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Entries from September 2007

Analysis Advise To Buy Smith & Wesson

September 29th, 2007 · Comments Off

From newratings.com:

Analysts at Wedbush Morgan initiate coverage of Smith & Wesson Holding Corp (ticker: SWHC) with a “strong buy” rating. The 12-month target price is set to $26.
In a research note published this morning, the analysts mention that the company has been gaining share in the pistols market, with the highly successful launch of the [...]

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Tags: Guns · Money

Marines Denied Permission To Film Commercial

September 28th, 2007 · Comments Off

Hat tip to ALa at blonde sagacity:
From KGO-TV San Francisco:

New York said “yes,” but we said “no.” Why were the U.S. Marines denied permission to film a recruiting commercial on the streets of San Francisco?
San Francisco is, once again, the center of a controversy over how city leaders treat the U.S. military. This time, it [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Government · Media · Military · San Francisco · The Left

Naked Women In The News

September 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment

ITEM 1:
From news.com.au:
Two female university students have apologised in court today for streaking in their underwear at a Brisbane Lions AFL game.
Jessica Louise Fitzpatrick, 19, of Buderim, and Jacquelyn Kate Baker, 22, of Maroochydore, appeared today in Brisbane Magistrates Court each charged with one count of interfering with a person engaged in sport.
The pair admitted [...]

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Tags: Strange/Funny · World

Marriage Contracts To Expire After Seven Years

September 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment

From Breitbart.com:

A conservative German politician on Wednesday proposed making marriage contracts expire after seven years, with the option to renew for those not feeling the proverbial itch.
“I propose that marriages lapse after seven years,” Gabriele Pauli told reporters in Munich, the capital of the largely Catholic southern state of Bavaria.
“This would mean that one will [...]

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Tags: Germany · Strange/Funny

Police Officer Reportedly Buried Puppies Alive

September 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments

From nbc17.com:

A police officer is accused of burying puppies alive, officials said.
Seven puppies were rescued from Officer John Leggett’s backyard. Leggett, 44, has been charged with animal cruelty and is now on administrative leave while under investigation.
Police said at least one puppy was found dead.
Officers were called to Leggett’s home Saturday.
According to the Fayetteville Observer, [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · Dogs/Pets

Lee Bollinger Swaps Spit With Ahmadinejad

September 25th, 2007 · Comments Off

Columbia University said it does not plan to call off a speech by Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, despite pressure from critics including the City Council speaker, who said the Ivy League school was providing a forum for “hate-mongering vitriol.”
The US State Department calls Iran a state sponsor of terror, and Ahmadinejad has called the Holocaust [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Iran · School · The Left · The US

Democrats: Then And Now

September 25th, 2007 · Comments Off

Another great cartoon from RedPlanetCartoons.com:

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Tags: Government · Health · The Left · The US

Fred Thompson’s Record on Gun Issues

September 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment

At the recent NRA conference on gun rights Presidential candidate Fred Thompson said, “We are here today not just because we support the Second Amendment, we are here today for our support of the rest of the Constitution.”
At most of his campaign stops, Fred Thompson tells people “basic rights come from God and not from [...]