Good morning, folks. Susan Boyle might be on Glee. Now, your morning constitutional: Lebanese and Israeli soldiers have exchanged fire on their shared border; each side has reported casualties. In the Northern Ireland city of Londonderry on Tuesday, an Irish Republican Army splinter group detonated a bomb in a hijacked taxi outside of a police station. Buildings were damaged but nobody was injured. According to the newly released USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, President Obama\’s approval rating has dropped to 41%. According to Gallup\’s daily tracking poll, his approval rating stands at 45%. The ethics charges against Reps. Waters...
Continue reading...August 2010
Weddings
Sure, Chelsea may been made an honest women on Saturday, but more importantly, Lisa’s wedding was the next day. Sadly, Lisa’s didn’t work out. (This actually came up in conversation yesterday while we were grillin’, but none of us could remember what date it was supposed to be. A strange coincidence that some idiot kids would probably incorrectly call “ironic.”)
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you’re one of the four-or-so frequent readers of this here blog, chances are you also occasionally check out the New York Times op-ed page. You may even know the names: Thomas “Friedman’s Just Another Word For Nothing Left to Lose” Friedman, Gail “The Colander” Collins, Nicholas “The Dark Crystal” Kristof, &c. Well, I’ve decided to devote a daily feature to these folks, by daily pointing out one line that is either awesome, funny, insightful, intelligent, ridiculous, or utterly divorced from reality. I hope you enjoy. Today\’s is from Paul \”The Little Professor\” Krugman, who in his...
Continue reading...Morning Constitutional – Monday, 2 August 2010
Good morning, everybody. After 14 days, Lindsay\’s finally out of jail. Now, your morning constitutional: Rescuers having trouble reaching 27,000 people still stranded after Pakistan suffers some of the worst flooding it has experienced in decades. The floods are already responsible for over 1,100 deaths. An ongoing famine in Niger threatens millions of people who already suffer from food insecurity. A rocket that was likely aimed at an Israeli resort actually hits a nearby Jordanian resort, killing one and injuring four Jordanians. On the leaked Afghanistan documents and \”war crimes.\” According to a new national poll, Wyoming...
Continue reading...Morning Constitutional – Monday, 2 August 2010
Good morning, everybody. After 14 days, Lindsay\’s finally out of jail. Now, your morning constitutional: Rescuers having trouble reaching 27,000 people still stranded after Pakistan suffers some of the worst flooding it has experienced in decades. The floods are already responsible for over 1,100 deaths. An ongoing famine in Niger threatens millions of people who already suffer from food insecurity. A rocket that was likely aimed at an Israeli resort actually hits a nearby Jordanian resort, killing one and injuring four Jordanians. On the leaked Afghanistan documents and \”war crimes.\” According to a new national poll, Wyoming...
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