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Law Professors Snubbed U.S. Northern Command

October 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

During an appearance as the guest speaker at the Oct. 8 meeting of The World Affairs Council of San Antonio, Jeffrey F. Addicott told the story of what happened after U.S. Northern Command issued a plea for help to professors serving at the nation’s 200 law schools:  Only one professor replied.  Addicott. Distinguished Professor of [...]

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Runaway Balloon Spotted Over Nation’s Capitol

October 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments

For several hours Thursday afternoon, Americans were riveted to their television sets, having been told that a 6-year-old boy might be inside an accidentally-launched homemade balloon as it soared out of control across the skies of Colorado.  Today, “news” of another runaway balloon spotted in the skies above Washington, D.C., is attracting much less concern.  [...]

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Commercial Real Estate Next Big ‘Shoe to Drop’

October 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Describing it as a developing story, Fox News Channel’s Bret Baier just reported that President Barack Obama was briefed today about “the next big financial shoe to drop” — commercial real estate.  It dovetails perfectly with what I reported nine months ago in a post, Trendwatcher: ‘Crash of ‘09? Will Be Worst Ever, and portends [...]

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Most Home Security Commercials Continue to Paint Inaccurate Picture of Crime in the USA

October 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

In a post nine months ago, I asked the question, Will Election of Barack Obama Open Window of Truth in Home Security System TV Commercials? Today, I can report some improvement:  One of the two companies highlighted in my previous report has changed its ways, while the other continues to paint an inaccurate picture of [...]

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Author Appears on ‘Mickelson in the Morning’

October 16th, 2009 · No Comments

St. Louis conservative Bill Federer appeared on WHO-AM in Des Moines, Iowa, yesterday to discuss his book, What Every American Needs to Know About the Qur’an – A History of Islam & the United States, on Mickelson in the Morning with morning talk host Jan Mickelson. If Federer’s name rings a bell, it might be [...]

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Question: ‘Why Didn’t Voters Pay Attention?’

October 16th, 2009 · No Comments

“Why didn’t voters pay attention?” is a question I asked myself after taking a fresh look at “Foster Friess on Barack Obama: Rhetoric vs. Record”, a video which first appeared in a post on this blog Oct. 28, 2008. Narrator Foster Friess, a successful businessman and Army veteran living in Jackson Hole, Wyo., begins by [...]

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