Daily Archives: May 16, 2006

Absolutely Fabulous Title

Posted on May 16, 2006 by Gaius

And the article is top drawer as well. All about Fitzgerald, Wilson, Plame, Cheney and Libbey. Ladies and gentlemen, Midnight in the garden of Moe and Curley. These two paragraphs are wonderful. Outside, in the garden of Moe and Curley, it’s midnight, … Continue reading →

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Whoops – Round Two

Posted on May 16, 2006 by Gaius

Verizon has issued a statement – here's the text. This is pretty straightforward. The USA Today story appears to be false. Now, the question becomes did USA Today get suckered into reporting a political hit piece out of their desire … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Politics | 20 Comments

Are You Kidding Me?

Posted on May 16, 2006 by Gaius

The Mexican Government will sue us if we use any troops to apprehend their illegal immigrants? Are these people completely out of their minds? Mexico said Tuesday that it would file lawsuits in U.S. courts if National Guard troops on … Continue reading →

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Colorado Governor Calls For Ward Churchill To Resign

Posted on May 16, 2006 by Gaius

Ward Churchill has been found to have committed plagiarism, fabrication and falsification of material and was disrespectful of American Indian traditions in his writings by a review panel at Colorado University. Apparently all five members found these allegations to be true, but … Continue reading →

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101st Blog Of The Day

Posted on May 16, 2006 by Gaius

Continuing on my project to visit one member of the Fighting 101st each day, today I found myself at the Anti-Strib. Tracy has a helpful rewrite of the Bush speech. (That's also where I got the link to that last … Continue reading →

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Life Is SO Unfair

Posted on May 16, 2006 by Gaius

Never, not once did I ever have a high school teacher that looked like this. It would have made high school much more fun. Tweet

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Speaker Pelosi

Posted on May 16, 2006 by Gaius

The headline from an article in The Hill today states: GOP hopes ‘Speaker Pelosi’ will scare voters this fall. It goes on to detail the various strategies being use by politicians of both parties regarding the upcoming elections. But, Blue … Continue reading →

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Welcome To Cyprus

Posted on May 16, 2006 by Gaius

We here at Blue Crab Boulevard have remarked several times about the fact that Cyprus seems to have more than it's share of odd news. We're not sure what causes that to be the case. Perhaps it's the climate, perhaps … Continue reading →

Posted in Weird Stuff, World news | 2 Comments

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Posted on May 16, 2006 by Gaius

It looks like the Dutch are succeeding in silencing Ayaan Hirsi Ali. She appears to be planning to step down from her seat in Parliament and will hasten her departure for the United States. One hopes she does so before … Continue reading →

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Step Right Up!

Posted on May 16, 2006 by Gaius

Ok, this must be weird news day here at Blue Crab Boulevard. I have no other way to explain this item: US researchers patent cannonball device for rescue services Apparently DARPA has patented a device to shoot emergency personnel to … Continue reading →

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Bill Frist Gets An Earful

Posted on May 16, 2006 by Gaius

There's a lot of discontent on the President's speech last night. Bill Frist has a post up at Volpac – and he's getting pasted in the comments section. I may have underestimated how badly the right was going to take … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogosphere, Immigration Reform | 2 Comments

If It Doesn’t Get Traction The First Time

Posted on May 16, 2006 by Gaius

Repeat it over and over again until the meme catches hold. Similar to how Dana Priest got her Pulitzer, by repeating a rewritten story from 2003, Texas Rainmaker points to an astonishing trail of articles by Will Lester of the … Continue reading →

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Sometimes There Is Nothing To Say

Posted on May 16, 2006 by Gaius

Every once in a while an article appears which is impossible to comment on. This would be one of those: Pink Taco Restaurant Name Causes Stir Tweet

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Whoops

Posted on May 16, 2006 by Gaius

BellSouth denies it has ever given any information to the NSA, directly contradicting the USA Today report from last week. A report Thursday by USA Today identified BellSouth Corp., along with AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc., as companies that … Continue reading →

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And Now Back To Our Regularly Scheduled Crisis

Posted on May 16, 2006 by Gaius

Henry Kissinger has an opinion piece in today's Washington Post that attempts to give some good advice on the issue of nuclear proliferation. The world is faced with the nightmarish prospect that nuclear weapons will become a standard part of … Continue reading →

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