Dateline Sissonville West Virginia. Straight A student gets F. World ends. Somebody better pay. Yea, that’s right. It’s about time. It sure as hell isn’t the kid’s fault they turned the project in a day late. We certainly wouldn’t want to teach anything about responsibility, priorities or repercussions. Nope. Sue ‘em. The kid has a [...]

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In their infinite wisdom, the city of De Pere, WI here in the great white north has proven that they have WAY too much time on their hands – specifically public health sanitarian Kris Murphy and assistant fire chief Jim Stupka. Here’s the dealio… the Green Bay area has this wonderful tradition of holding charity [...]

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Apparently, Al Gore isn’t “Green” enough for Drew Johnson, President of the think tank that pushes for conservative economic issues. They compare Gore’s 10,000-square foot home to the average Nashville household to prove that he is a waste… I’m sure everyone in Nashville owns a 10,000 square foot home… Either way, this article just stinks [...]

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“Well, you know, I hate gay people. I let it be known I don’t like gay people. I don’t like to be around gay people. I’m homophobic. It shouldn’t be in the world, in the United States, I don’t like it.” Tim Hardaway is nothing if not honest. And, George Takei (openly gay actor best [...]

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What better way to celebrate president’s day than with the Presidential Quiz from Mental Floss. I scored an abysmal 10%… Guess I’ll just stick to improv comedy. Ouch! Sorry to shatter your dreams, kid. Maybe you should spend more time working on your jump shot. Score: 10% (2 out of 20) Technorati Tags: Presidential Quiz, [...]

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Well, it seems that everyone and their sister is joining the crowded 2008 US presidential race. No fewer than ten Republicans and ten Democrats have either officially declared their intentions to run or formed exploratory committees. So, with very little fanfare or effort, I guess I will too. I mean, what the heck. All the [...]

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From CNews via YesButNoButYes… comes the story of this well-to-do suburb of Detroit (Troy, MI) that lost their fight to keep a second Hooters from opening in their little hoity-toity hamlet. I think this excerpt says it all: “Critics are concerned that the restaurants’ scantily clad servers don’t fit the image the city seeks to [...]

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Sorry to get all political, but I thought this was important to share. Evidence is mounting that the majority of prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay have not committed any actual crimes against the US or our allies. Habeas Corpus has been suspended, so they have no way of proving their innocence. They are held [...]

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It’s official.  Al Franken has quit his talk radio gig with Air America Radio to challenge Minnesota Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in 2008. Franken expects his years in New York to be an issue in the campaign but has had a ready line as he promotes himself to Minnesota audiences: “If I do run against [...]

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The internet is a powerful tool. It is also being used as a means of repression in many countries. People are being persecuted and imprisoned for expressing their views on websites and blogs. Amnesty International has built a site called Irrepressible.info that calls attention to these injustices. According to AI, “Freedom of expression is a [...]

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Incoming Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) is due to be sworn in tomorrow along with the rest of the freshman class of Reps. Ellison is notable because he is the first Muslim elected to Congress, and because he announced last month that he’d take the oath of office on the Q’ran / Qur’an / Koran. This [...]

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Seems a California homeowners’ association is calling for the removal of a peace sign shaped wreath put up by a couple in the neighborhood. The board said that residents were offended by the peace symbol “while our country is at war.” Oh, and the association president claims the peace sign is anti-Christian and/or Satanic. Don’t [...]

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Now that a) the president has the power to determine what is and is not torture, and b) waterboarding has been classified as “not torture,” you might want to learn a bit about this issue. Technorati Tags: torture, waterboarding

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Hey, Tuesday is election day. If you don’t vote, you have no right to bitch. Really, that’s my main motivation for voting. The nice folks at YesButNoButYes have dug up two of the scariest political candidate websites: There’s the four term Republican member of the house who comes off as Pee Wee Herman… And the [...]

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At the risk of getting overly political, I need to post about the law that President Bush passeded yesterday – The Military Commissions Act of 2006. This goes well beyond Clinton slept around or Bush is stupid. This is scary scary stuff. Essentially, this law gives Bush and Rumsfeld the power to declare anyone (US [...]

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