• Hot Off The Presses

    Send In The A-Team!

    Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire… Starring: Colin Powell as Col. John “Hannibal” Smith Madeleine Albright as Sgt. Bosco “Bad Attitude” Baracas Alexander “I’m In Charge Here” Haig as Capt. HM “Howling Mad” Murdock Robert McNamara as Lt. Templeton “Face” Peck I could hardly believe it this morning when I heard it on National Public Radio. The latest in this month’s continuing PR blitzkrieg, former Cabinet members from several different Democratic and Republican…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Cough It Up, Harry Reid

    Denny Hastert (R-IL) has his problems, along with all the other rascals that accepted Abramoff-tainted fundage. One of the more prominent names on the list is Senator Harry Ried, (D-NV). He accepted tribal money and claims he doesn’t know Abramoff from Adam. Chicago Tribune | Abramoff’s plea renews focus on Hastert’s ’03 casino letter Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic leader in the Senate, and Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) also were among recipients of large contributions from tribes represented by Abramoff. Asked about Abramoff, Reid told the Las Vegas Sun, “I don’t know him. I don’t want to know…

  • SABRE2th Tigress: Book 'em, Dano.

    Apollo Crashes, United Left Holding Bag

    Chicago Tribune | Computer failure disrupts United flights worldwide Hee hee! I’m on SABRE. However, this impacted us anyway, because no record locators were coming back on our bookings, and we couldn’t issue tickets on UA. So they had to issue a blanket fare waiver today, and we had to issue tickets and store the fare manually. Which was a bummer, but hee hee! SABRE makes that kind of thing easy.

  • SABRE2th Tigress: Book 'em, Dano.

    Airline Passengers Sue for False Imprisonment

    Angry passengers sue after plane delay – Yahoo! News BERLIN (Reuters) – Six German airline passengers who said they were being held against their will on an aircraft stuck on the runway for hours during a snowstorm have filed “false imprisonment” charges, German police said Saturday. The passengers filed charges against the pilot of a British Airways Berlin-London flight that sat on the runway for seven hours before it could take off, a federal police spokesman said. The general consensus around here is if an airline can at least push back, they get paid. Otherwise, if the flight continues to…

  • Radio

    Al Franken’s Back!

    Al Franken has returned from his USO tour over the massive Chrismakkuh megaholiday, and resumed live shows on AAR this morning. He and the crew have relocated to Minneapolis (which, if it’s true he’s running for the Senate, makes sense). Listen on the Web at blogs | The Al Franken Show | Air America Radio

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Cheney Bombed Out Back In December

    Remember Vice President Cheney’s “surprise” trip to Iraq in December? He gave a speech then in a thinly veiled attempt to cheerlead the troops into believing that everything was just fine and they were risking their lives for the right cause. However, it didn’t work out quite as he intended. He was peppered with rather tough, serious questions in a round-table discussion, and during his speech it was clear he was working a tough room when he got to the sure-fire, killer sound bite designed for maximum network impact: Star-Telegram | 12/19/2005 | Cheney talks of progress in Iraq Shouts…

  • Clan: McTiVo

    Of Interest Only To Mythbusters Fans

    Team Deadblow Crew grant imahara, designer, machinist, financier & driver in real life: animatronics engineer and modelmaker for George Lucas’ Industrial Light & Magic, installed electronics in R2D2 units for Star Wars: Episode 1 and 2, and supervisor for the Energizer Bunny crew, also based out of the ILM Model Shop. Also lit the engines of the Protector and the sickly green lights of the Sarris Ship on Galaxy Quest. Occasionally portrays the “classic” gold suit C-3P0 (yes, in the suit) for charities, special appearances and commercials when Mr. Anthony Daniels is unavailable. …jamie hyneman, mechanical design in real life:…

  • Clan: McTiVo

    Joss Whedon Prognosticates

    Insider – [TV Guide Online] The networks will all be creating exciting, innovative new spin-offs of today’s shows. Approximately 67 percent of all television will be CSI-based, including CSI: Des Moines, CSI: New York but a Different Part than Gary Sinise Is In and NCSI: SVU WKRP, which covers every possible gruesome crime with a groovin’ ’70s beat. (Jerry Bruckheimer will also have conquered Broadway with the CSI musical “FOLLICLE!” starring Nathan Lane as a frenetic but lovable blood spatter and Matthew Broderick as lint.) Lost has that one-of-a-kind alchemy that really can’t be copied. Therefore, look for the original…