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Welcome to The Stiletto, an eponymous current events blog about politics and other stuff. Plus, whatever makes The Stiletto laugh so hard the martini she’s sipping comes out her nose.
You've noticed that, like Bob Dole, The Stiletto refers to herself in the third person. No reason, other than it seems to annoy liberals.
READ MOREThe Stiletto comes from a broken home. Not broken in the commonly understood sense, but broken in the red state-blue state sense.
Like many Americans, The Stiletto’s family is a mixed bag: Multicultural, multiracial, multiethnic, multinational, ecumenical, and includes members who are gay (in-laws, but still).
The Stiletto loves them all – albeit, at a distance in election years – so anyone who disagrees with her opinions had better refrain from recklessly lobbing accusations of racism, homophobia, jingoism or imperialism.
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† Not The Sharpest Knife In The Drawer: Idiotic or irrational actions or utterances, by politicians, celebrities and everyday people.
† On The Cutting Edge: Fresh insight on contentious issues. Also, any cool techie thing that would appeal to The Stiletto's inner geek.
† The Daily Blade: News and current events, sharpened by a snarky, clever, punning or witty headline.
† Penetrating Insights: Common knowledge, typically delivered with breathless earnestness by celebs or self-help publications.
† What A Heel!: Cads, oafs and politicians behaving badly.
† Goody Two Shoes: Holier-than-thou, politically correct types admonishing the rest of us while exempting themselves from their own standards of conduct. Also, examples of media hypocricy.
† If The Shoe Fits: Bone-headed, painfully obvious or overly specific advice on matters of health, wealth and life in general.
† In My Shoes: "Slice of life" stories. Also, how a particular event, issue, policy, vote, court decision, etc. affects a specific person or community.
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The Stiletto typically writes late at night, and may transpose letters in words or accidentally delete or duplicate a word or two when making quick edits by copying, cutting and pasting text. Alas, poofreading is not her strong suit.
Whenever typos, grammatical errors or outdated links are brought to The Stiletto's attention, she endeavors to make the necessary changes as soon as possible.
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READ MOREIs This One Of Those Jobs That “Americans Won’t Do?”
Part I: August 1, 2006
Part II: July 9,
2007
Part III: July 25, 2007
Part IV: December 21, 2007 (second item)
Part V: January 2, 2008 (last
item)
Part VI: March 10, 2008 (last item)
Part VII: March 12, 2008 (last item)
Part VIII: March 14, 2008 (fourth item)
Part IX: June 16, 2008 (second item)
Part X: August 15, 2008 (last
item)
Part XI: December 22, 2008 (last item)
Part XII: March 9,
2009
Part XIII: April 15, 2009 (third
item)
Is Obama Already A Lame Duck?
Part I: August 17,
2009
Part II: August 24, 2009 (second item)
Part III: August, 26 2009 (second item)
Part IV: August 28, 2009 (third item)
Part V: September 2, 2009 (third item)
Part VI: September 9, 2009 (fifth item)
Part VII: September 11, 2009
Part VIII: September 16, 2009 (second item)
Part IX: September 21, 2009 (third item)
Part X: September 23, 2009 (eighth item)
Part XI: September 30, 2009
Part XII: October 2, 2009 (second item)
Part XIII: October 5, 2009 (second item)
Part XIV: October 7, 2009 (second item)
Part XV: October 9, 2009
Part XVI: October 21, 2009
Part XVII: October 23, 2009 (third item)
Part XVIII: October 26, 2009 (sixth item)
Part XVIX: November 6, 2009 (second item)
Part XX: November 18, 2009
Part XXI: November 20, 2009
Part XXII: November 30, 2009
Part XXIII: December 7, 2009
Part XXIV: December 21, 2009 (fifth item)
Part XXV: December 23, 2009 (seventh item)
Part XXVI: December 28, 2009 (third item)
Part XXVII: December 30, 2009 (fifth item)
Part XXVIII: January 13, 2010 (third item)
The Definition Of Chutzpah
Part I: January 16, 2008 (second item)
Part II: November 19, 2008
Part III: November 21, 2008
Part IV: December 1, 2008
Part V : December 8, 2008
Part VI: December 12, 2008
Part VII: February 13, 2009 (last item)
10 Reasons Michelle Obama Should Be Proud – Really Proud – Of America (Actually, 20 Reasons)
1-11: February 22, 2008
12: November 24, 2008
13: December 1, 2008 (third item)
14: December 5, 2008 (fourth item)
15: December 8, 2008 (third item)
16: December 15, 2008 (fourth item)
17: December 24, 2008 (second item)
18: January 19, 2009 (last item)
19: February 2, 2009 (fourth item)
20: February 6, 2009 (last item)
(Um, Reasons 21-30)
21: February 20, 2009 (last item)
22: March 9, 2009 (fourth item)
23: March 23, 2009 (last
item)
24: April 6, 2009 (last
item)
25: April 27, 2009 (last
item)
26: May 29, 2009 (last item)
27: June1, 2009 (last item)
28: June 3, 2009 (last item)
29: June 5, 2009 (last item)
30: June 8, 2009 (last item)
(Reasons 31-40)
31: June 24, 2009 (last item)
32: June 29, 2009 (last item)
33: July 6, 2009 (last item)
34: July 8, 2009 (last item)
35: July 13, 2009 (last
item)
36: August 24, 2009 (last
item)
37: November 16, 2009 (last
item)
38: November 18, 2009 (last
item)
39: December 4, 2009 (last
item)
40: December 11, 2009 (last
item)
(Reasons 41-50)
41: December 14, 2009 (last item)
42: December 16, 2009 (last item)
43: December 18, 2009 (last
item)
44: December 21, 2009 (last
item)
45: December 23, 2009 (last
item)
46: December 28, 2009 (last
item)
47: December 30, 2009 (last
item)
48: January 4, 2010 (last
item)
49: January 6, 2010 (last
item)
50: January 13, 2010 (last
item)
Joseph Levine, 59, of Hewlett, NY, who was disbarred on June 26th, pleaded not guilty to felony grand larceny charges for allegedly depositing into his personal bank account a $300,000 insurance company settlement check from a personal injury client and for allegedly keeping a $10,000 down payment on a home from another client when the deal fell through. If convicted, he faces up to 15 years in prison.
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