This ad for Kohler bathroom fixtures is funny, but, as I've said many times before, the "man as idiot" theme got old a long, long time ago. On the positive side, I wish my plumber looked like that... To watch the commercial, click here or see below. To watch some other videos of "dad as idiot" TV...
Most folks associate the Limbaugh name with a ruthlessly-honest framework of conservative thinking. Unfortunately, Missouri Supreme Court Judge Stephen Limbaugh, who is cousin to Rush Limbaugh and well-known conservative writer David Limbaugh, apparently ate too many paint chips as a child. While I have not studied more than a handful of Judge Limbaugh’s opinions,...
THE GREAT IOWA PUMPKIN CAPER Now that the excitement and activities of Halloween are past, I would like to share some thoughts about the GREAT IOWA PUMPKIN CAPER, and its national implications. Over the past few days, Iowa has been the subject of many humorous comments from television and newspaper commentators and pundits, internet...
Oops, I'm sorry, I forgot--only fathers can be deadbeats. This mother who abandoned her child is not a "deadbeat" for leaving her baby at a hospital. She can walk out of the newborn girl's life without owing any responsibility to the child she created. In fact, if anything, she's a victim. The article says, "[Indiana's...
Background: Newsweek magazine writer Lorraine Ali briefly quotes from my co-authored column Rise in Out-of-Wedlock Births Is Bad News for America’s Kids (Washington Times, 12/4/06) in her new piece Knocking Yourself Up--Some women laugh about turkey basters replacing Mr. Right. The ongoing debate over going it alone (Newsweek, 11/5/07). The piece centers around Louise...
A few days after Indian company Essar Steel Holdings Limited acquired Minnesota Steel LLC, the governor of Minnesota announced that he “will strongly oppose any effort to provide state financial assistance to companies or entities that engage in prohibited business practices with Iran.” Governor Tim Pawlenty recently returned from a trip to India. He...
 Astronauts and ground controllers are looking at apparent damage to the International Space Station P6 4B solar array spotted by the crew during deployment. NASA halted the deployment of the solar array wing to evaluate the damage. Deployment is about 75 percent complete with 25 of 31 bays deployed. The crew has been asked...
 Astronauts and ground controllers are looking at apparent damage to the International Space Station P6 4B solar array spotted by the crew during deployment. NASA halted the deployment of the solar array wing to evaluate the damage. Deployment is about 75 percent complete with 25 of 31 bays deployed. The crew has been asked...
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) a magnitude 5.6 earthquake, lasting about 90 seconds, struck at 20:04:54 (PDT), with the epicenter being 5 miles north, northeast of Alum Rock California and 9 miles northeast of the center of San Jose. The actual coordinates given by USGS put it along the border of...
The Boston Red Sox baseball team, back in Boston today, fresh off their sweep of the Colorado Rockies, paraded down from the venerable Fenway Park onto Boylston Street in Boston making their way through the heart of Boston’s Back Bay until reaching the Boston Common where they then made their way up Tremont Street...
The Boston Red Sox baseball team, back in Boston today, fresh off their sweep of the Colorado Rockies, paraded down from the venerable Fenway Park onto Boylston Street in Boston making their way through the heart of Boston’s Back Bay until reaching the Boston Common where they then made their way up Tremont Street...
According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Daylight Savings Time will end on November 4, 2007 at 2:00 AM local time for most of the United States and Canada. This change is different from previous years due to a U.S. mandated daylight savings time change, which was caused by the Energy Policy...
The Audiencia Nacional of Spain (National Court of Spain) has found 21 of 28 defendants guilty in connection with the 2004 Madrid train bombings. The other seven were acquitted. The defendants were facing charges including murder, forgery and conspiracy to commit a terrorist attack. 27 of them are men and one is a woman....
Schools in Moscow, Russia have been told by the city’s department of education to not allow any Halloween-related events. Alexander Gavrilov, press secretary of the education department told Interfax: “The department’s stance has remained invariable since 2003, when the leadership of the department sent a letter to Moscow principals, which bans holding Halloween events...
Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced a five-year program that could reduce taxes by a total C$60 billion. The planned tax reduction measures include: * Low-end personal income tax rates would be reduced from 15.5% to 15%, taking retroactive effect to the start of 2007; * The basic personal exemption, the amount at which...
" is ABUSE. It is no different from hiring a hooker for sex except that you don't stick it in...the man did deserve an ashtray in his skull (or perhaps the loss of one important piece he needs to get excited for strippers)..." Syndicated columnist Amy Alkon (aka "The Advice Goddess")...
On October 12 and 13, activist groups The Council of Canadians and the Canadian Action Party, respectively, called for a popular referendum on Canada’s involvement in the controversial Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) that has been covered in the U.S. primarily by alternative media sources over the past few months. “Closed...
In 2004, around 40 percent of those who voted for Kerry-Edwards admitted little to no interest in a Kerry presidency. Kerry was not offering voters choice on important policy issues nor did his candidacy stimulate the kind of broad, probing public discussion of policy that characterizes real democratic process. The core of the Kerry...
If PJM's advice columnist Dr. Helen Smith ever doubted that the institution of marriage was getting to be an increasingly risky and expensive proposition for men - her readers have certainly educated her, forcing her to think carefully about whether...
Yesterday the local State press announced that the government had agreed to new regulations that made it an offence to use market exchange rates in the determination of either costs of production or final retail prices on goods that had been imported. We immediately received reports of arrests in the City and assume that...
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