Archive for the 'KANSAS' Category

I’ll bet St. Pius X wouldn’t have known a ‘pick ‘n roll’ from a ‘two-handed set shot.’

Monday, February 18th, 2008

Hey, Michelle. We’re not in ‘ante-Great War’ Rome anymore.
Religion rears its ugly head
and Patapsco Jack gives me the heads up.
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UPDATE:
Giovanni Limbo–basketball writer for L’Osservatore Romano–states
“Pius X no, but Pius XI averaged 23 points a game
before he entered the seminary.”

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School stops female referee from working a boys game
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, February 14, 2008
KANSAS […]

Clarence Thomas was only six-years-old in 1954, but…

Friday, June 29th, 2007

By the times of touble at Little Rock’s Central High School,
he was nine-years of age.
Could it have been the future
Supreme Court Justice? 
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New York Times
June 29, 2007
Editorial
Resegregation Now
The Supreme Court ruled 53 years ago in Brown v. Board of Education that segregated education is inherently unequal, and it ordered the nation’s schools to integrate. Yesterday, the […]

The White House blames Kansas.

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

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May 9, 2007
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Kansas Tornado Renews Debate on Guard at War
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By SUSAN SAULNY and JIM RUTENBERG
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CHICAGO, May 8 — For months, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas and other governors have warned that their state National Guards are ill-prepared for the next local disaster, be it a tornado a flash flood or a terrorist’s threat, because of […]

In case you believed that Bill O’Reilly had reached his plateau of smarmy behavior, get a load of this!

Sunday, November 5th, 2006

“O’Reilly Abortion Report Riles Kansas MD
By JOHN HANNA
Associated Press Writer
November 04. 2006 11:27PM
An abortion doctor plans to ask for an investigation of the state attorney general and Bill O’Reilly over comments by the Fox television host that he got information from Kansas abortion records, the doctor’s attorneys said Saturday.
Dr. George Tiller said he will ask […]

How long is that in bread boxes, Jack?

Saturday, October 7th, 2006

“Prehistoric, short-necked plesiosaur was as large as a bus”

This article about the discovery of twenty-eight Jurassic behemoths mentioned that the plesiosaurs teeth were as big as cucumbers and its vertebrae were the size of dinner plates. I trust them, but their yardsticks no longer carry the same shock value. It is time for scientists to […]

These folks should have followed the advice of Manager Lou Brown in 1989’s MAJOR LEAGUE. “Forget about the curve ball, Ricky. Give him the heater!” Instead of wasting time with a lawsuit, the couple should have stated that the experience ‘turned ‘em gay.’

Friday, August 11th, 2006

“Unwed couple sues town over housing flap
Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:30 AM ET
Reuters
By Carey Gillam
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A Missouri couple who must get married, or move, in order to comply with a housing ordinance in Black Jack, Missouri, sued the town on Thursday, claiming rules prohibiting the unmarried couple and their children from […]