Monthly Archives: July 2008

Widget Logic!

Hey, a very interesting plugin for those of you who use WordPress Widgets. It is called Widget Logic, and what it allows you to do is specify where your widgets will show up. I was considering using Widgets instead of HTML’ing the sidebar stuff everytime I change a theme, but, if you notice, there is […]

The Man With The Iron Heart

I’m not really one for doing reviews, particularly book reviews. Typically, I will dive into a new book before I can even get around to writing a review, but, I have found the new book by Harry Turtledove, The Man With The Iron Heart, rather interesting. Via Amazon What if V-E Day didn’t end World […]

Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Happy Sunday. It’s looking just fine here in America. This pinup is by Gil Elvgren, with a wee bit of help. What is happening in ye olde blogosphere? Tigerhawk is covering the story about Muslim students backing honor killings The Other McCain is covering the story about Edwards that apparently only the British MSM will […]

Mahdi Army’s Power Much Reduced

Usually, I start this type of story out with “I bet you think this was found in the Credentialed Media” or “I wonder if the CM will cover this,” or something to that effect, and the story comes from a source such as Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this case, THE main newspaper component of the Credentialed Media, […]

WordPress 2.6 Helper

No, I have not upgraded to 2.6 yet. 2.5.1 is working fine, but, a little hint regarding 2.6. If you upgrade, and cannot log in to the admin panel, and are getting a message that says “please log in again,” go to your actual webpage, and log out of it. Then, go and try and […]

Save The Great Whites! California Bans Trans Fats

Can’t a shark get a break? There are only so many seals to go around, and the Porkers (Aussie for Great White), need a rich, fatty diet to survive. If they die out, no one will be able to blame it on anthropogenic global warming! (via that Hot Air headlines thingy) California, a national trendsetter […]

AGW Today: Lettuce Bikini’s, Travel Sites, My View

Good news for those of you in Santa Fe Wearing nothing but strategically placed lettuce leaves, a pair of PETA’s Lettuce Ladies will hand out free Tofurky brand mock-turkey sandwiches and two free gallons of gas to the first 50 people at a Shell gas station in Santa Fe on Monday. PETA is “doing lunch” […]

Mac Attack: Audacity Of Hopelessness

While the article does end up attempting to make some dumb comparisons to the look of the McCain campaign to the Obama campaign during the past week, I can’t imagine that cBS/AP would have gone ahead with this piece just a few short months ago, which highlights the media’s diminishing love affair with Barry Republican […]

Vietraq Returns!

The Associated Press gives it the old college kindergarten try: Iraq War’s Price Tag Nears Vietnam’s The total cost of the Iraq war is approaching the Vietnam War’s expense, a congressional report estimates, while spending for military operations after 9/11 has exceeded it. The new report by the Congressional Research Service estimates the U.S. has […]

Moonbats R Us Tonight

From the Reality Based Community A petition to send former White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove to jail over refusing a subpoena to testify before a House committee has gained over 100,000 signatures, according to the group promoting the petition. Filmaker Robert Greenwald’s Brave New Films and netroots activists have pushed for the […]

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