"I dug my key into the side of his pretty little souped up 4 wheel drive, carved my name into his leather seats...I took a Louisville slugger to both headlights, slashed a hole in all 4 tires..."--from Carrie Underwood's hit single "Before He Cheats."
One of the ways the double standard about domestic violence manifests...
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It is now clear that unless a foreign power steps in and forces Mr. Mugabe to back down and accept change, that he is bent on destroying what is left of the Zimbabwe economy. That is not saying much; agriculture is operating at about 20 per cent, tourism and hospitality about the same, industry...
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NewsMax.com warned today: “America is finished. Mexico and Canada are gone too. “In their place: One massive country, the North American Union (NAU), bordered by the Bering Sea to the north and Guatemala to the south, the Atlantic to the east and the Pacific to the west. “NAU citizens no longer spend dollars or...
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Now that Hillary Clinton is publicly embracing the importance of faith in a politician’s life, the New York Times has evidently forgotten all about the separation of church and state. A feature article on Ms. Clinton speaks fawningly of her teaching adult Sunday school classes and of how her Methodist faith has “guided her”...
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SAN FRANCISCO. ?San Francisco State University (SFSU) is the latest target of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education?s (FIRE?s) highly successful Speech Codes Litigation Project. In cooperation with FIRE, attorneys filed a federal lawsuit against SFSU for violating the First Amendment rights of its students. The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), a Phoenix-based nonprofit...
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On numerous occasions I've discussed the Lisa Nowak case and the kid gloves treatment she's received from the media and prosecutors--click here or see my co-authored column Scott Peterson in a space suit (Philadelphia Daily News, 2/26/07).
Believe it or not, Nowak is now getting an award from NASA--the NASA Space Flight Medal. Is this just...
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Adding international investments to your portfolio is a good way to diversify for safety while boosting returns. On average, international stocks appreciate more than US stocks. What’s more, companies located in countries with the most economic freedom typically appreciate more than the broader international average. Over the past year, countries with the most economic...
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Installations of closed-circuit television (CCTV) security cameras into schools in the Australian state of New South Wales has alarmed teachers. Over 50 schools in New South Wales already have surveillance cameras in playgrounds and outside dining areas. The concern from teachers arises from the pending installation of further cameras inside classrooms and also corridors....
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) called on the international community to increase aid and assistance to the two countries shouldering the bulk of displaced Iraqis. Syria and Jordan have received the largest number of Iraqi refugees and are having difficulty coping with the numbers. The appeal was made by UNHCR spokesman...
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Police officers and government officials met on Friday in Morocco and say that a “serious threat of a terrorist act” by al-Qaeda exists in the country and has raised their terrorist attack threat level to “maximum.” “ indicates a serious threat of a terrorist act and demands extreme mobilization by the bodies concerned,” said...
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London, England –For the second time in two days, the sun and the crowds came out to welcome the Tour de France to London. The all clapping, all cheering public lined the streets to watch David Millar take the lead from Greenwich, only to lose his steam 50km to the end. The winner, Australian...
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Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen won the FIA Formula-1 2007 Santander British Grand Prix on the Silverstone Circuit at Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England. The triumphant Lewis Hamilton, who won the pole in the qualification yesterday was able to maintain his position on the first part of the race, but lose it on his first pit-stop. Moreover,...
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Dutch adventurer Ralph Tuijn has reached the halfway point of his attempt to be the first person to row across the Pacific Ocean unaided. The 16,000 kilometer journey from the coast of Peru to the seaside city of Brisbane, Australia – the widest section of the Pacific – has never been crossed absolutely unaided...
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World number one in tennis Roger Federer has defeated Spaniard Rafael Nadal to win his fifth consecutive Wimbledon mens single title. The 25-year-old Swiss maestro overcame the second-seeded Nadal in five sets, 7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 2-6, 6-2. The final took 3 hours and 45 minutes to complete. Federer, who lost to Nadal in the...
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Since last Tuesday, following violent confrontations with Pakistan’s army, up to 1800 clerics and students are still holed up in Islamabad’s Red Mosque. Clashes began last week following mounting antagonism between the mosques hard-line leaders and the government lead by President Pervez Musharraf. The mosque has been accused of enforcing it’s own Islamic law...
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In an ongoing labor dispute from May of this year in California, United States, Teamsters Local 952, which represents the Orange County Transportation Authority’s 1,200 coach operators, went on strike at 12:35AM (0035 hrs) PDT Saturday morning after a cooling-off period declared by State Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger expired. Sanctioned picket lines have been formed...
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Aircraft manufacturer Boeing have unveiled their new 787 Dreamliner at their Everett Factory near Seattle, Washington, in the United States. Sunday was chosen as its date matches the aircraft’s designation number when written in the American format, 7/8/07. The event was attended by 15,000 people including employees, customers, suppliers and officials from government and...
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“A bidet company’s advertising plans in Times Square are too cheeky for the pastor of a nearby church. Rev. Neil Rhodes, pastor of the interdenominational Times Square Church, is asking a state court to block a billboard company from posting huge ads that feature naked buttocks with smiley faces on them. The display is...
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Author’s Note: Since the country may be ready for another Billary go-round, I thought I’d put up an essay I wrote during Slick’s scandal filled days. Newsweek’s bureau chief, Evan Thomas, once dismissed Paula Jones as “some sleazy woman with big hair coming out of the trailer parks.” While Thomas has since had a...
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Al Gore has indeed jumped the shark. The biggest mistake the “global warming” (which is now becoming “climate change” to cover the fall and winter months) movement has made is to hitch their wagon to celebrity activists/PR seekers.
Why? Because, frankly, most people think celebrity activists are idiots. The vast majority of civilization views celebrity...
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