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Re: T-shirts, magazines ... and pickles

scharrison — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:19:14 -0400

Not many people know this, Ryan, but both African and Asian elephants love pickles, and they've been known to travel great distances to acquire them. Unfortunately, the ivory traders know this, which is why the trail leading to the cliff edge above the elephant's graveyard is littered with empty pickle jars. It's a problem. The U.N. has attempted to outlaw what's known as "Pickle Ivory", but so far it's barely made a dent...okay, I went too far with that last part. ;)

Tim Johnson Wife Beater?

PoliticalJunkie — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:25:48 -0400

According to WLOS TV in Asheville one of the leading candidates for NCGOP Vice-Chair was convicted of beating his wife. Can Dome confirm this?

T-shirts, magazines ... and pickles

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:47:03 -0400

Sponsor booths lining the hallways of the state Raleigh Convention Center are selling some goods that all Carolina Republicans probably need.

Some of the items are expected. T-shirts bearing the GOP's logo, conservative magazines and other periodicals, and books by conservative icons such as Ron Paul, are all being sold by different groups, Kevin Kiley reported.

And some of the items are not so conventional, including ties bearing presidents' faces and — seemingly unrelated to politics at all — pickles, which are being hawked by the Republican Party of Wayne County, home of the Mt. Olive pickle company.