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Eric Scheske

One Upside of Homosexuality's Advances

> [S]traight men humorously acting out their subliminal fear of homosexuality. Those kinds of jokes are rampant elsewhere: whether it's a "Saturday Night Live" skit, the guys needling each other on "Entourage" or a sendup of homophobic hysteria on "It's

Tide Has Turned in N.O.

FYI: While watching Fox News, we just heard the first positive accounts out of New Orleans this week. The armed thugs have largely disappeared as National Guard troops roam the area. Supplies are arriving. The Fox News commentator: "The light is coming back on in New Orleans."

Sad Obstinance? Or Otherwise Understandable Skepticism?

From a CNN story last Monday (12:10 a.m.): > Jesse St. Amant, the emergency management chief for Louisiana's southernmost Plaquemines Parish, said nearly 95 percent of the parish's 27,000-plus residents had fled by Sunday afternoon. Those who remained were being told that

Very Surprising

We thought this was a near no-brainer. Maybe it's not: > As the Vatican prepares to visit U.S. seminaries in September in response to the sex abuse scandal, the fate of a long-awaited Vatican document on whether homosexuals should be barred from the priesthood appears

Brews You Can Use IV

> The [beer] industry today includes more than 2,400 brewers and beer importers, 1,908 beer wholesalers, and 551,000 retail establishments. The industry's economic ripple effect benefits packaging manufacturers, shipping companies, agriculture, and other businesses whose livelihood depends on the beer industry. Directly and indirectly, the

Brews You Can Use III

Don't swallow trash, even if you think it's beer: > A South Kingstown man who became ill after he drank from a beer bottle ingested a caustic liquid. > Police say the liquid that sent Michael Darigan to the hospital last Sunday resembles lye. > Lye

Hurricane Exploitation Quotes

Chrenkoff has a great collection. Link [http://chrenkoff.blogspot.com/2005/09/hurricane-exploitation-quotes.html]. Sample: > As Hurricane Katrina dismantles Mississippi's Gulf Coast, it's worth recalling the central role that Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour played in derailing the Kyoto Protocol and kiboshing President Bush&

Brews You Can Use II

Just don't drive up the shelf cost: > Now environmental regulators say the same process that gives the [San Joaquin Valley, California] region's affordable reds, whites and blushes their pleasant punch is also producing a share of the smog that makes the valley one of the

Brews You Can Use

Was he rescued or caught? > A sailor has been rescued after drifting around the English Channel for two days in his half-built boat with only beer to drink. > The 52-year-old Dutch man living in Southampton took to sea after he had an argument with his

Yes, Sex Change Operations Were Covered

> The state of Minnesota is quietly getting out of the business of paying for three controversial treatments that affect the sex lives or sex organs of low-income patients. > Starting today, the state will no longer cover routine circumcisions, unless "required by religious practice," under its