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John McEnery IV can be found wandering around San Pedro Square.  His column appears on Fridays.  He can be reached at john@sanjoseinside.com.

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San Jose Invades Milpitas

Posted by John McEnery IV on Friday, August 15, 2008

Thousands of Milpitans Flee to Alviso

The Milpitas Post reported late Thursday that San Jose’s Honor Guard, backed by thousands of City Team peacekeepers and a bevy of Taiko drummers, invaded the small hamlet of Milpitas, resulting in several dangerous clashes with their loyal and brutal band of Minutemen left over from the city’s War of Independence in 1954.

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Bush Proposes Amber Alerts in Afghanistan

Posted by John McEnery IV on Friday, August 08, 2008

Says Galvanizing Searches Might Help Find Bin Laden

In a speech on Thursday in Beijing condemning China’s human rights record and it’s restrictions on internet access during the Olympic games (scooped on SanJoseInside.com last week), President Bush took an opportunity to address the “War on Terror” by proposing an Amber Alert system in the Middle East to help catch Osama Bin Laden.

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Metro Newspapers Angered Over Olympic Censorship

Posted by John McEnery IV on Friday, August 01, 2008

SanJoseInside.com Among Those Blocked By Chinese Gov’t

Angered over the Chinese Government’s decision to limit access to the internet, Metro Newspapers and its affiliates Metroactive, Metro Silicon Valley, SV411, SanJose.com and SanJoseInside.com have decided to vehemently protest the affront to free speech by staging what they are calling “venue-hugging” at certain sites used for Olympic events in and around Beijing.

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Sharks Hire Reggie Dunlap as Assistant Coach

Posted by John McEnery IV on Friday, July 25, 2008

Seen as a Move to Make Team “WNBA-Tough”

In a bold first move by new San Jose Sharks head coach Todd McLellan, the former player-coach of the Charlestown Chiefs, Reggie Dunlap, was hired as an assistant for what many in the NHL see as a fortitude-toughening measure to steel the men in teal for a run at the Stanley Cup and hockey legitimacy.

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Wife of Carlos the Peregrine Files For Divorce

Posted by John McEnery IV on Friday, July 18, 2008

Extra-nest Affairs and Eagle Envy Cited as Grounds

The wife of star falcon Carlos the Peregrine has filed for divorce in a Santa Clara County court on Thursday, citing alleged “extra-nest affairs” and “eagle envy” by her husband.

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