December 19, 2008 – 8:35 am
So much surrender to choose from. Bailout-palooza. Dems in a froth over a change in Barry’s Iraq 16 month pullout plan. Dems in a froth over Barry wanting to shift troops to Afghanistan. Dems in a froth over Barry’s political appointments. And so much more. Yet, here we have a quiet surrender, from the New […]
December 18, 2008 – 3:09 pm
Will Webster’s be updating their entry for change to “doing things the same old way?” A second Emanuel is heading for the White House. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, a prominent bioethicist at the National Institutes of Health–and the brother of incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel–will serve as a senior counselor at the White […]
December 18, 2008 – 10:07 am
Like, you know, totally, like, you know, cool! Consumers will be shielded from increases in interest rates on existing account balances on their credit cards under new rules being adopted by federal regulators. The changes will allow credit card companies to raise interest rates only on new credit cards and future purchases or advances, rather […]
December 18, 2008 – 9:51 am
I guess we are now looking at the Climaysterics using Christmas as an excuse to push their silly agenda. Funnily, the people who Believe in AGW are usually the same folks who bitch about Christmas decorations and such being in the public eye. Let’s start with the Christmas trees North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler and […]
December 18, 2008 – 7:55 am
The spirit of Christmas When Tina Wood took her children to visit Santa at the Port Charlotte Town Center mall in November, she never thought the experience would bring her to tears. After asking for the games Hungry Hungry Hippos and Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, 3-year-old Aidan asked for something that shocked […]
December 17, 2008 – 6:25 pm
What do you want first? Well, since you can’t actually answer me till I post this sucker, let’s see a little follow up to the earlier post about old Newt (I got better. Please tell me I don’t have to explain) Republicans Revolt on RNC’s Obama-Blago Strategy by Chris Cillizza Must be lots of them, […]
December 17, 2008 – 9:51 am
The buildup Just off the crowded central market in Old Damascus, a sales assistant called Mahmoud is giving me my first introduction into an unusual Syrian speciality – musical knickers. The garments come in many different shapes and colours, and play little tunes – or other extraneous noises like telephone ringtones – all made by […]
December 17, 2008 – 9:46 am
Usually, these stories tend to focus on Christmas haters doing Christmas hating things. Not today (well, not yet today, anyhow.) Let’s start with how you can help The Marines have been making children’s Christmas dreams come true for nearly 60 years, but the corps may be seeing fewer smiles this year. With demand up due […]
December 17, 2008 – 9:44 am
For those who haven’t seen Newt’s letter I was saddened to learn that at a time of national trial, when a president-elect is preparing to take office in the midst of the worst financial crisis in over seventy years, that the Republican National Committee is engaged in the sort of negative, attack politics that the […]
December 16, 2008 – 11:54 pm
Leave it to The Sun, the cheekiest paper in the world This year’s been packed with crackers to feast our eyes on. Page 3 beauties grabbed the headlines as usual. Nicola McLean became a star for her bra-vura turn on I’m A Celeb and Keeley was voted sexiest woman on the planet in a US […]
