Monthly Archives: May 2005

A runner at a school

A runner at a school track meet crossed the finish line just ahead of his nearest rival. A bystander, noticing that the winner’s lips were moving during the last couple of laps, wondered what he was saying. So he asked … Continue reading

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Damned Cowards

U.S. Backs Down on AIDS Stipulation The U.S. has backed down on a plan requiring overseas AIDS groups that are partly funded by this country to publicly declare their opposition to prostitution and sex trafficking. Overseas AIDS organizations that receive … Continue reading

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So quit!

Coldplay attack ‘evil’ of profits By Alexa Baracaia, Evening Standard 18 May 2005 Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin today launched an attack on his record label EMI and the company’s shareholders. It came after EMI, the world’s third-largest music company, … Continue reading

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More America-Lovers.

I know. This is just a legitimate protest. A form of expression. Blah blah blah. They love america. Really. Can’t you feel it?

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Ann Coulter At Her Very Best

Assistant Managing Editor Evan Thomas justified Newsweek’s decision to run the incendiary anti-U.S. story about the Quran, saying that “similar reports from released detainees” had already run in the foreign press — “and in the Arab news agency al-Jazeera.” Is … Continue reading

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Credibility

There’s a lot of talk over on Stageleft lately about credibility and my former friend’s lack thereof. Let’s define some terms for the purposes of this discussion. We’ll define credibility as believability based on verifiable fact. We’ll define obligation as … Continue reading

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25 Years Ago Today

Twenty-five years ago, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted in one of the greatest natural disasters of modern times. The top of the mountain was blown into the atmosphere and became a dark plume of pulverized rock 11 miles … Continue reading

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Times Continues Its Label-Bias

From Timeswatch: Congressional reporter Carl Hulse contributes a bit of labeling bias in Tuesday’s “Senate Leaders Break Off Talks on Judicial Nominees.” Hulse writes: “Republicans and conservative allies said they planned to have Justices Owen and Brown at the Capitol … Continue reading

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Let them build them…

Donald Trump has stepped forward to do something the lilly-livered losers in NY have declined to do. Rebuild the WTC almost identically to how it was built before. The footprints of the original buildings would be preserved as memorial ground, … Continue reading

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Interesting

Your Political Profile Overall: 95% Conservative, 5% Liberal Social Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal Personal Responsibility: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal Fiscal Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal Ethics: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal Defense and Crime: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal How Liberal … Continue reading

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Gordon gets to the point…

Gordon and Stageleft have been duking it out lately over Stageleft’s non-retraction-non-apology-retraction-apology. Well, Gordon is having none of it… Stageleft seemed to think that being posted about on Dogsnot was an honor… As for the honor of my time and … Continue reading

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