K-Lo, reacting to the Romney/Illegal story, with this gem: My question is: Do we really have to stake out presidential candidates homes? It’s a wonder anyone decent runs for office. CITIZEN JOURNALISM, BITCHES! *** Update *** Good. I am not the only one.
Archives for December 2007
Wednesday Open Thread
Couldn’t sleep last night and watched In The Name of the Father again late night on Encore. Talk about timely and depressing. At any rate, consider this an open thread.
The Z.E.N.N. Car
Z.E.N.N. = Zero Emissions, No Noise. It’s a Canadian car made in Quebec. It can travel 35 miles on a charge and is speed rated at 25 miles per hour. In other words, it’s a so-called “neighborhood vehicle” that plugs into a standard outlet. Not particularly convenient for many who have long commutes, but for …
Paging Radley Balko- More New Professionalism
ATTN: Agitator Of all the tasing stories, this one takes the cake: Donnell Williams had just gotten out of the bath tub, wearing only a towel around his waist, when he turned the corner to see guns pointing right at him. “I ain’t never been so scared,” says Williams. Police forced entry into Williams home …
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The Moral of “The Golden Compass”
“Children should be atheists and religion is evil.” What’s the problem again?
One More Thing About the NIE
Atrios makes a good point: It must be understood that since our intelligence agencies don’t believe Iran has a nuclear weapons program, it also means that they don’t know where such a program would be physically located if it did exist. This means that any desires of Dick Cheney and his people to bomb Iran …
Presidential Match-o-Matic
Just for fun, I tried this quiz from ABC News. Pretty accurate – for me at least. What presidential candidate do you most closely match up with. My top three: #3. Hillary Clinton #2. Mike Gravel #1. Bill Richardson That doesn’t surprise me at all.