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Okay, growing up there was a popular saying around here among men. “If I could get prgnant, I would be rich”. I’m sure you heard it? No? Well anyways, we have a winner, by a man named Thomas Beattie, who lives in Oregon and is married to his wife Nancy.

Thomas is a transgender, legally male, and legally married to his female wife, Nancy.

Unlike couples in same-sex marriages, domestic partnerships, or civil unions, Thomas and Nancy are afforded the more than 1,100 federal rights of marriage. Sterilization is not a requirement for sex reassignment, so Thomas decided to have chest reconstruction and testosterone therapy but kept his reductive organs.

Thomas claims “to have a biological child is not a male or female desire, but a human desire”.

This could be the weirdest news story to ever break on the planet, and I definately do believe Thomas and Nancy will become very wealthy if the birth is a success.

I was reading some interesting stuff about beer and cancer the other day. It seems that the hops in beer is a great anti-cancer fighter. To dig a little deeper, it is actually a substance in the hops, called Xanthohumol which has been shown to be a very active substance against cancer. Xanthohumol is found in hops which all avid beer enthusiasts know, is the main ingredient in beer.

Even though hops are not new, scientists have found something new inside hops: Xanthohumol, or Xan for short, that is a powerful antioxidant. It comes in small sticky beads, which can be found within the hops. Xanthohumol contains a family of enzymes called cytochromes that can deactivate the cancer process. It also helps the body detoxify carcinogens, stopping tumor growth at an early stage. Preliminary studies show that Xan can kill breast, colon, ovarian and even prostate cancers. Xanthohumol contains more powerful antioxidents than the great Vitamin E itself.

According to the guys over at Yahoo Buzz, there seems to be an extreme trend in searches for ‘Chuck Norris’ and ‘Mike Huckabee’, ever since Norris started endorsing the  presidential candidate who is the former Governor of Arkansas.

Some of Huckabee’s main campaign agenda includes finding a way to improve the nation’s infrastructure, education system, environmental policy and failing health care system.

Norris has a running endorsement via television, and can be seen over on YouTube.com.

All I can say is that Chuck has a lot of sway with a lot of people, and his backing of Huckabee could prove to be a HUGE advantage.

Huckabee, you have my vote…..HI-YAH!

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, recycling has continued to rise across the United States.

Today, 50% of all paper is recycled, along with 35% of all plastic soft drink and water bottles are recycled. In addition, 45% of aluminum beer and soda cans are being recycled.

Perhaps, the biggest surprise, is those of appliances, in which there has been a 67% increase in recycling.

Great job America!

Starting today, Monday, Nov. 12, U.S. and Canadian residents will have a really cool opportunity to add charity to their holiday shopping lists. The “One Laptop Per Child Organization” is offering a unique opportunity to purchase two XO laptops—one that will be given to a child in a developing country, and the other to keep or donate locally.

For all U.S. donors who participate in the Give One Get One program, T-Mobile is offering one year of complimentary HotSpot access.

It’s called “Give One Get One” and it costs $399, which will be good until Dec 31st. The XO laptops are  laptops designed for education and connecting kids in developing countries who have never worked with a computer before.

The energy-efficient computers have hi-res screens, cameras, and p2p wireless communication capabilities built in. They run on free open source software with 1GB flash memory and a low power processor so it can be easily maintained. This unique laptop can be powered by solar energy, a foot pump, or  pull-string powered chargers!