Daily Archives: August 12, 2007

Storm

Posted on August 12, 2007 by Gaius

A short while ago a large storm passed over the Crabitat. This is the underside of the wall cloud. The air temperature dropped about 20° F as this passed over the house. Tweet

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Drive-By Shepherd

Posted on August 12, 2007 by Gaius

We really cannot make this up. Honest.  A Greek shepherd, getting up there in years and facing numerous physical constraints to the performance of his duties, has come up this a novel solution. He herds his sheep by car. ATHENS … Continue reading →

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Cleaning Up Government

Posted on August 12, 2007 by Gaius

The huge expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is being fervently touted as being for the children. Anyone opposed is being smeared as being against the children and thoroughly evil. Only the whole bill appears to be … Continue reading →

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Pot-Bellied Prison Pig Paroled

Posted on August 12, 2007 by Gaius

A pot-bellied pig put in the pokey for pointlessly peripatetic behavior has made bail. The Porcine vagrant was found wandering about Terrell County, Georgia by sheriff's deputies and promptly jailed at the Terrell County Correctional Institution for criminal mopery. But … Continue reading →

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Golfing In Boulder

Posted on August 12, 2007 by Gaius

A bear out on a golf course in Boulder, Colorado has been euthanized by state officials. BOULDER, Colo. — State wildlife agents killed a bear that was hanging around Boulder's Flatirons Golf Course. The Boulder Daily Camera said the bear … Continue reading →

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“Polly Want A &%$&#$#@!

Posted on August 12, 2007 by Gaius

Peaches the Moluccan cockatoo was raised in a tough neighborhood and has some really bad habits. Such as swearing like a longshoreman. Or worse. Peaches is a Moluccan cockatoo, and staffers at Black Pine Animal Park say she used to … Continue reading →

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Must Be The Day For It

Posted on August 12, 2007 by Gaius

Scanning the various news sources today, I cam across yet another column taking on Newsweek magazine's wild accusation that everyone who questions anything about global warming is part of a vast, well-funded conspiracy. This time it is Newsweek itself, in … Continue reading →

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Malignant Narcissism

Posted on August 12, 2007 by Gaius

Mark Steyn pens his weekly column for the Orange County Register on the subject of what he calls malignant narcissism in America and the West. He manages to tie fraudulent climate data, Scott Thomas Beauchamp, Jesse MacBeth and cheeseburgers together. The … Continue reading →

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The New McCarthyism

Posted on August 12, 2007 by Gaius

Jay Ambrose, writing at the New York Post tears into Newsweek magazine and the global warming true believers today, calling them new McCarthyites. He is relentless in this one, but misses noting the really big news of the week, unfortunately. … Continue reading →

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