March of the food fascists By Bettina Arndt At my son’s school the food fascists issued a new decree – only health foods for tuckshop recess specials. With the other volunteer mums, I stood for hours making summer rolls, wrapping fiddly rice paper around chicken breast and healthy vegies, and then watched in horror...
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EU DICTATORS NOW ATTACKING ALCOHOL Those who will not learn of the past are condemned to repeat it The campaigns to combat the effects of `passive smoking’ are widely credited for Europe’s growing number of smoking bans. Now alcohol is in the sights of the public health lobbyists, and they have invented the concept...
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According to Liz Smith, the gossip… whatever she is… Dan Rather is not getting a divorce, as has been rumored in various corners of cyberspace. Rumors were that the couple was splitting and were in a fierce battle over who gets custody of the Microsoft Word and Photoshop software. Fortunately, this apparently isn’t true, and...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP A Brookfield, Wisconsin couple and their son, who kept a domestic servant in their home under slave-like conditions for close to two decades, were convicted last Friday on human trafficking charges. A federal jury returned guilty verdicts on all counts against three members of the wealthy family for human trafficking....
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by Jim Kouri, CPP Federal agents and local cops arrested 23 suspects involved in a conspiracy to produce and distribute crack-cocaine and cocaine powder throughout Palm Beach County, Florida. The anti-drug operation, dubbed Magnum Force, involved the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Delray Beach Police Department, the Boynton Beach Police Department, the Jupiter Police Department,...
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In a market economy, those with socially valuable skills and abilities are monetarily rewarded in free exchange for their services or the goods that they produce. Those whose aptitudes do not fulfill some kind of broader demand or need are forced to either adapt or be willing to endure a life of self-imposed deprivation....
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The phrase “an establishment of religion” may have been intended by Congress to be aimed only at a state church. When the First Amendment was pending in Congress in substantially its present form, Mr. Madison said he apprehended the meaning of the words to be that Congress should not establish a religion and enforce...
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THE UTILITY OF THE UNION AS A SAFEGUARD AGAINST DOMESTIC FACTION AND INSURRECTION A FIRM Union will be of the utmost moment to the peace and liberty of the States as a barrier against domestic faction and insurrection. It is impossible to read the history of the petty republics of Greece and Italy without...
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When Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore defied an order from Federal Judge Myron Thompson in 2003, and refused to remove a monument of the Ten Commandments from the rotunda of the Alabama Supreme Court building, he was summarily expelled from office under the pretense that America is a nation of laws, not of men....
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It would appear that humanity, at least in Florida, is going to the dogs: Dogs may soon be allowed to accompany their owners out to dinner. Gov. Jeb Bush says that on Friday he will sign a ‘dining with dogs’ bill. The legislation gives local governments the OK to let restaurants permit dogs to...
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True members of the American intellectual Left number in the thousands but their radical view of the world dominates the print media (led by NYT), the television media, the movie industry, the law schools and the courts, and the educational establishment from kindergarten to the most elite universities. With only the so-called Religious Right...
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NC: Squabble leads to gunfire: “A confrontation in Nebo Saturday night landed one man in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest. Shortly after 9:30 p.m., McDowell County sheriff�s deputies were called to a residence on Southern Way owned by Darrell Freeman. Capt. Dudley Greene of the Sheriff�s Office said Freeman and...
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Did you know that the Bush administration is “a renegade band of right-wing extremists?” That’s according to Al Gore, that paragon of sharp-honed analytical incisiveness, in an interview with the British paper, the Guardian, during a recent trip to Britain. But just what is it that makes them such “right-wing extremists?” Is it because Bush...
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Did you know that the Bush administration is “a renegade band of right-wing extremists?” That’s according to Al Gore, that paragon of sharp-honed analytical incisiveness, in an interview with the British paper, the Guardian, during a recent trip to Britain. But just what is it that makes them such “right-wing extremists?” Is it because Bush...
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You mean to say that Michael Moore’s film “Fahrenheit 911″ contained out of context quotes and footage? No way! Next thing you know, they’ll tell us that Moore owns Halliburton stock. What? Really? Oh… From the New York Post: A double-amputee Iraq-war vet is suing Michael Moore for $85 million, claiming the portly peacenik...
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No, I’m not referring to New Orleans residents voting to re-elect their idiotic mayor Ray Nagin, despite how badly he screwed up during Hurricane Katrina. I’m talking about the fact that it looks like the city of New Orleans is sinking faster than we previously believed. Parts of New Orleans are sinking far more...
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As the immigration debate continues to roll along, without any apparent give from either side, it has truly been an eye-opening experience. The rhetoric used to distort the truth about what is happening in our country can at times makes one wonder if we can determine what is the truth. But the truth is...
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“Would that it were true!†President Woodrow Wilson exclaimed when asked what he thought of the story of Betsy Ross’ creation of the flag. Ross’ name is inextricably linked with the birth of Old Glory even among those whose minds are tickled by the knowledge that historians have found its factual basis lacking. The...
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What really happened at Haditha? The only thing we know for certain is that we don’t yet know for certain. But that doesn’t stop the Left from declaring the Marines involved, and by extension the entire US military and the Bush administration, guilty of atrocities. The media has already tried, convicted, drawn and quartered...
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Sunday Night with “Don Giovanni” A small memoir of a pleasant evening last Sunday (28th. May): Even in quiet little old Brisbane, the 250th anniversary of the birth of Mozart is a big deal — with many concerts in celebration being put on. The latest one that I attended — last Sunday — was...
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