The current surf report for this infamous northern California break is finally looking up. The indicator on the official site still states they are not officially in the wait period but it looks like that may be over very shortly.
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Fear of terrorism, fear of national bankruptcy, fear of Iran, and fear of flying. I just had to throw that last one in, for those of you that remember "Fear of Flying" was a rather risque book by Erica Jong.
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House Democratic leaders Tuesday pledged to deliver a comprehensive indoor smoking ban to Gov. Ed Rendell by the end of the year. That counted as positive news for smoking ban supporters, many of whom had grown frustrated by three months of delays.
Recently I changed from Comcast Cable to DirecTVsatellite. The move was primarily brought on by their offer of the NFL ticket and my family's obsession with NFL football.
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"I know that some politicians play with such ideas in their heads. This, in my view, is the sort of political erotica that might satisfy a person but hardly leads to a positive result," Putin responded.
You will get a lot of answers to this question, most of it supposition. Here is my personal take on the whole rating thing.
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..and so are most people.
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The alleged victim told police said she was raped in a Nittany dorm complex room in the early morning hours of Oct. 5. Police said the woman met Scott at a bar earlier that night. Scott's lawyer, Joseph Amendola, said the "interaction" with the woman was consensual.
For instance, if you put your name on the waiting list today, you would be number 74,659. An average of 70 people give up their tickets every year, which means you'll have your tickets by the 3074 season. Luckily you'll still catch Brett Favre's last year.
ROI, or "return on investment" is the way we look at a lot of things in this country. At the bottom level we as consumers evaluate ROI when we look to make improvements to our homes.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Sunday that Democrats are fewer than 20 votes short of overriding a presidential veto and expanding the country's health insurance program for children.
There is a perception out there that Republicans vote single issues, such as abortion, stem cell research, gun control, etc. This is juxtapositioned against the assumption that Democrats vote a broad range of issues, and are often more educated.
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Those who want to keep the war going "line up over here"! Those who want to cover children's health insurance "make a line over there". Maybe before you line up I should tell you something.
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Sure when "family values" could get you elected you were all about them. You sliced your way through the Democratic party with Newt as your sidekick espousing family values, holding yourself on a high horse while chopping at the knees of Clinton for indiscretions.
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One of the long-standing traditions here is the "Boob-O-Meter." While it's slightly less sophisticated than the machinery on the track, a group of middle-aged men from upstate New York are no less proud of their garage invention, a brightly colored piece of plywood bored with dif …
"I did not @!$%# you," was how Courtney Love responded when told by her Seattle attorneys that she owed them up to $341,000 plus interest. That was the balance due on legal fees attorney Katherine Hendricks and O.
190 billion is the request to fund the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars through 2008. This is more than a third above projections. Our current debt stands at nearly 9 trillion dollars, with the largest increases coming under our frugal fiscally conservative leader.
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John Kerry suffered at the hands of Swift Boat Vets, the 527 group setup to specifically attack John Kerry's Vietnam record. Now we have Freedoms Watch, a 501 (c) non-profit group setup to support continued action in Iraq.
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It sure makes you wonder these days. Hold on let me look. Nope; the dictionary hasn't changed to state that the definition for GOP is homophobic gay person. At least not yet.
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It is often said that the music you listen to defines your true inner soul. That the music is a reflection of who you are, or in some cases the person you want to be.
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How is it done? How do you screw the taxpayer for millions, get away with it and then ride off into the sunset with one middle finger extended, the other wrapped around a chilled martini? Ask Earnest O. Robbins -- he knows all about being a successful contractor in Iraq.
That brings up the issue of presidential candidates not looking that presidential, appearing like actors rather than the men running for public office that they are.
It is a common fact that at some point in time a high classification NEO (Near-Earth-Object) will hit the earth, and potentially cause an extinction event.
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Bush seems to racking up all sorts of records these days. Today it was reported that Afghanistan had another record poppy seed harvest.
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Swedish police say Bill Murray could face drunken driving charges after rolling through downtown Stockholm in a golf cart. Police say the actor smelled of alcohol when they pulled over his slow-moving cart.
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