Archive for November 28th, 2007
Posted on November 28th, 2007
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There’s a big kerfluffle between David Horowit Robert Shaffer over Shaffer’s criticism of Horowitz’s latest “ain’t it awful” book on liberal college professors. Horowitz profiles 101 professors, and accuses them of mistaking political advocacy with teaching. Well, duh. In some ways, I agree with Horowitz: One only has to read the forum on George Mason [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007
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General Keith Kerr who appeared as a “spontantous” questioner on CNN’s YouTube Republican Debates hosted by Anderson Cooper is a member of the Hillary Clinton campaign. But this was not mentioned upfront, Kerr treated as a regular, spontaneous questioner. Shouldn’t that have been made clear to the audience? Or does CNN think it’s OK to [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007
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These are my real time thoughts as I watched the debate with some analysis as well as winners and losers. We’ll be talking about this more this Sunday at 10:00 AM on PC Live and don’t forget to tune in tomorrow night at 10:00 PM for on PC Live After Dark Charlie Crist is the [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007
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Get your 2008 Calendar out and mark down April 7th. The OJ Simpson show will be hitting prime-time TV from lovely Las Vegas, Nevada. What better backdrop than Sin City for what is shaping up to be another ratings boost. With the TV writers being on strike, and no real progress being made resolving the [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007
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Jack is working hard to get out of the spotlight as a murder suspect. He is worried that he might lose his place on the Senate seat. He says he is planning on helping the police find out who the man is that is responsible for JiMin’s murder. Sharon walks in and tells him she [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007
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Katie tells Jack to go on and check his messages, she is sure it is killing him wondering what Carly wanted. He says he wasn’t even thinking of Carly. He wants a second chance with her. He asks her what about them, she says there is no them, and she is not so sure there [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007
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Chelsea and Nick break into Ford’s apartment. Nick sees the web cam and freaks out thinking that Ford could have it on to watch his room. Chelsea checks it and says it is ok that it is off. Nick finds a book that Ford has been keeping and they find all his dates listed in [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007
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Win Pirates of the Caribbean – At World’s End Click Here to Enter If you can’t connect directly to your email from the link above, simply send us an email at giveaway@mungleshow.com and make sure the title of the DVD you are entering to win is in the subject line. Include your mailing address for [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007
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United Way of the Lower Mainland has been linked to “political psychiatry†comparable to that practiced in China and the former Soviet Union, according to the ad hoc group Canadians Opposing Political Psychiatry [COPP]. Accusations of political psychiatry began after a police complaint was lodged by Ron Dumouchelle, CEO of United Way of the Lower [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007
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The MySpace suicide story concerning Megan Meiers literally exploded in the press. Overnight it went from an unknown but sad tale from a year ago, to the hottest story online. The quandary that many editors had was what information should be contained in the articles and what information for ethical reasons should be left out? [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007
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In a shocking move that took thousands of well-fed Beamte completely by surprise, German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has actually and even seriously suggested a newly-drafted government plan in which Beamte should be paid according to something he called their “performance†(what they actually do) in the future. “Huh? What?†asked one dumbfounded representative from the [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007
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If you have been following the antics of the Americas Cup you will not be surprised by this court ruling. For those of you not familiar the thumbnail sketch is as follows. Allinghi really like winning the Cup, so much so, that they tried to set up the next one heavily favored in their direction, [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007
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FaceBook, the much talked about social networking site, has received a lot of bad publicity recently. Despite their immense popularity, personal information published on the site has been used to commit everything from identity theft to abusing children. Hackers are also using the site to drop malicious software on unsuspecting visitors. This leads to even [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007
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Back before there was Barney the big purple dinosaur, there was a different set of dinosaur friends that kids could look to for educational entertainment: Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Petrie, and Spike. Almost two decades, a television show, and twelve sequels later, these lovable dinosaur pals are still kicking and The Land Before Time has become a [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007
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WWI: What’s Wrong with Islam? by Damian B Malek The first thing that strikes you on finishing this book is the fact that the title is completely disengenous. This book offers no real solutions for the West’s conflict with Islam. There is an aside about how it would be a good idea to target Muslim [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007
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No more bobble-head Jesus’!   In today’s expanding global economy we often don’t think as American Catholics about global problems regarding human rights and workplace violations. For the most part American Catholics don’t think about where religious objects are manufactured in the world, as long as they have their artistic representations of Jesus, Mary [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007
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From The Gathering Storm Blog James Kirchick wrote in a recent issue of the Los Angeles Times and interesting piece about the current Darfur genocide. His argument about ignoring the so called Muslim Street rings true for everything that must be done today to confront the Islamist agenda for world domination. You know, the whining [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007
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In a recent interview with the Guardian, a British paper known for its anti-Americanism, Bill Clinton said that if his wife Hillary wins the U.S. presidency, he would be given the job of repairing America’s damaged international reputation. Here’s a paragraph taken directly from the Guardian article: “Mr Clinton, 61, reveals that his wife has [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007
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 One of the Biggest False Alarms Was Letter to Dutch Paper Case Has Had Other False Leads Police, Parents Continues to Seek Answers Was the news in the Madeline McCann case a hoax, cruel trick or the work of an attention-starved news junkie? Back in June, a letter was sent to a Dutch newspaper; supposedly [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007
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I have to say, this little L.A.Times editorial really takes the cake for insensitivity. It should receive some sort of award for being one of the most gauche pieces I’ve seen from the extreme leftists masquerading as “journalists” for a long, long time. Yes, the Times deserves condemnation for exploiting someone’s tragedy to make a [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007
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Here are five reasons why forced association with unions breeds corruption and why right to work laws are good to stem that coercion. Freedom to Associate Also Means Freedom Not to Associate – The average man on the street, as well as constitutional scholars, understands that any genuine personal right should include the freedom to [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007
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[I heard a rather scary interview on npr yesterday with Naomi Wolf reporting on her most recent book, "The End of America: Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot." In it she enumerates ten different fascist modes of attack on the Weimar Republic in the early 1930s which eventuated in the Nazi takeover, still as [...]
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The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson captured The Stiletto’s sentiments to a T when he wrote in a recent column, “Finally, we’ve got a real presidential campaign on our hands. Wake up, those of you in the back row, because it looks as if the long-running seminar is finally over.†After detailing the internecine fighting between [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007
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 What Additional Charges Will Be Filed? “Acts Were Devoid of Human Emotion” Questions Most Asked by Readers “The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.”–Albert Einstein 2-year-old Riley Sawyers was savagely and repeatedly beaten and tortured [...]
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