Sarah Palin rolls into D.C. on a motorcycle?
Saturday 19th of May 2012 04:57:09 AM
Posted by admin / Under Rolls Royce V 8 (1905)
| Dontcha know, Sarah Palin is coming to town this weekend, and you may see her cruising the streets of D.C. on the back of a hog. The former Alaska governor, who is the subject of a lot of overheated speculation about whether she will run for president in 2012, has accepted an invitation to participate in the annual Rolling Thunder memorial ride this Sunday, an official says. As far as I know, she is trying to rent a motorcycle, so she can ride with her husband, said Nancy Regg, a spokeswoman for Rolling Thunder. Gregg says the tentative plan is... |
Study: State would add half million to Medicaid rolls
Saturday 19th of May 2012 04:57:09 AM
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| WASHINGTON -- Five years into the recently passed health care reform law Tennessee could have nearly a half million more residents on Medicaid, according to a report released Wednesday. |
The Spending Rolls On
Saturday 19th of May 2012 04:57:09 AM
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| The White House disclosed the other day that the fiscal 2009 budget deficit clocked in at $1.4 trillion, amid the usual promises to do something about it. Yet even as budget director Peter Orszag was speaking, House Democrats were moving on a dozen spending bills for fiscal 2010 that total 12.1% in more domestic discretionary increases. Yes, 12.1%. Remember, inflation is running close to zero, or 0.8%. The good news, if we can call it that, is that Senate Democrats only want to increase nondefense appropriations by 8% for 2010. Because these funding increases become part of the permanent baseline... |
Man drove Rolls Royce into Tesco (Tesco is a store)
Saturday 19th of May 2012 04:57:09 AM
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| An angry shopper drove his Rolls Royce into a Tesco superstore after a dispute over the delivery of a bed. |
Rolls-Royce considers legal action against £30,000 Chinese copycat
Saturday 19th of May 2012 04:57:09 AM
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| Geely GE: Although Geely claims to be 're-inventing the classic' Rolls-Royce bosses are considering their options and have consulted lawyers Photo: AP The Geely GE was launched at the Shangai Motor show this week where it was immediately branded a "Phantom knock-off". The 5.4 metre prototype, painted black and given pride of place on a raised plinth in the middle of Geely's stand is undeniably based on the shape of the Rolls in the shape of its cabin, windows and down-sloping rear deck. Although Geely claims to be 're-inventing the classic' Rolls-Royce bosses considering their options and have consulted... |
Many Convicted Felons on Voter Rolls, Sun Sentinel Investigation [3rd Degree Felony for Ineligible]
Saturday 19th of May 2012 04:57:09 AM
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| More than 30,000 Florida felons who by law should have been stripped of their right to vote remain registered to cast ballots in this presidential battleground state, a Sun Sentinel investigation has found. Many are faithful voters, with at least 4,900 turning out in past elections. Another 5,600 are not likely to vote Nov. 4 they're still in prison. Of the felons who registered with a party, Democrats outnumber Republicans more than two to one. Florida's elections chief, Secretary of State Kurt Browning, acknowledged his staff has failed to remove thousands of ineligible felons because of a shortage of... |
Super-Rich Make Marque On Rolls Royce
Saturday 19th of May 2012 04:57:09 AM
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| Super-rich make marque on Rolls Royce By Bojan Pancevski in Vienna Last Updated: 2:48am GMT 30/12/2007 The Rolls-Royce may have been the epitome of luxurious motoring for more than 100 years, but for a new breed of super-rich oligarchs and Middle-Eastern royalty, it seems a standard version of the world's most famous car is no longer enough. Nice wheels: the Crown Prince of Brunei's wedding car Having snapped up country estates and football clubs, the nouveau riche now want what is set to become the must-have status symbol of 2008, a customised Rolls-Royce. Demanding extra-high roofs to accommodate tall hats... |
Buchanan sez Bush should be impeached
Saturday 19th of May 2012 04:57:09 AM
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| Republican firebrand Patrick Buchanan said yesterday that President Bush should be impeached for failing to stem the "invasion" of illegal immigrants across America's Southern border... |
Chávez Rolls Into Damascus To Charm Another US Foe
Saturday 19th of May 2012 04:57:09 AM
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| Chávez rolls into Damascus to charm another US foe Albert Aji in Damascus Thursday August 31, 2006 The Guardian (UK) The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, said yesterday he and Syria would "build a new world" free from US domination. "We have decided to be free. We want to cooperate to build a new world where states' and people's self-determination are respected," Mr Chávez said after a two-and-a-half-hour meeting with the Syrian president, Bashar Assad, at his presidential palace in Damascus. "Imperialism's concern is to control the world, but we will not let them despite the pressure and aggression," the... |
Statue of Egypt pharaoh rolls to new home
Saturday 19th of May 2012 04:57:09 AM
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| CAIRO (Reuters) - A massive statue of one of Egypt's greatest pharaohs, Ramses II, rolled through the streets of Cairo to a new home near the Pyramids on Friday to escape the corrosive pollution of its former spot in a crowded transit hub. Tens of thousands of people lined the streets to bid farewell to the 3,200-year-old red granite statue, which weighs 83 tons and was wrapped in plastic and thick padding for the painstakingly slow 35 km (21 mile) journey, which took 10 hours. Only the face was visible. "We are going to miss you. Cairo will never be... |




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