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So, I got up this morning shortly before the crack of noon and headed over to GameCrazy to pick up a video game that they had on sale -- 50 percent off. It's not at all busy, but I walk in and ask for the game. The clerk gets it off the shelf, turns around, […]

"Mr. Miyagi" has died at 73.

I got an e-mail earlier this week from a reader about a CNN article that was a basically a rewrite of this article from National Journal. The Powerline guys quickly ripped the revisionist-history hit-job and their readers made the key points succinctly. Readers Malcolm Jones and John Steele add a more basic point. Jones writes: […]

I'd apologize for the lack of posting, but ... well, the headline says it all. I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving day. If you missed it on Wednesday, I wanted to point to this little bit of unintentional hilarity that comes to us courtesy of The Washington Post's Dan Froomkin (via Taranto). In […]

You don't really need to read past the first paragraph. A suspected drunken driver fumbling his ABCs turned to police asking if he could substitute with a math problem. Police refused -- apparently language skills are more difficult to master while inebriated than math skills. Yeah. That's the story that this journalist is going to […]

This is the sort of article that really ticks me off. Why? Because it's not up front and honest about what's going on. SLO display features soldiers killed in Iraq war Boo Boo Records on Monterey Street in San Luis Obispo has dedicated its front window to an art exhibit that shows the faces of […]

The guys over at Powerline have received an e-mail from MSNBC's Chris Matthews regarding the reports about Matthews' comments that terrorists aren't "evil," but "misunderstood." Matthews claims that his statements were taken out of context and the report does not accurately describe his take on terrorists. In short, he now knows what it feels like […]

I wasn't trying really hard, but I didn't manage to pick up an Xbox 360 today. Circuit City was apparently sold out within 15 minutes of opening as was Fry's Electronics. I read some surprising reports during the day that Costco had actually got some units on the first day -- usually, it seems to […]

I went out to get a late bite to eat and decided to swing by a few stores to see if there were in fact lines forming for today's launch of the Xbox 360. Sure enough, there are about 20-odd people (each) camped outside the Circuit City, Target and Toys R Us in Escondido. I'm […]

Alfred Anderson, reportedly the last surviving witness/participant in the World War I Christmas truce died today. If you're at all interested in the intriguing event, I encourage you to check out Stanley Weintraub's excellent book on the truce and its aftermath.