Larry’s Log

Since yesterday there have been three news stories that I’ve seen about people confessing to crimes after seeing Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of Jesus Christ” movie.

A Texas man has been prompted by Mel Gibson’s Passion film to confess he killed his girlfriend, a police spokesman has said.

A man in Norway has confessed to two bombings, [...]

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Some things I would comment on if I had the time. Expect the list to grow throughout the day.

Descendants of black American slaves sue the UK’s oldest insurance company for underwriting ships used in the trade.
washingtonpost.com - Bill Clinton ran for president in 1992 as a New Democrat, and eight years later, George W. Bush [...]

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p>Every now and then Dave Winer drops a true pearl of wisdom. A lot has been said recently about TypeKey and most of what I’ve been hearing hasn’t been too good. Since I don’t use Movable Type my interest in the debate is only academic. Six Apart is Ben and Mena’s company and they have [...]

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Last night while driving home from doing a little shopping I was listening to the radio and heard a commercial for Starship Enterprises with something like 14 locations in the Metro Atlanta area. The commercial was for many of the adult items that they sell and was fairly tastefully done. It got me to thinking [...]

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Just in case you ever thought the entire region was hellbent on vengence you need to understand that not all Palestinians are encouraging retaliation for the death of Sheik Ahmed Yassin.

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I’ve never been employed in the retail world. Oh, I had a job at McDonald’s when I was in high school but that isn’t really retail, it’s food. Isn’t it? Anyway, I’m sure that there are good reasons for this stuff but these things still tick me off when I’m out shopping.

Crowded aisles.
Why is it [...]

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So you think the economy is sucky in the US? Just be glad you aren’t a Bavarian yoddler. Their lederhosen subsidy has just been cut leaving them without shorts to get in a wad over.

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I’ve often said that a person who can’t embrace who and what they are is a phoney and I can’t respect a phoney. That’s one of the problems I have with John Kerry. John Kerry is a liberal. There isn’t a thing in the world wrong with being a liberal if that is what you [...]

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As of this writing Google’s news search is giving 876 articles related to Richard Clarke’s revelations about the Bush administration’s handling of the war on Terror. I think I’m going to pass, for now, allowing any of what Clarke has to say influencing my opinions. There are numerous reasons for Clarke to embellish his story [...]

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North Korea has threatened to expand its nuclear weapons programme if the annual US-led military exercises in South Korea go ahead next week.
Maybe I’m just numb to it all but sooner or later nuclear weapons technology is going to be as common knowledge as vulcanized rubber technology. You just can’t keep this stuff bottled up. [...]

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"I’ve got my rights," we often hear people exclaim, but do we all have the same understanding as to what a right is? I don’t think so. I’ve heard people express ideas about having a right to decent housing, a right to a living wage and a right to basic medical care. I’ve also heard [...]

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Yesterday I mulled over the events occuring in Spain. The bombing last Thursday chilled me to the bone. My step-sister’s daughter is living in Barcelona and I was worried about her.
I listened to news reports come in telling of Spain’s government insisting that ETA was responsible for the bombings and I thought that claim was [...]

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Until I feel that there is no danger of my government just snatching someone off the street and holding them without charges John Kerry will have my vote come November. However, that will not stop me from pointing out some of the numbskull things he's doing during his campaign. He's making it very difficult for [...]

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If you are a property owner of a ten-story building and have a leak in the winter on the roof causing a large accumulation of ice, you’d best take care of the problem. A New York couple is suing the owner of such a building owner over just such a problem. It seems that a [...]

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I love Krispy Kreme doughnuts. I allow myself to indulge in a Krispy Kreme doughnut about once a month and about once a year I’ll go crazy and eat a half a dozen in one setting. I was lucky to be raised in a town that had a Krispy Kreme factory back in my youth. [...]

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