FURTHERMORE. . .

ANANOVA - A charity production of The Vagina Monologues in Florida has
changed its name after a woman complained it was offensive. Atlantic
Theatres in Atlantic Beach changed the title of the play to The Hoohaa
Monologues, reports Metro. It came after a complaint from a woman who
had driven past the theatre with her niece who had asked her what a
vagina was. . . "It sounds like a country band," one passer by commented
to local TV station WJXT. The production is being staged by a group of
law students, with all proceeds going to charity. The director has asked
for the title to be changed back.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1171015144398H161


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JOHN GIDEON, BRAD BLOG - The Associated Press is reporting the
following from Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; "Vote totals couldn't be pulled from
memory cards of some electronic voting machines used in a special
election, forcing poll workers to transport the machines to Cuyahoga
County's election headquarters for results to be counted." This happened
the day that the county's election director, Michael Vu, was resigning
under duress. The failed memory cards have failed before. No one has yet
got a clue that they need to change the way they are holding elections
and the first step should be to get rid of the Diebold TSx machines.

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4132

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GWEN BRISTOL, MINOT DAILY NEWS, ND - Discussion on a bill that could
limit the use of implanted microchips in humans ignited plenty of
what-if scenarios at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. The bill was
presented by Sen. Randel Christmann, R-Hazen, with the intent to keep
employers from forcing employees to have microchip implants for the
purpose of closer supervision. . . "How far does it really go?" asked
Bismarck resident Jim Oshanyk, who said the implanted microchips could
keep track of an employee's movements down to the number of hand
repetitions. . . Oshanyk listed examples of microchip implant uses,
including a business in Ohio that required some employees working on
top-secret projects to have implants. He mentioned that in some areas,
newborns receive implants that could track them if they were ever
abducted.

http://www.minotdailynews.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=8539

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FOLLOW THE JOSH WOLF CASE
JOURNALIST KEPT LONGEST IN CAPTIVITY
http://www.joshwolf.net/

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BBC - The World Service survey, conducted in 25 nations including the
US, found that three in four respondents disapproved of how Washington
has dealt with Iraq. The majority of the 26,381 respondents also
disapproved of the way five other foreign policy areas have been
handled. . . The number of those who said the US was a positive
influence in the world fell in 18 nations polled in previous years.
In those countries, 29% of people said the US had a positive influence,
down from 36% last year and 40% two years ago.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6286755.stm

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VISITING ROBERT CRUMB IN FRANCE
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/21/fashion/21crumb.html?ex=
1327035600&en=c327c2e206e6cde1&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

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LEGISLATOR PROPOSES LETTING DOGS INTO BARS
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/
sns-ap-pub-pups,0,6182641.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

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RIDING BIKES ON RAILS
http://rrbike.freeservers.com/Railbikes_and_Railbiking_Pictures.htm

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NON-URBANE TRANSIT: THE GALLOPING GOOSE
http://www.gallopinggoose.org/

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PRESS WATCH - Anesthetic spray gives men five times the staying power A
phase II trial involving British and Dutch patients suffering from
premature ejaculation has garnered positive findings which indicate that
Tempe, an anesthetic spray manufactured by Plethora Solutions Ltd, may
be able to extend coitus further than the threefold increase recently
achieved during a United States study involving a modified
anti-depressant. The spray, which contains the local anaesthetics
lidocaine and prilocaine, extended the average gap between penetration
and ejaculation from one minute without treatment to five minutes, while
a placebo group experienced an increase of 40 seconds. The study by
Professor Wallace Dinsmore, of Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast, is
published in the urology journal BJU International, and involved 54
heterosexual men in Britain and the Netherlands, all of whom were in
stable monogamous relationships.

http://www.presswatch.com/health/#4

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OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY - Scooter Libby's CIA briefer, Craig Schmall,
reports that he and Libby had a discussion on Saturday, June 14, 2003
about a visit from Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz, with the former
interested in talking about Germany's treatment of Scientologists. Libby
was apparently quite excited about the visit.

http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/01/libby_trial_libby_met
_with_tom_cruise_on_scientology_/

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NEW REPORT OUTLINES ABUSES OF SWAT TEAMS
http://www.antiwar.com/roberts/?articleid=10382

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