Today, as I left through the revolving doors of my office building, a man tried to squeeze through the door as I was going through. His foot got caught, he got very angry and pushed the door very hard, hitting me in the cheek. I gave him a dirty look and started to [...]
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The recent ballyhoo over the Dubai Ports World (DPW) acquisition of the British Peninsular and Oriental Company (British P&O), the currently contracted operators of 21 facilities at six major US ports, has exposed what we Conservatives and most Republicans have known for decades. Liberals are the real bigots in our society. That bigotry has now [...]
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Victoria Toensing, a former Justice Department official and chief counsel for the Senate Intelligence Committee, has some comments about the NSA surveillance program.
In Article II, the Constitution establishes the president as commander in chief. As such he has inherent authority to conduct warrantless surveillance for the purpose of acquiring foreign intelligence information. He does not [...]
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Tom Monaghan, the founder of Domino’s Pizza, is planning to start a town which will be governed according to traditional Catholic principles.
A FORMER US marine who was raised by nuns and made a fortune selling Domino’s pizza has embarked on a €337m plan to build America’s first town to be run according to strict Catholic [...]
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From The Australian:
About 20 countries are now banning poultry imports from France as a result of an outbreak of bird flu in the country.
The states imposing total or partial restrictions include “Japan, Hong Kong, Morocco, Egypt, Thailand and North Korea”, junior trade minister Christine Lagarde said today at an agricultural fair in Paris.
There are [...]
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When the Golden Mosque in Samarra was destroyed, we were told civil war was imminent. Well, it’s been imminent for the past two years.
Now, William F. Buckley has joined the “realist” crowd, saying Iraqis may just not be civilizable. We can understand freedom and liberty, and we can live under a rule of law, [...]
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Thousands of Pakistani children aged from 8-12 years old called for the deaths of those responsible for the cartoons depicting Muhammed.
About 5,000 children chanting “Hang those who insulted the prophet” rallied in Pakistan’s largest city on Tuesday in the latest protest in the Islamic nation against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
The children, [...]
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Two researchers from the Kellogg School of Management have put out a study debunking the claim that medical expenses are responsible for 46% of all personal bankruptcy filings. It turns out that medical expenses are a cause of about 17%, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they were even the main cause.
A report [...]
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Oh, That Awful John Bolton Rocks the Boat Again !!
Oh,dear ! That John Bolton : so…uncultured ! So….American !
Sudan Sanctions Stalled, U.S. Envoy Bolton Says
27 February 2006
Deadlock could jeopardize U.N. Security Council’s credibility
By Judy Aita
Washington File United Nations Correspondent
United Nations — The United States and other Western members of the Security Council have been [...]
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Black lawmakers in Illinois are warning Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich that if he sticks with his pledge to not raise taxes he’s at risk of losing black votes.
Black lawmakers urged Gov. Rod Blagojevich to take back his no-tax-increase pledge because of its impact on schools, warning Monday that the position could cost him votes.
“The [...]
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