i'm loosing my funny bone by the nano second. Jacob
On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Maiken Winter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's a BAD joke! You got me! I was ready to go celebrate! > > > > > > > > < > http://lists.grist.org/bin/ftaf?id=F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >Forward > > to a friend | > > <http://lists.grist.org/dm?id=F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>View > > in browser | > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BB2:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >Search > > Grist | Sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (<http://lists.grist.org/bin/sie?id=F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >change > > / > > <http://lists.grist.org/u?id=F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >unsubscribe) > > > > ADVERTISEMENT > > > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BB5:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E&@@_replace_@@zip=14850 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > TOP STORY > > > > > > > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BAE:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > > > > With Gore Galore > > Al Gore will run as Independent for president, Bloomberg tapped as > veep > > > > > > > > You might want to sit down for this: Al > > Gore has announced his candidacy for president. > > Wait, wait, don't get up yet: Gore, a lifelong > > Democrat, will run as an Independent. He's even > > announced his vice-prez pick: New York City Mayor > > Michael Bloomberg, who only last week dodged > > rumors that he'd be Barack Obama's second fiddle. > > But Bloomberg only has eyes for Dreamy Al. "This > > is a man who gets things done," Bloomberg said. > > "We're tired of waiting on Democrat and > > Republican bickering." In a speech in Washington, > > D.C., on Tuesday morning, Gore listed climate > > change, foreign policy, and getting the economy > > out of the dumps as his top priorities. And he > > minced no words in deflecting skepticism about > > his chances. "With all due respect to Senators > > Clinton, Obama, and McCain," he said, "what > > America needs is Al Gore." > > > > > > > > [ > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BAC:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >email > > | > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BAD:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >discuss > > | > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA8:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >+digg > > | > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA9:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >+del.icio.us > > ] > > > > > > > > sources: > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >The > > New York Times, > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >Reuters, > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >The > > Washington Post, > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >Associated > > Press > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > TODAY'S NEWS > > > > > > > > <> Martha, Martha, Martha! > > Alice Waters plans to sell Chez Panisse to Martha Stewart > > > > > > > > Fresh-food guru Alice Waters is retiring > > from the restaurant biz, with plans to sell her > > famed Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley to none > > other than ... Martha Stewart. "It's been a good > > run for me, and I'm excited about the > > restaurant's future," says Waters, who turns 65 > > years old this month. "Having the oomph of the > > Martha Stewart brand behind local and seasonal > > food will be thrilling." Um, yes. Thrilling. > > Stewart, whose media company recently > > acquired the rights to TV chef Emeril Lagasse's > > franchise, assured through a spokesperson that > > while "[w]e are considering changing the > > restaurant's name to Chez Martha ... the dining > > experience will remain much the same." Waters > > plans to focus her now free-er time on her Edible > > Schoolyard project at a Berkeley elementary school. > > > > > > > > > > > > sources: > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >San > > Francisco Chronicle, > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >The > > New York Times > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <> Where There's a Will, There's ... Um, Just a Will > > McCain wants to run White House on nuclear power > > > > > > > > In a campaign speech at Mississippi State > > University Monday, John McCain declared that by > > the end of his potential presidency, the White > > House will be powered "entirely by renewable > > energy." Is that so, John? And what kind of > > renewable energy might that be? "I will work hard > > to ensure that Americans are safe from > > terrorists, and I will conduct that work from a > > White House reliant on safe, clean, nuclear power > > produced right here in the United States," McCain > > said. Really, words fail us. > > > > > > > > > > > > sources: > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >The > > Hill, > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >The > > Reflector > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Barging In > > USDA researching floating farmland for biofuel crops > > > > > > > > The U.S. Department of Agriculture is > > doing "preliminary research" into growing > > biofuel-bound crops on enormous floating barges, > > USDA Secretary Ed Schafer said at the Mid-America > > Farm Exposition in Salina, Kan., last week. > > Critics of the Bush administration's generous > > subsidies for biofuel crops have raised > > concerns about reduced farmland for food crops, > > and the barge scheme would address that, said > > Schafer. He added, "This 'oceanic farmland' would > > also sequester carbon." The USDA Agricultural > > Research Service plans to present its research on > > amber waves of floating grain within the next week. > > > > > > > > > > > > sources: > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >Forbes, > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >Associated > > Press > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <> Also Changes Name to DumbCar > > General Motors buys SmartCar, shuts down plant > > > > > > > > Yesterday, General Motors bought > > smart-'n'-tiny SmartCar from Mercedes-Benz > > (itself a subsidiary of Daimler AG). And before > > we even had time to write it up, news emerged > > that GM has already shut down a SmartCar plant in > > Michigan. GM execs say they're merely > > streamlining and no jobs will be lost -- laid-off > > employees will be transitioned to elsewhere in > > the company. Activists, however, are skeptical of > > the motives of General Motors, which starred so > > unforgettably in the documentary Who Killed the > > Electric Car? Will the enviro-beloved, teeny-tiny > > Smart Fortwo, which just made its U.S. debut in > > January, meet the EV-1's grisly end? Stay tuned. > > > > > > > > > > > > sources: > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >The > > Wall Street Journal, > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >The > > Washington Post, > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >Detroit > > Free Press > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > GRIST COLUMNS AND FEATURES > > > > > > > > <> Exhale to the Chief > > Umbra on breathing > > > > > > > > Q. Dear Umbra, > > > > I was thinking, while I was exercising the other > > day, that maybe my exertion (aka panting) was > > adding to global warming. Could excess breathing > > put lots of carbon dioxide into the air? Should > > we all be trying to breathe less? > > > > Carl > > Annapolis, Md. > > > > A. Dearest Carl, > > > > Take a deep breath. What I am about to say might > > shock you, but it is an inescapable truth of life > > in the 21st century ... > > > > Read the rest of > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >Umbra's > > answer. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ouch! Your Leg! > > Grist proud of self for funny fooling > > > > > > > > The news in this email is as fake as a > > Seattle tan. Happy April Fool's Day! > > > > > > > > > > > > see also, in Grist: > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >April > > Foolery from past years > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Coming Wednesday: How to green your underwear drawer (no, really!) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > OPINION & ANALYSIS > > > > > > > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA3:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > > > > > > > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA3:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >Go > > with the snow. New campaign will relocate polar > > bears to Antarctica. > > by Lisa Hymas > > > > > > > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >Blink > > and you won't miss it. 'Moderately Paced Food' > > movement aims to find middle ground. > > by Tom Philpott > > > > > > > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >Have > > I mentioned this before? Coal is the enemy of the > > human race. > > by David Roberts > > > > > > > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >On > > the Ball: Undergarments edition. Jock straps go > > green. > > by Sarah K. Burkhalter > > > > > > > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >It's > > gonna be bald. Natalie Portman preggers with > > Moby's love child. > > by Sarah van Schagen > > > > > > > > < > http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E > >Debunking > > Joseph Romm: Part XVI. 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