April 30th, 2008 // comments (0)

Hillary Vs. The Coffee Maker

Hillary Clinton Just Can’t Seem To Make It Work:

Boy, if she’s half as good with economic issues as she is with that coffee maker, we’re in terrible shape. Does this make Hillary look out of touch for her inability to function like a working-class stiff? Or is that machine a lot harder to work than I think it is?

April 30th, 2008 // comments (0)

David Blaine Breaks Record

David Blaine Held His Breath For More Than 17 Minutes:

CHICAGO (AP) — David Blaine took on a Zen-like appearance in the water tank as the minutes ticked by during his attempt to set a new breath-holding record. Oprah Winfrey, however, was anything but calm.

She fidgeted in her chair, pursed her lips, placed her head in her hands, and kept seeking reassurance from the doctor at her side about the 35-year-old magician’s persistently high heart rate.

“I’ll be

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April 30th, 2008 // comments (0)

Photo Of The Day – 04/30/08

This Is The Most Bizarre Monkey That I Have Ever Seen:

Conchita, a three-week-old mangabey monkey is being hand-reared in London Zoo during her mother’s recuperation from an operation. The teddy bear is a constant companion.

Conchita almost looks fake. If Ron Paul was a monkey…

April 30th, 2008 // comments (0)

The Latest McCain VP Buzz III

Romney, Pawlenty And Huckabee Top The List As Others Bow Out:

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said today that he does not consider himself a likely candidate to be on presumed Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s short list for a running mate because he is still on hurricane duty, and he said the Arizona senator ought to wait until it is clear whom his opponent will be before picking a vice presidential nominee.

OK, so Barbour’s out of the…

April 30th, 2008 // comments (0)

David Frum Battles 9/11 ‘Truther’

Former Bush Speechwriter Battles 9/11 Conspiracy Theorists:

So I’m at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. I’ve done my paneling duties, and I’m sitting under a tent to sign books. The (short) queue terminates, and up comes a guy with a videocamera.

“Remember me?” Amd I do – it’s the same 9/11 denialist who showed up at a LA Public Library event I did some weeks ago.

“Still think I need stronger medication?” (A reference to what I’d

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April 30th, 2008 // comments (0)

The Wright Effect – Obama Sinks

Barrack Obama Has Dropped 7 Points In Latest Fox News Poll:

The ongoing controversy over Obama’s former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, appears to have damaged how Americans view Obama. His favorable rating is now 47 percent, down 7 percentage points since February when 54 percent had a positive view of him. As may be expected, his unfavorable rating went up from 33 percent to 42 percent today.

The poll shows smaller changes in the other candidate’s ratings: Clinton’s

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April 30th, 2008 // comments (0)

You Must Read ‘The Billy Letters’

Radar Magazine Sends Letters Posing As A 10-Year-Old Boy:

In the late ’90s, pop-culture historian Bill Geerhart had a little too much time on his hands and a surfeit of stamps. So, for his own entertainment, the then-unemployed thirtysomething launched a letter-writing campaign to some of the most powerful and infamous figures in the country, posing as a curious 10-year-old named Billy.

To his surprise, replies soon started pouring in. Everyone from Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld (on tree-fort

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April 30th, 2008 // comments (0)

Hillary Clinton’s ‘Pansy’ Problem

More Problems For Hillary, This Time It’s Mike Easley:

North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley’s high-profile embrace of Hillary Clinton may not play out as an unalloyed asset for her. The main sound bite he delivered in endorsing her presidential candidacyNorth Carolina Gov. Mike Easley endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton but in the process used an insulting term for gay men today sparked criticism (muted, for the most part) for being an insult to gays.

Referring to his own

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April 29th, 2008 // comments (0)

Teacher Faces Third Sex Rap

Stephanie Ragusa flashes the same smile in all three mugshots, but there’s nothing charming about the middle-school teacher’s third arrest in six weeks for alleged sexual encounters with Florida teens.

Ragusa, 29, was arrested Monday in Hillsborough County when investigators saw her leaving a 16-year-old high school student’s house just before 1 p.m. Authorities say Ragusa had continued having sex with the teen victim since her initial March 13 arrest for one relationship and her April 15 arrest for

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April 29th, 2008 // comments (0)

Photo Of The Day – 04/29/08

Virginia Home Completely Destroyed By A Tornado Last Night:

A house in Driver, Va. is shown after a tornado blew the side off of it on April 28. The National Weather Service said three tornadoes touched down in Virginia on Monday afternoon. (AP/Dennis Tennant)

An interesting sidebar to the video I posted earlier. All told, more than 200 people were injured from the three tornadoes yesterday.

April 29th, 2008 // comments (0)

Barrack Obama Vs. Jeremiah Wright

Barrack Obama Denounces Reverend Wright At Press Conference:

Obama, in no uncertain terms, denounced both Wright and his controversial comments today. I think he handled it quite well. What will be interesting to watch is how Jeremiah Wright responds to this speech. So what happens next? I think Wright is basking in the attention and this entire fiasco will turn into a book tour before you know it. Round one may be over but round two isn’t far off…

April 29th, 2008 // comments (0)

Meet The Smiley Face Gang

Up To 40 Drowning Victims May Actually Be Murder Victims:

At least 40 young men who drowned may have died by far more sinister means — serial killings at the hands of a national gang that revels in murdering young men and leaving smiley-face markings at the scene, a team of retired New York City police detectives and criminal justice investigators said Monday.

They believe the victims, including University of Minnesota student Chris Jenkins and Fordham University student

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April 29th, 2008 // comments (0)

Tornadoes Tear Through Virginia

A Suffolk County Resident Captures Incoming Tornado On Video:

SUFFOLK, Va. (AP) — Southern Virginia residents will be assessing the damage today from yesterday’s tornadoes that left more than 200 people hurt. Gov. Tim Kaine has declared a state of emergency in some areas. He will be touring the hardest hit regions today.

A state of emergency has been declared as the pieces are picked up.

April 28th, 2008 // comments (0)

Deplorable Conditions At Fort Bragg

Action Taken After Soldier’s Father Posts This Shocking Video:

(CNN) — The U.S. military is promising action to address conditions in a barracks at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, after a soldier’s father posted images on YouTube showing a building that he said “should be condemned.”

“This is embarrassing. It’s disgusting. It makes me mad as hell,” Ed Frawley said of the building where his son, Sgt. Jeff Frawley, had to live upon his return this month from a

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April 28th, 2008 // comments (0)

Polygamist Sect Teens Pregnant

Officials: 31 Of 53 Girls From Sect Ranch Have Been Pregnant:

SAN ANTONIO (AP) – Texas child welfare officials say more than half the teen girls swept into state custody from a polygamist sect’s ranch have been pregnant.

Child Protective Services spokesman Darrell Azar says 53 girls between the ages of 14 and 17 were living on the ranch in Eldorado. Of that group, 31 already have children or are pregnant.

State officials took custody of all 463 children

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