Archive for June, 2006
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006
It looks like some of our allies find the United States to be a greater threat to global stability than Iran. Ouch.
President Bush and his administration are really trying to improve this situation, though.
Indeed, the US image abroad has continued to deteriorate, despite a concerted effort by the Bush ...
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Tuesday, June 20th, 2006
The Miami Heat are your 2005-2006 NBA champions. A couple of days ago, I made the following comment about the Heat's chances of winning this year's championship:
Seeing how mightily the Heat struggled in Dallas in games one and two, I think the Mavs are going to take this series in ...
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Tuesday, June 20th, 2006
The bodies of two U.S. soldiers who were captured by insurgents in Iraq last week were found discarded in a street earlier today. According to al-Qaida in Iraq, the two soldiers were "slaughtered", which likely means they were beheaded.
The director of the Iraqi defense military's operation room, Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz ...
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Sunday, June 18th, 2006
I was in Las Vegas yesterday and today with my parents, and while we were walking around the MGM Grand, I decided to stop by the sports book. I've been to Vegas twice before this weekend, and I hadn't ever placed a sports bet. I decided yesterday was the day, ...
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Wednesday, June 14th, 2006
I'm really getting into the World Cup. Two of my lab mates put together a World Cup pool before the tournament began, so I came up with my picks of who would make it out of each group, who would win the tournament, and who the top goal scorer would ...
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Monday, June 12th, 2006
You may have heard about the three recent suicides by inmates at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. As expected, this news has refocused the political spotlight on the prison camp, and fresh debates are being had about what should be done with the detainees at this facility.
Rick Moran, the conservative ...
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