Category: General
Dems Excited about Climate Change. Everyone Else, Not So Much.
Isn’t it just like the Democrats to be all excited about boarding a sinking ship? John Kerry is all fired up about having the United States finally lead the charge to save the planet from manmade global warming. “It’s a very exciting time. It’s a moment we have been waiting for, many of us, for [...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
I wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving today. Let’s all take a few minutes to find a solid dozen things for which we can be grateful. I’m sure that it won’t take us very long to do that. We live in an incredible country that gives us an unprecedented [...]
Now You, Too, Can Be in on Your Favorite Geek’s Jokes
Geeks of the World, rejoice! Actually, Friends and Families of all the Geeks of the World, rejoice! Thanks to the wonderful men of Monty Python who launched their own official YouTube channel, you can now figure out what in the hell they’ve been giggling about for all these years. They of course already have their [...]
You’re Darned Right I Am Joe
Dave Burge has the right of it. Politicians — Sarah Palin, Bill Clinton, et al. — obviously have to put up with some rude, nasty shit, but it’s right there in the jobs description. Joe the Plumber is different. He was a guy tossing a football with his kid in the front yard of his [...]
New York Times: It’s the Government’s Fault that ACORN is a Fraud Machine.
Lord, what a bunch of whiners New York Times editorial board has become. Friday’s editorial, ostensibly about ACORN and why the rampant voter fraud that we know has been occurring is really no big deal, closes with what the board thinks is the real scandal. Our government isn’t babying us enough. Meanwhile, Republicans aren’t saying [...]
What Hank Paulson’s Admiration? What is That Which Brings Him Joy?
I wonder who Hank Paulson had in mind to bludgeon with his baseball bat at this meeting?* WASHINGTON — The chief executives of the nine largest banks in the United States trooped into a gilded conference room at the Treasury Department at 3 p.m. Monday. To their astonishment, they were each handed a one-page document [...]
Caps Drop the Season Opener – Give Up Seven in Hotlanta.
The good news from the Capitals’ season-opener and tonight is that they have more than enough offense to come back from three goals down. The bad news is that they couldn’t do it twice. The Capitals, playing on the team’s 34th anniversary, fell behind to the Atlanta Thrashers 3-0 and 4-1 before tying it in [...]
Global Warming Can Save Us All…Kind Of…
Hey, you know what could really help this financial mess we’re in? Spending lots and lots of government money on climate change! “Skyrocketing energy prices and the financial crisis have been a wake-up call that something’s got to change,” said Cathy Zoi, chief executive officer of the Alliance for Climate Protection, which is chaired by [...]
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