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The Smoking Gun has reproduced complaints from the Transportation Security Administration about airport security. Funny and somewhat disturbing stuff. Link [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0929051screen1.html?link=rssfeed]. Excerpt: > While one woman was offended by an extremely close wanding, another gal, a doctor no less, ran into problems

The WSJ has run a pretty good op-ed about the Washington Bankruptcy Court decision that made individual parish assets part of the bankrupt diocese for purposes of paying creditors. Link [http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110007340]. The writer raises good points, and I wish his conclusions were right, but

Alright, I know nothing about fashion. It's intentional ignorance on my part; there's no reason to risk being accused of homosexuality. But I was interested to see that Gucci held a fashion show last night (apparently, a big deal of some sort) and the new Gucci

The poor will always be with us . . . so spend it before they gang up and take it away from us. And in the meantime, let 'em starve. I gotsa have my perks: > For the first time, there are more than 1 million owner-occupied homes in the United States

Playing peek-a-boo is pretty degrading, too. Heck, so is having your diaper changed: > A West Yorkshire hospital has banned visitors from cooing at new-born babies over fears their human rights are being breached and to reduce infection. > A statement from Calderdale Royal Hospital in Halifax said staff had

> Half of Americans say they trust the mass media when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately, and fairly, according to Gallup's annual Governance survey. Trust and confidence in the news media is up significantly since last year, but it is still slightly lower than what

. . . we don't need to restrict it to tony restaurants. It's considered poor taste to use a cell phone in a nice restaurant, so more of them are creating rooms and other access points. Link [http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-cellphone26.html]. Let's hope

Are American soldiers trading gruesome war pictures for porn? Some think they are. R-Rated Link [http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/09/us-soldiers-allegedly-trading-pictures.html] . Excerpt: > I spent the good part of this weekend following up on a report by the East Bay Express, an alternative paper in San Francisco, alleging

When you take the procreation out of recreation, it's only a matter of time until you take the recreation out of procreation: > Women are increasingly seeking inappropriate IVF treatment because they do not have the time or inclination for a sex life and want to "diarise&