Jun

30

Big Apple Terrorism and The New York Times: The Movie

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Here’s a well done short film concerning recent history surrounding both terrorism and media. Check it out. Ann Coulter wrote in a column this week: “When is the New York Times going to get around to uncovering an al-Qaida secret program?” As soon as there’s a direct threat to the breathing privileges of anybody from The New York Times, [...]

Jun

30

Judicial Jihadists: Close Gitmo Via Eminent Domain?

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Lots of people are speaking out about the Supreme Court’s decision to disallow any military trials for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. This could essentially mean the release of terror suspects who are being held there. Some are pulling no punches. Here’s editorial cartoonist Gordon Campbell’s take, from the Daily Bulletin: Ouch. This editorial in [...]

Jun

29

How Many Light Bulbs Does It Take To Screw In A Pakistani Inmate?

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From the “you know it’s going to be a bad day when…” department: Fateh Mohammad, a prison inmate in Pakistan, says he woke up last weekend with a glass light bulb in his anus. On Wednesday night, doctors brought Mohammad’s misery to an end after a one-and-a-half hour operation to remove the object. Don’t you [...]

Jun

29

Send Gitmo Detainees To Supreme Court Building For Safe Keeping

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In a column not long ago, I proposed that we close Gitmo send all terror suspect detainees to the United Nations, but now I’ve changed my mind. We should send them to the U.S. Supreme Court for safe keeping — well, safe for the terror suspects, anyway. From the A.P.: The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that [...]

Jun

28

Passing Question for the Anti Flag Burning Amendment Politicians and the Surgeon General

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Okay, if it’s legal to burn an American flag in public, what about the second-hand smoke inhalation (or what the Surgeon General might call “passive flag burning“) it may inflict on the rest of us? Shouldn’t somebody speak out? It’s not an issue of patriotism, it’s an issue of public health! Mr. Carmona, there’s only a “c” and an “i” [...]

Jun

28

Marine 'Used' By Michael Moore in Fahrenheit 9/11 Killed In Iraq

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From the A.P.: A U.S. Marine and one-time recruiter who appeared in Michael Moore’s acclaimed documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11” has died in a roadside bombing in Iraq. Although Staff Sgt. Raymond J. Plouhar willingly appeared in a segment of the 2004 film, his father, Raymond, said Tuesday that his son didn’t realize that it was for [...]

Jun

28

Marine ‘Used’ By Michael Moore in Fahrenheit 9/11 Killed In Iraq

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From the A.P.: A U.S. Marine and one-time recruiter who appeared in Michael Moore’s acclaimed documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11” has died in a roadside bombing in Iraq. Although Staff Sgt. Raymond J. Plouhar willingly appeared in a segment of the 2004 film, his father, Raymond, said Tuesday that his son didn’t realize that it was for [...]

Jun

27

At Last, A Car That Undercuts The 100 Pound Barrier

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In “small” business news, DaimlerChrysler will soon begin offering a fuel efficient super compact car in the United States called the Smart car. Will it work? They’ve been buzzing around Europe for some time now, but will they survive, literally, in the SUV dominated American roadscape? This from CNN: DaimlerChrysler is set to bring the fuel-efficient subcompact [...]

Jun

27

Surgeon General: Quit Smoking — Government: Keep Paying Cigarette Taxes

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U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona is on a crusade against smoking — specifically, second-hand smoke. “Exposure to secondhand smoke remains an alarming public health hazard,” Carmona said. “Nonsmokers need protection through the restriction of smoking in public places and workplaces” _ and by smokers voluntarily not puffing around children. The report won’t surprise doctors. It [...]

Jun

26

Hardened Conservative: Rush Limbaugh Detained for Viagra?

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When you’re high on somebody’s “hit list,” you can expect anything to happen at any time. Earlier tonight, a report from the CBS station in Miami came in that read something like “Rush Limbaugh detained at Miami airport for illegal prescription drugs.” Limbaugh was returning from the Dominican Republic. Well, it turns out the “illegal [...]

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