Imagine the scandal.
A well known war leader’s body was taken from a cemetery on Federal land, and his skull used as an object of ridicule by the enemy. The family is requesting their return, but the bones are owned by a group that includes some of the most influential people in the land, so their […]

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To those out there desperately trying to paste together scraps of enthusiasm by singing the poetic praises of VP Dick Cheney, please don’t expect the average conservative out in flyover country  to join your little Republican booster club.     Certainly, there is not much to disagree with in what the former VP says.  No doubt, we’re […]

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By Cynthia Ruccia, Special to The Stiletto Blog
Wow … flying to St. Paul, MN, for the Republican National Convention. I still feel like I’ve fallen down that rabbit hole in “Alice in Wonderland” and the world is upside down.
Honestly, when 2008 started, I had a whole set of New Year’s resolutions just like everyone […]

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 … But he’s going to make the media and punditocracy wait until he declares his choice via  text message on Saturday, after which he plans a joint appearance with his running mate at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, IL, where he announced he would run for president. [Update: It’s Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), according […]

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One thing that unites the environmental lobby with those who oppose them is that by far the best way to help deal with the fast approaching Energy crisis in the West is to concentrate of conservation and energy efficiency. There are two ways to reduce the cost of energy - reduce the price or use […]

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(The idea for this “satire” came weeks ago. But after the 5-21-08 stories reporting Hillary’s unnerving references to the 2000 recount, you’ve gotta wonder….) 
Back during Hillary’s third or fourth presidential term, someone explained her near maniacal tenacity: “Hillary Clinton is a pit bull who was chained to the tree too long when she was a […]

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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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Should a painter be allowed to decide what he or she paints?  Should a musician be allowed to decide what music to play or write?  Should a photographer be allowed to decide what pictures to take? 
In New Mexico, the answer to that last question is a resounding, “No.”
The New Mexico Human Rights Commission ruled […]

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Since May 2007, Absolut Vodka has been running an ongoing ad campaign created by TBWA/Chiat/Day/New York, “In an Absolut World,” described by The New York Times as:
[A] fanciful, even surreal, place where common sense prevails and just deserts are always on the menu.
On Planet Absolut, for instance, men can get pregnant, the Curse of the […]

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by T.K. Kenyon “After finding explosives and about 1000 USD worth of Iraqi money in a stolen car in New Mexico, the FBI has ruled out terrorism. WHAT?”

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A legal opinion issued Thursday in Connecticut may allow lawmakers to extend a state smoking ban to the American-Indian casinos, which claim that smoking restrictions would be a threat to tribal sovereignty.
Lawmakers in Pennsylvania have debated this week to make casinos completely smoke-free or limit smoking to 25 percent of the gaming floor which is […]

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Barack Obama won more than half of the 22 Super Duper Tuesday states (12 to Hillary Clinton’s  8) – but Hillary’s wins came from such delegate-rich states as her adopted home state of NY, as well as CA, MA and NJ. Overall, 49 percent of voters supported Hillary, 46 percent supported Obama.
Since none of the […]

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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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  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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In the Republican and Democrat debates at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH, on January 5th the candidates had a common strategy: Keep kicking the presumed frontrunners when they’re down to make sure they stay down.
Sen. John McCain (AZ), Fmr. Sen. Fred Thompson (TN), Rep. Ron Paul (TX), Fmr. Gov. Mitt Romney (MA), Fmr. Gov. […]

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We don’t get the American political debates here in the Philippines (Thank God…we have enough of our own), but today this snippet in Instapundit blog caught my eye:
ANOTHER UPDATE: Yeah, that’s news if it’s true: “Bill Richardson just said that terrorists have obtained nukes in Russia. Really? Isn’t this like really, really, really, really […]

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Coincidentally, both The New York Times and The Washington Post ran stories about how the suddenness of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto was a sort of pop quiz on foreign policy for the presidential candidates. The Times called it “a ghoulish sort of test: a chance to project leadership and competence - or not - […]

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Today I ran across a post in an Australian newspaper about a Protestant real estate developer in Indonesia erecting the largest statue of Jesus in Asia…well, maybe not the largest, but it is 30 meters high, and shows Jesus almost flying with outstretched arms, as if he’s trying to welcome us into his arms…or waving […]

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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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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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Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM) is running for vice president – Hillary Cinton’s (D-NY) No. 2, specifically (that is, assuming hyperventilating pundits are overestimating the significance of her sub-par performance in the October 30th debate).
In debate after debate he resolutely refrains from attacking her policy proposals, her inconsistencies or her lack of candor, and has even […]

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Last month, New York State Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced that the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) would reverse a post-9/11 policy by the Pataki administration to deny a driver’s license to anyone who could not prove legal status – immediately prompting at least a dozen county clerks who operate DMV offices as agents of […]

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Usama bin Laden must be following the U.S. presidential campaign so closely that he has begun channeling the talking points of several candidates, as evidenced by this transcript of his latest video:

UBL: “[D]espite America being the greatest economic power and possessing the most powerful and up-to-date military arsenal as well; and despite it spending on […]

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Up until now, scientists have believed that dinosaurs were split up into separate time periods and never shared the same eras. They were said to come about in the late Triassic period between 235 million to 200 million years ago. They thrived in the Jurassic period about 200 million to 120 million years ago. They […]

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Last Friday, surveillance cameras filming outside a Santa Fe, New Mexico courthouse picked up a glowing ball of light wandering around the car park. Those at the courthouse were quick to offer both rational and supernatural reasons for this occurrence. The image is a bright light that has stars in the shape of a diamond […]

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UFO and extra terrestrial enthusiasts may soon have a new reason to come to Roswell, New Mexico with a UFO-themed amusement park to compliment its many other UFO attractions. The park will have rides, exhibits, and space and science information. The city currently has UFO-themed buildings, a McDonald’s, and a Wal-Mart along with its famed […]

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Dang. I may live to see commercial space flight after all.
An article by Spencer Reiss at Wired bangs the drum for the commercial space flight efforts of Burt Rutan and Richard Branson.
The major roadblock isn’t engineering — Rutan and his engineering company, Scaled Composites, are proven innovators. I would bet my youngest child that SpaceShipTwo […]

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As reports come out about the Ipodless British sailors and sailorette kidnapped by Iran continue to be used as both propaganda by Iran and as sob stories in the UK tabloids, one needs only to remember history to put things into perspective.
The USS Pueblo was monitoring intelligence information in international waters when kidnapped by the […]

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News Item:
Ballot initiative for private rocket complex passes
A little over a week ago, we made mention here of all the privateers looking toward outer space, in One Step Closer to Star Wars [linked below].  New Mexico voters are taking this space thing very seriously, having just approved a new tax to raise funds for a […]

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The State legislature of Nevada wants to be sure your home’s Feng Shui is smooth. New Mexico’s officials want to be sure that your “space” is well arranged. They are all about home decor. In fact, it wouldn’t surprise me if they have the Home Improvement channel constantly playing in all state offices so that […]

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