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Another day, another open post….
Wednesday Open PostAnother day, another open post….
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April 18th, 2007 at 22:22
“We’re still waiting to — to see our loved ones, our deceased children. We haven’t been able to do that. Apparently there’s some legal issues involved. They’re asking us to wait four or five days, perhaps that long…
On last night’s Larry King Live, Joseph Samaha, father of Reema Samaha, and her brother Omar, were interviewed by Larry:
KING: Joseph, have you made any funeral plans at all?
J. SAMAHA: Well, Larry, as part of the condition to release our loved o…
April 18th, 2007 at 23:42
Spiderman 3 – 7 min’ Trailer
Wow! After watching this 7 min long Spiderman 3 trailer I just can’t wait till the movie is finally out on May 4th.
The trailer will require you to have Quicktime and plays out a fight scene of Spiderman and the Green Goblin’s Kid. I can…
April 18th, 2007 at 23:59
The Knucklehead of the Day award
Today’s winner is the Palm Beach Post
April 19th, 2007 at 00:11
Chief Aide to ACLU President Disbarred for Child E
Update: I telephoned President Nadine Strossen’s office this morning, identifying myself as Maggie Thornton, a blogger from Maggie’s Notebook, attempting to verify that Strossen’s Chief Aide Steven Cunningham is one and the same as the convicted Ste…
April 19th, 2007 at 00:50
VA TECH ATTACKED AGAIN………IT’S THE GOULS…………
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April 19th, 2007 at 00:59
Guess How Much John Edwards Pays for a Haircut …
I bet you can’t guess…..
April 19th, 2007 at 01:15
No One at Virginia Tech Knew or Recognized Cho Seu
No one knew Cho Seung-hi prior to his horrific murderous rampage yesterday. When interviewed after the killings, students described him as an Asian male that none of them recognized.
April 19th, 2007 at 02:14
A Closer Look at One Battlefield: A Journal Essay
In order to fight for what we believe in, we must be clear about (1) what it is that we are defending, and (2) what our Leftist enemies are trying to do to us to bring about their own utopian…
April 19th, 2007 at 02:31
Global warming prevents hurricanes?
Last year we were told, based on computer models, that global warming would increase the severity and frequency of hurricanes. This year we’re told, based on computer models, that global warming might actually prevent hurricanes.
April 19th, 2007 at 03:02
Shameless Self-Promotion
I’m proud to announce that I am now a contributor at both Dhimmi News Network and Reject the U.N. blogs!
April 19th, 2007 at 03:04
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April 19th, 2007 at 04:09
MOre Guns – not fewer is the Answer to West Virginia Massacre
Annie Oakley Hopkins & Allen Wild West RevolverOriginally uploaded by Brian Howell. In the wake of the recent massacre by a lone, depraved psycho everyone is searching for a law enforcement solution to what they mistakenly assume is the problem.The…
April 19th, 2007 at 05:59
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April 19th, 2007 at 06:26
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April 19th, 2007 at 06:32
Cosmic Justice
Karma can be a bitch.
Oh, you probably know what I’m talking about: NJ Governor Jon Corzine’s little boo-boo on the Garden State Parkway. No, I’m not gloating that a politician *spit* was seriously injured. But I am pointing out that what happene…
April 19th, 2007 at 07:25
Flightdeck Friday: Early Edition – The Doolittle R
Sixty-five years ago: Guts, determination, innovation – courage were defined
(and well before Joint was “cool”)
April 19th, 2007 at 07:55
Keeping Racism Alive by Eradicating White Privileg
No, sadly, the Race-card Industry won’t die. It will continually transform. The Race-card Industry is just another name for the Hate-card Industry. . . The best guess is that religious freedom will be the next target. We are already seeing the beginn…
April 19th, 2007 at 08:39
Baseball remembers VT victims
On a numbing day of national mourning, Major League Baseball on Tuesday joined the excruciating memorial to victims of the Virginia Tech carnage. Teams did so with the only sensible gesture in a situation where words fail — with moments
April 19th, 2007 at 11:40
Imus: The Pigeon’s Response
Al Charlatan and his minions vilify whiteboy after whiteboy, yet doesn’t bat an eye at Bratz dolls or young black Rap artists glorifying male excess and female subjugation as sex objects.
April 19th, 2007 at 11:49
Podcast: Reaction to the Partial Birth Abortion
Tonight on the Truth and Hope Report:
-Reaction to The Partial Birth Abortion Ban Ruling
-Idiotic Congressional legislation on corporations
-Obama on VA Tech, outsourcing, and Don Imus
-Richardson rising.
April 19th, 2007 at 13:11
Ropeyarn Sunday “Sea Stories” and Open Trackbacks
Today is “Pork Chops” for lunch and Sea Stories. Oh, post your trackbacks here. Not at Yankee Sailor…You guys are overloading his blog.
So, there are “pork chops” and plain ol’ “chops” and sometime just…
April 19th, 2007 at 13:12
Virginia Tech Convocation – The Final Words from the Podium
Received via email:
Our last speaker was Nikki Giovanni, a huge poet at our school and she said what the hokie nation needed to hear. Also they have this on our website.
“We are Virginia Tech.
“We are sad today, and we will be sad for quit…
April 19th, 2007 at 13:22
Please Stop the Dark Music and the Sepuchral Pronouncements
WLS-AM, which is the local radio station that carries Rush Limbaugh, just completed broadcasting a special ABC News Report on Cho Seung-Hui, the Virginia Tech killer. Listening to experts dissect Cho’s motives and interpret his ravings was the last st…
April 19th, 2007 at 22:53
Adult Stem cell patch restores vision
More great news on Adult Stems Cells!
…
April 20th, 2007 at 00:27
Making sense of the senseless Updated
As soon as the news of the massacre had really sunk in, I waited for what I knew would inevitably happen.
The Blaming.
So far, we have the Devil, violent video games, Guns, hedonism, Guns, Al Qeada, Guns and occasionally Guns.
To me the …
April 20th, 2007 at 03:52
Open Letter to the Korean People About the Virginia Tech Shooting
I just read a disturbing article on Fox News of the impact the Korean nationality of the Virgina Tech shooter has had on the Korean people. One blog set up in Korea had one commenter stating that he was ashamed to be Korean. Officially, President Roh…
December 12th, 2007 at 17:06
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