http://its-happening-now.com Can you believe it? Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:50:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en OK, let me get this straight: 1. It's OK for Sarah Palin to support the passage of laws that would force you or me to give birth to a baby we don't want, even if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest... And it's OK for Palin to point to ... http://its-happening-now.com/palin-media-coverage-sexist Among the various disclosures about Sarah Palin, the GOP VP choice, was the fact that she was once a member of the Alaskan Independence Party. If she once agreed with the main policy ideas of this organization, it will help voters know what they may be getting if they choose ... http://its-happening-now.com/alaskan-independence-party The blogosphere has been churning in the last few days with questions about Sarah Palin's fifth baby. Daily Kos picked up the Alaskan rumor that Sarah's newest son, a Down's baby, is actually her 17-year old daughter's. OK, it was an interesting question, brought on by Palin's somewhat strange behavior after ... http://its-happening-now.com/palin-baby-rumor When we see news articles about international food prices going up and bread riots happening in Egypt, Mexico and other places around the world, we hope it never happens here. But of course, with the recession looming, it could. Prices are already up for food in the US, although most people ... http://its-happening-now.com/food-prices I spent all day yesterday writing a review of the Internet's top 10 diets for one of my other sites. The Master Cleanse Diet, (aka the Lemonade diet), was number four on the list, which I found rather shocking. Then I woke up this morning and found that the ... http://its-happening-now.com/do-the-master-cleanse-diet-this-author-says-dont I was watching Don Rickles insulting people back when I was a kid, and believe me, that was a long time ago. I probably caught this TV show when it first came out -  Mr. Rickles, the Merchant of Venom, making nasty with his friends in Vegas at a ... http://its-happening-now.com/rickles It looks like the One Laptop Per Child scheme has hit another roadblock - a patent infringement lawsuit. Founder Nicholas Negroponte first came up with the idea of creating a cheap, easy-to-operate laptop computer, with the hugely exciting intention of making them cheap enough that even third world countries could afford ... http://its-happening-now.com/olpc My dog finds sticks and dead squirrels - but Luciano Savini's dog found his owner a giant truffle that brought $330,000 (£165,000) at an auction held simultaneously in Macau, London and Florence. The giant truffle weighed 1.5kg (3.3lb), and was found near Pisa in northern Italy. The winning bidder was Mr. ... http://its-happening-now.com/giant-truffle The big question of the moment is "how will Don Imus act on Monday?" He's coming back to radio on the Citadel Broadcasting radio, after his eight-month time out for bad behavior. The buzz will bring in lots of listeners, without a doubt. And a bit of cash, too. Imus' ... http://its-happening-now.com/imus I don't watch TV myself, but I did enjoy watching this one on YouTube - goes to show you that even old folks are willing to make fools of themselves if there's enough money in it: http://its-happening-now.com/boost-mobile