Archive for October 21st, 2008
Posted on October 21st, 2008
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Independent watch dog groups are beginning to express concern of the troubling possibility the GOP having exhausted any legitimate attempts to pull a come from behind win are now focusing efforts on shaving as many democratic votes in battle ground states as possible through old fashioned voter suppression. Scores of eager voters, many first time […]
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Posted on October 21st, 2008
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Wes Anderson movies are the quintessential expression of everything white. The characters are tennis players, oceanographers, playwrights, psychiatrists, anthropologists, prep school students and other characteristically “white†jobs. More then that, they are all sissies and have emotional problems and dress in goofy bright colors. Yet it’s okay because Wes Anderson’s movies are magnificent. Now there […]
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Posted on October 21st, 2008
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UNSTABLE FABLES: TORTOISE VS. HARE is a charming retelling of the classic race between the tortoise and the hare. It is 15 years after the first race and the competitors are now neighbors, but they have not lost the competitive edge. They meet every night after work at the hedge to rehash the race and […]
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Posted on October 21st, 2008
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A dramatic acrylic painting of a Long-tailed Duck by Joshua Spies of South Dakota is the winner of the 2009-1010 “duck stamp†contest held by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. There were 270 entries in this year’s contest, and entrants had been asked to depict one of the following species of waterfowl: Canada Goose, […]
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Posted on October 21st, 2008
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For those of you interested in the roots of the New York rock scene, I present to you “Shut up and Bleedâ€. A compilation of late 70’s “No Wave†music. “No Wave, being an experimental form of music which attempts to defy the normal pattern of composition, melody and lyrical style, has no doubt in […]
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Posted on October 21st, 2008
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Jill tries to pull rank with Cane when he lays out his plans for Jabot which includes impressive growth projections. Cane throws his weight around telling her this isn’t a sales pitch, it is just an update. When Cane and Billy leave Katherine asks Jill when will she let Cane do his job? Jill asks […]
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Posted on October 21st, 2008
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According to the prosecutors working on the Caylee Anthony case the charges of child neglect has now been dropped against Casey Anthony, Caylee’s Mom. All other charges including first degree murder and other charges that came down with the grand jury indictment will remain though. The child neglect charge was placed against Casey Anthony originally […]
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Posted on October 21st, 2008
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Last weekend, I went and watched Oliver Stone’s new epic look at Bush’s presidency. It is a far more gentle and human film than I anticipated, but remains wholly enjoyable. If there is one fault I could find with that film, it would be that I already knew most of the zany plans and infighting […]
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Posted on October 21st, 2008
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According to recent information from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) problems linked to asbestos caused the deaths of around six hundred and thirty two people in New York between 1995 and 2005. The data was released by officials from Weitz & Luxenberg. An official from the firm stated: “Weitz & Luxenberg […]
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Posted on October 21st, 2008
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Don’t forget to vote yes to proposition A on the November 4th ballot. The proposal will increase funding for Missouri schools without raising our taxes. This means retaining our teachers, attracting new experienced teachers, and reducing student to teacher ratios. It also protects funding by allowing school revenues to be used only for schools. This […]
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Posted on October 21st, 2008
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David Schussler This is the opening sentence of a Phyllis Schlaffly article on Townhall.com. Ignored by the main stream media and pooh poohed by liberals as not important and distracting, the facts are plain for all Americans to see. Although just one aspect of Barack Obama’s ideology, it is an important one which has been […]
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Posted on October 21st, 2008
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It doesn’t matter how wealthy, powerful and privileged a woman is, in divorce some women still love to play the victim. Latest case in point–Madonna. Madonna is worth an estimated $850 million. Whatever one thought of her music and her racy image, she is in many ways the model of the empowered modern woman–a successful […]
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Posted on October 21st, 2008
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This DVD comes from a sold out concert in Anaheim, California sometime in late December 2007. It has been many years since I first discovered them in the very early 70’s, at the time they were ‘Eric Burden And War’. I believe the first song I heard by them was on a sampler album the […]
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Posted on October 21st, 2008
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Caylee Anthony has become a name that just about everyone across the globe now knows. My own mother that rarely watches anything other than soaps and the races on Sunday afternoon on TV even knows the name Caylee Anthony and says she bets that child’s mother killed her. Caylee’s mother, Casey Anthony has been arrested […]
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Posted on October 21st, 2008
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A truly scary place!!! The other night I had the opportunity to participate in a radio show, a round table about book reviewing and the publishing industry as a whole. To say the least, it was an informative 45 minutes, the discussion though could have gone on far longer. Many aspects were discussed, however there […]
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Posted on October 21st, 2008
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Nine year old Courtney Sparrow was attacked and severely mauled by lions at her parents’ safari ranch in Zimbabwe when a lioness grabbed her arm and pulled her out through a neighbour’s window. (Lions are allowed to roam the garden of the house to keep so-called “War Vets†away.) These so-called “Vets†(most of them […]
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Posted on October 21st, 2008
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If you steal a million bucks, and don’t tell anyone, is it a crime? Well, maybe, say the Catholic bishops, especially if it might be some of our antipoverty money. It seems that the Catholic Bishop’s “poverty” charity, the “Catholic Campaign for Human Development”, has been giving a million bucks or so each year to […]
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