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Turn on the TV, open the newspaper, log on to the internet, and you'll see them: Muslim extremists, responding to the latest "outrage against Islam" like teenyboppers freaking out over the latest TV heartthrob. (Hot: Pope Benedict XVI. Not: Danish cartoons). They rant, they rage, they riot, they rape, all in the name of Allah. Tiredly, we change the channel to ESPN, flip to the horoscope, or click over to shavedasians.com. Of course the bastards are freaking out, we think. They're Muslims. Nothing new there. But they're all overseas. The ones we have here at home are all okay, right?...

Sean Hannity visited Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. Hannity's lecture included the time he tricked Paul Begala with the quotes John Kerry made supporting invading Iraq. He also spoke about facing the evil of our time in the same way we had to face Hitler. Hannity did many impersonations of Bill Clinton and talked about how the democrats had lost the South. He briefly talked about his disagreements with Repubicans on the issues of over-spending and illegal immigration. His ending statement was that in times of war, we need the right people in power. During Q/A session, most of the...

This was the day five years ago that war began between the US and Jihad, an unincorporated combine of Islamic nations, gangs, sects and tribes united in a campaign to harm, disable, defeat, and exterminate "infidel" Christians and Jews. There are various explanations for why this started. I have my own.       It's essentially an ecological crisis, conveniently pegged on an old religious beef. The population of many Islamic nations, fed by oil wealth, has reached critical overshoot. In particular, there are too many young men with no positions, no incomes, no prospects, and no hopes. Their glandular energies have...

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July 28 — Dear Diary: Not a great night for this Braveheart of Malibu. I was at Moonshadows, drinking and chatting with fans about Apocalypto. This film is going to be big. I can feel it in my soul. Anyway, I'm walking to the men's room when this guy says, "Mel? You know who created all the problems with the Mayans?" I'm like, "Who, friend?" "The Jews." Read rest of the article......

What ELSE did God Tell Pat Robertson Every year Pat Robertson goes on a prayer retreat kind of like his "quality time" with God. This is when the Lord gives Pat those personal tidbits about what's going to happen in the world. This year's tidbit was: "If I heard the Lord right about 2006, the coasts of America will be lashed by storms," Robertson said May 8. On Wednesday, he added, "There well may be something as bad as a tsunami in the Pacific Northwest." Reading this quote got me thinking why God would pick Pat Robertson to talk to....

The Mexican people aren't the only ones who realize that the "country" known as Mexico is no longer a civilized nation. Thousands of animals are leaving the 3rd world cesspool that should be an oil rich world superpower. El Cujo, a miniature Chihuahua who recently crossed the border complained about Mexico's poor health conditions. "I may eat crap, nibble my butt, and look like a rat with acromegaly, but I don't want to live in a country that has to send ambulances to another country for emergency healthcare. El Cujo also knows that US doctors don’t extort families of foreigners...

If you're going to drop names, drop big ones. Last night, our friend Tammy invited Sheryl and me to have dinner with Mary Cheney. She was in LA (fresh from a Larry King appearance) to promote her new book - Now It's my Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life. Of course we were pleased at the invitation. How many times do you get a chance to meet the daughter of a sitting vice president, especially one at the center of controversy herself? Mary, as most of you undoubtedly know, is the first publicly out homosexual child of such a...

THE INTERVIEW WITH GOD I dreamed I had an interview with God. “So you would like to interview me?” God asked. “If you have the time” I said. God smiled. “My time is eternity.” “What questions do you have in mind for me?” “What surprises you most about humankind?” God answered... “That they get bored with childhood, they rush to grow up, and then long to be children again.” “That they lose their health to make money... and then lose their money to restore their health.” “That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they...

He may have not been the “perfect dad”, but he is mine and I miss him He was not always there in my childhood, but when he was, he was my hero. And I miss him. We “lost” him in the mid ‘80s, when I say “lost”, I mean not physically, but, in a more “spiritual and emotional way” I remember many things that he did or said that made me mad or was annoying then But, man, what I wouldn’t give to have those days back! I remember how he would mangle Christmas carols every year, changing to the...

And you thought those people that set up roomfulls of dominos to knock over were amazing... There are no computer graphics or digital tricks in the film. Everything you see really happened in real time exactly as you see it. The film took 606 takes. On the first 605 takes, something, usually very minor, didn't work. They would then have to set the whole thing up again. The crew spent weeks shooting night and day. By the time it was over, they were ready to change professions. The film cost six million dollars and took three months to complete including...

See for example this thread first. The Feds are now set to announce on Cross-border drugs they will pounce not drugs from señors but those for seniors will Viagra get street-sold by the ounce?

PARIS (Reuters) - One third of French people say they are racist, a French human rights watchdog said on Tuesday, after a survey that showed an increase from last year in the number of people who acknowledged being racist. Some 33 percent of 1,011 people surveyed face-to-face by pollsters CSA said they were "somewhat" or "a little" racist, up 8 percentage points from last year, according to an annual report by the National Consultative Commission for Human Rights. The poll asked the question "When it comes to you personally, would you say you are ..." followed by a list of...

6th International Editorial Cartoon Competition 1. The theme of the 6th International Editorial Cartoon Competition, is “Cartooning in a dangerous environment”: to illustrate the pressure under which cartoonists perform their craft: the “chill” of a potential libel suit, the temptation of self-censorship, and security, political, economic and/or editorial constraints to artistic expression. 2. Prizes: three prizes will be given: a first prize of $1500, a crystal trophy, plus a Certificate from the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, a second prize of $750, and a third of $500. All sums are in Canadian dollars. Ten additional cartoons will receive an ³Award of...

These are the remarks I made at the funeral yesterday. Kim proofread and made improvements to them and stood beside me while I spoke. I actually wandered my way into this with some comments on the weather (snowing - like the day Elena was born seven years ago this Friday), the Music (my sister Jill sang Ave Maria. Same song as at our wedding but sounded so different in this different context), and the picture Elena slept with (which I’ll write about later).

The commercial will be broadcast on cable channels By SAMANTHA LEVINE Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - Another day, another Tom DeLay ad, another rejection. After four Houston TV stations initially refused last month to show an ad criticizing the Republican House member from Sugar Land, at least one local station is refusing to run a new spot that promotes the lawmaker and attacks a prominent supporter of the Democrats. "We have chosen not to take the spot in its current form," said D'Artagnan Bebel, vice president and general manager of the local Fox affiliate, KRIV (Channel 26)....

Gold Star Parents to Iraq

http://www.thetriplehelix.org/ anyone familiar with organization? Arizona State University has a sub organization ther and wondered what people thought.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged young Russians to observe the traditional moral values of Orthodox Christmas, which is celebrated in Russia on January 7, according to the old calendar. ''The positive influence of Christmas celebrations on the creative and public activities of Russian citizens is growing from year to year. It is important that the younger generation accepts the traditional moral values,'' Mr Putin said in a message greeting the Orthodox Christians and Russians on the occasion of Orthodox Christmas. He attended a Christmas service in the Transfiguration Cathedral in Yakutsk (Sabha republic), in Siberia yesterday, where he was...

Sergiy Kostiuk, for UP Response to President Yushchenko’s article, published in Financial Times, December 22, 2005 Over a half of Ukraine’s population thinks that the country moves in a wrong direction Last year, when Christmas and New Year’s celebration was in full swing in Europe, millions of Ukrainians rebelled against marred regime of Kuchma-Yanukovych. Those events became known as Orange Revolution. Peaceful protest against fraudulent elections ended on December 26th. People of Ukraine chose European democratic values and elected Yushchenko the third President of independent Ukraine. As the year nears its end, Europe celebrates again, but the Ukrainians call the...