A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THE LEBANESE POLITICAL CIRCUS (Part I) The upcoming Lebanese Presidential election scheduled for November 23rd will prove to be a very important step in the future of Lebanese politics. It could either solidify an agreement between the country’s opposing political groups (mainly pro vs anti-Syrian) or create further divisions which will [...]

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A majority of African Americans who saw Duane Chapman’s interview on Larry King express a willingness to forgive dog the bounty hunter provided his remorse and humility was genuine. I made a point of asking one of my neighbors who is black to watch the show so I could solicit his opinion. ”Mostly I would say its his upbringing that caused [...]

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 A Man and A Plan Fund-raising video “The Money Bomb” for December. Money mayhem with Republican presidential candidate, Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX). The November edition of the “Money Bomb” put Paul up among the leading fund-raisers in either party. He had a one day total of $4.2 million when it was all said and done. [...]

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Here are today’s updates for Days of Our Lives, As The World Turns, and The Young and The Restless. Days of Our Lives At the Pub Belle is on the phone with Shawn telling Claire to say hi to Daddy when Phillip walks in and Claire calls him Daddy. Belle tells Phillip that she thought [...]

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Dog the Bounty Hunter UPDATE: November 8, 2007 6:36 PM EST Duane “Dog” Chapman still loves Tucker, the son who sold the tapes that led to the cancellation of his “Dog the Bounty Hunter” show on Arts and Entertainment Network. More Chapman family news from Reuters: Celebrity bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman, whose reality TV [...]

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Al Di Meola is a hugely talented guitar player, most people put him in the Jazz box, but the more I hear his works, the less I like that label. Yes there are Jazz influences, but there is also a huge classical feel to both his playing style and compositions. When this DVD turned up [...]

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An Op-Ed by Rosa Brooks in today’s L.A. Times suggests that the litmus test for nominees used to be the abortion issue, but now is torture. Why can’t we just call this a compromise? The Democrats can have their abortions as long as we get to torture terrorists. I think that’s a pretty fair trade. [...]

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Lena Lovich was punk before punk existed! The punk movement got started in earnest in England in the late 70′s, Lena was the obvious choice to be the shining star in amongst the thousands of garage bands belting out discordant sounds and screeching lyrics. Lene was different, she understood music structure, theatrics, and how to [...]

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I debated the issue of Single Motherhood by Choice on Fox’s nationally-syndicated Morning Show with Mike and Juliet yesterday. Also on the show were two single mothers by choice, including Louise Sloan, author of the new book Knocking Yourself Up, a psychologist, and 18-year-old Katrina Clark, a child of a single mother by choice. As you [...]

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Hey, this was definitely not abgesprochen (discussed with us first). First he and his ex-wife pull that disappearing Bulgarian nurse hat trick, then he lectures the Germans about the blessings of nuclear energy and gets all huffy with Angie about something called Europe, now Nicolas Sarkozy has hit a French-American home run at a joint [...]

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From The Gathering Storm Blog Can Muslims ever be citizens of a country – Muslim and non-Muslims alike? Not according to Yusuf al-Qaradawi. We’ve been saying that Muslims hold no allegiance to any nation except their own – the Ummah – the nation of Islam – and must obey only those laws that are Shari’a [...]

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On the Issue Of Gold, Ron Paul and Ron Reagan had much in common. David Wiegel’s “Hit and Run” at Reason, has an interesting comment about two Ron’s: Ron Paul and Ron Reagan. On the issue of the gold standard, the two Ron’s shared much the same view. The piece starts out by examining a [...]

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I’ve written a few posts about Suad Leija, the young woman who has provided a lot of the evidence leading to the recent arrests of the main players (jefes) involved in the largest counterfeit documents cartel operating in the United States and Mexico.   These documents are sold to whoever has the money to buy them. [...]

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Could there possibly be anything more absurd than the presidential candidacy of congressional munchkin, Dennis Kucinich? Actually, yes, there is. It is his tireless — and brainless — campaign to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney (also known as Darth Vader in paranoid liberal circles). And what exactly are the charges with which Kukucinich hopes to [...]

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“Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.” –Albert Einstein Secularists today love to frame the religion vs. science debate as one of “superstitions” against fact as if theistic truth, morality and the spiritual aspect of humanity is meaningless fluff not to intersect with the hard fact and incontestability of science. But, as [...]

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The Contra Costa Times has given us an interesting new angle to fool the voters into voting for a new gasoline tax in an article titled, “Calling gas tax a ‘fee’ may help at ballot.” In an opinion laced article, the CCTimes is advising politicians to call the tax hike a “fee” instead of a [...]

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[The last news item that I recall on Pat Robertson was his recommendation that we assassinate Hugo Chavez, which I assume got more play in Latin America than here in the U.S.  These characters seem hungry for publicity, whatever it takes.  And according to recent investigations of six right wing evangelical operations, it brings in [...]

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Masked Gunman Open Fire on Protesting Students Democracy Takes a Hit  People in Venezuela took to the streets to protest the Chavez government’s steady march to turn the country into a private club for Chavez and cronies. They were shot by masked gunmen. Does anyone doubt who arranged this? Does anyone doubt that this is [...]

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Most of the news from Iraq is bad…and some would say it is ignored. Yet thanks to the “surge” (and the change of tactics to those similar to what Magsaysay used to clean up Luzon), small candles of hope are starting to be lit in that country. So refugees are starting to trickle back. And [...]

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The Rule by a few Unelected Officials Upsets Millions of Americans “I had to rant and get some of this off my chest to someone so I figured who better to rant to than you?” What would upset such placid(!) soul as RidesAPaleHorse? The same thing that upsets millions of Americans–Left, Right or Center–across the [...]

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Dog the Bounty Hunter Updates: November 08 2007 NEW! Video of Larry King LIVE interview [video 7:35] Larry King LIVE Partial Transcript Video Discussion on Dog’s and Tucker’s Possible Troubles The dog went one-on-one with Larry King on LIVE last night. Did he make a case for himself? Was the public convinced that Dog the [...]

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