Archive for December, 2005

A Fiesty One

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Not only is Eva Longoria hot (I’m very jealous of Tony Parker), but she has a mouth. When Parker was confronted by a San Antonio cop it’s claimed she said, “He’s just a Mexican bike cop. He only wants your autograph.”
“The Spurs Hate Mexicans (Or Something Like That)”
“Spurs’ Parker Cited for Impeding Traffic in Car […]

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Retired Pitcher Robs Jewelry Store

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The odd story of the day is ex-pitcher Jeff Reardon arrested in Florida for robbing a jewelry store:
The 50-year-old Reardon, retired since 1994 and sixth in career saves, walked into Hamilton Jewelers at the Gardens Mall on Monday and handed an employee a note saying he had a gun and the store was being robbed, […]

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A Pointless Game

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Pete Dougherty of PackersNews.com writes:
For the long term, there’s no doubt the Green Bay Packers are better off losing their regular-season finale Sunday against Seattle than winning it.
A loss means a higher draft pick — with a 3-13 record, they’d have an outside shot at the first pick and at worst would choose No. 5 […]

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TAM’s Quiet Time

The week in between Christmas and New Years is the least productive of the year. I’m going with this flow with a relatively quiet week at TAM HQ. If some big story happens, say another terrorist attack or natural disaster, I’ll be on top of it. But for the next few days expect posts on […]

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Christmas in Iraq

Filed under War

The Blog General has a short Christmas story from Iraq that reminds us about the blessings of freedom.
“Merry Christmas, Infidels!”

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The Season of Giving

Judging from my Site Meter stats I know few people are using their computers to read TAM’s latest. Good, because there’s nothing happening here. I’m just casually cooking for the family (waffles and omelets done with a ham in the oven) and relaxing until the Packers-Bears game. With your computer on and not doing anything […]

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Christmas in TAM Land

This Christmas Eve is a change for me. Due to scheduling conflicts my family is celebrating tomorrow. We’ve always done the dinner and gift giving on Christmas Eve. We’re turning it into brunch and and all-day feed–we’ve got enough food for that, yeesh. So tonight has been cleaning up the house and being lazy watching […]

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Mao Book Hoax Confirmed

Filed under Terrorism

The UMass Dartmouth student who claimed Homeland Security agents (which don’t exist) talked to him about checking out Mao’s “Little Read Book” admits he made the story up. Professor Brian Glyn Williams confronted the student about the huge holes in his story only to be told it was a hoax. Williams said, “‘I feel as […]

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Everywhere You Turn There’s a Football Stadium

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How many stadiums does Texas have that are big enough to host bowl games? I ask that because I had no idea where they were playing the Fort Worth Bowl last night. It’s played in Texas Christian University’s Amon Carter Stadium. So, just in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex I count four big-time football stadiums: Amon […]

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Slow to the Mao Hoax

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If certain webloggers (who will remain nameless) read TAM more often then they’d already know the Mao book story was a hoax.
Kudos go to Boing Boing for getting the ball rolling.
UPDATE: I hold my head in shame. Eric Lindholm of Viking Pundit didn’t buy the story a week ago. Obviously I need to read Eric’s […]

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Daschle’s Originalism

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President Bush’s argument that Congress gave him the authority for expansive eavesdropping was countered by ex-Senator Tom Daschle in an Washington Post op-ed:
On the evening of Sept. 12, 2001, the White House proposed that Congress authorize the use of military force to “deter and pre-empt any future acts of terrorism or aggression against the United […]

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Creative Commons Fund Drive

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Our digital age means evolving law. Part of that are more flexible rules on how intellectual property can and can’t be used. That’s where Creative Commons comes in. As they say on their website:
We use private rights to create public goods: creative works set free for certain uses. Like the free software and open-source movements, […]

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Crying Victim

Cindy Sheehan thinks she was so “scrutinized,” and that the MSM didn’t do the same to President Bush. Yeah, right! Then why does Cindy get big pics in Time and Vanity Fair?
“Poor Cindy Sheehan“

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Last-Minute Ann

Ann Althouse has “yet to do any Christmas shopping!” Judging from her weblog she won’t take it out on weary retail workers.
“Running out of Time“

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Christmas Shoppers are Miserable Humans

The more Christmas seasons I work in retail the more I become a Scrooge. I offered plenty of complaints last year that are still applicable today. Let me add some more:

When a heavy security gate is coming down that doesn’t mean you should run under it. If you are that stupid don’t be surprised when […]

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