & Proper Clause, the Commerce Clause, and Supreme Court penumbras to give themselves powers the Constitution doesn't permit. IN FACT, MOST OF WHAT THEY DO THESE DAYS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. If they had been abiding by their enumerated powers, the federal government would be much, much, much, much, much, much smaller, and far more decentralized than it is today. Representative John Shadegg (R-AZ) has introduced The Enumerated Powers Act (EPA) - HR 1359 [You can read the entire bill on our Background page]. EPA would require Congress to reference the specific clause(s) of the U.S. Constitution that grant them the power to enact laws and take other congressional actions. "The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation and foreign commerce." James Madison, Federalist No. 45 So what difference will it make if we require them to cite "chapter and verse" the section of the Constitution that gives them authority to pass a law, create or maintain a program, or impose a tax? Well, it might slow them down. It might mean that they reconsider a proposal instead of introducing it. But we freely admit, this new law won't stop them. However, we believe that this requirement will, over time, build the evidence necessary to make some real reforms. After all, how many different actions per day can they blame on the Commerce Clause before a judge rules or a reformer stands up and says, "This is a hole large enough to drive a fleet of trucks through; let's tighten it up!" EPA might even, eventually, embarrass Congress. As Walter Williams has pointed out, "Congressmen, openly refusing to live up to their oath of office, exhibit their deep contempt for our Constitution." EPA would expose these politicians because their actions would speak louder than their phony rhetoric. There's an old Texas legend that says, a young politician by the name of Lyndon Johnson (yes, that Lyndon Johnson), was looking for an edge in his campaign. Johnson suggested to his campaign manager that they start a rumor that his opponent enjoyed sexual congress with pigs. His campaign manager reacted in shock: "Lyndon you know that's not true." "Sure," Lyndon is alleged to have replied, "I just want to watch him deny it." Well, Congress does lots of unconstitutional things. And that's no rumor. Walter Williams is almost certianly right; most members of Congress seem to have "deep contempt for our Constitution." Now, we just want to see them compelled to deny that charge. https://secure.downsizedc.org/etp/campaigns/87
  16. Hi Michelle, Most of us take for granted the ability to find standard contraceptives in our local pharmacies. However, more and more people are losing this ability due to the emergence of "pro-life" pharmacies across the nation. Stop "pro-life" pharmacies before they sweep the nation >> http://go.care2.com/e/8M7s/VMcJ/ANR12 It's hard to believe, but these drugstores refuse to stock birth control pills, the morning-after pill and even condoms. Pharmacies in entire regions could follow suit, leaving patrons with no place to buy contraceptives for miles. A full 98 percent of women of reproductive age who have had intercourse have used a contraceptive. How can pharmacies ignore the reproductive health needs of virtually all of their female patrons? One of these "pro-life" drugstores, DMC Pharmacy, is about to open in Virginia. If the Virginia Board of Pharmacy requires DMC to stock contraceptives, other pharmacy boards may follow its lead. Nip this national health care problem in the bud: Tell the Virginia Board of Pharmacy to require pharmacies in its state to keep contraceptives on their shelves >> http://go.care2.com/e/8M7s/VMcJ/ANR12 Thank you, Allison Care2 and ThePetitionSite Team
  17. I finally mailed yer stuffs out Friday...or was it Saturday...

    You should get it soon :P

  18. I've buried a few pets. When my cats and the Guinea pig die they will be buried, my dog will be cremated if she dies at the vet (if her quality of life turns to shit I will not let her suffer) or when the ground is too frozen to bury her. If its a natural thing at home I'll bury her body myself; I'm like a meercat when it comes to digging holes. I'd like her cremated so I can keep some of her ashes and put the rest in the garden/back yard. I've had the dog since she was 6 weeks old, now she's 10. She was a makita puppy I got from my aunt.My cat pinky head ad a litter about 3 weeks old at the time and adopted prescious as a kitten so she's a cat dog. Ditto was born in my closet on N St to mama mushi 9 years ago and lost his leg almost 8 years ago. He's cost me a small fortune over the years. Okie was born to mama may under my vanity in here and has been with me 6 years. Morgan brought princess pig home last fall and I've spoiled lil squeak ever since, she's mad crazy high maitenence. She was a year old in July. I'm home alone all day with these animals, I spend more time talking to and taking care of them then the humans in this house. They are my trusted furry nakama, we're quite the pack. My life will be less bright without them. I haven't made any decisions about replacing anybody after they check out. I knew all the animals that my animals came from, the cats were mine. Sarting over with entirely new bloodlines doen't really appeal to me. Puppy training is hard, mutt was a year old before we finally got to where we are in pack order. Puppies are a pain in the ass, they shit piss and chew like babies the first year and they're so damn hyper. kittens are easier but they're little pissers too. I am pretty sure that I wont get any more animals until everybody in the pack has died. I still got years to think about it.
  19. When it comes to the summer olympics I usually watch swimming and gymnastics, flippin people entertain me and neither sport is massivly publicized on US tv and now great tragedy in lipsinking X'D GSqV3rWM4iQ bJ_I9Q_T-C8
  20. Ladywriter

    Big Oil

    Let me take just a second to review the top 10 reasons offshore drilling is such a dumb idea: 10. Offshore oil drilling won't impact gas prices today, and it won't have a significant impact on gas prices in the future. 9. This is nothing more than a money grab by the oil companies - who are already making record-breaking profits. 8. We burn 25% of the world's oil here in the U.S., but we have only 3% of the world's oil reserves. So even if all offshore oil magically came to market today, the vast majority of our oil would continue to be imported, and we wouldn't see price relief at the pump. 7. The current moratorium was put in place decades ago to protect us from the danger of oil spills along our coastlines and beaches. 6. Burning fossil fuels like oil causes global warming, which causes stronger hurricanes, which will threaten the very offshore drilling rigs being proposed, which will contribute to even more global warming. 5. To avoid the worst impacts of global warming, we need to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy within the next 10 years. The billions of dollars that would be spent on offshore oil drilling just postpones the inevitable transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. 4. Oil exploration requires massive seismic testing - which threatens whales and dolphins. 3. Oil prices are set on the global oil market, so American oil is no cheaper than Saudi oil. We won't get a discount for oil drilled in the U.S. 2. We can't solve the world's energy problems with the same drilling that created them. 1. Renewable energy is available now, so it's time to walk away from fossil fuels and toward a clean energy future. Take Action >> make sure Congress hears from YOU about offshore oil drilling. http://members.greenpeace.org/action/start/206/ Let's face it, there's really no good reason to drill offshore. More drilling is good for Big Oil, not for you and your family. We can't drill our way out of this mess - oil drilling is already at an all-time high and prices are still skyrocketing. As a matter of fact, even if we could tap into all of the energy stored in the Earth's reserves - coal, oil, and natural gas - it would equal the energy in just 20 days of sunshine. Tell Congress to look on the bright side to solve our energy crisis. It's time to invest in renewable energy and leave oil to the dinosaurs. It's time for an energy revolution. (http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/press-center/reports4/energy-r-evolution-a-bluepr) Power to the people, Melanie Duchin Global Warming Campaigner
  21. sheet rock, joint compound n a piece of sandpaper Ganbatte!
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