Archive for November, 2005

A Toronto man acquitted of sexual assault charges; he had sexsomnia… Husband Shoots Self, Kills Wife By Mistake »

Our 23-year old is back from Iraq. Safe and sound, our son Edgar brought us happy reports of our being welcome there for our guts, our help, their infrastructure, their schools, their new ability to vote. . . well, just turn off the mainstream media and turn on Talkradio and you’ll get the facts about... »

RECOVERING Well my big surgical procedure seems to have gone OK. Many thanks for the good wishes I have received from many readers. I felt like shit when I came out of the anaesthetic but after a few hours of post-operative testing they let me go home, whereupon I fell straight into bed... »

If you use any of the over the counter eye drops made by this company you should probably stop, and throw whatever you have away. They probably aren’t sterile, and the FDA has made them stop producing the drops until they can fix the problems at their manufacturing plant. Eye-drop maker MBI Distributing Inc.... »

One of the columnists at Townhall.com this morning reported seeing a bumper-sticker in Berkeley saying, “Animals are just little people in fur coats.” Now I really don’t know what to say to that any more than I would know what to say to someone who said, and meant it,... »

Larry Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff for former Secretary of State Colin Powell, has said that President Bush was “too detached” from the war details. Powell himself was, of course, also at odds with Bush and Cheney a number of times. I can’t remember if I read this before or after I read some other... »

Another eight Chicago employees joined the lawsuit against the city of Chicago claiming that there was no way to get a promotion without the approval of the Mayor Richard Daley’s brother John. And, how did you get John’s approval? Well, by doing political work for the Daley Administration. The eight employees were added to... »

Donald Rumsfeld finally figured out that there really is not an “insurgency” in Iraq. Now we just need the media to get a clue and we’ll really be getting somewhere. Of course, there’s no chance of that happening anytime soon. This is a group of people who don’t merit the word `insurgency,’ I think,” Rumsfeld... »

Terrorists are now using the recently opened border crossing from Egypt to Rafah to enter the Gaza Strip. The joke a while back was that Gaza will soon change it’s name to “Hamastan” and it doesn’t look that’s too far off the mark. Only days after the Rafah border crossing was reopened, another senior... »

by Jim Kouri, CPP The debate over illegal immigration is intensifying with most Americans calling for tighter border security and lots more immigration enforcement. A minority of special interest advocates on the left — some on the right — oppose the elimination of a revolving door illegal immigration and in fact want fewer restrictions on... »

by Jim Kouri, CPP The debate over illegal immigration is intensifying with most Americans calling for tighter border security and lots more immigration enforcement. A minority of special interest advocates on the left — some on the right — oppose the elimination of a revolving door illegal immigration and in fact want fewer restrictions on... »

Campus Gay GOP Group Wants Investigation Into UMSL Drag Show »

A widening scandal in Japan is shaking the building industry to its foundation. Government officials say dozens of high-rise structures in the capital and elsewhere may have to be razed because they do not meet earthquake safety standards. The safety records of the condominium and hotel towers were falsified and that officials are warning... »

A United Nations report says nearly five million people were infected with HIV in 2005 – the highest jump since the beginning of the epidemic. But the report also has some good news: HIV infection rates decreased in some of the countries most severely affected by the disease. The annual report of the United Nations... »

Redheads reign again – “Red is the new blonde…” »

Divorced Iranian slapped with 10,000-year alimony order – An Iranian man has been ordered by a divorce court to pay his ex-wife one gold coin a month in alimony for the next 10,000 years… »

Fem-Think and the Civil Rights of Men »

Terrorists Targeted Macy’s (40 years ago) »

The culture war knows no season »

Ah, the Boomers! I remember their credo of 40 years ago, “Better burn out than rust”. However when Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and John Bonham actually started doing it, and the Boomers started turning 30 (the”End of the World”!)somehow it lost its charm no matter how flambuoyantly it was... »