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He doesn’t sound black…

(Via the Drudge Report) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada described in private then-Sen. Barack Obama as “light skinned” and “with no Negro dialect,…

January 9, 2010February 15, 2021
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Covering up the true extent of the financial damage

Could Fed Chairman Timothy Geithner be involved in SEC rules violation? The New York Federal Reserve Bank under Timothy Geithner urged insurer AIG in late…

January 8, 2010February 15, 2021
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Important reading alert

Eric S. Raymond (who, by the way, is always worth your time to read) has a tremendous piece titled “Escalating Complexity and the Collapse of…

January 6, 2010February 15, 2021
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Are the rats abandoning a sinking ship?

We saw a similar exodus among Republicans in the last election, when they knew they couldn’t win. I have to wonder if the elect are…

January 6, 2010February 15, 2021
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Well, the first decade of the new century is over

And the punditry is scrabbling about, looking for a name for it. There’s a lot to be said for the decade–we avoided the disaster that…

January 6, 2010February 13, 2021
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For certain values of “open”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) defended Congress’ work on a healthcare bill Tuesday saying the process has displayed historic transparency, just as C-SPAN mounts an…

January 5, 2010February 15, 2021
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*GASP!*

“Progressive” PSHes are breathlessly Sing their Ps because Gun Rights and Tea Party Activists Encourage People To Bring Guns To New Mexico Protest Yes, the…

January 4, 2010February 15, 2021
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ATF actually follows the law…

…and the PSH crowd is perturbed. Dear Old Media: Your bias is showing–AGAIN!

January 4, 2010February 15, 2021
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And this is the medical care they want?

(Via Worldnet Daily) Amy Carter, 15, pleaded with doctors not to send her home after spending two night at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital and even…

January 3, 2010February 15, 2021
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Keep up the pressure

Because it’s starting to work: In a phone call Thursday, Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., urged South Carolina Republican Attorney General Henry McMaster, the head of…

January 2, 2010February 15, 2021
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*sniff* *sniff*

Do I smell something…musty? Dusty? Sort of an ‘old’ smell? With the congressional GOP poised for a comeback in the 2010 midterm elections, Democrats are…

January 2, 2010February 15, 2021
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“Did everybody just get these for Christmas?”

Beware of using your Christmas gift GPS until you’re smart enough to learn the thing’s limitations. In a holiday hurry, Jeramie Griffin piled his family…

January 1, 2010February 15, 2021
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Happy New Year!

Once again, our planet has reached an arbitrarily determined point in it’s orbit around the sun. 🙂 I’d like to wish you all a happy,…

January 1, 2010February 15, 2021
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That’s going to leave a mark

(Via Say Uncle) A security guard attempts to snatch the gun of someone open-carrying in Georgia. Hilarity ensues. Interesting that I didn’t notice anything in…

December 31, 2009February 13, 2021
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Because it’s easier, you know, than stopping terrorists

The Department of Homeland Stupidity Security is peeved that someone almost immediately leaked a memo about increased air travel security theater after the Underwear Bomber…

December 31, 2009February 15, 2021
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Here’s a pair

From round and about the Intertubz, we have the following: Kentucky sheriff’s department conveniently burglarized after failing to respond to an open records request relating…

December 30, 2009February 15, 2021
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Good news, bad news

Bad News: Couple follows GPS directions, gets lost. Worse News: In the snow on a Forest Service road. Worst News: They get stuck in 6″…

December 29, 2009February 15, 2021
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Nothing on TV to watch?

Well let me clue you in on something that you don’t need the idiot box to watch–Urban Danger. It’s an online movie about several families…

December 28, 2009February 13, 2021
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More evidence

As if we needed any, here’s some more evidence that points out that criminals don’t obey the law, whether it’s about guns or not. Be…

December 28, 2009February 15, 2021
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The very picture of a president

Now at the Whited Sepulchre.

December 26, 2009February 13, 2021
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Just…wow!

(Via the Western Rifle Shooters Assoc.) I’m not sure about the guy’s politics, but with a song like that, I have to be curious.

December 26, 2009February 15, 2021
Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas!

Here’s wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas. On this day, be of good cheer and generous spirit. Let out the person that you always…

December 25, 2009February 15, 2021
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Stille Nacht

December 24, 2009February 13, 2021
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Have a little hope

It’s always good to remember that all is not gloom and doom. Case in point: Today was my last day of work until after New…

December 24, 2009February 15, 2021
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le déluge

(Via the Drudge Report) It would seem that Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson is having some issues with the phone system in his office. Well ain’t…

December 23, 2009February 15, 2021
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Perhaps this time it will be different

As the US Senate prepares to drop a lump of coal in our Christmas stocking, Democrat senators are being forced to defend their actions. With…

December 23, 2009February 13, 2021
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Unsurprising

(Via the Drudge Report) Senate Democrats aren’t even ashamed of being whores and pimps. To those of you who live in states other than Nebraska…

December 22, 2009February 13, 2021
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This may come in handy

How To Wipe Your Hard Drive While you should always wipe the drive/memory of any device your disposing of, you may find yourself in a…

December 21, 2009February 13, 2021
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A Congress of whores

Because there is no other way to explain the health care “reform” bill, soon to be stuffed down our throats–or up our asses, depending on…

December 19, 2009February 15, 2021
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Well, that’s nice

It seems that Haloscan, who I’ve used for commenting on the blog since, oh…like dirt, has sold itself to new owners. No problem with that.…

December 18, 2009February 13, 2021

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