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10,000 McCainiacs
John McCain has created a monster that's turned on him.

Pick out a pumpkin and then check out Stade's Famous 40-foot-barrel pumpkin cannon

Visit their website for more details: http://www.shadesofautumn.net/home.php

Halloween Bowling Game........ OK - this is really fun! It's a MUST
PLAY!!!
Also, great graphics.

Happy Halloween!

To start: Click here: http://www.itsga.com/fun/cat_new.swf

Hmmm does anyone want to take the over/under on how many sexy Palin's there will be this Halloween?

Thanks to my new twitter friend Rogbark for twitting this to me.

From: trickynho
Sketch comedy from BBC3's Man Stroke Woman. Series 1 Episode 6. Nicholas Burns, Daisy Haggard, Ben Crompton and Nick Frost.

Does anyone else have a "Man Cold"? :)

Obama and McCain answer Bill's question.

Obama and McCain debate the issues; Featuring Bill Murray and Chris Parnell:

Jon Stewart continues making fun of Bush.
Clusterf#@k to the Poor House - Financial Crisis Cartoons:

Fox Panic:

I know I have posted this video earlier this week, but I have posted again for those who may have missed it.

Washington approves the bailout package:

Sen. Biden and Gov. Palin go head to head:

The self-proclaimed 'Coupon Mom' has the tips that will help you save big bucks at the grocery store.

Check out her site here -> http://couponmom.com/index.php?cid=403

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Some guys on the net are "Turning the economic crisis into one of those clever internet memes."

http://sadguysontradingfloors.tumblr.com/

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Yes AIG is receiving more cash.

AIG Gets More Government Bailout Cash
Only one day after it was revealed that AIG had sprung for a $440,000 spa vacation shortly after getting an $84 billion government-loan bailout comes this report: The government is loaning AIG another $38 billion.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/livecoverage/2008/10/government_to_give...

So much for the lawmakers being upset about AIG 440,000 party at tax pauor expense. The Lawmakers are so upset tht a day, ONE DAY, after the hearings our beloved goverment gives them another 36 BILLION. That will show AIG that the tax payor has had enough. You Betcha. Why don't the just empty the treasury and put us out of our misery

Posted by: Robert | October 8, 2008 6:43 PM

This started at 10am today(10/8) and they had 3 left! Good Luck! It's worth the trip, even if you don't win a game. There are other prizes being offered and LegoLand is pretty cool!

Join Melissa and the 9FM Street Team this Wednesday from 10am-1pm at the Legoland Discovery Center in Schaumburg. We'll be rocking and blocking all morning! If you haven't been to Legoland Discovery Center yet, let Melissa be your guide through one of the coolest places in Chicagoland. Your kids will go crazy for the Four-D Movie, Interactive Building Area and even an enourmous Chicago Skyline made entirely of Legos. To win a Family Four Pack of tickets

http://www.weplayanything.com/calendar/events.shtml

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New in Labs: Stop sending mail you later regret
Monday, October 06, 2008 6:25 PM
Posted by Jon Perlow, Gmail engineer

Sometimes I send messages I shouldn't send. Like the time I told that girl I had a crush on her over text message. Or the time I sent that late night email to my ex-girlfriend that we should get back together. Gmail can't always prevent you from sending messages you might later regret, but today we're launching a new Labs feature I wrote called Mail Goggles which may help.

When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you're really sure you want to send that late night Friday email. And what better way to check than by making you solve a few simple math problems after you click send to verify you're in the right state of mind?

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-in-labs-stop-sending-mail-you-...

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The SNL bail out skit video keeps on getting pulled off of youtube because of it's content.
I found it on this site, but I'm not sure how long they will be able to host it:
http://centristnetblog.com/2008election/banned-snl-video/

Here is more on information on why it was banned:
http://wwwwakeupamericans-spree.blogspot.com/2008/10/wachovia-debacle-an...

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The AIG execs really really needed that retreat. Right?

Posted by Mike Carney:
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., described what investigators found during a hearing this morning on Capitol Hill:

AIG execs went on $500K retreat within days of taxpayer bailout
After the bailout of AIG last month, the United States government effectively bought an 80% share in the company. That should have caused a fundamental change, you would think, in how the company was spending funds on compensation, bonuses and benefits.

But it doesn't look like that's what happened. The committee learned that shortly after the bailout went through, executives from AIG's major U.S. life insurance subsidiary, AIG American General, held a week-long conference at an exclusive resort in California.

The resort is called the St. Regis Monarch Beach. ... It's very impressive. This is an exclusive resort. The rooms start, gentlemen, at $425 a night. Some are more than $1,200 a night.

... We contacted the resort where AIG held this week-long event, and we requested copies of AIG's bills. We learned that AIG spent nearly $500,000 in a single week at the -- at this hotel. Now, this was right after the bailout.

... Let me describe some of the -- the charges that -- that the shareholders who are now U.S. taxpayers had to pay. Check this out.

AIG spent $200,000 for hotel rooms, and almost $150,000 for catered banquets. AIG spent -- listen to this one -- $23,000 at the hotel spa and another $1,400 at the salon. They were getting their manicures, their facials, their pedicures and their massages while the American people were -- were footing the bill.

And they spent another $10,000 for -- I don't know what this is -- leisure dining.

Really if your going to hear that the dow dropped 800 points, you might as well hear it from one of these top newscasters.

Top 25 Sexiest Newscasters
by David Schwartz
http://www.hecklerspray.com/top-25-sexiest-newscasters/200816347.php

And to take your mind off our Chicago basesball teams:
http://funtasticus.com/20080926/hottest-espn-reporters/

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A couple videos to get you ready for tonight's debate.

Vice Presidential Common Man-Off
Sarah Palin and Joe Biden participate in an old-fashioned common man-off.

The Word - Maverick Without A Cause
If you want real candidates of change, go with the team that is so committed to a brighter tomorrow they won't discuss what happened yesterday.

If the Cubs were a bird, I am this poor poor poor reporter:

I and most Cubs fans felt like someone just died this weekend, therefore a shrine was built.

Check out the story written by Maureen O'donnell:
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/1204322,CST-NWS-cubsfan06.a...

Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder lets his passion for the Cubs shine through in this tribute song to the Chicago Cubs.