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Wednesday News

Infographic: 18 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Firefly’ Brownshirts forever!  Scientists Using Coral for ‘Sunscreen Pill’ That Gives Weeks of Protection Terrific, rubbing sunscreen on with my hands makes the paddle slip. The heck with where’s Gadhafi, Where’s Tripoli!! Gibson … Continue reading →

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Tuesday News

New Blue Nightmare: Clarence Thomas and the Amendment of Doom “The Second Amendment was a constitutional landmine for the left; the Tenth is a nuclear bomb.” Uh, Oh, I May Be a Terrorist Suspect Me, too. The gist of this … Continue reading →

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Monday News

Astronomers Discover Planet Made of Diamond If Liz Taylor is reborn, it will be on that planet. You Need ID in D.C. to Get Sandbags for Irene, But No ID to Vote? A reminder not to get sandbagged November 2012. … Continue reading →

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Sunday News

CEO of Gibson Guitar a Republican donor; Democrat competitor uses same wood “On Thursday, the iconic Gibson Guitar Corporation issued a press release stating that government officials raided their Tennessee manufacturing facility over warrants concerning the legality of the importation … Continue reading →

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Saturday News: before the storm

Bankruptcy court won’t want underwater home Question for the times, unfortunately. Mainstream Media Pushing Hard to Defeat the Tea Party, Raise Taxes Don’t buy dead tree editions, don’t turn on network news. Let them die on the vine. Why do … Continue reading →

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Friday News

Well, thats instructive. Yesterday I posted a news update with a link and comment on the military ban on troops in Afghanistan farting in the presence of the natives. Well, the hits on this web page went up 400%. This … Continue reading →

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Thursday News: Stop the presses!

For Marines in Afghanistan: be careful where you fart “So here’s the news:  audible farting has been banned for some Marines downrange because it offends the Afghans.” If I don’t get a comment from Doug on this, he must be … Continue reading →

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Wednesday News

Expert: Tunnel on house of cards To “unexpected” high unemployment and “unexpected” bad economic results and etc. etc. etc….add “unexpected” soil collapse leading to “unexpected” damage to Big Dig infrastructure.  I don’t think that word means what you think it … Continue reading →

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Tuesday News

Weather Warning: Searing Heat Wave May Hit East Coast in Late August, Scientists Predict  Oh! Really? Today Aug 23 Wed 24 Thu 25 Fri 26 Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 31 Thu Sep 1 Partly Cloudy … Continue reading →

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Monday News

If They Remake Dirty Dancing, Will They Take All The Jewish Parts Out? I hate remakes. This post on a Boston Herald blog brings up a good point, if movies like Dirty Dancing are a time capsule of a time … Continue reading →

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