Archive for December 28th, 2007
Posted on December 28th, 2007
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Narrated by Leondardo DiCaprio, The 11th Hour, somewhat of a follow-up documentary to the successful and award-winning An Inconvenient Truth, took in a modest amount at the box office while making a limited appearance in theatres over the summer. Taking its title from the phrase used to refer to the last moment when change is possible, the film features numerous [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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When I first read about The Last Legion starring Colin Firth and Ben Kingsley I have to admit I was excited to see the movie. The premise is based on the life of the mythical sword Excalibur prior to coming into the hands of King Arthur in the lands of old Britain. Indeed, it sounded [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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The recent assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister and current opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has brought the issue of US-Pakistani relations to a forefront in the days leading up to the coming presidential primaries. Following the news, candidates from both sides of the political isle have sought to demonstrate their foreign policy prowess, which is [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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Key Undecided Iowa Conservatives Start Move Toward Thompson Fred Thompson Receives the Endorsement of Iowa State Rep. Gary Worthan Conservative State Leader Supporting Thompson A late movement by Iowa conservatives toward the Fred Thompson campaign was spotlighted by today’s announcement that noted Iowa conservative leader, State Representative Gary Worthan, had endorsed the former Senator from [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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Carly is nervous about opening night worried something will go wrong. Lily walks in and asks if Dusty is there yet but Carly says no. Carly is worried that the band might not show up. Jack tells her he wants to get the lead band singers autograph for Parker but Carly says oh no that [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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Shawn tells Belle that his New Year’s Resolution is going to be to trust his beautiful wife completely. Caroline comes in and asks Shawn if he can help her unload some boxes of Champagne bottles. As soon as he is out of the room, Phillip walks in telling Belle he came to wish her a [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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Benazir Bhutto’s Assassination Has Raised Questions Accounts Vary Concerning the Event The Latest: Was it a Professional Assassination? Over at Hot Air, Allahpundit’s got a great post. Bombshell: NY Sun claims Bhutto was shot five times by team of snipers I’m skeptical, but it’s Friday and Eli Lake’s a respected reporter. What a scoop if [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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Paris Hilton probably had not expected this Christmas present. The 26-year-old celebutante’s multi-million dollar fortune just reduced to a six figure asset this Wednesday after his apparently fed-up grandfather, Barron Hilton, announced to give away 97 percent of his fortune, nearly $2.3 billion, to charity.Instead of being divided amongst Barron Hilton’s eight children and numerous [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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Details from Search Warrants Affidavits Released Descriptions from Crime Scene Vivid Lawyers Denials Followed New details have emerged on the fate of little Riley Sawyers, “Baby Grace’s” last day. According to the Houston Chronicle, and details released from a search warrant affidavit, Riley’s stepfather, 24-year-old Royce Zeigler, placed her tiny body in the bathtub of [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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When the year 2007 started Offstumped had speculated if 2007 will go down as the year that ended the Monopoly of the Mainstream Media in selling a Single Version of Truth little did we know then that an innoccuous post on the costs of a Ceremonial Presidency would ring true many months later with this [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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Many people across the world have been cheated this Christmas by a scam site running under the names Style Runway, Fashion Putz, Fashion Runway and many others. The site offers allegedly authentic designer brands for huge discounts but, as is often the case, it is too good to be true. Hundreds of Internet consumers have [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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Mike Huckabee Goes A-Hunting for Pheasants Almost Bags a Reporter Readers ask “Is That So Wrong?” The Chicago Tribune’s The Swamp has a story about Mike Huckabee’s “muzzle control problem.” According to the writer, Jim Tankersley, Huckabee and his cronies went for a pheasant hunt the day after Christmas in Iowa. Tankersley pointed out a [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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Recorded on November 12th, less than a week after the lengthily titled The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein opened at the Hilton Theatre in New York City, this original broadway cast recording captures the life, laughs and ludicrousness of Mel Brooks’ new musical adaptation (music and lyrics by Mel Brooks). Following on the heels of the [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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In a story that comes right out of the bizarre and downright stupid category, France has once again made an attempt to protect it’s language. While the rest of the world openly admits new words to its vocabulary, France has been vigilant in protecting the French language. In the 70′s they banned ‘Le Weekend’, which [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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The Fred Thompson campaign Announces Latest Bus Stops Campaigning for Support in Iowa Energetic Campaign Battles “Lazy” Label, Non-Coverage by Press While the press consistently ignores Fred Thompson, his campaign quietly goes about its business. What coverage the Senator receives is still marked by the “lethargic” claim. But that’s a theme for another story. The [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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Cook County is at it again, trying to make legal gun owners as uncomfortable as possible. The Cook County Board of Commissioners is working on their latest unconstitutional set of gun laws and one particular idea they want to implement shows how disingenuous lawmakers can be. As Kane County Chronicle columnist Steve Sarley writes: This [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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The Village Voice in New York gives us the all too common tale of another corrupt union local this Christmas season. It is filled with union officials who “roam about” their palatial Summer homes instead of reporting to work, and “a mismanaged mess where [business agents] come and go as they please, following few, if [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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Looking for one of the most professionally produced conservative podcasts on the Internet? Try the Voice of Liberty Podcast Network with its weekly episode appearing every Monday morning. The Voice of Liberty Podcast features the conservative voices of four fine bloggers who first got together at the 2007 Conservative Leadership Conference in Reno, Nevada. Andrea [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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The assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has changed the face of politics in Iowa and perhaps for the rest of the presidential campaign. The tragic event has created a sea change of emphasis, focusing on experience over all else. Specifically, Senator John McCain’s association with national security issues will give even added importance [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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The Tiger Attack at the San Francisco Zoo wasn’t the Only Story about Urbanized Tigers Tiger Shot in Dallas Christmas Day A story About a Tiger in Harlem Is America Turning into Safari Land? The deadly tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo a few days ago was a tragedy. Another tragedy either occurred or [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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After being on sale for a little over a week, this third (and supposedly final)Â entry into the KISSOLOGY collection has already sold over 50,000 copies, making it the most sought after KISS set yet. Featuring several memorable concerts in their (near) entirety and the MTV Unplugged show as well, KISSOLOGY Vol. 3 has more than [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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Some time in the future I want to do a detailed study of the religious traditions out of which emerge periodically the blood thirsty distortions of our Western religions and those shaped by them. There is brutal stuff in the ‘scriptures’ of our major Western religions and such is called forth to justify murder and [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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We have a few major problems with the debate in the 2008 elections. Far too many people, with the leftists in the Media in the lead, are using words incorrectly and causing the debate on the candidates and issues to go wildly off track, so much so that no one has a clue what they [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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The San Francisco Zoo Tiger Attack stories Touched off a Debate How High Can Tigers Leap? How High Can Tigers Jump? Were the Zoo Visitors Impaired? Was it Right to Shoot the Tigers? Little Baby Ginn did a story about the San Francisco Zoo tiger attack a few days ago. In the story, which was [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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DEA’s Deadly Decision As Prescription Drug Deaths Increase – DEA Reduces Restrictions on Schedule II Drugs On Wednesday December 19th 2007, the DEA announced physicians’ are now allowed to write a prescription for a 90 day supply of schedule II drugs. Schedule II drugs are controlled and classified as legal narcotic and stimulant drugs with [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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“Filthâ€, Madonna’s autobiographical masterpiece and debut movie as a director, is set to premiere at the annual Berlinale or Berlin film festival to be held in February here in Berlin, of all places, organizers said. Then said organizers told me that the title of the movie is actually “Filth and Wisdom†so I guess it [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007
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[The shocking report below is presumably only the first of a number of to come on Giuliani's profitable turn to defending borderline crooked operations. An article last month listed a number of them. This is presumably only the first -- which does not mention that the young federal prosecutor who defeated Giuliani in this case [...]
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