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The world has been surprised recently by Jordan’s King Hussein severing his [...]

like doug, i, too, was fascinated by sanjaya’s improbable run on american idol. unlike doug, i did not blog about sanjaya half a dozen times. i wrote this post but never published it. i thought i had found a way for sanjaya to leave the show gracefully. –travis
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i’ve got it. invite [...]

This article is reprinted with permission from FLAME (Facts and Logic About the Middle East). Visit FLAME’s website, factsandlogic.org, to read every one of their excellent articles debunking common misconceptions about the history and current events of the Middle East. — Admin

For the last few months, there have been almost daily stories in [...]

a documentary about high school debate, some have compared it to “spellbound.” check out the trailer at debatemovie.com.

the movie received the audience choice award at last month’s LA film festival.

another one of my unpublished drafts, this one on the effervescent and likable rosie o’donnell is from earlier this year. — travis
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a “horrid, fact-raping manatee” — daily gut

spot. on.

UPDATE: i had planned to follow this video of rosie’s farewell announcement with some commentary about how fake it sounded. but you can probably see [...]

Commutations granted on Bill Clinton’s last day in office: 36.

Pardons granted on Bill Clinton’s last day in office: 140.

Speech fee for Bill Clinton after serving in government: $150,000.

Hillary Clinton giving the following comments: Priceless.

Nice clown nose there at the end!

Upset that he isn’t the focus of a fawning media right now, Clown Wilson is back at it:

“Congress ought to conduct an investigation of whether or not the president himself is a participant in the obstruction of justice.” - Joseph Wilson, Valarie Plame’s husband.

This is just ridiculous:

Gordon Brown has banned ministers from using the word “Muslim” in ­connection with the ­terrorism crisis.

The Prime Minister has also instructed his team – including new Home Secretary Jacqui Smith – that the phrase “war on ­terror” is to be dropped.

A couple more terrorist attacks by Islamic radicals and this sort nonsense [...]

we’re just ‘gringos’ to them.

two years ago, i tried to order a new dell computer. dell sent me a $1200 piece of junk and refused to fix it. thank goodness i bought the laptop with a credit card, and i was able to ask my credit card company to intervene. i found a good form letter [...]

i dashed off this post last february, but never published it — travis

HAMBURG, Pa., Feb. 16 — Gov. Edward G. Rendell on Friday ordered a review of the state’s “unacceptable” response to an ice and snow storm that left thousands of people stranded, some for more than a day, on long sections of three major [...]