Dead Cant Rant

It also looks like Ukrainian opposition leader Yuschenko may have been poisoned with a biological weapon:

Known for his ruggedly handsome, almost movie star looks, Yushchenko’s complexion is now pockmarked. His face is haggard, swollen and partially paralyzed. One eye often tears up.
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At Rudolfinerhaus, Yushchenko underwent a week of intensive treatment for several illnesses, including acute [...]

The election strife in the Ukraine is literally on the verge of a civil war, and the anti-Moscow opposition is almost guaranteed to win.
How do we know? Because the state-run television stations, in a mass example of CYA, have thrown their weight behind them:

Journalists on Ukraine’s state-owned channel - which had previously given unswerving support [...]

Since the legalization of abortion, child abuse has increased.
The promise had a fatal flaw in it, namely, the assumption that unwanted children are more likely to be abused. As E.F. Lenoski reported as early as 1976, the opposite is actually true. Abuse is more likely to occur among “wanted” children.
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First of all, every pregnancy is [...]

The New York Post tells it like it is:

Roberts has long been considered the frontrunner to take over for Rather based on no discernible qualification other than his resemblance to Rather. The square-jawed Roberts looks like he could be Rather’s younger brother. And like Rather, Roberts is a cookie-cutter anchorman — in other words, a [...]

As heard on Michael Medved’s radio show today, and found of all places on DefenseLINK, the history of the first Thanksgiving:

They established their colony with little but faith and courage and named it “Plymouth” in honor of their final port of departure. The Mayflower remained offshore, but most of its provisions were needed for its [...]

Via normblog, the website Ask-Imam.com has rendered a final decision on the celebration of Thanksgiving by Muslims:

We have studied the background of Thanksgiving day- to express gratitude to
the favours of the natives of the 16th century. IN principal to express
gratefulness and gratitude for favours rendered is encouraged. However,
Thanksgiving being a national holiday express its salient [...]

Newspaper and magazine comments about the war:

Never has American prestige in Europe been lower. — Life Magazine
Mutual Resentment of Troops. — The New York Times
Americans Hated. — The New York Times
Mounting Bitterness Over Our Occupation Practices. — The New York Times

Criticisms of America’s handling of the war — World War II.
Something to keep in mind [...]

From Any Soldier Inc., care packages sent to ATTN: Any Soldier.

Today, before we settle in for a small feast, I’d like to express my thanks to God for blessing me with the most wonderful, beautiful wife, without whom I would never have gotten my head out of the clouds, my feet on the ground, and my life moving forward. I’m also thankful for my daughter, [...]

From the Telegraph, more than a million Christians have signed and will deliver a petition to acknowledge Europe’s Christian heritage in the preamble to the European Union’s constitution.

Refusing to accept a secular “fait accompli” from Brussels, a Christian coalition is demanding that each EU state publish its version of the constitution’s preamble, with references to [...]