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Day: October 29, 2008
The Life and Death of a Pumpkin
Halloween Drive-in Promo (1965)
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Press Release of the Day
Nothing says class like turning a tragedy into a marketing opportunity:
Could a bedside shotgun rack have saved jennifer hudson’s family from tragic death?
Chicago, IL (MMD Newswire) October 28, 2008 — Tragedy strikes in a Chicago home leaving 3 people dead and an Oscar winner forced to identify the bodies of her family.
Jennifer Hudson’s mother and brother were gunned down in their home Friday. Could an invaluable device have saved their lives? It’s called The BackUp and it is a bedside shotgun rack.
Everyday, there are over 8,000 home invasions in America, many resulting in assault, rape, and murder. That’s according to a report by the US Department of Justice.
Whether it is someone known or a stranger entering the home, too many people in this country are paying with their lives during these home invasions. The Hudson family is just one of far too many Americans gunned down in their own home.
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Sheppard Smith blasts Joe the (Unlicensed) Plumber
I’ve come to the conclusion that John McCain doesn’t want to be president. Either that or he’s completely insane.
Question of the Day – Redux
What’s the best vampire book ever? And to make it interesting, let’s take Bram Stoker’s Dracula out of the equation.
Or what’s the scariest book you’ve ever read?
Woman Paints Lawn After Sign is Stolen
From KXAN:
After the Barack Obama sign was stolen from her front yard, Shannon Bennett painted a more permanent one with 12 cans of spray-paint and her front lawn as the canvas. “I just wanted to be able to say who I support, without being censored, which is how I felt when my sign was taken,” said Bennett. She painted a large, red, white, and blue symbol in the front yard, using her old Obama sign as an inspiration.
“The signs cost money and it’s coming into my front yard and taking away my freedom of expression,” said Bennett. She said she has not received any complaints from neighbors and the makeshift sign has been in the yard for a week. In an election year, sometimes driveways and sidewalks become battle lines, but not in Bennett’s Northwest Austin neighborhood.