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On Tuesday, a newborn babe was featured as the 300 millionth American; but we all know that honor belongs to an illegal immigrant…
Saturday, October 21, 2006 at 11:17 AM
Archives for October 2006
Good (news) Friday: Belated congratulations to Nobel Peace Prize winners Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank!
Friday, October 20, 2006 at 10:35 AM
A week ago today, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2006 to Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank he founded in 1976 for: …their efforts to create economic and social development from below. Lasting peace can not be achieved unless large population groups find ways in which to break out… Read more.
U.S. and others play musical chairs (at six-party talks) while North Korea (and Iran) play with fire that could burn us all….
Thursday, October 19, 2006 at 10:43 AM
President George W. Bush is fond of projecting the notion that, although his is not the most intelligent and articulate voice on the world stage, it is certainly the most authoritative and reliable. But North Korean President Kim Jong IL’s brazen defiance of Bush’s ultimatum on developing nuclear weapons is making his voice seem no… Read more.
Madonna and (black) child: Why all the fuss?
Wednesday, October 18, 2006 at 10:34 AM
Last week, in Plane crash sends New York (and all of America) into 9/11 panic mode…, I dismissed media coverage of this African-adoption story as just idle-minded reporting on: …the “breaking news” of Madonna following the new celebrity fashion of adopting African babies the way others adopt exotic pets. Since then, however, Madonna’s adoption of… Read more.
The Duke rape case…closed! If you didn’t believe me, perhaps you’ll believe 60 Minutes…
Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at 10:47 AM
Last March, the nowinfamous Duke University rape scandal was primarily a cause celebre for liberal bloggers who were demanding that all 34 (white) players on the lacrosse team be hanged by their gonads after a (black) stripper accused some of them of raping her. And, to my eternal shame, I had no compunctions about joining… Read more.
‘Butch’ Kerzner of The Atlantis Resorts Is Dead…
Monday, October 16, 2006 at 10:20 AM
Butch Kerzner was the CEO of Kerzner International Holdings. Those holdings include the Atlantis Hotel and Casino on Paradise Island, The Bahamas. It is an iconic and pioneering resort. This is why Kerzner’s sudden death on Wednesday left Bahamians in shock. Butch Kerzner of The Atlantis His father Sol is more famous. But Butch was… Read more.
Don’t believe your lying eyes (and freezing butts), global warming is “An Inconvenient Truth”?
Sunday, October 15, 2006 at 12:11 PM
Of course, convincing the people of Buffalo, New York (now burrowing their way out of 2 feet of snow) that they’re experiencing global warming is rather like convincing Eskimos that they’re living in the tropics…. Buffalo snow, global warming Read more.
Cooling of U.S. housing market incites irrational fears in Americans for whom recession is a foreign word…
Saturday, October 14, 2006 at 12:22 PM
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Good (news) Friday: Turkish novelist, Orhan Pamuk, wins Nobel Prize in Literature!
Friday, October 13, 2006 at 10:43 AM
I know, I know, who cares, right?! After all, more often than not, the winner of this prize is an author who few people have ever heard of and whose books even fewer people have ever read. But consider this folks: Many authors have won the Nobel Prize for stirring the conscience of their nation… Read more.
Plane crash sends New York (and all of America) into 9/11 panic mode…
Thursday, October 12, 2006 at 11:07 AM
At around 3 PM yesterday, news outlets all over America ceased idle reporting on international reaction to Kim Jong IL’s (alleged) nuclear weapons test, the fallout from the Mark Foley (Congressional-Page) sex scandal and even on the breaking news of Madonna following the new celebrity fashion of adopting African babies the way others adopt exotic… Read more.