Brian Gongol
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Dragging Some Old Favorite Quotes from the Cellar
Perhaps the best was from the movie The Newton Boys:
"Last year, they wouldn't even let him in here. But policy's changed.Others that used to land on the front page of this very site and in some e-mail signature blocks affiliated with it might bring the reader some joy, too. This retrospective is brought to you courtesy of voluntaryXchange.
"Yeah? Why's that?"
"He bought the place."
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SoundAmerica TV Theme Collection
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80's TV Theme SuperSite
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Mexico Surpasses Colombia, Venezuela in Kidnappings
(Spanish) Almost 200 so far this year
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Up to Nine More Hurricanes This Year
(Spanish) It's an extraordinary tropical storm season
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Congress Approves Largest Highway Spending Bill Ever
$286.5 billion. And that's with Republicans in charge.
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Palmeiro in Trouble for Lying About Steroids to Congress
Begging the question: Why in the world did Congress get involved in the steroid fiasco to begin with?
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Coup in Mauritus
The smaller the government, the less useful it is to take over in, for example, a military coup. The more the government controls (including news agencies and broadcast outlets), the more that is to be gained by taking over.
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EU Regulations Now Clinically Insane
"Optical Radiation Directive" would prohibit construction workers from taking their shirts off and ends the dirndl -- that low-cut top that Bavarian barmaids wear in outdoor festivals. It's argued as a regulation to protect people against skin cancer, but isn't it really just a patent absurdity?