Here in the heart of the confederacy, we recently had a spate of vandalism where some cars in a rich neighborhood (one of the first PUDS) were spray painted. The miscreants stole the paint, along with some beer and a gun (not really part of the story as they either drank the beer or trashed it and did not use the gun) from a resident. Then they proceeded to spray paint some cars. They were caught and it turns out they were 13 and 15 and did it because of some restrictions on Skateboa...
"A Year Later, Arafat Mourners Are Subdued"--headline, New York Times, Nov. 11 And Francisco Franco is still dead. "When Experts Need Experts"--headline, New York Times, Nov. 10 Followup: When novices need novices. "CDC: More Flu Vaccine Should Ease Shortage"--headline, Associated Press, Nov. 10 And all the while I thought that more vaccine caused the shortage! Gorrrllleeeee! "Seventies Oatmeal Still Tastes OK"--headline, Wired News, Nov. 14 WHo wants ...
"A Year Later, Arafat Mourners Are Subdued"--headline, New York Times, Nov. 11 And Francisco Franco is still dead. "When Experts Need Experts"--headline, New York Times, Nov. 10 Followup: When novices need novices. "CDC: More Flu Vaccine Should Ease Shortage"--headline, Associated Press, Nov. 10 And all the while I thought that more vaccine caused the shortage! Gorrrllleeeee! "Seventies Oatmeal Still Tastes OK"--headline, Wired News, Nov. 14 WHo wants ...
Many of us like to joke about the French and their greatest military victories. And of late, there have been jokes about the French surrendering to the rioters that have been going on for over 2 weeks now. Except it is no longer a joke according to the AP! "Stop the Violence," read one banner draped on the Wall of Peace near the Eiffel Tower. Some of the 200 demonstrators _ a small turnout in protest-friendly France _ waved white flags. You read that right! A bunch of ...
Recently there has been a spate of "how could they" blogs that trashed working mothers. I know the intent was not to trash all of them, but in their zeal to demonstrate their anti-feminism, they caught a lot of innocent mothers as well. Including mine. Let me tell you about her. She was Valedictorian of her class. She would have gone to college except my aunt got polio, so the money was not there. She wound up marrying a loser. Had some kids (we are catholic, ...
Drudge is reporting that Howlin Howie Dean ducked a chance to appear with Ken Mehlman on Meet the Press. It seems in Howie's entire tenure as head of the DNC, he has yet to have a joint appearance with his Republican counter part, even though Terry McAuliffe did so 5 times. The allegation is that the 'handlers' of Howie do not want such a confrontation, only God knows why. Howie can stick his foot in his mouth without any help! And besides, seeing him getting verbally beat u...
Well, the Governor, (a darling of Time Magazine) has signed the IT outsourcing agreement with Northrup-Grumman (that was the non news since he initiated the bidding). But the story changes once again. At first it was 1200 then it went to 2400 then to 7000 people affected. The latest is now only about 900-950 that will be affected. The outsourcing has some really big plums (which makes me wonder how either Northrup is going to make money or the state is going to save money).&...
There is a case going through the Australian courts (not America this time) about a woman who was born blind and deaf, suing the doctor that failed to detect rubella in the mother 24 years ago. She is suing for wrongful life! Actually, she is not suing as the story states she is not only blind and deaf, but mentally retarded and spastic. So in actual fact, it is either some greedy lawyer or her parents (who cannot sue because the statute of limitations) that are in actual fact arg...
Yes! Not Woodward of Bernstein, but little old me! And it is insidious! Worse than you can imagine! And do you know who created this method? The Swedes! Those peace loving people! yea right! (They did invent dynamite too!). So who wants to know the method! I warn you now, those of the weak stomach, STOP READING! When we started preparing Gitmo for the terrorists, it had nothing! So the GIs built the cells. No big deal. Take some c...
Yes! Not Woodward of Bernstein, but little old me! And it is insidious! Worse than you can imagine! And do you know who created this method? The Swedes! Those peace loving people! yea right! (They did invent dynamite too!). So who wants to know the method! I warn you now, those of the weak stomach, STOP READING! When we started preparing Gitmo for the terrorists, it had nothing! So the GIs built the cells. No big deal. Take some c...
Hugo Chavez, the paranoid leader of Venezuela, is trying to piss off as many leaders as he can. IN the latest episode, he has insulted the Mexican President, and warned Vincente Fox to "not mess with me". This was precipitated by Fox and Mexico's support of a free trade zone for all the Americas, one that Chavez opposes. And in so doing, Chavez called Fox an American "puppy". The problem is that anyone with any degree of objectivity knows that to be completely false. ...
"Methodists Ask Court to Remove Judge in Suit"--headline, Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.), Nov. 9 Everyone knows, Judges are only supposed to wear robes! "Bombs: Thailand Vows Offensive"--headline, News24 (South Africa), Nov. 8 Bombs are usually offensive. "Turkey Hopes for Market Status"--headline, BBC Web site, Nov. 8 The giblets are demanding a separate lawyer. "Muslim Group Angered by Kirk"--headline, Chicago Tribune, Nov. 10 Guess they heard the star Trek Jok...
"Methodists Ask Court to Remove Judge in Suit"--headline, Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.), Nov. 9 Everyone knows, Judges are only supposed to wear robes! "Bombs: Thailand Vows Offensive"--headline, News24 (South Africa), Nov. 8 Bombs are usually offensive. "Turkey Hopes for Market Status"--headline, BBC Web site, Nov. 8 The giblets are demanding a separate lawyer. "Muslim Group Angered by Kirk"--headline, Chicago Tribune, Nov. 10 Guess they heard the star Trek Jok...
I recently penned an article where I opined that perhaps for cretins like the president of Iran, we need not use force, just circulate rumors. And those rumors would then incite their followers to kill them. Well, Al Qaeda has done me one better. They are actually following the president of Iran's advice and attacking fellow Muslims! Why? because there MAY have been (I understand that 1 American was among the dead) staying at the hotels they targeted. Instead, th...
Angela Merkel will be the new leader of Germany (long or short). She follows Margaret Thatcher, Gold Meir, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Indira Ghandi, Elisabeth Domitien, Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, Mary Eugenia Charles, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Milka Planinc, Benazir Bhutto, Kazimiera Danutë Prunskienë, Khaleda Zia, Edith Cresson, Hanna Suchocka, Kim Campbell, Tansu Çiller, Sylvie Kinigi, Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Chandrika Kumaratunga, Reneta Indzhova, Claudette Werleigh, Sheikh Hasina Wajed,...