Archive for November, 2006
Saturday, November 18th, 2006
It seemed like such a quaint little scene last week when Miz Nancy and Shrub met for tea and cucumber sandwiches at the White House. Although the pair both gritted their teeth like crazy mad dental victims, they managed to croak all the right words about bipartisanship and joining hands ...
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Saturday, November 18th, 2006
let Nancy Pelosie back Alcee Hastings to head the intelligence committee.
I'll just let Byron York tell you why.
If Byron York doesn't jangle your chains, perhaps the L. A. Times will be more to your liking.
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Friday, November 17th, 2006
that was Connery. For sheer flair, one-line zingers and panache, Sean takes the prize as far as I'm concerned. However, Daniel Craig is a worthy successor to the Bond line. He brings an earthy ruggedness to the role that past actors have not.
The movie was pretty exciting, nevertheless, in between ...
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Friday, November 17th, 2006
Falling gasoline prices leading up to the mid-term elections were viewed with some skepticism by consumers who surmised that voter anger over high gas prices were being manipulated for political reasons. As the election got closer, gas prices kept falling. Many believed that once the elections were over that gas ...
Posted in Current Affairs, Politics | 12 Comments »
Thursday, November 16th, 2006
(new House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi)
...because Hell just froze over!!!
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Thursday, November 16th, 2006
Take Resveratrol!
Okay, maybe they should think about a snappier name before marketing it to humans. Something like "Fountain of Youth"
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Thursday, November 16th, 2006
(this is a expurgated version of a reply I wrote to Objectivist Metalhead, SteveIL, on Bringiton.org)
Millions upon billions upon trillions of little organic fuel fires, from internal combustions to boilers to power plants to contolled burns to cigarettes to steam engines to furnaces to gas ovens to wood stoves to ...
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Thursday, November 16th, 2006
You Dont Know Jack but somebody does.
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Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
No, not the administration. This time I mean the Democrats. One of the criticisms of Bush is that he ignored the generals in his policy in Iraq. Now the top generals in Iraq are warning against a timetable for withdrawal of troops from Iraq and the question is, will they ...
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Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
Hasanuddin allegedly returned from a visit to members of Philippines Islamist group the Moro Islamic Liberation Front with tales of how that organisation regularly staged bombings to coincide with Lebaran, the festival that ends the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. He later spoke with a preacher in Poso, Central Sulawesi, ...
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