Ted's Soapbox 2.0

The little one has gotten over his bout of Fifth disease. He was back in school today. It doesn’t seem to last very long.

Shane has received an offer to cut someone’s grass after they move. I told him he had to prove to me he could do it by cutting our grass first. That was yesterday, today, I cut the grass.

All the dogs seem to be getting along again. No fighting which is good since I really can’t afford more Vet bills.

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WANTED

INTERPOL is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man pictured sexually abusing children in a series of images found on the Internet and retrieved from the computer of a convicted pedophile.

The man, whose name, nationality and location are unknown is featured in approximately 100 images in a series of around 800, which are believed to have been taken in Southeast Asia and depict the sexual abuse of at least three boys aged between six and 10 years old. The first pictures of the man were originally discovered by police in Norway in March 2006.

“The law enforcement community around the world has done all it can to find this man who clearly presents a danger to young children, and we are now asking the public to help identify this predator and protect other potential victims from abuse,” said INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble.

Members of the public should not take any direct action themselves. JUST CASTRATE HIM!

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PUTIN’S LAST DAY

Vladimir Putin spends his last day as Russia’s President. The inauguration of President Elect Dmitry Medvedev will take place on Wednesday, May 7. Speaking about his presidency, Putin said that he was an employee who provided services to the people. He also said once that he was working for Russia like a slave on a galley.

Putin has traveled all across Russia – 212 cities – during eight years of his presidency. He also visited 74 foreign countries, ITAR-TASS reports. He conducted about 150 meetings with foreign officials a year. The Kremlin archives now store 1,409 speeches made by Putin during foreign political contacts. Putin’s last international meeting took place in the Kremlin with the Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis on April 29.

In addition to personal meetings, Putin often communicated with foreign leaders on the phone. He annually had about a hundred of such talks. Putin’s last phone conversation with a leader of a foreign country took place on May 4 with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, whom Putin congratulated on his 80th birthday.

As for large international events, Putin most often participated in CIS summits. There were 64 of those summits in total. He also took part in 17 Russia-EU summits, seven meetings with APEC and three UN General Assemblies. To crown it all, Putin participated in G8 and SOC summits eight times.

On May 7 State Duma deputies will participate in the inauguration ceremony of President Elect Dmitry Medvedev. On May 8 deputies will hold a special meeting to approve Vladimir Putin for the position of the Russian Prime Minister.

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“I don’t think we need to be subliminable about the differences between our views on prescription drugs.”

George W. Bush
September 12, 2000
Quoted by Slate magazine from comments in Orlando, Florida.

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259 Days Left
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Number of Operations Iraq Freedom and Enduring
Freedom casualties as confirmed by U.S. Central
Command: 4543

Its more than just a number