Car wash?

Greenandwhite.com: MSU football notebook: Bandit keeps coping: "Junior bandit Sir Darean Adams missed some of the MSU football team's spring practice because his younger brother was shot to death.
Adams, 21, said his younger brother, Keith Ford, 18, was killed by a stray bullet in his hometown of Bradenton, Fla. Ford's death marked the third close friend or relative Adams has lost to violence since coming to Michigan State.
According to Adams, Ford was gunned down mistakenly at a car wash."
I thought they were fun places.....

Israel facts!

Tammy Bruce: History Archives: "ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM FACTS
1. ISRAEL BECAME A STATE IN 1312 B.C., TWO MILLENNIA BEFORE ISLAM;
2. ARAB REFUGEES FROM ISRAEL BEGAN CALLING THEMSELVES 'PALESTINIANS' IN 1967, TWO DECADES AFTER (MODERN) ISRAELI STATEHOOD;
3. AFTER CONQUERING THE LAND IN 1272 B.C., JEWS RULED IT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS AND MAINTAINED A CONTINUOUS PRESENCE THERE FOR 3,300 YEARS;"
Read the rest of her post. Amazing we had no idea.
She's also a fox!

The amazing Progressives part 2

Geeze. Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Kim Gandey (President of anti-male, anti-hetro NOW-National Organization of Women) all in prominent photo-op positions with the new Progressive darling.
This is the new face of the Democrats?
Heh......

The amazing "Progressives"

The Blogometer: 8/9: Nightmares and Dreamscapes: "Savour this moment. Cable exec Ned Lamont's (D) CT Dem primary win over Sen. Joe Lieberman (D) may well be the last time for a long time that bloggers from the left and right are genuinely pleased with the exact same election result. "
This election is a disaster for the Democrat Party and the MSM (Tim Russert/George Stephanopoulos, et al) is spinning it as a "wake up call to the GOP". Lieberman will retain his seat, Demo candidates will be forced to run as anti war extremists and the GOP will retain its hold on the Senate/Congress.
What is it with democrats that they don't mind being lied to by the MSM if it makes them feel good "right now!".

Some cars do suck......

VW and Saturn at the bottom?
J.D. Power Dependability results are out - Autoblog

The threats begin!

National Review Online: "Friends,
Let the resounding defeat of Senator Joe Lieberman send a cold shiver down the spine of every Democrat who supported the invasion of Iraq and who continues to support, in any way, this senseless, immoral, unwinnable war. Make no mistake about it: We, the majority of Americans, want this war ended and we will actively work to defeat each and every one of you who does not support an immediate end to this war."
Friends, indeed....

OpinionJournal - Extra

OpinionJournal - Extra: "In this context, mutual assured destruction, the deterrent that worked so well during the Cold War, would have no meaning. At the end of time, there will be general destruction anyway. What will matter will be the final destination of the dead--hell for the infidels, and heaven for the believers. For people with this mindset, MAD is not a constraint; it is an inducement."

Sad

The Columbus Dispatch - Local/State: "Officers used Mace to subdue Clarett after a stun gun was ineffective because the former Fiesta Bowl star was wearing a bullet-resistant vest, Sgt. Michael Woods said."
Doesn't sound like he was goin' to the 7-11 to pick up some milk...

WHO WILL WIN THE BIG TEN? - 07/20/06 - The Detroit News Online

WHO WILL WIN THE BIG TEN? - 07/20/06 - The Detroit News Online: "There's no shortage of talent at the skill positions surrounding Stanton, so there's no reason to expect much of a drop-off from 2005, when MSU ranked fifth nationally in total offense. "
FIFTH NATIONALLY IN OFFENSE?!!!!!!! How could they suck so much?

TaxProf Blog: Ranking Law Schools by "Service to Society"?

TaxProf Blog: Ranking Law Schools by "Service to Society"?: "Washington Monthly has published its second annual College Rankings based on 'service to society':"

Gunga Dan?

Americans Rate Television News and Talk Personalities: "A recent Gallup Panel poll asked a random sample of Americans to indicate if they have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of 17 personalities who regularly appear on news and talk shows on broadcast television and cable news networks. "
70% have a favorable opinion of proven liar Dan Rather? Something smells here...

Censorship!

My Way News - Dixie Chicks Cancel 14 Shows on Tour: "Several concerts on the Dixie Chicks''Accidents & Accusations' tour have been canceled after slow ticket sales, but the group says it has replaced them with other dates.
Kansas City, Houston, St. Louis, Memphis and Knoxville are among 14 cities no longer on the original schedule released in May"
Bummer, chicks....

Drinking From Home: Extreme Makeover - Beirut Edition

Drinking From Home: Extreme Makeover - Beirut Edition

The Daily Inter Lake

The Daily Inter Lake: "Last week, a federal district judge in Florida agreed with the ACLU lawyers that �pat-down� searches of football fans entering NFL stadiums are unconstitutional and unreasonable. "

BREITBART.COM - 9/ 11 Conspiracy Theorists Thriving

BREITBART.COM - 9/ 11 Conspiracy Theorists Thriving: "Kevin Barrett believes the U.S government might have destroyed the World Trade Center. Steven Jones is researching what he calls evidence that the twin towers were brought down by explosives detonated inside them, not by hijacked airliners. "

Welcome to AJC! | ajc.com

Welcome to AJC! ajc.com: "Before Germany began a guest worker program to import foreign labor, few Turks lived in Germany. Three decades after the program ended, they number 2.5 million.
Entering under the temporary program, they never left. Yet many remain on the margins of German society, living in ethnic enclaves where unemployment, poverty and youth crime rates are high. "

R News: As It Happens, Where It Happens

R News: As It Happens, Where It Happens: "ALBANY, N.Y.-- Students with limited English could face a harder time taking state tests from now on.
State education officials said that any student with at least one year of U.S. schooling will have to take the regular English Language Arts exam. Until now, students with less than three years of U.S. schooling could take a different test for English as a second language.
The change affects about 90,000children in grades three through eight who speak limited English. The next test is in January.
New York has been under pressure from the federal government to improve its testing.
In June, the feds threatened the state with a loss more than a million dollars in aid per year if New York did not change its testing process within a year. "

New Registration Rules Stir Voter Debate in Ohio - New York Times

New Registration Rules Stir Voter Debate in Ohio - New York Times: "Under the law, passed by the Republican-led state legislature in January 2006, paid voter registration workers must personally submit the voter registration cards to the state, rather than allow the organizations overseeing the drives to vet and submit them in bulk.
By requiring paid canvassers to sign and put their addresses on the voter registration cards they collect, and by making them criminally liable for any irregularities on the cards, the rules have made it more difficult to use such workers, who most often work in lower-income and Democratic-leaning neighborhoods, where volunteers are scarce. "

More media lies exposed!

The American Thinker: "We live in two different worlds, as the old pop song had it. One world employs local stringers who may well either be under the thumb of Hezbollah, Hamas, or other villainous groups, or who are outright partisans. But they claim to be objective."

Hill Climb this weekend!

Muskegon Motorcycle Club - Home: "Once every two years, the west end of Mt. Garfield road becomes a site for the National Hill Climb, attracting nearly 10,000 spectators. This is your opportunity to see top professionals launch nitro charged bikes at a mountain of dirt, clay and sand that’s over 300’ long. This is about as extreme as a sport can get, and requires unique skills, after all when you add up the ingredients: A mountain of dirt with 3 huge jumps, highly flammable nitro, an insanely modified motorcycle, and a goal of getting fastest time.... Get the idea? It takes a professional, with the mental ability to not only overcome all of the aforementioned, but to make hundreds of calculations and adjustment in just a few seconds. Physical strength is important too, there is a lot of “muscling” the bike up the run and all of this while the nitro exhaust burns your eyes and nose. "

Drew Curtis' FARK.com

Drew Curtis' FARK.com: "Sen. Clinton says Rumsfeld should resign. Rumsfeld says that lesbo could use a good boning. Actually, we can't verify that, but he probably did"

Airdisaster.Com Forums - OSKOSH Disaster

Airdisaster.Com Forums - OSKOSH Disaster: "A 63-year-old man from Canada was killed Sunday when a Navy warbird's propeller hit a Canadian-registered homebuilt aircraft on a taxiway at Wittman Regional Airport at about noon Sunday.


A Grumman TBM World War II Navy airplane taxied up behind a homebuilt R.V.6 and as it caught up with the significantly smaller homebuilt, the Grumman's propeller sliced into the R.V.6. The passenger in the side-by-side seat R.V.6 was pronounced dead at the scene while the pilot of the aircraft was not injured, authorities said. "

Gonna use live eels?

Giant dead eel tossing contest canceled: "The practice, known as conger cuddling, is the annual highlight in the small coastal town about 155 miles southwest of London. The object of the game is to knock the opposing team off the platform by swinging a 25-pound eel at them."

Big Dig crime?

Scroll down to "Ears shut and eyes stuffed"
Drag-7-28-06

The Dilbert Blog

The Dilbert Blog: "Recently we had a heat wave in California. My air conditioner broke because, I assume, it is not designed to operate in hot weather. That was the bad news. The good news is that I solved the problems in the Middle East. Allow me to explain.
During the several days that it was 112 degrees and I had no AC, all I wanted to do was build an IED and kill the AC guy who kept driving right past my office and helping other people. In fact, I wanted to kill everyone who didn’t agree with me on just about any point whatsoever.
And I realized that the problem with the Middle East is insufficient AC. If you think about it, virtually all of the organized violence in the world is originating from places where they have poor air conditioning. And in the desert, 112 degrees is considered a pleasant day. Imagine how grumpy you would be at 125 degrees. And guess what I never see on TV when they show footage of the Middle East?
Shade."

This'll work...right.....

Funny, no mention of actually improving the education standards.
Detroit schools spending $500,000 to fight pupil loss: "The Detroit school district plans to spend $500,000 on a publicity campaign designed to fight its long enrollment decline.
The Detroit Public Schools campaign is using the slogan 'Come Home to DPS' in ads on television, radio, billboards and city buses. "

No mention of teacher compensation?

Tight-budgeted Michigan schools turn to outsourcing: "A new report says a growing number of Michigan school districts are hiring private contractors to serve meals, mop floors and drive buses.
The free-market-oriented Mackinac Center says about 35 percent of public schools privatized at least one service last year. That's up from 31 percent in 2001.
The trend has led to backlashes that have included at least two recall campaigns against school board members."

Photos that damn Hezbollah | Herald Sun

Photos that damn Hezbollah Herald Sun

Rove Blasts Journalists' Role in Politics

Rove Blasts Journalists' Role in Politics: "Presidential adviser Karl Rove said Saturday that journalists often criticize political professionals because they want to draw attention away from the 'corrosive role' their own coverage plays in politics and government"

Local News

Local News: "Studies that link a spike in hurricane intensity with global warming are spotting 'artificial upward trends' because they rely on bad historical data, a paper suggested today in the journal Science.
Hurricane intensity is measured by the storms' surface winds. Sometimes those winds are estimated by looking at satellite pictures, using a subjective technique invented in 1972."