Monday, March 31, 1997

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An article in Slate suggests that Clinton's re-election strategy of spending huge amounts of money, garnered from anywhere, for large me...
Monday, March 24, 1997

Twofer

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The Tory holding the safest Tory seat in Scotland resigns his seat after a Tory twofer, committing adultery with a woman he met in rehab. La...
Saturday, March 22, 1997

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A man showed up for his trial in Wichita for robbing a shoe store wearing a pair of size 10 1/2 boots that.... Liggett gets released from bi...
Friday, March 21, 1997

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The newest bill against "partial-birth" abortions includes a provision allowing the father of the fetus to sue a woman who has the...
Wednesday, March 19, 1997

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I just saw Leaving Las Vegas on cable. I couldn't help notice that as Nicholas Cage drank himself to death, he kept running across gor...
Monday, March 17, 1997

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The British general election began today. The betting odds are 1-4 in favor of Labour, so you'd have to plunk down a fair amount of mon...
Thursday, March 06, 1997

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An item I passed on a couple of days ago reminded me of how good New York Magazine competitions can be, so I went to the library today. Evid...

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Although it is illegal for US companies to comply with Arab boycott of Israel & Jews, the Air Force, with Justice Dept approval, *ordere...
Wednesday, March 05, 1997

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Common Phrases Redefined A few entries from the New York magazine competition where they asked competitors to change one letter in a familia...

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Just saw an ITN story about a 3-legged cat in Ireland ordained a minister over the Internet by the Universal Life Church. I see they haven...
Saturday, March 01, 1997

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As of the new IRS rules, if you have medical marijuana, you cannot deduct it from your income tax as with other drugs. In last fall's Ge...
Friday, February 21, 1997

And you can't spit afterwards, either

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Oral sex has been declared illegal in Singapore unless it is practised as a prelude to full sex, the island's Court of Appeal ruled. The...
Thursday, February 13, 1997

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Rep. Helen Chenoweth said that term limits would get rid of out-of-touch politicians. Still holding those endangered-species campaign BBQs,...
Wednesday, January 29, 1997

Imperfect and ok with it

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This is from www.pennpals.com, a website for folks in the joint. (Update: link no longer works) This is the women seeking men section, but ...

Coddling criminals

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The guy who got life under CA's 3 strikes law for stealing a slice of pizza has had his sentence revised on appeal. He will be out after...
Monday, January 27, 1997

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Tom Carson of the Village Voice says that Clinton's new cabinet does look like America--pudgy, bamboozled, potentially truculent, bereft...
Thursday, January 23, 1997

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Italian prison inmates will be allowed to keep pet birds and fish, the Vatican came out against smoking, the ban on pornography in military ...
Tuesday, January 21, 1997

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Some Federal District Court judge in NYC decided not to find anti-abortion clinic blockaders guilty of contempt of his own injunction. He s...
Tuesday, January 14, 1997

Pyromania in the news

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2 women leave the Citadel, citing harassment. The president of the Citadel says nonsense, it's customary to set all new recruits on fir...
Saturday, January 11, 1997

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A pig just got a face-lift. There are real reasons, but the story's funnier if you don't know them. Poland is starting a cavalry u...