Well, not like that. That's not for love, that's just for cigarettes at boarding school:

British man is giving a whole new meaning to begging to be loved as he set off on a 55-mile (88.5 kilometres) crawl on his hands and knees to find a partner.

With a sign saying "Could you Love Me?" strapped to his back and 18 boxes of chocolates trailing behind him on string tied to his wrists and ankles, Mark McGowan began his unusual quest to find a girlfriend.

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The 37-year-old performance artist, who said he is also hoping to raise awareness of people left lonely and isolated during the festive period, is hoping to complete the back-breaking task within 30 days.

"I can remember one Christmas I wasn't in a relationship and didn't want to spend it with my family. I ended up cooking two fish fingers. I'm sure a lot of people have had that experience," he said during a well-earned break en-route.

"Some people can spend Christmas in utter desperation and misery and find it difficult to cope with. I hope this encourages people to maybe invite someone over."

McGowan, from Peckham, south London, is no stranger to bizarre stunts or being so close to the tarmac: in 2003 he spent two weeks rolling a monkey nut with his nose seven miles to Downing Street to protest against student debt.

Performance artist, huh? How politically correct. I remember the days when we used to call 'em old-fashioned retards.

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Accent on "f'n'":

Because the troops are no longer allowed access to booze or prostitutes in the war zone, and about fifteen percent of the troops are female, there is a lot of sexual activity among the troops. This is largely against the regulations. But enforcing a ban on consensual sex is seen as counter-productive, and the hanky-panky is tolerated. For the moment.

I guess they can also evaluate whether or not this is as deleterious to morale and unit cohesion as has been feared.

Thanks to steve_in_hb.

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... and gets it to release his leg.

Brian Anderson, 31, was surfing on Saturday off the coast of the northwestern state of Oregon when he felt something grab his leg.
Mr Anderson turned around and punched the shark in the nose.

"I acted on instinct," he told ABC news.

The shark let go, and despite losing blood Mr Anderson made it back to shore, where he tied his wound as he waited for an ambulance.

Nice. I'd like to know if that jab-the-shark-in-the-eye trick works. Maybe Mr. Andreson could be persuaded to try it out for us.

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And just so the anonymous feminista of perpetual outrage understands, I am definitely not cool with that.

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...because it was women not wearing headscarves that caused the tsunami.

Honestly, these guys need to get laid.

Dudes? Margaritaville is a fun sing-a-long, not a detailed plan for climate modification.

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Gotta have something to show for the last week or so... more...

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They don't say they'll be playing Iraq, but they do say they'll be in "the Middle East."

Read down to the next article for GOPers attempt, not really working so well, to have Congressmen and their staffs bring purple-stained fingers to work.

Thanks to Armchair in Sin.

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They're Egyptians, not Americans:

The State Department has launched an investigation into whether hard-line Islamic employees at the U.S Embassy in Egypt are working behind the scenes to deny visas to Coptic Christians, The Post has learned.

State Department officials are closely examining 15 to 20 Egyptian employees of the embassy's consular section after top officials received complaints from lawyers and human-rights groups about discriminatory behavior toward the Copts seeking visas to the United States, sources said.

Hundreds, possibly thousands, may have been wrongly denied visas, sources said.

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Among those making complaints to the State Department is a Christian man who was seeking to donate a kidney to an uncle in New Jersey.

He says he was twice told to remove the cross he was wearing if he wanted a visa. He refused and was denied a visa.

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There have also been complaints that these employees keep posters in the embassy promoting supporters of the Hamas terror group.

What the hell is the problem with the State Department? It's nice that they've begun an investigation, but what the hell are these people doing collecting money from the US government and, perhaps, jeopardizing embassy security?

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Jack Kelly, quoted at Michelle Malkin's:

It is despicable, but not illegal, for the news media to publish vital national secrets leaked to them. But the leakers have committed a felony.
Those who have demanded severe punishment for whoever it was who told reporters that Valerie Plame worked at the CIA have been remarkably forgiving about who leaked the existence of the NSA intercept program, which - like the earlier leak of secret CIA prisons for al-Qaeda bigwigs and unlike the Plame kerfuffle - has done serious harm to our national security.

But fortunately, by clapping New York Times reporter Judith Miller in irons until she talked, overzealous special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has set a valuable precedent.

Attorney General Gonzales should subpoena Mr. Risen and Mr. Lichtblau, and have them cited for contempt of court if they do not disclose their source or sources. Maybe they could share Judy Miller's old cell.

It's important to keep in mind it's not the reporters who have a sworn duty to keep classified information secret. It's the people actually entrusted with the information, the leakers themselves. Still, if a few reporters have to cool their heels in the clink until they give up their sources, it's worth it. It would certainly discourage would-be leakers to know their sources will be pressured into giving them up.

But we still don't know if an investigation into the leaks has even begun.

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From DefenseTech:

This is it folks, this is what a peaceful, democratic, multi-ethnic and religiously-tolerant Iraq looks like. The Western media's myopic focus on Baghdad and Arab Iraq means it's missed a quarter of the story, the northern quarter, where five million people are building the Middle East's first indigenous democracy from scratch. Every day Kurds thank me, believing I represent all Americans. They thank me for freeing them from a murderous tyrant. They thank me for saving their lives and their families' lives. They tell me that they understand we went to war for many reasons, some quite bad. Still, they say, no American has died in vain here, for even if there were no weapons of mass destruction, even if Iraq had nothing to do with Sept. 11, there is at least one good reason to fight and die in Iraq.

In fact, there are five million.

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