Global economic crisis: A MAVERICK solution!!!!
This solution was presented by a somewhat unlikely duo - actresses Natalie Portman and Rashida Jones. Before you dismiss it out of hand, consider that, despite their youthful looks, Ms. Portman and Ms....
View ArticleOHIO NASTINESS: state vote site hack, threats to Democratic election official
The Ohio Secretary of State website that, among other things, handles voter registration and election information, has been hacked.According to the official statement (link above) by the Secretary of...
View Article"OCTOBER SURPRISE"? US strikes Syria
Apparently, four US helicopters just delivered a strike inside Syria, for the first time ever. Links:ReutersJerusalem PostAl JazeeraDissociated PressBBCHopefully, this will not amount to much, but the...
View ArticleThe first commercial spaceport in New Mexico!
This was in the works for quite some time, but now it's official - Virgin Galactic has signed a lease with the State of New Mexico to build a commercial spaceport.Book your flights, folks! At $200,000...
View ArticleThe Bush war on CHEESE
The last days of the mercifully-departed administration were really busy, and it will probably take months to unravel all the mischief the Bush gnomes wrought. One of the inadvertently hilarious things...
View ArticleLieberman under criminal investigation, will be forced to quit?
For some reason, I think that news of a criminal investigation of Joe Lieberman would make many Kossacks happy. This is not what I'm talking about here (although there is a Joe Lieberman connection -...
View ArticleSTFU! Obama SUPPORTS the public option! Today's news...
To all the Chicken Littles here, here's the breaking news. President Obama SUPPORTS THE PUBLIC OPTION, so STFU please. Posting an "omg, onoz, we r doomed" diary on Daily Kos is the least productive...
View ArticleHAXX0R3D: Gov. Rick Perry (TX)?
Reports are coming in that Gov. Rick Perry's re-election campaign kickoff in Texas had a less than auspicious beginning. Quoting Peggy Fikacblogging at mysanantonio.com:Gov. Rick Perry's much-touted...
View ArticleCoded death threats, PUMAPAC, Psalm 109:8 weirdness
Earlier today, kat68 published an excellent diary on certain hard-right pseudo-Christian weirdos sending a not-so-coded message calling for violence against President Obama (as originally exposed by...
View ArticleGlenn Beck barking like a dog on air (no kidding!)
A video just surfaced of our favorite right-wing comedian Beck literally barking like a mad dog. It's not manipulated in any way, Beck actually went on air and did a rather lame dog impersonation,...
View ArticleIndonesia hit by magnitude 7.7 earthquake... no casualties reported
Magnitude 7.7. Epicenter near Northern Sumatra. USGS reported the quake first, the damage appears limited to power outages. CNN just reported on it, Wolf Blitzer made a total idiot of himself (he said...
View ArticleUnrest in Jamaica: dozens killed, state of emergency declared
I understand that it's not nearly as fascinating as all the meta on the wreck list, but there is a gun battle between Jamaican army and police on one side and the Shower Posse gang controlling Tivoli...
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Elections 2010: meet the opponent and ROFL...
This is just too good not to share with you. Apparently, a certain Phil Davison ran for the Republican nomination for the position of county treasurer (Stark County, Ohio), when he made the...
View ArticleFCC Chair promises to kill Fairness Doctrine. WTF???
Fairness Doctrine has been a part of FCC (Federal Communications Commission) rulebook since 1949. As summarized by Steve Rendall of FAIR,The Fairness Doctrine had two basic elements: It required...
View ArticleThe obamarox/obamasux crap...
has started again.All that needed to be said on this subject has already been said. It is my subjective (and quite possibly flawed) perception that the resumption of flames is the responsibility of the...
View ArticleFukushima nuclear plant: COLD SHUTDOWN.
According to Japan's Prime Minister,the crippled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have been successfully brought to a state of cold shutdown. The state is a target in the second phase of...
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Susan G. Komen Facebook page - they sure are busy cleaning it up...
...and STILL cannot keep up with the negative feedback.Here's a little sampling...--- You have crossed a line of credability of your mission with conflicts of moral & religious lines, Shame is on...
View ArticleRegarding trolls and paid shills...
This post is about a major breaking scandal - several prominent bloggers have just been revealed to be paid trolls...Background and breaking news - below the squiggly.
View ArticleVERY good news from the Middle East?
Avigdor Lieberman, the Foreign Minister of Israel, is finally forced to resign after being haunted for years by financial scandals and accusations of money laundering, bribery, and so on.Why it may be...
View ArticleTTFN
There's just too much stuff going on at this site that I have no desire to be a party to, sorry: the virtual pie fights where people try to score cheap points over a real tragedy, the internet...
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