Archive for August 24, 2005
Sandwich Thoughts
I used to think I was the only one who noticed and wondered about things like: why did Subway sandwich shops change the way they cut the bread on their subs? Turns out, I'm not the only one. I don't know whether this is comforting or frightening, but it's certainly enlightening. Steve, at The Sneeze [...]
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Rangel on Fundamentalist Terrorism
"I don't even know who that person [Robertson] is," said Chavez, standing next to Cuban leader Fidel Castro at Havana's airport. In Venezuela, however, Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel said the U.S. response to [Pat] Robertson [who called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez this past Monday] would be a test of its [...]
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It was a large home in a well-to-do suburb north of the city. Two American flags adorned the yard. The prospect's mom greeted him wearing an American flag T-shirt. "I want you to know we support you," she gushed. Rivera soon reached the limits of her support. "Military service isn't for our son. It isn't [...]
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