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Rush has a question for you... And I hope to hell, you have an answer

By Larry Jankens on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 8:43pm | Politics

Would a white male judge have fractured his ankle? Hmm..... I have a few questions for you, Rush.

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Just Words: Obama's Effect on the Middle East

By Michael Wolraich on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 12:09pm | Politics, World Affairs

Last week, in response to Deadman's salute to Obama's Cairo speech, I wrote:

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Ring the Bell. School's back in ...

By Deadman on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 6:47pm | Business, Personal

In my recent questions column, our own dagblogger Nebton says the biggest risk he ever took was to go to graduate school after 30.

With official unemployment nearing double digits (and the unofficial number much higher), a lot of people looking for something to do are following Nebton's example and going back to school.

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Unions Forcing Cities to Pay For Services They Can't Afford

By jaisizzle on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 2:41pm | Politics

By Justin Smith

The California Assembly recently approved AB 155 (Mendoza), a bill that prohibits cities and counties from filing bankruptcy without state approval and is headed to the Senate. The bill requires local governments and counties to get approval from the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission (CDIAC) before filing for bankruptcy.

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The Heretic's Bible - Genesis 8: The earth gets dry

By Michael Wolraich on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 6:39pm | Humor & Satire, Religion

After forty days, God, sealed the wellsprings of the deep and the floodgates of heaven. Then he created a wind that caused the floodwaters to gradually subside.

Commentary: Where did the floodwaters subside to?

After seven months, the boat ran aground on a mountain. After ten months, the mountain peaks became visible.

Commentary: What exactly did the lions eat for ten months? Just wondering…

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The Heretic's Bible - Genesis 7: The earth gets wet

By Michael Wolraich on Fri, 06/05/2009 - 3:43pm | Humor & Satire, Religion

God tells Noah to bring the animals again, but this time he specified seven pairs of each clean species and one pair of each unclean species.

Commentary: The Great Rabbi Ezekiel Bezekiel wrote,

“The Lord in his infinite foresight commanded Noah to bring seven pairs of each clean animal so that he might earn the Lord’s blessing by offering the additional pairs as holy sacrifices to His mercy.”

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Umbrella Warfare in Tiananmen Square

By Michael Wolraich on Fri, 06/05/2009 - 1:19pm | World Affairs

At least they're not using tanks this time...

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The Heretic's Bible - Genesis 6: God gets pissed (again)

By Michael Wolraich on Fri, 06/05/2009 - 11:01am | Humor & Satire, Religion

The “sons of God” thought that human women were hot, so they took the ones that they wanted. The offspring (God’s grandchildren) were mighty giants. Meanwhile, God decided that humans were living too long, so he cut their maximum life spans to 120.

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Yeah, I'm still in love with our president ... (Obama's Speech to Muslims)

By Deadman on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 3:18pm | Politics

What can you add when one man says everything you're thinking and says it with such clarity and such poetry??

All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused on what pushes us apart or whether we commit ourselves to an effort, a sustained effort to find common ground, to focus on the future we seek for our children and to respect the dignity of all human beings.

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