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Tidbits
Posted on June 5th, 2007 on AlphaPatriot Observations of a reformed liberal
"Polish Anne Frank" is the name being given to Rutka Laskier, a 14-year-old Jewish girl that kept a diary as she was trapped in a Jewish ghett...

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From Tequila to Dyslexia
Posted on May 30th, 2007 on AlphaPatriot Observations of a reformed liberal
Tequila Prices to Rise: Blame US Gov.: The artificial demand for ethanol driven by the US government's wrong-headed solution to dependence on fo...

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From French Whiners to NY Idiots
Posted on May 15th, 2007 on AlphaPatriot Observations of a reformed liberal
French Workers Biggest Whiners: That, according to a study of workplace attitudes around the world. The Irish complained the least (proba...

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News Roundup
Posted on April 27th, 2007 on AlphaPatriot Observations of a reformed liberal
Government Guidelines Suck: Those charts that pediatricians and mothers obsess over to determine the "normality" of a baby's weight are wrong รข...

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Friday Funnies
Posted on March 9th, 2007 on The RCP Blog
Some cartoons from earlier in the week that piled up in my bookmark folder: (Mike Shelton, Orange County Register) (Nick Anderson, Houston...

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Photo of the Day
Posted on March 6th, 2007 on The RCP Blog
(Jim Bourg/Reuters)...


Card Sharks
Posted on March 5th, 2007 on The RCP Blog
This is kind of cool: Las Vegas Sun columnist Jeff Haney attended a Blackjack card-counting seminar put on by Michael Aponte and David...

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Where Will the Sports PC Busybodies Stop?
Posted on March 5th, 2007 on The RCP Blog
First the NCAA took Chief Illiniwek's scalp after 81 years of being the U of I's mascot. Of course, in some corners this capitulation...

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Army Secretary Resigns Over Walter Reed
Posted on March 2nd, 2007 on The RCP Blog
The Washington Post reports: President Bush today ordered a "comprehensive review" of care for wounded service members by a new presidential...

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PJ, Me, and the QOTD
Posted on February 26th, 2007 on The RCP Blog
The quote of the day (QOTD) comes from a WSJ interview with PJ O'Rourke from last month that I somehow missed at the time: "I have no...

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DJ, RIP
Posted on February 23rd, 2007 on The RCP Blog
Dennis Johnson died yesterday of a heart attack at 52 years young. Most people remember Dennis as a freckle-faced veteran guard for...

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