First, I’m not gay. Being a single man who likes a cappuccino, movies (even the occasional romance), loves my kids and sheds a tear over sad endings I often feel like this needs to be said.   Second, I don’t hate women.  I’ve been married and the laws make it a questionable proposition...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP Identity theft and identity fraud are terms used to refer to types of crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another individual’s personal data in a way that involves fraud or deception, typically for economic gain. Unlike fingerprints, which are unique to an individual and cannot be given to...
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Fair Notice: The Author is a Candidate for the Massachusetts Governor’s Council The rules regarding being a judge in Massachusetts are very short. The second cannon of the Massachusetts Code of Judicial Conduct states that a Judge should avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety in all his activities. It also states that a...
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Monday, July 10, 2006 THE INITIAVE PROCESS IN MASSACHUSETS SKIRTS A CLOSE ONE: GAY LOBBY MUST FACE THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS Today, the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that the voteonmarriage.org initiative question limiting marriage to one man/one woman did not violate the Massachusetts Constitutional provision that initiative questions should not reverse judicial decisions. http://www.socialaw.com/slip.htm?cid=16338&sid=120 Pick...
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Our Special Forces units at Fort Bragg have long been the premier resource for anti-terrorism training for a host of services and programs, but they are being stripped of that mission so that a demonstrably unprepared and unqualified military branch can (again) be assigned to reinvent the wheel. This will happen no later than...
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Newsflash: Psilocybin, the active ingredient of “magic mushrooms,” expands the mind. Duh, lots of former hippies and natives of Mexico and Central America could have told us that, without wasting thousands of dollars in research. According to the Seattle Times: “The chemical promoted a mystical experience in two-thirds of people who took it for the first...
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This great land called America is not some prize to be won. It’s a gift by Almighty God, a gift of unexplained beauty to be enjoyed by all. Just as the land is precious, so are the people of America. No one group of people completely rules or dominates. Our forefathers came to America...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP Last Tuesday, as most of America celebrated Independence Day, North Korea launched six missiles in the early hours of Wednesday their time. One of them was the Taepodong 2, which has a range of over 6,000 miles.That missile crashed within 40 seconds of its launch, but it set alarm bells...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP Last Tuesday, as most of America celebrated Independence Day, North Korea launched six missiles in the early hours of Wednesday their time. One of them was the Taepodong 2, which has a range of over 6,000 miles.That missile crashed within 40 seconds of its launch, but it set alarm bells...
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Talk about an attention-grabbing title for a Time Magazine cover story. Turn the pages to the article and the subtitle is no less compelling: “WHY GEORGE W. BUSH’S GRAND STRATEGY FOR REMAKING THE WORLD HAD TO CHANGE. And how about that cover photo of a huge cowboy hat covering up all but the shoes...
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Is there any better example of moronic governmental bureaucracy that Boston’s “Big Dig” project? The project cost about $15 billion (but goes up with each leak), and was originally projected at about $4 billion. That’s just typical for a government project, but since “completion,” the reconstructed areas have been fraught with problems, including leaks...
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China: Police announce gun amnesty deadline: “Illegal firearms’ owners in Beijing could be jailed for up to two years if they do not turn their weapons in by July 15, Beijing Public Security Bureau has announced. As part of a national crackdown on illegal guns launched last month, the bureau is urging the public...
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Pollyanna speaking I live in a country where I broadly approve of what the political class does. I don’t think Australia’s national leadership always gets it right but, given the circumstances in which they operate, I think they do pretty well. As far as I can see, I live in one of the world’s...
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