About the time that Oprah’s Dec. 13 ABC White House Christmas special with Barack and Michelle Obama was announced a couple of weeks ago, a tabloid newspaper ran a story about how puzzled and hurt Oprah was that even though she got Obama selected and elected as president, Obama would not accept her calls and …
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Make this viral: how Republican senators can stop the healthcare rationing bill with parliamentary procedure
Eric Erickson at Redstate explains how Republican senators can kill the healthcare reform/rationing bill now before the Senate: The Founding Fathers created a Republic, but 60 Senators are poised to take it away. With the pending disaster of the passage in the Senate of a bill nationalizing one sixth of the U.S. economy and our …
Iowahawk explains how to put the 'hockey stick' on ice
Iowahawk understands statistical analysis — something to do with his day job and all — and his column this week is educational, rather than humorous, on the subject of Climategate. He walks his readers through the process of deriving the famous “hockey stick” graph, which purports to prove global temperatures are rising at such a …
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Scambaiting
Scambaiting is pretending to scammers to be just about to take their bait, then pulling back and leading them on for as long as you can until you are bored of toying with them or they figure out they’ve been had. Think of a mother duck leading the fox away from her nest by pretending …
'Nobody's gonna rain on my blog tirade'
I love The Bloggess and had no idea she has such a lovely singing voice! I’m going to have to start watching “Glee.” And going to bed on time — by coincidence, it was exactly 1:26 am here when The Bloggess said she was up at 1:26 am. Update, 12/13/09, Sunday: See another side of …
The real story on this quadriplegic who regained his ability to walk is the program he created to do that
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy I found this clip via Instapundit, who linked the blog of an old friend of the man being profiled, Mark Stephan. Stephan is a successful businessman who also ran marathons and participated in triathlons. He became quadriplegic due to injuries from a bicycling …
Palin pwns Shatner
Alaska’s NBC station KTUU: HOLLYWOOD — Former Gov. Sarah Palin made a surprise appearance on “The Tonight Show” Friday to poke fun at actor William Shatner, who has repeatedly lampooned Palin’s speaking and writing styles. Shatner has shown up on “Tonight” several times since it premiered in June with Conan O’Brien as the host to …
Serenade to Music
Gentle readers, you’re the best! I am grateful to you with all my heart for your loving and compassionate condolences. Thank you! This post is my way of easing back into the saddle. “Serenade to Music” by Ralph Vaughn Williams is one of my top five favorite musical compositions. I first heard it in 1970 …
I remember you — in memory of Margaret Ardussi
In memory of Margaret Ardussi (June 1, 1941 to Dec. 7, 2004), my late life partner of over 20 years. Blogging is going to be light for a few days. Frank Ifield, “I Remember You” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RhMoC6kjMQ Slim Whitman, introduced by Andy Kaufman (who was a TM teacher like Margaret):
Gen. McChrystal, Obama is behind you in Afghanistan 75 percent
As Iowahawk reports: Anyhoo, after receiving General McChrystal’s request, I carefully reviewed and focus tested it with some of the top military strategists of DailyKos and HuffingtonPost. As an alternative, they suggested sending a special force of 200 diversity-trained surrender consultants. After several months of careful deliberation, polling, and strategic golfing, I told the General …
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