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This just in from the Central Planner’s office: Jay-Z’s Shanghai “Vocal Concert” was cancelled by the communists.  From ChinaDaily: The Ministry of Culture has decided to protect the city’s hip-hop fans from nasty lyrics about pimps, guns and drugs. The ministry has denied New York rapper Jay-Z permission to perform in the city. He was supposed to [...]

Here is a troubling messageboard conversation from the House Page Alumni Association (Google cache). (Hat tip: Commentor dj from this Ace Post) jordanedmund: (Apr 23 2006, 06:34 PM) Has anyone been in contact with the author? Do we know how it is coming? Was it just given up on? adlaidemocrat: (Apr 24 2006, 03:43 PM) Not the faintest [...]

The Mark Foley saga may have just taken a huge turn thanks to a very detailed report from Passionate America.  He discovered that ABC had left up some instant messages with the screen name clearly visible. Besides all of the evidence he provides, I was able to find another webpage linking the screen name Lolakana223 to [...]

Against the U.S. that is. Attending the “Non-Aligned Movement” summit were two-thirds of the axis of evil, Iran and North Korea, along with aspiring members Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Belarus and the host nation, Cuba. Cuba now sees the Non-Aligned Movement as a new vehicle to spread its influence. Founded in 1961 by Third World nations to try to avoid [...]

A story from JSOnline’s Daywatch: “St. Francis man acccused of killing cat” A St. Francis man faces charges of animal cruelty after allegedly beating a cat with a hammer, causing the animal’s death with as many as 20 blows to the head, police said today. Police Chief Brian Kaebisch said his department is seeking a felony charge [...]

It starts with a catchy title of Amanpour: World fails to save Africa’s AIDS orphans.  First off, ending the “stigma” of AIDS is lumped in with prevention and finding a cure: We have watched the efforts to find a vaccine, to find drugs to control the disease, to educate people about preventive measures, and to end the stigma of [...]

Despite being in last place with one match to go in its opening round group of the World Cup, Team USA actually still controls its own destiny.  The standings in the group have Italy with 4 points, Czech Republic and Ghana with 3 points each, and the United States with 1 point.  Everyone in the group can automatically [...]

After months of silence, Green Bay Packer quarterback Brett Favre confirmed the report that he will return to play another year of football.  What does this mean?  Good for the Packers, good for the Packer fans, good for the NFL, but bad for the television viewer. NFL game announcers gush over Favre just slightly less than Phil [...]

On his Sunday night radio show Matt Drudge said this (or something to the effect): “I was going to name the Duke accuser on my website over the weekend, Ms. ******, or whatever her name was, but I decided not to.” Classic. This sounds like Drudge is only about 90% sure that he remembered the name right, so [...]

Allen Iverson and Chris Webber showed up late to last night’s Fan Appreciation Night in Philly. “I honestly thought as long as I got there before the ball went up, everything would be cool,” Iverson said. “I’ve been doing it that way my whole career and it never was a problem, even when coach [Larry] Brown [...]