And Now For the News...

[jamiebk]

and I believe that he was right to do so...

[Giant Communist Robot]

and I believe that he was right to do so...

Brown is full of surprises. I've always admired his intellect, but when he was elected I thought he would apply the party doctrine to the problem and just raise taxes. Instead he seems to be working on a new type of solution.

[jamiebk]

and I believe that he was right to do so...

Brown is full of surprises. I've always admired his intellect, but when he was elected I thought he would apply the party doctrine to the problem and just raise taxes. Instead he seems to be working on a new type of solution.

Perhaps wisdom comes with age. At this point he is his own man. He's not cultivating a political career and is really not beholding to anyone. I believe that he is just trying to fix the state. I hope he does.

[Haggis@wk]

Asking people to sign a petition to ban “job-killing” ATM machines:

“When we went out on the street and started asking people to sign a petition to ban ATM machines, we expected most of them to call us crazy or to simply ignore us. But in Barack Obama’s America, banning cash machines as economic stimulus actually seems like a fairly reasonable idea to many folks.”

Proof we are not getting value for our education dollars....we are so screwed.

[piqaboo]

Boy Dies After Eating Poisoned Cookies He Was Asked To Deliver To Intended Victims

"out of hand" the article says. Uhm, yeah. Poisoning your rivals is that, and then some.

And another reason to teach one's children not to steal, tho I expect the parents of the intended victims are grateful for the boy's bad manners.
His poor family.

[Giant Communist Robot]

Japanese scientists create meat from feces They're already mutating because of that high radiation

[Haggis@wk]

Not much media coverage, but the Thomas James Ball courthouse-steps immolation story is still getting lots of blog attention and appears to be creating a lot of viral forwarded-email traffic.

Late last week, Thomas James Ball reached his breaking point. Driven to desperation by a system that bankrupted him and destroyed his family, Ball walked up to the main door of the Keene County, New Hampshire courthouse, doused himself with gasoline, and lit himself ablaze.

Hardly anyone seems to have noticed.

[Haggis@wk]

Hillary to congressional Libya critics: Whose side are you on?

Not only is that a direct quote, the State Department actually chose it as the video highlight from her presser yesterday in Jamaica.

This is really just the cherry on top of the sundae that is our Libya mission, isn’t it? First, the guy who became famous for opposing “dumb wars” launches a new mission in Libya. Then he fights tooth and nail to avoid getting congressional approval, going so far as to ignore his own lawyers as to whether operations there are legal. Then his own secretary of state — who spent years trying to make amends to the anti-war crowd for voting to invade Iraq — turns around and kinda sorta questions the loyalty of administration critics.

I yearn for the old days when dissent was patriotic.

[Giant Communist Robot]

Had he gone to Congress and asked would they have told him no? As political theater, would Congress want to appear to condone Gadaffi's regime?

[Shapley]

Methinks they would have authorized it, after a bit of political theatre. Today's vote which failed to defund it is evidence of that.

[Haggis@wk]

Methinks they would have authorized it, after a bit of political theatre. Today's vote which failed to defund it is evidence of that.

No doubt, they are still afraid to directly dispute with him for the fear they will be labeled racist; and they would.

[jamiebk]

Hillary to congressional Libya critics: Whose side are you on?

Not only is that a direct quote, the State Department actually chose it as the video highlight from her presser yesterday in Jamaica.

This is really just the cherry on top of the sundae that is our Libya mission, isn’t it? First, the guy who became famous for opposing “dumb wars” launches a new mission in Libya. Then he fights tooth and nail to avoid getting congressional approval, going so far as to ignore his own lawyers as to whether operations there are legal. Then his own secretary of state — who spent years trying to make amends to the anti-war crowd for voting to invade Iraq — turns around and kinda sorta questions the loyalty of administration critics.

I yearn for the old days when dissent was patriotic.

Pot calling kettle black....Mr Bush started the "Iraq war"...totally unnecessary and totally expensive.

[Haggis@wk]

Pot calling kettle black....Mr Bush started the "Iraq war"...totally unnecessary and totally expensive.

Regardless of your opinion Bush still went to Congress and got approval. Mr. Obama ignored Congress at, in my opinion, his own peril. I personally want Ghadafi out, I would love to take my wife to a free and open Libya but God forbid that U.S. service men and women get killed to achieve that result, it's just not worth it.

[Shapley]

China Builds Bridges With U.S.

''I don't think the US fabrication industry could put a project like this together,'' the project director for the American Bridge/Fluor Enterprises joint venture, Brian Petersen, said.

''Most US companies don't have these types of warehouses, equipment or the cash flow,'' he said. ''The Chinese load the ships and it's their ships that deliver to our piers.''

[Shapley]

Newsweek apparently longs for the days when Princess Diana was around to be in the news, and Newsweek had circulation. They photoshopped her onto this week's cover since, apparently, Kate isn't newsworthy enough on her own...

[Haggis@wk]

Proving once again that God has a sense of irony

ONONDAGA, N.Y. (AP) — A man riding bareheaded on one of about 550 motorcycles in an anti-helmet law rally lost control of his cycle, went over his handlebars, hit his head on the pavement and died, police said Sunday.

The motorcyclist, 55-year-old Philip A. Contos, likely would have survived the accident if he'd been wearing a helmet, state troopers said.

[jamiebk]

Newsweek apparently longs for the days when Princess Diana was around to be in the news, and Newsweek had circulation. They photoshopped her onto this week's cover since, apparently, Kate isn't newsworthy enough on her own...

Is that for real??? If so, that seems sick to me.

[Haggis@wk]

Is that for real??? If so, that seems sick to me.

Yup. It's real. Did you notice that they even photoshopped her so she would appear to be older than Kate? They are really....well, "sick" was your word.

Oh, and don't forget that this is from a woman who thinks Sarah Palin is weird.

[Haggis@wk]

Titanic II sinks on maiden voyage

"...a three hour" keeps ringing in my head!!!

[Shapley]

He'll name his next boat 'Lusitania'...