Monthly Archives: February 2010

Super Bowl!

I’m taking the Saints by 3 in a high scoring affair. What ya got?

Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Happy Sunday! A great, though rather white in the Mid Atlantic states, day in America. This pinup is by Edward Runci, with a wee bit of help. What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15 The Lonely Conservative points out that it is way past time to move on from the Obama birth […]

Frank Rich Calls The Right Bigots For Failing To Discuss DADT

Remember when Obama called for the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell? Remember how it was discussed briefly, then most moved on? Yeah, us folks on the right are bigots because we didn’t discuss it enough, says Frank Rich: Smoke the Bigots Out of the Closet A funny thing happened after Adm. Mike Mullen called […]

White House Press Corps Obviously Didn’t Get The Memo That A Blizzard Is Dangerous

Heck, even the postal service shut down for this monster storm, but, alas, the press corps had to follow Obama around, and are whining about the danger Photographers in the White House press corps experienced two dangerous moments on Saturday while covering President Barack Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Committee’s Winter Meeting. Reporters ventured […]

Fail Saturday (20 Images)

AGW Today: Alaskan Glacier Melt Overestimated? The H*ll You Say!

Shocking! And, by “shocking,” I mean that you are saying “they messed up the science over the past 40 years again? Yawn. Color me unsurprised” Glaciologists at the Laboratory for Space Studies in Geophysics and Oceanography (LEGOS — CNRS/CNES/IRD/Université Toulouse 3) and their US and Canadian colleagues (1) have shown that previous studies have largely […]

Narcissist In Chief Mentions Letter That Supporter Wanted To Be Buried In Obama T-shirt

When people say that when Obama speaks it is all about Obama, they could be on to something. Via Byron York Yes, those are the words of the president, last night at the Democratic National Committee fundraiser in Washington. After listing his administration’s accomplishments and vowing that “our most urgent task is job creation,” Obama […]

Sheesh. Now We Have To Take The TEA Party Movement Back, Too

Hey, uh, folks out at the TEA Party in Nashville? You. Are. Not. Helping. They will proudly boast of how they have galvanised ordinary Americans against runaway government spending, but a dark underbelly of xenophobia has been exposed at the first national gathering of the Tea Party movement. Here in the vast Gaylord resort in […]

Aside: Emergency Eye Candy

This ain’t Hell: Emergency Eye Candy

Pakistani Ambassador Rejected Because He Is The Biggest Dick

Funny stuff from the Middle East A high level Pakistani diplomat has been rejected as Ambassador of Saudi Arabia because his name, Akbar Zib, equates to “Biggest Dick” in Arabic. Saudi officials, apparently overwhelmed by the idea of the name, put their foot down and gave the idea of his being posted there, the kibosh. […]

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