Thursday, August 10, 2006
Insurance screw job!
Wired 14.08: Pinch My Ride: "�Since you reportedly can account for all the vehicle keys, the forensic information suggests that the loss did not occur as reported,� the company wrote to Wassef, denying his claim. The barely hidden subtext: Wassef was lying."
They're not only liars, they're stupid!
Framing the story: "We hope doubters of media bias are paying attention to the photojournalism follies in Lebanon this week. It started with a Reuters freelance photographer's doctoring of images to exaggerate plumes of smoke and Israeli-wrought destruction in Beirut. The photographer was fired, which would have ended the matter, except that fresh irregularities at the New York Times, the Associated Press and U.S. News & World Report are emerging. As we said about the Reuters incident, media bias is a consensus, not a conspiracy."
The most important story of the year!
Read it all!
The Contrived News Story: "Think about how many times the media have concocted a story when there wasn't one to report. The president's Texas Air National Guard 'records', forged by someone for CBS, was only the most obvious, but the list is long. Enron as a Bush scandal. Richard Clarke's testimony to the 9-11 Commission taken as gospel and republished over and over without any examination of the underlying facts that proved much of it wrong. The Valerie Plame nonsense. Long-time war critic Jack Murtha suddenly given the Paris Hilton treatment. Blaming the president for Katrina's devastation of New Orleans. NSA listening to terrorists as 'domestic spying.'
The hypocrites in green!
USATODAY.com - Gore isn't quite as green as he's led the world to believe: "Public records reveal that as Gore lectures Americans on excessive consumption, he and his wife Tipper live in two properties: a 10,000-square-foot, 20-room, eight-bathroom home in Nashville, and a 4,000-square-foot home in Arlington, Va. (He also has a third home in Carthage, Tenn.) For someone rallying the planet to pursue a path of extreme personal sacrifice, Gore requires little from himself. "
But you gotta sell your SUV, little Americans!
Let's make terrorism fun!
Schoolchildren Get Trivia Questions' About 9/11 Attack - August 8, 2006 - The New York Sun: "An activity book for children about the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks being distributed to schools with funding from Keyspan, North Fork Bank, and the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges contains pages of 'trivia questions' and math problems about the attack."
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Why didn't we think of this?
cbs2.com - California Wire: "Thieves apparently under the influence of alcohol stole six U-Haul moving trucks and went on some destructive Mojave Desert joyrides, authorities said."
...in college that is...
The Most Overrated Teams in College Football
Bummer Sparty!
The Most Overrated Teams in College Football: "The Most Overrated Team Has Been ...
1. Michigan State-No matter how good they look or how many starters are back, do not do it. Do not champion the Spartans, America's most overrated college football program. Resist that temptation and you'll prove wiser than your peers in the end. Ten times since 1971, Michigan State has been ranked in the preseason. In nine of those years, they ended the season unranked. And there are some real clunkers in the school vault, including Bobby Williams' last team, which opened 2002 at No. 17, yet could only manage four victories and a host of off-field missteps.
*Composite Score: -19.80 "
Sensitive men on drugs!
The Borowitz Report .com: "Elsewhere, the FDA approved a new morning-after pill that makes men stay for breakfast and call when they say they will."
Doh!
Man dies opening grenade with sledgehammer - Yahoo! News: "A Brazilian man died on Tuesday when he tried to open what police believe was a rocket-propelled grenade with a sledgehammer in a mechanical workshop on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. "
Was he looking for a surprise inside?
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!".
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...
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
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....
Monday, August 07, 2006
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. "
Sunday, August 06, 2006
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. "
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. "
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. "
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."
Friday, August 04, 2006
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. "
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