Tom McMahon

Peace In Our Time

The text of the 1938 speech by Neville Chanberlain in defense of the Munich Agreement. It's interesting to read the actual speech -- it's not very long -- after hearing it referred to sooooo many times.

World's Largest Ball of Twine

World's Largest Ball of Twine

From Roadside America:

The World's Largest Ball of Twine endures as a paragon of strange US tourist attractions. Uttering the phrase instantly conveys core roadside values -- the mind-boggling achievement, the one-track obsession, the over-the-top silliness. For us, visiting a Twine Ball is a religious pilgrimage.

The Politically Correct Ten Commandments

From NumberWatch:

And the Establishment spake all these words, saying, I am the Orthodoxy, which have brought thee out of the land of Freedom and into the house of bondage.

And No More Jodie Foster Movies

From the irrepressible Ann Coulter:

One Times review of "The Passion" said: "To be a Christian is to face the responsibility for one's own most treasured sacred texts being used to justify the deaths of innocents." At best, this is like blaming Jodie Foster for the shooting of Ronald Reagan. But the reviewer somberly warned that a Christian should "not take the risk that one's life or work might contribute to the continuation of a horror." So the only thing Christians can do is shut up about their religion. (And no more Jodie Foster movies!)

By contrast, in the weeks after 9-11, the Times was rushing to assure its readers that "prominent Islamic scholars and theologians in the West say unequivocally that nothing in Islam countenances the Sept. 11 actions." (That's if you set aside Muhammad's many specific instructions to kill non-believers whenever possible.) Times columnists repeatedly extolled "the great majority of peaceful Muslims." Only a religion with millions of practitioners trying to kill Americans and Jews is axiomatically described as "peaceful" by liberals.

Find Out What Happened To-Day . . .

. . . at The Today in History Page. Happy Birthday, "Uncle" Ed! (via Tim McMahon)

Well, Whadaya Know! Rush Limbaugh HAS Been Selectively Targeted For Prosecution

From The Drudge Report:

LIMBAUGH CASE: JUDGE IN PALM BEACH HOOKED ON OXYCONTIN, REHAB, REMOVED FROM BENCH; NO CRIMINAL PROBE

A Palm Beach County Judge -- who operated in the same jurisdiction that is currently hearing the Rush Limbaugh pill case -- was hooked on OxyContin and forced from the bench, but was never fully investigated if he obtained the pills legally, the DRUDGE REPORT can reveal.

Within the last 18 months, Palm Beach County Judge Robert Schwartz was "involuntarily retired" and removed after he checked himself into a treatment center for dependency of the painkiller OxyContin -- the same drug at the center of the Limbaugh probe.

"He was severely addicted to prescription pain killers," an insider tells the DRUDGE REPORT. "He probably got them from a variety of sources. But unlike Rush Limbaugh, he was never prosecuted! His records do not appear to have been seized nor were his doctors’ offices raided. Talk about friend of the court!"

News of the Palm Beach judge's ordeal appears to give credence to Limbaugh's claim that he is being selectively targeted.

Of course, we knew this all along, didn't we?

Three Great Religious Truths

1. Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
2. Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the leader of the Christian faith.
3. Baptists do not recognize each other in the liquor store or at Hooters.

(via Denise Petrovich and DE Hall)

America's Most Wanted Playing Cards

America's Most Wanted Playing Cards

Socks For Diabetics

Wickers amazing new Holofiber Sock works with the body's own energy system to increase blood oxygen levels to the feet. Wearing Holofiber actually enhances the ability of your body to build strength, accelerate muscle recovery and regulate body temperature. Increased oxygen levels can reduce the chances of cramping, swelling and muscle fatigue. Sock surrounds you foot with 90% Holofiber for maximum benefit.

Vanished Without a Trace Off Of A Cruise Ship

Amy Bradley

Amy Lynn Bradley is an American citizen who 'vanished' March 24, 1998 while aboard a foreign vessel in international waters. She was leisurely traveling with her mother, father and younger brother aboard the cruise ship Rhapsody of the Seas (a Norwegian Flag Ship) which is owned and operated by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines of Miami, Florida. The cruise ship was near docking procedures into port in the island of Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, the Caribbean. It is known that Amy left her Cabin in the wee hours of the morning of March 24, 1998, with her cigarettes and lighter...predictably she was not wearing shoes because where she thought she was going, she would not be gone long and would not need her shoes. This is where the mystery begins . . .