Dec
31
Reflecting on some favorites from the past year
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Well, 2005 is just about history, but it brought some fun moments as far as my columns, stories, essays, and other stuff is concerned. Of course, there was the release of my book late this summer, but my main focus has always been on my weekly column, along with some newspaper op-eds and other stories [...]
Dec
30
New Year's resolution madness
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I’ve never met anybody who has actually kept a New Years resolution. Oh sure, some people can keep a resolution for even up to a few days. Quitting smoking, stop drinking, better diet, make some more money, stop calling the neighbors kid fat, stop yelling at the video clerk because they’re out of the last [...]
Dec
30
New Year’s resolution madness
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I’ve never met anybody who has actually kept a New Years resolution. Oh sure, some people can keep a resolution for even up to a few days. Quitting smoking, stop drinking, better diet, make some more money, stop calling the neighbors kid fat, stop yelling at the video clerk because they’re out of the last [...]
Dec
29
"Casual conversation" latest weapon to fight terrorists at airports — Regis Philbin asked to join the TSA
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Security screeners at 40 major airports will soon be trained in using casual conversation to flush out possible meanies who are on a “Virgin-quest” scavenger hunt. This should be interesting. A slip of the tongue is all that’ll be required: TSA screener: Where ya goin’? Passenger wearing turbin: Uh, Boston. TSA screener: Go there much? [...]
Dec
29
“Casual conversation” latest weapon to fight terrorists at airports — Regis Philbin asked to join the TSA
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Security screeners at 40 major airports will soon be trained in using casual conversation to flush out possible meanies who are on a “Virgin-quest” scavenger hunt. This should be interesting. A slip of the tongue is all that’ll be required: TSA screener: Where ya goin’? Passenger wearing turbin: Uh, Boston. TSA screener: Go there much? [...]
Dec
29
Conspiracy theorists, start your engines! — The Zapruder film, stabilized for those who are too Stone'd
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There’s reportedly a new “digitally cleaned up”, or “stabalized” version of the Zapruder film– the only movie made of the assassination of John F. Kennedy– making the rounds on the ‘net. The sharper video supposed to show that a shot clearly came from somewhere other than high up in a building. If you see the [...]
Dec
29
Conspiracy theorists, start your engines! — The Zapruder film, stabilized for those who are too Stone’d
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There’s reportedly a new “digitally cleaned up”, or “stabalized” version of the Zapruder film– the only movie made of the assassination of John F. Kennedy– making the rounds on the ‘net. The sharper video supposed to show that a shot clearly came from somewhere other than high up in a building. If you see the [...]
Dec
28
Breaking the hip of The Old Gray Lady: Eavesdropping is a sign of the Times
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Shh! Bush is listening! David Rivkin and Lee Casey, both lawyers in the Reagan and H.W. Bush administrations, have an op-ed in the New York Times which is a slam-dunk defense of Bush and his so-called “eavesdropping”. The amazing thing is that this op-ed, in utter contradiction with NYT editorial policy (“if it’s Bush rage, [...]
Dec
27
Human Events lists the "Top 10 RINO's" (Republican In Name Only), but who are the "DINO's"?
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Human Events has a list of the top 10 donkeys in elephant clothing, known as “RINO’s”. No real surprises there. The list contains more well-known fence-sitters than a flock of crows. Here are the names: 1. Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R.I.) 2. Sen. Olympia Snowe (Maine) 3. Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) 4. Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) [...]
Dec
27
Human Events lists the “Top 10 RINO’s” (Republican In Name Only), but who are the “DINO’s”?
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Human Events has a list of the top 10 donkeys in elephant clothing, known as “RINO’s”. No real surprises there. The list contains more well-known fence-sitters than a flock of crows. Here are the names: 1. Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R.I.) 2. Sen. Olympia Snowe (Maine) 3. Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) 4. Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) [...]