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Today at Willisms, I connect modern Islamist terrorism to Greek mythology. And I think I managed to purge every single pun from the piece -- which, for me, is a Herculean effort.
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Just as the McCain/Palin desperation flop-sweat starts to really stink up the country, good news arrives in this afternoon's release of new polling results showing Barack Obama and Joe Biden are widening their lead over John "What Economic Problems?" McCain and Sarah "I can see Russia from my House!" Palin.
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How does John McCain react to the bad economic news? He changes the subject! In late afternoon trading, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 800 points, then recovered slightly in erratic trading to a loss of 764.38, or 7.40 percent,...
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Not only did Palin lie, she was in fact partly or wholly responsible for the failure of the effort she now claims credit for. She's a cheeky monkey donchaknowit youbetcha!
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The father of a measurement known as the "Smoot" returned Saturday to be honored at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the school where he and his fraternity brothers invented...
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At the heart of the scandal was Keating's Lincoln Savings and Loan Association, which took advantage of deregulation in the 1980s to make risky investments with its depositors' money. McCain intervened on behalf of Charles Keating with federal regulators tasked with preventing banking fraud, and championed legislation to delay regulation of the savings and loan industry -- actions that allowed Keating to continue his fraud at an incredible cost to taxpayers.
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"Bull Durham" sequel is getting made. Kevin Costner will reprise the role of catcher Crash Davis from the 1988 baseball flick. Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon are also expected to...
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The price of Mean Manor just got $30 million leaner, reports the The Post's Braden Keil. Leona Helmsley's 40-acre estate in Greenwich, Conn. - known as Dunnellen Hall - has...
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Tony Curtis still regrets his flippant crack about how kissing Marilyn Monroe in "Some Like It Hot" was "like kissing Hitler." In fact, he now reveals, he was extremely...
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Eddie Van Halen is engaged to his girlfriend/manager Janie Liszewski, PEOPLE has learned. Van Halen, 53, proposed to Liszewski, 38, on Aug. 4 while they were vacationing in Hawaii. The...
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Detailed below are highlights of a news segment aired Saturday morning on CNN hosted by Christine Romans, who opened with "The populist uprising against the Washington Bailout has its roots in a deep distrust of the Bush Administration, which for...
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Comments (3)
You didn't waant to extend ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Lizzie | July 20, 2006 5:13 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
You didn't waant to extend Wizbang's readers the same courtesy, then?!
1. Posted by Lizzie | July 20, 2006 5:13 PM |
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Posted on July 20, 2006 17:13
2. Posted by Jay Tea | July 20, 2006 5:16 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
If I did, I'd hardly be myself.
J.
2. Posted by Jay Tea | July 20, 2006 5:16 PM |
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Posted on July 20, 2006 17:16
3. Posted by Heralder | July 20, 2006 10:10 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Interesting article Jay.
3. Posted by Heralder | July 20, 2006 10:10 PM |
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Posted on July 20, 2006 22:10