Muslims miffed by Osama Bin Lego. Mohammed Shaffiq, of Muslim organisation The Ramadhan Foundation, branded the toy “absolutely disgusting”. He said: “It is glorifying terrorism — the makers should be ashamed." Would that Shaffiq and his ilk spoke out so forcefully against Islamic terrorists that are not toys. OrderBrickArms "White Bandit" HERE [VIA Larwyn] 's a green thing. You wouldn't understand. Green on Green Violence @ Milloy's JunkScience. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia. And Juan ...

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ESPN is reporting that the next football coach at the UDub will be current USC associate head coach/offensive cooridnatior Steve Sarkisian. He is 34, of Armenian decent, and quaterbacked the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1997 to 1999. Steve Sarkisian, Don Wakamatsu, Jack Zduriencik. Enough! Our spell check can't wait for Jim Mora. Steve Sarkisian Wikipedia page. Bob Condotta's Seattle Times Husky Blog.

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This afternoon, the Northwest Progressive Institute team sent the following letter to Governor Chris Gregoire, urging that repeal of unneeded tax exemptions be a key part of the budget proposal for 2009-2010.Dear Governor Gregoire:The projected budget deficit that our state must grapple with in the upcoming legislative session represents one of the toughest challenges that Washington has ever faced. State revenue is declining, leaving fewer dollars available to fund basic public services, and strengthening calls ...

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Conference call this morning with Uncle Howard, who says there's nothing to worry about, really. Those Dunkin Donuts commercials, nah; America runs on Starbucks, folks. Micky D? A low-rent interloper. Cut the price of $4 lattes and you imply that Starbucks might not be a premium company after all. Coffee taste tests? Don't even think about it. Loyalty cards for sale in bulk at Costco, on the other hand, that's classy. The market lapped it ...

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