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A strong candidate for nomination in the “What I’ve Said Is Patently Absurd But I Hope Everyone Believes It’s True” category, I bring you Roman Catholic Bishop Wilton D. Gregory. Commenting about the two recently released studies on sexual abuse by more than 4,000 priests:
“I assure you that known offenders are not in ministry…The […]

maybe you can’t tell from the picture…here’s a bigger one with the interesting portions highlighted. donny’s working arsenio’s signature fist pump, and marie…well…let’s just say she got her outfit from a humble wyoming trapper back when tassled leather was ‘in’. but hey, who cares if the osmonds are dorks? the honoree at […]

This does not surprise me at all:

Report: Police had 15 contacts with Columbine killers

Duh! Psychopathic teenagers don’t wander into school with shotguns because they think, “Hey, that might be cool” while chomping on Cheerios in the morning. These crazies always have a history with the police and/or the school. Why don’t law […]

i attended a lecture today by economist robert crawford. the topic of the lecture was leadership and self-deception, but one of dr crawford’s side comments was most interesting to me. he asked, in the context of ’seeing every person as a human being and not an object’, “why are our politicians so interested […]

A sobering look at a few of the victims of terror.
The Human Cost of TerrorismA Photograhic Essay

Since dan was kind enough to bring up polygamy and Mormons, I thought the following AP article may be of some interest:
In land of no first kiss, prophet rules Taliban-style
The quote on prosecution difficulties:
The last serious attempt at outside intervention dates back to 1953, when governor Howard Pyle arrested two dozen local men and placed […]

Richard Perle, a strong proponent of the Iraq war, is now calling for the ouster of George Tenet (CIA Director). Here is an excerpt from a recent article::
“The CIA has an almost perfect record of getting it wrong in relation to the (Persian) Gulf going back to the Shah of Iran,” Perle said. He […]

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Several days ago, here is what the father of “that intern” said to the press:
“I think he’s a sleaze-ball,” Mr Polier told the London Sun. “I did kind of wonder if my daughter didn’t get that kind of feeling herself.
“He’s not the sort of guy I would choose to be with my daughter.”
Now, […]

In case you hadn’t heard: Ryan Anderson, a tank crewman in the National Guard, has been charged for passing military secrets to al-Qa’eda.
White, mid 20’s, from Washington state. Hardly your profile of a terrorist…except for his…ummm…conversion to Islam.
Click to read the story.

for sports fans who wonder HOW playing and watching these trivial games can be SO satisfying, george will provides an explanation:

Sport�strenuous competition structured and restrained by rules�replicates the challenge of freedom and satisfies the human hunger for coherence. [article]

yes, perhaps. but what about those of us who are sports fans for the chance to […]

In a bizarre twist of irony, a letter is slated to appear in this week’s Newsweek:
Howard Fineman characterizes John Kerry as one who “can seem aloof, condescending and soporific.” When I met Kerry in 1997 my opinion could not have been more different. I was a summer intern for Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois and […]

Alert - Drudge is reporting that there is a bombshell in the making…
Wes Clark is quoted: “Kerry will implode over an intern issue.”
Also, “TIME magazine, ABC NEWS, the WASHINGTON POST, THE HILL and the ASSOCIATED PRESS” have been investigating this.
Kerry and the woman

The story on CNN this morning caught my attention:
Swimmer drives with shark on leg
So this guy down in Australia got bit by a small shark, but the shark wouldn’t let go. So, he swims almost a quarter-mile to shore and drives to the nearest surf station to get help removing it. My […]

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