• Hot Off The Presses

    Abramoff And Africa

    November 18, 2005 - By 

    What with all the bad news for the administration, it’s easy to lose track. Let’s not forget Jack Abramoff, shall we? It appears he also wanted to help African heads of state get in touch with the Bush White House. Money may have changed hands, in a way that’s usually frowned on by government auditors. Lobbyist Sought $9 Million to Set Bush Meeting – New York Times Mr. Abramoff’s ties to Gabon were first revealed in a letter that was among hundreds of pages of documents from Mr. Abramoff’s files that were released last week by the Senate Indian Affairs…

  • Radio

    Senator Al?

    November 17, 2005 - By 

    Comedian Al Franken gets serious about politics – Yahoo! News Yes, it could happen, because Al Franken is a Paul Wellstone Minnesota Democrat – meaning he’s a progressive Upper Midwest kind of political pragmatist. Hey, it could be weirder, this is Minnesota we’re talking about here. So: go Al!P.S. we really miss Katherine Lanpher, but fortunately the Sundance Channel is rerunning some “best of second season” episodes and she’s still there, laughing richly and keeping Al on track.UPDATE 11/18/06: It appears there will be no Senator Franken just yet, darn it, but even without him, the turnover of House and…

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Riley

    November 14, 2005 - By 

    This image was sent from Flickr as a blog entry, email or cameraphone image. Via: Flickr Title: Riley By: GinnyRED57 Riley checks in Originally uploaded: 15 Nov ’05, 1.31am PST

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Pat Robertson: What If He’d Been President?

    November 11, 2005 - By 

    Chicago Tribune | Pat Robertson Warns Pa. Town of Disaster You know what? Pat Robertson has a pattern of shooting off his mouth, getting wide reportage, and then issuing a “statement” about what he really meant to say. In the article, he’s threatening fire and brimstone on the town of Dover, PA, whose citizens were intelligent enough to vote the intelligent-design rascals off their school board. It’s painfully apparent that the whole ID issue is all about injecting religion into the nations schools and tearing a big whole in the wall separating Church (big C) and State (big S). The…

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Jordan: Not Afraid

    November 10, 2005 - By 

    BBC NEWS | Middle East | Jordan ‘not afraid’ after bombs Jordan, like Britain, Spain, the US, and many other countries, is not afraid. They’re literally in a difficult position in the Arab world: they’re between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Their young King Hussein II seems to be walking the tightrope as well as his father did. They made peace with Israel, and their country acts as both a gateway and getaway for people working or living in Iraq. This puts them high on the fundamentalists’ hit lists. Peace be upon all those who lost friends and family, and may…

  • Mini-Posts

    Coffee Good. Cola Bad.

    November 10, 2005 - By 

    Coffee Might Help Women’s Blood Pressure – Yahoo! News Okay, so what this means on a personal level is: NO MORE POOPSI! SPOOT ONLY! And coffee, of course. Coffee has anti-oxidants. So does Red Tea (rooibos) and Green Tea. ::whispers:: …and chocolate.