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Archive for November, 2005

Countdown To The Holidays

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 21st, 2005. Filed under Holiday Time

For the past several years, the local “soft rock” radio station here in the Washington, DC area has played nothing but Christmas………excuse me holiday………..music during the time period from Thanksgiving to Christmas. This year, I noticed that it started this weekend, earlier than I’m pretty sure it has in the past year. This is just [...]

Very, Very Cool

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 21st, 2005. Filed under Movies

Wondering where that Superman movie they’ve been talking about is ?
Well, its coming in June 2006 and, here’s a very cool looking preview.
H/T: Vodkapundit

Fudging The Numbers

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, November 20th, 2005. Filed under Washington DC

One of the things that the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority, referred to by most people around here as “Metro”, likes to emphasize is how safe the subway and bus system that runs through Washington, D.C. and the Northern Virginia and Southern Maryland suburbs is compared to other major city transportation systems. One reason that [...]

Galileo’s Revenge

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, November 20th, 2005. Filed under Catholic Church, Religion, Science

Via Reuters, comes further evidence that the Catholic Church is taking the side of reason in the debate over so-called “Intelligent Design.”
VIENNA (Reuters) – When Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn waded into a heated debate over evolution in the United States, his goal was not to persuade American schools to teach that God created the world [...]

Breaking Through The Block

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, November 20th, 2005. Filed under Blogging, News About The Site

The blog for the past week or so has probably reflected the fact that I have been, for reasons I don’t know, suffering from complete and total writer’s block. Maybe its because there hasn’t been alot going on in the news that interests me. Maybe its because I’ve been tired, distracted, and busy preparing for [...]

Good News From Iraq

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, November 20th, 2005. Filed under Iraq

The Jerusalem Post is reporting this:
The Elaph Arab media website reported on Sunday that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head of the al-Qaida in Iraq terror group, may have been killed in Iraq on Sunday afternoon when eight terrorists blew themselves up in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
The unconfirmed report claimed that the explosions occurred [...]

Anti-Catholicism Rears Its Head

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, November 20th, 2005. Filed under Samuel Alito, Supreme Court

Professor Bainbridge writes about this statement from Eleanor Smeal, President of the Feminist Majority Foundation:
The Feminist Majority opposes the nomination of Samuel Alito to replace Sandra Day O?Connor on the Supreme Court. Alito is no O?Connor. Instead of reaching out to women and/or people of color to make the Supreme Court more diverse and representative, [...]

Blogging Gets Personal

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, November 20th, 2005. Filed under Blogging

Michelle Malkin is on a book tour and writes about those on the left who see fit to attack her family and inquire whether she really writes her own columns, or if her husband helps.
I don’t always agree with what Michelle writes, but somehow I’m sure nobody would ask the same question of Maureen Dowd.

Ohio State 25 Michigan 21

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, November 20th, 2005. Filed under College Sports, OSU v. Michigan, Ohio State Buckeyes, Sports

The last game of the season is always the biggest game on the Buckeye schedule, and not just because the Big Ten Championship is usually on the line, as it was this year as the Buckeyes and Wolverines met for the 102nd time. This time, for the second year in a row and the 4th [...]

An Unwanted Ally

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, November 19th, 2005. Filed under Celebrities

While I’m sure Robert Blake is upset by the fact that a civil jury has ruled him responsible for his wife’s death in a wrongful death lawsuit, something tells me he doesn’t need this particular person sticking up for him:
O.J. Simpson on Friday questioned the system that allowed both him and actor Robert Blake to [...]

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