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The Misanthrope Wow, it's not often you absorb as much hatred as you'll find here: Gore Vidal in his final years [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/gore-vidals-united-states-of-fury-1798601.html] . The novelist-Al Gore cousin-homosexual is one shockingly bitter man (heck, I didn't even

My Tigers try to avoid the humiliation of one of history's bigger meltdowns tonight. I thought it'd be a good time to run this piece. The Bird's Swan Dive On days like that, you didn't dare drink too much beer in old

"Guilt is a reality, an objective force; it has caused destruction that must be repaired. For this reason, forgiveness must be more than a matter of ignoring, of merely trying to forget." Benedict XVI.

Thick Bones for Me Don't drink for the health of it. That, Chesterton observed, is the true road to insane drinking. But if you're the type that needs a healthy upside to everything, grab a beer: "A study of 2,471 men and postmenopausal women

Country Boys "[T]he egoism of Power profits by public insecurity." On Power, p. 142. Lincoln, Wilson, FDR, LBJ, Bush II, and now Obama. All used public insecurity to bolster the federal government's power. And once the crises pass, the means to deal with the crises

Here, Drink This Baby Bottle of Red Dye Is it me, or is there something wrong with this picture (emphasis mine): "Doctors at five sites in England are comparing vaccines from two manufacturers to see which works best and has fewer side-effects. Over the next two weeks 1,000

Received in an Email Touching Stories I was walking through the cemetery this morning and saw a guy crouching down behind a tombstone. I said, "Morning." He said, "No, just taking a ****". When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new

Oktoberfest pictures [http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-46860.html].

Earlier this month while at the drinking club, I watched some Amish take their boat out of the lake . . . by backing their horse down the boat ramp. I snapped pics. The camera phone didn't do a great job, but I think the "silhouette-effect" looks pretty cool.