January 20, 2011 – 3:09 pm
A pre-Friday dose of stupid The Governors Highway Safety Association says pedestrian deaths increased in the first half of 2010 and the First Lady’s program to get Americans to be more active could be partly responsible. Governors Highway Safety Administration spokesman Jonathan Adkins told 630 WMAL that Michelle Obama is “trying to get us to […]
January 18, 2011 – 12:38 pm
This is an exercise in How Government Works. And funny Sal goes to court Boston resident Sal Esposito has been called to jury duty, but there’s one thing standing in the way of his ability to serve: He’s a cat. Massachusetts couple Anna and Guy Esposito received a jury duty summons for their feline friend […]
January 18, 2011 – 9:00 am
I’m so excited. This is something we have all been dying for! Welcome to TreeShagger, our new column on green dating. If you’ve got dating issues you want us to address in future columns, drop us a line. Um, TreeShagger? Seriously? You’re having sex with trees? No one knows what tempeh is. Seriously. Except for […]
December 24, 2010 – 10:46 am
Mary Jo Kopenchne is unavailable for comment The late Sen. Edward Kennedy’s dog, Splash, who was the star of a children’s book about Capitol Hill, has died. Kennedy’s widow, Vicki, announced his death in an e-mail Thursday. She calls the 13-year-old Portuguese water dog “a world-class fetcher of tennis balls and a meeter and greeter […]
December 17, 2010 – 4:22 pm
Damn, I dated myself a bit with that reference. Anyhow, the latest on Obama’s smart diplomacy WASHINGTON: The US government said Wednesday it will send US dance companies in 2012 to east and south central Asia as well as to the Middle East and Africa to act as American cultural ambassadors. “Tours are slated to […]
November 26, 2010 – 7:48 am
Perhaps there is a reason that bills should be read and thoroughly examined prior to putting them up for a vote? Partisan tensions on Capitol Hill are delaying efforts to fix an error in the federal health care law that could cost Children’s Hospital Boston and others like it millions of dollars in added drug […]
November 22, 2010 – 9:41 pm
Well, I was going to post a sexy video of Anne Hathaway to propagate the Rule 5 war with RS McCain, alas, my customer hit a deer during a test drive, so, I’m stuck waiting for the cops so we can file a report for insurance purposes. Sigh. Was a nice GTO, too. Just minor […]
November 21, 2010 – 9:11 am
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 […]
October 31, 2010 – 7:56 pm
Hey, Katie, 411, there’s a midterm election in just two days, in which the policies of your Messiah will be repudiated. You might want to pay attention. Then again, maybe that’s what this “investigation” is about (?) Clint Eastwood has made a new movie about the afterlife. Does he know anything about that? Katie Couric […]
September 24, 2010 – 10:36 am
Wait for it….. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) asked comedian Stephen Colbert to excuse himself from a subcommittee hearing on Friday. Conyers, during opening statements at a hearing of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law, asked Colbert to submit his statement for the record and leave the […]
