Yes. Bert Weiss. Bigdog Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is it the same bert from the old jack and bert > show some 25 years or more ago?
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Assuming it's not gypsies/scammers, everybody I know that works with the homeless says the odds are very high that any money you give a panhandler goes to support a substance abuse problem because there are places they can get help for food and shelter, but not booze. If you really want to help, get an extra hamburger at the drive-through and hand that to them as you drive by, but don't be surpri
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Okay, then YOU take the job that has you walking up to the crazy lady and asking: "Excuse me, I'm sure that ramming the White House gates and racing up Pennsylvania Avenue was an honest mistake on your part, I know the roads around here can be VERY confusing. But before I shoot you, would you mind opening your trunk so I can make sure there's no bomb in there? And if there is, would you mind gi
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Ooohhh, WEDNESDAY... From weatherundergound.com Wednesday chancesnow Overcast with a chance of snow. High of 45F. Winds from the NNE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 70% with accumulations up to 2 in. possible.
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Dunno, he may be right...depends on what a "WEND" is. Some more detail on how to recognize the "NEXT WEND" so I can prepare accordingly would be very helpful since I apparently didn't recognize the last WEND...
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And if they had backed off and let her drive off because "she's just an unarmed woman," then drive into a crowd of tourists and detonated a car bomb, you'd be pissing and moaning about how they should have stopped her. We live in a new world. Take a look at the Middle East, Europe and recently Nairobi to see where we're going - car bombs, suicide bombers, terrorist attacks on "soft" targets. The
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One small problem: The Social Security Trust Funds invest in US Treasury instruments: From the SSA website: "Money flowing into the trust funds is invested in U. S. Government securities. Because the government spends this borrowed cash, some people see the trust fund assets as an accumulation of securities that the government will be unable to make good on in the future. Without legislation to
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