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Rudi Stettner: Obama to Africa : Drop Dead !
Nancy Pelosi continues to rack up astronomical bills to fly her family around on military jets , spending over two million dollars on military flights for herself and her family over a two year period according to the Judicial Watch web site, which rep...
Dateline: 2010-02-08 5:35pm PT (780 words)
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Rudi Stettner: Louisiana's Legal System and Heritage
A little bit of trivia has been bothering me. I finally got around to looking it up. I was looking at legal software that stated that it was good for use in 49 out of 50 states. The one exception was Louisiana. The reason is that Louisiana uses the Napole...
Dateline: 2010-02-07 8:31pm PT (1016 words)
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Rudi Stettner: North Korea as the "Master Race"
One of the central beliefs of communism is that the transcendent unity of the international working class would trump hostility between nations. Time and time again, those who awaited the eclipse of national rivalries have been disappointed. When Yugos...
Dateline: 2010-02-05 3:05pm PT (1109 words)
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Rudi Stettner: Rosa Berlusconi's WW2 Heroism Remembered
Israeli President Benyamin Netanyahu introduced Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to the Knesset with far more than perfunctory kind words. He told a moving story about Prime Minister Berlusconi's mother that left Berlusconi in tears as Prime Minist...
Dateline: 2010-02-04 2:19pm PT (674 words)
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Rudi Stettner: Hundertwasser Art & Thoughts of Manhattan
I spent a good part of the day in Manhattan on business. Coming from Brooklyn, it feels like I'm in another country. The jarring contrast of one borough with another reminds me of going from west to east Berlin back in the 70's. I used to like going ...
Dateline: 2010-02-03 8:24pm PT (705 words)
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Rudi Stettner: Child Rapist Hired as Building Super in NYC
A building super in Manhattan convicted of three rapes of children has gotten a job as a building super. He has the keys to all the apartments in the buildings in which he works. Additionally, he has the job of going door to door to collect rent. The...
Dateline: 2010-02-02 4:20pm PT (665 words)
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Rudi Stettner: Ezekiel's Tomb Defaced in Iraq
The tomb of the biblical prophet Ezekiel is located in al Kifl, in modern day Iraq. In the centuries since his burial in Iraq, outside the Holy Land, the tomb has been venerated as a site of pilgrimage by Jews and later by Christians and Muslims as their ...
Dateline: 2010-02-01 12:49pm PT (786 words)
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Rudi Stettner: Great Espresso at Home on a Budget
I am seriously addicted to caffeine. There is a subtle difference between caffeine that comes from coffee, tea or carbonated beverages. The effect is different when the coffee or tea is iced instead of hot. I'm not a scientist. So don't ask me why.Instant...
Dateline: 2010-01-30 8:11pm PT (963 words)
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Rudi Stettner: E Books, Be Books & Other Kindle Alternatives
It took a long time for me to get used to cell phones. My kids got them before I did. One day I punished one of my kids by taking his cell. Then I got hooked. It was useful for work, shopping and all kinds of things. What I still don't like is the fac...
Dateline: 2010-01-28 12:50pm PT (670 words)
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Rudi Stettner: Schwarzenegger Proposes Outsourcing Prisons
We already have telephone tech support from India and service representatives from credit card companies who will discuss your usurious debt with you from Mexico. American corporations are outsourcing whatever they can. Now Arnold Schwarzenegger, bodybu...
Dateline: 2010-01-27 3:49pm PT (753 words)
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Rudi Stettner: Jakarta's Obama Statue Coming Down?
Members of the "Take Down the Barack Obama Statue in Menteng Park" group on Facebook say Obama has done nothing for Indonesia."Barack Obama has yet to make a significant contribution to the Indonesian nation. We could say Obama only ate and s (expletive) ...
Dateline: 2010-01-26 2:50pm PT (600 words)
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Rudi Stettner: Isaiah May Fights in Court For Life
There is a world full of developed nations who have for years had a single payer health care system such as the one Americans have been discussing since Obama became President. It is a complex issue. Many Americans are already covered. A significant numbe...
Dateline: 2010-01-24 9:22pm PT (806 words)
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Rudi Stettner: Moscow's Stray Dogs and Those Who Love Them
The fall of communism has changed the daily lives of people in the former Soviet Union. An alphabet soup of newly independent countries from Azerbaijan to Turkmenia has lent colour to the map and uncertainty to the political landscape. In Mo...
Dateline: 2010-01-23 8:49pm PT (876 words)
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Rudi Stettner: Supremes KO McCain Feingold Bill
Who can fault "campaign finance reform"? It sound so noble. Throw in the word "bipartian" and you have a law that no one can fault. If you are against campaign finance reform that is "bipartisan" , you may as well come out in favour of world...
Dateline: 2010-01-22 1:50pm PT (732 words)
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Rudi Stettner: Plane Diverted Because of Tefillin Scare
A Jewish passenger on a flight from Louisville to New York inadvertently sparked a security scare during the flight, which was diverted to Philadelphia for an emergency stop. JTA reported as follows.
(JTA) -- A commercial flight was diverted to Ph...
Dateline: 2010-01-21 12:50pm PT (341 words)
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