Archive for February, 2005

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Guess it’s Too Late to Ask for an Extension

Via MSNBC: Entrepreneur accused of biggest-ever tax scam.
The Justice Department on Monday filed its biggest personal tax evasion case ever, accusing the man who once tried to rescue Russia’s Mir space station, Walter Anderson, of failing to pay more than $200 million in personal income taxes by stashing income in offshore bank accounts.
Anderson, 51, earned [...]

Republicans: Dean Should Step Down

Republicans are calling for DNC Chairman Howard Dean to step down after he made insensitive remarks during a recent speech. So what right? How many times has a news story started this way? Too many times to count. There is one important difference this time though. The insensitive remarks were made during a meeting of the DNC [...]

Miss HIV

Via Reuters:

At a palm tree-studded resort and conference center in the capital Gaborone, 12 girls are competing this weekend for the title “Miss HIV Stigma Free.”
“We are saying here we are, we are HIV positive and it doesn’t mean it’s the end of the line,” 33 year old reigning Miss HIV Kgalalelo Ntsepe told Reuters [...]

Mr. B-List

Yep, that’s me, according to the latest survey of the blogosphere.

Caged

Via the UK Sun – Saddam Hussein will be forced to sit in a Hannibal Lecter-style cage during his trial.
“Saddam will be housed in an underground cell and will travel to and from the courtroom cage using an elevator.
When he’s in his cell he will be under 24-hour surveillance by security staff who will watch [...]

Whacked Out Freaks – Part Two

As if this touching episode wasn’t enough, now the Thompson family has put out a request for anyone who owns a cannon. No, I didn’t spell that wrong. We’re talking a real cannon, the type that shoots cannon balls (ala Pirates of the Caribbean). Since you obviously can’t head down the local Walmart to find such things, the family has [...]

It’s A Good Thing

I really don’t like to admit this, but it’s been hard for me to keep up with the daily news coming from Iraq, not to mention Afghanistan. Now that the drama of the Iraqi election is pretty much over, there just hasn’t been a lot of breaking news to catch my attention. Yes, I do realize that [...]

And The Winner Is…

Oscar Night Award Winners:

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLEMorgan Freeman MILLION DOLLAR BABY
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLECate Blanchett THE AVIATOR
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLEHilary Swank MILLION DOLLAR BABY
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLEJamie FoxxRAY
DIRECTINGMILLION DOLLAR BABY Clint Eastwood
BEST PICTUREMILLION DOLLAR BABYClint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg

UPDATE: Cheese and Crackers with ALL the video from this [...]

Breaking News!!!

###MUST CREDIT PUNDITGUY###
Security Break at Oscar Telecast!
A naked 33-year-old man named Robert Opal streaked briefly into view, flashing a peace sign, as NBC cameras cut away to avoid a full frontal assault on viewers of the Academy Awards* ceremony, broadcast worldwide.
The Los Angeles sex shop owner streaked all the way from one side of the stage [...]

No Wonder My Insurance Premiums Are So High

It’s all because of guys like this…

Wow

Thanks!