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Does anyone know who this thinner, older imposter is doing on the Guy from Boston website? It is not Joe Ligotti, the conservative ranter. I know he was banned from YouTube for a ridiculous reason, but now someone else is masquerading as the Guy from Boston. What is going on here?

...An Iranian expert, who is close to Tehran's thinking and did not wish to be identified, told the FT that Iran was not looking for a crisis in Lebanon at a critical moment in the nuclear diplomacy. He said Iran had received signals from members of the UN Security Council last week that it would be given more time to consider the west's proposals. It was inconceivable that Iran had ordered Hizbollah to take Israeli soldiers prisoner. Iran wanted a negotiated way out of the nuclear stand-off, he said. He argued that Israel's fierce retaliation for the abduction of the...

Ex-Ark. Governor Loses Bid to Change Plea By KELLY P. KISSEL Associated Press Writer Jim Guy Tucker LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal appeals court rejected former Gov. Jim Guy Tucker's bid to withdraw his guilty plea in a tax fraud case that arose during the Whitewater investigation of his predecessor, Bill Clinton. Tucker admitted in 1998 that he conspired to impede the Internal Revenue Service by hiding the sale of a cable television business. The plea came two years after he was convicted of fraud in a case also brought by Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr. Tucker resigned but was...

Dems weigh how Roberts vote will play By Geoff Earle As new information emerges about Judge John Roberts’s conservative writing, Republicans are bracing for a more contentious confirmation process than previously anticipated. But the tougher grilling could also provide those Democrats mulling a run for the White House with a golden opportunity to build constituencies and raise their national profiles. The Roberts vote, slated for late September, could have a high enough profile that Democratic primary voters will remember it in 2006 and 2007, particularly if Roberts is confirmed and the Supreme Court hands down a major ruling on...

He's not wrapped too tightly, but Larry the Cable Guy knows comedy Larry the Cable Guy doesn't care who you are, he's going to make you laugh. Proud-to-be-a-redneck funny man Larry is bringing his latest joke-telling tour to Wachovia Arena Thursday, Jan. 27 for a night of political incorrectness. He checked in with the Weekender recently, just a few days after the tour kicked off in Houston. Tracing back to his livestock-raising roots in southern Nebraska, Larry and his cohorts had just stopped off at a cattle auction. He admitted spending a good part of the day explaining to the...

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When Incrementalism Really Means Compromise I was a mere high school student when I attended my first "contemporary" church service during the "Jesus Freak" movement of the early 1970's in Costa Mesa, California.  Up to that point in my life, I was exposed to more formal type church services only.  Nevertheless, this new kind of church service shocked me very little, because I was made aware (many times, until the point was driven home), of the "logic" behind this modern type worship. The example I heard most promoting the positive aspects of this new movement was, "we are building bridges to...

'Orange' you glad you're not this guy?  Sept. 28, 2004... Looking suddenly very orange, John Kerry's new look just prior to the debate is more than a little too.... fake. As in spray tan fake. Not that the presidential candidate will ever admit such an attempt at insta-tanning -- his suddenly gone facial wrinkles earlier this year prompted cries of "BOTOX!", which Kerry denied too.   This is an email-able, copyright-ready cartoon you can use in emails, on blogs, in flyers, on posters... anything that's noncommercial.

Wired magazine reported recently: "[Mike] Lazzo's trademark is bringing dead toons back to life. He got his big break when he created the cult hit Space Ghost Coast to Coast in 1994 by splicing new celebrity interviews into old animated footage. Last year, Futurama and Family Guy reruns did so well that it's likely both shows (which Fox killed in prime time) will produce new episodes."

RE: BUTTERFLY BROKEN ON A WHEEL [John Derbyshire] VERY interesting e-mailbag on my Martha Stewart postings. They are running about 2-1 in support of my pro-Martha position -- somewhat to my surprise, as I thought I was being dramatically contrarian here. Interestingly, e-mails from professionals in the securities business are pretty solidly with me -- I have appended a good example down below. Points often made: ---It is not against the law to be a rich, obnoxious, not-very-honest woman, not even if your politics are Clintonian-Democrat. ---Not only was Martha not charged with "insider trading" (whatever THAT is supposed to...

<p>NEW YORK — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has been called many things, a savvy politician, a devoted wife. But Men's Journal magazine is adding one more description to that list: Tough Guy.</p> <p>In its March issue, already on newsstands, the magazine publishes its annual list of "The 25 Toughest Guys in America" -- and Clinton weighs in at No. 25, just behind human crash test dummy Rusty Haight, who has been in 740 car wrecks.</p>

BETHANY - Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich made a quick stop in Oklahoma on Tuesday, blasting international trade compacts and promising to end American involvement in Iraq. “It’s time to end the occupation of Iraq and bring our troops home,” he told a crowd of about 75 at Wiley Post Airport. “The Iraq war has left us wasting tens of billions of dollars for a war that didn’t have to be fought.” Kucinich made the stop in Oklahoma as part of a three-day tour across 11 states to formally announce his candidacy for president. The trip began in Cleveland, where...

New York City has so many things that make it unique; it makes it hard to decide where to start. Then again, the cash strapped city just opened a new high school at a cost of about 3 million dollars which doesn’t allow straight students to attend. However, if you are gay or bisexual or a transgender, welcome home. Seriously. The powers that be in NYC have decided that they have collected enough money from fining smokers in public places, and animal lovers in subways, and can now spend city money to ensure that straight people are no where in...

Is there any doubt?

Why I made that speech Something had to be said at the Oscars about the war. Michael Moore explains why he was the one to say it. A word of advice to future Oscar winners: don't begin Oscar day by going to church. That is where I found myself last Sunday morning, at the Church of the Good Shepherd on Santa Monica Boulevard, at Mass with my sister and my dad. My problem with the Catholic Mass is that sometimes I find my mind wandering after I hear something the priest says, and I start thinking all these crazy thoughts...

Sarah Edwards for NBC, describing this March release film, said: “Steve Martin plays the typical uptight white guy.” (She just loved the movie.) Teamed with Martin is a rapper-turned-actress, a black woman he meets via the internet, and who in the clip shown enters his living quarters, saying, “I absolutely love what you’ve done with the place. It’s so … sterile.” From there, of course, the stupid (un-cool) white man's noveau step-and-fetchit awkwardness generates guffaws as he is introduced to the myriad and far superior elements of modern black American culture which have done so much to improve life in...

<p>Get out your wallet. Big business has found another way to tighten the screws on customers, in league with its new partner: the notorious Digital Millennium Copyright Act.</p> <p>Just as naysayers predicted when it was enacted, the DMCA's anticompetitive impact is reverberating widely beyond the entertainment and software industries, with potentially devastating effects on consumers.</p>

Man Loses Legal Battle To Join Women's Health Club Montpelier, Vermont -- November 12, 2002 The Vermont Human Rights Commission has confirmed the legal right of women's health clubs to deny membership to men. The the ruling comes in the case of Edward Kane, 30, of Burlington. He applied for membership for himself and his wife at the Ladies' Workout Express soon after the fitness center opened in August at the Ethan Allen Shopping Center in Burlington. His wife was accepted, but he was denied because of his gender. Kane filed a complaint with the Vermont Human Rights Commission claiming...

PSC candidates debate issues in public forum Michelle Mahfoufi / The Times Posted on September 25, 2002 Jim Crowley couldn't think of a better place than Broadmoor Presbyterian Church to hold Tuesday's forum featuring the 5th District Public Service Commission candidates. "I need all the prayers I can get," Crowley, a Shreveport independent running for a PSC post for the third time, told the crowd of three dozen. He joined candidates William "Rod" Guy, Foster Campbell and incumbent Don Owen for an hourlong question-and-answer session during which residents were as concerned about how a pending war on Iraq will affect...

YOU'VE got to hand it to Saddam. In one brisk, neat letter to Kofi Annan, he pulled the rug from right under George Bush's feet. There was the American president last week, playing the role of multilateralist, warning the world that Iraq had one last chance through the UN to avoid Armageddon. "If the Iraqi regime wishes peace," he told us all in the General Assembly, "it will immediately and unconditionally forswear, disclose and remove or destroy all weapons of mass destruction, long range missiles and all related material." And that, of course, is the point. Saddam would do everything...