On a day when the administration desperately hoped to calm America’s fears that a soft-headed, bumbling raft of politically correct peaceniks had taken over and fallen asleep at the national security switch, there wasn’t much to see in the White … Continue reading
The opposition to what I wrote yesterday is pretty strident, and also pretty predictable. Essentially it amounts to: 1. You don’t understand God’s ways, so just shut up and stop trying. Of course, this is the go-to response to any … Continue reading
BELLEVUE, Wash. – January 14, 2010 – T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced that the company is taking a number of steps to provide relief and help unite families in the aftermath the earthquake disaster in Haiti. For current T-Mobile customers … Continue reading
Former chief United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter was arrested in a Pennsylvania sex sting in November on a litany of charges involving a lewd Internet conversation with a person he thought was a 15-year-old girl. Ritter, 48, allegedly masturbated … Continue reading
After allegedly assaulting a Columbia employee at a local bar in November, associate professor Lionel McIntyre failed to appear in court on Monday, Jan. 11. According to police reports after the incident, McIntyre—a professor in the urban planning program at … Continue reading
Starting this Sunday, the cost of canceling your two-year FiOS contract will jump from $179 to $360. Why? Because they’re jerkfaces. Even worse is that if you have to cancel because you’re moving to a part of the country without … Continue reading
Officials said the agreement was thrashed out over more than 15 hours of negotiating at the White House, ending after midnight. Participants included AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka; Andy Stern, head of Service Employees International Union; Anna Burger, head of Change … Continue reading
The Transportation Security Administration, under scrutiny after last month’s bombing attempt, has on its Web site a “mythbuster” that tries to reassure the public. “Meet Mikey Hicks,” said Najlah Feanny Hicks, introducing her 8-year-old son, a New Jersey Cub Scout … Continue reading
Standard text-messaging rates “may apply” in AT&T’s case, the company said yesterday. Sprint said customers who are not covered by text-messaging plans may be charged, but many are covered by the company’s unlimited text messaging plan or its $5-a-month plan … Continue reading
Haiti is devastated. 100,000 people are likely to have perished in a quake that destroyed the entire country and leveled the capitol to a point where it will take years just to get the country back to the mediocre condition … Continue reading
Haiti was forced to pay France for its freedom. When they couldn’t afford the ransom, France (and other countries, including the United States) helpfully offered high-interest loans. By 1900, 80% of Haiti’s annual budget went to paying off its “reparation” … Continue reading
You would think she would’ve learned after giving the same “all of them” answer when Katie Couric asked her what magazines and newspapers she read. I did notice, however, that she managed to get the word “die-versity” in there a … Continue reading
The Campbell Soup Co. executive who was behind the enduring brands Spaghetti Os and Chunky Soup has died. Donald Goerke was 83. A Campbell spokesman confirmed that Goerke died of heart failure Sunday at his home in Delran in southern … Continue reading
What do we sing about, when we sing about the body? The chart below, based on a sample of thousands songs, tells the story. The size of a circle corresponds to how often that part is mentioned in each genre. … Continue reading
With gasoline prices once again approaching $3.00 per gallon, you’d think public outcry over the rise would be at a fevered pitch. You’d think that politicians, pundits, and citizenry alike would be frothing at the mouth, claiming that the president … Continue reading
Remember last week’s overly-hyped Iron Chef episode that featured dishes supposedly made with fresh ingredients from the White House garden? As it turns out, the White House footage was filmed in October, but the actual episode wasn’t shot until a … Continue reading
Very interesting video from Hank explaining what Ecosystem Services are. Sounds much less interesting than it is, trust me.
But no matter how much time a president actually spends away from the official residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Knoller says that the commander in chief is never really off the clock. “I have long held the view that a … Continue reading
This is the last season Simon Cowell will judge “American Idol.” Sources confirm to Hollywood Reporter exclusively that Cowell will quit the top-rated show on television at the end of this season as part of his plan to focus on … Continue reading
The average temperature in December 2009 was 30.2 F. This was -3.2 F cooler than the 1901-2000 (20th century) average, the 14th coolest December in 115 years. The temperature trend for the period of record (1895 to present) is 0.1 … Continue reading
This is how househunting feels to me.
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Getting… Sleepy…