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Archive for September, 2005

Buckeye Blogging: Ohio St. 31 Iowa 6

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, September 25th, 2005. Filed under College Sports, Ohio State Buckeyes, Sports

Ohio State opened up its Big Ten season with a decisive 31-6 victory over No. 21 Iowa.
The victory came largely thanks to the always formidable OSU defense:
“The key was when they started out trying to run the ball and we were able to stop them,” Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Heacock said. “Once that happened, [...]

(Mis)Understanding America

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, September 24th, 2005. Filed under Hurricane Katrina, Media

BBC Correspondent Justin Webb takes a look at America’s response to Hurricane Katrina and proves that, like most European leftists, he just doesn’t get it.
Rita and Katrina have both been events of massive force, sweeping away an awful lot, but Katrina – because of the ghastly failure of the authorities to prepare and to rescue [...]

Katrina, Rita, and George

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, September 24th, 2005. Filed under George W Bush, Hurricane Katrina

There’s no question that the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina had a significant impact on the Bush Administration. The President’s approval numbers are at all time lows, and the administration itself seems to be less confident in a way that hasn’t been seen since before 9/11. In today’s Washington Post, there’s this report about the administration’s [...]

The Stupid Party And The Lying Party

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, September 24th, 2005. Filed under Democrats, Politics, Republicans

Over at Outside The Beltway, Leopold Stotch has some harsh words to say about the GOP
Democrats are socialists.
Republicans, on the other hand, are simply liars.Republicans lie to Americans daily by proclaiming that they are an alternative to Democratic socialism. They purport to believe in law and order (like securing our borders), smaller government (they?ll ensure [...]

Lifting The Veil

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, September 24th, 2005. Filed under Catholic Church

Via CNN comes this report of a behind the scenes look at the April conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI
A cardinal has broken his vow of secrecy and released his diary describing the conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI, revealing in an exceedingly rare account that a cardinal from Argentina was the main challenger and [...]

Inherit The Wind Redux

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, September 24th, 2005. Filed under Evolution vs. ID

Its been 80 years or so since the Scopes Monkey Trial was litigated in Dayton, Tennessee, but the controversy over teaching evolution in classrooms is still raging. Now, there’s word of a new trial that may determine how evolution is taught throughout the United States.
A landmark legal trial begins on Monday that could determine how [...]

Baseball Blogging: Situation Stable

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, September 24th, 2005. Filed under Baseball, Sports

There were no changes in the AL East or Central pennant races last night as all the major players won their games. The Indians beat the Royals 7-6 and remains within 1.5 games of the White Sox, who may be on the verge of the worst collapse in baseball history. Although Don Surber argues, convincingly, [...]

Rita Watch: Slamming Ashore

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, September 24th, 2005. Filed under Hurricane Rita

Hurricane Rita slammed ashore near Lake Charles, Lousiana early this morning. The good news in this, if there is any, is that Houston and Galveston seem to have dodged a bullet in that the storm veered further east than feared. That doesn’t mean things are over, though; several hours after making landfall, Rita is still [...]

The Welfare State Gone Nuts

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, September 23rd, 2005. Filed under Politics

Via Ann Althouse comes this story about the latest advances in welfare statism
Danish activists for the disabled are staunchly defending a government campaign that pays sex workers to provide sex once a month for disabled people.
Opposition parties call the program, officially known as ”Sex, irrespective of disability,” immoral.
”We spend a large proportion of our taxes [...]

Friday Food Blogging

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, September 23rd, 2005. Filed under Food

Over at Vodkapundit, Stephen Green posts a recipe for Coq au Vin for Four.
Any recipe that calls for four bottles of wine sounds good to me.

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