Basil’s Blog

The Therapist has experienced a loss. His father passed away earlier today. Nothing I can say (or write) can ease the pain he and his family are experiencing. No words from me can offer any comfort.
However, your prayers can. Please keep Ron … and his family … in your prayers.

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Well, I’ll be a son-of-a-gun. 100,000 visitors. I remember when I started this little blog that I never figured we’d hit 100,000 at all, much less in the first year.
Oh, sure, I’m fully aware that lots of blogs hit 100,000 in a shorter period of time than we did. This little blog doesn’t compare to [...]

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From KPRC:
Chase lands 5 behind bars
Citibank makes clean getaway
From CNN:
Clinton expresses regret in Rwanda
Shouldn’t have lied to the U.S.
From CNN:
Franklin forms near Bahamas
Ghost of American Founding Father enjoys vacation
From CNN:
Scientists worried by riot control ray gun
Fear guns won’t be as effective as photon torpedos
From CNN:
Michael Jackson to get seized property
Last property he siezed was a [...]

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"not just anybody can summarize the news" ? ? ? ? ?

Says who? I’ve been doing it for, gosh, weeks now. Okay, months. And, in about a half-hour, I’ll do it again!
Take that, Jeff Goldstein!

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Try one of these specials with your super:

Harvey (Bad Example version) finds McCoy=Gillespe.
Nickie Goomba’s starting rumors.
Gun-Toting Liberal isn’t fond of Jane.
Feisty Republican Whore takes issue with some Britons.
Confederate Yankee finds who dies when who lies.
Protein Wisdom finds Jersey cracking down on terrorists tobacco users.
Jeff H (Think Sink) finds a leak.
Nurse Kelly (Time To Lean) has [...]

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Well, well, well. Seems the local paper, the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer gave a rat’s ass about what I wrote back in February. In that post, I was critical of their taking an Associated Press piece about blogs and not bothering to do a local tie-in.
There are blogs around here, but the paper did nothing to tie
in [...]

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Try one of these specials with your lunch:

Michelle Malkin has the latest on Jane Fonda’s promotional tour.
The Steel Deal has more on Fonda.
phin finds a bias … gasp! … in reporting in the Washington Post.
Pirate’s Cove finds the Washinton Post breaking a month-old story.
Hog On Ice looks at why they hate.
Don Surber looks at the [...]

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Try one of these specials with your breakfast:

Wizbang looks at fighting terrorism by the numbers.
Stop the ACLU! sees politically correct searches.
Daisy Cutter looks at family.
bRight & Early looks at the Roberts nomination.
WuzzaDem shows us the Roberts confirmation process.
Ex-Donkey Blog finds an actor who gets it.
Cao’s Blog looks at Pearcy and his group.
EckerNet finds how many [...]

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This week’s question supposes that reports that Al-Qaida nukes are already in U.S.
It might be more accurate to say, "What if it’s true?" in regards to the reports. The  Homespun Blogger Symposium XXIX question is:

What do we do about this potential threat not only to the United States, but to the global economy and the [...]

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