Formula One becoming Formula none?
Rob @ June 20, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Formula One is regarded as the premier series in world racing. Unlike NASCAR, in which most races are simply about how well a car can turn left, Formula One embraces several road courses, using Indy-style cars that can run laps around America’s racing series. But that may be coming to an end. A few months […]
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The Terminator’s testicles
Rob @ June 20, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Governator has been one of the more colorful political figures in recent times. He’s married to a Kennedy, leading the 7th to 10th (depending on who you ask) largest economy in the world, which is also responsible for 13 percent of the U.S. gross national product, and an action hero who made the genre. […]
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A censor’s worst nightmare: Twitter
Rob @ June 19, 2009 # One Comment
In countries where free press is suppressed and government sponsored news outlets churn out propaganda to keep the masses in check, the public is often kept in the dark about matters that go against the state. Web sites are routinely blocked, and Internet access in some countries is only available via government supply. Well, that […]
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Cricket war
Rob @ June 18, 2009 # One Comment
One may read this headline and chuckle a bit if you have ever read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. In the saga, the “Krikkit War” pertains to giant robots wielding cricket mallets and slapping super nuclear cricket balls into planets and suns to destroy the rest of the galaxy. Things happen a little different […]
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Communist hypocrisy
Rob @ June 18, 2009 # One Comment
When people think about communism, they think of the Chinese and the Great Wall and their red flag. Or they think of the old Soviet Union and the iron-fist of Stalin. Some will even remember where communism came from and think of Marx and Lenin. But no one thinks religion. Welcome to the American version […]
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Letterman’s Palin-gate
Rob @ June 16, 2009 # One Comment
David Letterman has been known for his humor on his late night talk show for years. Some jokes were “ha-ha,” politically correct funny, while others you simply laughed at because you were supposed to. Then, at other times, as all comedians will do, Letterman and his writers pushed the boundaries and came up with material […]
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Christianity gets kicked out in Oklahoma
Rob @ June 11, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Tulsa, Okla. made the decision that evangelical groups can no longer make use of housing projects to preach Christianity and convert underprivileged children to their faith. The group in question is the Child-Evangelism Fellowship, which, for several decades has worked with underprivileged children, gone in to speak with prison-inmate’s offspring and worked to teach moral […]
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North Korea attacks the press
Rob @ June 11, 2009 # No Comment Yet
From developing a nuclear arms program to progress in short and long range ballistic missile development, North Korea’s been in the news a lot recently. With tensions brewing among Japan, South Korea and the big fish, the United States, it feels like things are only getting worse.
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Brittany Spears always gives us more
Rob @ June 10, 2009 # No Comment Yet
What is a month in the world of Britney Spears without more tabloid fodder? This time it’s not about her kids, her estranged ex-husband, running over people with her Mercedes, Starbucks or even a public fashion flop. Well, this is a fashion flop or sorts, but more of a professional kind.
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Federer conquers the Illusive One
Rob @ June 10, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Roger Federer can finally say that he has won them all. With his victory in straight sets over Robin Soderling at the French Open, he has collected his career Grand Slam and number 14 Grand-Slam title, tying Pete Sampras and cementing himself in tennis lore as one of the greatest, with the potential to be […]
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