Poisoned Pigeons Fall From Sky In Texarkana
“What’s God Like?” And Other Things
There’s a lot of interesting stuff in the recently released Baylor Religious Survey. This is supposedly the most extensive survey of religious attitudes in America. Specifically, the data examines such questions as: • Just how religious is America?• Do religious Americans favor any political party?• How do religious Americans feel about the Iraq war?• How does religious belief affect spending … Read More
From The WTF?!? Department
I’ve read the same paragraphs four times now, and I still can’t believe what I’m reading: WASHINGTON (AP) — Nonlethal weapons such as high-power microwave devices should be used on American citizens in crowd-control situations before they are used on the battlefield, the Air Force secretary said Tuesday. Domestic use would make it easier to avoid questions in the international … Read More
Quote Of The Day
Christopher Buckley (former speechwriter for Bush 41): Bob Woodward asked Bush 43 if he had consulted his father before invading Iraq. The son replied that he had consulted “a higher father.” That frisson you feel going up your spine is the realization that he meant it. And apparently the higher father said, “Go for it!” There are those of us … Read More
Oral Fixation
On Flickr, the photo-sharing website, some user named "toothpastery" is publishing photos of her toothpaste. Twice a day. Every day. Along with a description of the toothpaste. Apparently, it’s art. The profile of "toothpastery" (which identifies her real name as "Joanna") explains: For the most part, I’m probably just objectifying toothpaste in an unhealthy way. These images are methodically captured, … Read More
Bubba’s Country
Asheville is pretty hip, but the rest of western North Carolina is sometimes scary. Case in point: a youth sports association in Buncombe County decided to have a raffle to raise money. What’s scary about that? The prize. An Uzi submachine gun. Oy.
Okay, I Can Roll With This
Changes made to Monopoly: tokens miniature versions of a Toyota Prius hybrid car, an order of McDonald’s French fries, a New Balance running shoe, a cup of Starbucks coffee or a Motorola Razr cellphone Properties no longer based on Atlantic City streets; they now include real estate from Boston and Washington to Las Vegas and Hollywood The four railroads supplanted … Read More
New Rules
Rule #1: Babies born unto celebrities are not themselves celebrities. Rule #2: It is not "news" when a celebrity gives birth to a new baby. This is a normal occurance that happens everyday to hundreds of thousands of ordinary couples. The fact that it happened to someone who (arguably) sings does not make it "newsworthy". Rule #3: Britney Spears and … Read More
Bush Vows To Google Bin Laden
Satire at MSNBC: Sept. 12, 2006 – In a nationally televised speech today, President George W. Bush issued his most direct threat ever to Osama bin Laden, vowing to use the search engine Google to find the Al Qaeda terror leader. "Osama bin Laden, you can run, but you can’t hide," Bush said, with his trademark steely resolve. "Google will … Read More
Nathan Tabor on “Plan B”: Wrong Again
Nathan says: Planned Parenthood and other members of the abortion industry want to change the definition of pregnancy, claiming that pregnancy begins with implantation of a fertilized egg, rather than at fertilization — the point when the egg and the sperm unite. By altering the definition of pregnancy, Planned Parenthood officials can claim with a straight face that the morning-after … Read More
This Guy Went To Law School?
John Yoo, Bush’s chief legal advisor: "We are used to a peacetime system in which Congress enacts the laws, the president enforces them, and the courts interpret them. In wartime, the gravity shifts to the executive branch.” This is simply flat-out entirely 100% untrue. Our "system" is set out in the Constitution, and it’s the same "system" regardless of whether … Read More
On Bush’s Speech Last Night
This commentary in the New York Times nails it: Fending off the chaos that would almost certainly come with civil war would be a reason to stay the course, although it does not inspire the full-throated rhetoric about freedom that Mr. Bush offered last night. But the nation needs to hear a workable plan to stabilize a fractured, disintegrating country … Read More
Saddam: “We Will Crush Your Heads”
CNN: A Kurdish villager testified Tuesday that he fled an attack by Saddam Hussein’s forces 18 years ago, leaving behind his mother and two sisters. Years later, their identity cards were discovered in a mass grave, he said. "Congratulations! you are in a cage, Saddam," witness Ghafour Hassan Abdullah said as he stared at the ousted president. Hussein later lashed … Read More
My WTC Stories
[NOTE: John Dennis Levi Tribute here] Every New Yorker has a WTC connection. During my ten years in New York, I had many. My first encounter with the towers was actually in 1976. I was a teenager living in New Hampshire, but our family was visiting my uncle (who lived an hour upstate from NYC) so we could watch the … Read More