Monthly Archives: November 2010

I’ll Raise RS McCain’s Ann Hathaway With Natalie Portman In A Thong

Ann Hathaway likes showing skin. So does Natalie Portman Natalie Portman’s nude backside appears to be worth fighting for. The red band (i.e. Not Safe For Work) trailer for the medieval comedy “Your Highness” has been released, which has the 29-year-old actress showing off her naked backside in a thong as stars James Franco and […]

Sometimes The Actual Content Doesn’t Matter. Or Make Sense

That is, when you read from a Scottish newspaper: “Laggravation over laundry” Around 500 lags at HMP Glenochil refused to attend work or classes yesterday after perverts were allowed to handle their smalls. Instead they stayed in their cells after breakfast. And at lunchtime, warders were forced to serve up the food themselves and clear […]

Biden: Junk Grabbing Necessary, ACLU Still Missing, Plus Motivator

Don’t you simply love when people who aren’t going to be go through the same experiences the average Joe will expound and tell us how necessary the measures are? Vice President Joe Biden is defending the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) controversial new pat-down technique, calling it a “necessary policy.” Biden acknowledged people have concerns that […]

Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Happy Sunday! Yet another gorgeous day in America, a great day for a bike ride. Unless you are in Minnesota, where they are expecting freezing rain today (and the coldest Thanksgiving since 1985, and a maybe a blizzard Wed). But, hey, you Minnesotans are tough. This pinup is by Harry Ekman, with a wee bit […]

Oh, Snap! ObamaCare Could Reduce Competition And Raise Costs (Part 2,467)

Seriously, who could have foreseen this coming? When Congress passed the health care law, it envisioned doctors and hospitals joining forces, coordinating care and holding down costs, with the prospect of earning government bonuses for controlling costs. And they would all join hands, sing kumbaya, and have a unicorn smoothie (Coke will soon be taxed […]

Unicorns Are Missing In NYC – Has Anyone Called Obama?

You simply know that these folks must be Obama voters’ Typically, missing-animal posters encourage one to wonder: Have I ever seen that creature? In the case of one “missing” poster seen on the Upper West Side in New York earlier this month, the lost animal was not a puppy or someone’s cat. It was a […]

What’s Your Political News Score?

Take the Pew Political News IQ Quiz. I got…. 10 questions correct, which put me above 96% of the respondents. Would have gotten 1 more, but, apparently I picked something else instead of Android, which is a question I knew. Hmph.

Scientists Warn That Man Made Global Warming Causes Everything

Sigh Hungry polar bears gathering along the tundra, twice as many record-breaking temperatures and stronger hurricanes are among the latest signs of climate change, scientists say. And we can expect more rain, more drought and fiercer storms in the future if the world continues on its fossil-fuel gobbling track, they told reporters on a conference […]

Fred Upton Saying All The Right Things About Energy

You remember Fred, right? He’s the Republican that pushed through legislation to ban most incandescent light bulbs. Now, though Rep. Fred Upton told E2 Thursday that he would not steer a sweeping energy measure through the panel if he becomes chairman. 

That would be a sharp contrast to current Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), who moved […]

COICA Bill Passes Senate Judiciary Committee – A Good Idea Gone Government

The setup U.S. agencies and officials would get new powers to go after foreign websites that sell counterfeit goods and pirated music, movies and books under a bill passed on Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill, which supporters hope will set the stage for action next year, targets “rogue websites” in countries such […]

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