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Blue Crab Boulevard
Daily Archives: January 18, 2007
A Story
I once worked with a guy who I thought was a straight shooter. He and I were on night shift together for quite a long time. I never once had an occasion to think anything he ever told me wasn't … Continue reading
Posted in Medicine
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Canadian Cruelty Update
We brought you the story of the cruel treatment of illegal immigrants by Canadian authorities earlier. They captured the offender and subjected him to inhuman conditions of confinement while searching for volunteers to transport the felon back to California. Well, … Continue reading
The Byrd-Reid Full Spin Ahead Earmark Protection Racket
I mentioned earlier the disgraceful Washington Post spin-o-rama article that tried to blame the failure of a cloture vote on the Senate ethics bill on Republicans. Jonathan Weisman tried his level best to spin the entire thing based on the … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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Is The Surge Already Working?
The Associated Press of all outlets, is reporting that the "Mahdi Army" of thug Muqtada al Sadr is increasingly off balance and appears to be reeling under pinpoint attacks that is capturing its highest commanders. The Maliki government appears to … Continue reading
Posted in War
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Pentagon Withdraws Report
In a bizarre turn of events, the Pentagon report that warned that coins containing tracking devices had been slipped to defense contractors in Canada has been withdrawn. The Defense Security Service had insisted that the report was true only last … Continue reading
Posted in Foto Phun, Weird Stuff, World news
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Roof Rats Over Phoenix
The Animal Uprising™ is busy ramping up for its themed celebration next year of the Year of the Rat. Word has come from Phoenix, Arizona that a plague of roof rats (rattus rattus) has descended on the area. An infamous … Continue reading
Posted in Animals
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Deer Overrunning Iowa
The Animal Uprising™ is well on the way toward its goal of overrunning the state of Iowa. The animals are intentionally targeting the traditional home of the first stage in the presidential nomination process in an attempt to subvert the American … Continue reading
Carter Speech Will Have Rebuttal
Jimmy Carter's speech at Brandeis University will not be allowed to pass unchallenged after all. Despite Carter's refusal to debate Alan Dershowitz, the Harvard Law School professor will be giving a rebuttal following Carter's appearance. Harvard Law School Professor Alan … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Ivory Tower
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Gates: Iran Overplayed Hand
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is being quoted as telling the Saudi and Gulf state rulers that Iran has overplayed its hand and is becoming a serious regional concern. Well, yeah, but its nice to see that acknowledged by the … Continue reading
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Blind Drive
In Spain they do at any rate. At a very high rate of speed, too. A Spanish court has ruled that a man caught driving 154 km per hour (96 miles per hour) in a BMW was actually blinded in an … Continue reading
Posted in World news
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Time And Space
A Danish scientist, one who actually appears not to be a raving lunatic, by the way, has actually done a study on why aliens haven't found the Earth yet. His conclusion? There simply hasn't been enough time. Using a computer … Continue reading
Posted in Space
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The Very Definition Of Spin
Today's Washington Post coverage of the ruckus in the Senate over the Gregg amendment is practically the dictionary definition of spin. Senate Republicans scuttled broad legislation last night to curtail lobbyists' influence and tighten congressional ethics rules, refusing to let … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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More About The Suppression Of Speech
Apropos the articles I linked yesterday: The Weather Channel’s (TWC) Heidi Cullen, who hosts the weekly global warming program "The Climate Code," is advocating that the American Meteorological Society (AMS) revoke their "Seal of Approval" for any television weatherman who … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Left Wing
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Defending The Indefensible
Will Hutton, writing in the Guardian, has an astonishing piece of moral relativism that is difficult to comprehend. While insisting that he is not apologizing for Mao's depredations in China, he proceeds to apologize for them anyway. He informs readers … Continue reading
Posted in Left Wing, World news
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Another Opinion
Despite the Washington Post's reporting on the latest manufactured outrage in the "Arab street", Richard Brookhiser, writing in the New York Observer points out one indisputable fact about Saddam Hussein's hanging: He will not be coming back. And Brookhiser says that not … Continue reading


