| Dems Name Mordecai Their Donkey
Just in time for Purim, the Democratic National Convention Committee this week announced the official mascot for the 2008 convention: a donkey named Mordecai. The mascot was chosen by a panel of judges at the National Western Stock Show in Denver. Mordecai and his handler, 12-year-old Sophie Herzog of Fairplay, Colo., will take part in ceremonies leading up to the August convention, which will be held in Denver. .
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Lawndale sexual abuser gets 10 years
Nelson pleaded "open" to the two counts of engaging in three or more acts of substantial sexual conduct with a minor over a period of three or more months. The open plea meant Hourigan decided his punishment outside of any deal with prosecutors. The charges carry a maximum of 20 years in prison, according to Deputy District Attorney Christine Von Helmolt. The two girls, who were 8 and 11 years old at the time of the abuse, were the daughters of family friends. When the family "fell on hard times," they came to live at the same residence as Nelson, Von Helmolt said. During 2005 and the beginning of 2006, while their parents were traveling for work, Nelson sexually abused them repeatedly, Von Helmolt said. Nelson confessed to the crimes during a taped telephone call made by a sheriff's detective who used a ruse to elicit the statement, Von Helmolt said.
UPI NewsTrack Sports
NEW YORK, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The New York Mets completed a trade Friday that brought them pitcher Johan Santana, who reportedly will receive $150 million over seven years.
The two-time Cy Young Award winner comes to the Mets from Minnesota, where in 2007 he produced his worst season since becoming a full-time starter.
New York agreed this week to send the Twins prospects Carlos Gomez, Deolis Guerra, Kevin Mulvey and Phil Humber. The deal was contingent on the Mets coming to terms with Santana on a contract extension and that was achieved Friday.
The New York Daily News reported the terms of the contract.
Santana went 15-13 last year with an earned run average of 3.33. But after the All-Star break he was just 5-7 with a 4.04 ERA.
Since moving into a starting role four years ago, Santana has won 70 games with a 2.89 ERA and 983 strikeouts.
'What Game?'
Sunday, before the stadium gates open, he says he'll be on a plane back to Newport Beach. Over the years, the Super Bowl has morphed from an epic test of football greatness into a mark-your-calendar social event, in which the game plays only a small part. Aside from the players, nearly everyone is there to drink, load up on swag, glad-hand clients, party-hop, ride around in limos and run up their expense accounts. Audi, which is running a 60-second ad during the game Sunday, has been wooing potential customers on a nine-acre estate in Scottsdale since Wednesday with private cabanas, a par-3 golf course and outdoor fire pits. .
The Weedpatch Gazette
While a politically correct MSM for the most part ignores the fact those carrying such a disease may be crossing our borders by the thousands daily this seems not to matter, nor is it receiving the attention a single airline passenger is getting from politicians or those favoring the invasion and colonization of America from Mexico. Illegal aliens by the millions never tested for infectious diseases; this is lunacy!, the same lunacy of Reagan who opened the floodgates to this invasion by the barbaric, corrupt nation of Mexico and now being advocated by the present lunatics in the White House and Congress. How about this for crazy; some political appointee stands at the podium and announces we have nothing to fear from this single incident of an airline passenger carrying a virulent and infectious, deadly disease slipping past all the "security" now required for airlines after 9/11.
What's the best way to improve developing world health?
Ensure two square meals a day," suggests Mushtaque Chowdhury, director of the research and evaluation commission of the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee. "I believe for the poorest food is the most effective first intervention for health improvement." Ugandan television reporter Rosebell Kagumire suggests educating women is key. "An educated woman will know what a child needs to eat for nutritional purposes, and their income level is mostly higher than that of illiterate mothers," he says. Others are more political, calling for free trade to enhance household incomes in poor countries or even outright revolution to bring in governments with greater commitment to uplifting the poor. Liberian health minister Walter Gwenigale says he knows what would make a real difference in his country -- and it is the one thing Western donors will not fund.
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