It looks like the Big East football conference is officially done: Five schools filed a lawsuit Friday to try to prevent Miami and Boston College from jumping to the Atlantic Coast Conference, accusing them of secretly taking part in an expansion plan that could ruin the Big East. The lawsuit, filed in state Superior Court …
Paul Krugman, Hack
Is there anything he can get right? Is there anything he won’t lie about? I loved this from today’s column: Of course, the big betrayal was George W. Bush’s decision to push this tax cut in the first place. There is no longer any doubt that the man who ran as a moderate in the …
F*** France
In the words of my apolitical mother, “The French are really making it hard to like them, aren’t they.” That was her mild response to the outrageous behavior displayed by our frog friends during Serena William’s loss to Justine Henin-Hardenne: However, I thought the crowd at times showed poor taste toward Serena. There were a …
Signs of Intelligent Life
This is the first thing I have seen Tom Ridge say in two years that provides hope that he is more than a brain-dead automaton: After raising the terror alert to its second-highest level three times over the past four months because of fears of potential terror attacks, Ridge said the system needs refining. “We …
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Justice Served
Via TalkLeft, this excellent news: U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer sentenced convicted marijuana grower Ed Rosenthal to one day in federal prison with credit for time served, essentially setting him free. Rosenthal was convicted in January of three marijuana cultivation and conspiracy charges. He faced more than 80 years in federal prison and $2.5 million …
Finished
I can not take it anymore. I am sick and tired of news about the Clintons saturating the airwaves. I don’t when Hillary found out about her husband getting blowjobs from and sticking cigars in the bovine Monica Lewinsky. I just don’t give a shit. All I know is that any woman with any self-respect …