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Posted on February 9, 2012 10:01 PM

The cover of the 1888 edition of Goody Two-Shoes

A fast way to get some free publicity is to be the opposite of very bad - being a goody two-shoes will catapult ordinary semi-celebrities into the glittersphere.

Read the Rest: Kylie Bisutti Pulls a Tim Tebow Routine

Posted on July 14, 2011 01:53 PM

Three blasts rocked Mumbai's crowded Zaveri Bazar, Opera House and Dadar Kabootarkhana areas on Wednesday 12th July 2011

Read the Rest: Mumbai Terrorist Bombs Kill Diamond Brokers

Posted on July 5, 2011 10:28 PM

Nancy Grace is a full blown idiot and a dangerous idiot as well. Here's a stupid remark of hers this evening after the Casey Anthony verdict: "The jury found no crime was committed."

Read the Rest: Nancy Grace Is an Idiot

Posted on May 1, 2011 11:28 PM

President Obama announced tonight that US forces killed the al-Qaida leader and the US has recovered his body.

Read the Rest: Exclusive Photos Of Bin Laden`s Successor

Posted on April 28, 2011 03:46 PM

"Analysis of the early evidence collected at the site of the blast that occurred Thursday at a cafe in Marrakesh confirms the theory of an attack," the ministry said in a statement carried by the official MAP news agency.

Read the Rest: Travelers Who Read My Blog are Safer

Posted on January 31, 2011 01:31 PM

Oil rich Arabs like to buy gold when things get dicey in the world. For the year 1978, one year before the Iran hostage crisis, the price of gold averaged $193.22 per ounce.

Read the Rest: Gold is Not Afraid of the Riots in Egypt

Posted on January 30, 2011 04:11 PM

Oprah Winfrey At Hotel Bel Air in January, 2004

In the US, everyone has the opportunity to be in the top 1%. Oprah Winfrey is in that top 1% not only in this country but in the top 1% of the entire world. Born into abject poverty, in any other country she would have been selling fruit on the street.

Read the Rest: US Wealth More Unequal Than Egypt

Posted on January 29, 2011 10:36 PM

A people long-oppressed can endure many hardships as long as they are not too hungry and they are not handed the final straw. Marie Antoinette learned that lesson the hard way.

Read the Rest: The Spark That Caused the Riots in Tunisia

Posted on January 9, 2011 09:34 PM

flowers outside the office of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords

Had Obama not pushed for the worst piece of legislation in American history, meant only to take away our freedoms under the guise of health care, then there would have been no anger over Obamacare - if that is indeed one of the issues that sparked the shootings.

Read the Rest: Obama Responsible for Giffords Shooting in Arizona

Posted on December 22, 2010 08:12 PM

For all you wackos who idolize Julian Assange, I offer here my suggestion of the perfect Christmas gift for him: the Karoshi Necktie.

Read the Rest: Fashion: The Perfect Necktie for Julian Assange

Posted on December 16, 2010 05:45 PM

So for the more serious readers of my blog I have taken the top 13 News & Politics Videos of 2010 for your viewing pleasure

Read the Rest: Top 13 News and Politics YouTube Videos of 2010

Posted on June 30, 2010 07:43 PM

The trumpet and the trumpeter are the outcome of strict, ordered and well-disciplined minds and hands, as its music is also ordered. They are in tune with all around them, and take their cues from all around them. And as a result of the order and skill, we who are not skilled in the playing of the trumpet meet with the sublime and are elevated by it.

Read the Rest: G20 Thugs and Trumpets

Posted on June 30, 2010 01:01 PM

Mosab Hassan Yousef, right, walks into his deportation hearing with former Israeli security service agent Gonen Ben-Itzhak, left, at the immigration detention center in San Diego Wednesday, June 30, 2010.

Immigration denied Yousef's asylum request in February 2009, arguing that he had been involved in terrorism and was a threat to the United States. But Yousef who became a Christian and an Israeli spy will be granted U.S. asylum after he passes a routine background check, an immigration judge ruled today.

Read the Rest: Asylum for Mosab Hassan Yousef

Posted on May 6, 2010 10:32 PM

Back in 2006 on my fourth day of blogging I wrote an article on the longest sniper shot recorded for a 7.62mm rifle in Iraq by Army sniper Staff Sergeant Jim Gilliland. Surprisingly, that one article has received over 90,000 page views in the past four years making it the tenth most popular post I have ever written.

Read the Rest: The World`s Longest Sniper Kill at 8120 Feet

Posted on February 3, 2010 01:32 PM

As someone who lost 98% of all of his relatives to Nazi extermination, my first reaction is that all Nazi memorabilia should be destroyed. But history, even the most disgusting and vile history, should be preserved. Book burning is not something I ever want to see again.

Read the Rest: Profiting From Evil

Posted on December 22, 2009 08:43 AM

The sign stolen from the Auschwitz death camp has been recovered by Polish police who so far deny that the theft was for political reasons: ”We can say that none of the five are members of a neo-Nazi group.”

Read the Rest: Are Muslims Behind Theft of Auschwitz Sign?

Posted on December 4, 2009 09:35 AM

Happy Couple Photo Tiger Woods and Elin Elin Nordegren

Tiger Woods read my recent article and sent me this email photo disputing my report that there was some sort of fight between the two. As you can see, they are one happy couple.

Read the Rest: Happy Couple Photo Tiger Woods and Elin

Posted on July 3, 2009 02:09 PM

The first minute all we see is the sailboat's flashing beacon. The voices you hear belong to my son, my daughter-in-law, my wife and me. At the 1:10 minute mark you can see the sailor and you will hear my wife scream as she mistakenly thinks the sailboat is about to tip over. You can hear how heavy the rain is coming down.

Read the Rest: June 24 2009 Norwegian Dawn Sailboat Rescue Videos

Posted on June 25, 2009 09:18 PM

We can expect in the coming weeks to be deluged with analysis of Michael Jackson's finances, the custody battles for his children, the creditors suing against his royalties, and speculations of the cause of his death.

Read the Rest: Death of Michael Jackson Quells Iranian Revolution

Posted on June 24, 2009 10:27 AM

At 3:30 this morning I awoke from the shaking of the Norwegian Dawn as it was backing up against heavy winds and torrential rains. I went out on the veranda and saw spotlights on a small sailboat that looked on the verge of overturning.

Read the Rest: Norwegian Dawn Rescues Sailor

Posted on July 5, 2008 06:57 PM

Diners have their meals on toilet seats at a toilet-themed restaurant in Hangzhou in Zhejiang province

Read the Rest: Eating on Toilets

Posted on June 23, 2008 09:50 AM

George Carlin was outrageous, blasphemous, cynical, irreverent, hilarious and funny. He said the things that had to be said, even if they offended.

Read the Rest: I have 7 Words for George Carlin who Died at 71

Posted on April 22, 2008 08:43 PM

So it was with deep regret and profound sadness that I learned the black and white goat named Rose died after choking on a plastic bag while eating scraps on the streets of Juba.

Read the Rest: Muslim Goat Wife Passed Away

Posted on April 21, 2008 09:21 AM

Members of Movement for the Emancipationof the Niger Delta (MEND) Photo: DAVE CLARK/AFP/Getty ImagesLast Thursday, 17 Apr 2008 at 22:30, commandos from MEND (the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta) bombed a major pipeline at Adamakiri in Rivers State of Nigeria and caused oil to hit an all-time high of $117. The...