Former radical to speak at UMass after all

An item from WBZ - Top Stories

via Former radical to speak at UMass after all.

The story notes that:

"Raymond Levasseur, a former leader of the United Freedom Front, is scheduled to speak at the university on Thursday night. The group was linked to 20 domestic bombings in the to 20 domestic bombings in the 1970s and 1980s, and members were convicted of the slaying of a New Jersey state trooper and the attempted killing of two Massachusetts state troopers."

I wonder how welcome a person who called for violence against abortion doctors would be for a speaking engagement at UMass?

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No Free Lunches in Medical Care by Thomas Sowell on National Review Online

No Free Lunches in Medical Care by Thomas Sowell on National Review Online.

I was reading Monday's Patriot Post and there was a quote from this column by  Thomas Sowell that said "If you think the government can lower medical costs by eliminating “waste, fraud, and abuse,” as some Washington politicians claim, the logical question is: Why haven’t they done that already?"

Good question for all you health care advocates. Does it really make sense to look to the Government to cut waste, fraud and abuse? Seems very silly and ignorant to me. This is the same Government that devised the postal service and wrote the tax code - not monuments to efficiency.

 

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Bon Jovi Hair Retrospective

Bon Jovi Hair Retrospective: "THEN/NOW: To celebrate the release of 'The Circle,' we follow the boys back through thousands of cans of Final Net

I know it is probably not "cool" to be a fan on Bon Jovi but they remain one of the best concerts I have seen (the Have A Nice Day Tour in Boston). They have a new album coming out that is a return to rock (moving away from their last album that was country 'influenced') and the first single (We Weren't Born To Follow) is definitely a good 'arena rock' album.

Governor Denies Clemency, D.C. Sniper Will Be Executed

Glad to see some common sense with regards to the DC Sniper and Justice...from Fox Newa

Governor Denies Clemency, D.C. Sniper Will Be Executed.

Court rules natural gas a dangerous weapon

Court rules natural gas a dangerous weapon: "The Massachusetts Appeals Court has upheld the conviction of a man who tampered with a natural gas line inside his estranged wife's home, finding that gas can be considered a dangerous weapon. "

From the desk of the blatantly obvious...I like the defense position that the conviction "should be overturned because (the defendant) did not seal the house or stop the people inside from leaving"

Ok - in any event the Court got it right.

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We have recently gotten very into Geocaching (we have found about 30 caches) so far. Don't know what I am talking about? See http://www.geocaching.com/ for more info.

A friend of mine sent this to me as a joke but in some perverse way, it is actually kind of true.

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