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Check this story. Do I think it's OK to have Wal-Mart in India? No.

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The blog is going to be irregular, as if it matters. Likely there won't be any posting this week, perhaps a couple next week, and hopefully another round of Ashes blognotes, before I lose interest. To think of it, I haven't posted any of our email exchanges so far, but I'm trying.

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Well, a quick look at the first two days of an well-hyped Ashes surely points out to something, which is, there hasn't been a single element of surprise except that Ashley Giles MBE turned out to be England's second best bowler on day one. So far, the script is executed to its last detail. I have been exchanging emails with two good friends, one is an Aussie and at Brisbane, and of course, my

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with Performancing for Firefox if it lives up to the PROMISE: "a full featured FREE Blog Editor built right into your browser".

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Nowadays you can hardly talk about marriage and not feel the dark insecurity of the vast majority of men and women, many of whom would go a long way, only short of death, to hold on to their tightly guarded paranoia that marriage has everything to do with a man and a woman. The rest of us who suggest otherwise could take a blipping vacation at Guantanamo. Little wonder why in a party last week,

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"Both those men (Cheney and Rumsfeld) are doing fantastic jobs and I strongly support them," Bush said in an interview with The Associated Press and others, only a week ago. Now one of them, Don Rumsfeld is gone. A lot of people are saying it was about time. I don't agree with them. If anything, it's two years too late. He should have been allowed to resign when the Abu Ghraib scandal

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Read here how magician David Copperfield tricked REAL robbers in REAL time in REAL life. If you are wondering whether or not it was just a big publicity stunt, then you should also know this : the robbers got REAL jail time. Although DC tricked his way out, his assistants weren't so lucky. According to the report:The assistants handed over money and a cellphone, but the illusionist turned his

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It's a humble experience for every sports fan recuperating from the the greatly depressing World Series between the Cardinals and the Tigers, but your misery is officially over. You can now sit back, relax, and enjoy LeBron, Kobe, and Dwyane. By the way, if you are voting tomorrow, leave a note that you want David Stern in 2008. Trust me, I have my reasons. Well, we are now a week (a week!)

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Okay. John Kerry is not Jay Leno. He gets an F- when it comes to cutting jokes — although in his most recent "mission botched", perhaps the most significant after his 2004 presidential campaign, it was very much apparent, once you take the pain to interpret the ill-fated words in the context of the speech, that he was referring to President Bush and not the troops. John Kerry's aides say the

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For a change, George Bush set his eyes on the future. Chit-chatting with a select group of seven conservative journalists in the White House last week, the president made known in his usual cock-sure way how he would like to be remembered fifty years from now. He said, “I firmly believe that some day American presidents will be looking back at this period in time, saying, ‘Thank goodness they saw

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Reggie Bush is in the news again, this time for all the wrong reasons. A Yahoo Sports investigation going on for eight months uncovered evidence that Bush and his family "appear to have accepted financial benefits more than $100,000 from prospective agents while at USC." Please help yourself with the details from the above link, but the evidence is enough to convince me that Reggie violated the

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"Let me just first tell you that I've never been more convinced that the decisions I made are the right decisions" — George Bush addressing a few columnists in the White House on Tuesday. . [Link] The words "right decisions" sound ominous to my ears because unless someone helps Bush distinguish the right from wrong, his rhetoric indicates there would be more such "right decisions" . Bush is

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There are good jokes, bad jokes, and PJs. Now there's a new kid in the block, the DJ — a deadly joke, a joke that could lead you to years of imprisonment and perhaps cost your life. You'd think I'm joking. I wish I were, but sadly, I'm not. That's what happened to Hadi Al-Mutaif, a young Saudi whose joke about the Prophet Muhammad didn't go down well with the Saudi authorities. As a result

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Since I am not getting the time to slap together a few paragraphs, here are some links that you might enjoy. The good thing about Frank Rich of The New York Times is that he's grounded unlike some of his esteemed colleagues. In his recent column "Donald Rumsfeld's Dance With the Nazis", FR noted that, Here's how brazen Mr. Rumsfeld was when he invoked Hitler's appeasers to score his cheap

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A wise man once said, "To those who can dream there is no such place as faraway." To USA basketball, such faraway places include Indianapolis, Athens, and Saitama. The onus was on Coach Mike Krzyzewski and his chosen band of hoopies (if hip is to ... you get the point) and the hoopla that went along with it. It made a strong cocktail — rich in taste, but poor for health. Few, if any, question

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The clinical observation of Bobbie Johnson that - a handful of blogs get a shitload of hits, while a shitload of blogs get a handful of hits, was spot on. Thinking about it, I realized, the observation has a more universal appeal. a handful of guys/gals get a shitload of dates, while a shitload of guys/gals get a handful of dates. a handful of programs get a shitload of viewers, while a

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For all you grinning suckers of freebies this post by Richard Adams is a must read.

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While the shaky Middle East cease-fire continues to survive despite occasional breaches by the Israeli defense forces, recent media reports suggest that a deal between Israel and Hezbollah, involving a prisoner swap, is under way. An Egyptian daily even went as far as to report that the exchange could take place within two to three weeks [Link]. In 2004, a Germany brokered deal " saw the

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He's a funny man. And he's always rubbing it on the BIG FAT sports egos. Love him, or hate him, he's right there with the wits of Woody Allen albeit in the world of sports. The guy, officially known as T. J. Simers, is a sports columnist of the Los Angeles Times. The Big Lead did a terrific job interviewing him, although I'd have probed more on Simers' daughter who doesn't get dates. But I guess

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Regardless of what you think about the ongoing war on terror, you should check out these articles on terrorism and its impact on our daily lives. 1. Lionel Shriver thinks we should worry more about road safety and smoking, and less about terrorism. 2. Natalie Bennett argues that responses to threats are typically disproportionate and represent irrational use of resources.

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Had there been a competition of the most dubious cricket umpire in our lives, Darrell Hair would be a runaway winner. When I say "runaway winner" I mean no one, not even Steve "please ... please slooooooooooooooooowly give the finger a raise" Bucknor would come close. I agree with the most aggrieved minds who think Bucknor had been brutal recently, and the cricketers from the subcontinent were

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Although the Bush administration is noted for aggressively endorsing unconstitutional methods as critical tools in its declared war on terror, so far it has apparently stayed away from techniques based on racial, ethnic, and religious profiling. In the wake of the alleged massive terror plot uncovered in the United Kingdom, Representative Peter King (R-NY), Chairman of the House Homeland

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You, like any other good citizen have put your faith in the Government to do everything in their power to guarantee your security and freedom. And you, an honorable tax-paying law abiding citizen also expect the Government to do so without violating your rights under the constitution, and without encroaching your privacy and without dooming your civil liberties. As it has become increasingly

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My take on independence day hasn't changed much over the years for I know amidst all the hullabaloo, the people who actually fought for our freedom are largely forgotten. If you care to remember, our freedom was not exactly handed over to us on a platter served with mango pickles and rice. It was a hard fought one. Celebrating independence is a good thing by itself. Among other things, we are

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Better late than never. After about eight months of blogging, I finally realized that I could never become a prolific blogger. For one, I am too lazy and secondly, I am full of "what's the point" attitude. This is not to say that I am giving up, for I am not. At the same time I know that there will be unavoidable gaps between successive posts. So, here's my plan to keep the blog running and

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