Monthly Archives: February 2011

Bad News: Breast Milk Ice Cream Seized Over Safety Concerns

Considering the state of British food, they have to be really, really worried A restaurant which put breast milk ice cream on sale have had their supplies seized by council officials amid fears it is unsafe. The Baby Gaga ice cream will now undergo tests to see if it is safe for adult consumption. Viruses, […]

Law Of Unintended Consequences Hits Liberal Low Flow Toilets

Remember, in Liberal World, it is all about intentions, not outcomes Have a gripe, Someone needs to do something Pass a law based on feelings Unintended shit happens And, by “shit”, well, um, San Francisco’s big push for low-flow toilets has turned into a multimillion-dollar plumbing stink. Skimping on toilet water has resulted in more […]

Paul Krugman: There’s A “Virtual Blackout” On Wisconsin News Coverage

No, seriously, and it gives him “That Iraq Feeling” I don’t watch cable news, or actually any kind of TV news. But I gather that there’s a virtual blackout on the huge demonstrations in Wisconsin, except on Fox, which portrays them as thuggish and violent. So, wait, wait, he doesn’t watch any TV news, yet, […]

Snap! Bill Gates Provides $70 Million For Food Security Against….Climate Change!

But, he isn’t giving the money away, oh, no, he is “investing” it as a way to save Mankind! The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced that it is investing $70 million into food security initiatives in order to battle one of climate change’s looming threats–catastrophic food shortages. The United Kingdom Department for International […]

Wisconisin Protesters Allowed To Continue To Pollute Capital Building

It must smell horrible in there So much for quickly returning to normal business hours at the state Capitol. Faced with several hundred drum-beating, dancing and chanting demonstrators who refused to leave the state Capitol after the doors were shut at 4 p.m. Sunday, police decided to let the crowd spend the night and continue […]

Herman Cain Big Winner Of Tea Party Straw Poll

There are several reason why I like Herman Cain to be the 2012 GOP nominee. He’s conservative, he’s brilliant, he’s well spoken, he is not an apologist, and he will stand by his principles. Oh, and he has real world experience. Which Republican should become the next president? Herman Cain, according to a number of […]

Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Happy Sunday! Another gorgeous day in America, time to start thinking about red-heads on the beach. Who cares it they have trouble tanning? Those freckles are adorable! This pinup is by Howard Connolly, with a wee bit of help. What is happening in Ye Old Blogosphere? The Fine 15 How’d that 50 state moron.org protest […]

With All This Global Warming Induced Cold, Check Your Car For Rats

Let’s go with something a little more light hearted this Sunday morning, unless, that is, you yourself have had this problem, causing you to be late to work, and then you can blame yourself for driving a fossil fueled vehicle which creates cold weather due to greenhouse gases or something When the weather turns cold, […]

Globull Warming Cold Gulf Water Killing Baby Dolphins?

Jesse Zimmerman’s hat reports breathlessly at Grist Well HERE’S some cheerful news for your Friday afternoon: Dozens of dead baby dolphins have been washing ashore in the Gulf of Mexico, along Mississippi and Alabama coastlines. Crap. Well, I’ll agree with that sentiment. The timing seems pretty suspicious — the BP oil spill happened around the […]

AFT Head Wants To Shorten Time It Takes Tof Fire Incompetent Teachers

But, don’t forget, this is all for the children On Thursday, the head of the largest national teachers union responded to the continued criticism by offering a major concession, a proposal to make it easier and faster to fire even tenured teachers who are not making the grade. “Under the proposal, a teacher deemed ‘unsatisfactory’ […]

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