Basil’s Blog

From ABC News:
Miss. City Allows Man to Sell Snowballs
Cleveland Steamers still outlawed
From ABC News:
Transracial Adoptions Evoke Heartfelt Responses
Next Tuesday, A “Diff’rent Strokes” Reunion Special
From ABC News:
Why Teens Act Like Teens
They are teens
From ABC News:
Attorney General Urges Anti-Terror Law Renewal
Democrats oppose, want more terror
From ABC News:
China Seen Opening Door Soon to Biotech Rice
Cyborg Secretary of State [...]

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For your mid-day dining pleasure, we offer you to choose from one of these specialties:
House Specials

aTypicalJoe says, again, check your credit.
phin’s blog finds truth in Googling. Sort of.
Right Wing Nuthouse has quick hits and observations.
Peace For Our Time finds (gasp!) bias in education.

Regional Favorites

Bobo Blogger has a picture. And it’s not Wednesday.
The Goober Queen shows [...]

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Try one of these specials with your breakfast.
House Specials

Six Meat Buffet has an awards show poll.
The Therapist says Dan isn’t getting respect.
WuzzaDem has Larry Summers apology. Again.
Sharp as a Marble has been yard-saling.

Regional Favorites

Hans Bricks plays with numbers. [Thanks: HundredPercenter]
sortapundit needs money.
Crystal Clear has the newpaper ad for Terri.

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Getting serious for a minute. It was two years ago today that my nephew died. He was 17. Losing him was extra difficult because of our family’s good fortune. What I mean is, others have lost younger family members and more family members. We have been extremely fortunate in not experiencing such loss.
In my lifetime, [...]

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From ABC News:
Ex-Stripper Psychotherapy License Probed
Not the first probe she’s had
From ABC News:
Report: Transvestite’s Sex Organ Severed
Now doesn’t have to pretend
From ABC News:
Schwarzenegger Shrugs Off Presidential Bid
Being Constitutionally ineligible made decision easy
From ABC News:
Clinton: Hillary Would Be Great President
Would be second President with whom he has had sex
From ABC News:
Big Cats in Captivity
Andres Galarraga to [...]

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Comment spam is the bane of bloggers. That’s the reason some have put in verification scrips (where you have to type a series of characters that show up in a graphic) while others use moderated comments (where they go to a queue and then are personally reviewed and approved for posting). But comment spam only [...]

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Local Favorites

Allan (Barking Moonbat Early Warning System) wasn’t there, honest.
Right Wing Nuthouse asks are you a moonbat.
Beth is right: it’s wrong.
Our little Pooklekufr is growing up.
SondraK found Ward Churhill’s cat frog.
baldilocks knows why they are still here.
SpaceMonkey posted something he’s been [...]

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A few weeks back, Right Wing Duck asked me a question. It was in response to a post where I expressed surprise at how this little blog had quickly risen in the TTLB EcoSystem. His question was simple: Why do I blog?
Well, here’s the answer: I don’t know.
I guess I should know why I blog, [...]

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From Sports Illustrated:
Schwarzenegger: No steroid regrets
Barry Bonds appreciates the support
From CNN
Egypt announces democratic reform
Howard Dean taking notes
From CNN:
Amnesty International founder dead
Donald Rumsfeld cannot account for his whereabouts
From CNN:
Mudslides push families from homes
Genetically-altered Dairy Queen desserts go on rampage
From CNN:
School to drop ‘Dummer’ from name
Will be know only as “Dumb And High School”
From CNN:
Watch ‘Dukes of [...]

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For your weekend dining pleasure, we offer you to choose from one of these specialties:
Local Favorites

BMEWS has a photo.
Eyes On The Ball News has the week in pictures.
Iowahawk has a Scooby-Doo episode you never saw.
phil has a to-do list.
Sharp as a Marble: GG FGT SLT BTCH! HACKED BY THE PPYBLNDRS AT DFNCTSC
Six Meat Buffet on [...]

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