Daily Archives: February 9, 2007

Darwin Awards

Posted on February 9, 2007 by Gaius

The 2006 winners of the Darwin Awards have been announced. I figured my readers would want to know that. Although quite a few of them will have already been well aware of this fact. Tweet

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Danger Signs

Posted on February 9, 2007 by Gaius

The Los Angeles Times (warning: VERY annoying registration required – worst I have ever bothered dealing with) has a warning to the television networks. It appears that they are losing viewers in one of their key demographic categories: 25- to 54-year-old women. … Continue reading →

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Felonious Feline Firebugs

Posted on February 9, 2007 by Gaius

All you people who harbor cats in your house thinking the little beasts are "pets" might want to rethink that. The Animal Uprising™ appears to have turned the feline felons into firebugs and unleashed them on the unwitting populace. Firefighters … Continue reading →

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The Land Of Snow And Ice

Posted on February 9, 2007 by Gaius

Years ago, I attended college at the State University College at Oswego, New York. Now aside from the vast amounts of hilarity that the parking stickers provided (they bore the initials "SUCO") it was a more or less typical State … Continue reading →

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You Say It’s Your Birthday

Posted on February 9, 2007 by Gaius

It's Stop The ACLU's second birthday today. They are in good company with Maggie's Farm. UPDATE: I have been duly chastised for failing to note Granddaddy Long Legs' birthday yesterday. My apologies. Tweet

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Head Of Cartoon Network Resigns

Posted on February 9, 2007 by Gaius

The head of Cartoon Network, Jim Samples, has resigned in the wake of the Boston "guerrilla marketing" scheme that went awry. Turner Network Television, parent of Cartoon Network had already paid the city $2 million to settle any complaints over … Continue reading →

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Murtha Makes Threats, Gets Air Transport

Posted on February 9, 2007 by Gaius

John Murtha is now openly threatening the Defense Department with investigations and possible negative budget impacts over the Air Pelosi matter. Representative John Murtha, a Pennsylvania Democrat and chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee that funds the Defense Department's budget, … Continue reading →

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Still More Thumping Of The AP

Posted on February 9, 2007 by Gaius

It's not like it is all that hard to find things to fault the Associated Press over these days. Frankly, they are getting ridiculous with their hyper-partisan news coverage and the carrying of enemy propaganda as straight news. But Jules … Continue reading →

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Suicide Squirrel Shocks City

Posted on February 9, 2007 by Gaius

The city of Escanaba, Michigan got a rude awakening to the realities of the Animal Uprising™ when a ravening rodent wrecked their local electric company leaving 1,300 people without power. Well, ok, it didn't exactly wreck the company, we exaggerated … Continue reading →

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Nazi Rabbits

Posted on February 9, 2007 by Gaius

I stumbled across this very disturbing article while looking for something else. The Wisconsin Historical Society has in its collections a book, bound in angora wool, that once belonged to Heinrich Himmler. It describes, in great detail illustrated with photographs, … Continue reading →

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Stealth Pork

Posted on February 9, 2007 by Gaius

This is positively breathtaking. The Democrat controlled congress has discovered a new – and even dirtier – way to slip earmarks past public scrutiny. It allows them to shamelessly claim they are cutting earmarks while actually slipping barrels of pork … Continue reading →

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Rock The Casbah

Posted on February 9, 2007 by Gaius

Robert Reilly, former director of the Voice of America (VOA), has an op-ed in today's Washington Post pointing out the bad choices that have been made in cutting off the VOA's Arabic language service and virtually all of its Farsi … Continue reading →

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The War Of The Words

Posted on February 9, 2007 by Gaius

Charles Krauthammer takes aim this morning at the way words in Washington have become much more important than deeds in the posturing over the Iraq war. And a man like Krauthammer, who makes his living with the use of words … Continue reading →

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Palestinians Sign Peace Accord

Posted on February 9, 2007 by Gaius

In a blatant attempt to split Europe away from the US, the Palestinian Fatah and Hamas groups signed a "peace" and power-sharing agreement. (I can't find the quotes that I glanced at yesterday that actually had the Palestinian spokesmen admitting … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday

Posted on February 9, 2007 by Gaius

Maggie's Farm is either one or two two years old today. I think the working conditions have made them lose track of the date…. Or maybe it was the limes. Stop over and wish them well. Tweet

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