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So I’m wondering how do I get a MySpace rebuttal.Ashlee Simpson-Wentz got one and I want one.Who cares anyway? This is all part of our sudden fascination with all things celebrity and I don’t get it.Gas prices are soaring, there’s an unpopular war and there’s a presidential election and people are absorbed with the latest gossip on Snoop’s latest pimp cup, what celebrity left who for ano

by A.J.from 105.9 The XRecently, the former queen of FSN Pittsburgh, Trenni Kusnierek wrote an article for a website comparing her home town of Milwaukee with her former city of residence. Judging by the comments left by the Mondesi’s House readers, her critique of our town struck a nerve. Personally, I had a nice chuckle while reading what she wrote. See, I’ve also had the luxurious experienc

There are few mainstream reporters that frustrate me as much as the Toronto Star’s Haroon Siddiqui. As an editorial page writer, I do realize he is allowed more leniency in his lack of explanation or supporting material; still, the Toronto Star is the city’s largest newspaper and because it serves a diverse population, with diverse [...]

Ran across this blog earlier today run by someone that supports the carbon tax coming to British Columbia on July 1st. He says the tax is only 2.4 c/liter and doesn’t understand the big deal as it works out to about $46 per year. If the carbon [...]

In the past few years I have noticed a disturbing, and increasingly common trend among the wing’d to dismiss opposing viewpoints outright. The exponential decline in debate & challenge has lead to a dangerous type of insulation. Those of like-mind cling together in cliques of whiplash-inducing-frantic-head-nodding-yes-men. No longer are the “others” of “different mind

R. Kelly Trial Day 10: The Defense Rests, Prosecution To Call Rebuttal Witnesses CHICAGO (AP) — Defense attorneys have rested their case in the child pornography trial of R&B singer R. Kelly in Chicago. The singer looked relaxed as defense attorney Ed Genson rested the case without calling any witnesses for the day. Jurors sat in court for just several minutes before Judge Vincent Ga

Yahoo sent Carl Ichan a rebuttal letter refuting Ichan's claim that Yahoo's board members were acting irresponsible for not accepting Microsoft's merger offer. Bostock stated that Ichan holds a "significant misunderstanding" of the merger talks.

For those with 'scientific' and 'evidence-based' brains who rely on 'studies' when thinking to advise patients on taking vitamins , please read this article from Life Extension, a non-profit and research-based organisation on vitamins and anti-aging medicine..-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------It is almost inconceivable to think that for the greater part of the 20th century, a “scientific” debate raged as to whether cigarette smoking was dangerous. An even longer running controversy focused on whether food choices (i.e. diet) had any effect on how long people lived. It was not until the later part of the 20th century that the FDA admitted that high saturated fat diets increase heart attack risk.Today’s unanimous recommendation t

 Palestinian Children were subjected to a Mickey Mouse Character on their television who invited them to commit Shahade (code for “Murder of Jews for Allah”). As the television series progressed the producers killed of the character. The toddlers were told HE WAS KILLED BY JEWS!  From time to time we will post interesting forum posts. For [...]

For the love of God, enough is enough. It’s been five months since the Patriots were caught videotaping the Jets’ sidelines. Five months. Yet I’m still reading articles about how the Patriots are horrible cheaters, destroying the NFL, worst organization in history, never deserved to win, worse than Bin Ladin, responsible for the out-of-control youth in America, causing the nation to go into a recession, yadda, yadda, yadda. The Patriots cheated, were caught, and were punished. End of story, right? Of course not. All of the "my franchise is holier-than-thou and would never cheat" NFL fans don't think the punishment is enough. A $750,000 fine and the docking of a first round draft pick, the harshest penalty in NFL history, isn't enough. A publicity-hungry Senator who stil

This post is in response to the article:Peres : Window For Peace is Shrinking “The window of opportunity for peace is shrinking” President Shimon Peres said Sunday during a meeting with visiting French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner. TALK ABOUT OPTIMIST! Peres, wake up and smell the gunpowder… In order for the ‘window’ to be shrinking, a window WOULD [...]

Thanks to PrisonPlanet for this article: Debunkers' Best Rebuttal: "Willie Smokes Pot" Frothing establishment bloggers feebly try to diffuse American icon's views on 9/11Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Tuesday, February 5th, 2008Establishment bloggers are in a bind today - attempting to ridicule American icon Willie Nelson for his comments about the WTC twin towers being imploded on 9/11, with the best rebuttal they can muster being the fact that Willie smokes pot. When Charlie Sheen publicly questioned the official 9/11 story in March 2006, debunkers didn't tackle him on the facts, they tried to discredit him with lurid hit pieces about his behavior

It's time to take a break from my regular posts to address a recent situation that has emerged thanks to an anonymous commenter who took it upon him/her-self to flame my family not only in my comments to my last post, Energy Audit for Weatherization, but also on a public scrapbook message board. (Why there, I have no clue.)Here's the general gist of the accusations from that commenter and others following the board's thread: Jim and I are irresponsible parents for making our six kids live in a tiny home in filth. We should change our careers, get loans, sell part of our land--anything at all costs--to "do our duty" and provide our poor kids a larger space and more things. And we never should have had so many kids if we are living here.There are a few major points I want to make about these accusations:My kids are well cared for and provided for. They do not lack what they need. Each has a bed, space to be, places for a few things, clothes, food, shelter, warmth. We love them and kee

It's time to take a break from my regular posts to address a recent situation that has emerged thanks to an anonymous commenter who took it upon him/her-self to flame my family not only in my comments to my last post, Energy Audit for Weatherization, but also on a public scrapbook message board. (Why there, I have no clue.)Here's the general gist of the accusations from that commenter and others following the board's thread: Jim and I are irresponsible parents for making our six kids live in a tiny home in filth. We should change our careers, get loans, sell part of our land--anything at all costs--to "do our duty" and provide our poor kids a larger space and more things. And we never should have had so many kids if we are living here.There are a few major points I want to make about these

Ford Models Fitness provides engaging workouts from professional fitness models Kim Strother, Chris Comfort, Bryan Winston, and Sabina. Their passion for fitness has made them forerunners in the field of personal training. In this video, Kim Strother can in fact do push ups! In her dumbbell workout some viewers were critical of her form, but in this video Kim puts paid to those criticisms with her much improved form. Copyright 2007 by Supertraining blog.com. All Rights Reserved. This Post Was Brought To You By Best Travel Vacation Tips - Sports Travel, Active Vacations and Travel Tips Raise Your Child.org - Youth Sports, Child Play and Parenting Advice

Christopher Hitchens has written a masterpiece of idiocy and foolishness on The Slate. This shows the true triumph of distorted ideas and baseless convictions in the face of evidence, logic or scholarship. I haven't laughed so much in ages. In fact, since I really don't like Chanukah, this is probably the best thing that has happened all week!This rebuttal of what Christopher Hitchens says is only scratching the surface of his mistakes and errors. But I have to leave room for others as well.The basis of his arguments is that Chanukah celebrates the triumph of theocratic darkness against the enlightenment of Greek philosophy and science. He obviously didn't go to cheder, or to history class, because this is the opposite of what historical records show.Although there are claims that Alexander the Great was a student of Aristotle and a philosopher in his own right, no such claims are extended to Antiochus IV Epiphanes. He was the first king to declare himself to be a god, and was consi

I got an interesting email last night from David Hissami, CEO of The Whoa Show, who wanted to clarify a TechCrunch Article comparing the service to an Exquisite Corpse, which he felt was inaccurate. I guess TC author Erick Schonfield is sticking to his guns, so armed with some new info, StartupEarth sets the record straight. The Whoa Show is a media company based in Orange County CA, whose aim is to make exciting video shows, called Whoa Shows, that star the audience. The site will go live on New Years Day, with the first Whoa Show, “First in Action”, followed by “The Count Drop” and “Opposite Line”. First in Action is set up as a never-ending chain of videos. At the end of every clip, someone gives a direction. The first person to follow it makes it on the show, and gets to direct the next person. So Billy says “I want you to scare someone”, Timmy scares his gran, then says “I want you to confess something on tape”.. Johnny

I got an interesting email last night from David Hissami, CEO of The Whoa Show, who wanted to clarify a TechCrunch Article comparing the service to an Exquisite Corpse, which he felt was inaccurate. I guess TC author Erick Schonfield is sticking to his guns, so armed with some new info, StartupEarth sets the record straight. The Whoa Show is a media company based in Orange County CA, whose aim is to make exciting video shows, called Whoa Shows, that star the audience. The site will go live on New Years Day, with the first Whoa Show, “First in Action”, followed by “The Count Drop” and “Opposite Line”. First in Action is set up as a never-ending chain of videos. At the end of every clip, someone gives a direction. The first person to follow it makes it on the show, and gets to direct the next person. So Billy says “I want you to scare someone”, Timmy scares his gran, then says “I want you to confess something on tape”.. Johnny

Here is the rebuttal to the Paulbots attacking Jackie Mason.You got to love him, I couldn't say it any better than he can.  I respect Ron Paul, but I just don't agree with him on his stance on foreign policy And here is the original vlog that the Paulbots attacked

Moveon.org is having its fringe base vote on one of the following four ads to be aired on television in the coming months. You would think that these ads came directly from our Nation's Indoctrination Universities. Below I have posted the videos and a link to a rebuttal. My Rebuttal: 1) Social Security uses the payroll tax to pay for the system, which harms the poor. 2) Conservatives... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.

Bill Moyers is a journalist on PBS whose salary is paid using our tax dollars. Nevertheless, his slanted commentary is often unapologetic, arrogant and condescending. This week, Moyers went on his show to complain that too few corporations own all of the media. His argument, as you will see, makes erroneous assumptions about the media's structure and institutions that are not supported by... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.

Jordan1 commented on this post. He said, Jason is one of the best people i know and if you were really bipolar then you wouldn't be able to stay that calm during that conversation in fact you would have been so mad you would have forgot most of that conversation so if i was you i would quit faking it cause no ones buying it After deciphering your butchery of the English language I pondered your asinine allegations. Now I get to quash them. First off, you shouldn't assume things you have no possible way of knowing. When you posted that comment, you probably thought you were really sticking it to me. In reality, all you accomplished was making an ass out of yourself and showing your ignorance. You did it very well, by the way. Second, I was diagnosed as having bipolar disorder in late December 2005. I didn’t meet Jason until January 2007 - that fact alone should be enough to debunk your absurd accusations. Third, feigning an illness like bipolar disorder is impossible to

[Editor’s Note: This entry was originally left as a series of comments on my discussion board as a response to my post “5 Reasons Why You Should Homeschool.” With the contributor’s permission, I have copied it, unedited, to the blog side of my site so that it can receive the attention it deserves. I intend to answer these points in a future entry. When I do I will add links from here and back to here. For now, I’ll just say that my original entry was intended primarily for readers in the States since my personal knowledge of the education systems in other countries is lacking. I would also like to comment, that “5 Reasons Why You Should Homeschool” has been my most popular post by a wide margin. It averages over 50 hits per day which, for my humble little blog, is quite a few.] Hi Ed, I am writing to request that you ammend the homeschooling article, because I believe it is misleading, both about teachers and about teaching. I understa

Revitalizing the Military “To renew American leadership in the world, we must immediately begin working to revitalize our military. A strong military is, more than anything, necessary to sustain peace.” Candidate Obama suggests that: “We must recruit the very best and invest in their capacity to succeed. That means providing our servicemen and servicewomen with first-rate equipment, armor, incentives, and training -- including in foreign languages and other critical skills. Each major defense program should be reevaluated in light of current needs, gaps in the field, and likely future threat scenarios. Our military will have to rebuild some capabilities and transform others.” This is much like Obama’s and any candidates picture perfect scenario. Most if not all of the dreams require cooperation from all sides; with self-absorbed bureaucracies this is indeed a challenge, forget about foreign cooperation. But again, this is all failing due to the intransigence

Over the course of the roughly seven years of the Bush Administration it has been the public discourse of the Democrat party, Leftists and media of this nation to see and judge in each action; the wrong action. As is the case with any action taken, whether by a government leader or individual civilian, it is naturally followed by a reaction. This is the nature of existence; even inaction generates a reaction. The President of the U.S. must make decisive action and once that action is taken, the reaction(s) will follow. Most leaders(?), will backtrack after the fact and say ‘well it was misinterpreted,’ or ‘that’s not what my vote meant,’ or ‘I was hornswaggled.’ Where the opposition gains is the myriad possibilities that may arise upon the taking of a certain action. Any number of observations or predictions is much easier to make once someone has done the difficult work of making it so. When an action takes place parts of the outcome are apparent, at least i

A while back I had a post on my thought that Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett has not recently been investing like, well, Warren Buffett. There was a time when 40% of Berkshire's assets were in 1 stock, American Express. Now before you freak I do fully realize that given Berkshire's size today, that is not possible. My point was, given the bear market we had after 9/11 (bottoming in 2003), Buffett really has not made any meaningful investments given Berkshire's size. Yes I know $3... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

In continuing a new tradition that I find useful and at least one reader likes (right, Nathania?), we continue today with a tossed variety of random stuff related to filmmaking. Take one item or all three, and enjoy the mixture of useful/less information.Nasty Bugs Make Great MonstersHere's a wonderfully gross post from Not So Boring Life that should "inspire" some kind of script from the horror lover. "What Everyone Ought to Know About Parasites" is a quick rundown of several of the most common icky bugs that can live inside of humans. There are hook, round, pin, and tapeworms, as well as some gnarly thing called a Schistosoma. Pictures highlight the slimy critters, and if you don't feel a wave of nausea coming, start writing and pen a script that does.Bill Strikes Back at "Stupid" IndiesA short while back I referred to a recent Variety article about a couple of filmmakers who felt very little love for DVD distributors. Bill Cunningham over at DISContent quotes directly from the art

They have failed many times in the past, at least 3 times in the past 18 months. To say they are responsible for doing something is quite different from saying they are ACTUALLY doing it. The facts speak for themselves on this point. The pet food industry has breached the FDA’s mandate of them because they are self-regulated! read more | digg story Posted by  The Safe Pet Food Blog  http://IsYourPetFoodSafe.com

The following began life as a comment on our review of Night of the Living Dead… When I first saw Night of the Living Dead, I WAS DEAD! I’d been mowed down in a freak cotton bud related... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Fred Wilson recently added to the debate over taxing carried interest as ordinary income instead of capital gains (Click here for a primer, or click here to learn about possible new tax breaks for Angels). The core argument is that if invested capital in startups were to be taxed as ordinary income it would result in significant tax savings for the investors - maybe a good thing. Wilson’s entry has a few good points, especially his statement “we need a tax code that creates some incentives to take risk or wealthy people will be less inclined to do so.” However two of the arguments demand deeper examination. First, I think there is a big point Fred misses when he states “Entrepreneurs and investors who risk their capital in an attempt to create new businesses that employ people, make our lives better, our businesses more efficient, etc should be rewarded for doing so…” My question is who does “our lives” refer to? Because really aren’t “our lives,” actually the li

So, apparently, I’ve painted my darling husband in a bad light. I mean, what is so bad about wanting to surf an internet dating site, have your wife provide you with a picture so you can post a profile and have all the crazy skanks toss their online panties at you? I don’t know what I was thinking when I blogged about this yesterday. Silly me. I would like to thank all of you who saw my side of this issue and agreed with me. We silly people find strength in numbers. To the sole person out there who sided with my husband, who also happens to be my Piano man and a supposed best friend, I say to you “Harumph. Let’s just see what happens the next time the fat ugly chick comes up to me in the bar and asks if you are single. We’ll see how well I do as your wingman now, sugar.” Since I believe in playing fair, and because my husband is coming home soon for the long weekend and I would actually like to have sex with somebody other than my little rabbit budd

Today James Spann has a rebuttal to the incredibly idiotic staement yesterday by The Weather Channel's Heidi Cullen. Here post on December 21 had a real doozy in it. She thinks that if a meterologist doesn't believe in Global Warming,...