No players or coaches are allowed to say much against “the league” – the gestapo of NBA basketball, for fear of getting fined or benched (or deported?) but everyone hinted around the real issue tonight as a talented Phoenix Suns team finally ran out of gas and lost game 5, after having been forced to […]
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Winner of 111th Boston Marathon Has Real Bragging Rights
To win any Boston Marathon would be a monumental achievement, but to win THIS year’s race through one of the region’s worst nor’easters in history, amidst cold rain, 40 degree temperatures, and high winds, would give a person bragging rights for decades. Congratulations to repeat winner Robert K. Cheruiyot, of Kenya, and the women’s champ […]
Garry Kasparov Just a Pawn In Russia’s Game
Chess master Garry Kasparov and 170 protesters were arrested by an overwhelming 9,000 Russian troops at a pro-democracy rally that was held against the Russian government’s wishes. [Link – Russia Cracks down hard on protesters] Makes me proud to be an American, where we don’t have to rally about our freedoms and can focus instead […]
There’s Just Something About That Wheat in Uganda
Ug99 Stem Rust is spreading fast. Scientists and Researchers need to continue to pool together to stave off this latest strain of wheat-killer, which could devastate world food supplies. In the meantime… GO WITH SPELT. Ug99 may take several years to reach North America, but it is inevitable. (Image courtesy HULIQ.com) [Link: dangerous-wheat-disease-jumps-red-sea]
Someone should just shut MSNBCtv down – your whole network is offensive
Dear MSNBCtv: From Keith Olbermann’s show, to your “Worst Person In The World”feature, to Hardball, I’m thinking, you can’t really get much moreoffensive than that… so if you’re going to fire IMUS, why not justshut the whole network down? You’ve done enough damage for one decade I think. One thing will be true after Imus […]
Striking The Word Nappy From Middle English
From Stevie Wonder’s “I Wish” Looking back on when IWas a little nappy headed boyThen my only worryWas for Christmas what would be my toyEven though we sometimesWould not get a thingWe were happy with theJoy the day would bring [Link] The album Songs In The Key Of Life is one of the greatest in […]
The RIAA Casts Gloomy Web
The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has announced its decision on Internet radio royalty rates. Bottom line – Webcasters will now have to pay $500 per station annually, and about 1.28 cents per listener hour, retroactively to the beginning of 2006. For Live365.com, a service that allows individuals to legally run small Internet radio stations, the […]
Free Speech in Russia – Please!
“Now that we’ve killed off all the journalists we didn’t like, we’re now good to go with that whole free speech thing.” (author embellishment) “Ivan Safronov, the military affairs writer for Kommersant, died Friday after falling from a fifth-story window in the stairwell of his apartment building in Moscow, officials said…” The New York-based Committee […]