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Archive for July, 2010

Voice Of The Yankees Dies At 99

by @ Sunday, July 11th, 2010. Filed under Baseball, New York Yankees, Sports

Bob Sheppard, who was the public address announcer at Yankee Stadium for nearly sixty years died today just a few weeks short of his 100th birthday:
Bob Sheppard, whose elegant intonation as the public-address announcer at Yankee Stadium for more than half a century personified the image of Yankee grandeur, died Sunday at his home in [...]

Reason TV: LeBron James Isn’t The Only One Getting The Hell Out Of Cleveland

by @ Saturday, July 10th, 2010. Filed under In The News, Sports

Ron Paul Talks About His Support Of Michael Steele

by @ Saturday, July 10th, 2010. Filed under Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Republicans, Ron Paul

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Ron Paul: Time To Cut Military Spending

by @ Friday, July 9th, 2010. Filed under Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

From earlier this week on CNN:
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The Case Against Nullification

by @ Friday, July 9th, 2010. Filed under History, Individual Liberty, U.S. Constitution

The once discredited idea of nullification, the idea that the individual states have the authority to nullify Federal laws inconsistent with the Constitution, is making a comeback thanks largely to a new book entitled Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century by Thomas Woods. Today, over at The Volokh Conspiracy, law professor [...]

Church Members Sue When Doomsday Fails To Arrive

by @ Wednesday, July 7th, 2010. Filed under Dumbasses, Religion

Somehow, I think that stupidity will be a complete defense to this claim of fraud:
One of two civil claims brought against religious group Agape Ministries may be settled out of court, a lawyer has told the Adelaide District Court.
One of the plaintiffs cannot be named because of a temporary suppression order.
That plaintiff and another former [...]

Ron Paul On Michael Steele And Afghanistan

by @ Tuesday, July 6th, 2010. Filed under Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

Ron Paul is one of the few Republicans supporting Michael Steele’s statements on Afghanistan:

Thoughts On Independence Day

by @ Sunday, July 4th, 2010. Filed under History, Individual Liberty

A re-post from last year, but still worth reading today:

Two Hundred Thirty Two Years Ago, Thomas Jefferson wrote the following:
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and [...]

Five Years And Counting At Below The Beltway

by @ Sunday, July 4th, 2010. Filed under Blogging, News About The Site

It was five years ago today that I first dipped my toes into the blogosphere.
It’s been a fun four years, and despite a haitus here and there, I’m pretty pleased that I’ve been able to make this enough of a regular thing that over 1.8 million people have seen fit to stop by. [...]

Ken Cuccinelli’s ObamaCare Lawsuit Hits The Courtroom

Yesterday actually, and I’ve got my write-up about it over at Outside The Beltway.

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