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Justice David Souter to Retire at End of Session! (Updated)

April 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments

In a bombshell tonight, Supreme Court Justice David Souter (above left) announced he will retire at the end of the Court’s current session, according to Greta Van Susteren. Coupled with the fact that his colleague, Ruth Bader Ginsburg (above right), is battling pancreatic cancer, a disease that has a high mortality rate, tonight’s news likely [...]

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Did Hospital Perform Face Transplant…on Biden?

April 11th, 2009 · No Comments

The placement of photos and headlines in the layout of a newspaper or web page sometimes leaves readers confused.  Such was the case this morning when a glance at the Drudge Report made me wonder whether or not Vice President Joe Biden’s face might have been involved in a transplant operation. Seeing the headline, Boston [...]

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Post-Debate Polls Offer Few Surprises

September 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

After last night’s presidential debate in Oxford, Miss., every news web site seems to have a poll, asking who won.  Of course, some are biased, some are not.  In reality, none of the results really surprised me. Not surprisingly, the MSNBC online poll showed Obama won with 80 percent.  That was probably either a product [...]

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I’ll Be Praying for Rain in Denver on Aug. 28

August 12th, 2008 · 33 Comments

Would it be wrong to pray for rain of Biblical proportions to fall during Barack Obama‘s televised outdoor acceptance speech during the Democratic National Convention Aug. 28 in Denver? That question is the central focus of an extremely funny video (below) that was put together by Focus on the Family‘s Stuart Shepard. An article in [...]

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Reactions to Today’s Drudge Headlines

May 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Two days ago, I introduced a new feature via which I offer brief, gut reactions to Drudge Report headlines. Below are today’s observations: UK scientists get green light for half animal, half human embryos… — Barry Bonds is gonna play cricket? Obama tells Republicans: ‘Lay off my wife’… — “…or Ill sick Tony Rezko on [...]

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Blogger Offers Reactions to Drudge Headlines

May 16th, 2008 · No Comments

As a full-time blogger, I check Drudge Report headlines several times daily. While many of them inspire me to write new blog posts, others simply inspire brief reactions that don’t necessarily have anything to do with the articles to which the headlines link. Below are some examples: NOONAN: Republicans ‘falling apart… dying’ — Another hit [...]

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Photo Speaks Volumes About Obama Candidacy

February 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I saw the photo at right, published without a photo credit, on Drudge Report this morning and wondered how much it — and the fact that Jesse Jackson is shown carrying an Obama campaign sign — might hurt Democrat Barack Obama‘s presidential ambitions among voters who despise the race-baiting founder of the Rainbow P.U.S.H. I [...]

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