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Archives for January 2008

I have the flu…

Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 5:25 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

And I even got a flu shot! Read more.

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Actor Wesley Snipes takes on the IRS in the dumbest role of his life

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 11:21 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

For the past two weeks, Wesley Snipes has been on trial in Florida for failing to pay taxes on the $38 million he earned from movies, including the “Blade” vampire trilogy, between 1999 and 2004. He faces 16 years in prison and millions in fines. But Snipes is probably more concerned that the paparazzi (who… Read more.

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Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: criminal trial, IRS, tax avoidance schemes, Wesley Snipes

The Kennedys: Dissing Hillary, Endorsing Barack, Ignoring Bush

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 8:02 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

In a New York Times op-ed on Sunday, Caroline Kennedy delivered a truly stunning and unassailable proclamation: Sen. Barack Obama would be a “President like my father.” There’s no denying her proclamation amounts to a slap in the face of all politicians (like Bill Clinton) who have spent decades touting themselves as heirs to JFK’s… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Caroline Kennedy, Clinton campaign, Democratic Primary, Kennedy endorsement, Obama 2008, Ted Kennedy

Why Hillary has never been happier that Bill’s such a dog…

Saturday, January 26, 2008 at 11:24 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Related Articles:Obama Day… do or die in South CarolinaClintons playing the race card Read more.

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Another Italian government bites the dust…

Friday, January 25, 2008 at 12:13 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

A few of my Italian readers chastised me last October for writing that, with three governments in three years, the Ukrainians were: …on track to make the Italians’ promiscuous penchant for changing governments seem positively chaste. However, given that yet another Italian government fell yesterday, they may want to eat their words. Never mind the… Read more.

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NFL League Championship Sunday

Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 10:04 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Real football fans will tell you that the most exciting day of the NFL season is League Championship Sunday, not Super Bowl Sunday (as fair-weather fans might say). And, true to form, last Sunday’s NFC Championship game between the New York Giants and Green Bay Packers (which the Giants won in OT 23-20) and AFC… Read more.

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Actor Heath Ledger is dead…at 28

Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 9:52 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Most people seemed genuinely shocked by the news that Heath Ledger was found dead in his New York apartment yesterday of an apparent “accidental” drug overdose. Meanwhile, as I listened to everyone from entertainment reporters to his publicists offer spontaneous eulogies, I got the distinct impression that they were already committed to ensuring that the… Read more.

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Obama-Day Tuesday: Do or die in South Carolina?

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

If Barack doesn’t win Iowa, it is just a dream. [Michelle Obama, Des Moines, Iowa September 26, 2007 – as reported by CNN] This quote by Sen. Barack Obama’s wife now has an eerily-resurgent resonance. Because it appears to have presaged not only Bill Clinton’s patronizing allusion recently to his campaign, but also the growing… Read more.

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Happy Martin Luther King Jr Day!

Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 12:26 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The following are Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s final words. He delivered them at the end of a sermon at Mason Temple in Memphis, TN on 3 April 1968…the day before he was assassinated: Well, I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn’t matter with me now.… Read more.

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World Beware! Bush and the Saudis are talking down the price of oil…again

Friday, January 18, 2008 at 11:41 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Many people thought Hillary Clinton was being rude – during Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate – when she called President Bush “pathetic” for flying over to Saudi Arabia this week to beg King Abdullah to lower the price of oil. Whereas, in fact, she was being kind. After all, there’s something positively venal and conspiratorial about… Read more.

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