Monday, August 16, 2010

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Dearborn's Fordson HS varsity football team to practice from 11pm - 4am during Ramadan to accommodate muslim students - ESPN

Obama administration largely like a Bush third term - American Conservative (Jack Hunter)
" 'As Obama came into office, [former Secretary of State] Condoleezza Rice predicted he would follow the policies of Bush’s second term, and that is pretty much what happened, apart from a different rhetorical style.' Obama Democrats continue to confuse that style for substantive difference, exemplifying the same sort of mindless partisanship that characterized the Bush Republicans they once abhorred." If elections mattered that much we wouldn't have them.


Reportedly a 2011 Blu-Ray Star Wars boxed set release will change our cultural history. In the classic Han Solo vs. Greedo stand-off in the Mos Eisley cantina it is reported that Greedo will shoot first. Hmm...I liked the way Han shot Greedo first from underneath and through the table without warning; it established his scoundrel credentials.


"In the space of the last 15 years the American public have fallen for the three whopper delusions: 1. Buy stocks for the long run, 2. Homes are always a great investment, [and] 3. Globalization will benefit all Americans."