Daily Archives: December 13, 2006

Three Little Words

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Gaius

For my son: BUY ME ONE. That is all. Tweet

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Bedfellows

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Gaius

Courtesy of AllahPundit at Hot Air, comes this video of David Duke interviewed by Wolf Blitzer on CNN. At one point, in fact, he actually starts to say “Jewish” before catching himself and switching to the more palatable progressive adjective. … Continue reading →

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“I Miss When They Were All Little.”

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Gaius

The Anchoress on banana-munching dogs and why men and women don't understand one another. Tweet

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A Word Of Explanation

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Gaius

Things have been a little bit less than normal around the Crabitat for several days. Longtime readers will realize that. New visitors will not. By way of explaining what is happening here, this website has been under a pretty hefty … Continue reading →

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A Murder Of Crows

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Gaius

It seems that the city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa has had a problem with crows for a number of years. The feathered vandals, have been messing things up, quite literally, in downtown's Greene Square Park. But a few years back, a … Continue reading →

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When Potatoes Are Outlawed

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Gaius

Only outlaws will have potatoes. A woman in Liberty, Ohio assaulted a grocery store manager with a sack of potatoes after an argument over having to wait in line. Scott Renzenbrink, 45, told police a clerk having problems with a … Continue reading →

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Senator Tim Johnson Suffers Possible Stroke

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Gaius

MSNBC is reporting that South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson appears to have suffered a stroke and has been rushed to a hospital. Please keep him and his family in your thoughts and prayers. Stroke can be a terrible thing or … Continue reading →

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The End Of The World As We Know It

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Gaius

And you will NOT feel fine. The Animal Uprising™ has unveiled its newest terror tactic. This one will be almost unstoppable and may well put them over the top. By being under the bottom, so to speak. Just remember, the … Continue reading →

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Disgraceful Behavior

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Gaius

Democratic Senator Bill Nelson took it upon himself to disregard State Department advice and go glad handing with Bashar Assad. He even posed for a nice photo with the chinless wonder. Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida, a member of the … Continue reading →

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Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Gaius

The annual Geminid meteor shower, regarded as the best one of all the annual showers, will peak tonight starting at around 9 PM. The annual Geminid meteor shower is expected to produce a reliable shooting star show that will get … Continue reading →

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Very Interesting Timing

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Gaius

AFP is reporting that the US Coast Guard just happens to have an exercise going on in the Florida Straits right now. The exercise is being explained as preparing for an influx of refugees from "any Caribbean nation". Uh, sure. … Continue reading →

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Les Sous-Vêtements Dans Un Noeud

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Gaius

That's what the translation programs on the web return for a phrase that describes perfectly the condition that French hedgehog aficionados are in today. It seems a French hunting almanac had a recipe they took great exception to: hedgehog stew. The recipe appears … Continue reading →

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If This Report Is True

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Gaius

Then nations in the Middle East like the Saudis had better start being part of the solution right now. The New York Times reports that Saudi Arabia has warned the US that is will fund Iraqi Sunnis if the US … Continue reading →

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Not Surprising, Really

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Gaius

But we here at Blue Crab Boulevard have caught Reuters in an egregious fabrication of the news. If you read this report, you'll learn that workers at the Istanbul Airport "sacrificed" a camel. This was, according to Reuters, a celebration … Continue reading →

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Terra Nova

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Gaius

Here's an interesting bit of history, related to my earlier post about the new digs for the scientists at Amundsen-Scott base at the South Pole. It seems that the base that explorer Robert Falcon Scott set off from on his … Continue reading →

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