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Senator John McCain accepted the GOP nomination for President this evening with a speech that was as about exciting as a defensive driving lecture. The fellow who sided with President Bush 95% of the time now claims when he and his pistol packing side kick get to D.C they will shake things up, new sheriff […]
Jo and Slade Bend Reality on “Date My Ex” We decided to do a recap of the ‘unreal’ reality show, Jo and Slade: Date My Ex, before next week’s finale. Next Monday, Jo De La Rosa, the “star” of Jo and Slade: Date my Ex, will pick out one of the two last contestants standing, […]
One of the environmental stories that has worried some of us for years is again in the news. There is a new report that worries about the Bisphenol A, a chemical used to harden plastics including that found in water bottles and baby bottles, was found to cause brain changes in baby monkeys. The study […]
FreeMediaOnline.org Commentary by Ted Lipien, September 4, 2008, San Francisco – While the White House mobilized in just a few days to put together a $1 billion aid package for Georgia, and President Bush sent Vice President Dick Cheney on a trip to the region, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which oversees all civilian U.S. international broadcasts,  is still in the mode […]
I’m not a huge fan of Fall. On the positive, it’s no longer so blasted humid, but the swimming pools are all closed and it gets really cold when I’m riding my bike. The cold is harder on your muscles and your nose runs all the time. Even Halloween has lost its magic lately, because […]
I had the honor of seeing Governor Sarah Palin accept the Republican Vice Presidential nomination last night at the Xcel Center in St. Paul. Gov. Palin was everything she needed to be and then some. In fact, she was so charismatic that even I began wondering why I wasn’t voting for her. Charm aside, however, […]
Guess who is celebrating 20 years of learning and fun in grand fashion? That’s right, it’s everyone’s favorite purple dinosaur! Starting this September 9th, now available on DVD from HIT Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment comes a collection of the best moments in 20 years of a dinosaur’s life. The Best Of Barney […]
The Repubs were in fine fettle Wednesday night, showing off their sense of humor in back-to-back speeches packed with biting barbs, alliterative jibes and irony-laden vocal inflections by erstwhile presidential candidate and former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani (video) and vice presidential nominee AK Gov. Sarah Palin (video). Both speakers – especially Giuliani, who mugged his […]
“Cardigan Bay†is at once a romance and an espionage thriller, set during World War Two. The story is woven from several threads, some of them fairly well known – such as the elaborate and ongoing planning for the Normandy invasion by the Allies, the work of the top-secret code-breakers at Bletchley Park and the […]
I have always had a fairly active dream life. Some are pleasant and some are just overwhelmingly strange, but decent amounts are nightmares. There are all sorts of nightmares that keep hitting me up – I’m being stabbed, I’m on a sailboat and I don’t know how to sail, I’m stuck in a mall, I’m […]
Thursday Night Tim Miller was a guest on CNN’s Nancy Grace Show. He made a statement saying he was furious with Cindy Anthony after what he said was a lack of cooperation. Local6.com reports Tim Miller as saying, “I’m pissed off. I feel as though we have been used in this and we are not […]
NM: What does Gospel Jazz mean to you? TB: Gospel Jazz to me is infusing the Spirit into the process of jazz improvisation and composing to result in a gospel message that also celebrates living in the image of God. By fulfilling the creation mandate given to us in Genesis. NM: How did you get […]
Blackmore’s Night - Secret Voyage Okay, this might be changing gears quite a bit from the Iced Earth epic above, but bear with me. Say what you want at former Deep Purple/guitar god Richie Blackmore’s foray into medieval minstrel music, but you cannot fault the quality of their releases. Whether an original composition, one of Henry […]
Professional domainers have been buying and selling domain names since at least as early as 1994. In those days some domainers were saying that domain names with more than one word in them wouldn’t sell. But they have long since been proven wrong. A recent development in the controversial practice of domaining is domain renting. […]
I don’t watch that many horror movies. I don’t so much get scared, I get jumpy and I hate it when I get jumpy and nervous. Not to mention, I do some of my biking at night on trails in heavily wooded and isolated areas and it’s hard enough to focus on my RPM and […]
 NM: Mr Whalum what does Gospel Jazz mean to you?   KW: The Gospel is the best news I’ve ever gotten.  I didn’t realize just how vital, crucial and life-saving it was until I got a good look at the depth of my sin.  That wasn’t pretty.  But God’s grace is so beautiful, and […]
“The difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? Lipstick.” –Sarah Palin, RNC Speech In a speech full of memorable one-liners and highlights, we picked what we thought were the top 25 quotes from Sarah Palin’s RNC speech in Minneapolis, MN. ALSO at DBKP: Video: Sarah Palin’s Speech at Minneapolis, MN * A writer […]
…who the other options were [I have to admit that I would rather see a Sarah Palin in the rescue seat than any of the others — Lieberman more a member of the Knesset than Senate, the Mormon noted for firing people to make his millions, and other assorted losers — particularly our idiotic NYC […]
A truck driver and laborer has filed a lawsuit against eight nine defendants in Madison County Circuit Court, after claiming to have been exposed to deadly asbestos over a career than spanned nearly half a century. William Kirk of Ohio filed his complaint on 11 th August, and claims that he became aware that he […]
“. . . nothing contributes so much to tranquillize the mind as a steady purpose . . .†Mary Shelly, Frankenstein. John McCain’s unexpected choice of Sarah Palin for the GOP vice-presidential nomination last week not only had most Democrats scratching their heads. Countless Republicans, after climbing back to their feet again (many of them […]
The Jane Fonda controversy has all the makings of a perfect storm. And, like the storms currently wending their way across the Atlantic Ocean, it has a life of its own, and won’t go away just because a few people would like it to.
One of our relatives just came back to visit from Canada, and she is looking to recruit people to work with her in Alberta. I said no thank you, since my Hispanic (adopted) son already was working in nearby Alaska, along with other Hispanics and Filipinos, and he said if he changed jobs, he preferred […]
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