I was horrified when I read Jay D. Homnick's lambaste of Hall of Fame broadcaster Dave Van Horne. He likens Van Horne receiving the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting to the Motion Picture Academy bestowing with a Lifetime Achievement Award for excellence in direction.
Homnick couldn't be more wrong.
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Friday, July 29, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Bachmann Opposes Boehner Plan Because It Doesn't Repeal Obamacare
In her address to the National Press Club on Thursday, Michele Bachmann indicated she could not support the Boehner Plan because, for amongst other reasons, it did not have a provision to repeal funding for Obamacare.
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Hideki Irabu, 1969-2011. R.I.P.
Hideki Irabu, who pitched in his native Japan and in MLB, has been found dead in his Los Angeles home of an apparent suicide. He was 42.
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The Curious Case of Kosuke Fukudome
The Chicago Cubs traded outfielder Kosuke Fukudome to the Cleveland Indians for a couple of minor leaguers.
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The NYT on Thwarted Ft. Hood Plot
Earlier this afternoon I commented on the arrest of Private Nasser Abdo at a motel near Fort Hood with bomb making material.
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Muslim Soldier Arrested for Plotting Attack on Ft. Hood
The FBI has arrested a U.S. soldier in a motel near Fort Hood where he was found with bomb making material. It is believe that he was plotting another attack on Fort Hood.
Pfc. Nasser Abdo has been AWOL from Fort Campbell since the Fourth of July. He had applied for conscientious objector status last August after refusing deployment to Afghanistan. It was granted last month but did not take effect after Abdo was charged with possessing child pornography on his computer.
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Pfc. Nasser Abdo has been AWOL from Fort Campbell since the Fourth of July. He had applied for conscientious objector status last August after refusing deployment to Afghanistan. It was granted last month but did not take effect after Abdo was charged with possessing child pornography on his computer.
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NJ Gov Christie Hospitalized
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has been rushed to the hospital after experiencing shortness of breath.
Let's hope everything turns out alright.
Somehow I have a feeling we will be treated to a series of stories about the Governor's weight.
Let's hope everything turns out alright.
Somehow I have a feeling we will be treated to a series of stories about the Governor's weight.
Mets Deal Beltran to San Fran
Outfielder Carlos Beltran has agreed to a trade with the New York Mets that now makes him a member of the San Francisco Giants. In return, the pitching rich Giants sent Zack Wheeler to New York. Wheeler was the Giants first round pick in the 2009 MLB Draft.
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McNabb Moves on to Minnesota
After only a year into a five-year contract, the Washington Redskins have traded quarterback Donovan McNabb to the Minnesota Vikings last night for a sixth round draft pick in 2012 and 2013. McNabb's $78 million contract with the Redskins was restructured because the terms he signed for in DC exceed the Vikings' salary cap. But at this point, McNabb's experience under Redskins Head Coach Mike Shanahan was so unpleasant he's more than willing to play for less money.
I mean even Rush Limbaugh felt sorry for him.
McNabb, who turns 35 in November, has something to prove. Perhaps he will find greater warmth within the frigid air of the Twin Cities than he did in the Beltway.
I mean even Rush Limbaugh felt sorry for him.
McNabb, who turns 35 in November, has something to prove. Perhaps he will find greater warmth within the frigid air of the Twin Cities than he did in the Beltway.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Mariners Win a Ballgame
For the first time in over three weeks the Seattle Mariners won a baseball game with a 9-2 thrashing of the New York Yankees this afternoon in the Bronx.
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Ervin Santana No-Hits Tribe
This afternoon, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitcher Ervin Santana threw a no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians. The Angels won the game 3-1.
So how did the Tribe get a run without the benefit of a hit?
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So how did the Tribe get a run without the benefit of a hit?
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Travelin' Edwin Jackson
I would hate to have pitcher Edwin Jackson's moving expenses.
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The Pirates Were Robbed
The Pirates were robbed!!!
The Pittsburgh Pirates, that is.
Last night and into this morning, the Bucs and the Atlanta Braves played for 19 innings. Of course, all things must come to an end. But like this?
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The Pittsburgh Pirates, that is.
Last night and into this morning, the Bucs and the Atlanta Braves played for 19 innings. Of course, all things must come to an end. But like this?
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Happy Meals Turn Glum
If MacDonald's intends to decrease the serving of fries and increase the serving of fruit or vegetables in Happy Meals, are they really happy meals anymore?
This ought to be borderline false advertising.
It is claimed this adjustment to the menu has been made in response to the demands of parents. Or is this change more out of fear of the termagant Frau Obama?
If parents are really behind it, it is likely those annoying liberal ones that stuffed their faces with whatever they pleased as youngsters but demand of their own progeny a level of asceticism similar to that of a desert hermit.
This ought to be borderline false advertising.
It is claimed this adjustment to the menu has been made in response to the demands of parents. Or is this change more out of fear of the termagant Frau Obama?
If parents are really behind it, it is likely those annoying liberal ones that stuffed their faces with whatever they pleased as youngsters but demand of their own progeny a level of asceticism similar to that of a desert hermit.
Sullivan Nominates Me for a Malkin Award
Over at The Daily Beast, Andrew Sullivan nominates yours truly for a Malkin Award for the making the case that it was not unreasonable to suspect an act of Muslim terrorism in the attacks in Norway last Friday. Sullivan objects to the fact that I wrote the post following the arrest of Anders Behring Breivik.
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Rubin on Obama vs. Boehner
I was going to write a little ditty on the tête-à-tête last night between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner but there's really not much that I could add to Jennifer Rubin's take at The Washington Post.
Sanders: Obama Primary Challenge "A Good Idea."
Last Friday, during an appearance on left-wing talk radio host Thom Hartmann's show, Vermont's openly Socialist Senator suggested that it would be a good idea if there was a Democratic primary challenger to President Obama.
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Get Well Soon Jack Layton
Yesterday, Jack Layton, leader of Canada's New Democratic Party (NDP) announced he would be temporarily stepping aside, as he revealed he had been diagnosed with an unspecified cancer. Despite his gaunt appearance, Layton vowed to be back when the House of Commons reconvenes in mid-September. At Layton's request, it appears that Nycole Turmel will become the party's interim leader.
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Monday, July 25, 2011
Dan Peek, 1950-2011. R.I.P.
Dan Peek, former member of the 1970s rock band America, passed away yesterday at the age of 60. His cause of death is unknown. Peek's official website simply states, "Dan went to Heaven on July 24, 2011." Underneath the caption is a YouTube video of him performing "Lonely People."
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Sunday, July 24, 2011
When In Doubt Shout "Islamophobe!"
When you find yourself in an online argument with someone and the best your adversary can do is to say that you didn't provide the link then you know they are grasping at straws.
Yesterday, I took apart Sheila Musaji's assertion that my take on the terrorist attacks in Norway was Islamophobic.
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Yesterday, I took apart Sheila Musaji's assertion that my take on the terrorist attacks in Norway was Islamophobic.
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Saturday, July 23, 2011
Amy Winehouse, 1983-2011. R.I.P.
Singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London home yesterday. As of this writing, her cause of death is unknown. She was 27.
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When You're Called an Islamophobe
Following the arrest of Anders Behring Breivik, I made the case that it was not unreasonable to suspect that Muslim radicals had been responsible for the terrorist attacks which took place in Norway on Friday.
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Friday, July 22, 2011
Why It Wasn't Unreasonable to Suspect Muslim Terrorism in Norway
In light of the fact that the man responsible for two heinous acts of terrorism which have thus far resulted in the deaths of 87 people is a native born, non-Muslim Norwegian, John Tabin asks if large segments of media (including bloggers like him and me) were wrong to speculate that this was an act of Islamic radicals.
For his part, Tabin plans to answer that question in depth at a later date. So allow me to give my thoughts. I would like to make the case that it was not at all unreasonable to speculate that Muslims were involved in this attack.
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For his part, Tabin plans to answer that question in depth at a later date. So allow me to give my thoughts. I would like to make the case that it was not at all unreasonable to speculate that Muslims were involved in this attack.
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Norwegian PM: Too Early To Say If It Was Terrorism
Despite the fact a bomb exploded near the office of Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and that there has also been a shooting at a retreat of the governing Labour Party's youth wing at which the Prime Minister was apparently scheduled to attend, Stoltenberg says it's too early to call it an act of terrorism.
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Explosion Near Norwegian PM's Office
There has been an explosion in Oslo near the office of Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. While Stoltenberg was not harmed and no fatalities have been reported there are reportedly dozens of people who have been injured. Several government buildings were damaged along with the offices of Verdens Gang, a Norwegian tabloid.
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Elwy Yost, 1925-2011. R.I.P.
Elwy Yost, a raconteur of film, passed away yesterday of natural causes at the age of 86.
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
Retiring Alomar's Number is a No-Brainer
Over at National Review, Jason Epstein seems genuinely surprised the Toronto Blue Jays are retiring Roberto Alomar's number 12.
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America Retreats From Space
This morning the Space Shuttle Atlantis landed with little fanfare at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida thus officially ending the Space Shuttle program which was launched thirty years ago.
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Shining The Light On Laser Pointer Penalties
The Federal Aviation Administration has announced plans to impose fines as high as $11,000 upon those caught shining laser pointers into airplane cockpits.
Exposure to the beam emitted by such a device can result in temporary blindness, thus theoretically resulting in a major air catastrophe if a flight crew were unexpectedly incapacitated.
In a sense, such a regulation is all good and called for.
However, one can't but help ask the question how the perpetrators of such malfeasance can be identified at such a distance.
One account categorized the proposed penalty as civil rather than criminal in nature.
As such, it should be pointed out that the threshold to impose such are often lower and occasionally do not afford those they are leveled against with the traditional procedural protections of the judicial system.
In light of the way certain regulations regarding drug possession are implemented, these enforcement operations could end up being as much about raising revenue and seizing desired property as it is about making the skies a friendlier place to fly.
For example, under certain instances of civil penalties and forfeiture, those ultimately cleared of any criminal wrong doing in regards to the drug offenses leveled against them do not necessarily have their property returned to them despite never having been convicted as a part of due process.
Often assorted agencies end up retaining the seized objects and parcels or require those such possessions should rightly revert back to to go through additional bureaucratic procedures that consume both time and resources. This for the purpose of pressuring the individual to relent to the seizure of their property and to further enrich the lawyers for whom the regulatory behemoth was ultimately designed to benefit.
The reasoning is that such property could potentially be used in a future crime. And in the case of an automobile seized from the owner despite the fact that it was being driven by someone else at the time of a contraband interdiction, the standard reply goes something like, "Well, you should have been more careful as to whom you let borrow your car so we are going to auction it off now anyway ."
Thus, will fines for the shining of laser pointers into jetliner cockpits be issued against the person actually aiming the device or rather the title holder of the land from which the beam originated?
Eventually, if an area has a disproportionate number of laser pointer incidents or even the potential for a disproportionate number of laser pointer incidents, the government will step in to preemptively snatch the property in question. What they then decide to do with the disputed parcel may have nothing whatsoever to do with enhancing air travel safety but more about rewarding contributors in real estate development.
Vigilance against the terrorist menace out to destroy the American way of life is essential. However, perhaps even more imperative is keeping an eye on those that would use this threat to undermine life, liberty, and property.
By Frederick Meekins
Exposure to the beam emitted by such a device can result in temporary blindness, thus theoretically resulting in a major air catastrophe if a flight crew were unexpectedly incapacitated.
In a sense, such a regulation is all good and called for.
However, one can't but help ask the question how the perpetrators of such malfeasance can be identified at such a distance.
One account categorized the proposed penalty as civil rather than criminal in nature.
As such, it should be pointed out that the threshold to impose such are often lower and occasionally do not afford those they are leveled against with the traditional procedural protections of the judicial system.
In light of the way certain regulations regarding drug possession are implemented, these enforcement operations could end up being as much about raising revenue and seizing desired property as it is about making the skies a friendlier place to fly.
For example, under certain instances of civil penalties and forfeiture, those ultimately cleared of any criminal wrong doing in regards to the drug offenses leveled against them do not necessarily have their property returned to them despite never having been convicted as a part of due process.
Often assorted agencies end up retaining the seized objects and parcels or require those such possessions should rightly revert back to to go through additional bureaucratic procedures that consume both time and resources. This for the purpose of pressuring the individual to relent to the seizure of their property and to further enrich the lawyers for whom the regulatory behemoth was ultimately designed to benefit.
The reasoning is that such property could potentially be used in a future crime. And in the case of an automobile seized from the owner despite the fact that it was being driven by someone else at the time of a contraband interdiction, the standard reply goes something like, "Well, you should have been more careful as to whom you let borrow your car so we are going to auction it off now anyway ."
Thus, will fines for the shining of laser pointers into jetliner cockpits be issued against the person actually aiming the device or rather the title holder of the land from which the beam originated?
Eventually, if an area has a disproportionate number of laser pointer incidents or even the potential for a disproportionate number of laser pointer incidents, the government will step in to preemptively snatch the property in question. What they then decide to do with the disputed parcel may have nothing whatsoever to do with enhancing air travel safety but more about rewarding contributors in real estate development.
Vigilance against the terrorist menace out to destroy the American way of life is essential. However, perhaps even more imperative is keeping an eye on those that would use this threat to undermine life, liberty, and property.
By Frederick Meekins
Lisa Fabrizio Gets an E-6
I usually enjoy Lisa Fabrizio's baseball columns but this morning I think she dropped the ball by writing one of those "baseball isn't as good as it used to be" pieces.
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Bachmann Gives Her Critics Headaches
What should we make of Michele Bachmann and her migraines?
Will it affect her chances for the GOP presidential bid?
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Will it affect her chances for the GOP presidential bid?
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Why Do Liberals Throw Things at Conservatives?
In light of Rupert Murdoch being hit with a pie today at a parliamentary inquiry in London, ABC News put together a clip of other public figures who have been pied or have had things thrown at them. ABC News notes, "Murdoch's pie incident is only the latest in a series of activist pranks."
So cue the Benny Hill music. Now everyone have a good laugh at Ann Coulter, George W. Bush, Michele Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty, Newt Gingrich and Steve Ballmer. Yes, nearly all the figures shown who have had projectiles thrown in their direction are conservatives.
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So cue the Benny Hill music. Now everyone have a good laugh at Ann Coulter, George W. Bush, Michele Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty, Newt Gingrich and Steve Ballmer. Yes, nearly all the figures shown who have had projectiles thrown in their direction are conservatives.
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A Long Night At The Ballpark
On Sunday night, the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays played scoreless baseball until Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia stroked an opposite field single in the top of the 16th to give the Sox a 1-0 victory.
Yes, I stayed up to watch the whole thing and was too tired to write about it until today.
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Yes, I stayed up to watch the whole thing and was too tired to write about it until today.
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Sunday, July 17, 2011
Chris Plante of WMAL made an astute observation. If pension payments for the assorted elderly of varied occupation status and wages for regular government employees are to be halted should the debt limit not be raised in time, will the delay in the transfer of payments also be applied to the Obama advisors making six figure salaries?
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Remembering Harry Chapin
Thirty years ago today, we lost a national treasure.
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Friday, July 15, 2011
Leftists Plot Materialistic Afterlife
Futurist Ray Kurzweil, Former Vice President Al Gore, and Bill Maher are scheduled to take part in an all-star panel discussion titled "Transcendent Man” broadcast to select theaters across America.
The forum will in part discuss the merging of man and machine for the purposes of indefinitely extending the human lifespan.
No doubt listening to Al Gore drone on and on will definitely make it feel like an eternity has elapsed.
Apparently, overcrowding isn't the pending calamity he often makes it out to be. That is unless of course, his friends in the New World Order are planning a culling of the human herd.
Other than a profound hatred of God and a contempt for those that believe in an omnipotent creator, what qualifications does Bill Maher posses to speak as an authority figure on such an ethically complex subject?
The fool has said in his heart that there is no God.
How else does it explain that an individual can belittle the prospect of Heaven in one breath and then grasp at straws in the hopes of delaying the inevitable by either hooking oneself up to a ghastly array of machines or somehow electrochemically uploading the memories we have accumulated our few brief years upon the earth as some kind of accumulated database that might eventually animate some android duplicate of our own visage?
G.K. Chesterton is said to have quipped that the danger when we no longer believe in God is not that we won’t believe in anything but rather that we will end up believing in anything.
by Frederick Meekins
The forum will in part discuss the merging of man and machine for the purposes of indefinitely extending the human lifespan.
No doubt listening to Al Gore drone on and on will definitely make it feel like an eternity has elapsed.
Apparently, overcrowding isn't the pending calamity he often makes it out to be. That is unless of course, his friends in the New World Order are planning a culling of the human herd.
Other than a profound hatred of God and a contempt for those that believe in an omnipotent creator, what qualifications does Bill Maher posses to speak as an authority figure on such an ethically complex subject?
The fool has said in his heart that there is no God.
How else does it explain that an individual can belittle the prospect of Heaven in one breath and then grasp at straws in the hopes of delaying the inevitable by either hooking oneself up to a ghastly array of machines or somehow electrochemically uploading the memories we have accumulated our few brief years upon the earth as some kind of accumulated database that might eventually animate some android duplicate of our own visage?
G.K. Chesterton is said to have quipped that the danger when we no longer believe in God is not that we won’t believe in anything but rather that we will end up believing in anything.
by Frederick Meekins
Obama WH Can't Baier Fox News
Yesterday, in the course of discussing the Rupert Murdoch News of the World phone hacking scandal, I relayed a personal anecdote about a former Obama liaison taking a shot at Fox News even though he did not watch its programming.
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
In Defense of Judge Walton
Patrick Howley takes Federal District Court Judge Reggie Walton to the woodshed for declaring a mistrial in the Roger Clemens perjury case.
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The Left is Hunting Fox News
I think Bob Tyrell sums up the whole News of the World phone hacking scandal in Britain and the reaction to it in left-wing quarters in the United States quite nicely.
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A Lament for Leiby Kletzky
This is just beyond awful. In fact, it was an act of pure evil.
On Monday afternoon, eight-year old Leiby Kletzky disappeared in Brooklyn's Borough Park neighborhood (home to the largest Orthodox Jewish community outside of Israel) after walking alone to meet his mother following day camp. Yesterday, his dismembered body was found in a dumpster while his feet were found in the home of Levi Aron, who has been charged with Kletzky's murder.
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On Monday afternoon, eight-year old Leiby Kletzky disappeared in Brooklyn's Borough Park neighborhood (home to the largest Orthodox Jewish community outside of Israel) after walking alone to meet his mother following day camp. Yesterday, his dismembered body was found in a dumpster while his feet were found in the home of Levi Aron, who has been charged with Kletzky's murder.
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The Courageous Robert Ford?
A couple of days ago, I was less than impressed with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton making the case that Syria's Bashar Assad had "lost legitimacy" when he had none in the first place. I also argued that the very least the Obama Administration (who were foolish to send a representative to Damascus at all) could do was withdraw our Ambassador, Robert Ford.
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Obama's Social Insecurity
I suppose we shouldn't be surprised to see President Obama raise the spectre of next month's Social Security checks not being mailed out if Republicans don't agree to his plan to raise the debt ceiling. After all, Democratic politicians have for decades been scaring the bejesus out of seniors that Republicans are going to take away their Social Security benefits. Of course, the reason Democrats have been deploying this tactic is because it usually works.
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Of Burgers & Wine
Ta-Nehisi Coates of The Atlantic calls The Washington Post's article on First Lady Michelle Obama enjoying a ShackBurger "the dumbest story ever written in all of human history."
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Mumbai Attacked Again
There have been three explosions in the business district of Mumbai, India and as of this writing ten people have been killed.
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Mets Deal K-Rod to Milwaukee
During last night's All-Star Game, the New York Mets traded closer Francisco "K-Rod" Rodriguez and cash to the Milwaukee Brewers for two players to be named later.
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Is Jeter The Yankees' Obama?
Writing a guest editorial in The New York Daily News, sportswriter Glenn Stout argues that Derek Jeter is the New York Yankees' Barack Obama.
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
NL Wins 2nd Straight All-Star Game
After being unable to win an All-Star Game for nearly 15 years, the National League has won back to back mid-summer classics.
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If Obama is Kerensky....
Over at The American Thinker, J.R. Dunn tells us about left-wing discontent with President Obama from the likes of Bill Maher, Frank Rich and, of course, Mark Halperin.
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When Was Assad Ever Legitimate?
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has declared that Syrian President Bashar Assad has "lost legitimacy." Earlier today, John Tabin called her remarks "a welcome first step" but adds there are "a lot more steps to take" for the Obama Administration with regard to Syria.
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Rob Grill, 1943-2011. R.I.P.
Rob Grill, the longtime lead singer of The Grass Roots passed away yesterday of complications from a stroke at the age of 67. Grill sustained a severe head injury after a fall a few days ago. He also developed other health problems in recent years.
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Dick Williams, 1929-2011. R.I.P.
When I was in Maine last Thursday, I tuned into the Red Sox-Orioles game and learned that former MLB manager Dick Williams had passed away at the age of 82 of a ruptured aortic aneurysm.
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I Gave Shane Victorino a Thumb to the Eye
Yesterday, I wondered aloud if several MLB players were boycotting the 2011 All-Star Game as protest to the Arizona immigration law.
I was particularly rough with Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino.
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I was particularly rough with Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino.
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Monday, July 11, 2011
Are Some MLB Players Boycotting The All-Star Game?
A lot of eyebrows have been raised because of the large number of MLB players from both leagues who have declined to participate in tomorrow's All-Star Game in Phoenix. To be precise, there are fifteen players in all who have withdrawn from a game that will determine who has home field advantage in the World Series.
I cannot help but wonder if some of this might have to do with the Arizona immigration law, S.B. 1070.
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I cannot help but wonder if some of this might have to do with the Arizona immigration law, S.B. 1070.
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Some All-Star Break Thoughts
Well, we are at the midway point of the 2011 MLB season. Late in March, I made my predictions. If you check out the standings, they have been a mixed bag thus far.
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Tragedy at The Ballpark in Texas
Last night, while I was on the phone with an old friend getting caught up on things, I learned that a fan had been killed at The Ballpark in Arlington while trying to catch a baseball in the stands on Friday night.
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Betty Ford, 1918-2011. R.I.P.
While I was in Buck Harbor's Market in Brooksville, Maine on Saturday afternoon, I saw the cover of The Boston Globe and learned that former First Lady Betty Ford had died of natural causes at the age of 93.
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Sunday, July 10, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
If Mark Halperin was suspended indefinitely for using the vernacular in reference to the male appendage in regards to the President, shouldn’t Chris Matthews be dismissed altogether for using the verbal form of the same vulgarity in connection with America? Shouldn’t it be a greater offense to speak ill of the entire country than a single individual no more important than the rest of us in terms of fundamental ontology?
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Why Roger Clemens Will Be Acquitted
The perjury trial of Roger Clemens is getting underway in Washington, D.C. and things have got off to an inauspicious start for the prosecution.
Judge Reggie Walton lambasted Congress for not turning over the tapes of Clemens' February 2008 deposition before investigators for the House of Representatives Government Reform Committee.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
Judge Reggie Walton lambasted Congress for not turning over the tapes of Clemens' February 2008 deposition before investigators for the House of Representatives Government Reform Committee.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
The Halperin Hullabaloo
An MSNBC analyst called Obama a BLEEP. As spineless as the President is, one shouldn't be so sure he should be categorized as anything so distinctively male.
In the sex-dominated culture of the leftist media, wouldn't calling Obama a BLEEP actually be the highest possible compliment?
Calling Obama a male appendage is no worse than calling anyone else that.
The President is owed no more verbal deference than anybody else.
White House propagandists insist it's inappropriate to refer to any President as a BLEEP. Are you really going to tell me no one ever giggled at the double entnde of referring to Nixon as "Tricky Dick". Or that Clinton was only called "Slick Willy" because of his political acumen and not his philanderous nature.
If the President is this sensitive as to be profoundly disturbed by a single reporter enunciating a reaction to what was definitely not the rhetorical high point of Obama’s public career, how can this President ever hope to stand up to Al Qaeda, the Red Chinese or the Russians?
So long as you don't threaten violence, it is not the concern of the White House how you refer to any president.
How come our ears will shatter if we hear Obama referred to as a BLEEP but there isn't second thought about sending out more information over the airwaves regarding feminine hygiene products and male erectile dysfunction than most members of the respective opposite sexes ever cared to know?
Why on MSNBC is it deemed an outrage to refer to Obama as a "BLEEP but referring to conservatives as "teabaggers" is worthy of a hearty chuckle?
Shouldn’t Americans be more offended that Obama minions called MSNBC in an intimidating manner rather than that Halperin called Obama a BLEEP?
There is nothing in the Constitution authorizing any branch of government to determine the propriety of what names a citizen may call the President. Seems to me one of the document’s primary provisions cautions against the government from doing such a thing.
Maybe if more Americans had the courage to tell a President he’s been acting like a BLEEP, this country wouldn’t be as in bad of shape.
Since Halperin’s elocutionary faux pas, broadcasters have been tripping over themselves as to the necessity of respecting the President. How about the President respecting the American people for a change?
by Frederick Meekins
In the sex-dominated culture of the leftist media, wouldn't calling Obama a BLEEP actually be the highest possible compliment?
Calling Obama a male appendage is no worse than calling anyone else that.
The President is owed no more verbal deference than anybody else.
White House propagandists insist it's inappropriate to refer to any President as a BLEEP. Are you really going to tell me no one ever giggled at the double entnde of referring to Nixon as "Tricky Dick". Or that Clinton was only called "Slick Willy" because of his political acumen and not his philanderous nature.
If the President is this sensitive as to be profoundly disturbed by a single reporter enunciating a reaction to what was definitely not the rhetorical high point of Obama’s public career, how can this President ever hope to stand up to Al Qaeda, the Red Chinese or the Russians?
So long as you don't threaten violence, it is not the concern of the White House how you refer to any president.
How come our ears will shatter if we hear Obama referred to as a BLEEP but there isn't second thought about sending out more information over the airwaves regarding feminine hygiene products and male erectile dysfunction than most members of the respective opposite sexes ever cared to know?
Why on MSNBC is it deemed an outrage to refer to Obama as a "BLEEP but referring to conservatives as "teabaggers" is worthy of a hearty chuckle?
Shouldn’t Americans be more offended that Obama minions called MSNBC in an intimidating manner rather than that Halperin called Obama a BLEEP?
There is nothing in the Constitution authorizing any branch of government to determine the propriety of what names a citizen may call the President. Seems to me one of the document’s primary provisions cautions against the government from doing such a thing.
Maybe if more Americans had the courage to tell a President he’s been acting like a BLEEP, this country wouldn’t be as in bad of shape.
Since Halperin’s elocutionary faux pas, broadcasters have been tripping over themselves as to the necessity of respecting the President. How about the President respecting the American people for a change?
by Frederick Meekins
A Thought for Caylee Anthony
Although I tried not to pay attention to the trial of Casey Anthony, I did see the verdict read live on CNN. As you probably know by now, Anthony was acquitted on first and second-degree murder charges of her two-year old daughter, Caylee. Prosecutors in Florida had sought the death penalty. She was convicted on lesser charges of lying to law enforcement officials and is due to be sentenced on Thursday for those charges. I imagine the judge will sentence Anthony to four years (a year on each count) in prison and that she will be out of jail within 18 months.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
A Perspicacious Observation
Earlier today, Shawn Macomber drew our attention to ABC's assumption that its audience doesn't know what persipicacious means.
I gather that ABC is probably under the impression that its viewers don't watch Bill O'Reilly's word of the day segments on a regular basis.
I gather that ABC is probably under the impression that its viewers don't watch Bill O'Reilly's word of the day segments on a regular basis.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Angels & Dodgers to Honor Reagan on July 4th
Both the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the Los Angeles Dodgers will honor Ronald Reagan to comemorate his centennial year prior to their games on July 4th.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
AL & NL All-Star Teams Announced
The American League and National League All-Star Teams were announced earlier today.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
Move Over Nadal & Federer
For the past five years or so, when you mention Mens' Tennis two names come to mind - Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.
But now a third man has inserted himself into this rivalry.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
But now a third man has inserted himself into this rivalry.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
Friday, July 1, 2011
Canada Day with Will & Kate
With Fourth of July festivities to commence in less than 72 hours, my home and native land celebrates its 144th birthday. On July 1, 1867, the British Parliament passed the British North America Act (now known as the Constitution Act) which gave birth to the country we know and love as Canada.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
German Minister Talks "Islamist Terrorist Threat"
Well, this is a breath of fresh air. Hans-Peter Friedrich, Germany's Minister of the Interior, acknowledged that Islamist terrorism is still a threat to Germany and Europe even after the death of Osama bin Laden.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
To read the rest of this post, please check out The American Spectator.
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