Month: August 2004

DGCI notes that after the GOP Convention, us little folks will not be able to donate to the campaign to reelect President Bush. Thanks, Congress.…

Germany, the country that won’t help out in the war on terror, has suddenly figured out who is helping butter its bread. The problem is,…

(Via Coldfury) The New York Daily News reports that 46,000 people are registered to vote in both New York and Florida. Interestingly enough, 68% are…

Gunner at No quarters has found an interesting site for those who seek anonymity. dodgeit is a free, read-only email site. Make up a user…

Without comment. Methuselah’s Daughter (via Kim Du Toit)

If you’re like me, paranoid, mistrustful of authority, suspicious curious about where these “public interest groups” get their money, here’s a useful website. Of course,…

(Via Drudge) I’m not sure how long sur how long this link will be good, so look now if you’re interested… A few select quotes…

(Via Drudge) National ID seen in 9/11 panel plan “There needs to be consistent standards to ensure the integrity of both the document and the…

(Via Worldnet Daily) Occasionally, I find something that gives me hope that all is not screwed up in the world. This is one of those…

You catch some pervert in a tree, pants around his ankles, watching your 5-year-old daughter who’s asleep in her bed. You and some loyal friends…

Fun quiz. I took it and… You’re Augustus, the first emperor of Rome. He had a lot of drive and skill, possessing a respectable spirit…

I had a heck of a day looking up things on the WWW today. Didn’t find what I was looking for, but I found a…

I was looking on the web for something else entirely and ran across a great opinion piece in the Illinois Leader by Joyce Morrison. It’s…

You may remember my note on Vernon Blake last month. In the current “This Is True“, Randy Cassingham returned him to my consciousness, and I…

(Via mensnewsdaily) Those of us who are children of the 80s (OK, so I had an extended childhood–sue me) are going to love this one:…

(Via Drudge) With little fanfare, the Federal Reserve will begin transferring the nation’s money supply over an Internet-based system this month… The NY Post has…

(via WorldNet Daily) Family diary tells story of kindnesses given soldier held in Civil War prison Here we have an interesting (and interestingly enough, unbiased)…

(With apologies to Jimmy Buffet) Well, here in my part of North Carolina, Hurricane Charley was mostly a rainstorm. But for others, it has been…

With this post, Connie Du Toit, mistress of the Personal Effects blog, takes her leave of us. I haven’t been at this long (reading blogs…

(OK, so I’ve lapsed here and there. Whoop-de-do.) While I was born in the South, my family hails from West Virginia. Because of that, I…

Has anyone else noticed that Ketchup Boy wants to be acknowledged as a hero in a war that he protested and in which he claims…

I said I was tired of blogging about politics and etc. True enough, but this needs to get out there. Immigration plan envisions ‘incentives’ to…

(WARNING: GEEK ALERT!) Because I don’t know that for a fact. However, geeky though the subject matter is, this ought to worry any employee of…

(requisite apologies to Monty Python) After a certain period of time, political silliness, wars and rumors thereof and a general state of PO’dness at the…

The Smallest Minority has these thoughts on some current events in Australia. Read them through first, I’ll wait here… I had always thought “Gee, if…

My cousin sent me this. I’ve seen it before in many places on the Internet, but I want to enshrine it here. Only A Southerner…

I think I may be getting on a theme, here… (via FOXNews) Cops Make Major Hibiscus Bust No, this wasn’t some guy who is stealing…

I’ve seen this in a few places in the blogosphere (sorry, I don’t remember where–Kim du Toit maybe?) but I want to note it here.…

(Via Blackfive) OK, so now I know which one to do. Both. With the heros at Fallujah.

(via WorldNet Daily) Yep, nothing like a US Marine to get to the heart of the matter. “He imposed on us and I disagree with…