Just in case anybody missed it, this article is sarcasm, so don't have a hissy fit.  jg

Tea Party Movement Hopelessly Divided Into Enraged, Apoplectic Factions

From The Onion - February 15, 2010 | Issue 46•07

WASHINGTON—Organizers of the Tea Party movement, a group opposed to the federal government’s attempts to alleviate the ongoing financial crisis through increased spending and taxation, announced today that their members have split down reactionary lines into those who are apoplectic in regard to the Obama administration and those who are merely enraged. “This rift is absolutely irresolvable,” screamed red-faced events coordinator Daniel Hume, head of the movement’s apoplectic faction. “We believe that now is simply not the time to be irrationally furious about unprecedented economic policies that have had little more than a year to start showing any signs of effectiveness. Now is the time to be foaming-at-the-mouth, incoherently livid about them.” A third camp of angry protesters had reportedly emerged from the recent upheaval, but its entire membership tragically died from massive brain aneurysms shortly after the group formed.

Most of you won't remember these guys, but they had a significant role in my, well, lets just call it my development as a male... Requiescat in pace et in amore - jg

The Knack Lead Singer Doug Fieger Icon Dies Of Cancer
by Mitch Marconi

Despite a courageous battle against cancer, The Knack lead singer Doug Fieger lost his life today. Fieger, 57, had suffered from health problems since he was diagnosed with lung canger in 2005, and two brain tumors in 2006, but family and friends say he kept a positive attitude throughout chemotherapy and other treatments, continuing to perform whenever possible despite having lost half a lung.........

The Knack's most memorable song is 'My Sharona' which came out in 1979, and was an instant dance hit that, unlike many old disco songs, has survived the years to be played at millions of parties, by just as many cover bands......Sharona was a real girl; she and Fieger dated from 1979 to 1982, and remained pals over the years.

Members of The Knack have cancelled all dates to perform, and posted on their website: Doug Fieger August 20, 1952 - February 14, 2010 Our hearts are broken, we will miss you Doug.

Here is an amateur video of Fieger performing My Sharona onstage in 1979. May he always be remembered so full young and full of life!

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World's Biggest Snake Ate New Prehistoric Croc Species

A new, unusually small species of ancient croc found in Colombia was likely no match for the largest snake ever to slither across the Earth, a new study says.



Arizona closes most of its state parks

Wrestling with a multibillion-dollar budget deficit, Arizona decided Friday to close nearly all of its state parks, including the famed Tombstone Courthouse and Yuma Territorial Prison.


Did We Start Out As Self-Domesticated Apes?

A common and frequently correct view of biological evolutionary change is that once an adaptive trait has arisen, it is honed to ever greater states of refinement, like the ideal match between the shape of a hummingbird's beak and its flower.