NORTH AMERICAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE WILL TAKE ANOTHER DIRECT HIT. HIGH SCHOOL SPORT, PUT SIMPLY, COMPRISES THE MAJOR REASON WHY MANY YOUNG PEOPLE STAY IN SCHOOL, APPLY THEMSELVES TO MEET REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY, LEARN ABOUT LOSING AND WINNING, ETC. ETC. ETC.
IF HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS GO, THE U.S. AND CANADA SHOULD BE ASHAMED. […]
ENGLISH TEACHERS TAKE HEART, THINGS COULD BE, AND ARE, WORSE….
SOME SIMILES, METAPHORS, ANALOGIES FOR THE AGES….
1. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides
gently compressed by a Thigh Master.
2. His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like
underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.
3. He […]
FROM CNN ……….
July 10, 2008
McCain avoids Viagra question
Posted: 12:19 PM ET
From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
(CNN) – John McCain is known for his frequent chats with reporters and his willingness to discuss nearly any issue.
But at least one is off-limits, the Republican presidential nominee suggested Wednesday: Viagra.
“I certainly do not want to discuss that […]
AGAIN, REDUX, FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES….
July 9, 2008
Trial About Privacy in Which None Remains
By JOHN F. BURNS
LONDON — At moments, it seems like British satire at its whimsical, Monty Python-style best: a judge and a bank of lawyers, all stern-as-you-like in horsehair wigs, exploring the finer points of bottom-spanking with an aging multimillionaire and […]
WELL, DESPITE REPORTS OF POSSIBLE WAR, TRADE MARCHES ON……
U.S. exports cigarettes, bras, bull semen to Iran
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
U.S. exports to Iran increase tenfold during President Bush’s terms in office
Cigarette exports of $158 million were top item sent to Iran
Few who ask permission to trade with Iran are turned down by Treasury Department
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. exports […]
SO ALL OF US ARE NOW RETIRING, AND THE “60s” WILL FADE INTO NOSTALGIA AND OF COURSE THE DECADE WHEN EVERYTHING WENT WRONG FOR THE POLITICAL RIGHT. WHAT A WONDERFUL WHIPPING BOY THE DECADE HAS BEEN, FOR EVERYONE FROM RONALD REAGAN (WHO RODE HIS BROWBEATING OF BERSERKELY INTO THE GOVERNORSHIP OF CALIFORNIA AND ULTIMATELY […]
YES, MY DOCTOR NOTED, YOU NEED TO LOSE SOME WEIGHT AND THINK ABOUT LIFE-STYLE CHANGES–IE., A BETTER DIET AND MORE EXERCISE….
FOR SOMEONE WHO QUIT SMOKING QUITE A WHILE AGO AND GAVE UP COFFEE THREE YEARS AGO, THIS ADMONITION SHOULD NOT PROVIDE TOO MUCH PAIN…WE SHALL SEE.
HERE IS THE DIET — FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES. […]