♥ Name:Shy
♥ Age: 19, going on twenty
♥ Location: A quaint, charming, small town in nowhereville Illinois
♥ Your cupcake history:Sadly the baking skills elude me. But I never turn down a cupcake.. regardless of any diet.
♥ Why you like cupcakes:Mmm, they are mini-cakes. Frosting.. decoration. Because I said so.
♥ Anything to share?:I did find this recipe for zucchini cupcakes with caramelly frosting... but I'd have to go hunt it down.

I can't sleep so I went in my brother's room since he fell asleep with the tv on and it wouldn't wake him up if I kept it on. He's been dead asleep for over and hour and all the sudden he starts laughing and jumps up. I was so scared I nearly fell off my chair.

Rush Limbaugh Rushed to Hospital, In Serious Condition

Various media outlets are reporting radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been rushed to the hospital via ambulance in Honolulu, Hawaii where he was vacationing.  He reportedly had chest pains. From ABC:

KITV television station said Limbaugh was in serious condition at Honolulu’s Queen’s Medical Center after being treated at a hotel by paramedics, citing unnamed sources.

Coincidentally, President Barack Obama is also vacationing in Hawaii right now.

Of course, it didn’t take long for the “sensitive,” “tolerant,” “apostles of peace and love” on the Left to start throwing confetti and celebrating what they hope might be the demise of the King of Conservatism, Most Dangerous Man in America, the Doctor of Democracy, the All-Knowing, All-Sensing, All-Everything Maha Rushie.

Race42012 features some of the well-wishing from the trash that passes for thought on the Left:

@kenneth212 Rush Limbaugh was rushed to the hospital in Honolulu. Maybe Santa did get my letter.
@MelechT Rush Limbaugh was rushed to the Hospital. Just when I thought Christmas was over…
@tontocorazon RT @Pumpy_Beanis DIE RUSH LIMBAUGH YOU F***ING PIG MAN JUST F***ING DIE
@Yves_V So Rush Limbaugh in the hospital? If he dies, 2009 won’t be so bad after all #JustSayin
@JustPlainMike RT @OTOOLEFAN: Rush Limbaugh rushed to the hospital? Are the Death Panels in place yet?
@riegelracing Rush Limbaugh had a heart attack?!?! Its a late birthday present!!!!!!
@RJ_Acosta i now heard this rush guy is an a***ole,Rush Limbaugh,i hope you die in hell mother f****r! >:3

And much, much more.  Liberals are so much more sensitive and tolerant than conservatives, aren’t they?

Conservatism will survive and thrive just fine with or without Rush Limbaugh. Unlike the mindless adulation over Barack Obama, conservatives are about thought and ideas, not emoting, emotionalism, or a cult of personality.

But we wish Rush the best and are praying that God will watch over and heal him, and give the attending doctors and nurses wisdom and ability.

♥ Name: Lori
♥ Age: Between 18 and 23
♥ Location: America
♥ Your cupcake history: I've always loved baking cupcakes!
♥ Why you like cupcakes: They're small, sweet, and can be beautifully decorated.
♥ Anything to share?: Cupcake wise, not at the moment :( I'm sorry!

This community looks like lots of fun and I can't wait to read more entries!

Regime Wages a Quiet War on 'Star Students' of Iran



Behind the drama unfolding in the streets of Iran, the regime is quietly clamping down on some of the nation's best students by derailing their academic and professional careers.

On Wednesday, progovernment militia attacked and beat students at a school in northeastern Iran. Since last Sunday's massive protests nationwide, dozens of university students have been arrested as part of an aggressive policy against what are known as Iran's "star students."

In most places, being a star means ranking top of the class, but in Iran it means your name appears on a list of students considered a threat by the intelligence ministry. It also means a partial or complete ban from education.

The term comes from the fact that some students have learned of their status by seeing stars printed next to their names on test results.
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I've been growing my hair out for around six or seven months, and today that attempt officially became a failure. BUT. I couldn't be happier. :D

BEFORE: (gross picture sorry)


( AFTER! )

i have a quick question;

i'm going to attempt white hair after having tried every other color under the sun. my hair is in good condition, but i want to keep it as healthy as possible throughout the process.

would you recommend doing a protein treatment before or after bleaching? how about multiple times? also, what's your favorite conditioner(other than shimmer-lights which i'll definitely be getting)for this process?

any other general advice? i definitely know what i'm doing, i just want to have as much info as possible. ^.^

( And for good measure, here's a mini-timeline! )

Rep. Mark Kirk To Be Investigated For Possible DADT Violation

12/30/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire



Representative Mark Kirk may end up hoisted on his own petard. It all depends upon the investigation into allegations that his is gay. According to sources within the Pentagon, NCIS has to investigate the allegations made by Rep. Kirk’s opponent in the Republican primary. Andy Martin made the accusations against Rep. Kirk in a recent attack ad. While the ad has been resoundly denounced by the Republicans, the ad’s charges have come to the attention of the military since Rep. Kirk is a member of the Naval Reserves.
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Hey guys. What's your tip of choice to create beautiful swirls of frosting like the cupcakes you see in the supermarket? (Like so: http://agiletools.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/cupcake.jpg). What makes the best icing consistency for said swirls? I've never been able to make a picturesque cupcake, but gosh darnit, tomorrow is the day I will TRY!

my mom's being so irritating right now. "aliens" is on, so I put the tv on that and then decided I'd rather play sims and for the past half-hour, my mom's been whining at me to come back and watch the movie. she's just recently resorted to saying "are you scaaaaaaaared? CHICKEN! COME WATCH IT RIGHT NOW!"

omg stop

Private companies could own, operate and profit from reservoirs and other water-storage projects built with billions in taxpayer dollars under a little-noticed provision of the $11.1 billion water bond that was approved by the Legislature and goes before California voters next year.

Lawmakers barely discussed the provision while considering the bond, and water experts who were asked about it by The Chronicle said they knew little about it or why it was a necessary part of the plan to overhaul the state's water system.

The bond bill's author, state Sen. Dave Cogdill, R-Modesto, and other backers of the proposal said the provision provides the state with flexibility for how water storage projects can be financed.

Critics, however, said it opens the door to the privatization of the state's most precious resource as California's population grows and water becomes more scarce. California historically has retained control of publicly financed water projects. Privatization could allow companies to profit by selling back to the public a resource that is essentially the lifeblood of the state economy, or using it for their own profit-making interests like agriculture.

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Source: SF Gate

Eight GOP Senators Opposed Bill That Funded Airport Screening And Explosive Detection

Some of the same Republican lawmakers currently criticizing the President for softness on terrorism voted back in July 2007 against legislation that, among other reforms, provided $250 million for airport screening and explosive detection equipment.

The Improving America's Security Act of 2007 was a relatively non-controversial measure that effectively implemented several un-acted-upon recommendations from the 9/11 Commission. Eighty-five Senators voted in favor of the bill's passage. Seven missed the vote (several of whom were on the campaign trail, including Barack Obama, John McCain and Chris Dodd).

Eight Republican Senators, however, voted against passage, including Sens. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Tom Coburn (R-Okl.) Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), James Inhofe (R-Okl.) and Jon Kyl (R-Ari.).
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Iranian women attend a pro-government rally Wednesday in Tehran with a poster showing Aayatollahs Khomeini and Khameini.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/12/30/iran.rallies/index.html

(CNN) -- Iran's parliament has asked authorities to arrest "the main instigators and directors" of Sunday's violent anti-government protests, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported Wednesday, the same day massive pro-government rallies were held in Tehran and other cities.

Legislator Hassan Noroozi named three people he said "must be arrested": Mehdi Karoubi, Mir Hossein Moussavi and Fa'ezeh Hashemi. Karoubi and Moussavi are opposition politicians who challenged President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June's elections. Hashemi is the daughter of the former reformist president, Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

"They must not remain on the sidelines and be safe," Noroozi said. "Those who issue statements and invite people to create chaos in the streets and attack one another must be dealt with according to Islamic laws."

In Sunday's protests, at least seven demonstrators were killed in clashes with security forces, although the Iranian government has denied that its security forces killed anyone.

Still, a video released Tuesday appeared to show green and white Iranian police vehicles driving into crowds of protesters and running over at least one. Other videos purported to show people said to have been killed by the police vehicles. Iranian authorities reported that most of the seven dead had died after being struck with "hard objects or due to similar causes," according to chief prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi.
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Thoughts?

New poster, long time lurker. Didn't think I'd actually have to post here but since it's getting rather annoying and I don't know where else to turn too.

( A is for apples... )

Wow sounds like I'm whining but I really needed to get that all out of my system.

I'm in this awkward hair growing out phase right now and it kinda sucks. I've had different lengths and colours my whole life but only have photographs of a handful of cuts/colours.

( So onto the pitiful explanation of my hair history )

Merry Christmas everyone! Yes, I am late in posting this, but that's because I did sooooooo much baking and then had to share! :)

I baked a ton of cookies! Including my theme cookie, Chocolate Peppermint! Mmm! This cookie is so time consuming but totally worth it! It's always requested for holidays :)

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~Kay

I was reading Bingham's blogs, and came across this

I was there at the beginning. In May of 1998 – which is about 100 years ago in internet years – Elite Racing produced the first Rock ‘n’ Roll event in San Diego. The “Suzuki Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon” was the first running event in history where there was no incentive to finish as fast as you could. There were bands at every mile. There were cheer stations. It was truly an event as much as a race. And with the firing of that start gun on that day the world of running changed forever.

(A friend of mine said that it wasn't the first "event"; she wrote, "if anything the first 'event' to do that was the Bay to Breakers which has for most of its lifetime been a 12km long party.")

Tim Murphy, then president of Elite Racing, was the mad scientist that concocted this brew of racing, running, partying, and celebrating. It was, at the time, an absurd idea. Although is seems obvious to us now, very few in the “real” running industry were enthusiastic about a 26.2 mile street party. The criticism was exactly what you’d expect, that it would ruin the sport of running, that it would encourage non-runners to participate, and that eventually marathon running would become popular.

My reaction to this is:

I have an incentive to finish as fast as I can: pride in knowing that I did the best that I could do. It's a race, not an "event", so far as I'm concerned. The expo is an event, and the concert afterwards is an event, but those 26.2 (or 13.1) miles constitute a race, where the objective is to get from start to finish as fast as you can without cheating. Period. And it doesn't matter that I'm slow and will always be among the last to finish; I do it as fast as I'm capable of doing at that given day and time. Even though I always list "finish" as my primary goal, it is not really my primary goal. My primary goal is to finish in the shortest time that I'm capable of doing, without walking if possible.

Sorry about the rant, but I needed to get that out of my system.

http://bellbajao.org/in-the-news/rape-victim-gets-blamed-what-is-your-say-take-the-bell-bajao-poll/

It utterly baffles me that people like this freaking idiot still exists in this world. Do you know how many men I have passed on the streets (at all hours of the fucking day) wearing nothing but khaki shorts and sandals (and I happen to be lucky enough to see a number of them close to where I live in California) that I as a warm blooded female don't feel tempted at all to touch their ripling muscular torso just to meticulously feel the depth of each groove or to feel their firm tush? Doesn't mean I have any right to fulfil my fantasies without their permission simply because of what they wear. Especially if they were gay men, and were not sexually attracted to or even in the least interested in a female, how rude and out of order I would be just to feel so entitled to freely touch a person's privates and molest some person who didn't give me any permission or any indication whatsoever that they wanted to be touched except for (in many cases) minding their own business.

The same goes for this kind of scenario that affects heterosexual men, every woman has every right to wear whatever the hell she feels like wearing in this so-called "free society" without feeling the need to feel ashamed or feeling any asinine need to apologize if something happens to them because of some unruly man. I'll say it again, the only thing a woman is responsible for in these sticky situations is to actually know how to physically defend themselves instead of waiting for a man or a police officer to rescue them, or at least acquire a license and buy a gun. Take self defense classes, but be damned if a woman is forced to change her entire wardrobe to suit some animal's libido.

How many men are going to continiously get away with rape in the world or actually become sympathised by a society for raping a woman because of what the woman was wearing?