Daily Archives: August 21, 2007

Rubber Stamp For A Dictator

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Gaius

The Venezuelan legislative body, the National Assembly, has just rubber stamped (T)Hugo Chavez's dictator for life plan. As expected. Assembly President Cilia Flores said Chavez's proposed changes to the constitution, including the lifting of presidential term limits, were approved by … Continue reading →

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First They Came For The Orangutans

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Gaius

Next they'll be coming for the moose. Courtesy of the Jammie Wearing Fool, comes this story from Der Spiegel. Norway is concerned that its national animal, the moose, is harming the climate by emitting an estimated 2,100 kilos of carbon dioxide … Continue reading →

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National Health Death Service Strikes Again

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Gaius

Britain, routinely held out as a role model for what socialized medicine can do shows just how well it can do in a new study. Folks like Michael Moore want the US to emulate the British National Health Service. A … Continue reading →

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Drop A Spoon, Save Your Life

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Gaius

Odd little story out of Sodus, New York (the old stomping grounds). A 73-year old woman was saved by a dropped spoon. She bent over to retrieve the fallen utensil and her house was literally leveled by an explosion. SODUS, … Continue reading →

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Who Says Nothing Ever Happens In Iowa?

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Gaius

Corn country. Flyover territory. The sticks. Iowa has been dismissed for years as a place where nothing ever really happens. But that simply isn't true. How many states can boast drunken, naked women with hammers beating people and smashing up cars … Continue reading →

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Drunken Flesh-Eating Goats

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Gaius

We have no idea why the writer of this story thinks this news is cute. A goat in the city of Bargarh in India is the home of Mantu, a flesh-gobbling, theatrically-inclined goat with a drinking problem. Bargarh (Orissa), Aug 21: … Continue reading →

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It Wasn’t The Monster Mash

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Gaius

But it was a graveyard smash. A drunken German woman managed to drive her vehicle through a graveyard, smashing headstones and damaging graves before finally coming to rest. In an open grave. The woman drove into the graveyard in the … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima For The Truthers

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Gaius

I have not seen the History Channel special that, by all reports, totally and systematically demolishes the so-called 9/11 "truthers". But after reading some of the reviews, you couldn't pay me not to watch it as soon as I can. … Continue reading →

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Endeavour Lands Safely

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Gaius

Shuttle Endeavour has safely landed at the Kennedy Space Center. Tweet

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An Amazing Story

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Gaius

A man out bow hunting near Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada had the bad luck to surprise a grizzly bear with three cubs. Miraculously, when the bear attacked the man, Chris McLellan, managed to kill it with only a knife. GRANDE … Continue reading →

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Endeavour Cleared To Land

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Gaius

Shuttle Endeavour has begun its descent to the Kennedy Space Center. NASA TV is carrying live coverage. Tweet

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Blunt Assessment

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Gaius

A really blunt assessment of the children's programming arm of the British Broadcasting Company, the CBBC by a staffer is big news in Britain today. The staffer, presenter Kirsten O'Brien, who has been a regular on the CBBC for more … Continue reading →

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Where’s The Real Propaganda?

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Gaius

John Fund discusses a "documentary" airing on PBS tonight that focuses on a proposal to develop a gold mine in Romania. The film, which omits quite a few very important details about the real story, was apparently heavily financed by Greenpeace, … Continue reading →

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“Self-Deluded Preciousness”

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Gaius

This op-ed from the Times of London is positively scathing. Mick Hume, who confesses to being quite an active protester during the 1980s, dissects the climate-protesting clowns of August who recently made pests of themselves at London's Heathrow airport. He … Continue reading →

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Monster Policy

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Gaius

The organizers of a  duathlon in Scotland have taken out advertising insurance. Oh, they call it "Nessie" insurance and it supposedly covers any attack on participants in the event by the fabled creature, but it really is a cheap way … Continue reading →

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