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Friday, March 30, 2012 at 10:52 PM

Why I don't want to win the mega millions jackpot ever

So what would I do if I won the mega millions lottery.

Nothing.

If nothing else with age comes blessed grace and the ability to distinguish between a dream and a reality.

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Friday, March 23, 2012 at 08:20 PM

French teacher called for minute's silence for terrorist killer

The French lefties were the main pushers of the fiction that 9.11 was an American conspiracy and a set up.

They were widely dismissed at the time but now comes another incident where a French schoolteacher asked for a minute’s silence for the Al Qaida killer who shot dead a young eight old Jewish kid and was later killed himself.

The teacher called for a minute’s silence from her class in the city of Rouen and stated that the serial killer Mohamed Merah was a victim.

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 12:26 AM

Romney and Obama will be neck and neck in close White House race

So it will be Mitt Romney versus Barack Obama in November.

Romney's runaway win in Illinois made it certain that he will be on the starting blocks when the Republican primary concludes.

It will be a fascinating race. Don't believe those who tell you it is Obama's to lose.

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 08:13 AM

New poll shows 40 per cent of Irish emigrants do not want to leave home -- Hard times force tens of thousands to depart Ireland’s shores unwillingly

If you ever wanted to see how results of a survey can be fashioned in such a way as to reinforce the answers the survey organizers sought, the latest Irish Times poll on emigrants fits the bill.

The paper trumpeted its findings that the majority of those emigrating were doing so voluntarily. They noted that 59 per cent said they were voluntary emigrants while 41 per cent were involuntary.

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Saturday, March 03, 2012 at 08:08 PM

Rush Limbaugh’s McCarthy moment at last

Rush Limbaugh has four wives, the latest a thirtysomething year old who I’m sure loves him dearly for his extraordinary physique, and not his oceanfront Palm Beach mansion.

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Thursday, March 01, 2012 at 11:10 AM

GOP problem as Mitt Romney is winning states he won't win in November