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Copenhagen redux
Sent December 19th 2009Copenhagen redux _ Copenhagen redux _ As the U.N.’s climate conference stumbles to its ignoble end with world leaders scrambling to put a happy face on failure and the world’s climate good-doobies saying goodbye to their favorite hookers and boarding ...
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Copenhagen pigeon drop
Sent December 15th 2009Copenhagen pigeon drop _ Copenhagen pigeon drop _ The pigeon drop is a scam in which two confidence men – the “catch” and the “accomplice” – persuade a victim – the “pigeon” – to believe they found some money in a bag and the three of them can split i...
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Snowed in
Sent December 11th 2009Snowed in _ Snowed in _ Here in Reno it started snowing Saturday night and didn’t stop until Monday evening. By that time my neighborhood was mostly housebound, and I was struck by a fundamental truth about any state south of Michigan: they don’t hav...
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Tiger Woods
Sent December 3rd 2009Tiger Woods _ Tiger Woods _ I knew Tiger was in trouble. When the woman he was rumored to be seeing came home from Australia just days after he won a golf tournament in Australia, I thought right away, “Hmm, guess she was Down Under for a couple of w...
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Awkward numbers
Sent November 30th 2009Awkward numbers _ Awkward numbers _ Sometimes numbers speak for themselves, barely needing polite introduction to communicate their message. And sometimes that message is exactly the opposite of what our beloved politicians and trustworthy media sour...
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New at JPAttitude.com - Thanksgiving
Sent November 25th 2009New at JPAttitude.com - Thanksgiving _ Thanksgiving _ It’s Thanksgiving week and everybody is full of sappy comments about all the stuff they’re thankful for… I mean for which they‘re thankful. Which reminds me: I’m thankful that Mrs. Wanderscheid ta...
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New at JPAttitude.com - Honor
Sent November 11th 2009New at JPAttitude.com - Honor _ Honor _ It was January 13, 1945, in the Ardennes forests of Belgium. Twenty nine days earlier, German forces under Field Marshall Von Rundstedt had launched a full-scale attack aimed at Antwerp, the principal supply po...
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New at JPAttitude.com - Democracy in the United States - Part 3
Sent November 7th 2009New at JPAttitude.com - Democracy in the United States - Part 3 _ Democracy in the United States - Part 3 _ Here they are again, the basic requirements of democracy: 1. Fraud-free voting 2. Honest vote counting 3. Legitimate choices 4. Educa...
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New at JPAttitude.com - Democracy in the United States - Part 2
Sent November 5th 2009New at JPAttitude.com - Democracy in the United States - Part 2 _ Democracy in the United States - Part 2 _ Pretend that a man – lowlife by nature – was made a senator based upon nothing but family connections. Pretend this man was kicked out of coll...
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New at JPAttitude.com - Democracy in the United States - Part 1
Sent October 22nd 2009New at JPAttitude.com - Democracy in the United States - Part 1 _ Democracy in the United States - Part 1 _ Do we live in a democratic nation? At first glance, this doesn’t look like a rational question. After all, the United States of America is th...
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