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Your chance of dying in a terrorist attackAccording to one estimate, your chance as an American of dying by accidental drowning is 66 times greater than your chance of dying in a terrorist attack. (Or it might be seven times greater; see the post.) As many Americans have been killed by lightning, accident-causing deer and allergic reactions...
September 11, 2006 Author: Matt Barr
You're not allowed to campaign anymoreThe "swift-boating" has begun in the Ohio governor race, the Akron Beacon Journal dutifully reports: Ten days ago, U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland said he was waiting for the "swift-boating" to begin. In the race for Ohio governor, Strickland, the Democratic nominee, has been consistently ahead in the polls over Republican...
August 20, 2006 Author: Matt Barr Is the problem with doctored photos our expectations?The hoohah about doctored pictures coming out of Lebanon and being syndicated by Reuters highlights a lot of interesting issues, most of which haven't been gone over by the al Reuters, MSM SUX people. What prevents reporters from making up (or embellishing, if you prefer) their reporting from poorly accessible...
August 13, 2006 Author: Matt Barr There should be an easy way to find outHate, not terror, is "the semi-official motive for the shooting of six women by a Muslim man at a Seattle Jewish community center," Jeff A. Taylor reports at Hit and Run. Why, he wonders? Is it because a terror attack would pre-empt Bush administration claims that its policies, like the...
July 30, 2006 Author: Matt Barr Now, you Little Leaguers out there, don't you trust those JewsTim Blair has a pointer to (Australian) ABC's kidz newz item on the Israeli-Hezbollah war. Here it turns out Hezbollah just wants its land back. You could have asked Marwa Sabry, correspondent for kidsnewsroom.org: The aggressive bombing of the Israelis have left Lebanese in fear of what might happen next....
July 25, 2006 Author: Matt Barr Les BufflonsGood news: The Sabres will return to blue and gold next year. "Bleeding blue and gold" has always sounded better than "bleeding black, red and white with a demonic goat head on front." Bad news: The new logo is a cross -- an unholy union, you might say instead --...
July 4, 2006 Author: Matt Barr Buzz offYou can't hear this sound. But Muffin can, and it makes Junior's ears hurt. (Part of his Asperger Syndrome is an overly acute sense of hearing that makes him hear -- and unable to tune out -- faraway and background noises.) A convenience store in Barry, Wales is piping this...
May 26, 2006 Author: Matt Barr
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