toledoblade.com
Seems the Ohio GOP took the advice of one of their biggest fund raisers and let him manage $50 million in state money. He invested it in rare coins. Yeah you read that right rare coins. Now if that doesn't seem like a solid investment, I agree, but it gets better. 121 of the coins worth $650,000 are listed as "missing on stolen". Read the full story for details. But this is inside government asshatry at its best. Dems and reporters, smelling blood in the water, are circling looking for meat.
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Heh
"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. Among them are [a] few other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid."
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954
Monday, May 09, 2005
EarthCore: A Podcast Novel
EarthCore: A Podcast Novel
Not free as in speech, but free as in beer. Earthcore a no cost podcasted audio book from Scott Sigler.
Not free as in speech, but free as in beer. Earthcore a no cost podcasted audio book from Scott Sigler.
Why would expect them to get it right?
Captured Al-Qaeda kingpin is case of "mistaken identity" - Sunday Times - Times Online
Bushco has proven its incompetence over and over again. Why would I expect them to get it right? Hell why would I even expect to the truth if they did have the right answer?
Bushco has proven its incompetence over and over again. Why would I expect them to get it right? Hell why would I even expect to the truth if they did have the right answer?
Sunday, May 08, 2005
Thursday, May 05, 2005
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
More Sullivan
www.AndrewSullivan.com - Latest Posts:
"I do not believe that the last three centuries are best described as Jonah does as 'the great unraveling.' I see them as a great liberation, with horrendous dangers but also great promise. We've seen the new dangers - the evils of Nazism and Communism. But that doesn't mean the old dangers - theocracy and religious war - have abated. The war we are now fighting, after all, is a response to these old dangers, not the new ones (or, perhaps, a hideous fusion of the two). Amidst this confusion and diversity, conservatives should stick to what we have, not retrench to reactionary certainties that become more brittle as they become more vulnerable. What we have in Britain and America is a tradition of individual freedom, a spirit of free thought, and a Constitution that protects us from government tyranny. I think this is sturdy enough structure to keep us free. I'm surprised many conservatives have such little faith in it."
I don't agree but,
Michelle Malkin: THE WONKETTE-IZATION OF LAURA BUSH:
At least she's consistently prudish.
"Just put it to the other-shoe test: If it were Teresa Heinz Kerry standing up on the dais telling the same jokes, the conservative commentariat would be buzzing for the rest of the year about what a tasteless skank she is.
'Lighten up?' How about cleaning up? The First Lady resorting to cheap horse masturbation jokes is not much better than Whoopi Goldberg trafficking in dumb puns on the Bush family name. Unlike many Beltway and Manhattan commentators, I do not think the Wonkette-ization of the White House is a good thing."
At least she's consistently prudish.
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Burrito shuts down school
First Coast News | Strange & Unusual
I mean I've cleared indivdual classrooms, but that was /after/ consuming the burrito.
I mean I've cleared indivdual classrooms, but that was /after/ consuming the burrito.
Makes sense.
Jack the Ripper may have been itinerant sailor
Not much to go on really, but a surgeons mate or a butcher from a ship would have the experience with the knife. Being out of the country would explain the long gaps between killings, but none of it really explains the literate nature of the letters the killer sent to the police. Seaman, for the most part, not having time to get too literate, though by the 1890's that may have been changing, I dunno.
Interesting theory.
Not much to go on really, but a surgeons mate or a butcher from a ship would have the experience with the knife. Being out of the country would explain the long gaps between killings, but none of it really explains the literate nature of the letters the killer sent to the police. Seaman, for the most part, not having time to get too literate, though by the 1890's that may have been changing, I dunno.
Interesting theory.
Ignore the wingnut ads
Christina Hoff Sommers on The Penis Monologues on National Review Online
And take the point of the article. How can Vagina Day be good and Penis Day be bad?
And take the point of the article. How can Vagina Day be good and Penis Day be bad?
Good idea.
The Time Traveler Convention - May 7, 2005
It's not where you have your time travelers convention, it's when. Take out a classified in your paper of record. All we need is some 29th century time travelling historian to see it, and they go back to MIT on 5/7/2005.
It's not where you have your time travelers convention, it's when. Take out a classified in your paper of record. All we need is some 29th century time travelling historian to see it, and they go back to MIT on 5/7/2005.
Monday, May 02, 2005
This is Anfield Report
BBC SPORT | Football | Europe | Benitez predicts Liverpool glory
For my buddy evild. Good luck and never walk alone.
For my buddy evild. Good luck and never walk alone.
The Revolution will be televised.
Boing Boing: Ukranian TV sign-language lady blew whistle on crooked vote
But it won't be available on the radio. I think Snopes better have a look at that before I believe it but, if true, cool.
But it won't be available on the radio. I think Snopes better have a look at that before I believe it but, if true, cool.
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