Judge for yourself
(Via the Drudge Report) The Intertubz is buzzing with the “ZOMG!!! Hit punched her in the face!” story of a Seattle cop who punched a…
Flake of the day
Republican Congressional candidate William “Bill” Randall is suggesting that the Obama Administration and BP conspired to intentionally spill oil in the Gulf, resulting in 11…
But…but…but…
Sent to me by one of my Internet spies… I really hate to link to CNN, but when it’s a guy handing the talking head…
Making BP pay
Never one to let a crisis go to waste, The Big O and is O-bots would appear to be plotting how to extract every last…
“Yes I Can”
The smartest guy in the room is apparently getting smarter. Just because the first two months of his administration’s response to the Deepwater Horizon drilling…
Goodbye, Major
I’ve just been informed that my next door neighbor, a gentleman of 91, has passed away. He was a heck of a man. Like my…
Refresher course
Pretty much anyone with a survival mindset has been exposed to the concept of “situational awareness”. It has to do with the ever-changing balance you…
Blow it all off
(Via Wired) Girlfriend bailed on you? Stuck with a house you hate? Life Sucks? Buy a Lamborghini and hit the road.
ZOMG!!! IT’s the end of everything we know!!!
Well, it is if you’ve been ensconced in the ivory tower of academia and haven’t read the news for, oh, the last 3 years. But…
Dictators agree
Control the flow of information and everything else becomes easy. A new U.S. Senate bill would grant the president far-reaching emergency powers to seize control…
Misrepresented?
Sounds to me more like someone lied. The seven experts who advised President Obama on how to deal with offshore drilling safety after the Deepwater…
Modern investing advice
Bond markets could get very nasty over the coming months, while stock investors could take a few months off and stop attempting to trade volatile…
Something a little different this D-Day
(Via the Drudge Report) It’s no secret that the boys of Pointe du Hoc, like the rest of our WWII veterans, are leaving us at…
Time for a neurological workup, perhaps?
(Via the Drudge Report) Or, a simpler explanation would be that the old wind bag has been catered to and told how wonderful she was…
We can fix this
The Red & Black Cafe is no place for a man in blue. Police Officer James Crooker was asked to leave the vegan coffee shop…
If you love college basketball
Then you know the name John Wooden, the legendary coach of UCLA during their glory days in the 60s and 70s. RIP, Coach. The game…
Obama has competition for the “Smartest Guy in the Room” award
Because being a movie director, finding the Titanic and going way deep in submarines makes you a deep water petroleum engineer, too. Or maybe he…
Chicago politics at its finest
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Thursday defended White House attempts to influence Democratic candidates to drop their campaigns — even using the prospect…
Feel good
(Via the munchkin wrangler) Yes, I’m noted for noting the bad and the ugly, but it’s time to note the good as well.
But isn’t this supposed to be impossible?
A taxi driver described as quiet but friendly went on a shooting spree across a picturesque rural area of northwestern England on Wednesday, killing at…
“Not all of the memories are suitable for all audiences.”
Perhaps, perhaps not, but this story on Charles Harrison, a B-24 tail gunner during WWII, is certainly suitable for everyone.
Yet another reason that Texas may be the place I go
When California East becomes too much for me. Via the Lawdog, who notes that “In an unusual display of common sense, the Texas State Capitol…
One final thought for this Memorial Day
I was checking my Facebook page, and found this a a comment to another person’s status. I’m not sure of the author; neither was the…
Memorial Day
Not a “Happy” holiday to wish anyone, given the somber nature of it. Although most of us would rather think of it as the first…
Thank you, Microsoft
As a long-time Money user, I was pretty well PO’d by Microsoft’s decision to discontinue the product. However, for something of a change the users…
But if we do it harder and faster this time…
…it’s just bound to work! With the Korean Peninsula on the brink of war, a major U.S. Military surge in Afghanistan, and a nuclear treaty…
Oh look–a pissing contest
Yes indeed, that’s what I said. It would seem a pissing contest (sorry, but that’s the most accurate, if not polite, term as I can…
As with everything, it’s Bush’s fault
(Via the Drudge Report) Doddering Chris Dodd fingers George W. Bush as the person responsible for the BP oil spill. This only adds to his…
Peak water?
Many have worried about “peak oil”, but maybe we should have worried about another resource–40 years ago. For oil, using it involves a chemical transformation…