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Wednesday, February 14, 2007

HOUSE HEARING ON 'WARMING OF THE PLANET' CANCELED AFTER ICE STORM

From http://www.drudgereport.com/flash8.htm: HEARING NOTICE Tue Feb 13 2007 19:31:25 ET The Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality hearing scheduled for Wednesday, February 14, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 Rayburn House Office Building has been postponed due to inclement weather. The hearing is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Chimp Escapes Zoo Cage, Cleans Zookeeper's Service Area

From an AP story at http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/1/17/120400.shtml?s=te: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- An escaped chimpanzee at the Little Rock Zoo raided a kitchen cupboard and did a little cleaning with a toilet brush before sedatives knocked her out on top of a refrigerator. The 120-pound... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 14, 2006

California Firm Hired Illegals to Build Border Fence?

That's what may have happened. Executives of a San Diego fence contractor that worked on an 18-mile section of fence along the Mexican border pleaded guilty to hiring illegal immigrants; see the story at http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/12/14/191817.shtml Sign in to see full entry.

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Rosie O'Donnell Mocks Spoken Chinese, Forced to Apologize

One of the great bastions of liberalism, that philosophy of respecting everyone and banishing discrimination, has shown how committed she is to such noble ideals. Quoting a story at http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/12/14/203331.shtml "In a Dec. 5 segment [of The View], O'Donnell joked... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Top Media Screwups of the Year

The accidents, that is, not the daily manglings, distortions and mutilations of facts. http://www.regrettheerror.com/2006/12/crunks_06_the_y.html Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 10, 2006

Rumsfeld Photographed Giving Nazi Salute?

You far-left conspiracy kooks are going to go into orbit over this one. Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 12, 2006

Stamp worth $200,000 used to mail Florida absentee ballot?

See the story at http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/11/12/103854.shtml. Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 21, 2006

State of California Sues Automakers over Global Warming

The Sacramento Bee is reporting that the State of California has sued automakers for "contributing to global warming through tailpipe emissions." Read the story at http://www.sacbee.com/103/story/26976.html, requires free registration. Well, gaw-aw-lee and shazayam! What are the dim bulbs in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Plunging Gas Prices May Cause Inflation!

Only the lamestream news media could come up with this one. Best news for consumers in months, and there is the fear-mongering sensationalist news media turning it into a crisis. Read the amazing story at http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/fed/rates/2006-09-18-gas-fed_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA Gee - I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Bush Assassination Film Praised for Distorting Reality?

So says a report on Newsbusters at http://newsbusters.org/node/7707. The controversial film Death of a President won a critic's choice award at the Toronto Film Festival. The report quotes Reuters as follows: "Death of a President, which stirred controversy in the days ahead of the festival, took... Sign in to see full entry.

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