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Trick or Treat. Smell my feet. Give me something good to eat.
Be nice, no tricks on Tuesday!
Happy Halloween everyone!

The clock strikes twelve; the knelling resonates an ominous doom doom doom…America’s pulpits are silent…Where are the shepherds?…Where are the watchmen on the wall?
This week Americans will choose a president, but more hinges on that choice than a president. I believe, as do others, that this election is special. A choice has been [...]

The issue of the missing Al-Qaqaa explosives is moving toward closure after a Pentagon news conference today:
DOD—A U.S. Army ordnance company removed roughly 250 tons of munitions from Iraq’s Al Qaqaa weapons depot in mid-April 2003, that unit’s commander said in the Pentagon today.
Well well now, it looks like quite a few people should be [...]

Thanks to John Little at Blogs of War for turning us onto this awesome combat video shot in Mosul during August 2004:
CAUTION: Be advised that both videos contain strong language.
gunfire
gunfire silenced by tank fire

WorldNetDaily has a spooky story linking Sen. John Kerry to the “number of the beast—666.”
Read the story here »

Congratulations to the Boston Red Sox!
The Red Sox won after a four game sweep of the World Series. The Cardinals just never got in to the game with nothing ever coming together for them. The Cards will most likely be remembered by Suppan’s fiasco between home plate and third base. Ignoring the [...]

Dr. Mercola details a study released today that shows persons taking PPI’s may have an increased risk of pneumonia:
Mercola.com—According to a population-based study, those who take proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) such as Nexium or Prevacid, and H2-receptor antagonists like the popular Pepcid and Zantac, may have an increased risk of developing pneumonia.
Another good reason to [...]

Ta-Nehisi Coates had a funny and insightful look at political reporters in yesterday’s issue of The Village Voice:
The Village Voice—”The flu vaccine doesn’t show up, and a normal person is thinking about what if their family gets sick,” Saletan adds. “A political reporter is thinking about what this does for Kerry in Iowa.”
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The blogosphere has been ablaze during Campaign 2004 with accusations that presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry flip-flops on the issues; now we find President George W. Bush flip-flopping. In an interview with abc’s Charlie Gibson, Bush said:
New York Times—”I don’t think we should deny people rights to a civil union, a legal arrangement, if [...]

The Boston Red Sox face off against the St. Louis Cardinals tonight at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. The Red Sox are two games away from a clean sweep and the World Series Championship!
Boston is simply invincible. After sweeping the field with the Yankees’ in a stunning game 7 victory, Boston met the [...]