1. Events like this should be like the World Cup of streaking, and yet the whole thing went off without a hitch. I expected better of the Brits. 2. Nobody thinks about strategic alliances anymore. It seems to me that England gains little from marrying a figurehead to some other fruit of English nobility, an …
Archives for April 2011
Open Thread: Not Laughing with You, Donald
(Jeff Danziger’s website) Since the election of Barack Obama, the Republican Party has proved that one of its central intellectual arguments was right all along. It has long claimed that evolution is a myth believed in only by whiny liberals – and it turns out it was on to something. Every six months, the party …
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I Guess This Is Proof Enough
Yesterday, Rand Paul demanded that Donald Trump prove he is a Republican. I think we have found all the proof we need that he is, in fact, a member of the GOP: During a TV interview Tuesday morning, Trump–who spent his high school years enrolled at the New York Military Academy–said, “I actually got lucky …
Friday Morning Dog Blogging
Watching Tampa Bay beat the Pens in game seven. ***Update*** Just so you guys will quit telling me that I torture my dog, here is Max out on a walk. And here he is losing one of my expensive Chuckit! balls. Happy?
Open Thread
I kind of like the Royal Wedding- the pageantry of it all is kind of fun, and it all seems kind of harmless given that they have no real authority. It is certainly no worse than our unofficial American royalty of Paris Hilton and the various political dynasties that pop up from time to time. …
Let’s Cut the Crap on Trump
Here’s the nut of Trump’s problem: Trump hasn’t disclosed his financial documents Questions over Trump’s net worth have persisted for years and his refusal to reveal actual figures in the past is one reason some believe he’ll never run for president, since to register as a candidate involves extensive financial disclosures. Trump sought to tamp down …
Beam Me Up, Scotty
Today, the eyes of the world will be drawn to a momentous and history-making occasion… Shortly before 4 p.m., all eyes will turn toward the Kennedy Space Center, 12 miles east across the wide expanse of the Indian River Lagoon. There, at Launch Pad 39A, if the weather allows, the shuttle Endeavour will thunder into …