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Questions that need to be asked
<Courtesy of TR Smith> Send this list to your elected representatives: EXACTLY what resources did the state civil defense/national guard headquarters, in terms of personnel AND equipment, did...
View ArticleDisneyland New Orleans
Is there anyone out there who believes that New Orleans will be rebuilt in anything approaching its original state? If you do, I have some swamp land in Florida you might be interested in. It's likely...
View ArticleFoot-In-Mouth Disease
Sen. Rick Santorum "You have people who don't heed those warnings and then put people at risk as a result of not heeding those warnings. There may be a need to look at tougher penalties on those who...
View ArticleMurdoch's myspace
According to an article published on prisonplanet.com, Rupert Murdoch-run myspace.com is routinely censoring user blogs critical of the service. The article goes on to discuss Murdoch's plan to use the...
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McNeil Offers Apology
Photo credit: Michael Gorman, Chronicle HeraldOn Friday, October 10, 2014, in an historic ceremony in the Red Room of the Nova Scotia Legislature, Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil made good on his...
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Is Keystone XL Dead?
TransCanada's Energy East pipeline, primarily re-purposing an existing natural gas pipeline system that crosses Canada's southern zones, seems poised to make the troubled Keystone XL pipeline a distant...
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Talking Turkey
(photo: Frances Campbell, Chronicle-Herald)In the bigger picture, a ruling that Cameron Fraser, operator of a small, family-owned abattoir in Nova...
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With Honour
Kevin Vickers, Sergeant-at-Arms, House of CommonsI don't know Sergeant Kevin Vickers, and likely will never meet him. But he will be enshrined in my mind as an example of the best of us, forever. In a...
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"It's just the flu..."
With all the hysteria and hyperbole about ebola being tossed about by the media and certain elected officials, now seems like a good time to pause a moment and listen to a 2007 talk by Laurie Garrett,...
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An O'Reilly Romp Through History
With all the ballyhoo about what intrepid journalist Bill O'Reilly did or did not say some thirty years ago, our sleuths thought it would be a smart move to search out other historic war zone pictures...
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Harper vs. Middle Kid
At a campaign stop in British Columbia on Friday, August 21, Stephen Harper's team thought it would be a good photo op to have three Scouts Canada members standing next to the podium.They're probably...
View ArticleIslamic Terrorism, By the Numbers
Let's do some math. Yes, I know...I hate math!There have been some 370 recorded Islamic terrorist attacks since 1980.Taking an average of the number of terrorists directly responsible for all those...
View ArticleOver the Edge
Okay I have this theory.Since in the 1970s, the Republican Party has become increasingly fragmented. The GOP is now effectively split in three, between:Traditional Republicans: (Eisenhower/Nixon-era...
View ArticleMoney for something?
I doubt anyone would dispute the effect of "big money" in politics is, at the very least, troubling. That said, "big money" has ALWAYS been a troubling factor in American politics, since Day One, when...
View ArticleFollow the Money
Okay, I’m starting to get a little peeved about all the chest beating about donations to political candidates, PACs and SuperPacs. Yes, the threat of influence-peddling is real, as is the lack of...
View ArticleEnter the Ryan Repudiation Pool Now!
On August 9, 2016, the polls close in the Wisconsin primary at 8:00 p.m. CDT. Widespread speculation abounds that Paul Ryan will repudiate his endorsement of Republican presidential nominee Donald...
View ArticlePlaying the Long Game
This is My Theory. It’s small at one end, big in the middle, and small at the other end.I’ve been mulling over the seeming utter disregard for the election exhibited by James Comey with his letter to...
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An Immodest Proposal
For months I’ve heard from friends over and over about how much they hate seeing the Resident’s picture on social media all the time — that their feeds are full of his image. Some even go so far as to...
View ArticleMy Gun Law Reform Wish List
I have reservations about owning firearms generally, but I understand that to many, firearm ownership is part of their personal and family history. I also believe that the 2nd Amendment does confer...
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Implementing the "Wyoming Rule"
In 1911, the US Congress passed Public Law 62-5. In this legislation, the voting member size of the House of Representatives was set at 433, and included a provision to add an additional seat upon the...
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