Monthly Archives: March 2007

Wild Card

Posted on March 29, 2007 by Gaius

Speculation continues to grow that actor turned politician turned actor Fred Thompson might throw his hat into the ring and chase the 2008 Republican nomination. This is a huge wild card in all the early prognostication on the nomination. Despite coming … Continue reading →

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Captured Sailors

Posted on March 29, 2007 by Gaius

Powerline has part of the video that appeared on Iranian television that shows one of the captured British sailors, Faye Turney, "apologizing" for trespassing into Iranian waters. (Never mind that GPS data shows the sailors were more than a mile … Continue reading →

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Viciousness

Posted on March 28, 2007 by Gaius

It seems that just hours before Cathy Seipp died, her long-time, self-appointed nemesis, Eliot Stein (aka Troll Dolls) posted a long and severely demented post on a website pretending to be Cathy. He stole her name and pretended he was … Continue reading →

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Tappity, Tappity, Tap

Posted on March 28, 2007 by Gaius

That's the sound of freshman US Senator James Webb's little tap dance around actually explaining why one of his aides was carrying a gun into the Senate office building. The aide, Phillip Thompson, was promptly arrested. He told police the gun … Continue reading →

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Reviving The Midle Ages

Posted on March 28, 2007 by Gaius

First it was Al Gore and his pompously self-righteous promoting the purchase of medieval indulgences - oh, sorry, "carbon offsets" – to forgive environmental sins. That way, Gorezilla can indulge in his unusual attraction to high-tension power lines and consume vast amounts … Continue reading →

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It’s Like Christmas Tonight

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Gaius

This is a very, very interesting late night at the Crabitat. I just finished the previous post and then found this little jackpot of all jackpots for the day. San Francisco bans plastic bags and cuts down more trees as a … Continue reading →

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Feel Good Politics

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Gaius

Nancy Pelosi's home base, San Francisco, has just passed a new and improved, supposedly environmentally-friendly new law that perfectly illustrates the fundamental problem with a lot of hard line environmental "solutions" being pushed right now. The City Council has passed a … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Insanity, Left Wing | 2 Comments

Beautiful Music

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Gaius

Alison Krauss has a new/old CD out called A Hundred Miles or More. It is a compilation of a number of previously released songs done for various projects she has done through the years along with five new tracks. And … Continue reading →

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How To Anthropomorphize

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Gaius

A Maryland woman is absolutely convinced that her golden retriever performed a Heimlich maneuver on her. No, really, she does. Debbie Parkhurst, 45, of Calvert told the Cecil Whig she was eating an apple at her home Friday when a … Continue reading →

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Falling Apart In France

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Gaius

Gangs of "youths" went berserk in a Paris train station today, rioting and looting stores. A number of police officers were injured in the mêlée. At least 10 people have been arrested. Officials said about 100 people were involved in … Continue reading →

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Knut The Kute Killer Whacks Rival

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Gaius

Knut, the kute, the polar bear cub who became a star at the Berlin Zoo after "animal rights activists" demanded that he be killed at once, has decided that he is taking over the zoo, apparently. He started right off by … Continue reading →

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Worst Nightmare

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Gaius

After Nancy Pelosi and John "Unindicted Co-Conspirator" Murtha led a slim majority of the House Democrats (plus two Republicans) one pork chop too far with their supplementary spending bill, about the worst thing that could happen is for the surge to … Continue reading →

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Another Fighter

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Gaius

This appears to be the week for tough news. First it was Elizabeth Edwards who found that her breast cancer had returned. Today comes word the Tony Snow has had a recurrence of his colon cancer. Best wishes for Tony … Continue reading →

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Counterfeit Easter Revealed In Britain

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Gaius

In the strangest case of counterfeiting yet discovered, the BBC is trying hard to explain why their ersatz Easter program is just a bit of fiscal responsibility. No, really, they made a  counterfeit Easter. LONDON (AFP) – The BBC on … Continue reading →

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Monster Toads

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Gaius

Australia, home of the kangaroo, the emu, the platypus and many other highly improbable creatures now is producing toads the size of dogs. It's all part of the Animal Uprising™ and the surrender of the Australians to the animal overlords, … Continue reading →

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