April 4, 2006
There is an e-mail going today around that reads, "On Wednesday of this week, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06. That won't ever happen again!"
Nver again? How about after 1:00 in the afternoon on that same day? That’s twice in one day. Obviously it happens every 100 years. In fact less than that. It just happened 3 years ago; try 4:56 a.m. on January 2, 2003. Then of course that afternoon at 4:56 p.m….
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This explains why my new 37 inch LCD flat screen TV only shows the cooking channel...
I guess the moral of the story when buying stolen property remember Ronald Reagan’s adage: trust but verify...
Oven doors passed off as flat-screen TVs
April 4, 2006 SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A rash of oven-door thefts may be linked to a recent case in which a woman bought what she thought was a flat-screen TV, only to discover that the package held an old oven door, police said.
South Bend detective Sgt. Jim Walsh said police arrested a suspect Thursday they believe sold the door to the woman. Police said an oven door and packaging materials were found in the trunk of the man's car.
Oven doors are an increasingly hot item in burglaries targeting vacant properties. Walsh said oven doors were among the items stolen in five recent burglaries.
Police have had two reports of the doors being sold as flat-screen TVs, and it's likely that others went unreported by the embarrassed buyers, Walsh said. Officers are investigating at least two other suspects who may be disguising oven doors and selling them.
Walsh said it's risky to buy products off the street, particularly without opening the package first.
In the case of the bilked woman, she was approached by the suspect Feb. 20 at her workplace with an offer of a flat-screen TV for $500. The suspect settled for $300. But when the woman unwrapped the packaging, she found a cord, a controller -- and an oven door. http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-oven04.html
NBC: STAGING THE NEWS AGAIN?
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/004920.htm
Experts forecast another active Atlantic hurricane seasonApr 04 -Forecasters warned that the upcoming Atlantic cyclonic season would again be highly active, with a total of 17 tropical storms, including nine hurricanes, likely to form.
Of those hurricanes, five should be intense, meaning they will reach or exceed Category 3 on the five-level Saffir-Simpson hurricane intensity scale, said leading experts William Gray and Philip Klotzbach of Colorado State University.
While the numbers are above the historical average, they remain below last year's record of 26 tropical storms and 14 hurricanes, seven of them intense...
"Even though we expect to see the current active period of Atlantic major hurricane activity to continue for another 15 to 20 years, it is statistically unlikely that the coming 2006 and 2007 hurricane seasons, or the seasons that follow, will have the number of major hurricane US landfalls as we have seen in 2004-2005."
Experts believe the latest record hurricane season was part of a cycle where periods of relative calm alternate with decades of intense activity... (not "global warming")
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/04/04/060404150343.0ufe6r2g.html
Are facts obsolete?
Apr 4, 2006 by Thomas Sowell
...Two books about more European slaves brought to North Africa than there were African slaves brought to America have been published in recent years. They are "Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters" by Robert Davis and "White Gold" by Giles Milton. Both books have been largely ignored by the media and academia alike...
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/column/thomassowell/2006/04/04/192338.html
Bill Cosby Lectures New Orleans Blacks
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/4/3/234500.shtml?s=ic
Bullish on Baghdad
http://spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=9616
Good News The Press Won’t Dwell On:
In The First 5 Months Of FY 2006 (Through Feb.) Overall Federal Revenues Were Up 10.3% Over The Same Time In FY 2005. (Editorial, "Beltway Windfall," The Wall Street Journal, 3/23/06)
Corporate Income Tax Revenues Are Up 30% While Individual Income Tax Revenues Are Up 10.3%. (Editorial, "Beltway Windfall," The Wall Street Journal, 3/23/06)
Federal Revenues Were Up 15% In FY 2005. (Editorial, "Beltway Windfall," The Wall Street Journal, 3/23/06)
The Conference Board's March Index Of Consumer Confidence Was At Its Highest Level - 107.2 - Since May 2002. ("Consumer Confidence At Highest Point In Almost 4 Years," USA Today, 3/29/06)
28.4% Of Consumers Said Jobs Were "Plentiful," The Highest Since Aug. 2001. ("Consumer Confidence At Highest Point In Almost 4 Years," USA Today, 3/29/06)
The Univ. Of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index Rose To 88.9 In Late March. ("Consumer Sentiment Rises In Late March," MarketWatch, 3/31/06)
The Nasdaq Hit Its Highest Level In More Than 5 Years Wednesday And Finished Up Again Thursday. ("Nasdaq Ready To Rumble Ahead," USA Today, 3/30/06; "Stocks Decline On Rate Worries," USA Today, 3/31/06)
The Chicago PMI, A Gauge Of Business Activity In The Area, Rose To 60.4% In March (Readings Above 50% Indicate Most Businesses Are Expanding). ("Chicago Business Gauge Rises In March," MarketWatch, 3/31/06)
Employment Increased In 41 States In Feb. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, "Regional And State Employment And Unemployment: February 2006," Press Release, 3/30/06)
Between Feb. 2005 And Feb. 2006, Employment Increased In 48 States. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, "Regional And State Employment And Unemployment: February 2006," Press Release, 3/30/06)
Jobless Rates Fell In 39 States Between Feb. 2005 And Feb. 2006. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, "Regional And State Employment And Unemployment: February 2006," Press Release, 3/30/06)
New Claims For Jobless Benefits Fell 10,000 For The Week Ending Mar. 25 - The 4-Week Average Fell 1,500. ("U.S. Jobless Claims Fall To 302,000," MarketWatch, 3/30/06)
The 4-Week Average For Continuing Claims Stayed At A 5-Year Low. ("U.S. Jobless Claims Fall To 302,000," MarketWatch, 3/30/06)
The U.S. Economy Grew 3.5% In 2005. ("Fourth-Quarter GDP Revised Up To 1.7%," MarketWatch, 3/30/06)
The 4th Quarter Growth Rate Was Revised Up To 1.7%. ("Fourth-Quarter GDP Revised Up To 1.7%," MarketWatch, 3/30/06)
Economists Said The One-Quarter Slump Was Due To Factors "That Have Already Faded" And Expect The Economy To Grow 4.6% For The 1st Quarter Of 2006. ("Fourth-Quarter GDP Revised Up To 1.7%," MarketWatch, 3/30/06)
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