Joanne Hanf Razoog McManus-Hain My friend Joanne Hanf Razoog McManus-Hain (aka Joanne Thomas) died yesterday, on December 19, 2011. I want to write something profound and worthy of her friendship, but the words don’t come. Tears are the only tribute I can muster for her at this point. Perhaps in time I will be able [...]
North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-Il is Dead North Korean and South Korean news agencies are reporting that North Korean Kim Jong-Il is dead. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69. Kim’s death was announced Monday by the state television from the North Korean [...]
Alan Pollock So I guess if you want to ride the train for free all you have to do is act like a douche, be willing to hold up everyone else who is obeying the rules, resist authority and act like a douche (I already said that, I know!). It seems that a 19-year-old young [...]
The Battle of the Bulge 67 Years Later Life magazine has released some rare and never-before-seen photos of the Battle of the Bulge on the 67th anniversary of the beginning of that defining battle during World War II. The Battle of the Bulge was fought between December 16, 1944 through January 15, 1945. The 41-day [...]
Christopher Hitchens is Dead I have not always agreed with everything that Christopher Hitchens has said or stood up for, but I have admired him every since he took a strong stand with Denmark during the Muhammad Cartoon Wars. It was a bold stand for a writer. Although he had taken political stances, he didn’t [...]
A survey paid for by NRDC conducted by a known liberal polling firm has little credibility, especially when it was conducted in August and released in December. NRDC has been a leading opponent of the Pebble Mine Project and has been using the potential of an extraction project at Pebble as a means to raise [...]
Remember when Army Major Nidal Hasan shot and killed 13 and wounded dozens of unarmed Soldiers at Ft. Hood, Texas? One of those was a pregnant woman. Remember how he had been saying he was going to do something like that, but the Army didn’t do anything about it because he’s muslim and that might [...]
Adam Gadahn, the American al-Qaeda senior operative who is also known as Azzam the American and Ezzam Al-Amerikee, has released another video. In this video, the al-Qaeda spokesman instructs Muslims in the West, particularly the United States, to take up arms against people in the West. He seems to particularly dislike Los Angeles (he’s threatened [...]