The TJX data breach — which in case you haven’t heard just doubled it’s estimate of records compromised from 45 to 90 millions — has caused a lot of finger pointing between the financial and retail sectors. Of course, this was revealed in court filings (like the revelation below) and I’ll be surprised if anyone [...]

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After over 30 years of performing, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have earned themselves 16 Grammy nominations and sold more than 50 million recordings worldwide. It’s no surprise then that their story would make for an interesting documentary. But under the careful eye of director Peter Bogdanovich, much more than just an “interesting documentary” has been created. Runnin’ Down a Dream: Tom Petty [...]

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It’s starting to get cold and the kids are looking for something fun to watch. Luckily, Hit Entertainment has gathered six of their most popular characters together for a winter special. Starting off with a Barney episode simply titled “Winter,” kids get into the season by learning how to make a snowflake out of paper and waiting [...]

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Help Bring Back “Dog the Bounty Hunter” to TV 250,000 Signatures in Fourteen Days is Petition’s Goal The petition to help bring back the Dog is now online. Those tired of reading about it, talking about and worrying about a Dog-less TV line-up now can take some action. As the petition states, “Now you can [...]

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By Alfred and John Donovan of RoyalDutchShellPlc.com The Minutes of the Royal Dutch Shell Committee of Managing Directors (CMD) meeting in September 2001 reveal that the Group Managing Directors of Shell, including the current Chief Executive, Jeroen van der Veer, “expressed considerable concern over a number of aspects” relating to the prospect of the Russian energy [...]

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Here’s a news story you could have missed. What happened is something of a mystery as of this writing. Maybe you can figure it out or guess the truth. Frankly, I cannot. Arguments on both sides of the controversy seem full of holes, yet obviously this either happened or it didn’t. First, here are the [...]

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If there ever was a doubt that the principal communist outfit was nothing more than an organised mafia operation, last week’s events in Nandigram and their aftershocks today in Kolkota should put those doubts to rest. The CPI-M today is perhaps the most lethal of mafia outfits the world over having subverted electoral democracy, to [...]

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There are a lot of things happening in the Catholic Church on a daily basis, and all of them deserve serious study and consideration on many levels. One of the trends that I have noticed recently in my own parish and in others as well is the increased use of Eucharistic Ministers for the distribution [...]

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By Alfred and John Donovan of RoyalDutchShellPlc.com We have published below the content of the concluding pages of the transcript of the Financial Services Authority Interview with Sir Philip Watts on 24 June 2004. This took place soon after Sir Philip was escorted from the Shell Centre in London by a security guard when forced [...]

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From The Gathering Storm Blog Every newlywed couple has their problems adjusting to each other. It’s a give and take and eventually if there’s real love there, the coupe finds a middle ground that both can live with. Marriage, like politics, is the art of compromise. Or as Ann Landers once said, marriages are made [...]

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Remember the warm reception that Rudy got when he spoke at Regent University back in July? Conservative televangelist Pat Robertson all-but-endorsed him then, and just made it official the other day at the National Press Club in Washington. The announcement came on the heels of Fmr. Gov. Mitt Romney (MA) snagging endorsements from Moral Majority [...]

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I have been a long time supporter of this upstart in the dot com world, but you have to wonder when ‘Big Enough’ is indeed big enough? There is no question in anyones mind that these guys have some serious cash. The issue I have, is how they spend it, and what they do with [...]

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Lots of nice fuzzy obituraries about Norman Mailer in the press today. the San Francisco Chronicle states: With Mailer’s death, the US loses a colorful literary character”. Well, that’s one way to put it. NPR merely says: Norman Mailer, Literary Giant. Yet, quick, how many of his novels have you read, and if so, what [...]

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Man, I have to admit that I’ve missed this guy. You know, Mr. Teflon? That ex-German Chancellor guy (he’s actually still very German), the guy behind lifting the EU’s weapons embargo to China while he was in office? Anyway, Gerhard Schröder has made the front page of China Daily by calling Angela Merkel’s recent meeting with the [...]

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Royal Love Goes Down the Drain As if the Brits didn’t have enough to worry about: terrorism, the latest multicultural or Political Correctness regulation and higher taxes. Now comes the news that Prince Harry and his main squeeze, Chelsy Davy, have split. From the picture, Davy appears to be quite the winsome lass. But Harry’s [...]

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Major Garrett of Fox News broke a story on the 9th that revealed that the Hillary Clinton campaign had admitted to planting questions at a Newton, Iowa town hall meeting. Garrett reported that the Clinton campaign promised that planted questions would not happen again, but this isn’t something new for the Clinton campaign. Hillary has [...]

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Internet User Got Behind the Paul Campaign “It’s kind of sad, but the money is what has given us credibility, not the authenticity of the ideas.” –Ron Paul The New York Times looks at the Internet and Ron Paul and reports it straight–rare stuff for the Times. It’s a “make up your own mind about [...]

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Press Release from Churchill’s Parrot blog  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE       Contact: churchillsparrot@gmail.com November 9, 2007.  Washington D.C. – In an attempt to bolster flagging approval ratings amongst their constituents, Democratic strategists approached the producers of MTV’s hit program Jackass on Friday to request recording a special episode of the program.  According to sources, House Speaker Nancy [...]

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Mike Doughty, may be best well known as the former frontman of Soul Coughing, but he has come a long way since they broke up in 2000. With a light rock influenced country sound he is definitely worth a listen. His new project Golden Delicious is slated for a mid February release, and from what [...]

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Dog the Bounty Hunter UPDATE: November 11 2007 SUNDAY Editorial Round-up Dog the Bounty Hunter’s Duane Chapman has kept out of the limelight for the last several days. He seems to have done what most people do in times of stress and trouble–hunker down in safe surroundings and try to weather the storm. Around the [...]

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