Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: White House Interference? A British newspaper has accused Prime Minister Tony Blair of significantly changing his language on Iran in a policy address in Washington last week under pressure from the White House. The London Telegraph reports that Blair planned to say, …
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8 November
Surviving the D.C. Deluge
Hi everyone: Wow — what a week in your nation’s capital. We experienced 12 inches of rain over two days. Some experts say this might have been what they call a 200-year rain. There were jokes in my neighborhood that it was time to start building an ark. The deluge …
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8 November
Standing Tall on Character
He’s a modest man. He’d probably would hate the fact I’m writing about him, so I’ll keep it to first names: David. He’s modest, but rich — very, very rich. You wouldn’t know it, of course. Frankly, he dresses like an absent-minded professor. The threads on his suits are worn. …
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8 November
Give Us a Chance
Hi folks. Once again, a busy breaking news day — one requiring us to dip in and out of 11th hour press conferences. We did try to bring you all the news, with a ribbon of entertainment sewn throughout the hour. This tends to raise the ire of some of …
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8 November
Immigration Debate Gone Wild
A coalition of sympathetic media and open border activists has counterattacked effectively, as Congress tries to hammer out a bill that would get illegal immigration under control. Millions of demonstrators are on the march, demanding U.S. citizenship for illegal aliens. And overall, the media is very sympathetic to the demonstrators, …
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8 November
Beauty and the Beast?
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: UNhappy With U.N. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says the United Nations hasn’t gone far enough in reforming its Human Rights Council. So he argues the U.S. should refuse to participate in it or support it. Frist introduced a Senate resolution arguing …
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8 November
Your Grrrs: March 7, 2006
Hollywood – Your Grrrs… Randy Wayne in Hollywood writes: After reading grrr after grrr, I am relieved that I’m not that only one who is aware of these Oblivions. I now have a new word in my vocabulary. Thanks for that and thanks for the kind words you wrote about …
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8 November
Open Seat In New York Seeks Moderate Representative
WASHINGTON – For a generation of voters in central New York, Rep. Sherwood Boehlert is the only congressman they have ever known. Now the 12-term Republican is retiring, and taking with him a legacy of the “Rockefeller Republican” — moderate in ideology, and in many cases, bipartisan in politics. In …
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8 November
New Nicole Kidman Flick: Lots of Naked People
Nicole Kidman | Pauley Perrette | Britney Spears Full Frontal for New Nicole Flick Nicole Kidman’s new movie “Fur” is going to be remembered for many things, but one in particular: lots of nude people. I mean, like naked men and women, full frontal, the whole deal. “Fur,” directed by …
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8 November
Michael Jackson's Creditors Turn Mean
Michael Jackson | Beyonce | Paramount Problems | Tom & Katies Jacko’s Creditors Turn Mean Michael Jackson had better pay close attention to a startling new development in his extended universe. Fortress Investments, the company that holds him accountable for $325 million in loans, is foreclosing on a bunch of …
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