811. Dicotine warning

823: National Character Counts Week

How does this character count? Let me count the ways....

National Character Counts Week: October 15-21, 2006

825. Go to the mirror boy

Bush signs torture bill.... ''one of the worst civil liberties measures ever enacted in American history.''

826. You betcha!

Last trade: 31.1

Today's chart on the GOP retaining control of the House, from Tradesports.com, an Irish betting exchange. This contact reached a high of 89.0 in October, 2005, and was nearly 60 less than a month ago.

828. Proxy

From Wikipedia:

Fabricated and Induced Illness (Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy)

In FII a caregiver feigns or induces an illness in another person, usually her or his child, to gain attention and sympathy as the "worried" parent. Although Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP) cases with feigned or induced physical illness receive the most attention, it is also possible in parents who emotionally abuse their child, then claim psychiatric and/or genetic problems.

FII is a form of child abuse.....

Doesn't this sound like the way the psychopath in the White House treats the country?

831. Fission accomplished (part 3)

838. QWERTY

Associated Press (WEST PALM BEACH, FL) -- As the unfolding story gets stranger by the day, disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley's high school typing teacher was arrested as an "accessory before the fact" in the burgeoning Internet sex and cover-up scandal. Ava Janowski of Lake Worth, Florida was quietly taken into FBI custody early Wednesday morning.