Volunteer support doesn’t win elections, but it sure helps. So when you get things like this splattered all over the Internets, a few reactions come to mind: “It’s Raining McCain“? Jean-Luc’s reaction to this is the same as mine: If… Continue Reading
You may remember that as First Lady, Hillary Clinton took her daughter on a state visit to Bosnia, and when their plane landed in Tuzla, there was a big panic because they and their greeting party came under sniper fire.… Continue Reading
Take these results with a grain of salt, but the end result is plausible enough. Rasmussen took two separate polls in each state, one with Clinton agianst McCain and the other with Obama against McCain, and simply averaged the results… Continue Reading
When you set things up just right, cool stuff happens.
Ouch. That that, Hillary! By the way, the meme this week is that it’s going to be next to impossible for Hillary Clinton to get the nomination. Once again, NAPP Readers, you heard it here first. I’ve been wrong before.… Continue Reading
An “unperforming” school apparently suffers from teachers who just can’t handle the criticism inherent in that label. So now they’ll be re-named “priority” schools. Why? “It sounds nicer.” The use of a word like “fail” is indeed unpleasant. It implies… Continue Reading
Happily, the replacement lawn mower worked. By the time I got to the front lawn yesterday, most of the grass was a good nine inches tall and some of the neighbors were no doubt wondering if we’d abandoned the house.… Continue Reading
Popular atheist blogger, University of Minnesota biology professor, and intelligent design critic PZ Meyers went to see the premiere of the pro-creationist movie Expelled!: No Intelligence Allowed and was ejected from the line before he could go into the screening.… Continue Reading
The Flying Spaghetti Monster is on display on the grounds of the courthouse in Crossville, Tennessee. No joke, there’s a statue of the Diety of Noodles and Gravy on public display. Read all about it here. Sheer awesomeness. The mayor… Continue Reading
I heard traffic trials today up here in Lancaster. My calendar had six trials. Not a single case ever went to taking evidence. In the first two trials, the defendants did not show up. One had posted bail, which I… Continue Reading