Monthly Archives: October 2009

Oh, Good. UN Sending Human Rights Investigators To U.S.

If only we had a President who would tell the folks at the United Nations to piss off Everybody knows New York City is an expensive place to live. But the United Nations wants to know if affordable housing is so tough to come by that it actually violates human rights. Seriously? The United Nations […]

Monday Vampires (seems a good day for them) (23 Images)

AGW Today: Intolerance, Camp Outs, And Vegans

We all know that the Left loves to debate and give people their say, to listen to all points of view, right? Right? RIGHT? A POLITICAL row has broken out over a Derby Conservative councillor’s decision to show a climate change-sceptic film in the city’s council chamber. The new film, Not Evil Just Wrong, is […]

Democrats Seek Way To Take Over “Too Big To Fail” Companies

But, don’t say Democrats are socialist or anything Congress and the Obama administration are about to take up one of the most fundamental issues stemming from the near collapse of the financial system last year — how to deal with institutions that are so big that the government has no choice but to rescue them […]

Afghan’s Burn Obama In Effigy

What was that talking point about making the world love us? Hundreds of angry protesters in Afghanistan’s capital burned an effigy of President Obama on Sunday, acting on rumors that American troops had desecrated the Koran. U.S. military officials emphatically denied that any copies of the Muslim holy book had been mishandled, and they accused […]

Frankenstein’s Monster Sunday (20 Images)

Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Happy Sunday! Another gorgeous day in America. This pinup, which, surprisingly, I have never used, is by Baron von Lind, obviously. With a wee bit of help. This is, BTW, the 250th edition of the Sunday Patriotic Pinup! What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine Monsterous 15 Scary Barry Rubin reports that the […]

Grey Lady Notices Dem Health Plans Could Harm Americans

Back when Operation Iraqi Freedom was a big deal to the media such as the New York Times, especially the body counts and reports of a boot trooper doing something he shouldn’t have done, one used to be able to find stories of good news in the Saturday edition. I had a theory that none […]

Battlestar Galactica’s Grace Park And Tricia Helfer

Yum. Just in time for the new BSG from a Cylon point of view DVD (comes out October 27th, before being shown on TV). See the rest at Maxim. Speaking of hot Scifi babes, Maxim has the Top 17. And the 10 things women want in a man. If you want #6, you can’t have […]

Something’s Chasing Me!

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