This would have caused consternation to any number of U.S. adherents to the Nation of Islam and would have certainly precluded Riyadh as a venue for the Professional Bowlers Association matches.
“Will Saudis Ban the Letter ‘X’?
(My old electric Smith-Corona did this with much less fanfare.)
By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM
January 15, 2007
The letter “X” soon may be […]
Does anyone remember what Bill Clinton said
about radio announcers’ hatred and the Oklahoma City bombing?
“Conservative Radio Host Announces “Assassination” Schedule For Members Of Congress…
January 3, 2007 08:51 AM
A radio talk-show entertainer whose earlier statements that he “may” have to assassinate members of Congress if the wrong people were elected Nov. 7 now has set a […]
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According to the Associated Press, the Willet Middle School of Attleboro, Massachusetts has
“banned kids from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chase game during recess for fear they’ll get hurt and hold the school liable.”
The story also mentioned the school’s older ban on dodgeball because it was
“exclusionary and dangerous.”
As a kid, […]
THINK PROGRESS has a video and story about an anti-minimum wage group which is using God and Moses to inform people not to support the proposition.
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‘Their new ad depicts a “Moses” character speaking to the voice of God in the Rocky Mountains. “We need divine intervention,” Moses says. God responds: “We can’t let the people […]
“R.I. pumpkin may be largest ever
Sun Oct 8, 2:39 PM ET
WARREN, R.I. - Despite heavy rains that stunted pumpkin growth, a Rhode Island farmer has set what could be a new record for the largest pumpkin in the world.”
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Please find the entire article here.
Shape-Shifters With Microchips Walk the Runway
By CATHY HORYN
Published: October 7, 2006
PARIS, Oct. 6 — The other day before the Hussein Chalayan show, I skipped over to the Monoprix, which is France’s answer to Kmart, to buy a box of hair color (now only you and my hairdresser know for sure) when I saw my friend […]
Are Stingrays turning up in the trunks of cars, left on street corners and drowned with concrete blocks tied to their tails? Not necessarily, but ten dead rays–some tortured–are frightening conservationists and people who fear brainless reprisals. A spokesray for the Stingray Benevolent Society took off thegloves and snarled, “This is a reef thing and […]
…and wants Johnny Depp to play him.
Mr. Karr may not have a range of emotion, but he was able to convince two governments’ immigration and law enforcement departments to bring him back to Boulder.
Maybe he should play Johnny Depp, instead.
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