Archive for August, 2003

McKinney at Cornell

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Almost as goofy as Harvard giving Al Franken a fellowship (with 14 fact-finding assistants) is Cornell giving race-baiting, conspiracy nut Cynthia McKinney a visiting professorship. My already low opinion of Ivy League schools drops daily.
“Outspoken Bush Critic, McKinney, Named Rhodes Visiting Prof” [via The Volokh Conspiracy]

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North Korea Crazy Game

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Stephen Green writes on the North’s strategy for telling everyone they have nukes and the means to deliver them.
“Tick“

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Perle Admits Mistakes

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Richard Perle, a key cheerleader for war, told a French newspaper that “mistakes have been made” in Iraq. His solution is to create an Iraqi government as soon as possible. An Iraqi constitution is not even in an embryonic state so any kind of permanent government structure is months or even years away. And would […]

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Unborn Has Rights in Mississippi

Last week the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that a mother could go forward with wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of her unborn child. In the ruling Justice Jim Smith wrote,
Tucker’s interest is to protect and preserve the life of her unborn child, not in the exercise of her right to terminate that life which has […]

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Think Switzerland

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It’s official: In this weblog “war” TAM is the founding member of the Neutral Until Bribed Coalition [look down the left sidebar]. I have received no contact from either Frank J or Glenn so TAM’s status looks to be the same for quite some time.

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Low Riders

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Being the good parent that she is, Michele asks this question:
Oh and mothers of teenage girls: Why do you let your daughters walk around with pants so low that you can practically see what their natural hair color is? Not only is it disgusting and whorish looking, but the fact that most of these girls […]

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Boeing’s Corporate Welfare

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The Congressional Budget Office has determined that it would cost taxpayers $5.7 billion more to lease and buy 100 new refueling planes than to just buy them. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is the Senate’s loudest critic of the Air Force plan. He’s called it a sweetheart deal for Boeing. To an extent it is. […]

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Mission Accomplished

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Lt. Smash is home. Hoorah!
“The Long Road Home“

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Commiewatch

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I may have the occasional Paleowatch, but it’s nothing compared to ex-Communist Greg Yardley. He has turned his hobby into a full-blown weblog.
commiewatch [via Wizblog]

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Another Fantasy Game

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Yahoo’s got another free fantasy game. This one has a twist on the basic “predict a winner” game. Each week you pick a team. If they win, you survive to the next week; but if they lose, you’re gone. The catch is once you pick a team you can’t pick again. That means you can’t […]

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BOTV 8

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Tell your friends, family, and neighborhood dogs that the latest and worst Bonfire of the Vanities is up. Just please avoid my “recall election stalking.”

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Brits Not Backing Down

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The Brits aren’t backing off their claim that Saddam could have launch chemical weapons in 45 minutes.
“Brit Spy Chief: WMD Claims Valid” [via Electric Venom]

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One Popular Duck

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If you’re a Democratic Presidential candidate, you know you’re in trouble after you read this:
“Holy cow!” were the first two words out of his [Dean’s] mouth at a rally in Seattle that drew an estimated 10,000 people. It was his fifth stop on a 10-city marathon dreamed up by his young staff.
I haven’t heard of […]

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Slept in Today

Today I have a day off. Since I wasn’t feeling well last night (upset stomach) I slept in most of today to let my body fight the bug and to avoid the August Wisconsin heat. (It’s almost September. Will it finally cool off?) I’m back for most of the afternoon and evening to comment more […]

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SportsBlog is Born

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[trumpet fanfare]
Here ye! Here ye!
Ladies, gentlemen, and gifted animals for your sports reading pleasure Kevin, a few of our favorite contributors, and I offer you SportsBlog!
[more trumpet fanfare]
In a couple weeks we will have NFL kickoff weekend. Some of you fantasize about this time of the year. Some of you have a satellite dish just […]

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