Monthly Archives: December 2008

NY Times: Were Those Mumbai Folks Really Terrorists?

Only in the liberal MSM, and particularly the New York Times, can they have debates on what to call terrorists and whether they are actually terrorists WHEN 10 young men in an inflatable lifeboat came ashore in Mumbai last month and went on a rampage with machine guns and grenades, taking hostages, setting fires and […]

Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Happy Sunday! It’s a gorgeous, but chilly, day in America. This pinup is by Gil Elvgren, with a wee bit of help from Patriotic Puppy. What is happening in ye olde blogosphere? Neptunus Lex tears Media Matters a new one The Mumbai terror probe is leading to…… The Counterterrorism blog has the answer What happens when […]

Today’s Box Score: Indians 23, Pirates 0

Couldn’t resist snagging that headline from FARK The Indian navy captured 23 pirates who threatened a merchant vessel Saturday in the lawless waters of the Gulf of Aden, where dozens of ships have come under attack by gunmen in recent months. The pirates were from Somalia and Yemen, two countries on the coast of the […]

Climate Change Bad For “The Poor”

Will this be the new meme to push governments to deal with AGW? Climate Change ‘hits poor hardest’ Sir David Attenborough and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have called on world leaders to do more to protect the poor from the devastating effects of climate change. The two were among 19 signatories of a letter to The Times […]

A Men’s Guide To Buying Lingerie

Of course, you should have probably already done this by this time of the day, guys, but, hey, there is always tomorrow Men see lingerie as gift-wrapping for a shag; women generally want something more lasting than a one-night lingerie stand. No wonder expensive mistakes happen. Many men have trouble equating the scanty thing on […]

Thought On Blago And Barry’s Birth Certificate

Just a thought: why is it OK for all sorts of Conservative pundits to engage in theories about “what did Obama and his staff know and when did they know it?”, but, when other Conservatives want to know about Obama’s birth certificate and eligibility to serve as president, vis a vis “natural born,” we are branded […]

Playboy Gets Into The Christmas Spirit

And manages to really tick off an enormous amount of people in Mexico, and now that they know about it, the world. Good job, Playboy! PLAYBOY has got into the Christmas spirit – by putting the Virgin Mary NUDE on its cover. The controversial mag’s latest festive offering is sure to kick up a storm […]

Old Tear Gas Used In Greece: Poor Rioting Babies

Say, have you heard about all the rioting that has been going on in Greece? Thousands of Greek protesters clashed with riot police yet again in Athens today, as police started to run out of tear gas after battling rioters day and night for a whole week. Police sources said their riot squads had fired […]

Taxpayers Furious Over Mortgage Bailouts. Ya Think?

I’m probably not being fair to CNN for putting this story in the “Um, DUH!” category and making fun of their headline, since I am amazed that they would actually publish the story, but, DUH! The story is from the 5th, but, still relevant Ask most Americans whether they’re in favor of spending taxpayer dollars […]

10 Silver Stars For Green Berets

I’m frinkin’ amazed that the story even made the MSM, quite frankly. Check this out After jumping out of helicopters at daybreak onto jagged, ice-covered rocks and into water at an altitude of 10,000 feet, the 12-man Special Forces team scrambled up the steep mountainside toward its target — an insurgent stronghold in northeast Afghanistan. […]

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