Daily Archives: May 25, 2006

Moral Leprosy

Posted on May 25, 2006 by Gaius

If there is a more loathsome politician in England that George Galloway, I can't even imagine who it is. Or how he could be worse. Not content with kissing up to Uday, son of Saddam Hussein, you know, the psychotic … Continue reading →

Posted in Insanity, Left Wing, Politics, World news | 1 Comment

Senate Passes Immigration Bill

Posted on May 25, 2006 by Gaius

The Senate today passed a new immigration reform bill. It remains to be seen what will happen in conference. One thing I will predict. If the Congress thinks they have done enough just to pass something, but fail to finish this, they … Continue reading →

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This Will Make You Sick

Posted on May 25, 2006 by Gaius

Quite a while back now, we reported on a New Zealand mountain climber who became the first double amputee to climb Mount Everest. Well, it seems there is a bit more to the story. Early into the final climb, Mark … Continue reading →

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An Inconvenient Graph

Posted on May 25, 2006 by Gaius

Perhaps someone could explain this? Now the engineer in me questions the temperature measurements, since I really have no idea how you could be all that accurate over that length of time. But that CO2 curve looks to be objective … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | 9 Comments

You Can Never Find A Trashcan When You Need One

Posted on May 25, 2006 by Gaius

Well, you sure can't in Kirk Sandalls, a village in Northern England. It seems the public trash cans keep disappearing. THere's a bit of disagreement over exactly how many have gone missing, but it's enough that residents are complaining about … Continue reading →

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How Not To Demonstrate Your Innocence

Posted on May 25, 2006 by Gaius

A man charged with murder didn't particularly like his lawyer's performance in court. After a series of rulings went against the man he decided it was time to do something about it. So he tried to strangle the lawyer. "I … Continue reading →

Posted in Criminal Masterminds | 2 Comments

ABC, Hastert And A Big Ol’ Gauntlet

Posted on May 25, 2006 by Gaius

A new letter from Dennis Hastert to ABC: May 24, 2006 David Westin George Stephanopoulos Brian Ross ABC News 7 West 66th St. New York, NY 10023 RE: False Story Regarding Justice Department Investigation Dear Mr. Westin, Mr. Stephanopoulos, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Politics | 3 Comments

Demonstrations In Iran

Posted on May 25, 2006 by Gaius

Gateway Pundit has coverage on a series of violent protests that have been breaking out at universities all across Iran. It sounds like they are becoming more unruly almost daily. * After fighting with police and vigilantes on Wednesday, Tehran … Continue reading →

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101st Blog Of The Day

Posted on May 25, 2006 by Gaius

Continuing on with my project, today I visit Hyscience. Now, really, don't hold back, Richard. Tell us how you really feel about Islamofascism! Tweet

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Lay And Skilling Convicted

Posted on May 25, 2006 by Gaius

A jury found the two former Enron executives guilty of conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud. Good and long overdue. I worked with a lot of people who got screwed by these two clowns and the sleazy company they … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Crime | 9 Comments

A Sale Of Two Cities

Posted on May 25, 2006 by Gaius

< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> < !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> One city is the shining city on the hill. The place where life expectancy has increased dramatically. The streets paved with increased wages and lower crime rates. … Continue reading →

Posted in Because I Felt Like It, Foto Phun, Humor | 11 Comments

Palestinian President To Push Referendum

Posted on May 25, 2006 by Gaius

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has made a public pronouncement that either sets the stage for a resolution of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict or will ignite an outright civil war. He has set a deadline for Hamas to either approve conducting a referendum to set … Continue reading →

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FBI Beefs Up Staff

Posted on May 25, 2006 by Gaius

Specifically, the staff that looks at campaign finance and other election related crimes! Federal law-enforcement officials say they witnessed a dramatic jump in campaign-finance and other election-related crimes in the 2004 presidential election year and are determined to beef up … Continue reading →

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Wow, This Just Keeps Getting Better

Posted on May 25, 2006 by Gaius

I honestly think the Congress is completely out of touch with reality at this point. Like the decadent royal courts of Royal France and Imperial Russia, they no longer hear what the people say, or understand how they look to … Continue reading →

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Wrong Track

Posted on May 25, 2006 by Gaius

If there was ever a good indicator of how wrong Bush's stance on immigration is, this is it. Jimmy Carter approves of it. That right there should be enough to take away an awful lot of support. Anyone who has … Continue reading →

Posted in Immigration Reform, Media, Politics | 5 Comments