The big campaign speeches and oodles of rhetoric during the 2008 campaign are encapsulated in this speech… Demonstrating that “Judgment to Lead,” and following up on all that lofty “we will do this and that” type stuff, the President has … Continue reading
Long a part of the plan to use construction of a new Yankee Stadium to help aid in the revitalization of the South Bronx, the Metro-North stop was nearly discarded when the MTA and the City could not agree to … Continue reading
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The battle between prosecutors and Northwestern University journalism program is heating up. The prosecutors are now accusing students of paying witnesses. Cook County, Illinois prosecutors were highly criticized by the journalistic community for issuing subpoenas for the grades and off-the-record … Continue reading
The gentleman who served me cut off a small sample of my hair and put it into a zip-lock bag to send away for processing. A few days later, a friend of mine also went into the store. He brought … Continue reading
If only some of our politicians had the brains of Grover… Source
New York drivers will start paying for new license plates next year — whether they want to or not. Beginning in April, car and tractor-trailer owners alike will have to shell out $25 for spruced-up license plates, by dictate of … Continue reading
You’ve just got to admire this kind of tenacity. Earlier this year, we related the story of Cha Sa-soon of South Korea. This 68-year-old woman wanted her driver’s license so badly that she had gone to take the written test … Continue reading
Sawyer loves his daddy… via twittelator Posted via Posterous
More than 200 amendments were rejected by the House Rules Committee ahead of Saturday’s vote on the Democrats’ health care bill, including 11 that would have required members of Congress and other government officials to be enrolled in the same … Continue reading
A 15-YEAR-old Brisbane school girl has been suspended for shaving her head to raise money for vital cancer research. Emily Pridham and her family told Channel Nine News her father is battling leukemia. He underwent a bone marrow transplant a … Continue reading
“Women who do not know how to protect themselves from such infections, or who are unable to do so, face increased risks of death or illness,” WHO said in a 91-page report. “So do those who cannot protect themselves from … Continue reading
The Motorola Droid will be the most powerful Android phone to date when it launches on November 6, 2009. However, the device still features the same shortcomings of all other Android phones. The Droid ships with a 512 MB ROM … Continue reading
On Sunday’s Face the Nation on CBS, host Bob Schieffer tried to provide some perspective on the Fort Hood shooting, committed by an Islamic extremist: “It’s looking more and more like he was just, sort of, a religious nut. And … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block Tuesday’s scheduled execution of sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad. The Court did not comment Monday on why it refused to consider his appeal. Muhammad is scheduled to die by injection at a … Continue reading
Fundamental to all policy debates is this sense that “If we do X, Y will result.” But the connection between X and Y is often asserted and impossible or near-impossible to prove. Up on Capitol Hill, we’re promised, again and … Continue reading
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Wow… Denton must really be hurting. Look at what graces the bottom of every single post in Gizmodo’s feed now… I have no objection to an add or two in a feed, but this strikes me as a hair excessive. … Continue reading
What a sad day, the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, because the world is celebrating without us. Barack Obama chose not to attend despite a specific invitation from German Chancellor Angela Merkel. An excursion to New … Continue reading
Sawyer is a lazy pussycat! – Posted with Stuffr! –
This is how househunting feels to me.
(via Best pond we could get - Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?)
Getting… Sleepy…