Background: In April, I called your attention to a new, damaging Parental Alienation bill in the California legislature. In my co-authored column AB 612 Will Make It Harder to Protect Children from Parental Alienation (Riverside Press-Enterprise, 4/2/07), I explained:
"A new bill authored by Assemblymember Ira Ruskin (D-Redwood City) will harm children of divorce by...
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Tuesday afternoon a TAM Linhas Aéreas Airbus A320 (flight #JJ3054) crashed while attempting a landing at the airport in Congonhas, São Paulo Brazil. The plane apparently skidded off the wet runway colliding with a gas station and a warehouse across the road from the airport before bursting into flames. The number of passengers on...
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A man identified as Aaron Richard Snyder showed up on Monday around 2:25pm outside the Colorado Capitol offices of Governor Bill Ritter. He was carrying a 357-caliber 7 shot Smith and Wesson revolver with 20 extra rounds of ammunition and started screaming “I am the emperor” and “I am here to take over the...
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A man identified as Aaron Richard Snyder showed up on Monday around 2:25pm outside the Colorado Capitol offices of Governor Bill Ritter. He was carrying a 357-caliber 7 shot Smith and Wesson revolver with 20 extra rounds of ammunition and started screaming “I am the emperor” and “I am here to take over the...
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Mauricio Soler of Colombia has won stage 9 of the 2007 Tour de France. Michael Rasmussen of Denmark retains the overall lead. The 159.5 km stage 9 began with a cold start to the Hors Categorie climb up to the Col de l’Iseran (15 km at 6%), followed by the Col du Télégraphe and...
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According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, toxicology reports reveal that the former pro-wrestler Chris Benoit had 10 times the normal level of testosterone as well as hydrocodone (a painkiller), and Xanax (an anti-anxiety medication). Benoit also reportedly tested negative for alcohol. Benoit’s wife, Nancy Benoit also tested positive for Xanax, and the painkiller...
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An Amtrak passenger train de-railed after hitting a pickup truck in Plant City, Florida, in the United States. The driver of the pickup truck was killed on impact. The crash occurred at a marked railroad crossing inside of an industrial area, according to an Amtrak spokesperson. None of the 133 passengers were seriously hurt,...
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Local caterers ready for big business, as almost three thousand fans converge on the David L. Lawrence Convention Center over the Independence Day weekend for the world’s largest ever furry convention, Anthrocon 2007. Many hope to renew acquaintances, or meet new friends. Others look to buy from dealers and artists, or...
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An alarm for heavy chemical pollution has been issued in the Lviv region, Ukraine, where yesterday evening a railway disaster led to a fire involving 15 containers of liquid yellow phosphorus. Extinguishing the fire proved extremely difficult, since water cannot be used, as in contact with phosphorus it would generate poisonous gas. It took...
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Don Imus’ comments that the Rutger’s ladies basketball team were a bunch of tattooed nappy-headed hoes might not have been the kindest thing to say about these athletes, though one must note the claim has not been entirely refuted as interestingly in appearances before the press the players have decided to conceal themselves behind...
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Background: Most of my readers are intelligent and reasonable, but occasionally I see a blog post or receive a letter which is so exquisitely asinine that it merits comment. Below is one.
I'm accustomed to being skewered by radical masculists, and generally find it amusing, but I hardly expected to be criticized as being "cruel"...
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While writing my blog post The 'sexism' was that the boys didn't believe that a girl could do dangerous skateboard stunts...' , I was reminded of another revealing incident. My son and I were at the skateboard park on a Saturday morning, and this little kid--looked like he was only five or six years...
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Maury is often said to be trash TV and there is much that is worthy of criticism on the show. However, there are also good things about the program. My favorite Maury episodes are the paternity test shows. These are some of his most dramatic programs. They are also shows in which Maury displays...
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This just in from the “your tax dollars at work” department…
The Fiscal Year 2008 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations bill contains 1,016 earmarks totaling $392 million.
Here’s just one of the earmarks:
$1 million for the Museum at Bethel Woods, which is dedicated to recreating the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival experience and will...
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The New Zealand dollar (NZD) value rose and, for a short amount of time, was worth US$0.7932, the highest level in New Zealand since the dollar was floated in 1985 – 22-years-ago. The value then dropped a little and as of 11.40 a.m. was trading at US$0.7925. This was due to the Reserve Bank...
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Lewis Gordon Pugh, 37, a man from the United Kingdom has become the first person to swim at the North pole. The water, 29 degrees F (-1.8 C), is believed to be the coldest waters any human has ever swam in on the planet. “I am obviously ecstatic to have succeeded but this swim...
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A police sergeant was killed and at least 18 people were injured in a pair of bomb blasts today in southern Thailand. Taking place in Yala, the capital of one of Thailand’s three southernmost provinces, the first blast, at around 8 a.m. local time (0100 GMT), resulted in no injuries, but drew police and...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP (This article is based on a report received by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.) Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, Assistant Attorney General for National Security Kenneth L. Wainstein and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III announced last Friday a series of comprehensive measures to significantly enhance national security...
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