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Eric Scheske

Aliens Coming

I've largely been out of the loop the past 48 hours, so forgive me if this is old news: > A former Canadian Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister under Pierre Trudeau has joined forces with three Non-governmental organizations to ask the Parliament of Canada to

Misc. 11.26.05

Is anyone else floored by the dripping narcissism of that August Busch IV commercial for Budweiser? I'm back home. Whew! Whirlwind two days. Should be good training for Christmas. Regular blogging will resume tomorrow morning. I drove the entire length of Detroit's Eight Mile Road this

No Protection for Kooks

> British historian David Irving, known for his controversial views on World War Two, must stay in custody in Vienna while he is charged with denying the Holocaust, a court ruled on Friday [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051125/wl_canada_nm/canada_irving_austria_col_1].

Those Crazy Neo-Pagans!

> Two 17-year-old secondary school students from Plzen brutally attacked their 18- year-old classmate with a knife and filmed it with a video camera in what investigators believe might have been an occult Viking ritual, the daily Pravo reported yesterday. Link [http://www.religionnewsblog.com/12915/Youths-

Rabbi Shortage

The New York Times runs an article this morning about a travelling female rabbi [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/26/national/26religion.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1133011103-6eoKJvEisA0VzlZ11UayCg] . She serves 28 temples in 12 states throughout the south. Why? Because there's a rabbi shortage, silly: >

More Walk the Line Praise

The sane folk at Southern Appeal [http://southernappeal.blogspot.com/2005/11/holiday-movie-mini-review-i-saw-walk.html] plug Walk the Line, causing me to wail and gnash my teeth again at my rural outpost and its four isolated theater screens: > I saw Walk the Line tonight

The Weekend Eudemon

The waters I wade for this blog! Right now, I'm sitting in a Starbucks, blogging with my new T-mobile account. Six bucks an hour, plus one of the blonde counter coffee experts is going to ask me to order something soon. I'm not a coffee

Morbid but Funny

A list of things not to buy a two-year-old [http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/fullview/3HL4G7VMNOLXS/002-1193240-6943254?%5Fencoding=UTF8] .

PSA

Blogging could be light the next couple of days. I'll be spending time with family. There will, however, be at least a few posts every day.

Kill Santa?

From a German spokesman for the efforts to rid us of Santa Claus [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1622369.html]: > "St. Nicholas is not Father Christmas. The values associated with the former are selflessness, charity, solidarity, giving and sharing. He is perfect for getting across the