Monthly Archives: October 2007 - Page 2

Public Schools: 1 in 10 Schools Are ‘Dropout Factories’

Posted by on 10/29/2007 7 comments

I knew it was bad, I didn’t think it was this bad: It’s a nickname no principal could be proud of: “Dropout Factory,” a high school where no more than 60 percent of the students who start as freshmen make …

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Message To DU’ers: KEEP WATERBOARDING EACH OTHER

Posted by on 10/29/2007 2 comments

This is the gift that keeps on giving My brother and I just waterboarded each other… yup, it’s torture.. I was thinking about the AG confirmation and how Mukasey isn’t certain that waterboarding constitutes torture. And then I started thinking …

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Forecasters Blow It, Again: ’07 Hurricane season may rank as most ‘inactive’ in 30 years…

Posted by on 10/29/2007 Comments Off

The debate is over on this. Unless a dramatic and historical flurry of activity occurs in the next 9 weeks, 2007 will rank as a historically inactive TC year for the Northern Hemisphere as a whole. During the past 30 …

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STUDY: AIDS virus invaded USA from Haiti in 1969; most likely by a single infected immigrant

Posted by on 10/29/2007 24 comments

This is a fascinating study. The timeline laid out in the study led by Worobey indicates that HIV infections were occurring in the United States for roughly 12 years before AIDS was first recognized by scientists as a disease in …

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Updated: LOST Is The Appropriate Description For The Justification For: Law of the Sea Treaty; The Navy Approves?

Posted by on 10/29/2007 6 comments

UPDATE 1: Gene commented about the navy’s approval of this deal. I found this 2004 article, and this one as well. Here is a listing of newer articles on the subject ————————————————————————————————————————— Thanks Ted for bringing this up. I’ll leave …

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Open Thread

Posted by on 10/29/2007 17 comments

Here are some topics to choose from, or pick a topic of your own: Tancredo to leave House next year Silky promises to heal the sick, end the war and walk on water – Free advice: Don’t take LATimes’ fire …

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Who Would’ve Thunk The NFL Would Outsource Games

Posted by on 10/28/2007 17 comments

Today, the New York Giants and the Miami Dolphins played to a sold out crowd at Wembley Stadium in London. “I don’t think you can be meaningful forever if you’re not part of the global community, particularly in this day …

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The so-called liberal “progressives” are without a doubt the most rascist bunch out there.

Posted by on 10/27/2007 26 comments

You’ve got that right pal! If you don’t believe him, go ask Michelle Malkin!

Flag-folding recitations now banned at national cemeteries

Posted by on 10/27/2007 19 comments

This is outrageous to say the least and a slap in the face to all those that died to give that whiner his/her voice to protest! I ask all of you to let your voice be heard and stop this …

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Democrats To Shorten Their Work Week

Posted by on 10/27/2007 4 comments

Remember when Hoyer promised to increase the work week in Washington? Well forget that: Shortly after winning a majority last year, Democrats triumphantly declared that they would put Congress back to work, promising an “end to the two-day workweek.” And …

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Kos: A Simple Way to End the War on Terror ‘adopt Islam as our new faith’

Posted by on 10/26/2007 53 comments

I can’t make this stuff up! What about that freedom of religion, or all of us women that will become second class citizens. Hey, no more gays, right? But it will end the WTO! H/T to Hotair

About That Smear Machine

Posted by on 10/26/2007 2 comments

Christopher Hayes of The Nation, is outraged! Outraged I tell you! Just how outraged is he? Well he took one of those urban legend e-mails that we all get, and proceeded to take a Snopes.com debunking as his own and …

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WTH?: Yemen has set free one of the al-Qaida masterminds of the USS Cole bombing

Posted by on 10/26/2007 25 comments

Jamal al-Badawi was granted his freedom after pledging loyalty to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Michelle linked to Jane’s must read. Yemen uses and exports Islamic fanatics as a tool of domestic and foreign policy. After the empowerment of Hamas …

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It’s Not Just The Message, It’s The Presumption Of Ignorance

Posted by on 10/26/2007 2 comments

Mike Soraghan wrote that “Democrats are losing the battle for voters’ hearts because the party’s message lacks emotional appeal”. The problem isn’t so much the message, it’s the presumption that we are too ignorant to do a little research, to …

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Quote Of The Day: ‘McCain Was on Wrong Side of Vietnam War’

Posted by on 10/25/2007 Comments Off

And he thought he could debate Michelle? If Mark Finklestein hadn’t reported it, I would believe it, but alas, it was said on Hardball. Says Mark: Host Chris Matthews ended today’s show by airing, not for the first time during …

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