Posted in May 10th, 2008
Imagine swimming in the Gulf of Mexico when suddenly you are hit without warning in the face by a diving pelican. I guess it was really hungry to dive for human beings instead of fish.
This is what happened in Tampa Florida to Debbie Shoemaker Thursday while swimming just off Treasure Island. According to Tampa Bay […]
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Posted in May 7th, 2008
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Barack Obama (D-IL) had said that IN would be the tie-breaker, after Hillary Clinton (D-NY) won PA and he won NC as he was expecting to. And so the tie was broken – but just barely. Hillary won IN 51 percent to 49 percent, and lost NC by 41 percent to 56 percent.
Hillary’s disappointing […]
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Posted in May 6th, 2008
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New Jersey art dealer, George Wieschenberg of Lambertville, was sentenced to six years of prison for being a marijuana “farmer.”
According to MSNBC, Wieschenberg, pleaded guilty to “operating a marijuana production facility,” in which he grew marijuana plants, said State Attorney General Anne Milgrim.
Back in October of 2007, New Jersey State Police officers saw large marijuana […]
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Posted in April 22nd, 2008
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April 22 is here–Earth Day, and Scorched Earth Day in Pennsylvania. Only fools predict political outcomes this year. I qualify. So here’s what’s going to happen.
Hillary will probably win the primary. If she wins by any more than two percent, she will trumpet her triumph as a come-from-behind victory, even though she started with a 20 […]
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Posted in March 14th, 2008
Florida Democrats have been unable to agree on a solution for their primary mess, but it looks like Michigan may have a plan.
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Posted in March 12th, 2008
I normally don’t blog political anymore. I got burnt out on politics during the ‘04 election period. The political discussion during that time became reduced to a shouting match between all parties and actual discourse was thrown out the window. However I will blog about the politics of crime if I’m so moved. It took […]
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Posted in February 19th, 2008
Cuban Leader Fidel Castro Resigns
The Dictator came to power by Overthrowing Dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959
Fifteen Memorable Fidel Castro Quotes to Mark the Occasion
Fidel Castro has resigned.
Finally.
Officially.
Let the celebrations in Miami begin!
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926) was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008. He came to power in an armed […]
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Posted in February 16th, 2008
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Equinox Fitness Club’s new print advertising campaign depicts four nuns - wearing habits and rosary beads around their necks - sketching the figure of a nude man. Actually two of the nuns are sketching, the other two are gawking. One of the nuns, who is seated, has her skirt hiked high enough up her thigh […]
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Posted in February 15th, 2008
OJ Simpson’s Girlfriend, Christine Prody, Remains Hospitalized
The Police have been Called Five Times over the last Several Years to the Couple’s Home
A Brief History of OJ’s Women
A Look at The Couple’s Tawdry Past
In 2000, police were called to Simpson’s home after girlfriend Christie Prody allegedly had a problem with drugs, and Simpson placed […]
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Posted in February 14th, 2008
O.J. Simpson’s Girlfriend, Christie Prody, is in Intensive Care
The doctor says it appears she’s been beaten and may need surgery
OJ says she’s a Drunk and fell down and hit her head
Christie Prody
Was it a “fall” at a local gas station or an assault that landed OJ Simpson’s longtime girlfriend, Christie Prody, in Baptist Hospital’s intensive […]
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Posted in February 8th, 2008
A Palm Beach paper Has a Story About Rush Limbaugh Drinking a Cocktail
An ‘Expert’ in the form of a “Treatment Specialist” is Summoned
Although Limbaugh Exhibits no Problem Behavior, You’d Never Know it
Conservatives Have to Bend Principles to Support the War on Drugs
Another Expensive “War” Gone Awry
About 14 or 15 years ago, an email was sent […]
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Posted in February 4th, 2008
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(London, UK) The Autism Awareness Campaign UK is urging the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt.Rev. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of York, Rt.Rev.Dr.John Sentamu, the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormack Murphy O’Connor and other senior church leaders to speak out on the suffering of some parents, carers and people with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome on Autism Sunday […]
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Posted in January 31st, 2008
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ALONG THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Will A Year of Firsts Yield
More of The Same Old, Same Old?
January 30, 2008
By RB Scott
Boston, Massachusetts
Note: RB Scott, a former staff writer and editor at Time, Life, People and Sports Illustrated, frequently writes about national politics.
As the barrow pit alongside the campaign expressway collects more roadkill (Chris Dodd, Bill Richardson, […]
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Posted in January 30th, 2008
I like C.N.N but Wolf & company tend to dam Senator Clinton with the faintest of praise. While reminding me of middle aged housewives. Watching a portly Elvis waddle on to a Vegas stage when ever Barrack is cued on the video feed.
Fair enough, I and the Republic win no matter which of the two are wheels down on the Denver tarmac […]
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Posted in January 29th, 2008
Hillary Clinton (NY) won the FL Democrat primary, and gets bragging rights (“I am thrilled to have had this vote of confidence that you have given me today”) but no convention delegates because the national committee stripped the state of its delegates as punishment for moving up the date of the primary election from February […]
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Posted in January 29th, 2008
The FL Republican primary was do or die for Rudy Giuliani (NY). For weeks, pundits waited with bated breath to see whether Rudy would “do,” like John McCain (AZ) in NH or “die,” like Fred Thompson (TN) in SC.
Well, the votes are in and Rudy’s out. McCain got 36 percent of the vote; Mitt Romney […]
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Posted in January 27th, 2008
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The Ron Paul Campaign Update for Sunday evening, January 27, 2008
Efforts to Ensure Accurate Delegate Count in Louisiana Continues
Re-count in New Hampshire
Paul will Campaign in Maine on Monday, January 28.
Super Tuesday Schedule with Delegate Counts
With the primary season getting ready to kick into high gear, the Ron Paul campaign is moving behind the country […]
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Posted in January 22nd, 2008
Senator McCain’s Stands on the Issues Have Changed–sometimes Very Quickly
From Social Issues to Ethics, McCain has been “Misquoted” or has “Misspoke”
A look at John McCain’s Shifting Stands in his Own Words - On Video
Those who have followed John McCain’s political career have noticed the number of times the Senator has “misspoke”, “been misquoted” or “taken […]
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Posted in January 20th, 2008
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ABOUT THE PRIMARIES/CAUCUSES:
—If Romney ends up losing the election, as a consolation prize how about turning over our welfare system to the Mormons? They have one for their own members that functions quite well. Since ours performs like a blind elephant playing hockey, what have we got to lose?
—Hillary now seems to be carrying the […]
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Posted in January 13th, 2008
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By RB Scott
Boston, MA.
January 13, 2007
A respected national newspaper recently reported that Presidential candidate W. Mitt Romney, “reeling from defeats in New Hampshire and Iowa,” decided to suspend advertising in South Carolina and Florida, a decision that “laid bare the dire condition of his run for the White House…”
Leads of newspaper stories are supposed to be […]
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Posted in January 12th, 2008
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BY RB SCOTT
Boston, Massachusetts
January 12, 2008
EDITOR’S NOTE: A version of this column appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune January 11; another version was scheduled to run in The Detroit Free Press January 12th.
Several months ago, W. Mitt Romney said presciently that he had only himself to fear.
Despite his millions, the picture-perfect family that really is everything it […]
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Posted in January 7th, 2008
A Look at How an Adoring Media–And one Very Upset Girl–Saw Gary Zerola during the Last Seven Years
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”To be honest, I was shocked to see the preppy style coming back, but I’m into it. I wear the clothes, but I put my own spin on it. I think my look is more urban, […]
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Posted in December 29th, 2007
Pythons Are on the Move in Florida
The Giant Reptiles are Popping Up in People’s Homes
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
It was just another day of mowing the roadsides and canals for Jesse Parker. Parker was working a roadside bush mower along the canal south of 12Th Street in Vero Beach when he hit something he […]
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Posted in December 21st, 2007
The National Enquirer Broke the Story about John Edwards’ Love Child
AOL News Had an “Interview” with National Enquirer’s Editor-In-Chief
Only the Story has Disappeared
Our Theory about the Mysterious “Interview”
Did a ‘interview’ actually take place?
Our theory about what happened to the mysterious “interview”.
One more curious item in the John Edwards Love Child Scandal:
Yesterday a story appeared […]
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Posted in December 13th, 2007
“No timely Communication” cited in Resignations of Two Congresswomen
Misdeeds by Congressional Pages Include Shoplifting, Oral Sex, Fist Fights
House Leadership Changes, Problems Remain
Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi moved quickly to snuff out “PageGate II”, the revelations that the House Page Board has been getting timely information.
These are the same charges that dogged Republicans last year after the […]
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Posted in December 13th, 2007
Evangelical Leader Comes Out for Thompson
Dr. Gary Cass Endorses Fred Thompson
Solidifying His Base
Fred Thompson got another endorsement. It wasn’t from a conservative publication, as Mitt Romney did yesterday in picking up National Review’s endorsement. Thompson narrowly lost out on that one.
This one was from a well-known Christian evangelical leader.
Dr. Gary Cass, of Reclaim America and […]
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Posted in December 3rd, 2007
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Fmr. Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) have taken the lead among Iowans who say they “definitely” or “probably” will attend their respective party caucuses on January 3rd, according to The Des Moines Register’s latest poll.
This is the first time Obama has beaten Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) in the Register’s poll (28 […]
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Posted in November 30th, 2007
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Before your New Year’s resolutions have all been broken and forgotten, the presidential nominations could be a done deal, what with IA holding its primary January 3rd, followed in rapid succession by NH on January 8th , MI on January 15th and more than 20 states holding primaries or caucuses Feb. 5th. Reports the Los Angeles […]
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Posted in November 29th, 2007
Jason Whitlock, Sports Writer at the KC Star and FoxSports is Angry
Taylor was a Victim of the Black KKK
Whitlock Dishes Out Strong Medicine
Sean Taylor was sometimes called “half-man, half-beast” for his unbelievably hard hits.
Two days ago, the part of Taylor that was a man lost his battle with a beast with a gun.
Because of his […]
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Posted in November 21st, 2007
News Item:
Talking camera aimed at sex on the beach
Sex on the beach, a time honored tradition, so much so that there’s a cocktail named after it. Yet officials in Stuart, Florida, just up the road from Palm Beach, seem to have a problem with folks getting too frisky in public. There is a proposal before […]
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