Monthly Archives: December 2007

Yech

Posted on December 30, 2007 by Gaius

This one will turn your stomach. A six-year old girl won a contest for tickets to a Hannah Montana concert by submitting an essay explaining that her father had died in Iraq. The problem? None of it was true. GARLAND, Texas … Continue reading →

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A Little Proof Would Be Nice

Posted on December 30, 2007 by Gaius

The New Hampshire Union-Leader is pretty blunt in an editorial today. They call Hillary Clinton out for trying to claim her vast experience as part of Bill Clinton's "White House Team" while simultaneously hiding the records that would prove or … Continue reading →

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How To Damage Your Cause In One Easy Step

Posted on December 30, 2007 by Gaius

The Washington Post reports that protesters will be present at the annual Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California this year. One group plans to protest a float that honors the 2008 Beijing Olympics, while Cindy "Whatever happened to my … Continue reading →

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The Era Of Instant Fact-Checking

Posted on December 30, 2007 by Gaius

The Washington Post notes something that the candidates – from both parties – have failed to grasp. The age of the instant fact-checking mob has arrived. It has already caught a lot of people, again from both parties, this season. … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Politics | 2 Comments

Clinton’s Sockpuppets Strike Again!

Posted on December 29, 2007 by Gaius

Via Ann Althouse, news today that Hillary Clinton's Sockpuppet Army® has struck again. This is so utterly clumsy, it's laughable. Easiest to find is this, from the WaPo: [R]eaders of Blue Hampshire — about 800 a day, a relatively small … Continue reading →

Posted in Foto Phun, Politics | 4 Comments

Monsters At Christmas

Posted on December 29, 2007 by Gaius

Regardless of the outcome of the legal proceedings against these two, there has to be a special place in Hell already all made up for them when they arrive. On Christmas Eve, a family daughter and her boyfriend gunned down … Continue reading →

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Opening Day Approaches

Posted on December 29, 2007 by Gaius

The Opinion Journal surveys the candidates as the Iowa caucuses approach. Less than one week out from the political opening day of the primary season and the Democrats are the ones with the biggest potential winners and losers in the … Continue reading →

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Ice Sculpture

Posted on December 29, 2007 by Gaius

Britain's Daily Mail has suddenly noticed that the Midwest of the United States is suffering through a brutal cold snap – which makes for a pretty spectacular picture. It looks like a spectacular scene straight from a fairy tale. But … Continue reading →

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Department Of Cosmic Justice

Posted on December 29, 2007 by Gaius

This is so ironic that no fiction writer would dare to try to put it in a story; nobody would believe it. A burglary suspect arrested by police cleverly gave a false address to avoid a search of his residence. … Continue reading →

Posted in Criminal Masterminds | 3 Comments

Crime (Fighting) Doesn’t Pay

Posted on December 28, 2007 by Gaius

A now-former employee of a Whole Foods supermarket in Ann Arbor, Michigan has discovered that crime fighting does not pay. Hence his employment status. Said former employee stopped a shoplifter in the store by tackling him – and was promptly … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Crime | 14 Comments

The Target

Posted on December 28, 2007 by Gaius

The Opinion Journal has an editorial today that should make a lot of people think hard about what is happening in Pakistan. They point out that al Qaeda has been failing in the West, losing in Iraq and having its … Continue reading →

Posted in War, World news | 6 Comments

Dead Heat On The Political Merry-Go-Round

Posted on December 28, 2007 by Gaius

The Los Angeles Times reports that Obama has pulled even with Clinton in New Hampshire and that there is a three-way tie with those two and Edwards in Iowa. The Times, as well as the rest of the media, is now … Continue reading →

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Reasonable People

Posted on December 28, 2007 by Gaius

Peggy Noonan looks at all the candidates currently scurrying around in Iowa scratching for votes and judges them on her personal standard for this election: Is the candidate 'reasonable?' As in a reasonable person. Her judgments might not really surprise … Continue reading →

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Spud Arson

Posted on December 28, 2007 by Gaius

How embarrassed is the Boise, Idaho fire department today after word got out about their most excellent Christmas Eve adventure? After all, it isn't every day that firemen get to fight a fire in their own firehouse – especially because … Continue reading →

Posted in Weird Stuff | 2 Comments

K-8.5 Unit Catches Suspect

Posted on December 28, 2007 by Gaius

Tink the mighty crime-fighting dog can't really be called part of the K-9 unit. They have size requirements, after all. But Tink rounded up a suspect just as well as the regulars do it. Even if Tink is a chihuahua. … Continue reading →

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