Archive for the ‘Near Misses’ Category
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
This Week's Dolt! Award goes to... Oregon (and there was much rejoicing)
In the most recent of a long list of bone-headed ideas put forward by government officials, the state of Oregon has been sending Cease & Desist letters to informational resource web sites (such as Justia.com) who publish exact copies ...
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Friday, October 20th, 2006
Stingrays determined to eliminate mankind
We people have always accepted certain risks when entering the Oceans. It's not our turf and some marine inhabitants have taken exceptions with our intrusive tourism over the years. However, for the most part we've had a fairly safe, albeit delicate, relationship with them of don't ...
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Sunday, July 16th, 2006
A Public Service Announcement about Social Services
Over and over I've heard some people ranting about entitlement (formerly known as 'social' but that sounded too much like something pleasant--you know, like a "social gathering"--so they changed the name) programs. When I sat down to write this my goal was to argue, ...
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Saturday, January 28th, 2006
Why do so many from the 'culture of life' want to kill everyone?
Pro life fanatics have used arson, guns and bombs against Healthcare workers--Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson lobbied for a U.S. mission to assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez--Ann Coulter laughingly suggests someone should "put rat poisoning in [Supreme Court] Justice ...
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