Monthly Archives: March 2009

BCB Exclusive Scoop!

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Gaius

We here at Blue Crab Boulevard are excited to be able to bring you an announcement of positively biblical proportions! We have obtained an exclusive, pre-release copy of an announcement that is set to be made tomorrow morning at a … Continue reading →

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What Is Wrong With The Democrats?

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Gaius

No, seriously, this is getting ridiculous. Yet another of Obama’s “Best and Brightest” nominees has failed to pay their taxes. Health and Human Services nominee Kathleen Sebelius has paid back taxes and interest of more than $7,800 stemming from “unintentional … Continue reading →

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Gearing Up For The G20

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Gaius

British banks and other financial institution in London are planning to be shut down and boarded up during the G20 summit. The reason? Protesters have issued a map pinpointing the locations of 125 ”targets“. The news comes after protesters circulated a … Continue reading →

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Well, That Didn’t Work…..

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Gaius

…. So let’s smear someone else. The Democrats have “moved on” from trying to use Rush Limbaugh as a handy-dandy attack target. Now they are gunning for Sarah Palin. Multiple Democratic strategists say the party plans to increasingly elevate Palin … Continue reading →

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Protection Racket

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Gaius

Apparently, in the Brave New Obama World™, if one is the recipient of some Federal largess (read taxpayer money) one is accountable to Obama, personally. Obama may demand the resignation of a CEO of a company that has received handfuls of … Continue reading →

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First Person

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Gaius

Victor Davis Hanson notices something in Obama’s address on GM and Chrysler. It is all about Obama: I think our president needs to invest more in the use of the third-person “government,” since his speeches more and more center on … Continue reading →

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Tanking

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Gaius

There is still some time left in the trading day on Wall Street, but as of this post, the Dow is down 4.23%, the NASDAQ down 3.59% and the S&P 500 down 4.29%. I’m guessing Wall Street is less than … Continue reading →

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Dominoes

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Gaius

It has begun. Asian shares slumped and were headed for their biggest daily fall in four weeks, while U.S. Treasuries gained after a U.S. task force rejected turnaround plans for automakers GM and Chrysler. S&P stock futures dropped and European shares opened … Continue reading →

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The Turing Bombe

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Gaius

Volunteers have crafted a replica of a device used to crack German codes during the Second World War. The Turing Bombe machines were all destroyed after the war. The replica has taken years to build. The rows of silver dials … Continue reading →

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Medical Records Online

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Gaius

The Obama administration has made much – very much indeed – about the supposed savings in health care  costs by putting medical records online. Where no laws cover the privacy of those records, one adds. It turns out that insurance … Continue reading →

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Command Economy

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Gaius

Anyone else troubled by this?  The Obama administration is now making personnel decisions – in private companies. The Obama administration asked Rick Wagoner, the chairman and CEO of General Motors, to step down and he agreed, a White House official … Continue reading →

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Toad Day Out

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Gaius

Residents of Australia’s Queensland have figured out a way to eradicate (or at least slow down the spread of) cane toads. What organizers hope will be an annual event, the so-called Toad Day Out occurred this weekend. In what can … Continue reading →

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China Cyber War Underway?

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Gaius

Canadian computer security experts have found more than 1,200 computers in 103 countries infected with a malicious software that allowed hackers to take over – almost completely – their victims computers. The hackers could even turn on the computer’s webcam to … Continue reading →

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So, This Bobcat Walks Into A Bar……

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Gaius

… And savages a couple of patrons. Okay, I have got to work on that punchline. But that is exactly what happened in the city of Cottonwood, Arizona last week. Patrons of the Chaparral Bar had a bobcat walk in. … Continue reading →

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Baby Birds

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Gaius

Baby birds are fed by the expedient method (for birds, at any rate) of the parental birds regurgitating whatever they have eaten into the mouths of their offspring. Mammals have a few other options. Although some mammals choose the baby … Continue reading →

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