Daily Archives: December 6, 2006

Mississippi Inaugurates New Olympic Event

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Gaius

Yes, the state of Mississippi is the pilot for the newest of the official Olympic© events. That's right, the state where, according to Charlie Rangel, nobody in their right mind would live, is the premier location for the Overhand Pig … Continue reading →

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Final Task

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Gaius

On December 7th, 1941, the American battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) was hit by a Japanese bomb and sunk at her moorings in Pearl Harbor. 1,177 of the 1,400 men aboard the ship perished in the attack. Most of those men's remains … Continue reading →

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Weblog Awards Update

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Gaius

I really should have put links in the original post I did on this this morning. So here they all are, the folks sharing the nomination for Best New Blog in the Weblog Awards. the fiveforty WIMN's Voices! Blue Crab Boulevard … Continue reading →

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Well, It Might Be

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Gaius

A Swedish auction house has sold a painting that was billed as being the work of a student of Peter Paul Rubens. Now, that is what the owners were selling it as. However, word leaked out that at least one … Continue reading →

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What To Do About Bamiyan

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Gaius

You may have heard about the savage destruction by the Taliban of the gigantic Bamiyan Buddhas. Two huge statues, once the largest standing Buddha sculptures in the world were blown to pieces by the fanatical followers of mullah Omar in … Continue reading →

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Preliminary Analysis

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Gaius

Andrew McCarthy takes a preliminary look at the report of the Iraq Study Group and is really not all that impressed. In fact he labels the entire product, "depressing". There are a lot of platitudes and "shoulds" in the report. … Continue reading →

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Santa Is In Real Trouble Now

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Gaius

We here at Blue Crab Boulevard have been working overtime documenting the unraveling of this year's Christmas delivery schedule by that right jolly old elf, Santa Clause. We covered the unfortunate, yet tasty, demise of Rudolph the Red-Nosed rib roast … Continue reading →

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Deb Frisch In The News Again

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Gaius

This time an arrest warrant has been issued for her by a court in Denver, Colorado. Talk Left has the details: Meanwhile, Goldstein obtained a restraining order against Frisch in Denver. Alleging she violated the order, he then obtained a … Continue reading →

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I’m Surprised Nobody Has Used This Defense

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Gaius

One hears the occasional story about flashers on the New York City subways. Way back when in my college days, my roommate told a story about a flasher on one that scared heck out of the girl he was riding … Continue reading →

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You’re Taxing What?

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Gaius

You know, this one is probably one of the weirdest ideas to come out of Denmark in recent history. It appears that the Danish tax authorities have decided to tax sperm donors. That's right. Sperm donors. COPENHAGEN (AFP) – One … Continue reading →

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The Honorable Thing To Do

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Gaius

Anyone who has read Blue Crab Boulevard for any length of time knows that I have a very low opinion of Jimmy Carter, both as a president and as an thoroughly obnoxious former president. But I did not comment on … Continue reading →

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Death Wish

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Gaius

There are some members of the Animal Uprising that behave in a suicidal manner. This has been well documented here at Blue Crab Boulevard. There have been reports of kamikaze pigeons, suicide turkeys and even flaming suicidal kamikaze squirrels. But as … Continue reading →

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Water Flowing On Mars?

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Gaius

The Daily Mail has some photos released by NASA that may very well indicate that water is actually still flowing on Mars. There appear to be new deposits of something light colored, possibly frost, in areas where there was none … Continue reading →

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“For The Good Of The Country…”

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Gaius

"This report will give us all an opportunity to find common ground for the good of the country — not for the good of the Republican Party or the Democrat Party but for the good of the country." George Bush's … Continue reading →

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More About The Christmas Story House

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Gaius

Longtime readers will recall that I posted about the opening of the house that was used in filming the movie A Christmas Story as a tourist attraction back on Thanksgiving. Today, the New York Times has coverage of the story. … Continue reading →

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