Archive for April, 2008
Hillary Vs. The Coffee Maker
Hillary Clinton Just Can’t Seem To Make It Work:
Boy, if she’s half as good with economic issues as she is with that coffee maker, we’re in terrible shape. Does this make Hillary look out of touch for her inability to function like a working-class stiff? Or is that machine a lot harder to work than [...]
David Blaine Breaks Record
David Blaine Held His Breath For More Than 17 Minutes:
CHICAGO (AP) — David Blaine took on a Zen-like appearance in the water tank as the minutes ticked by during his attempt to set a new breath-holding record. Oprah Winfrey, however, was anything but calm.
She fidgeted in her chair, pursed her lips, placed her head in [...]
Photo Of The Day - 04/30/08
This Is The Most Bizarre Monkey That I Have Ever Seen:
Conchita, a three-week-old mangabey monkey is being hand-reared in London Zoo during her mother’s recuperation from an operation. The teddy bear is a constant companion.
Conchita almost looks fake. If Ron Paul was a monkey…
The Latest McCain VP Buzz III
Romney, Pawlenty And Huckabee Top The List As Others Bow Out:
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said today that he does not consider himself a likely candidate to be on presumed Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s short list for a running mate because he is still on hurricane duty, and he said the Arizona senator ought to [...]
David Frum Battles 9/11 ‘Truther’
Former Bush Speechwriter Battles 9/11 Conspiracy Theorists:
So I’m at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. I’ve done my paneling duties, and I’m sitting under a tent to sign books. The (short) queue terminates, and up comes a guy with a videocamera.
“Remember me?” Amd I do - it’s the same 9/11 denialist who showed up [...]
The Wright Effect - Obama Sinks
Barrack Obama Has Dropped 7 Points In Latest Fox News Poll:
The ongoing controversy over Obama’s former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, appears to have damaged how Americans view Obama. His favorable rating is now 47 percent, down 7 percentage points since February when 54 percent had a positive view of him. As may be expected, [...]
You Must Read ‘The Billy Letters’
Radar Magazine Sends Letters Posing As A 10-Year-Old Boy:
In the late ’90s, pop-culture historian Bill Geerhart had a little too much time on his hands and a surfeit of stamps. So, for his own entertainment, the then-unemployed thirtysomething launched a letter-writing campaign to some of the most powerful and infamous figures in the country, posing [...]
Hillary Clinton’s ‘Pansy’ Problem
More Problems For Hillary, This Time It’s Mike Easley:
North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley’s high-profile embrace of Hillary Clinton may not play out as an unalloyed asset for her. The main sound bite he delivered in endorsing her presidential candidacyNorth Carolina Gov. Mike Easley endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton but in the process used an [...]
Teacher Faces Third Sex Rap
Stephanie Ragusa flashes the same smile in all three mugshots, but there’s nothing charming about the middle-school teacher’s third arrest in six weeks for alleged sexual encounters with Florida teens.
Ragusa, 29, was arrested Monday in Hillsborough County when investigators saw her leaving a 16-year-old high school student’s house just before 1 p.m. Authorities say Ragusa [...]
Photo Of The Day - 04/29/08
Virginia Home Completely Destroyed By A Tornado Last Night:
A house in Driver, Va. is shown after a tornado blew the side off of it on April 28. The National Weather Service said three tornadoes touched down in Virginia on Monday afternoon. (AP/Dennis Tennant)
An interesting sidebar to the video I posted earlier. All told, more than [...]
