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Sarkozy summoned to answer for Gaddafi cash

| March 20, 2018 | 22 Comments
Sarkozy summoned to answer for Gaddafi cash

The New York Times reports that Nicolas Sarkozy, former French president, has turned himself into police custody over questions about his funding sources for his campaign in 2007. One of the charges is that he received money from the late Muammar el-Qaddafi of Libya; The suspicions behind this case first emerged in 2012, when the […]

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Stephen Hawking passes

| March 14, 2018 | 45 Comments
Stephen Hawking passes

Probably the most famous theoretical physicist and ALS victim of our time has passed according to Stars & Stripes. Stephen Hawking lived an astounding 50 years after his diagnosis with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS – Lou Gehrig disease as it’s known in the US) in 1969. Many patients last only several months after the diagnosis. […]

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Scot Cregan and his many personalities

| February 24, 2018 | 26 Comments
Scot Cregan and his many personalities

Military Times tells the story of Scot Cregan, a Navy public affairs officer whose identities have been replicated by thieves on Facebook about a hundred times by his estimate; Cregan has seen himself on Facebook under the names “David Marc Cregan,” “Eric Cregan,” “Creagan Anderson,” “Cregan Diamond,” (um, okay) and his favorite, the ever-original “Cregan […]

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NFL should be freaking out

| February 2, 2018 | 94 Comments
NFL should be freaking out

A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll quoted in The Week; Within a four-year period, men aged 18 to 49 who say they “closely” follow the NFL has dropped from 75 percent to 51 percent. That represents a major chunk of the sport’s main demographic. “If I’m the NFL I’m freaking out about that a little […]

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Imad al Alami and his negligent discharge

| January 31, 2018 | 103 Comments
Imad al Alami and his negligent discharge

AW1Ed sends a link from Fox News which tells the story of the sad end of Hamas co-founder Imad al Alami who was inspecting his handgun a few weeks ago when it discharged into his terrorist head; Imad al-Alami, 62, was “examining his personal weapon in his home” Jan. 9 when the gun went off […]

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Eight from Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter

| January 27, 2018 | 5 Comments
Eight from Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter

Recently, I’ve been on the road quite a bit. That has its disadvantages. However, road travel also has its benefits. It allows you time to think – and to get reacquainted with music you love. And there’s simply something quite enjoyable about heading down the highway, dawn in the rear-view mirror, with music you love […]

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Camels disqualified from Saudi beauty pageant

| January 24, 2018 | 42 Comments
Camels disqualified from Saudi beauty pageant

On a day of strange news stories, this might be the topper. It seems that a dozen camels were disqualified from participating in a beauty pageant at the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Saudi Arabia because a doctor was caught giving them botox injections, along with other cosmetic alterations which make them more attractive, relatively […]

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NFL rejects AMVETS’ #Please Stand ad for Superbowl

| January 23, 2018 | 63 Comments
NFL rejects AMVETS’ #Please Stand ad for Superbowl

Tim sends a link to the Daily Caller which reports that the NFL rejected an ad submission from AMVETS because of a hashtag (#Please Stand) that was included in the ad. Vice President of Communications at National Football League Brian McCarthy explains; “The Super Bowl game program is designed for fans to commemorate and celebrate […]

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