Archive for January, 2006

The 21st Century answer to ‘You Are There.’

Friday, January 20th, 2006

Several years ago, my younger son and I were watching a Civil War program on the History Channel. It was shortly before that cable outlet had decided that hot rods and motorcycles were of equal value with the Magna Carta and the Fall of Constantinople.
I cannot remember the exact battle discussed, but toward the end […]

Chief Justice Walter Franklin…

Friday, January 20th, 2006

I knew that allowing small scissors and tools would cause needless problems.

Friday, January 20th, 2006

If I did not ascribe to the theory that males experience monthly hormonal fluctuations

Friday, January 20th, 2006

and a later life-change, this posting would be wrong. But, it may still be in questionable taste.
Prove to me that there is not a marketing focus group working on the sales pitch.
Study Documents Menopause in Gorillas
By CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer Tue Dec 20, 2005

Glaxo has […]

During a childhood replete with televised documentaries on death camps, blitzkrieg and the Nuremberg trials,

Friday, January 20th, 2006

hearing the expression “loyal soldier” is a bit disconcerting when used as a rationale for silence if reality demands more.
A friend in D.C. sent me this Washington Post piece on retired Army Colonel Larry Wilkerson.
True patriotism is a bit more complicated than John Wayne movies would have had us believe.

Maybe I can appease the Legion of Decency by calling it one of many MARK’S TOYS?

Friday, January 20th, 2006

I may have added the concept and copy,
but the image is a real doll by Kelly RuBert.

With no money from al-Zarqawi, Osama will learn the true definition of ‘demeaning.’

Friday, January 20th, 2006

“This…is an offer! This…is a kill.”

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

Thanks to Martin Scorsese & The Gangs of New York

Why haven’t we found al-Zarqawi? The answer is easy.

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

The ghost of Franklin Pangborn has invaded his coporeal form.

The joke is the fuss made over Senator Clinton’s perfectly logical Plantation remark.

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

Mother Bush provided us with one of the defining moments of the disaster.

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‘’What I’m hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very […]

In the race for the cable news sewer, CNN may make it a photo finish.

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

The revelation that CNN has hired radio talk show host Glen Bleck has raised the ire of Media Matters for America. Read about this fellow and you will see why. I heard his program three or four times while driving and was amazed that he had a show–let alone a following of sorts.
Please take a […]

It’s a great idea, but do we need a Dalai Lama Ford at the next Daytona?

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

Mandela Launches Series of Comic Books
By KATHRIN HAASIS, Associated Press Writer Fri Oct 28, 2005
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Former President Nelson Mandela launched the first edition Friday of a series of comic books about his life aimed at encouraging young South Africans to read.
“You know you are really famous when becoming a comic character,” […]

Unknown Tidbits of the French Revolution…

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

Barrels cut-and-run; the Nets play the half-court game.

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

Take two ashes and go to bed…

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

The Huntington Post displayed a good piece on Presidant Bush’s now hollow speech at the signing of the Medicare Bill.

AP/Rick Bowmer

Developed on the Via Veneto…Perfected on the Camino Real.

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

ACME VIDEOPHONIX
cannot bring in a clear transmission from the trial of Saddam Hussein trial.

but the cutting edge technology of
IN YOUR FACE SYSTEMS
Huntington Beach, California
clarifies the events to keep us well-informed.
You can bet Wilfrid Brimley will think twice about
trying to visit the prisoners’ dock a second time.
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Isn’ it about time?

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

Big Ed: The world ain’t big enough, Sugar, not when he finds out what you did to his Ma. (WHITE HEAT)

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

Why do previous generations of yearbook portraits add about fifteen years of hard living to each graduate’s photograph. Beats me!

Dick decided not to reveal that ROAD HOUSE played on TBS while the President was flying from Florida.

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

“I figured this was a better look than Ricky Ricardo Rumba sleeves.”

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

I loved this ABC News site headline of last week.
Alito Says He’d Emulate O’Connor’s Style

AP photo of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
CNN photo of Judge Samuel Alito

“I know it sounds crazy, but I can’t get it off my head.”

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

White House Silent on Abramoff Meetings

By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer January 17, 2006
WASHINGTON - The White House is refusing to reveal details of tainted lobbyist Jack Abramoff’s visits with President Bush’s staff.
Abramoff had “a few staff-level meetings” at the Bush White House, presidential spokesman Scott McClellan said Tuesday. But he would not […]

Is Homeland Security going to choose a Mexican Border Fence in the manner of the Chicago Tribune Tower competition?

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

If so, I respectfully submit my three artist conceptions. The first shot shows the existing fence.

William Blake during an internship with Fox.

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

Lie, Lather, Rinse, Repeat. Lie, Lather, Rinse, Repeat. Lie, Lather, Rinse, Repeat. Lie, Lather…

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

Is Karl Rove holed up in some fleabag pitching cards into a hat?

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

AP & ABC

Didn’t she used to open for Ballantine?

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

AP Photos; Jobs by (By Jeff Chiu)

Reverend Lovejoy Pulls the Sword from the Stone…

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
The 2000 presidential campaign produced many lowlights, but the media story about candidate Al Gore’s team’s hiring Naomi Wolf to be his Alpha Male coach may have topped the Republican candidate’s somewhat crude, smirking religiosity. Nevertheless, like most voters on election day, I cast my lot with the Vice President.
His speech Monday before […]

Atlas Hugged

Monday, January 16th, 2006

Thanks to:Abramoff by AP Photo/Gerald Herbert–Bodybuilder Magazine-Beverly Hills 90210

Goin’ for the Flush…

Monday, January 16th, 2006

Alito pressed on precedent, privacy
Halfway through his hearings, opponents have struggled to depict high-court nominee as an extremist.
By Gail Russell Chaddock | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

WASHINGTON – Midway through Senate confirmation hearings, Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito has deftly parried questions on hot-button issues ranging from abortion to the limits of presidential […]

Next year…A Logistics Instructor

Monday, January 16th, 2006

Updated 1/13/2006 7:27 AM
Pentagon to families: Go ahead, laugh
By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY
When the stress of the war in Iraq becomes too severe, the Pentagon has a suggestion for military families: Learn how to laugh.
With help from the Pentagon’s chief laughter instructor, families of National Guard members are learning to walk like a penguin, laugh […]

Is the Right desperate?

Monday, January 16th, 2006

Uncomfirmed and unreliable sources mention the possibility of hairdo changes
to reinvigorate tiresome conservative talking heads. This artist’s conception was
secreted out of the Louis XIV, L’Etat, C’est Moi, beauty parlor in the Rego Park
section of Queens, NY. According to the sources, strict secrecy precluded new
stylings; thus allowing only exchange of established coiffures among […]

It was a brunch? For Bri’Tawny?

Sunday, January 15th, 2006

Archaeologists Mike Kelly and Mark Hale dig down to the “culture-bearing deposit” at the site of what is thought to have been a Donner Party camp near Truckee, Calif. Kelly and Hale were among the scientists who set out to prove or disprove tales of cannibalism by members of the legendary Donner Party.
Debra Reid / […]

WASN’T HE THAT CRAFTY SOUTHPAW?

Sunday, January 15th, 2006

Qaeda No.2 away during attack: Pakistan official
Reuters - January 14, 2006
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. airstrike on Pakistan village targeted al Qaeda’s second-in-command, U.S. intelligence sources say, but Pakistani officials said Ayman al-Zawahri was not there and condemned the attack.
(Thanks to Reuters & thediamondangle for the raw materials.)