Archive for February, 2006
Our Warm and Fuzzy Litigious Society
This sets a new standard.
A couple, aged 83 and 78 respectively, are suing their upstairs neighbor for bathing too early in the morning.
h/t Overlawyered via Coyote Blog
Yawn
Joe Gandelman looks at the Cheney retirement rumor mill. I really couldn’t care less if the Veep retires before the ‘08 election cycle or not. From the day he was elected with Bush he made it clear that he wasn’t going to run for president. If Karl Rove believes that a sitting vice president makes [...]
One Real Fact in Today’s Zogby Poll
Forget all the statistics contained in the Zogby poll released today which purports to show that 72% of U.S. troops in Iraq say the war should end this year. It’s all suspect as far as I’m concerned. Yet, this paragraph stood out to me as important:
Different branches had quite different sentiments on the question, the poll [...]
Port Deal: Gettin Tougher Every Day
Over the weekend, the Bush administration agreed to hold off execution of their contract allowing Dubai Ports World to manage 6 US ports for 45 days so federal investigators could take another look at the deal in light of potential risks to national security. Since then, more damaging information has come to light adding to the pile of existing damaging [...]
Unseen. Unforgotten.
Treasures still exist.
Dozens of never before released photos from the civil rights era came to light this weekend after an intern discovered them buried in an equipment closet at the Birmingham News.
The photos had been in a box marked: “Keep. Do Not Sell.” But at the time they were taken, the newspaper didn’t want [...]
NYT on Bolton
All I can say is, has a certain geographical place, way way deep underground, suddenly froze over?
When it comes to reforming the disgraceful United Nations Human Rights Commission, America’s ambassador, John Bolton, is right; Secretary General Kofi Annan is wrong; and leading international human rights groups have unwisely put their preference for multilateral consensus ahead [...]
My Eyes!! Oh, My EYES!!!
This is wrong, very wrong.
“OK, Gimme That Burger”
After 11 days, Saddam gets hungry and calls off his hunger strike.
Dennis Weaver, Dead at 81
Weaver died today from cancer. He was probably best known as Sam McCloud in the TV Series ‘McCloud’ which ran from 1970 to 1977. He started his career much earlier though.
Weaver was a struggling actor in Hollywood in 1955, earning $60 a week delivering flowers when he was offered $300 a week for a role in [...]
Dear Hillary
The Tampa Tribune runs an editorial column today directed at Hillary Clinton which begs her not to run for the White House in 2008. Here’s the meat:
If you run for president, chances are good that you’ll secure your party’s nomination. But realistically, how do you think you can win the White House? You are the [...]
Yeah, I Know
I’ve been messing with the style sheet on the site today. OK, pretty much all day, which is why you haven’t seen any posts. I’ve got the layout for Internet Explorer working alright, but Firefox and Safari are hosed, for now. So, if you view the site in either of those browsers, you’ll see some [...]
Darren McGavin, Dead at 83
Although the majority of people might remember Darren McGavin as the father to Ralphie in “A Christmas Story”, I remember him best as Carl Kolchack from “The Night Stalker”, a TV series that didn’t last long enough. That show use to scare me to death.
McGavin died today at the age of 83.
McGavin died of natural [...]