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I know I haven’t been posting much, and this is no exception.
Let there be no false accusation, assumption or recrimination. My favorite “Possible Rock Band Name inspired by the Korean Central New’s Agency’s press release entitled DPRK, Dignified Powerful Nation” as listed by Jory Hemmelgarn is:
Ever-Victorious Revolutionary Strong Army
Indeed.

The AP tells me what President Bush has to say about taxes and the Democratic Party:
“Let me tell you what’s going to happen when they raise [taxes],” Bush said. “They’re going to say, ‘Oh, we got to raise it so we can pay down the deficit. Uh-uh. They’re going to raise the taxes and increase [...]

Truman begat Adlai Stevenson and his acceptance speech in 1952. His speech contains all the rhetorical bombastics people tell us was the norm of time. Also, note its highly partisan nature. I’m sure pundits were shocked, appalled and tizzied over the lowering of civil discourse and divisiveness, etc..
The people are wise, wiser [...]

Daily Kos has a short summary of Democratic National Conventions beginning in 1924. Several have attached the acceptance speech by the candidate of the time.
Very interesting is, Harry Truman’s acceptance speech at the 1948 Democratic convention. I was struck mostly by the plain language and the open partisianship of his speech. Perhaps [...]

The Indian Parlimentary committee appointed to investigate allegations of high pesticide content in Indian sodas has returned its verdict.
The answer is in unavoidable agreement with the facts. Indian Coke and Pepsi are loaded with the killer chemicals.
The wider effect of all this is assuredly to leave my record of Miranda consumption at the big [...]