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President Barack Obama's proposal to give up the missile shield program for Russia's help on halting Iran's nuclear weapons program ended badly. The Russians rejected any link. Obama then denied there ever was a link.I have a better idea. Let's propose that we give up...

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I was at a party last night when a total stranger struck up a conversation with me. He didn't know who I was, or that I had a blog. The crowd was mixed (by political persuasion), so there was no reason for this person to...

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Why did Google Ads put this on my blog?I'm not sure I should complain. Here's what they put over at The Astute Bloggers: Big beautiful women, or a heart attack? Couldn't one lead to the other?...

FULL METAL SATURDAY. Or as Frank Burns said, "It's nice to be nice to the nice."...

"Did you realize that President Obama signed his Stimulus package at the same desk where President Clinton got his package Stimulated?” (h/t Random Thoughts)...

The Guardian is reporting that a protestor threw his shoe at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a visit to the north-western Iranian city of Urumiye:An Iranian website, Urumiye News, reported that a shoe was hurled at the president as his convoy drove through a central...

I think the British paper The Times of London has it right, in its article, "Barack Obama bets the farm in $4 trillion poker game."One of the most seductive elements of Barack Obama's ascent to the White House was his unshakeable conviction that he was...

Well, that didn't take long. On March 3, 2009, New York Times columnist David Brooks issued his "Moderate Manifesto" in which he confessed uneasiness with his choice of Obama. But Brooks is back on board the Obama ship of state, with a column in today's...

World gone mad item of the day, from Britain. Under new school rules, teachers are not allowed to run after and stop grade school children who run from school. Under "safe handling" procedures, the teachers are only allowed to "track" the child and call police...

The Politico article (and AP Photo, right) "Obama's safety net: the TelePrompter," on how President Obama doesn't go anywhere without his teleprompter, is quite disturbing.The article reminded me of the Michael Jackson song, Man in the Mirror:"I'm starting with the man in the mirrorI'm asking...

Great new song by singer Kathleen Stewart, "It Ain't Your Money To Spend." You can listen to it here.Here the partial lyrics:IT AIN'T YOUR MONEY TO SPEND© 2009, Words by Steve Jones, Music by Kathleen StewartDon't spend my grandson's paycheck.He's only two years old.With Obama...

From the halls of social science, a theory: "Sex Appeal May Have Hurt Sarah Palin."The conclusion is based on interviews with 122 undergraduates. Basing anything on interviews of undergraduates is suspect to me. This is research?"We hypothesize that focusing on a woman’s appearance will promote...

Jim Cramer, the television investment personality, has been in the news recently since he criticized Barack Obama's economic plans as a destroyer of wealth. The petty White House reaction to Cramer has put Cramer on the White House enemies list, along with Rick Santelli and...

I shudder to think of what would have happened if he failed to put the seat down:MOSCOW, March 4 (RIA Novosti) - A woman in central Russia's Penza Region has been sentenced to 15 months behind bars after stabbing her husband in the eye when...

From Moscow News, this explanation of history:In this sense Russia has always differed from the West. Western countries regarded themselves as more developed and generally more advanced, while Russia was seen as backwards, barbaric and foolish. In spite of this negative view of Russia, our...