Quote of the Day
“There is a fine line between fiction and nonfiction, and I believe Jimmy Buffett and I snorted it in 1976″ – Kinky Friedman, in his review of Jimmy Buffet’s new novel (hat tip: Bad Mother)
Archive for January 19th, 2005
Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite
Me lazy? No. I’m just being healthy. Failing to make your bed in the morning may actually help keep you healthy, scientists believe. Research suggests that while an unmade bed may look scruffy it is also unappealing to house dust mites thought to cause asthma and other allergies. A Kingston University study discovered [...]
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Idiot of the Day
Seemed like a good idea at the time? A television weatherman was fired after referring to slain civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. as “Martin Luther Coon King” on the air, station officials said. Rob Blair, of KTNV-TV, was delivering the extended forecast Saturday morning when he said: “Martin Luther Coon King Jr. [...]
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Message from The Islamic Jihad Army
Those terrorists in Iraq, the Islamic Jihad Army, have released this propaganda video in English, viewable at the Hamas website. Comments: 1. The very fact that Hamas has this on their website is a testament to the nexus between the terror organizations. The terror against coalition troops and foreigners in Iraq is the same terror we are facing in [...]
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Eat Meat!
Australians have a reputation as being generally no-nonsense, and not afraid to speak their minds. Take this advertisement, by the Australian Meat and Livestock board, for example (hat tip: A Western Heart). Warning: If you belong to PETA, you will be offended. At least I hope so. (And please feel free to read this as well). [...]
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Good Riddance
UNRWA head and Israel-hater Peter Hansen is ‘stepping down’ from his role. And it would seem that he wants to demonstrate that he is not so biased against Israel after all. Though Hansen has been repeatedly denounced by Israel as an agent for Palestinian terrorist activities, despite denials and proof to the contrary, UNWRA’s Commissioner-General [...]
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