Any doubts that ex-newlywed Jessica Simpson & singer John Mayer were dating were laid to rest last night, after the pair ‘made it official’. Spectators at the Sony/BMG Grammys after-party have reported that the couple could barely keep their hands off each other – cuddling & posing as the paparazzi snapped photos.  On the red-carpet [...]

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— OffStumped For All Things Right of Center, Bringing a Right of Centre Reality Check to Indian Politics, News Media Reporting and Opinion now in Hindi अब आप के लिये हिंदी मे. —   “Why aren’t people coming out in the open in support of Parzania ?” asks an exasperated Dara Modi whose tragedy forms the [...]

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Cop killer bullets were once debated in public, but there hasn’t been much about it lately. Cop killer bullets is merely another name for any bullet that can pierce body armor. However, in wartime, both body armor and the steel plates that protect vehicles is a bit thicker than that in civilian use. Yet yesterday, [...]

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Allison Quets, who had attempted to stop the adoption of her twins to Kevin and Denise Needham legally for 18 months, was denied leave from the Wake County jail on Friday, after the judge ruled that she was a flight risk and a danger to her community, according to the News & Observer. However, those [...]

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Over at KentuckyProgress, they note a truly reprehensible piece of legislation proposed by a member of the Kentucky legislature. This travesty has passed the Budget Committee and could easily pass the state Senate and be signed by the governor unless Kentuckians scream loudly and immediately. The item in question is House Bill 184, proposed by [...]

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Well, its Febuary, 2007 and its cold.  The Democrats have control of the House and Senate, many Republicans seem to be running scared, Obama has come from no where and is a Media Star and now has his sights set on the White House.  Hillary is her usual self, presenting a committed attitude of win [...]

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Muslims are already dealing with the radicals in their midst? Yes, that’s what a I read in on MSNBCs’ Newsweek International – in a back issue from October 30, 2006.I do not believe any Muslim really knows what it is to deal with radicals. After all, it is the westerners that have been subject to [...]

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Mitt Romney became the latest candidate to formally join the crowded 2008 field of presidential contenders on Tuesday in Dearborn, Michigan. The former one term Massachusetts governor used his announcement to stress his message that he feels that America is at a crossroads, and it requires a leader such as him to pull it through. [...]

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The Aussie Prime Minister defends the criticism railed at Barack Obama (D-IL) on Monday: In a nationally televised interview on Sunday, Howard said Obama’s plan meant Al Qaeda leaders in Iraq should “be praying as many times as possible for a victory, not only for Obama but also for the Democrats” in the U.S. presidential [...]

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With all the controversy that is in the air over the War in Iraq, and the pressure to open negotiations with Iran and Syria, one would think that the U.S. would have a unified approach in its policy on the region. This week’s contradiction between Defense Secretary Gates comments about evidence linking the Iranians to [...]

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ISBN: 1419619810 222 pages, Softcover Booksurge Publishing  If there is a tagline for Lock Tourmaline the hero of Point and Shoot, it would be “That man is an asshole!” G. D. Baum is new to the literary world and in this, his first book, he introduces us to his main character Lock. Lock is en [...]

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— OffStumped For All Things Right of Center, Bringing a Right of Centre Reality Check to Indian Politics, News Media Reporting and Opinion now in Hindi अब आप के लिये हिंदी मे. —       An estimated 67 per cent votes were recorded in Tuesday’s election in Punjab to choose a new legislature, the Election Commission has [...]

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I recently did two posts: Is tracking fraudulent refund information effective and could it be putting people at risk of becoming an identity theft victim? Paper weapons (counterfeit documents) enable more serious crimes than illegal immigration and identity theft I wrote both of these to show how easy criminals seem to be getting around existing [...]

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From The Gathering Storm Blog The storm of controversy raised by a small village in Quebec (which recently announced a “code of life,” that lays out societal norms for Herouxville, 165 kilometers northeast of Montreal) has a new aspect it to it. Muslims are validating the need for it. The declaration, passed by the town [...]

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The AP has found a new way to attack TV’s 24. They say that because of the depiction of character Jack Bauer’s, shall we say, short-cuts in interrogating prisoners his ways have now infected the US Military. Absurdly, the AP is advancing the case, in “Does Jack Bauer Influence Interrogators?”, that “there are indications that [...]

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News Item: Technique helps women grow their own implants. Do not adjust your screen, do not refresh the page, just go up and look again.  You read it right the first time.  Through the use of stem cell research, science has found a way for women to grow their own breast implants.  Not in theory, [...]

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ABS CBN news has confirmed reports that the 24 Pinoy sailors kidnapped by local Nigerians have now been released. The kidnappers claim it was on “humanitarian grounds”, which is assumed to mean that the German ship owner payed a nice fat ransom. More details will be released later. President Arroyo is pleased. Seven Filipinos were [...]

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Who would have thought that? Not only has a survey come to the shocking conclusion that the Germans are actually a “happy people”, it has also broken ground for the revelation that going on vacation is number one on the German hit list. Of things that make them happy, I mean. Wow. I sure hope [...]

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No other way to explain it! On January 19, Daniel Walker was on his final lap jogging in his high school gym class when he collapsed. Daniel suffered from a rare congenital heart flaw that left his coronary artery pinched, giving him only 10%t of normal heart capacity. Days later, his heart at a standstill, [...]

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The big publicity Australian P.M. Howard got in the USA for his comments about Obama must, if nothing else, have drawn attention to Obama’s “cut and run” ideas about American foreign policy. I think that a “weak on terrorism” reputation will sink Obama and now people know about it. Below is an excerpt about the [...]

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The classic C.S. Lewis book, The Screwtape Letters, is going to be made into a film. Well, if it is done right it should be good, as long as it’s not preachy. The book is…how do I put this…funny… but hits the mark in a “uh oh” manner where we see our own faults exposed. [...]

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