“About 60 people attended the recent funeral of a teen-ager found dead near railroad tracks in the small Texas town of Calvert. The youth apparently fell, jumped or was pushed from a passing train. Exactly what happened to him probably will be a mystery forever, because he died about 80 years ago.” I was gonna comment on this, but then it occurred to me: this is a job for Gordie

Okay. But what’s so special about the almighty nipple…?

“GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Thousands of banner-waving Palestinians marched on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s Gaza offices Monday, protesting the lack of jobs or financial support for the unemployed. “About 4,000 demonstrators, many accompanied by their children, took to the streets, some with rounds of pita bread fixed to the top of their banners to symbolize their struggle for daily bread.” Choking on bureaucracy and repression, but otherwise starving…

Shocking! Outrageous! Libelous! A report by Arab intellectuals commissioned by the United Nations warns that Arab societies are being crippled by a lack of political freedom, the repression of women and an isolation from the world of ideas that stifles creativity. Balderdash! Speciousness! Prevarication! Such conclusions are obviously fraudulent! The report notes that although oil income has transformed the landscapes of some Arab countries, the region remains ‘richer than it

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And people wonder why I’m skeptical about the “science” of global warming… [update: Poorman don’t brook no Notting Hill wannabes. Or so he claims. But I think he doth protest too much.]

Writing in The National Review, James Bowman argues that “We’re All Marxists Now”: […] Marx lives on in a way that makes him arguably more influential than he was when his discredited economic ideas served as an excuse for the immiseration of a quarter of mankind. For he and his followers have provided us with a lot of the political language that we still use and therefore the terms in

“Amid allegations of witchcraft, Hollywood superstar Bill Cosby has evicted a longtime friend, the ex-wife of basketball legend Guy Rodgers, from Cosby’s Elkins Park estate, which she had overseen for 19 years,” The Philadelphia Daily News reports. “Gladys Rodgers said Cosby and his spiritual adviser accused her of using blood, sparkles and other items in bizarre witch rituals to gain control over the Philly-bred comedian. Rodgers says she is a

From your friends in sunny, terrorist-rich Florida… (hi, Andrea!) The AP reports that “the newest candidate challenging Secretary of State Katherine Harris in her bid for Congress is truly an underdog: a border collie mix. “Percy the dog is running as a write-in candidate in the Republican primary, said his owner and campaign manager, Wayne Genthner.” […] His official campaign bio describes Percy as a compassionate conservative who takes a

“It’s an herbal cure that could be worse than the disease. But some in rural Alabama swear by a home cold remedy known as Many Weed Tea. “The main ingredient is dried cow manure.” Veteran state legislator Hank Sanders of Selma remembers his mother serving it to him when he was a boy. He said each batch tasted a little different, depending on what the cow was eating. The manure