They were trolling for tuna, but humans got in the way.
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006The Brain Police Are on the March
Archive for February, 2006
Drunkeness in the defense of liberty is no vice; abstinence in the pursuit of tyranny is no virtue.
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006W. vs. SCIENCE
CAGE MATCH
Late Senator Barry Goldwater may have said it this way if he were alive to see what conservatism has become.
N’ahhhhhh!
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006Some Democrats Are Sensing Missed Opportunities
Sensing?
Maybe the term connotes something else for the Democratic Party. What could it mean?
A Wurlitzer jukebox falling from a third story window and landing in the party’s lap?
How about being hit in the face by a Bobby Hull slapshot?
A sulphuric acid shower?
Discovering cotton where there should be brass.
Realizing […]
It certainly explains the crankiness.
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006T Rex is much older than previously believed.
AP - A drawing released by the Zhongda Zhang/ Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing shows an artist’s conception of Guanlong wucaii, the earliest known tyrannosaur. (AP Photo/HO/Zhongda Zhang-IVPP)
Thanks to the Central Oregon Old Car Club for the 1948 DeSoto
Red Rover, Red Rover, Let Karl Come Over!
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006JACK BE NIMBLE
JACK BE QUICK
JACK AND THE WHITE HOUSE
ARE QUITE THICK!
SPOOF!
With great thanks and apologies to the real
SONS OF THE PIONEERS
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TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS
We’re a high-end joyhouse strivin’ all day long,
Casino folk paid dear to play mah-jong.
Flights underneath the radar gloom
We bought gov’mint knife, fork and spoon.
See them golfin’ clowns
Kissin our feet all around
Hated but rich […]
More people claim the title–LAWYER TO THE STARS–than the U.S. Government says are second in command to Osama bin-Laden.
Tuesday, February 7th, 2006Because of some news story today
I entered “lawyer to the stars” at Google and received 602 citations. Obviously there are many repeats, but the first twenty revealed about seven attorneys known as “lawyer to the stars.” I became quickly bored so I don’t know if any of the final citations included attorneys who work exclusively […]
My cuz heard this one on the radio.
Tuesday, February 7th, 2006
February 07, 2006 Soldier pays for armor
For three years, W. and his Gang o’ Bullies have been telling Americans (in so many words) that those who do not support the war don’t support the troops. Most Americans–even Bush supporters–know that is a […]
Where would Jesus be the shop steward?
Tuesday, February 7th, 2006
FAITHFUL ARE CARVING A NICHE IN THE WORKPLACE
By Faye Fiore Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Sun May 15, 7:55 AM ET
“DULLES, Va. — In an auditorium on America Online’s rolling campus, a glorious expanse of the heavens is projected on a big screen. Reggie Evans, a former Redskin running back turned emissary of Christ, has […]
This is a welcome change. Most nature programs only deal with the stealth and violence in animals’ lives, as if Marlon Perkins had joined the S.A.S.
Tuesday, February 7th, 2006New Species Discovered in Indonesia Jungle
Named for its negative world view, this bird was found
sleeping in a transient hotel amidst scrapbooks filled with
photographs of its performance shots on the Ed Sullivan Show.
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Zoologists were stunned by this creature’s ability to know direction as its
needles always point 5.12 degrees East of due North. After studying […]
I always liked Adam Clayton and William…
Tuesday, February 7th, 2006My view of Colin was less rosy.
Necessity dictates the use of an off-speed pitch to keep the administration honest.*
I recommend this piece about Retired Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson and his PBS interview.
* Make that “…try to keep the administration honest.”
It’s rather like the Periodic Table of Violence and is worth a long view.
Monday, February 6th, 200631 DAYS IN IRAQ
For more fascinating looks at graphic display of complicated subjects, see
Edward Tufte.
Yesterday, after reading about the “00″ designation carried by His Excellency, W, I observed that we seemed to be experiencing 1974 Redux.
Monday, February 6th, 2006In the immortal words of Lili Von Schtupp:
“It’s Twue! It’s twue.”
The Tinhorn Torquemada does not disappoint.
Monday, February 6th, 2006Senators Question Gonzales on NSA Wiretaps
This seems to happen to screenwriters and novelists.
Monday, February 6th, 2006US serial number gives clue to mystery of the alien in the attic
Shooting the BREEZE?
Sunday, February 5th, 2006
It’s an actual cut-line from a late 1940s’ advertisement.
Godfather II had nothing to do with it.
It’s 1974 again. Each day brings us more curious pronouncements.
Sunday, February 5th, 2006Can the President Order a Killing on U.S. Soil?
Michael Corleone:“My father is no different than any other powerful man — any man who’s responsible for other people, like a senator or president.”
Kay: “You know how naive you sound…senators and presidents don’t have men killed.”
Michael Corleone: “Oh, who’s being naive, Kay?”
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Thanks to Mario Puzo and […]
Just one lousy time…
Sunday, February 5th, 2006
Senator Decides to Run for Third Term
Says He’s Always Needed Time Away from Family
Utility Infielder Free Agent Jumps Teams For $12 M
States It Was a Money Move.
“My drugs, prostitutes and fancy cars ain’t cheap!”
Mudslides Bury Six Laguna Del Vista Del Mar Homes
Neighborhood Association Member Concedes
“Talk about ‘Too much money and not enough brains,’
Building $3,000,000 […]
California State University…
Sunday, February 5th, 2006I have always loved the names of its far-flung campuses.
The following four are a favorite because they sound like a vaudeville/screwball movie act of the mid-1930s.
THE ACADEMENTIA QUARTET.
Cal State HAYWARD
Cal State STANISLAUS
Cal State FRESNO
and the irrepressible
Cal State CHICO
You won’t see this at half-time today…
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Many thanks to 2001 A Space Odyssey and to Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.”
Saturday, February 4th, 2006 …and lying its ass off?
Sorry, Sinclair Lewis, I became rather emotional.
More Allegations of Libby Lies Revealed
Judge’s Report Shows Cheney Aide Is Accused Of Broad Deception
I view the triumph of color photographs in newspapers as another proof that progress is not linear. Black & white wirephotos carried an historical importance which color oft-times diminishes. Obviously, there are exceptions to the rule. On Thursday, a front page photograph in the New York Times reminded me of the works of Eugene Delacroix and George Bellows.
Saturday, February 4th, 2006In a photograph of an angry group of West Bank demonstrators,
Menahem Katahan (Agence-Press France/Getty Images) combined
Delacroix’s acute vision of animal movement
and his romantic view of history
with George Bellows’ early palette
and concern for the struggle of humankind
to create a truly exquisite artwork which synthesized the aforementioned elements at the speed of a shutter.
Menahem Kahana/Agence France-Presse […]
Would someone please tell the news media that a healthy, adversarial relationship with the government is absolutely required for the strength of Democracy. Anything less–and we are witnessing a lot less-can only lead to a weakening of the Constitution and the abandonment of the citizenry.
Friday, February 3rd, 2006AP, NY Times, ABC reports on GOP effort to cast Boehner as break from scandal ignored tobacco PAC controversy
The wait is excruciatingly tense.
Friday, February 3rd, 2006Pension Battle May Entangle Mogul’s Home
Is that a nice way of saying “lied?”
Friday, February 3rd, 2006Gallup: More Than Half of Americans Feel Bush
Deliberately Misled Country on Iraq WMD
When will Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi show his true colors?
Friday, February 3rd, 2006Always!
A. J. Liebling had wondered why newspapers used to feign fair reporting
while using somewhat biased descriptors.
I present the “Libyan Strongman”
&
The United Colors of Qaddafiton.
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Valerie Plame’s duties involved the monitoring of potential problems which may have arisen with Russian nukes. Considering the story below, I would have felt safer had she still been on the job. Not only did her outing smell of treason, but the apparent disarray in the Russian military made the act of revelation a truly foolish move.
Friday, February 3rd, 2006I’ll throw in those SS-20s in the corner if you buy another dozen
of the new stuff. Defense attorneys are expensive in Smolensk.
Orwell’s 1984 was far too subtle for a 21st Century society.
Friday, February 3rd, 2006Whitman receives scolding for calling Ground Zero safe
Observation & foresight are not paranoia.
January 30th, 2006 (This site)
Who looked at the terrible scene and thought the air was safe?
Name other situations in which there was a statement discounting any long term hazard.
Radiation Threat from Florida Fire Low, Official Says
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Almost the entire world had been on our side while we chased bin-Laden, but George and his Neo-Reactionaries had to demonstrate powers of concentration rivaling those of Homer Simpson.
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006Blair-Bush deal before Iraq war revealed in secret memo
PM promised to be ’solidly behind’ US invasion with or without UN backing
When placed beside these saints, the Nixon White House was a Cub Scout den.
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006Iraq, Niger, And The CIA
“Let them eat ‘Kenya-Ration.’
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006How about if the entrepreneur flew the starving Kenyans to Houston for big Astrodome ‘howdy’ from Barbara Bush. “She’ll have them eatin’ outta her hand.” I only joke about this to keep from exploding in apoplectic anger. Katrina should have shown us that ‘the powers that be’ seem to demonstrate an incredibly icy unconcern about […]
I only wish that Dick and Condi had read the Classic Comics’ editions of…
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006Metternich, Talleyrand, Morgenthau and Eddie Said–allowing a faint hope that we could have avoided this present situation. A pal in D.C. sent the following Christopher Dickey NEWSWEEK piece.
Battleground of Ideas
Maybe the president has lingering movie memories…
Wednesday, February 1st, 2006“Manimal Watch
The most unexpected line in last night’s address has to be Bush’s rousing condemnation of human-animal hybrids — not a major topic on anyone’s radar, at least until now.”–William Froomkin, White House Briefing: State of the Bubble?
I have never found Centaurs especially frightening–except in the aero-dynamic sense. They are supermarket shopping carts with a […]
Why am I convinced this is more than a ‘ho-hum’ story?
Wednesday, February 1st, 2006New pastor will leave embattled Newton parish - The Boston Globe
BECAUSE WE HAVE WITNESSED A MIRACLE!!!!!!!
“O’Malley had hand-picked Coyne to oversee what had been a vibrant Newton parish, even before he oversaw the removal of Cuenin, the parish’s pastor for 12 years.
Cuenin, a leader of a group of priests who had called for Law’s resignation […]
This may not be as disasterous as it first appears…
Wednesday, February 1st, 2006after five years of the Bush administration, do you accept the accuracy of every item you read in a daily paper?
Two Papers Accidentally Release Credit Card Numbers of Subscribers
I recall Pol Pot’s doing this, but he was a real collector.
Wednesday, February 1st, 2006Republican Operative Abramoff Sold Access to Bush for $25,000 a Head