Monthly Archives: November 2008

Georgia

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has Georgia on her mind. She will be traveling there to support Senator Saxby Chambliss on the eve of the Georgia re-vote for the Senate in that state. The Chicago tribune can’t help from taking a … Continue reading

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Worms On A Train!

Forget that abysmal movie from a couple of years ago. This is reality, or something approaching it! Worms on a train! A Japanese man was arrested for releasing hundreds of beetle larvae inside a moving express train to try to … Continue reading

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Viking Beavers Invade Britain

And they flew in, rather than taking the more traditional Viking long ship. Four wild beaver families arrived at London’s Heathrow airport Thursday night, the first step in an effort to reintroduce the mammals — probably hunted to extinction around … Continue reading

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Got Goat?

Or Bad Billy Bashes Bungalow. It took firefighters, sheriff’s deputies and a stick to drive off one bad billy goat from an Idaho home. Firefighters found the goat standing on the back porch, where it refused to leave. A Kootenai … Continue reading

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What Went Wrong

Victor Davis Hanson on what went wrong in the 2008 elections. It’s the message that needs work. After briefly discussing the three competing schools of thought on what went wrong, he offers several suggestions that are well worth reading. I … Continue reading

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What’s Coming

Bob Owens points to the actions of the new sheriff of Orange County, California: In California, Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens unveiled a new policy that could cause “dozens, if not hundreds,” of concealed carry permit holders to lose permits … Continue reading

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The Frozen Wastes Of…… Britain?

The Telegraph reports that Britain is – quite literally – colder than Moscow right now. More snow and cold are predicted over the weekend. Heck, it’s actually colder than Oslo, Norway, too. Forecasters have issued a string of severe weather … Continue reading

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No Sympathy

There are a lot of folks who have no sympathy at all for Detroit’s woes right now. They work at – or benefit from – the auto industry. Just not the Detroit version. They are Americans who work for companies … Continue reading

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Am I The Only One Who Finds This Unseemly?

You know, I’m as much of a free market capitalist as the next right-wing nutjob, but I have to admit the way the whole “bailout” scenario has been playing out looks bad. SCENE: Senator Bigwig’s office in Washington, DC. Aide … Continue reading

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Vast Sucking Sound

The problem with a “New” New Deal is that it has to contend with the implosion of the Old New Deal. So says Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. in the Opinion Journal. His friends advise Barack Obama to launch a “New” … Continue reading

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Buddy, Can You Spare A …….. Gulfstream?

Hoo, boy. If this isn’t the most arrogant act of pleading poverty ever, it’s got to be very close. The three CEOs of the big three US automakers all took the same way of getting to Washington to beg for … Continue reading

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A Cautionary Note

Barack Obama has been touting his concept – borrowed from Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “Team of Rivals” – of what he envisions as a plan for forming his cabinet. The media has gleefully repeated the message over and over. Well, Civil … Continue reading

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“Global Warming” = Fraud

It’s funny how its only the worst of the AGW(tm) alarmists that get caught making up data to support their fantasy “theories”: The world has never seen such freezing heat A surreal scientific blunder last week raised a huge question … Continue reading

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Launch

STS-126 is less than 20 minutes from launch. Video Launch blog UPDATE: Sorry, there is a long planned hold in the countdown. It will be a while before launch. Tweet

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Hope! Change! Forward Into The Past!

Clintonistas! Notice the media spin? The only people ready to “hit the ground running” are experienced Clintonistas! Former insiders to the Clinton mob are the only people capable of governing. None of that hopey-changey riffraff need apply. Obama’s victory in … Continue reading

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