Comment of the month posted at Donkelphant: Instead of wasteful fiscally irresponsible and corrupt Republican controlled government spending money we don’t have on Republican pork, constituencies, contributors, and unproven pet ideologies led by a president who couldn’t talk… We now… Continue Reading
It turns out, if you’re Catholic, you can buy your way out of a state of mortal sin with real dollars. I had been taught that Martin Luther launched the Protestant Reformation based on his outrage at the sale of… Continue Reading
There’s this cool classic rock song from The Who, Won’t Get Fooled Again. It’s used as the theme music for one of the CSI shows. I’ve always liked the interplay between the Hammond pipe organ and Pete Townsend tearing up… Continue Reading
A special three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California* may have just handed Governor Schwarzenegger and the Legislature a key to solving the budget crisis — release between 36,000 to 57,000 prisoners. Less strain… Continue Reading
It’s not enough to know where a country is. You need to know where major cities are within the countries. You are tested on speed and accuracy. So far, I’ve managed to get 6,577 points with an average error of… Continue Reading
And that includes the problem of depleted fisheries. All hail the good people in Fort Collins, Colorado whose ingenuity will give us tasty fish to have with their tasty beers!
A little trip down memory lane, here. How did the financial crisis get started? If you answered “By banks making high-risk loans to people who couldn’t afford the homes they bought,” you’re (substantially) right. With that in mind, here’s a… Continue Reading
No posts other than this today, because The Wife and I spent all day putting down the hardwood floor in the guest bedroom of Soffit House. We’re both sore in places we forgot we had. There’s finish work to do… Continue Reading
Vodkapundit is way cool. I don’t know where else to go, other maybe Sideways Mencken, to get such an effective mix of Battlestar Galactica references with a blend of political analysis and history.
Apparently, we’re supposed to feel sorry for Nadya Suleman, the mother of the octuplets. When the babies were born, I noted it as a remarkable feat of modern medicine and questioned the medical ethics involved in the process. Well, since… Continue Reading