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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.
The Stiletto is a news junkie (not in the Jason Leopold sense, mind you), and spends what free time she has speed-reading through several RSS feeds, online editions of dozens of newspapers; AP, UPI and Reuters newswires; a passel of online news, business and tech magazines; plus various Web sites and blogs devoted to political news and (mostly, but not exclusively, conservative) commentary.
The Stiletto enjoys thoughtful, well-researched, elegantly written exposition on the momentous issues of the day as much as the next person. But The Stiletto is a busy, busy girl and the next person isn’t writing this blog, so she likes to get to the thrust of the matter in a few quick strokes. When The Stiletto goes in for the kill, her MO is to dip her blade in acid before plunging it into her hapless victim: A snarky headline and/or incisive observation, and her work is done. In and out.
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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Here are examples of material in which The Stiletto is especially interested:
† 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)
Part XIV: March 10, 2010 (last
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)
Part XXVIX: January 22, 2010
Part XXX: January 27, 2010
Part XXXI: January 29, 2010
Part XXXII: February 8, 2010 (second item)
Part XXXIII: February 10, 2010
Part XXXIV: March 8, 2010 (seventh item)
Part XXXV: March 22, 2010
Part XXXVI: March 31, 2010 (third item)
Part XXXVII: April 14, 2010
Part XXXVIII: April 19, 2010 (third item)
Part XXXIX: April 23, 2010
Part XL: May 7, 2010
Part XLI: May 10, 2010 (third item)
Part XLII: May 19, 2010 (second item)
Part XLIII: May 24, 2010 (fifth item)
Part XLIV: May 28, 2010
Part XLV: June 2, 2010
Part XLVI: June 4, 2010
Part XLVII: June 18, 2010 (second item)
Part XLVIII: July 14, 2010
Part XLIX: July 28, 2010
Part L: August 8, 2010
Part LI: August 20, 2010 (fourth item)
Part LII: September 17, 2010 (second item)
Part LIII: September 22, 2010 (second item)
Part LIV: October 4, 2010 (first item)
Part LV: October 13, 2010 (eighth item)
Part LVI: October 25, 2010 (fifth item)
Part LVII: November 5, 2010 (second item)
Part LVIII: November 8, 2010 (ninth item)
Part LIX: November 10, 2010 (third item)
Part LX: November 12, 2010 (second item)
Part LXI: November 22, 2010 (fifth item)
Part LXII: December 3, 2010 (first item)
Part LXII: December 8, 2010 (first 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 (second item)
Part VIII: December
18, 2009
Part IX: May 24, 2010 (last item)
Part X: August 2,
2010 (second item)
Part
XI: August 4, 2010 (second item)
Part XII: August 25, 2010 (last item)
Part XIII: September 22, 2010 (last item)
We Fight Them Over There So We Don’t Have To Fight Them Over Here?
Part
I : September 11, 2006
Part
II : February 21, 2007 (second item)
Part
III : September 5, 2007 (last item)
Part
IV : October 21, 2009 (third item)
Part
V : December 7, 2009 (second item)
Part
VI : December 16, 2009 (second item)
Part
VII : March 26, 2010 (last item)
Part
VIII : May 26, 2010 (last item)
Part
IX : June 4, 2010 (third item)
Part
X : June 4, 2010 (third item)
Part
XI : June 7, 2010 (second item)
Part
XII : July 14, 2010 (first item)
Part
XIII : July 26, 2010 (second item)
Part
XIV : August 4, 2010 (first item)
Part
XV : October 25, 2010 (first item)
Part
XVI : October 27, 2010 (last item)
Part
XVII : October 30, 2010 (second 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: June 1, 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)
(Reasons 51-60)
51: January 18, 2010 (last item)
52: January 25, 2010 (last item)
53: January 27, 2010 (last item)
54: February 3, 2010 (last item)
55: February 5, 2010 (last item)
56: February 12, 2010 (last item)
57: February 22, 2010 (last item)
58: February 24, 2010 (last item)
59: February 26, 2010 (last item)
60: March 3, 2010 (last item)
(Reasons 61-70)
61: March 8, 2010 (last item)
62: March 10, 2010 (last item)
63: March 15, 2010 (last item)
64: March 17, 2010 (last item)
65: March 22, 2010 (last item)
66: March 26, 2010 (last item)
67: April 9, 2010 (last item)
68: April 14, 2010 (last item)
69: April 19, 2010 (last item)
70: April 21, 2010 (last item)
(Reasons 71-80)
71: April 23, 2010 (last item)
72: April 26, 2010 (last item)
73: May 5, 2010 (last item)
74: May 7, 2010 (last item)
75: May 10, 2010 (last item)
76: May 12, 2010 (last item)
77: June 2, 2010 (last item)
78: June 7, 2010 (last item)
79: June 9, 2010 (last item)
80: June 16, 2010 (last item)
(Reasons 81-90)
81: June 21, 2010 (last item)
82: June 24, 2010 (last item)
83: July 19, 2010 (last item)
84: July 21, 2010 (last item)
85: August 9, 2010 (last item)
86: August 13, 2010 (last item)
87: September 8, 2010 (last item)
88: September 17, 2010 (last item)
89: September 20, 2010 (last item)
90: October 6, 2010 (last item)
(Reasons 91-99)
91: October 8, 2010 (last item)
92: November 25, 2010 (last item)
93: November 29, 2010 (last item)
94: December 3, 2010 (last item)
95: December 27, 2010 (last item)
96: December 29, 2010 (last item)
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report warns that “car surfing” – riding on the roof of a moving vehicle – caused 58 deaths and 41 nonfatal injuries since 1990, reports Reuters. The deaths, which resulted mostly from head trauma, occurred when surfers fell off cars driving at speeds ranging from 5 to 80 mph. The CDC report said that car surfing injuries or deaths were reported in 31 states, mainly in Midwestern and Southern states.
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