Finally, almost a decade after its television premiere, the entire series of Sam & Max Freelance Police is now available on DVD. For those who don’t know, this is a cartoon that aired on FOX kids. It’s an irreverent take on the comic book series by Steve Purcell, who also served as a writer on the [...]

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Talk about bending over backwards to excuse racist comments! Charles Coulter, Opinion Page Editor of the Kansas City Star newspaper has said that he’s had “Enough” and says that these “attacks on Obama and Jeremiah Wright are ludicrous.” Coulter is scolding any of us who take offense that Obama’s racist Rev. has said things like [...]

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Teachers for Union Facts over at the Center for Union Facts has a great little promotion going on. They are offering a $10,000 prize for a confirmed report of a failed teacher that still has a job because of union intervention. The Ten Worst Union-Protected Teachers Thanks to outmoded, union-defended employment laws and policies, it [...]

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A study done last week by Ashland (Ohio) University chemistry professor Jeffrey D. Weidenhamer found that 13 of 45 Easter eggs and toys purchased at retail outlets contained lead.

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After more than a decade of sold out shows and ecstatic audiences, Blue Man Group decided to take their show on the road. And throughout 2006 and 2007 they did just that, showcasing the How To Be A Megastar Tour around the world for packed houses and equally satisfied audiences. This DVD/CD set is the result of a [...]

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Read Linda B. Blackford’s excellent piece, Tracing the white, male face of Capitol. Here are excerpts: Last week, Sen. Barack Obama made a nationally televised speech that put race at the center of American political discourse. That’s not a place where Kentucky is entirely comfortable. This is the state, after all, that waited until 1976 [...]

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The United Nations General Assembly in New York has declared Wednesday 2nd April 2008 as the first ever World Autism Awareness Day. This is a historic occasion and the actual idea of having a World Autism Day came from the State of Qatar. Baroness Uddin recently congratulated Qatar in a major debate on autism in [...]

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Our Current Minimum Wage Versus a Living Wage? Varying by local rulings and costs of living, our minimum federal wage scale nowhere approaches the living wage estimates which run around $10.00 an hour for a family of four. The latest federal standards: New Federal Minimum Wage: $5.85 – July 24th, 2007 $6.55 – July 24th, [...]

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What better way to start a Sunday? It’s 6am and I am playing in the metal world. My ever loving wife took one look at the cover, spotted me heading to the DVD player and announced “Well, it’s time for my shower, Oh, and I have to wash my hair, let me know when you [...]

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Traditionally, Easter has been observed as the day when Jesus Christ rose from the dead. For Christians, it is the most religious of all holidays, though Christmas is often the most festive. Easter tends to occur during spring, as it is also associated with the harvest season. It symbolizes the sprouting of new life after [...]

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30 seconds into this DVD I realized that it had been mistitled. It should have been called, Flamenco meets Gibson. Stanley Jordan is a fabulous guitarist, and he eeks sounds from an electric guitar that other musicians must salivate over. The Paris Concert comes from footage take in 2007 at the well known Paris club [...]

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If you love the Motown sound, this 3 DVD set is for you! 100 classic videos featuring just about every Motown artist known to man. Motown may not be as popular now as it once was, but for many years it was the ‘de facto’ standard for music, to record on the vaunted label was [...]

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I have to confess that when I saw this DVD in my review ‘pile’ I could not wait to get it on the player. The first time I saw John Martyn was at the Cambridge Folk Festival circa 1976 (oh I am old!). John is one of those resourceful musicians that needs nothing more than [...]

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Man originated in 1968, and had their roots in the southern part of Wales. At best they were a volatile band, and by 1976, 13 albums, 1500 gigs later, they decided to call it a day. The farewell concert was in 1976 at the Roundhouse near London. Their 8 year reign was at best a [...]

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The UK Times reports widespread opposition to the reelection of dictator Robert Mugabe. However, they report a systematic plan to disenfranchise voters: Among the concerns cited are boundary changes, irregularities in registration, political intimidation and violence, lack of access to state-controlled media and partisan security officials. Just in case this doesn’t keep someone from voting, [...]

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