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Category Archives: News
Michael Jackson
I just gotta say, I’m so sick of the starstruck idiots who can’t help but solely blame the victims’ parents and excuse MJ by saying “well, he is weird, but…” But what? The man is clearly guilty, and if he … Continue reading
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Scam Spammers
No less than one hour after reading this story did I receive an e-mail from Belgium soliciting my help (read: money) to “handle a strictly confidential transaction which involves a large sum of money.” But my response to the junk … Continue reading
Wackos for Jacko
Sure, I believe in “innocent until proven guilty,” but these people are fucking nut jobs.
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Bogus Money
Looks like people are already counterfeiting the new bills: Only a month since the rollout of retooled $20 bills meant to thwart counterfeiters, knockoffs of the colorized currency are already starting to circulate, authorities say. The latest case is that … Continue reading
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Little Smartass
This sounds like something I’d have done as a kid: James Campbell, 62, received a deferred sentence last week for assault stemming from the Oct. 8 incident. The charge was leveled against Campbell after a 12-year-old passenger on the bus … Continue reading
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Bummer
The beginning of this story brought a smile to my face: A week ago, in the middle of the night, 20 new Hummer H2’s worth about $50,000 apiece were set aflame and destroyed at a car dealership here, part of … Continue reading
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Free Will
This New York Times article offers us a glimpse of those last, desperate moments before the Twin Towers collapsed on 9/11: “After about 15 minutes, Frank returned to the corner office,” Ms. Serpe said in a statement she provided to … Continue reading
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OxyMoron
Lou Dobbs on CNN just now: “Gentlemen, just a second, let me just set the record straight here, and I think we can reach agreement. We can agree that the 10 Commandments are a fundamental element of the Judeo-Christian legal … Continue reading
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Praise Jesus
Funny, you never hear Republicans complaining about this kind of judicial activism: The Alabama chief justice locked in a fierce battle with a federal court vowed Thursday that he would not remove a monument of the Ten Commandments from the … Continue reading
The Important Stuff
“Storm clouds are gathering for the Bush administration. More and more people becoming despondent about growing joblessness and the stagnant economy, and there’s no end in sight.” “Furthermore, American soldiers continue to die in Iraq, as the questions mount over … Continue reading
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Friends With Benefits
Maybe someone can explain to me, rationally, the straight case against gay marriage. The statements I’ve seen thus far have been rather vacuous, characterized more by well-I-just-think-it’s-wrong dismissals than serious, thoughtful misgivings. Others put forward self-contradicting arguments that are absurd … Continue reading
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Tales of Separatism
Two stories that appeared in the news recently have a lot in common. The first (from Eric Lindstrom) describes the furor over a white teacher being assigned to teach black history to black students. NewsChannel5 reported that a scheduling conflict … Continue reading
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Strategery
It was pretty interesting watching the Democrats and Republicans flub the political opportunities provided by Tuesday’s events. Uday and Qusay are dead, and nobody gets the credit. The Democrats need to get out in front of events like these. “Of … Continue reading
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“Bring them on”
President Bush yesterday delivered a colloquial taunt to militants who have been attacking U.S. troops in Iraq, saying ‘bring ’em on’ and asserting that the forces in Iraq are ‘plenty tough’ to deal with the threat. So George W. Bush, … Continue reading
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“Judicial Activism” on Privacy
I’m tired of hearing the press refer to the recent Supreme Court decision solely as “a victory for gay rights.” The media, which habitually opts for the salacious and controversial over the serious, is only focusing on the lower half … Continue reading
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Total War
Michael Totten thinks there will not be a chance for peace in the Middle East until there is “a brief and total war” between the Israelis and the Palestinians: The Palestinian regime will be demolished. The Al Aqsa Martyr’s Brigades, … Continue reading
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Split ‘Em Up
It seems that more and more schools are turning to single-sex classrooms to increase academic performance and cut down in disciplinary problems: In math, science, social studies and English, students are segregated into all-boy and all-girl groups. Though the latest … Continue reading
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A Museum Massacre?
Looters have apparently smashed and stolen many artifacts in the National Museum of Antiquities in Baghdad. As employees returned today to survey the damage at one of the world’s greatest repositories of artifacts, they encountered devastation that defied their worst … Continue reading
A Wrenching Injustice
This is why I only support the death penalty in cases of DNA (or other forensic) evidence. Sadly, this is just one in a long line of cases where individuals have lost their best years because of unreliable witnesses and … Continue reading
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Check the Facts
This was a headline flashed at the bottom of the screen on CNN: “TURKEY FEARS IRAQIS WILL CREATE A TURKISH STATE” And then, this one: “TURKISH SEPARATISTS HAVE LONG FOUGHT FOR AUTONOMY” CNN is usually on the ball, but that … Continue reading
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Enough Already
If I hear the term “shock and awe” one more time, I’m going to take a hammer to the TV set. At this point, it’s clear that we’re not only targeting the top leadership, but also covertly using special forces … Continue reading
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Shouldn’t they be stopping terrorists?
I found this incident laughable, yet infuriating.
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