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Russia has resurrected Stalin…in marble, anyway. The Putin government is erecting a new Stalin statue in Moscow.
Meanwhile, a writer for the lefty alternative rag, The Seattle Weekly, is actually calling for the Lenin statue in the kitsch-loving Fremont neighborhood (a few miles from where I lived in Seattle) to be torn down:
[T]opple him in a [...]

No good deed goes unpunished by bone-headed regulators. From Tallahassee, Fla.:
A 10-year-old girl who wanted to open a lemonade stand to raise money for tsunami victims saw her plan hit a brick wall, thanks to government regulations.
All 10-year-old Carolyn Lipsick wanted to do was help kids hurt by the tsunami, because, she says, “you can’t [...]

Did you catch this? From AP:
PATONG BEACH, Thailand - Many believe the tsunami that devastated this tourist hotspot and killed thousands had one positive side: By washing away rampant development, it returned the beaches to nature.
Greg Ferrando glistened with sweat and sea water as he went for a barefoot jog up the immaculate white sand [...]

Her convictions have been overturned.
An appeals court on Thursday overturned the capital murder convictions of Andrea Yates, a Texas woman convicted in March 2002 in the drowning deaths of three of her five children.
In appealing her conviction before a three-judge panel of the 1st Court of Appeals, Yates’ attorneys argued that a prosecution witness, Dr. [...]

Vulture alert: My first tsunami relief spam arrived in the e-mailbox today. It was inevitable…
From: “Marco Nullamento” marconulla@netscape.net
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 8:56 AM
Subject: Earthquake and Tsunamis in Indonesia (how we were affected)
Dear Ms
My name is Marco Nula; I am a victim of the recent Earthquake followed by the Tsunami that wrecked our whole society [...]

The New York Post nabs a Canadian college kid trying to make money off the tsunami disaster by auctioning a domain name he scammed from an American. The student told the woman he represented an international non-profit charity, then turned around and put the site on Ebay for $50,000 after she sold it to him [...]

Libertyblog notices a crude ad on New Year’s Eve for Chik-Fil-A that pokes fun of the 1989 protest at Tiananmen Square.
We’ll stick to Roy Rogers from now on…

Meddling California politicians have passed, among other Big Nanny measures, a law banning kids from tanning salons and another that levies fines against children for playing with toy and BB guns that look too much like the real weapons. Critics are calling the legislature’s overintrusive push “Nanny 916.”
Next thing you know, they’ll be cracking down [...]

Have you received any solicitations from the “Aceh Humanitarian Assistance Fund?” Thinking of donating to the “East Timor Action Network” or the “Tapol” organization?
Better investigate carefully before sending any money.
Geoffrey at Beyond Wallacia has some info on the shady background of political activists purporting to raise money for disaster victims. Be sure to read his [...]

Here’s a sad, horrible story to ruin your Christmas cheer.
Instapunk has much more.
(Hat tip: Reader Chain Gang)

I came across this new photo of Michael Jackson (be careful, it’s scary), who hosted three busloads of kids on his ranch this weekend as he awaits trial on child molestation charges. The article noted that “It was unclear where the children had come from.” What the %^&#@@!?
Reading the story and seeing the photo made [...]

Scott Peterson’s ex-mistress has a book deal…with Regan Books.

He’s the 21-year-old suspect reportedly now in custody for the Maryland arson fires. Speed was a security guard who worked at the targeted subdivision. So, what is ecoterrorism, racism, or something else? Looks like we’ll know tomorrow.
Update: News reports suggest Speed was motivated by grief and anger over the death of his infant son. Investigators [...]

Check out this obituary carried in my old newspaper, the Seattle Times. It starts out routinely enough:
Stephen James BYRNE Steve, who lived in Edmonds, savored life…
We learn that Byrne loved “sailing, biking, cross country skiing, diving, hiking…an incredible mountain vista, how the leaves turned gold in the fall, a great bottle of wine and a [...]

Chicago Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed reports on the fate of Illinois’ federally tax-subsidized flavored condom program.

Man, 24, accused of stabbing relatives who criticized his table manners:
A man was charged with stabbing two relatives after they allegedly criticized his table manners during Thanksgiving dinner.
Police said the fight broke out Thursday when Gonzalo Ocasio, 49, and his 18-year-old son, Gonzalo Jr., reprimanded Frank Palacious for picking at the turkey with his fingers, [...]

My column today examines the outrageous case of two-year-old Bradley McGee and warns about the potential fate of his half-brother, Billy, in the hands of his mother in name only, Sheryl Hardy. She was convicted of second-degree murder and aggravated child abuse for the torture and killing of Bradley 15 years ago. The Illinois Supreme [...]

I had the privilege of meeting KFI’s John & Ken in studio in Los Angeles a few months ago during my book tour. Ken’s on the left; John’s on the right. They’re everything talk radio hosts should be: funny, fearless, smart, and deeply engaged in local issues. They take talking points from no one. They’re [...]

Lots of readers have sent me a link to the vile Halloween costumes for kids featured this week at The Stranger, Seattle’s alternative newspaper. If you really, really want to spoil your weekend, go ahead and click.
Making fun of Nancy Reagan in mourning? Making light of shoebomber Richard Reid? Ridiculing hostages about to be beheaded [...]

John Miller, co-author of the new book, Our Oldest Enemy: A History of America’s Disastrous Relationship with France, gives Matthew Yglesias a French lesson.

A few days ago, I blogged about stupid Democratic scare tactics. Now, here’s a not-so-bright one from the RNC that has been making the rounds on liberal blogs and an AP report titled GOP Mailing Warns Liberals Will Ban Bibles.
Steve Clemons has a photo of the front and back of the flyer. Clemons notes: “This [...]

The court-martial of Spc. Ryan Anderson aka Amir Talhah has been in the news. According to the Seattle Times,
Prosecutors contend that among the information Anderson gave was the exact size of round needed to penetrate bulletproof windows on Humvees that were equipped with added armor.
Rene Gonzales, the Army’s top expert on vehicle survivability in combat [...]

The subtitle of Michael Barone’s useful book, Hard America, Soft America, is “Competition Vs. Coddling and the Battle for the Nation’s Future.”
I thought of the book yesterday while reading yesterday’s Washington Post article on the latest trend in Soft America: Cuddling parties. Here’s an excerpt (caution - read with an empty stomach):
If Reid Mihalko is [...]

Bernadette Malone rightly excoriates NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg for playing nice with anti-Bush demonstrators.

GOP U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes (formerly host of MSNBC’s “Alan Keyes is Making Sense”) announced yesterday that he now supports slavery reparations. The Chicago Tribune (registration required) reports:
Speaking at a news conference at the Hotel InterContinental in Chicago, Republican Keyes added to his now familiar talking points his stance on slavery reparations.
Prompted by a [...]

The San Francisco Chronicle reports today that Bay Area leftists are heading to New York to protest the Republican National Convention. Some organizers are discouraging the infamous “Black Bloc” guerilla group from creating havoc–or, at least, are advising them to do so in Gap and Eddie Bauer attire:
Even though it’s chic in Manhattan to wear [...]

This Washington Post account of a drunk, naked intruder who broke into a Wheaton, Md., house and tried to rape a four-year-girl is horrific enough. But look at the t-shirt the alleged intruder is wearing in his mugshot:

Anne Arundel Police Investigating Sleepy 911 Operator
Excerpt:
Associated Press
Thursday, August 5, 2004; 9:21 AM
After 10 years on the job at Anne Arundel County’s 911 call center, Louis Gerber’s alleged two-minute snooze may get him a written reprimand or fired.
On June 29, Patricia Berg phoned Anne Arundel County Police to report a possible prowler, but the Glen [...]

D.W.E.C.O.T.C. = Driving While Eating Corn on the Cob
Better not let the folks in Washington, D.C. hear about this.

Kimora Lee Simmons says: It’s all your fault!
From the Woe-Is-Me Celebrity Files…
The wife of hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons faces drug and motor vehicle charges after police said she was driving erratically and ignored the flashing lights of a cruiser for nearly two miles. Kimora Lee Simmons was arrested just after midnight Monday outside the couple’s [...]