Monthly Archives: November 2007

NY Times: Sales Were Good, But Bad

Only from the lilly white tower of rich liberalism the Times inhabits could we get such a silly article Black Friday was big — but with a big caveat. With stores dangling steep discounts and consumers worried about the economy, retail sales surged on the day after Thanksgiving, yet the amount of money each shopper […]

Beer Monday: Richardson Loses It On Iraq

Welcome to Monday. The start of a new work week. Time to revolutionize outside the box, shift a few paradigms, and just generally get busy. How ’bout a beer? Bill Richardson really needs a beer. Or was drinking quite a few prior to ABC’s “This Week” “Progress shouldn’t be measured by casualty counts, body counts,” […]

Oh, Goody, Paris Is On Fire. Again

Well, I do not mean “goody” in a good way (from Pajamas Media via Michelle M) Fires are raging in the banlieue tonight. Two boys aged 15 and 16 riding on a mini-motorcycle (prohibited on the road) hit a police car this afternoon in Villiers-le-Bel. The boys, who weren’t wearing helmets, were killed. Hundreds of […]

Nasty Lack Of Private Jet Parking In Bali

More from the “do as I say not as I do” crowd (h/t to Blue Star Chronicles, story originally from Newsbusters) (Bali Discovery Tours) Tempo Interaktif reports that Angkasa Pura – the management of Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport are concerned that the large number of additional private charter flights expected in Bali during the […]

2/3 Of Americans Polled Are Idiots

Seriously, what else does this poll by Scripps tell us? Nearly two-thirds of Americans think it is possible that some federal officials had specific warnings of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, but chose to ignore those warnings, according to a Scripps Howard News Service/Ohio University poll. A national survey […]

Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Happy Sunday! It is another great day in the U.S.A., albeit a bit rainy in Raleigh and the Eastern half of the country. Lord knows we need it. This pinup is by Rolf Armstrong, with a bit of help. It’s rather modest compared to a lot of the pinups out there, but, I kinda like […]

News Saturday

Black Friday a good day to be a plumber The day after Thanksgiving is by far the busiest day of the year for Roto-Rooter and other plumbing companies as garbage disposals and plumbing gets overwhelmed with the remains of our national feast. “It’s definitely the biggest day of the year for us,” said David Wright, […]

Border Patrol Agents Upset Over Slow Indictment

And they have good cause to be Two U.S. Border Patrol agents were indicted two months after shooting a drug-smuggling suspect as he fled back into Mexico, but it took the Justice Department more than two years to bring charges against the suspect, and the head of the National Border Patrol Council wants to know […]

Bombing In Baghdad: Gray Lady Giddy

The libs at the New York Times are positively giddy of over the latest bombing in Iraq. Headline, page A1, top right: Market Bomb Ends Lull for Baghdad Tells the story, eh? Last Friday, the Ghazil animal market was a crowded bazaar in a city willing itself into recovery. Cautious but hopeful parents led fun-starved […]

The Christmas Song

Yeah, that was pretty bad. Trackposted to Blog @ MoreWhat.com, Perri Nelson’s Website, Is It Just Me?, 123beta, Right Truth, Stix Blog, Stuck On Stupid, The Bullwinkle Blog, Cao’s Blog, Big Dog’s Weblog, Phastidio.net, Chuck Adkins, Conservative Cat, Adeline and Hazel, Woman Honor Thyself, The Uncooperative Radio Show!, The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns, The […]

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