EN 466: History of the English Language Spring 1007 WF 1-2:15 Bey Hall 231 Office Hours: WF 11:30-12:30 and by appt. Course Overview and Objectives What is “English”? From its origins as an obscure Germanic dialect to its present status...
Posted in Dr. Sue Starke on January 15, 2007 04:52 PM
EN 311: The Renaissance in England Spring 2007 WF 10 Bey Hall 231 Office Hours: WF 11:30-12:30 or by appt. Course Description: The period between 1530 and 1660 saw the transformation of the English language into a vehicle for some...
Posted in Dr. Sue Starke on January 15, 2007 04:45 PM
Not that y'all might actually mind, but just so you know I think I'll be switching the site over to Wordpress this week, so things may get...odd. But we still love ya'!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2009 07:07 AM
Do we have sufficient resources in theatre for the Afghan surge? KABUL, July 12 (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed two U.S. Marines in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Sunday, the latest deaths in an escalation of violence...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2009 06:01 AM
In all of their, er, activities Pigs at risk from people as new flu spreads LONDON (Reuters) - There is a growing risk that pigs will catch the new H1N1 flu strain -- commonly known as swine flu -- from...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 10, 2009 01:45 PM
I'm getting tired of MT and I'm considering changing the Swilling to Wordpress. Anyone have any experience/comments on that? Thanks...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 10, 2009 10:43 AM
Just what I want to happen right by my house TRENTON — President Barack Obama will appear at the PNC Arts Center in Holmdel … not New Brunswick … when he comes to New Jersey for a campaign rally for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 10, 2009 10:28 AM
Sacre Bleu! French tourists are the worst in the world, coming across as penny-pinching, rude and terrible at languages, according to a new survey. The study by travel company Expedia asked 4,500 hotels worldwide to rank tourists on their behaviour....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 10, 2009 08:19 AM
Oops! Sorry! Scottish Judges prove their clear-sightedness A dog walker who was knocked down and injured by a black labrador has failed to convince appeal judges to award her £160,000 in damages. ...Lord Malcolm said: "In my view, what...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 9, 2009 07:36 AM
...says the chairman/CEO of American Express. (And the Obamacans are gonna have a hard time calling his views a racist distraction.) But I'd be VERY wary of the bus that was taking me back to the resort if I were...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 8, 2009 03:30 PM
Sigh. I guess now we can only await her wedding-night video (CNN) -- Former figure skating champion and Olympian Nicole Bobek was free on bond Tuesday after New Jersey police accused her of being part of a drug ring. Former...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 8, 2009 07:30 AM
Forget all those commercials: T. Boone's becalmed NEW YORK (CNN) -- Billionaire oil man T. Boone Pickens is shelving plans to build the world's largest wind farm. T. Boone Pickens says the capital markets will not support his plans to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 8, 2009 07:15 AM
U.S. Marines trapped Taliban fighters in a residential compound and persuaded the insurgents to allow women and children to leave. The troops then moved in — only to discover that the militants had slipped out, dressed in women's burqa robes....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 7, 2009 04:49 PM
...when somebody lays numbers out that way/people can SEE what's going to happen? Obama's Budget: Almost $1 Trillion in New Taxes Over Next 10 yrs, Starting 2011 President Obama's budget proposes $989 billion in new taxes over the course of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 6, 2009 08:16 AM
Obama's "false Spring" may be ending (Reuters) - Stock futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Monday following a long weekend, as oil tumbled nearly $3 a barrel on mounting doubts over a quick economic recovery. At...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 6, 2009 06:54 AM
...the cost of it all....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 4, 2009 05:45 PM
it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 4, 2009 07:30 AM
...It’s not unusual to see a flag in liberal provinces, of course. But in the Bush years of sanctioned torture and war built on deceit, many Americans withdrew from overt displays of patriotism. Some said they were ashamed of their...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 2, 2009 08:31 AM
Let's see how The One and his worshipful followers in the Media spin this WASHINGTON (AP) - Out-of-work with no place to land, the legions of America's unemployed are growing. The Labor Department is scheduled to release a report Thursday...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 2, 2009 08:03 AM
In every man there is some flaw, some tragic quality that leads them from the path of Grace to that of peril, ruin and perdition. For some, this Siren takes the form of narcotics; for others it's money; whilst others...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 2, 2009 07:46 AM
As I've mentioned before we're big fans of the Roadside Chicken recipe posted at the Virtual Weber Bulletin Board. A few weeks ago I decided to see how it would work on Cornish Game Hens. So I prepared the marinade...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 2, 2009 06:53 AM
...spread most likely by fauxpseudovinoenvyists that "all" I'm imbibing of late comes from a box may I offer the following partial testament from June Oops, that last one is the mussels (recipe here)I made last Friday as an excuse to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 2, 2009 06:24 AM
...and why they tell us so often. Because they're deep, people. Deep people. Smart and DEEP, like the deepest blue of Gwinnie's eyes, but deeper than that. Deep like the ocean, but only DEEPER. Deeper than the deep happiness she...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 1, 2009 02:41 PM
If the FDA takes their candy of choice away? (CNN) -- A government advisory panel voted Tuesday to recommend eliminating prescription drugs that combine acetaminophen with narcotics -- such as Vicodin and Percocet -- because of their risk for overdose...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 1, 2009 09:39 AM
...the Honduran el presidente was attempting the Hugo-ian subversion of a happily democratic state. ..."Manuel Zelaya trampled the Honduran constitution by pushing for his illegal referendum to allow him to rule indefinitely, and by firing the top military official, Gen....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 1, 2009 08:42 AM
The wonderful Fausta has the complete story....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 1, 2009 06:40 AM
Mr. President, I am writing this letter as a citizen who is appalled by the message my government is broadcasting to the world. Since it’s inception, the United States has stood as a beacon of freedom to the rest of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 1, 2009 05:50 AM
You know the old saying about what to do when you're in a hole? "This was a whole lot more than a simple affair, this was a love story," Sanford said. "A forbidden one, a tragic one, but a love...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 30, 2009 03:23 PM
Lawhawk has a good summary on this bit of delusional insanity and fiscal disaster. Corzine and every single Legislator who voted for this should be pounded in the polls and thrown from office....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 30, 2009 07:59 AM
We've been out of town for a few days at a family get together. We got home at, oh, 9:30 Sunday night and were greeted by this That's an 8' patio umbrella. Or was, I should say. It seems that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 30, 2009 06:00 AM
...before you say goodbye. Kenneth Reusser, 1920 - 2009 The funeral for Ken Reusser, a legendary Marine aviator is taking place in Clackamas as I type this. Apologies for not finding out about this sooner. Reusser is a much-decorated pilot...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2009 07:23 PM
Grace under fire personified has left us. What a magnificent human being she was....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 24, 2009 01:44 PM
Got an email this morning titled "Enhance your pathetic existence..."...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 24, 2009 11:21 AM
We are so far ahead of the curve we scare ourselves. And small children....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 23, 2009 03:22 PM
...their "thank you" emails... It was a pleasure servicing you and your 2002 E430. I must have missed something when I dropped it off....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 23, 2009 11:39 AM
...(on the subject) our Precedent will, indeed, be on the telly YET AGAIN, at 12:30 EST. It seems he's "scheduled" a news conference vice his EVERY FREAKIN' DAY telly sneak attacks, ergo committing an error of epic proportion: advance warning....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 23, 2009 08:55 AM
Man, how terrible WASHINGTON - An inbound Metro train smashed into the back of another at the height of the Monday evening rush hour, killing at least nine people and injuring scores of others in Metro's deadliest ever subway accident....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 23, 2009 06:52 AM
The St. Petersburg Times unloads on the Appliantologists. The first of three articles....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 23, 2009 06:25 AM
...of "hope". ...the White House has assumed "a posture of watchful waiting," adding: "There will be big increases in stimulus spending in the fall and early next year. We have to wait to see what happens with that. If you...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 22, 2009 12:18 PM
When it's a NYT employee who's in danger, well, golly, they're just all mum and agonized and the very souls of discretion NEW YORK (AP) - Deciding not to report initially on reporter David Rohde's capture by the Taliban for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 22, 2009 06:25 AM
At least in one Florida city A Florida city has written common sense into its employee dress code: Wear underwear to work. The Brooksville city council recently approved a revised dress code as part of its effort to update existing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 19, 2009 07:23 AM
But you'd be much better off carrying a union CARD. ...The Democrats' other problem is that the usual populist line won't fly. The party would like to be able to protect itself by saying that only those who now receive...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 18, 2009 10:38 PM
I sh*t you not. By unanimous consent, the Senate passed a resolution a short time ago apologizing for slavery and racial segregation. Republican Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas, one of the sponsors, said the measure was no “panacea,” but could...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 18, 2009 04:36 PM
Via Allah, here's Barbara Boxer, pompous twit extraordinaire....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 18, 2009 07:19 AM
...There was a report from the Congressional Budget office that the health care plan offered by Senator Kennedy would cost $1 trillion and include only 16 million of the uninsured. That's $62,500 a pop for ten years but when have...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 17, 2009 03:49 PM
... have watched with horror the new footage of violence committed against the youth almost every hour. In at least one film clip, Arabic-speaking men treat a young protester like a piece of meat getting ready to be cut in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 17, 2009 02:53 PM
Eddie Bauer files for bankruptcy protection As I said in this post about A&F: FYI: Eddie Bauer used to be as revered. At one time they were THE outfitters for all the major Himalayan expeditions and the quality was unsurpassed....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 17, 2009 02:21 PM
...is on the TV YET again ~ for the fifteenth frickin' time today. Announcing YET another agency to take-over whatever use to pass as free markets, which has ruined the American dream and caused him YET more sleepless nights. Only...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 17, 2009 01:10 PM
Incoming!!! ..."It appears to suggest that I was removed because I was disabled -- based on one occasion out of hundreds," he said. "I would never say President Obama doesn't have the capacity to continue to serve because of his...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 17, 2009 11:51 AM
What the location means. (courtesy of Theo Spark)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 17, 2009 08:02 AM
Well, actually, not "us" but "him" Reporting from Washington -- The Obama administration this week will propose the most significant new regulation of the financial industry since the Great Depression, including a new watchdog agency to look out for consumers'...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 17, 2009 06:12 AM
It's beyond Monopoly money WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate sources say the latest cost estimates for health care legislation are around $1.6 trillion over 10 years. Two Senate staffers, one Democratic and one Republican, said Congressional Budget Office estimates put the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 17, 2009 06:10 AM
And I mean HO LEE SH*T!!!!!! Win a Phone Call from the Time Bandit Captains! Every 100th person who purchases Time Bandit gear from the Time Bandit store will receive a call from one of the Time Bandit Captains! At...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 16, 2009 10:34 PM
When he said the world was round They all laughed when Edison recorded sound They all laughed at Wilbur and his brother When they said that man could fly They told Marconi Wireless was a phony It's the same old...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 16, 2009 02:22 PM
My friends call me Snow Miser WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS) ― Parts of New Jersey were pummeled by a massive hail storm on Monday afternoon, leaving it looking as if a June blizzard blew through with inches of dime-sized pellets...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 16, 2009 06:16 AM
Microbe Wakes Up After 120,000 Years in Ice After more than 120,000 years trapped beneath a block of ice in Greenland, a tiny microbe has awoken. The long-lasting bacteria may hold clues to what life forms might exist on other...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 15, 2009 10:24 PM
...eating and drinking myself into a well-deserved coma ~ and in spite of the fact that she sounds like a lovely girl who wrote just the sweetest email request ~ SOMEthing in my DNA will NOT allow me to paint...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 15, 2009 08:16 PM
...that's undoing all the damage that Chimpy McHitler did to our relationships with key allies. Key allies like, say, Britain Senior aides to President Barack Obama accompanied four Uighur prisoners as they were flown from Guantanamo Bay to the British...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 15, 2009 12:41 PM
Didn't Wile E. Biden say something about some kind of test SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea's communist regime has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic bomb-making program in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 15, 2009 07:47 AM
I thought noted tax cheat Geithner was the smartest fellow in the world, the only one who could lead Treasury and follow the divine wisdom of the One and his faithful sidekick Wile E. Biden? Now Biden's telling us the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 15, 2009 06:30 AM
...just got a little tougher Olympic Airporter, an airport shuttle service that has carried thousands of Shore travelers to Newark and JFK airports for more than 30 years, will close on June 19 because of rising expenses and slowing demand,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 12, 2009 07:40 AM
This weekend, just cranking out more of those effective strong letters of disapproval WASHINGTON (AP) - North Korea may be preparing for its third nuclear test, a show of defiance as the United Nations considers new sanctions on the dictatorship...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 12, 2009 06:59 AM
...requires something that Brown hasn't got Britain cannot veto the massive shift in regulatory power to Brussels now under way. Internal market laws are decided by qualified majority voting (QMV), and London has few friends in this fight. What Gordon...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 12, 2009 06:48 AM
Big deal. Women's Advocacy Group Leader Blasts Letterman's Jokes About Palin, Calls for Apology The president of a national women's public policy group on Thursday blasted David Letterman's "offensive" jokes about Sarah Palin and her daughter and called on the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 11, 2009 05:26 PM
...of your LIFE? Oh, you are so wrong, baby. It's coming. Administration: Rein in pay in US private sector Obama administration: Executive pay needs curbs, better management, across US private sector Enjoy that flush while you can....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 11, 2009 11:19 AM
I've never watched the icky, gap-toothed pervert, but feel compelled to chastise the network. And the sponsors. I've added links for the post. (And the cheeseballs have a damn AOL email address! What up wit dat?) Subject: David Letterman is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 11, 2009 10:29 AM
The murder of the guard is horrible beyond a doubt, but I'm somewhat struck by the coverage WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A rifle-wielding white supremacist entered Washington's Holocaust museum on Wednesday afternoon, fatally shooting a security guard before being wounded himself...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 11, 2009 08:55 AM
Here comes that letter to Kim Jong Il telling him how angry the UN is NEW YORK (CNN) -- The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council have agreed on a resolution that would expand and tighten sanctions on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 10, 2009 01:21 PM
"Burger King and piss and sweat." A slice of the delightful, HILARIOUS lyrics in this potty-mouthed anthem dedicated to striking UK subway workers. I'd put that sucker up for a Grammy. A warm Swill salute to Wolf Howling for the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 10, 2009 12:27 PM
All those scientists and technicians employed to make the next greatest, stretchiest, strongest tall kitchen cinch sack with self ties and odor control? Rubbish 'banned' FOOD, glass and drinks cans could all be banned from our rubbish bins under government...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 10, 2009 11:32 AM
To the Great White North WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - The multiple frosts that have blanketed Western Canada in the last week are the most widespread in the top canola-growing province of Saskatchewan in at least five years, the Canola Council...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 10, 2009 07:23 AM
And EVERY freakin' morning, the SOB proves me wrong, bless his little pointy head. File this new jaw dropper under "You GOT to be shittin' me?!?!?!" WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Tuesday challenged Congress to pay for new increases...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 9, 2009 04:00 PM
Now you've stolen our Summer! According to Long Range Expert Joe Bastardi, areas from the northern Plains into the Northeast will have a "year without a summer." The jet stream, which is suppressed abnormally south this spring, is also suppressing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 9, 2009 06:29 AM
...when Republicans in the NY Senate do it COUP IN ALBANY: GOP Takes Over NY State Senate Malcolm Smith Ousted As Senate Majority Leader; Dems Turn Off Lights, Cut Internet Power In Attempt To Stop Coup Paterson Goes Ballistic: I'm...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 9, 2009 06:18 AM
Bravo to Lebanese voters and may we support you against Hezbollah with everything we have. BEIRUT — Lebanon's pro-Western coalition declared victory early Monday, as local television stations reported the faction had successfully fended off a serious challenge by the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 7, 2009 09:51 PM
...quack ups. I won't miss it next year. [June 5] Today is Dead Duck Day. Like last year, the short open-air ceremony is open to the public. Please come and commemorate the sudden and dramatic death of the mallard duck...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 6, 2009 10:56 PM
...late Friday evening. It's only 18 seconds. Go ahead, cowards....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 5, 2009 11:05 PM
...One dinner snub at a time The Obamas turn up in Paris this evening, but have declined a dinner invitation from the couple next door: the Sarkozys. President Obama’s reluctance to spend more than minimum time with the French leader...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 5, 2009 01:14 PM
But I am somewhat disappointed that no one (and I'm looking at you, Ken) has gotten the pun yet in my Music Theory post from a few months ago:...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 5, 2009 09:36 AM
I've been quite merrily working my way through the NY Strips from last month, very very tough work, let me tell you...the sacrifices I make for you guys. Anyhow, as the weather was quite lurvly on Sunday I decided to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 5, 2009 09:30 AM
The French government expressed deep disappointment Friday over the news that ocean debris recovered by the Brazilian military this week appeared to be the remains of a shipwreck and not from an Air France jet that crashed in the South...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 5, 2009 09:25 AM
...an époux extraordinairement. Wednesday night, without quibble or whimper, not only did he take me out for a divine dinner, he willingly sat in the theater through the re-release of one of my all-time favorite movies. An utter and complete...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 5, 2009 08:59 AM
via our friends at Babalu as he really gave it, 65 years ago today Be seated. Men, this stuff that some sources sling around about America wanting out of this war, not wanting to fight, is a crock of bullshit....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 5, 2009 08:09 AM
Let us not forget what happened on these very same days in June two years earlier: Midway. We can never thank you glorious guys enough. (via Ace)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 5, 2009 07:21 AM
..."In the interest of full disclosure," he added, "this did happen shortly after a waterboarding endurance competition, and just before a clothespins-on-your-genitals challenge." And they claim Gitmo is torturous......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 4, 2009 05:29 PM
Oh my gosh, what a nightmare At 11 p.m. (10 p.m. EDT), pilot Marc Dubois sent a manual signal saying he was flying through an area of "CBs" -- black, electrically charged cumulonimbus clouds that carry violent winds and lightning....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 4, 2009 11:52 AM
It seems like yesterday....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 4, 2009 10:35 AM
...please turn off the lights? In a move that left the Prime Minister fighting for his political future, rebels claimed that as many as 50 Labour MPs were prepared to put their names to an email demanding that he step...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 4, 2009 06:53 AM
Well, shit howdy ~ something useful this way comes. I Googled me a question: What the F*CK are these frickin' bubbles doing in my manicure?!?!?! ...and Uncle Sam answered....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 3, 2009 03:24 PM
It's that crippling disease that causes you to forget you were a Muslim....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 3, 2009 12:20 PM
...he might just have time to be pissed about these puny efforts to thwart his masterful plans. The federal circuit court granted a request by a group of Indiana pension funds that hold a small portion of Chrysler's secured...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 3, 2009 11:05 AM
...but he will release the secret list of all our nuclear sites and facilities potentially to terrorists The federal government mistakenly made public a 266-page report, its pages marked “highly confidential,” that gives detailed information about hundreds of the nation’s...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 3, 2009 06:53 AM
I was in the mood for shrimp and scallops...but somehow this seems to be a bit beyond the word "shrimp" Geeze Luise those things were ginormous. So I took four of them and plopped them in a big honking ziplock...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 2, 2009 09:44 PM
Those poor poor folks RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Search planes scoured the waters of the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday, looking for the remains of an Air France jetliner that disappeared in a storm with 228 people on board. The...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 2, 2009 09:02 AM
...Spokesman Robert Gibbs, keeping the White House press corps in stiches, as he always does, said the Obamas would have preferred using a commercial airline shuttle to New York and back, but the Secret Service would not allow such unprotected...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 2, 2009 08:19 AM
The dollar is in the toilet. Some are calling it "the next crisis" and I'd agree. Of course, we can all take comfort in the fact that the Most Smartest Treasury Department Ever, led by Noted Tax Cheat Timmeh Geithner,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 1, 2009 07:32 AM
This is not good (CNN) -- A French passenger aircraft carrying 228 people has disappeared from radar off the coast of Brazil, airline officials say. Air France told CNN the jet was traveling from Rio de Janeiro to Charles de...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 1, 2009 06:19 AM
...makes the inevitable, delayed withdrawal even more painful. ..."The basic strategy appears to be to try to bring us back to 2006 by propping up asset prices and reflating the popped credit bubble, subsidizing bank creditors and shareholders, and delaying...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 31, 2009 06:05 PM
There was just something about that town......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 30, 2009 04:26 PM
One based on, say, calling their press a bunch of lying bastards Politico has an extraordinary report on Robert Gibbs, the White House Press Secretary, launching a furious broadside against the British press. Here are Gibbs' sneering and condescending remarks:...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 29, 2009 01:39 PM
Harken back to the tune of "Paperback Writer" and its first line. Got it? Now, substitute the snappy ~ and descriptive ~ Toilet Bowl Diver ...and you will know what skill that 110 pound, jowly, low-rent, Looosiana swamp dog of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 29, 2009 08:53 AM
Because all those electoral votes are coming to Washington with their hand out SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - If AIG was too big to fail, how about the world's eighth-largest economy? In a move with only one modern-day precedent, California Gov....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 29, 2009 07:05 AM
...to the "no such animal*" part. Reporter Dragged Kicking and Screaming From Near Air Force One ..."I said, 'I'll take my chances if (the president) comes by here,'" said Lee, who identified herself as a Roman Catholic priestess* who lives...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 28, 2009 03:53 PM
...and raise you a fishy smelling one. Renowned Restaurant Nobu Warns Diners Not to Eat Its Endangered Tuna - Chris Park Celebrity hotspot and renowned Japanese restaurant Nobu has written a note to diners at its London restaurants warning them...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 28, 2009 11:19 AM
Why, yes we are (CNN) -- President Obama marked another 100-day anniversary Wednesday -- this time the anniversary of the enactment of his $787 billion economic stimulus package. Addressing a crowd of military servicemen and women at Nevada's sprawling Nellis...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 28, 2009 07:39 AM
Because, you know, obviously cutting spending is a non-starter With budget deficits soaring and President Obama pushing a trillion-dollar-plus expansion of health coverage, some Washington policymakers are taking a fresh look at a money-making idea long considered politically taboo: a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 27, 2009 08:41 AM
Imagine serving 81 years! Britain's longest living married couple have celebrated their 81st wedding anniversary. Frank and Anita Milford, who live together in a nursing home in Plymouth, Devon, exchanged vows on 26 May, 1928. Frank is 101 and Anita...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 26, 2009 08:25 AM
Another freakin' "Czar" President Obama is expected to announce late this week that he will create a "cyber czar," a senior White House official who will have broad authority to develop strategy to protect the nation's government-run and private computer...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 26, 2009 08:01 AM
Most Glorious Leader finally set one off SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- North Korea fired two short-range missiles from its east coast Tuesday -- a day after conducting a nuclear test -- South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported, citing a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 26, 2009 06:32 AM
I cooked 18 lbs of pork butt on Friday night, had a few folks over on Saturday and we had a great time. I had lots of pictures to torment y'all with, but my the batteries on my camera died...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 25, 2009 07:28 PM
...and give thanks. We went there today ~ Barrancas National Cemetery ~ to say "hi" to our Uncle Nat. I always yell howdy from the car every time I go by the place, but we thought we'd park and find...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 25, 2009 09:37 AM
Let's hope we can recapture the spirit...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 23, 2009 08:03 AM
...baaaaaaaaa-d. So horrifying, I hoof goat to take a break. Mountain goats are packed up and heading for turbine-free Afghani cave sanctuaries, preferring turbianned Taliban love fests over unmolested but sleepless nights in turbine twanged Taiwan.-TPI Thanks loads, Blair....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 22, 2009 08:56 AM
Or for reals...? Governor plans to completely eliminate welfare for families ... The proposals would completely reshape the state’s social service network, transforming California from one of the country’s most generous states to one of the most tightfisted. The proposals...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 22, 2009 08:35 AM
Lots of grilling tonight, more bbq every day following. Oh, and lots of wine. What are your plans? Yeah, it's weak but I am so &*%#$@^ tired of all the sheeeet coming out of our Political Leaders these days that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 22, 2009 06:54 AM
The Force is strong in this one ...Our government prevented attacks and saved lives through the Terrorist Surveillance Program, which let us intercept calls and track contacts between al-Qaeda operatives and persons inside the United States. The program was top...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 21, 2009 02:47 PM
...when I watch our president yet AGAIN on the telly, and ~ for all his prosing, posing and posturing ~ the ONLY descriptive word that springs immediately to mind? "Pissy"....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 21, 2009 01:53 PM
Best of luck, Amy, and I hope they can cure it completely The news that Amy Mickelson has breast cancer stunned and saddened the sports world and put the playing schedule of her husband, 36-time PGA Tour winner Phil Mickelson,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 21, 2009 07:44 AM
Oops, sorry, I meant "Man-Caused Disaster Averted" The FBI and NYPD busted a four-man homegrown terror cell Wednesday night that was plotting to blow up two Bronx synagogues while simultaneously shooting a plane out of the sky, sources told the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 21, 2009 06:32 AM
Here's the proof A hapless Mets fan tried to make a diving catch when her gold tooth fell into a Citi Field toilet -- and got her arm stuck in the commode. The unidentified woman's bizarre Flushing adventure happened during...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 20, 2009 02:20 PM
...about Piracy...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 20, 2009 07:11 AM
The "Missing Link" has perhaps been found Scientists have unveiled a 47-million-year-old fossilised skeleton of a monkey hailed as the missing link in human evolution. This 95%-complete 'lemur monkey' is described as the "eighth wonder of the world" The search...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 19, 2009 10:57 AM
Sadly, it's the House Of Commons' Speaker Michael Martin is set to announce he will stand down as Commons Speaker in a statement to MPs at 1430 BST. Mr Martin has been criticised over his handling of the furore over...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 19, 2009 07:36 AM
Totally uninspired today, so I will leave you to contemplate the glory that was the Battlecruiser. Is it the weekend yet?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 19, 2009 07:00 AM
The Hawk Checks Out May 18, 2009: The American carrier, USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), after a four month delay, was finally decommissioned in Bremerton, Washington on May 13th. The Kitty Hawk served for 48 years and 13 days. That...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 18, 2009 10:29 AM
A room with a flu Hotels in Mexico’s coastal resort of Cancún, one of the world’s most popular getaways, are adopting extreme measures as holidaymakers scramble to cancel bookings in the wake of the swine flu scare. Visitors to one...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 18, 2009 06:57 AM
In times like these, it's good to know who's on your side. We can eliminate a couple agencies, Congress and the President right off the bat, thanks to articles like this. And recent testimony from bail-out-ees like AIG's Liddy, which...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 15, 2009 09:36 AM
...says the man who's spent more than anyone, ever May 14 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama, calling current deficit spending “unsustainable,” warned of skyrocketing interest rates for consumers if the U.S. continues to finance government by borrowing from other countries....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 15, 2009 06:42 AM
"...it HAS to be fattening!" Hoyer Declines to Back Up Pelosi's Claim That CIA Misled Congress House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer does not vouch for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's accusation against the CIA. Speaker Nancy Pelosi's deputy in the House...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 14, 2009 07:31 PM
Bailing out the Chinese DETROIT (AP) - As thousands of General Motors workers await word on more U.S. plant closures, reports that the company plans to import Chinese-made vehicles to the U.S. have created a political problem for the automaker...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 14, 2009 07:54 AM
Silly me! I thought you said Eroto-Pilot LOS ANGELES — A helicopter pilot who was videotaped receiving oral sex from a woman as he flew her around San Diego acted so recklessly that his license must be revoked, the National...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 13, 2009 09:02 AM
(Or so they tell me) it seemed only fitting that I make some fine swine baby backs for my Bride for Mother's Day...9 pounds worth these porcine suckers were large enough that I figured it was best if I cut...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 13, 2009 07:25 AM
...When you can tax fun? If you make big bucks — or enjoy alcohol, cigarettes and Coke — the government might hit you up to pay for fixing the nation’s health care system. On Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee peeked...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 13, 2009 06:30 AM
The Obama administration is defending its claim that the $787 billion economic stimulus plan will save or create 3.5 million jobs before 2011... From the economic school of: "There is no spoon problem."...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 12, 2009 08:25 AM
...this is true... ..."Blaming George" still makes a tingle run up the legs of all the hymn-singing true believers, but outside the embrace of the cult, that tingle is beginning to sting instead. This is Mr. Obama's government now. ...the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 12, 2009 07:24 AM
Indeed I did....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 10, 2009 11:02 AM
If Oscar ever needs someone to talk to......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 10, 2009 10:55 AM
This is the bold response of the Obama Navy (CNN) -- Pirates off the eastern coast of Somalia picked the wrong target this week when they tried to attack a U.S. Navy ship, the Navy said Thursday. ...The Lewis and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2009 06:21 AM
...on fire? U.S. to Condemn Land for Flight 93 Memorial The government will begin taking land from seven property owners so that the Flight 93 memorial can be built in time for the 10th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 7, 2009 07:56 AM
..."Wiccan Day", "Espicopalian Day"...you get my drift. Hawaii Lawmakers Pass Bill to Create 'Islam Day' Why am I thinking that's not the case?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 7, 2009 07:39 AM
Just looking for something to tear apart and eat in my own Land of the Lost......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 7, 2009 07:18 AM
Now if we'd only get some sun....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 6, 2009 06:28 AM
The President's attempted diktat takes money from bondholders and gives it to a labor union that delivers money and votes for him. Why is he not calling on his party to "sacrifice" some campaign contributions, and votes, for the greater...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 5, 2009 06:12 PM
...that makes very depressing sense. With stocks rallying and early signs the economy is stabilizing, when will the employment situation improve? The answer for many may be never. This is because the "natural" rate of unemployment, the level at which...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 5, 2009 09:35 AM
Going to Costco when I'm hungry. But, since I'm hungry all the time, that's probably a bit much to ask. My latest adventure in shopping excess happened on Thursday, when I popped into Costco just to buy some whole chickens,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 5, 2009 08:01 AM
Hard ball. Nevada turned blue for Barack Obama and Joe Biden last November, but there hasn’t been much love since the election. First, Obama was criticized for telling companies not to schedule junkets in Las Vegas and now the Las...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 5, 2009 07:58 AM
I like the sound of that. ...The assault on hedge funds, derided by the Bully in Chief as a small band of "speculators" seeking a "bailout", was more than President Obama's usual opportunistic populism - it's a signal of the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 5, 2009 07:45 AM
It was painful....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 5, 2009 07:38 AM
Well, sometimes you should. An illegal immigrant who uses false identification papers must know they belonged to another person to be convicted of identity theft, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday. Apparently anybody can be you...as long as they...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 4, 2009 09:52 PM
But I wanted Will to know how very sorry we were. Good dog, Bob. Biggest hugs to you both....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 4, 2009 04:45 PM
The deer can't wait......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 4, 2009 11:07 AM
...my brave little brothers. FIREBASE VIMOTO, Afghanistan ...If all goes according to the Pentagon’s plan, this tiny perimeter — home to an Afghan platoon and two Marine Corps infantrymen — contains the future of Afghanistan.... ...In all, Corporal Conroy said,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 1, 2009 09:05 AM
I mean, goodness! Perish The Thought. But I do find it...shall we say somewhat curious that there is something lacking from their diligent and impartial reporting now BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Three U.S. troops were killed in Iraq on Thursday,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 1, 2009 06:21 AM
CNBC's Maria Bartoromo grilling Chrysler CEO Bob Nardelli just now. "Are you comfortable with the unions running this company when we've seen that's been a failure in the past?" And: "If the government owns 50% of GM, how are YOU...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 30, 2009 04:20 PM
He gave her some of his "Maverick" Fifty-one-year young Kelly McGillis is starting her "life in a whole different phase," she told rocker and SheWired vlogger Jennifer Corday -- ostensibly coming out as a lesbian. Corday, in her Girl Rock...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 30, 2009 02:10 PM
When Elizabeth Edwards learned of her husband's affair, she went into a bathroom and "threw up," she writes in her new memoir to be published in May. "I cried and screamed, I went to the bathroom and threw up," Edwards...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 30, 2009 11:04 AM
And it didn't cost me a dime A Scarsdale mom was busted for stealing $12 million in gold from a posh Queens jewelry store by slipping it out piece-by-piece in her purse lining, prosecutors said. So the very next day...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 30, 2009 06:14 AM
Holder urges allies to take share of detainees How's that working out for ya?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 29, 2009 03:09 PM
...while you still can. A global children's rights treaty, ratified by every U.N. member except the United States and Somalia, has so alarmed its American critics that some are now pushing to add a parental rights amendment to the Constitution...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 29, 2009 03:01 PM
A tale of a fateful trip That left from Andrews AFB Aboard this flying ship The mate was a mighty sailing man The skipper brave and sure They grabbed their cameras and set sail For a three hour tour, a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 29, 2009 07:54 AM
Goddamned sorry Most Competent idiots evuh WASHINGTON – An administration official says a presidential Boeing 747 and a fighter jet flew low near ground zero in New York City Monday because the White House Military Office wanted to update its...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 28, 2009 06:17 AM
"God, get this DOUCHE off my screen! Well, since douches actually clean something, it's unfair to douches to call him that."...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 27, 2009 05:47 PM
Watching CNBC this morning, the Power Lunch crew ~ especially Sue Herera ~ WERE vociferously snortin' fire about the fly-over photo jaunt. And I told Bingley as much when he called (on his way to the bus) to say he...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 27, 2009 04:57 PM
Really, guys, we appreciated this this morning: THE WALL STREET JOURNAL April 27, 2009, 10:27 AM EST By WSJ Staff A plane circling Lower Manhattan escorted by two fighter jets is part of a "photo op," said Federal Aviation Administration...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 27, 2009 11:17 AM
This sounds inflammatory enough, doesn't it? Another rampaging wife beater ambushes cops? Two deputies from a troubled sheriff's office in Florida had no warning a confrontation with a National Guard soldier accused of beating his wife would turn deadly, the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 27, 2009 11:15 AM
And that means romance. You know what I'm talking about, guys. Meeting the one you love for a leisurely meal, lingering over that last glass of wine as the warm rays of the sun slowly sink beneath the western horizon....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 27, 2009 07:21 AM
Drudge is in full porn mode. And CNN, while saying "there's no reason to panic," devoted essentially their entire broadcast to it last night. MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Health officials around the world worked to contain what appears to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 27, 2009 06:47 AM
Got a special delivery today from Sad Old Goth Nurseries... Day Lillies! Thanks Gregor!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 25, 2009 09:37 PM
Shockingly, they lost....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 25, 2009 08:56 AM
I'm not able to get a screen shot but it says "North Korea To Try US Women, Agency Says." I can only assume the Russian Mail-Order brides didn't work out... Update: Here we go...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 24, 2009 09:19 AM
...Hillary upped it by one yesterday during her testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee: Even as she came out strongly against the Pakistani establishment for lagging willingness to take head on the terrorists, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 24, 2009 08:13 AM
The pizza was so good they left the kids for the tip A German couple who abandoned three young children in an Italian pizzeria on Sunday have told police they fled because they had no money, reports say. Ina Caterina...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 24, 2009 07:49 AM
...isn't just the Obama administration. ...Ethisphere, a research think tank that examines whether companies can benefit from using ethical practices, created a TARP Index in December to track losses taxpayers are taking under the TARP program. Since TARP's inception on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 24, 2009 07:44 AM
Listen and learn, children. And weep....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 23, 2009 05:34 PM
It's more "making him an offer he can't refuse" (since "saying no" is interchangable with "garbage"). There seems to be quite a lot of that Barack Soprano negotiating method going on. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and then-Treasury Department chief...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 23, 2009 07:59 AM
GE poobah Jeff Immelt needs to work on keeping his stories straight. One of these things is NOT like the other. For all the attention on the MSNBC brouhaha during the shareholders' meeting, the CNBC "make nice" meeting actually got...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 23, 2009 07:28 AM
Way to mend our relationships with other nations there, Janet The U.S. Homeland Security chief has clarified earlier remarks that suggested the 9-11 terrorists entered the U.S. through Canada. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano made the comments during a media...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 23, 2009 06:10 AM
..."Hey A$$hole!! Down in front!!" for that price. The price of an average premium ticket is $510 for the Yankees and $150 for the Mets....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 22, 2009 03:42 PM
Searching for Human Resources - Several Individuals Required (Pensacola) National Start Up Corp looking for reliable applicants to fill new vacancies. Winning temperament needed. Hospitalization. I need to know where that last requirement fits in ~ before or after? I...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 22, 2009 01:12 PM
“At no time, prior to becoming incapacitated, was Serena trapped in her vehicle. She was certainly able to get out of it. “I am driven to the conclusion that if at any time she had wanted to do so before...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 22, 2009 10:25 AM
Yeesh. Reports: Freddie Mac Acting CFO Found Dead in Apparent Suicide WASHINGTON — DEVELOPING: Reports say the acting chief financial officer of Freddie Mac has been found dead in an apparent suicide. WUSA-TV and WTOP Radio are reporting that David...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 22, 2009 08:14 AM
You know, I don't agree with her one iota, BUT. She gets FULL marks in my book for being true to her beliefs, when it most certainly would have been both lucrative and expedient to throw them under the bus....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 22, 2009 08:06 AM
...in a "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" kind of way, what in the sam HELL was going on in Albuquerque? Police ID 7th body found at construction site Medical examiners have identified a seventh woman whose remains were uncovered from an...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 22, 2009 07:57 AM
Maybe it's my simple mind and humble upbringing stunting my cognitive faculties yet again, but if Obama is touting this as "volunteering" then why the heck is it costing so much? WASHINGTON (AP) - Calling on Americans to volunteer, President...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 22, 2009 07:39 AM
You know ~ the one where NBC poobahs told the CNBC guys to "cool it" and quit dissing Obama's big plans? He's pretty much eviscerating those very same plans at the moment. I love that old guy. I can guess...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 21, 2009 08:53 AM
Finally, science has shown us the true cause of Gorebal Warmening: Shoney's buffet THE rising number of fat people was yesterday blamed for global warming. Scientists warned that the increase in big-eaters means more food production — a major cause...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 21, 2009 08:53 AM
...came to town. Pirate Suspect's Dad Says Voyage Was Boy's 1st Of course it was. ...the pirates lied to his son, telling him they were going to get money. Of course they did. The family is penniless, he said. Of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 21, 2009 07:46 AM
I'm going to need every drop....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 19, 2009 05:52 PM
...NADA?!? Gotta say, them outlaw bikers had some fine cribs. Police wipe Hells Angels off Quebec map When about 2000 police officers yesterday rounded up 156 Hells Angels and their associates from across the province, what they were really doing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 16, 2009 01:02 PM
...kick-back scheme? ...Under its terms, local companies can receive tax breaks of $10,000 a year - for three years - for each ex-offender working at least six months as of Jan. 1, 2008. ...To receive the credit, companies must provide...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 16, 2009 07:11 AM
It was a GORGEOUS day and this turned out to be a great little crowd considering the weekday/workday time frame. Three or four hundred folks together in this humble burg is nothing to sneer at. Our narrow old downtown streets...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 15, 2009 11:41 PM
"Didn't you notice the powerful and obnoxious odor of mendacity in this room?" Apparently young Ronulan Mr. A* turned "Can you watch my mail?" into a Paul-nut manifesto/organizing drive and now there's no time to even partially undo the damage....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 15, 2009 07:38 AM
We have discovered the boat in the Bible was actually called "Noah's Kwok" HONG KONG -- This city's three billionaire Kwok brothers have just the answer for the rising waters threatening the global economy: the world's first life-size replica of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 14, 2009 02:06 PM
...lemme just toss some more greasy bad peanuts on the fire. The Ronulans sliding in off of Facebook in the comments have kindly (See? I can be polite!) confirmed something my sneaky, slanderous cerebrum had been stewing on. The aforementioned...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 14, 2009 08:55 AM
And marinated for my meal. Ah, Easter! Sure, there's the whole "Resurrection of our Lord" stuff; don't get me wrong, that's big! But really...it's all about bonnets! And flowers! And springtime allergies! And food! Isn't it? Anywhooo, for Easter this...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 14, 2009 06:05 AM
So little time...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 13, 2009 08:57 PM
You know, I'm thinking that someone was kind of asleep at the wheel in Kellogg's art review department... maybe it's just me....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 13, 2009 08:53 PM
US sea capt. freed from pirates in swift firefight An American ship captain was freed unharmed Sunday in a swift firefight that killed three of the four Somali pirates who had been holding him for days in a lifeboat off...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 12, 2009 04:37 PM
So, me and Leigh bond in snarling last night over our mutual Tea Party hijacking outrage. Apparently, the Ronulan operative A*-hole (snicker) doesn't realize who he's dealing with. He sent a disingenuous, smarmy slap directly at her this morning......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 10, 2009 11:13 AM
We're pullin' for ya. Report: American Ship Captain Held Hostage Failed in Escape Attempt UPDATE: WHAT?!?!?! ...Around midnight local time, Phillips jumped off the lifeboat and began swimming, according to Defense Department officials speaking on condition of anonymity because they...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 10, 2009 07:12 AM
I was gonna jet to the protest when the jefe got back around 3, but, considering the flow of email traffic, it's probably just as well. One poor guy tried to organize it, but he got schwamped. Got an email...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 9, 2009 10:05 PM
What we got here is a failure to communicate Obama was asked to comment on the situation several times by reporters at a White House event on refinancing for homeowners. Obama, however, stuck closely to the script and replied that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 9, 2009 12:02 PM
"Release the Captain or you die. Harm the Captain and you die" (CNN) -- A U.S. warship arrived before dawn Thursday near a 28-foot lifeboat holding four pirates and the kidnapped captain of a U.S.-flagged cargo ship, officials said. Also...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 9, 2009 06:23 AM
...and it's from an 805 area code, saying "Hey sexy". Well, who wouldn't want to wake up to that, right? But I'm thinking I don't know this person, so I send back: "Kinda early 4 that. Who this?" "It's Angela....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 8, 2009 08:56 AM
Not surprisingly, the government feels it hasn't spent enough money that it, er, doesn't have Though some economic measures are improving, the financial crisis "is far from over" and "appears to be taking root in the larger economy." This, despite...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 8, 2009 06:15 AM
Via our bud Kae meet the Johnston family of Mermaid Beach (I think it's close to Porpoise Spit) after their drive into the hills for some hiking A GOLD Coast family of four pulled off a miraculous mountainside escape when...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 7, 2009 08:30 AM
Emergency humanitarian aid for Hamas: $300,000,000 Emergency humanitarian aid for Italy: $50,000...and an iPod thoughtfully loaded with some essentials and a gift card for 4 from the Olive Garden. Hamas gets $300 million from Obama for scum like this. Italy...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 7, 2009 06:11 AM
...20 years ago, then never heard of them again (although I'd check the "Obscure Shit" section in music racks). It had been a pretty magical performance, but what had stuck in my mind was the last song they'd played. It...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 6, 2009 01:08 PM
...but, no. Follow Me on Twitter and YouTube Bad enough Barack's yammering at me from the tube 24effin7. I don't need you tweeting in the background....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 6, 2009 10:27 AM
Of course, the end rips your heart out and we were both in tears ~ mine were noisier. (Okay, the technical term is "blubbering"). Not just for Marley, you understand. But for Pignose and Schmacktion and Budgie...for all our puppies...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 6, 2009 10:05 AM
I wonder what the Obama administration will do to quash this spirit of independence.... This will not be tolerated for long. He could be SO right, considering Ford's doing everything...right. Ford Motor Co. reduces debt by $9.9 billion Ford Motor...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 6, 2009 09:44 AM
Spent all weekend deleting spam comments...a pox on you bastards! I also spent a good portion of it planting hostas around the back of the house; after all, I have to give the poor dog something new to pee on......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 6, 2009 07:42 AM
"You badBadBAD!!!" That pretty much sums up our President's reaction....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 5, 2009 04:34 PM
It was like they pulled the damages award for Bingley's favorite prof right off the page. Jury Says Professor Was Wrongly Fired ... But the jury, which deliberated for a day and a half, awarded only $1 in damages to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 3, 2009 10:55 AM
It's raining in Manhattan this morning, I went out for a beer and blue cheeseburger and got home way too late after church last night. I'm pooped. So I'll leave you this as I go off hunting wabbits......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 3, 2009 07:19 AM
I was walking back from a meeting this afternoon when I passed by a Mitzvah Tank parked on Water Stree that looked much like this one As I smiled and made friendly eye contact with the young Lubavitch fellow he...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 2, 2009 06:44 PM
...is BREAKING. Afghanistan's women are no longer in vogue. It was only a few years ago that Laura Bush, who normally shied from causes that could be considered controversial, took up their banner. "The brutal oppression of women is a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 2, 2009 03:06 PM
...for use when they start chanting the mantra. The Myth of 90 Percent: Only a Small Fraction of Guns in Mexico Come From U.S. ...There's just one problem with the 90 percent "statistic" and it's a big one: It's just...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 2, 2009 11:07 AM
Down on its luck: Florida Lottery mailing out coupons to boost sales Here's what our economy is coming to: Even the Florida Lottery is handing out coupons. What the author fails to take into account is that, as of January...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 2, 2009 10:19 AM
...as long as they remember they exist to move our entourage Air Obama President Obama's European visit this week has strained Air Force heavy-airlift capabilities and obliged the military to hire more foreign contractors to help resupply U.S. and allied...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 2, 2009 10:02 AM
If he's not clogging up the TV, he's on the road. Obama accepts invitations to visit China, Russia President Barack Obama has accepted an invitation to visit China later this year. ...The White House also announced that Obama was accepting...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 1, 2009 09:46 AM
But it was the horse's fault really NEW YORK (CBS) ―A former New York City police detective who is a TV news reporter for the Fox affiliate WNYW was charged with intoxicated driving after his car collided with a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 1, 2009 07:44 AM
...in an attempt to sink 'er. State legislator wants to scuttle 'floating box' that serves alcohol ..."It's not a boat," Roberts said Monday. "It looks just like a floating box. People sit on stools and they're served liquor." Roberts owns...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 1, 2009 07:18 AM
Some may recall a few weeks ago where I vowed to subject myself to a Plonk-a-thon for you, Dear Readers, to see if there were some hidden gems to be found in the wilds of the box wine world. I...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 31, 2009 09:35 PM
But don't worry! The Most Experienced State Department Ever will talk them out of it With tensions already rising due to the Chinese navy becoming more aggressive in asserting its territorial claims in the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 31, 2009 01:03 PM
Well, at the very least the halftime entertainment should be better: UVA hires Tony Bennett as new basketball coach RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Washington State coach Tony Bennett, who led the Cougars into the postseason in each of his three...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 31, 2009 08:45 AM
...than by being an illegal immigrant, for god's sake. But Dear Governor Corzine never let a simple fact like that stand in the way of "doing something for the children" JERSEY CITY — A state panel on immigrant policy released...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 31, 2009 06:54 AM
This headline makes me want to barf Aging Manson 'Family' members long for freedom (CNN) -- Susan Atkins is terminally ill; Charles "Tex" Watson is an ordained minister. They and other members of Charles Manson's murderous "family" now shun him....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 30, 2009 12:58 PM
...is no longer just for expressing gratitude. GM CEO forced out; stocks likely to plunge Since January 20th, it's more of a "result"....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 30, 2009 08:12 AM
To save money and such, our Dear Leader is going to London...with Five Hundred People Britain will get its first chance to see Barack Obama this week when a White House cavalcade - complete with armoured limousines, helicopters, 200 US...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 30, 2009 06:30 AM
...for UAW President Ron Gettelfinger's resignation while he was cleaning house, I really don't think Wagoner was the problem. Has this ever happened? GM CEO resigns at Obama's behest ...The White House confirmed Wagoner was leaving at the government's behest...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 29, 2009 05:37 PM
"PJTV is looking for the best method or tool..." I gotcher prediction "generational theft tool" right here... Frodo: We scare him off, we're lost! Sam: I don't care! I can't do it, Mr. Frodo! I won't wait around for him...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 27, 2009 08:27 AM
How else to account for this OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - As the city prepares for a massive public funeral for four police officers slain in the line of duty, dozens took to the streets in a show of support for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 26, 2009 07:02 AM
...and unintended consequences. FedEx threatens to cancel Boeing jet orders: report FedEx Corp is threatening to cancel the purchase of billions of dollars worth of new Boeing Co cargo planes if Congress passes a law that would make it easier...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 25, 2009 11:34 AM
...can ruin your day. The Huntsville Housing Authority buys an apartment complex in southwest Huntsville, and that move has a lot of people fired up about it. Folks in the neighborhood said they just found out about over the weekend...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 25, 2009 09:53 AM
wi' Wallace shaved A razor believed to have been owned by poet Robert Burns is expected to fetch £1,000 at auction in Edinburgh. Auctioneers Lyon and Turnbull said it came with documentation stating that it was once owned by the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 25, 2009 07:58 AM
Hey, they've always been there to bail out certain politicians WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With many U.S. newspapers struggling to survive, a Democratic senator on Tuesday introduced a bill to help them by allowing newspaper companies to restructure as nonprofits with...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 25, 2009 07:21 AM
You, my friend, are a rank amateur compared to Tsutomu Yamaguchi TOKYO — A 93-year-old Japanese man has become the first person certified as a survivor of both U.S. atomic bombings at the end of World War II, officials said...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 24, 2009 09:17 AM
I'd tell Congress to get stuffed NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Executives at American International Group have started giving back their bonus cash in full, according to New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. On a conference call with reporters Monday, Cuomo...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 24, 2009 07:00 AM
Boy do I want to emulate this guy....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 23, 2009 07:47 AM
Yep, you keep yucking it up as you're mucking it up President Barack Obama said he believes the global financial system remains at risk of implosion with the failure of Citigroup or AIG, which could touch off “an even more...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 23, 2009 07:42 AM
Fluke? Credit crisis was a heist It was no accident. The folks in power in Washington and on Wall Street want to pretend that the current global financial crisis -- you know, the one that reduced household net worth in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 20, 2009 09:39 AM
He just continues to impress, doesn't he? Sigh. One almost gets tired of saying it, but one must say it, still: Can you IMAGINE what the press and the Dems would do with that, had Bush said it. Can you...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 20, 2009 07:22 AM
TULSA, Okla. — One of the most deadly spiders in the world has been found in the produce section of a Tulsa grocery store. An employee of Whole Foods Market found the Brazilian Wandering Spider Sunday in bananas from Honduras...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 20, 2009 07:15 AM
My, this is brilliant WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday preserving a healthy newspaper industry was important and he was open to adjusting antitrust policy if it could help. "I'd like to think...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 19, 2009 09:46 AM
Carl Hiassen exposes the Sunshine State's livestock and legislative underbelly, in all its darkness. Sometimes it's not easy to admit that you live in Florida. Last week, our state Senate boldly took the first step toward making it illegal for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 19, 2009 07:42 AM
This Dodd is some piece of work. I love how he's twisting in the wind. And give CNN some credit for nailing his ass (CNN) -- Senate Banking committee Chairman Christopher Dodd told CNN Wednesday that he was responsible for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 19, 2009 07:00 AM
As feared, this is how Obama and noted tax cheat Geithner will "solve" the budget mess WASHINGTON: Saying that the recession continues to deepen, the U.S. Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it would pump an extra $1 trillion into the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 18, 2009 09:45 PM
"Jet Blue can get you to many cities where you own homes or hide money." "There you have it! Easier than writing off a toxic asset!" Lesson 2...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 18, 2009 06:33 PM
...like AIG needs bonus cash. I do take issue with this line of thinking... ...Critics accused him of dumbing down the presidency and of blurring the line between politics and entertainment. That's already a done deal. Try staying home and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 18, 2009 04:19 PM
...Obama was informed of the bonuses on March 12, before they were paid. After the funds were disbursed, the president ordered his economic and legal teams to determine if there was a way to recoup the money, according to the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 18, 2009 11:35 AM
If they did they could have published this yesterday WASHINGTON – If not distancing itself from Treasury Secretary and noted tax cheat Timothy Geithner, the White House is placing firmly on his shoulders responsibility for how the government handled the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 18, 2009 10:40 AM
It was vastly entertaining. ...RAY SUAREZ: Well, Robert Kuttner, earlier today, the CEO of AIG, when asked that same question, said, "We can't attract and retain the best and brightest talent to lead and staff the company if employees believe...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 18, 2009 09:47 AM
...My first thought was of that squirrel from the Bridgestone Tire commercial Bat Boy's last moments KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida (CNN) -- A bat that apparently had trouble flying instead tried to hitch a ride on the space shuttle Discovery,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 18, 2009 09:05 AM
...couldn't happen to a nicer group of folks. Iran is being forced to divert funds from other sectors of its national budget to support its oil industry — its main revenue source — because of the low price of crude,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 18, 2009 08:31 AM
Something that is sorely lacking in the new inhabitants of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue CALGARY, Alberta (AP) - Former President George W. Bush says he won't criticize President Barack Obama because Obama "deserves my silence," and says he plans to write...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 18, 2009 06:47 AM
The man can ask some questions... ...TAPPER: Well, I guess, just the question I have is, if you said that you have confidence -- the president has confidence in Secretary Geithner. Are you confident that the oversight process is working,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 17, 2009 05:39 PM
Schmaybe someone in Washington's taking notice of the general drift of sentiment regarding the wonderful disabled vets insurance plan they're hatching. Coming in from our trackback at HotAir and sticking around for a couple pageviews: Domain Name house.gov ? (U.S....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 17, 2009 04:09 PM
...is toast President Barack Obama has "complete confidence" in Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, and any suggestion he bungled over the AIG bonuses storm is "unfair" the White House said Tuesday. He's gone in a week....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 17, 2009 03:07 PM
...or, at least until folks found out about it Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) on Monday night floated the idea of taxing American International Group (AIG: 0.9629, 0.1828, 23.43%) bonus recipients so the government could recoup the $450 million the company...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 17, 2009 12:17 PM
Because the 'Hoos were sooper schtinky this year CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- Dave Leitao has resigned as Virginia's men's basketball coach after the team's worst season in decades, according to an athletic department official familiar with the decision. The person...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 17, 2009 11:28 AM
Here's some legislation that should be 'fast tracked' In an interview with Cedar Rapids, Iowa, radio station WMT-AM today, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, said executives of AIG should consider following what he described...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 17, 2009 07:58 AM
...the Obama team seems hell bent to remind me that it's really amateur hour, with the most self absorbed, self indulgent, pissiest little monsters in the neighborhood on stage. The smirky beasts whose mere appearance makes your palm itch, because...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 17, 2009 07:29 AM
Perhaps. I don't want to get too hopeful, but maybe a few of these goddamnedincompetentidiots very busy Legislators might actually start reading the bills before they pass them? WASHINGTON -- Eight Senate Democrats are opposing speedy action on President Barack...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 17, 2009 07:28 AM
Like the song used to say: "Look for the Union label." State governments that contract jobs paid for with stimulus money will be required to pay workers on construction projects union wages rather than market rates -- good news for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 16, 2009 10:37 PM
Well, here's one good example TRENTON, NJ - Things could get hairy in New Jersey this summer for women who sport revealing bikinis or a little bit less. The painful Brazilian wax and its intimate derivatives are in danger of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 16, 2009 07:41 AM
In the spirit of Sis' post below, last night for dinner I decided to make a "fattie" to en-cheer my beloved family A "fattie," Dear Friends, is a 1lb log of breakfast sausage that is smoked at 250º or so...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2009 10:38 AM
Salt Might Be 'Nature's Antidepressant' Most people consume far too much salt, and a University of Iowa researcher has discovered one potential reason we crave it: it might put us in a better mood. ...Behavior also came to play a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 13, 2009 11:18 PM
After last week's brilliant and suave handling of Gordon Brown, the Most Competent Administration Evah now welcomes Brazil in their own unique style RIO DE JANEIRO -- His meet and greet with the U.S. president was bumped to Saturday, and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 13, 2009 03:24 PM
...than Michael Vick....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 13, 2009 08:52 AM
File this under "What The Hell Were They Thinking" Maryland State Police airlifted the 27-year-old woman to Prince George's County Hospital Center early Sunday morning after she was injured in an incident involving a sex toy attached to a saber...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 13, 2009 08:02 AM
the new, wet behind the ears kid on the block A potential conflict was brewing last night in the South China Sea after President Obama dispatched heavily armed American destroyers to the scene of a naval standoff between the US...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 13, 2009 07:30 AM
"I'm confused!" Isn't this quote today... Obama: Economic crisis 'not as bad as we think' ...from the same prophet who said this... In his first prime-time news conference, U.S. President Barack Obama called this "the winter of America's hardship." Fresh...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 12, 2009 11:34 PM
"...for not having a leg to stand on" plan. Yeah. It sucks. Even the thought of them THINKING it...sucks. But, speaking as both a prior 12 1/2 year active duty Marine and as the wife of a recently retired one,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 12, 2009 09:47 PM
It was actually rather nice: my Bride went out of town so I played Mr. Mom and I really didn't touch teh internets for about five days. I cooked a lot, baked some bread, drove Daughter all about; hell, I...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 12, 2009 07:03 AM
Inspired by Sis' post below it seems that Obama has found the perfect place to make use of the former President's, ah, skills ...he signed an executive order creating the White House Council on Women and Girls. "The purpose of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 12, 2009 06:15 AM
...but he's entirely correct, regardless. Imagine a child falls down a well. Now imagine I offer to lend the parents my ladder to save her, but only if they promise to paint my house. Would you applaud me for not...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 10, 2009 02:11 PM
...Helg Sgarbi admitted to meeting BMW heiress Susanne Klatten, 46, at a spa near Innsbruck, Austria, in July 2007 and starting an affair. Using what prosecutors called a well-practiced scam, he told her that he had brought his quadriplegic daughter...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 9, 2009 11:11 AM
Reuters uses the "G" word twice WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama tried to highlight some good news and tout his economic plan on Friday, but the grim reality of plunging employment and faltering stock markets once again...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 7, 2009 07:27 AM
Crappy, as you would expect: WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) - U.S. employers axed 651,000 jobs in February, pushing the unemployment rate to its highest in 25 years, as companies buckled under the strain of a recession that is showing no...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 6, 2009 08:50 AM
The one we had...just left. Gupta opts out of surgeon general consideration Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent, has withdrawn his name from consideration as surgeon general of the United States, CNN confirmed Thursday. Man. It's not even my...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 5, 2009 06:19 PM
Understaffed Geithner can't keep up, critics say ...With an awkward first television appearance, a bank rescue plan that lacked promised specifics and two restructured bailouts that raised taxpayer risk, Geithner has failed to calm financial markets desperate for answers. Critics...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 5, 2009 09:14 AM
And in other news, the sun came up in the east. I say let's honor Teddy by naming a major sustainable energy facility after him. (h/t to Eric)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 5, 2009 07:42 AM
He wants to make sure other people pay more taxes so Obama can spend it to help Gaia WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - U.S. oil and natural gas producing companies should not receive federal subsidies in the form of tax...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 5, 2009 06:28 AM
My Bride and I were talking last night about how low and, well, petty Obama is. Seriously. With all the insanity and uncertainly in the world at the moment what is required is a calm, reassuring, firm hand on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 4, 2009 08:13 AM
Whoever you are, I hope you remember your Bestest Bud Bing!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 4, 2009 06:34 AM
A-Just swimmmmmmming in the oil! What a glorious feeling! NEW YORK (AP) - Supertankers that once raced around the world to satisfy an unquenchable thirst for oil are now parked offshore, fully loaded, anchors down, their crews killing time. In...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 4, 2009 06:28 AM
It would appear to be. Markets came back today, after taking one of their worst beatings in years on Monday. But investors will have to overcome some hurdles if the rally is to be sustained, including testimony from administration officials...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 3, 2009 10:28 AM
Obama tells the Russians that if they get Iran to say they're not planning to nuke Europe then he'll ixnay the missile defense MOSCOW, March 2 (RIA Novosti) - Washington has told Moscow that Russian help in resolving Iran's nuclear...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 3, 2009 06:18 AM
I'm home thanks to the 8+ inches of global warming that fell over night, but it's the equity markets that are getting snowed under Global stocks have fallen sharply on fears the global financial sector could take a further turn...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 2, 2009 09:19 AM
...and share alike? Report: Iran Stole Marine One Specs Sensitive Details On Presidential Helicopter Taken Through Computer Security Breach An Internet security company claims that Iran has taken advantage of a computer security breach to obtain engineering and communications information...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 1, 2009 11:36 AM
The bull-necked president of Chechnya emerged from afternoon prayers at the mosque and with chilling composure explained why seven young women who had been shot in the head deserved to die. Ramzan Kadyrov said the women, whose bodies were found...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 1, 2009 11:22 AM
...her off the island. And all this time I thought she had a halo and everything ~ "Newspapers dubbed her the new Joan of Arc, the French president Nicolas Sarkozy greeted her with a hero's welcome in Paris and a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 1, 2009 11:13 AM
...our night crew would always stop when AFN would rebroadcast "The Rest of the Story". We all loved Paul Harvey's segments, like nothing else on that sorry network. Paul Harvey, the legendary radio host whose career sharing "the rest of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 28, 2009 11:02 PM
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Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 28, 2009 07:07 PM
...somewhere other than me writing about it for the Swilling. Pensacola Doesn't Look a Day Over 450 Years Old PENSACOLA, Fla. — Long overlooked in favor of hot spots like Orlando and Miami, Pensacola hopes a yearlong 450th birthday bash...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 28, 2009 05:42 PM
The tenderness of the delicate American buttock... If you've EVER had the misfortune to intimately encounter the rough, fibrous, weirdly waxy cardboard the Brits call 'toilet paper', you'll understand the 'holier-than-thou' in their condemnation of our Charmin soft nation. I...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 27, 2009 12:07 PM
All that matters is what the Democrats want. The Senate passed a bill yesterday that would give the District a voting seat in the House of Representatives, but lawmakers attached language strongly opposed by city leaders that strips most local...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 27, 2009 09:22 AM
And according to the EPA we're liable for it, too DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Nothing says summer in Iowa like a cloud of dust behind a combine. But what may be a fact of life for farmers is a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 27, 2009 06:51 AM
Now they'll charge you for what you want to off-load Irish budget airline Ryanair has said it is considering charging passengers for using the toilet while flying. Chief executive Michael O'Leary told the BBC that the Dublin-based carrier was looking...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 27, 2009 06:29 AM
...one nation at a time BUENOS AIRES, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Argentina on Thursday blasted the head of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency for saying the country, along with Ecuador and Venezuela, could be pushed into instability by the global...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 27, 2009 06:04 AM
Well, technically it's the Hugh Moore Historical Park's asses WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A federal anti-terror law that requires longshoremen, truckers and others to submit to criminal background checks has ensnared another class of transportation worker -- mule drivers. Mule skinners...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 26, 2009 07:38 AM
I mean, just look how swimmingly State-Sponsored Everything is working over there The vast imbalances that have been allowed to build up under the seductive protection of EMU leave German taxpayers facing bail-out liabilities that exceed the cost of reparations...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 26, 2009 06:47 AM
Somebody's gonna get a talking to at the AP's offices for this display of stones WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama knows Americans are unhappy that their taxes will be used to rescue people who bought mansions beyond their means. But...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 25, 2009 09:31 AM
The more I read about stories like the one below, where the guy in the cave house has to sell, the more annoyed I get. Look, as Ed at HotAir pointed out the other day, you do not get foreclosed...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 25, 2009 09:27 AM
*Houston considers paying off $3000 on people's credit cards...so they can take on much more debt and buy houses *AIG. Remember them? The Smartest People Ever gave them $150 Billion of our money...and now AIG will declare a $60 Billion...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 24, 2009 02:58 PM
You know, us simple folk who didn't use our houses as ATMs You played by the rules. Invested conservatively. Looked for company names you could trust, like Lehman Bros. (LEHMQ, news, msgs). Didn't sell out at the first or even...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 24, 2009 07:42 AM
...and now I'm behind bars BOULDER, Colo. — A 21-year-old man wanted by the U.S. Army for desertion was arrested in Boulder over the weekend. In a strange twist, he was found wearing a woman’s thong and had three pairs...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 24, 2009 06:05 AM
But, hey! Wasn't Clinton President then? Life's grand again! Stocks continued to slide today, with the Dow Jones industrials and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index falling to their lowest levels since 1997, as worries mounted that the deepening recession...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 23, 2009 02:58 PM
It's no surprise that politics reign as usual. Yes, CNN loves to play "Name That Party" don't they? (CNN) -- At a friend's sleepover more than a year ago, 14-year-old Phillip Swartley pocketed change from unlocked vehicles in the neighborhood...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 23, 2009 02:31 PM
So naturally Ken is off to Rio for a few days. Lucky devil....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 23, 2009 07:32 AM
..."This is a horrible tragedy, but it gives us a window," said Abdul-Ghafur, editor of the anthology "Living Islam Out Loud: American Muslim Women Speak." "The next time a woman comes to her imam and says, 'He hit me,' the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 22, 2009 10:26 PM
There are a couple things troubling me at the moment. While I am absolutely sure there will be MORE things, these are gnawing away. And I'm out of bellini mix, hence nothing to do but brood. The first thing is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 22, 2009 06:04 PM
Remember all the uproar about how arctic sea ice levels were at their lowest ever, causing all the cute cuddly polar bears to die of starvation and drowning because they couldn't traipse about on the ice while looking for fish...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 22, 2009 07:57 AM
UPDATE: Oh, man. It was a love letter. A heartbreaking, uplifting, Semper Fidelis love letter. Thank you, HBO....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 21, 2009 07:26 PM
That values "monied interests" and "big business" over "human dignity"? “America stands in firm opposition to China’s detention of political dissidents and human rights advocates and religious activists. We press for openness and justice — not to impose our beliefs...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 21, 2009 01:05 PM
Now here's some change you can believe in BEIJING, China (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton broached the issue of human rights with Chinese leaders Saturday, but emphasized that the world economic and other crises are more pressing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 21, 2009 10:29 AM
The Depart of Energy's own website says it better than I ever could Wile E Chuyote, Super Genius In the comments to my post yesterday reader "pmp" chides moi for taking a "cheap shot" at Dr. Chu Y'know, you'd think...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 21, 2009 10:26 AM
President Obama's transportation department slapped down a suggestion by its own secretary Friday that the government tax motorists based on how many miles they drive rather than how much gasoline they burn. The laughs NEVER end!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 20, 2009 06:36 PM
"My husband and I always discuss, 'Why do we try to better ourselves, when it seems if you do nothing, you get all the help in the world?'” I'm SO there, ma'am. As my hero Rick Santelli says, "Tea party!"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 20, 2009 06:20 PM
I'd be laughing my ass off At a forum with reporters on Thursday, (Steven Chu) the head of the department that has traditionally taken the lead on global oil-market policy, was asked what message the Obama administration had for the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 20, 2009 03:13 PM
I'm shocked, shocked I tell you Iran has built up a stockpile of enough enriched uranium for one nuclear bomb, United Nations officials acknowledged on Thursday. In a development that comes as the Obama administration is drawing up its policy...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 20, 2009 07:54 AM
"Change you can believe in" is now "small change is all you've got left." Time to start drinking. Shock: Bank lied, got billions....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 20, 2009 07:47 AM
...since I'm going to a party. The latest chapter in Pensacola's 450-year shared heritage with Spain unfolded Wednesday night with the arrival of King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia. Did you know Pensacola's America's first settlement? 1559, baby. And...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 19, 2009 08:34 AM
Look who keeps getting his name left off these kinda lists! Analysis: Democrats self-destructing over ethics Everybody and his mother except HE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED... ...laughing all the way to the bank....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 19, 2009 08:27 AM
...Was the day Miracle Whip Died Today we take a sad look back at the dark day in 2006 when Kraft Foods made the horrible decision to change the recipe for Miracle Whip. In one fell swoop they destroyed a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 19, 2009 08:18 AM
...as: "Doncha Just Love Hamas! Coming Soon to a Neighborhood Near You!" THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release February 2, 2009 January 27, 2009 Presidential Determination No. 2009-15 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 18, 2009 04:54 PM
And not only that, but we actually have the nerve make private decisions in our private lives (WASHINGTON) Attorney General Eric Holder described the United States Wednesday as a nation of cowards on matters of race, saying most Americans avoid...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 18, 2009 01:43 PM
or Saturns or Saabs either Say goodbye to Saturn. And Saab and Hummer, for that matter. Pontiac, too, for all intents and purposes. Unless buyers (a few million of us -- or maybe just a couple of really adventurous billionaires)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 18, 2009 06:16 AM
These things ain't pets (CNN) -- A woman has been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a pet chimpanzee attacked her at a friend's home in Stamford, Connecticut, police said. Travis is shown in 2003, when he escaped and "wreaked havoc"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 17, 2009 09:47 AM
Oops! Sorry! Make that sacked Japan's Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa has resigned, amid claims that he was drunk at a recent G7 meeting. Mr Nakagawa said earlier that he would wait until parliament had approved a supplementary budget to step...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 17, 2009 08:35 AM
Well, maybe a better term is nightmare Reporting from Sacramento -- With lawmakers still unable to deliver a budget after three days of intense negotiations, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger prepared to lay off 10,000 government workers and his administration said it...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 17, 2009 07:20 AM
Is that really what he's been doing all this time? ...Chavez, who has been a decade in power spending freely on schools and clinics for the poor and opposing U.S. influence in Latin America, says he needs at least another...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 15, 2009 09:04 PM
Our friends downunder still need our help. Please help however you can....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 15, 2009 08:21 AM
I'm counting on them getting us through the next I wonder if they can also help me focus the camera...and get the dog off the couch. I guess I can't expect miracles from Fred and Ginger....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 14, 2009 10:33 AM
...on HotAir... Final stimulus vote in Senate imminent ...let us pray: Oh, Lord [or insert your personal diety], Let your miserable servants...Arlen, Susan and any other wishy-washy losers even THINKING about voting in the affirmative...grow a pair. Amen UPDATE: All...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 13, 2009 05:18 PM
Tim has been to Victoria and met some of the folks who have lost their homes to these fires To get a faint idea of how it must be for the suddenly homeless, just walk out your front door. Don’t...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 13, 2009 03:17 PM
Yes, it's still a contradiction in terms Reporting from Washington -- A senior U.S. lawmaker said Thursday that unmanned CIA Predator aircraft operating in Pakistan are flown from an air base in that country, a revelation likely to embarrass the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 13, 2009 08:57 AM
Their goose is cookedcuisinarted WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Canada geese got into both engines of US Airways Flight 1549 and forced the plane to ditch into the Hudson River last month, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday. The flight crew...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 13, 2009 07:32 AM
Good for him Sen. Judd Gregg abruptly withdrew his nomination as commerce secretary Thursday, telling Politico that he “couldn’t be Judd Gregg” and serve in Barack Obama’s Cabinet. The White House — where some aides were caught off guard by...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 13, 2009 06:49 AM
...you get sharks? ...Most experts agree the cluster of attacks is a freak coincidence and say there is no evidence of an increase in the country's shark population. Nevertheless, some have argued that cleaner, nutrient-rich waters have boosted the animals'...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 12, 2009 11:28 PM
...since we're going boldly where no one has gone before, anyway. ...As a time- and effort-saving alternative, you could take all of those billions and set fire to them, like the Joker in The Dark Knight, or--let me suggest--you could...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 12, 2009 04:20 PM
At first I thought "stimulus" and that Mirriam-Webster had finally succumbed to social commentary. I was wrong. But a great word none the less. slumgullion \SLUM-gull-yun\ noun Meaning: a meat stew "Slumgullion" may not sound like the most appetizing name...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 12, 2009 04:10 PM
Thank God you were there when we needed you....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 12, 2009 09:01 AM
He certainly has the credentials ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Pro golfer Jim Thorpe has been charged with failing to pay $1.6 million in federal taxes. The charges filed Wednesday in federal court in Orlando accuse Thorpe of failing to pay...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 12, 2009 08:05 AM
When a political lightweight is out of his depth, he seeks to compensate by counterfeiting the certainty he is far from feeling. Obama's rantings in defence of his stimulus plan have assumed an apocalyptic intensity. Unless Congress agrees to flush...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 12, 2009 07:21 AM
...a tax cheat Treasury Secretary like we've got “Estimates of total expected asset write-downs suggest that the budgetary costs – actual and contingent - of asset relief could be very large both in absolute terms and relative to GDP in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 12, 2009 07:09 AM
Attacked by the Greens, guess whose house is still standing THEY were labelled law breakers, fined $50,000 and left emotionally and financially drained. But seven years after the Sheahans bulldozed trees to make a fire break — an act that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 11, 2009 02:25 PM
Like, whatever, Mr. President ..."I have no friggin' clue what to do but give me lots of money anyway" "Our challenge is much greater today because the American people have lost faith in the leaders of our financial institutions,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 11, 2009 07:21 AM
You GO, girls!!! ...“Valentine’s Day is definitely not Indian Culture and we will not allow celebration of that day in any form.” India's Minister for Women, Renuka Chowdhury, has called the Mangalore attack and other actions by the Sri Ram...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 10, 2009 07:57 PM
via Kae, the death toll is now pushing 200 Firefighters are battling 25 bushfires across Victoria, as the death toll rises to 181, making it the country's worst bushfire disaster. Victorian Premier John Brumby says he expects the death toll...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 10, 2009 06:46 AM
Thanks to three Republicans who are fearful that we must do "something." Did you see that article in Bloomberg yesterday that totaled up the money spent so far? Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The stimulus package the U.S. Congress is completing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 10, 2009 06:29 AM
Newsweek Plans Makeover to Fit a Smaller Audience I've got a suggestion! How 'bout a Newsweek cover (for the first time in what seems like six months) that DOESN'T have Obama's mug on it? The WOULD be a refreshing change!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 9, 2009 08:32 AM
***Please donate what you can to the Australian Red Cross. Sure, the economy sucks, but our dear friends in Australia have always been there for us; I'll be god-damned if I'm not going to step up for them.*** Via Tim,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 9, 2009 06:27 AM
Hmmm, what's a fellow to do with 4 1/2 pounds of ribeyes and only three humans? I've got some beans simmering for a few hours and go away! I'll serve the beans over rice and maybe we'll GO AWAY! NO!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 8, 2009 07:45 AM
"I think I made the wrong decision." Bless her heart. Even though I have no concept of the pain, good for her. That son of hers ~ all those daughters and sons ~ deserve justice. More importantly, they deserve the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 6, 2009 10:12 PM
Please show some respect for yourself, history and the TRUTH and demur with enthusiam when your 11th hour return to Washington to cast a vote ~ via Obamacon hyperbole ~ is converted to an epic journey the equal of Caesar...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 6, 2009 08:32 PM
...is always screaming the Joos are the bad guys...? The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday it has halted all aid shipments into the Gaza Strip due to interference by the ruling Hamas militant group. ...Earlier this week, Hamas...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 6, 2009 01:41 PM
...should actually be able to READ the religious ramblings. ...The book appeared among gifts left for the cleric at a major Kabul mosque after Friday prayers in September 2007. It was a translation of the Quran into one of Afghanistan's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 6, 2009 01:09 PM
Gets booted by Tony The Tiger Earlier Thursday, Kellogg Co. said it will not renew Phelps' advertising contract. "Michael's most recent behavior is not consistent with the image of Kellogg," company spokeswoman Susanne Norwitz said. "His contract expires at the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 6, 2009 11:12 AM
Via Ace here's a handy list of more details about the beast that science calls Stimulantus Gigantus $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts $380 million in the Senate bill for the Women, Infants and Children program $300...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 6, 2009 07:24 AM
Well, certainly this stimulus disaster has slowed in the Senate, so let's hope the rising public opinion against it will finally kill it. I think it will be an unmitigated disaster. People are finally taking a serious look at the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 6, 2009 06:06 AM
Sure it's a populist sop (but I'm a populist sap), sure it's a ploy to distract attention from all the disastrous pork in the stimulus crap sammich', sure it's a ploy to distract attention from the complete laughable/cryable mess that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 5, 2009 06:19 AM
Just listen to this flippin' idiot Reporting from Washington -- California's farms and vineyards could vanish by the end of the century, and its major cities could be in jeopardy, if Americans do not act to slow the advance of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 4, 2009 09:04 AM
The Bear growls, and the country whose name sounds like an angry growl jumps CNN) -- The Kyrgyz government is planning to close a strategically important U.S. military base that Washington uses as a route for troops and supplies heading...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 4, 2009 06:58 AM
I could get used to this stuff....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 3, 2009 08:04 PM
The wreck of H.M.S. Natal...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 3, 2009 07:58 PM
...now don't it? The United Steelworkers union on Tuesday said it reached a tentative agreement with a unit of Royal Dutch Shell... ...The move effectively averts a possible strike at facilities that handle the majority of the U.S.'s crude oil...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 3, 2009 05:45 PM
...as "Emotional". Oh, I'll bet! Emotional as in: "I'm out $140+ grand and now no job!" Times're hard, dude....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 3, 2009 01:08 PM
The highlowlights're laughable and enough to make you cry... • $400 million for the Centers for Disease Control to screen and prevent STD's. Like those insidious germoids causing the current Democratic "Alzheimered Muh Taxes" pandemic. STD = Smarmy Tax-dodging Democrats....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 3, 2009 11:55 AM
Or are you just happy to see me, Mate? An Australian traveller was caught with two live pigeons stuffed down his trousers following a trip to the Middle East, customs officers said today. The 23-year-old man was searched after authorities...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 3, 2009 11:51 AM
I'm thinking this is probably a wise move on ShCitigroup's part Citigroup (C, news, msgs) is considering putting an end to its $400 million agreement for marketing the New York Mets, The Wall Street Journal reported today. The Mets' new...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 3, 2009 07:22 AM
Climate change, that is Heavy snow has fallen across large parts of the UK, disrupting travel and closing hundreds of schools. South-east England has the worst snow it has seen for 18 years, causing all London buses to be pulled...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 2, 2009 06:26 AM
...when I get to the one stamped "BINGLEY WAS HERE". Oh, I've known for a while about Obama's plan to Render the population into a green food-substance. I think I saw a documentary about it once. But it won't be...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 1, 2009 11:40 PM
Kids grow up so quickly....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 31, 2009 02:33 PM
This is not quite what I had in mind A local Swiss government plans to take action against a sudden and apparently unwelcome phenomenon - naked hikers. Authorities in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden plan to introduce fines for anyone...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 31, 2009 07:57 AM
From a guy who, ya'd think, SHOULD BE "MISTAKE" proof, with all his years doing what he does. All his years being a "man o' the people" AND an OUTSPOKEN advocate for those same "people". A "MISTAKE" that ~ coincidentally...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 30, 2009 11:25 PM
Just the call I'd expect the UNION representatives entrusted with my well-being to make. Boeing's engineer union in Wichita to reject new contract Union leadership at Boeing Co.'s Wichita, Kan., aircraft facility are asking its engineer membership to reject a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 30, 2009 01:24 PM
I'm certainly not crying any tears for him, but it always makes me a little nervous when elections can be so easily overturned. The man certainly seems to be a coarse, er, punk, but the Good People of Illinois twice...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 30, 2009 08:49 AM
...a letter. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah blamed former President George W. Bush for pushing Israel to "wipe out" the Hamas leadership in Gaza during his final days in office. Schmaybe one of those left over Obama exercises meant for Imadinnerjacket....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 30, 2009 12:24 AM
No, dummies! It's a drunk white guy riding a white horse through a snowstorm. ("The HELL you say!!") Got hisself arrested, yessir. Not to worry, though, my animal loving compadres. A friend of Daniels picked up the horse. All's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 29, 2009 11:47 PM
Via Cullen comes this scary tale of deadly restraint Toyota is recalling 1.3 million vehicles worldwide because of a seat belt defect. The recall includes more than 130,000 Yaris models sold in the United States. Toyota Motor Sales USA says...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 29, 2009 08:53 AM
In a frankly shocking display of principle the GOP managed to get every single member to vote against the Insane Spending Act of January 2009 WASHINGTON (AP) - In a swift victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House approved...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 29, 2009 06:31 AM
Nineteen years ago, almost to the day, we lost three astronauts in a terrible accident on the ground. But, we've never lost an astronaut in flight; we've never had a tragedy like this. And perhaps we've forgotten the courage it...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 28, 2009 12:30 PM
Look, I'm certainly no fan of his. It is frankly ridiculous that it took so long for him to decide upon a replacement for Clinton. But for the media to keep hammering him over how Kennedy was "treated" detracts from...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 28, 2009 07:38 AM
No more need to worry about recycling or expensive "altermative" energy production methods Global warming is 'irreversible' A team of environmental researchers in the US has warned many effects of climate change are irreversible. The scientists concluded global temperatures could...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 27, 2009 06:34 AM
Will now be given keys to Treasury, authority to dole out taxpayer monies to other thieves NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Senate lawmakers voted Monday to confirm Tim Geithner as the next Treasury secretary amid ongoing uncertainty about the nation's economic...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2009 06:50 PM
...may I have some more? $100 billion just isn’t what it used to be. Over the weekend, Freddie Mac (FRE) requested a second draw on its Treasury Department credit facility, saying $30-35 billion would suffice to keep its net worth...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2009 04:43 PM
It's disgusting how pork-bloated this stimulus package is. A couple hundred million for Planned Parenthood. A couple hundred million for people to get digital tv converter boxes. Over 800 billion dollars of complete crap. And of course we're told "it...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2009 11:25 AM
For Heaven's sake! Nobody tell Sharon... ...The latest problem, according to the New York Post's gossip column Page Six, is that Russell Crowe has simply become too fat to play the lead role. Crowe's failure to lose the weight he...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 23, 2009 03:41 PM
Air Canada's medical form includes a diagram of how doctors can calculate the width of a patient's behind. Cheeky me sure wouldn't want to be left behind!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 22, 2009 09:47 PM
This just broke this morning, courtesy of intrepid CNBC reporter Charlie Gasparino. When you read it, I believe you will GASParino as well. In early 2008, just as Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain was preparing to slash expenses, cut thousands...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 22, 2009 12:33 PM
The Obama administration is less than a week old, but we're already being asked to accept some sacrifice in our lives: the double standard that the rich and powerful can skate on their obligations while the rest of us suffer...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 22, 2009 12:27 PM
...is in his pot. H-P chief's family sure likes to eat The excellent Footnoted blog digs up a curious item in Hewlett-Packard's (HPQ) new proxy filing. CEO Mark Hurd was reimbursed $80,000 for taxes on meals eaten last year while...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 22, 2009 12:10 PM
Nice to know someone's lookin' out for us... ...If you were one of the many of us who thought that government's eminent domain powers only applied to real property, I have some bad news to report. As it turns out,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 21, 2009 04:47 PM
So in a few short hours Barack Hussein Obama will take the oath of office and become our 44th President. Well, best of luck to you, Mr. President. You step into a job that little can truly prepare you for,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 20, 2009 07:41 AM
Lincoln this, Barack and Michelle that...sweet Mary, Mother of God, get the coronation over as quickly as possible. I love the thought of a black man as president. I love the thought of little girls in the White House again....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 19, 2009 12:15 AM
Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all. What's all this insensitivity in response to, you ask? "Grumblings in the ranks", I respond. ...Tony Plana, who plays Betty's father in the television series "Ugly Betty," said he was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 19, 2009 12:04 AM
...and then there's OLD. Happy Birthday, oh Brother of Radiant Sweetness and Light....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 18, 2009 09:37 AM
We had a light dusting of Gorebal Warmening this morning Very luverly to wake up to. El Señor Grill may look cold now, but he will get a workout later....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 18, 2009 07:40 AM
Here's some Coast Guard video from the NY Post. The NY Waterway boat is there in 4 minutes flat from the time the plane lands (if one can say 'lands' when no land was harmed during the filming of this...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 17, 2009 12:23 PM
...girlfriends gotta stick together....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 16, 2009 03:59 PM
From our intrepid reporting staff: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals today filed a lawsuit against USAir pilot Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger accusing him of wanton and premeditated cruelty to animals for his “vicious murder” of two Canadian Geese...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 16, 2009 09:25 AM
But still not quite enough to get me to move to Peru LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's top court has ruled that workers cannot be fired for being drunk on the job, a decision that was criticized by the government on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 15, 2009 06:12 AM
Lawhawk has got a perfect round-up of yesterday's blathering The state budget is bigger this year than it was last year; and the upcoming fiscal year plans on being no different. All the talk about cuts is just that. They're...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 14, 2009 09:34 AM
..."Jo"...wait. (I have to rephrase. My niece reads this. Got it.) ..."Me Down. That's Just WRONG." ...In October 2008 a judge in the Bayou case, Adlai Hardin Jr., ruled that investors who cashed out their interests within two years of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 13, 2009 06:07 PM
..."No one wants to see GM go down the tubes," said picketing Jim Brown. "But we have to keep our standard of living, and GM is going to have to cooperate." Extortion: A lesson in how to continually bite the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 13, 2009 05:31 PM
These little misunderstanding kerflufflepuffels are such a bother, dadgumdarnit. Geithner made honest mistakes on taxes, Obama spokesman says...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 13, 2009 05:23 PM
I couldn't find anything in their online edition, but in the dead-tree edition of yesterday's Asbury Park Press there was a story that this law eliminating school budget voting had been passed and was on its way to Corzine's desk...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 13, 2009 06:47 AM
"Better days ahead" Yes, because we'll be rid of you....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 13, 2009 06:28 AM
Probably not quite what he had in mind, though The body of a Somali pirate who reportedly drowned soon after receiving a huge ransom has washed ashore with $153,000 in his pocket, his uncle says. The man was one of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 12, 2009 09:47 AM
Just a quick note to you Casual Friday types out there: arriving at work with the collar of your button-down shirt unbuttoned is not "casual" or "relaxed;" it is slovenly. That is all....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 12, 2009 07:07 AM
...for "Federal Judge". Ky. fudge freezes assets of oil securities firm Seems a little awkward just the same....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 9, 2009 02:32 PM
And thankfully the rest of the name ain't "Whitman" TRENTON — Former federal prosecutor Christopher J. Christie, who built a reputation as a political corruption-buster during seven years as U.S. attorney for New Jersey, announced his intention to run for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 9, 2009 09:30 AM
Chuckin' punches at Chuck E. Cheese's The wobbly video shows a group of adults mulling inside Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant in Susquehanna Twp. Suddenly it pans left and captures a fight breaking out. The 22-second clip, uploaded Sunday to YouTube,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 8, 2009 03:11 PM
via Ace, comes this beautiful story of one of NY's finest serving one of America's finest Sometimes when old Marines die they do fade away into unmarked graves in Potter’s Field. Such might have been the case for Gaspar Musso,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 8, 2009 08:27 AM
His trademark phrase "billions and billions" would be appropriated by the Governments "trillions and trillions Obama also confirmed that he plans to lay out a roughly $775 billion economic stimulus plan on Thursday but indicated that the amount could grow...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 8, 2009 07:49 AM
And that's BIG....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 7, 2009 09:43 PM
HBO and the "star-studded event" can kiss my ass NEW YORK -- HBO will kick off coverage of Inauguration Week with an exclusive Sunday, Jan. 18, telecast of the star-studded opening ceremony, two days before the saturation coverage of President...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 7, 2009 07:01 AM
That's not as good news as you might think LONDON, England (CNN) -- A natural gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine escalated Tuesday when Ukraine accused the Russian supplier of blocking pipelines to Europe, and three European countries said their...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 6, 2009 07:51 AM
The Farce that is the BCS system In what system does an undefeated team that beat six bowl teams, including the No. 1 team for the last half of the season, have no shot at the title? In what system...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 6, 2009 06:33 AM
...but, right now, THIS on the MSNBC home page? All it says to me is: Israel Kills the Little Babies of Very Nice Looking People For No Good Reason No wonder these guys kicked Coulter off for good. I'd say...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 5, 2009 06:28 PM
...LIVES!!!! Embedded video from CNN Video It's hard to get much cooler than that!!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 5, 2009 12:17 PM
Dear Israel, Shalom. Now, go get 'em, Tiger....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 3, 2009 05:44 PM
I could use a little guidance here, Mr. Java-know-it-all. They be gettin' mighty RED mighty FAST......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 3, 2009 05:41 PM
(With apologies to The Limeliters.) In Illini's fair city, Where pols are so pretty, There once was a gub'nor named Roddy Blago. He strolled halls of power, And charged by the hour, Crying, "Cough up the moolah! To D.C. you'll...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 2, 2009 04:53 PM
...after the annointment installation inauguration, 'cause I'm 'bout sick of it. If you ask citizens of other countries to paint a portrait of the average American tourist, it would look something like this: a loud, chubby sight-seer wearing a fanny...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 2, 2009 03:27 PM
There may be some excitement in DC on Tuesday (CNN) -- The man tapped by Illinois' embattled governor to fill an open U.S. Senate seat will be turned away if he arrives for Tuesday's inauguration of new members, according to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 2, 2009 07:33 AM
Somebody tied one on last night... I really need to keep a better eye on him....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 1, 2009 04:44 PM
We went to see the Intrepid on Boxing Day Your tax dollars at work! I lurvs me the Blackbird....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 1, 2009 04:42 PM
Man, I just can't get going today. This whole Caroline Kennedy thing is too ludicrous for words...but deliciously enjoyable to watch. I hope the Israelis squash Hamas into...hummus. And we are really getting a lot of Eastern European spam comments;...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 30, 2008 07:47 AM
(and I'm not talking about me) For Christmas dinner this year I decided to smoke a turkey using the easy and tasty recipe by Keri C Here. This is a high-temperature smoke, so it really takes the same amount of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 26, 2008 08:02 PM
But last Saturday it was 20-ish degrees and we had some fresh snow sigh.......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 26, 2008 07:16 PM
I have no idea WHAT the aliens did with the entire Notre Dame football team, but, wherever they spirited them off to? I hope they keep them. Whoever these body snatcher substitute football guys are? The ones currently MURDALIZING Hawaii?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 24, 2008 10:57 PM
Last week I just had an urge for beef. And not just any beef, but Porterhouse. 3 3/4 lbs of tasty cow joy Two deliciously huge 2 inch thick pieces of cow flesh Covered in garlic salt and pepper, grilled...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 23, 2008 09:32 PM
In Seattle, capital of Granolastan, they have wisely decided to protect fish in the salty ocean from, well, salt The icy streets are the result of Seattle's refusal to use salt, an effective ice-buster used by the state Department of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 23, 2008 12:47 PM
...I guess. Fifty eight percent of Wall Street office workers surveyed say they would take valuable company data with them if faced with a layoff, if they knew could get away with it. ...The survey found that many office workers...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 23, 2008 09:06 AM
I'm normally not a big 'meme' poster, but I saw this over at Nightfly's this morning and liked it, so thanks to Tracey here we go: 1. Opening presents: Christmas Eve or Christmas morning? Morning. Christmas Eve is Christmas Eve;...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 23, 2008 06:42 AM
I'm very glad that no one was killed in that plane crash in Denver. My god, what a horrifying experience that must have been. But I have to admit, naughty person that I am, I laughed when I read this...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 22, 2008 02:18 PM
...I want a single malt with a name I can’t pronounce and a creamy, austere label that tells a complicated story about ancient sherry casks and peat and heather and weird little islands full of taciturn Presbyterians. Indeed, heartfelt words...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 21, 2008 01:21 PM
...of wonderments. The Las Vegas Bowl is going to have the burliest, manliest, sexiest national anthem ever, and there's nothing you can do about it. Sure, the matchup of BYU and Arizona may seem like the odd couple of bowl...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 20, 2008 11:55 PM
The best laid plans of Mice and Putins gang aft a-gley MOSCOW (AP) - Russia would come under crippling financial pressure and may need to raise money externally if oil languishes at an average of $30 a barrel over the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 19, 2008 03:00 PM
Someone will be made to crawl and beg for forgiveness soon CNN Meteorologist Chad Myers had never bought into the notion that man can alter the climate and the Vegas snowstorm didn’t impact his opinion. Myers, an American Meteorological Society...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 19, 2008 07:20 AM
I'm sure this will really teach the pirates a lesson WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Pirates holding a ship full of tanks and ammunition off the coast of Somalia are likely to be paid millions of dollars in ransom within days, senior...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 19, 2008 06:46 AM
But some of us more than others New potential victims emerged of Wall Street veteran Bernard Madoff's alleged giant Ponzi scheme, with international banks, hedge funds and wealthy private investors among those sorting out what could amount to tens of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 15, 2008 07:18 AM
...There's the enormous I-should-have-had-a-V8! moment as the mainstream press collectively thwacks itself in the forehead, realizing it blew it again. The New York Times - which, according to Wall Street analysts, is weeks from holding editorial board meetings in a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 14, 2008 01:53 PM
Nightfly dreams of what could have been WASHINGTON (AP) -The tall guy holding the camera in the Washington Capitals ' locker room works for the team's Web site. Two and a half hours earlier, the same guy was sitting on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 13, 2008 07:47 AM
The Office Of The President Elect makes a bold and innovative and Changey Hopey Cabinet choice for HUD: someone who...served in the Clinton Administration CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Shaun Donovan, New York City's former housing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 13, 2008 07:38 AM
Oh, this is just grand NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The Bush administration said Friday that it will consider using the money set aside to help banks and Wall Street to rescue the auto industry. The statement -- a change in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 12, 2008 10:30 AM
...is "See Ya!". Auto bailout talks collapse over union wages WASHINGTON (AP) — A $14 billion emergency bailout for U.S. automakers has collapsed in the Senate after the United Auto Workers refused to accede to Republican demands for swift wage...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 12, 2008 09:11 AM
Remember that beauty? The $700+ billion discretionary fund given to Paulson, the one with no oversight? Here's one of the folks he can give our money to Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Bernard Madoff, founder and president of a New York...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 12, 2008 07:46 AM
I just can't wait POZNAN, Poland (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will let President-elect Barack Obama sign up to a U.N. pact to fight global warming in late 2009 even if U.S. climate laws are not yet in place, U.S....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 12, 2008 07:36 AM
And now they're hoping Bush bails their sorry butts out WASHINGTON (AP) - Their efforts in Congress squashed, U.S. automakers are depending upon a reluctant White House to quickly provide a multibillion lifeline to help them avoid imminent collapse. General...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 12, 2008 06:16 AM
"Three-way trade sends Putz to Mets" Another one?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 11, 2008 07:44 AM
There are strains that can no longer be papered over Without wanting to rehearse all the pros and cons of euro membership yet again, or debate whether EMU is a "optimal currency area", there is obviously a problem for countries...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 11, 2008 07:34 AM
So declared 60 years ago by the UN, and re-affirmed today by President Bush. Let us pause a moment to be thankful for the blessings we enjoy and for those who guard them for us, but always remember that the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 10, 2008 06:34 AM
Daughter had to type a paper tonight arguing that the Industrial Revolution was a Good Thing™. So naturally the power went out. So she typed it on a laptop. By candlelight. I love this country....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 9, 2008 07:58 PM
We, your humble (and admittedly, occasionally irreverent: Skyler excepted)(Bill, too) servants on this spinning outerspace sin-globe, beg and entreat Thee ~ on bended knee and scruffy prayer rug ~ that Thou mayest do in all Thy divine power to keepeth...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 9, 2008 05:51 PM
Presenting a GREAT Christmas present for Kcruella!!!! Come ON, now! NOTHING could be THAT great!!! (And I wouldn't share, anyways.) No, no, I'm talking about a studly addition to her beloved Mets. The New York Mets have reached a preliminary...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 9, 2008 04:42 PM
The Smoking Gun has some of the criminal complaint. It makes The Sopranos look like members of the Better Business Bureau. Sickening....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 9, 2008 02:01 PM
Hmmm, he must be an Independent* because nowhere in the article does CNN say if he's a Democrat or a Republican (CNN) -- Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is in federal custody on corruption charges, a law enforcement official said Tuesday....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 9, 2008 10:49 AM
...to be a complete perversion of everything America stood for. That ~ in a shared national tragedy ~ one life lost could be judged more worthy than another. That the multi-million a year stockbroker's death should be rewarded proportionate to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 9, 2008 10:24 AM
Well, this is a relief, isn't it? As gun sales shoot up around the country, President-elect Barack Obama said Sunday that gun-owning Americans do not need to rush out and stock up before he is sworn in next month. "I...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 9, 2008 07:20 AM
OPEC's planning a "shock and awe" campaign of their own. Apparently they haven't noticed that we're already all a bit stretched in the wallet. OPEC president Chakib Khelil says oil markets should prepare for a "surprise" output cut after the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 8, 2008 07:34 PM
Geesh, what a mess Fresh clashes have broken out between police and protesters in at least three Greek cities, after the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy by police. About 300 students battled police in Thessaloniki, while protests turned violent...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 8, 2008 07:05 AM
...to the mahROONS f*cking PINHEADS WEASEL D*CK LOSERS inhabiting the Escambia County Commissioners' chairs. Escambia County commissioners are considering a gasoline tax to pay for running Escambia County Area Transit buses. However, with transit usage at a 50-year peak nationally,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 5, 2008 08:38 AM
So the CEO of GM made his pilgrimage via auto back to DC to genuflect and kiss Pelosi's ring (for his sake, I certainly hope he bathed and splashed on a extra dose of Paco Rabanne before coming within olfactory...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 4, 2008 07:56 AM
Nobody I know wants to hear any of this finger pointing stuff...when the finger points back. ...You know the rest. Eighteen months later, our down payment has been wiped out and we owe more on the house than it’s worth....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 3, 2008 08:02 PM
When I was just a wee lad of 2 or so one day my father left a ladder leaning up against the wall in our garage. So, naturally, I climbed up it. And leaned back at the top. And pulled...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 3, 2008 06:01 PM
And no questions, either; his judgment is beyond reproach by us mere taxpayers WASHINGTON -- The Treasury Department has failed to address a number of critical issues while implementing the $700 billion financial rescue plan, including how to ensure its...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 3, 2008 07:42 AM
Even though the cops can't protect you, DON'T buy guns to protect yourself...because they could get stolen. A city alderman frustrated with the police response to rising crime called Tuesday on residents to arm themselves to protect their lives and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 2, 2008 09:40 PM
Via Tim, here's a wonderful video of Take Your Wife To Work Day, F1-style The obvious sweet love and affection they have for each other will keep me smiling all day. As will the new additions to my Italian vocabulary...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 2, 2008 06:29 AM
I wanted to revisit a beloved favorite, but was unwilling to spend the 3 hours doing so. This answered the call nicely... ...UNlike THIS stoopid exercise, which engages braincells I haven't even BIRTHED yet. I mean, really!!! WTF IS that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 30, 2008 09:58 PM
Friends, meet David Boon Boon achieved much fame and notoriety for consuming 52 cans of beer on a flight from Sydney to London before the victorious 1989 Ashes tour that saw Australia regain the trophy after five years of English...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 28, 2008 11:43 AM
To help families who received telegrams like this 65 years ago The brief telegram James Hildebrand's grandmother received on Dec. 26, 1943, said her 20-year-old son died on Tarawa Atoll and included this line: "On account of existing conditions the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 28, 2008 08:56 AM
God-damned bastards. MUMBAI, India - A group of Indian commandos left Mumbai's Jewish center on Friday after a massive explosion rocked the building in the wake of an airborne assault on militants believed to be holding up to nine hostages....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 28, 2008 08:48 AM
My heart just goes out to those poor folks. MUMBAI, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Indian commandos fought to regain control of Mumbai on Friday, more than 24 hours after heavily armed militants killed at least 119 people and wounded more...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 28, 2008 08:39 AM
Please don't tell anyone when we use private jets to beg for public money. I mean, you can't seriously expect us to ride in the fugly crap we build to Washington, can you? Hugs and kisses, GM...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 28, 2008 06:23 AM
Ummmmm, what better way to start the day than a nice platter of Vienna Sausage nachos? although, to be honest, they weren't nearly as good as the pulled pork nachos I made two weeks ago......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 27, 2008 01:40 PM
A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. John tried and tried...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 27, 2008 11:25 AM
Well, I guess I'll give this ass points for clearly saying what he thinks (CNN) -- The Indian city of Mumbai exploded into chaos early Thursday morning as gunmen launched a series of attacks across the country's commercial capital, killing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 27, 2008 08:16 AM
Simply horrible Mumbai: In one of the most violent terror attacks on Indian soil, Mumbai came under an unprecedented night attack as terrorists used heavy machine guns, including AK-47s, and grenades to strike at the city's most high-profile targets --...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 26, 2008 06:27 PM
I find this via Insta on the state of NJ's pension system New Jersey's pension fund has lost more than $23 billion this year, dropping to its lowest level since 2003 as a collapsing financial market battered its investments, a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 26, 2008 09:05 AM
As I've mentioned before, there's a huge looming problem with the under-funded State employee pensions, and given their strong support for the incoming administration you know they will be a main concern. But there's also a big problem in the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 26, 2008 07:57 AM
You were right, you know. And to those of you who haven't seen "Streets of Fire"...do. But make sure you can CRANK the sound. You'll probably recognize quite a few of the fresh YOUNG faces in it, too. Michael...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 25, 2008 09:53 PM
Of course, when they show Al Qaeda videos. But mostly, when the reality doesn't quite match up to the fond, 20 year old memory I have. I can only believe that the initial impression was apparently distorted by the amount...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 25, 2008 04:55 PM
Don't be slipping Rover ANYthing under the table. Surprising dangers for pets during the holidays ...Macadamia nuts can cause a short-term hind-limb paralysis, and bread dough, if eaten before baking, can expand rapidly once ingested and cause ethanol poisoning. MacKinley...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 25, 2008 02:19 PM
via RealJeffS, here's a story to make us all even more grateful this Thanksgiving FARAH PROVINCE, Afghanistan — In the city of Shewan, approximately 250 insurgents ambushed 30 Marines and paid a heavy price for it. ...“The day started out...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 25, 2008 06:24 AM
But when I saw this photo about the mystery piano in the woods I thought...I've seen that piano before...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 24, 2008 07:46 AM
What a steaming pile of manure The U.S. government plan to rescue Citigroup (C, news, msgs) was taking shape on Sunday night, the Wall Street Journal reported today. The government has agreed to absorb hundreds of billions of dollars of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 24, 2008 06:23 AM
Aw hell, it was probably only 7:30 or so in the morning. I had the cruise control set right at 65 (well, 66, really) and this black pickup goes flying by me, his rear window emblazoned with a large "Ron...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 23, 2008 07:27 AM
...is SCHWEET!! UNFORTUNATELY, THE SHOW ITSELF SUCKS: Knight Rider’s KITT is a Hydrogen Electric Hybrid. At least, I watched a few minutes of the new Knight Rider a while back and found myself unexpectedly admiring the comparative genius of...David Hasselhoff....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 22, 2008 01:24 PM
Unless, of course, you happen to NOT be a Muslim? Then not so much. ..."Saudi Arabia is a Muslim country and hijacking its ship is a bigger crime than other ships," Sheikh Abdirahim Isse Adow, an Islamist spokesman, told Reuters....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 22, 2008 11:29 AM
I beg to differ. ...Members of Congress were clearly looking for sacrifice from the union's older workforce and retiree pensioners. "The average family of four in my district makes $36,000 a year, and I find it difficult to ask them...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 20, 2008 07:32 PM
4 Illegal Immigrants Found in Wal-Mart Truck I had NO idea you could put them on lay-away. That Walton family thinks of everything....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 19, 2008 11:54 AM
Police haven't said what type of sandwich was involved. And, no ~ "knuckle" isn't the correct answer. She didn't crash the car when he walloped her, so I'd guess you could call it the "Miracle Whip". However, we'd have to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 19, 2008 11:39 AM
...Like its more moderately priced rival American Eagle (NYSE: AEO), Abercrombie has a strong brand name status among teen shoppers. However, teens and young adults are moving away from the herd mentality where all the "cool" kids show off identical...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 17, 2008 05:15 PM
But things are definitely looking up for me, based on this email: Dear Friend, Greetings! It's really disturbing and worrying that you will keep mum all these while. I can't get it; I've tried all your numbers without success. Your...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 17, 2008 07:48 AM
Really. Stunned, even WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe said Saturday that Congress was not told the truth about the bailout of the nation's financial system and should take back what is left of the $700 billion "blank check'' it...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 17, 2008 06:37 AM
"I want some too!" WASHINGTON (AP) - Three big city mayors asked the federal government Friday to use a portion of the $700 billion financial bailout to assist struggling cities. The mayors sought help with their pension costs, infrastructure investment...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 14, 2008 12:53 PM
Ding-dong went the doorbell, the dogs go apesh*t and...there's an Edward Jones type at the front door with a pamphlet and business card, asking major dad to give him a call if he needs any advice. On, you know, like...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 14, 2008 11:14 AM
and pretty soon it add up to real money For all the fury over Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's $700 billion emergency economic relief fund, it seems downright puny when compared to the running total of the government's response to the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 13, 2008 09:10 AM
Now there's a bold grasp of the obvious For now, consumers are running scared, and so no good news may be expected today when retailer Macy's (M, news, msgs) reports third-quarter earnings before the markets open today, with a conference...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 12, 2008 08:35 AM
Like me, I'm sure you've been stumped about what to get our buddy Val at Babalu Blog for Christmas. Well, wonder no more! (thanks to Sad Old Goth for the pointer)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 12, 2008 06:40 AM
Thanks you for all of your sacrifices. It's been 90 years since the "War to End All Wars" ended....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 11, 2008 06:18 AM
...and thought it was an election map. It might as well be, for all the good the 'facts' are gonna do when the Global Warming President gets to town and has to pay for all those promises. The thought chills...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 10, 2008 05:59 PM
Congress has included the provisions of H.R.3380 and S.1877 in H.R. 4986, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008, which President Bush signed into law on January 28th, 2008! The relevant section is Section 594 of the resolution and reads...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 9, 2008 06:02 PM
In his first press conference as President-Elect Obama says in his first post-election press conference that he's spoken to all the former presidents — Carter, Bush, Clinton, as well as the current Bush — and, looser than he's been in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 7, 2008 07:04 PM
Think the Bank welfare was fun? We've only just begun. The "Big 3" automakers will be meeting very soon with Pelosi and crew, who are already promising billions more in "stimulus" packages for them. This Congress is going to ram...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 6, 2008 03:15 PM
And I don't see it getting any better any time soon NEW YORK (AP) - The nation's retailers saw their sales plummet last month to the weakest October level since at least 1969, as the financial crisis and mounting layoffs...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 6, 2008 12:21 PM
Pitch black when I leave the house in the morning, and pitch black when I get home. Blech....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 6, 2008 08:33 AM
Via Insta, she's got to be one of the last, if not the last, child of a slave still alive Along a rural highway in central Texas sits a small white house with some cows grazing out back and a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 5, 2008 08:56 AM
My Bride grew up there, and it's a lovely place. Nice, sweet people and, for me, a wonderful climate. But I never want to hear any of them ever again say a disparaging word about Ronald Reagan. I mean, good...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 5, 2008 08:02 AM
Congratulations to him and his supporters on a successful campaign. As Allah wrote last night So in that spirit, congratulations to Barry O on a race superbly run and to our country for not having let the wrong reasons deter...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 5, 2008 07:33 AM
That this Election Day has finally come. I am so tired and disgusted by this whole thing. The Republicans frankly deserve a drubbing for how they've screwed things up; the Democrats are chomping on the bit to impose 'Fairness' and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 4, 2008 07:36 AM
Boo figures he's already ponying up enough. ...Milton High graduate Boo Weekley said he isn't sure whether he'll follow suit. What happens on Election Night may sway him one way or the other. "That might be something I look into,"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 3, 2008 09:49 PM
Bud McFarlane and several of his friends stopped by, and what a lovely, delightful gentleman he is!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 3, 2008 06:08 PM
"...'Hold and die'" Neither will we, sir. God speed and Semper Fi....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 3, 2008 11:04 AM
"Sunday: Live From Scranton" I am at Democrats for McCain Headquarters in downtown Scranton [ths: and SHE'S from FLORIDA!] and this place is buzzing. There are a LOT of people in this little office. We are waiting for the canvassers...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 3, 2008 09:27 AM
With a deer she has shot and cooks it for dinner. Both she and Todd decide that they won't tell the kids what kind of meat it is, but will give them a clue and let them guess. The kids...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 3, 2008 08:29 AM
It would be that the election indisputably ends tomorrow. The electorate is pretty evenly split as the last few elections have shown, and the last thing we need is more drawn-out questions and debates and legal challenges out the yin-yang....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 3, 2008 06:39 AM
You know, all those filthy folks that need bankrupting. Seems to be a fair amount of territory. Maybe someone oughta let those folks know what he and Joe have in mind. UPDATE: "I think this clearly shows the attitude...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 2, 2008 04:07 PM
...and sister feels the needs to paraphrase a famous lefty actor playing a famous American hero. The OBAMACANS Are the ENEMY! WADE into them! Chill THEIR blood! Put fear in THEIR bellies! When you put your hand into a voting...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 2, 2008 01:38 PM
But she is nobly sacrificing her own personal holiday to work with the veterans; that's the kind of gal she is, the kind who cares about you, Dear Friends. I'm sure her and Major Dad will sneak out later for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 31, 2008 02:27 PM
I don't know about you, but I am so tired of all this election stuff that I just want to laugh, drink, and forget about anything to do with these races. So to lighten the mood I'm going to post...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 31, 2008 08:02 AM
It's actually Mandarin for "quality inspection" The toxic chemical melamine is probably being routinely added to Chinese animal feed, state media has reported. Correspondents say the unusually frank reports in several news outlets are an admission that contamination could be...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 31, 2008 07:46 AM
...we'd see censorship on the internet. And they were right! AUSTRALIA will join China in implementing mandatory censoring of the internet under plans put forward by the Federal Government. The revelations emerge as US tech giants Google, Microsoft and Yahoo,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 30, 2008 09:22 AM
So far this year 276 US soldiers have died in Iraq...and 426 people have been murdered in Chicago. CHICAGO (AP) - During the same weekend that county pathologists conducted autopsies on the bodies of actress-singer Jennifer Hudson's mother and brother,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 30, 2008 07:24 AM
I really have no other explanation for the sudden rash of commonsense spouting from her ruby reds. ...On this issue today, former Sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, an Obama supporter, writes in The New York Post, "a hypocrite is a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 29, 2008 10:26 AM
The irony of this is so rich I can taste it The head of Germany’s largest fund manager accused Porsche – the largest investor in VW – of acting against the interest of other shareholders. Klaus Kaldemorgen, the head of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 29, 2008 06:41 AM
...I'll share a little 'happening' from the campaign office yesterday. First, let me remind you what our facade looks like: Got that? Well, I guess the three well dressed, middle-aged ladies who came in mid-afternoon didn't. They asked in ~...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 29, 2008 03:31 AM
So, back in July we moved to St. Louis, as the firm I work for has moved its headquarters here. After looking around, we decided to buy in Illinois. Higher taxes, but cheaper houses, and an easier and shorter commute....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 28, 2008 09:03 PM
Up by Columbus Circle, going to meet a client at a bar for an important off-site meeting, and this young lady walks up to us and says "Can I talk to you about Barack Obama?" I smiled and said "no...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 28, 2008 02:00 PM
I stayed around for all the rest purely for the storytelling, even to the point of trying out snippets of gleaned Navajo on Navajo squadron mates. It would take onerous repetitions for me to get one word pronounced correctly....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 27, 2008 07:24 PM
2001 OBAMA: TRAGEDY THAT 'REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH' NOT PURSUED BY SUPREME COURT ...and his contention that the Constitution is a “charter of negative liberties”, I find this command on Obama's front page to be...unsettling. Don't you? I'll "Skip the Offer"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 27, 2008 11:19 AM
...in the morning. Strolling along the brick sidewalks, I pass the beer trucks unloading and wave at the early risers heading... ...to the nifty little coffeeshop down from the office....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 26, 2008 08:59 PM
Not ONLY do they blame her for LUNATICS not yelling things during a 10,000 person rally, NOW she's hazardous to that most DELICATE of creatures, the...NHL GOALIE!!! Sarah Palin got a big welcome from St. Louis Blues fans when she...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 24, 2008 11:33 PM
...but sometimes I just get this feeling that someone is watching me....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 24, 2008 05:15 PM
...and the lessons we SHOULD have learned. Because these animals are still with us twenty five years later. As are the root causes of this hideous and heartbreaking tragedy ~ political correctness and a willingness to leave our troops toothless...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 23, 2008 05:08 PM
See? The problem with rhetoric like that is the assholes who take it as permission. A 20-year-old woman who was robbed at an ATM in Bloomfield was also maimed by her attacker, police said. ...Richard said the robber took $60...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 23, 2008 04:26 PM
about this guy's seeming endless need to speak before adoring masses CHICAGO (CBS) ― Construction is underway for a massive stage in Chicago where Barack Obama could declare victory on election night. Tens of thousands are expected to gather in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 23, 2008 08:04 AM
...These are facts. This financial crisis was completely preventable. The party that blocked any attempt to prevent it was ... the Democratic Party. The party that tried to prevent it was ... the Republican Party. Yet when Nancy Pelosi accused...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 23, 2008 02:58 AM
Not the MSM. I'm talking the business of lobsters. The price of Maine lobster, which accounts for 80 percent of the U.S. catch, is tanking. The primary factor, a drop-off in demand by penny-pinching diners, has been in place since...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 23, 2008 02:37 AM
You know, where folks were all polite about Palin. ...There was, of course, a time when Democrats tiptoed around Palin. But since... ...Mean old John Lewis called us racists, which hurt our feelings. So now, we're going to ... play...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 23, 2008 01:54 AM
Screw the election; today we're all about weird science NEW YORK (AP) - Just two weeks after a Nobel Prize highlighted theoretical work on subatomic particles, physicists are announcing a startling discovery about a much more familiar form of matter:...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 22, 2008 01:41 PM
So now the word "socialist" is actually code for "black;" in fact, it's an "old code word." Who knew? It really is stupidity beyond belief, well, it should be beyond belief; I'm not sure anything is beyond belief these days,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 22, 2008 07:12 AM
Maybe they read The Protocols Of The Elders Of Flyin' Security forces in Natanz have arrested two suspected "spy pigeons" near Iran's controversial uranium enrichment facility, the reformist Etemad Melli newspaper reported on Monday. One of the pigeons was caught...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 21, 2008 07:08 AM
If I may... I'd like to say something....Just to get it out there so it is clear. To all the pampered and protected Americans who feel it is their duty to inform me that I am not fighting for their...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 19, 2008 11:31 PM
Not finding any slow field rats... ...Ozzie and Beau are left to wonder what's for da dinner? Well, whaddo I got? Plenty, 'twould seem....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 19, 2008 09:18 PM
I haven't drunk enough yet. The inspiration poem is as follows: ...Obama is kind. Obama is gentle. Obama is intelligent. Obama is a leader of men. Obama is honest. Obama is a family man. Obama is the future. Obama will...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 18, 2008 09:35 PM
We are SOOOO fucked. Barack Obama lines up a cabinet of stars as John McCain struggles on ...A host of well-known figures, including some Republicans, have indicated they would be willing to serve in some capacity as Obama begins to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 18, 2008 08:03 PM
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Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 18, 2008 11:59 AM
...almost every day....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 18, 2008 11:11 AM
...that the combination of a box of Triscuits, a wedge of gorgonzola and a bottle of chianti can't solve. That is all....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 17, 2008 05:42 PM
So naturally Trenton demands that every child get a flu shot As flu season approaches, many New Jersey parents are furious over a first-in-the-nation requirement that children get a flu shot in order to attend preschools and day-care centers. The...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 17, 2008 08:04 AM
...from some really stupid people... ...who haven't a clue that he's dissing them. At least someone in that crowd has to have a blue collar job, right? Right? Thanks to ninjapirate over in the comments. UPDATE: More assness, courtesy of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 16, 2008 08:15 PM
So. I think even a long dead Aesop would have eschewed the use of small rodents to tell the story of the plumber unlicensed, tax dodging drain cleaner from Ohio, who had the simpleness of mind...the TEMERITY... to...ask a question....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 16, 2008 07:18 PM
Via Tim, I'm betting that this team will qualify for the playoffs, get killed in their final regular season game but win the final victory in the Championship game Christ runs for 232 yards in Catholic victory With Schuhl out...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 16, 2008 06:35 AM
Theo makes an excellent point Back in 1990, the Government seized the Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada for tax evasion and, as required by law, tried to run it. They failed and it closed. Now we are trusting the economy...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 15, 2008 10:17 PM
No surprise here WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales at retail stores recorded their biggest monthly drop in more than three years in September while a measure of inflation eased, according to government data on Wednesday that intensified recession fears. A gauge...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 15, 2008 09:49 AM
Man, this past week sucked, didn't it? I found that I was very very tired and really just drained by Friday, so I knew for the weekend I needed to follow my own advice and spend as much time in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 15, 2008 07:35 AM
To stop racists and bigots and brownshirted thugs from using a political candidate's...real name. ...In urging voters to choose John McCain in the November election, Scott used Barack Obama's middle name - "Hussein." Activate pee-pee whacking, to commence... Both the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 13, 2008 10:12 PM
With the internets all a buzz about the exciting discovery of Sarah Palin's SAT scores, which conclusively prove how smart the lefty blogosphere is and just how, well, pitiful, really, damn near anyone who doesn't agree with them is, I...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 11, 2008 08:36 AM
You had to think it might come to this, you know? The eyewitness account she sent: Subject: Jumper My friend was in traffic all morning trying to get across the Tappan Zee Bridge into NYC. Once he was able to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 10, 2008 11:30 AM
The SEC must re-instate the ban on short selling, and they must re-instate the uptick rule. There is no excuse for allowing hedge funds to keep pounding the market like this. If you own the stock and want out, fine....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 10, 2008 08:59 AM
That's how it looks at the moment, my friends LONDON (Reuters) - Europe joined Asia's panic selling in stocks on Friday, knocking the benchmark world equity index to a 5-year trough, while the low-yielding yen jumped as fears grew that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 10, 2008 06:15 AM
I mean, really, it's beyond parody NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The New York Federal Reserve is lending up to $37.8 billion to American International Group to give the troubled insurer access to much-needed cash. In exchange, AIG is giving the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 9, 2008 09:03 AM
We'd had thunderstorms since 0230 and over 6 inches of rain by 1000 and it was STILL pouring, but no matter. Getting inside seemed tantalizingly deLIGHTful. And we weren't disappointed. The stage was set......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 8, 2008 08:26 PM
Sarahcuda trots out William Ayers and NOW?! Now a WHITE guy claims...wait for it.... Obama's plane smells BAD... The McCain campaign plane is better than Obama's, which is cramped, uncomfortable and smells terrible most of the time. Will the slander...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 8, 2008 06:34 PM
...Newsweek. Imagine that. The home page link headline: Newsweek: Poor are not to blame for mess ...to the article headline... Subprime Suspects The right blames the credit crisis on poor minority homeowners. This is not merely offensive, but entirely wrong....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 8, 2008 09:44 AM
Futures and overseas markets are down again PARIS (Reuters) - Stock index futures were sharply down on Wednesday as deepening fears that the credit crisis would make more victims and drag the global economy into recession sent equities plunging around...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 8, 2008 06:41 AM
Goodness, Georgy-porgy made a call and NBC jumped like a slavish puppy NBC is furiously erasing its tracks. Any attempts to upload the forbidden SNL bailout skit skewering George Soros and his left-wing subprime schemer friends Herbert and Marion Sandler...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 7, 2008 07:04 AM
That seems to be their go-to response these days, isn't it? If you dare to question The One's record or policies, well you're a racist, natch. And if you dare to question the wisdom of the folks who "encouraged' banks...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 7, 2008 06:35 AM
This is pretty neat....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 7, 2008 06:30 AM
What the hell is the Government? A job provider for ex-Goldman Sachs employees? NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The Treasury Department on Monday sought to answer the first of many questions surrounding how it will implement the $700 billion financial rescue...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 6, 2008 02:34 PM
Because a subject line like this... Alert: Will You be Ready When the Depression Hits? ...doesn't do a THING to cheer up the party faithful. How stupid can you possibly be?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 6, 2008 10:40 AM
Silenced?!?!?! I KILL THEM!!!!! Comedian Defends 'Achmed the Dead Terrorist' Puppet Routine Against South African Ban It's no laughing matter. Funnyman ventriloquist Jeff Dunham is fuming after a ringtone advertisement based on his popular comedy skit, "Achmed the Dead Terrorist,"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 6, 2008 10:05 AM
Man, my mattress is looking better and better as the place to keep what money I have Germany takes hot seat as Europe falls into the abyss We face extreme danger. Unless there is immediate intervention on every front by...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 6, 2008 09:20 AM
Good thing we just dumped $700 billion in, ain't it? ATLANTA (CNN) -- The major markets of Europe and Asia were sharply lower on Monday as traders looked past America's bank bailout bill and focused on Europe's growing financial crisis....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 6, 2008 06:12 AM
IV. Summary and Conclusion: My conclusions were that Coke and Dr. Pepper dissolved the most. I found out everything I wanted to know. I expected Coke to dissolve the most and 7-Up to dissolve the least. I was right. ...somehow,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 5, 2008 10:19 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - By claiming that Democrat Barack Obama is "palling around with terrorists" and doesn't see the U.S. like other Americans, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin targeted key goals for a faltering campaign. And though she may have scored...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 5, 2008 10:56 AM
...But YEE HAW!!! ...To wit: the Washington Post reports that Sen. John McCain's campaign -- convinced that the maverick thing alone isn't working -- is about to open up a can of whoop-ass on Obama with a focus on his...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 5, 2008 10:23 AM
Move right along WASHINGTON — Unqualified home buyers were not the only ones who benefitted from Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank’s efforts to deregulate Fannie Mae throughout the 1990s. So did Frank’s partner, a Fannie Mae executive at the forefront of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 4, 2008 08:29 PM
I am weak, broken, with no will to resist. For weeks the sounds have been running through my mind, and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't drive them out. So like a sinner before the gates of heaven...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 4, 2008 05:29 PM
'Fly gets in touch with his inner Piano Man......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 3, 2008 06:09 AM
Bite me. ...This one should matter, given that the next president may be a 72-year-old, four-time cancer survivor who lately is behaving more like a cocky fighter pilot than captain of the ship of state. Palin could be president on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 2, 2008 11:51 PM
I GET TO SEE HER TUESDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 2, 2008 11:30 PM
UPDATE: HOLD ON: I've noticed in the comments of other threads referencing this one that it's being debunked by this ObamaCrimes post: ALERT: Contrary to Internet Rumor, No Court Ruling Yet On Obama / DNC Motion to Dismiss in Berg...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 2, 2008 03:22 PM
Words of wisdom by our Masters Rep. Barney Frank (D., Mass.): I worry, frankly, that there's a tension here. The more people, in my judgment, exaggerate a threat of safety and soundness, the more people conjure up the possibility of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 2, 2008 10:23 AM
McCain is sarcastic with a Reporter; modern era of peace and love ends DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain, once renowned for his jocular sessions with journalists, appeared irritable and at times sarcastic in an interview...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 2, 2008 07:05 AM
For asking this question and getting this response I swear never ever to make a catty comment about that horrible eye job you had again (h/t to Ace) PRICELESS...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 1, 2008 07:03 PM
Wise leader Harry says "We don't have a lot of leeway on time," Reid told reporters in the Capitol. "One of the individuals in the caucus today talked about a major insurance company -- a major insurance company -- one...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 1, 2008 06:44 PM
...anticipating the occasional blood pressure spike. But we know that. On last Monday's broadcast, they did the first of their candidate "leadership style" profiles: McCain. And it was pretty stunning, even by their standards. There were the obligatory GOP fellows...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 1, 2008 11:06 AM
That one has to go to the UK to find an article like this about Joe Biden Dominic Lawson: Why should anyone trust Joe Biden? The Democrats' candidate for VP doesn't deserve to be called a sage Tuesday, 30 September...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 1, 2008 06:45 AM
And it wasn't China's fault. One US facility so far and they have a drop-down to check for your area....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 30, 2008 10:25 AM
Other than to say I Love You Guys. And have a pint or six in your honor....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 30, 2008 08:26 AM
Let a million firms go under! I am not concerned with Stocks and bonds that I've been burned with. I love you and you love me, And that's how it will always be. And nothing else can ever mean a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 30, 2008 06:19 AM
...this very same point. Commentary: Bankruptcy, not bailout, is the right answer Congress has balked at the Bush administration's proposed $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. Under this plan, the Treasury would have bought the "troubled assets" of financial institutions...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 29, 2008 05:51 PM
This is gonna leave a mark "Having a former chairman of Goldman Sachs preside over disbursing hundreds of billions of dollars to Wall Street is a terrible concept and inevitably will lead to crony capitalism and the appearance of -...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 29, 2008 02:39 PM
I haven't found the vote total yet update: what the TV is showing is the Dem votes 141 for and 94 against The Repubs 66 for and 132 against...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 29, 2008 01:50 PM
As Tim discovered, I've been nationalized by the British Government and a Spanish bank The government on Monday confirmed it was nationalising Bradford & Bingley after hammering out a deal with the Spanish bank Santander, which will buy the embattled...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 29, 2008 06:13 AM
Well, lookee here Here’s the relevant part of the Dodd proposal: TRANSFER OF A PERCENTAGE OF PROFITS. 1. DEPOSITS.Not less than 20 percent of any profit realized on the sale of each troubled asset purchased under this Act shall be...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 26, 2008 08:13 AM
So it seems that this plan may be dead for the moment. (CNN) -- What began as high-stakes negotiations over the proposed $700 billion bailout of the nation's financial system dissolved into bickering, begging and a roiling battle between parties...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 26, 2008 07:26 AM
Hmm, maybe it's me, but it seems something's missing from this exciting and bold legislation TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The New Jersey Assembly on Thursday is expected to vote on a package of bills to help the state's economy as...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 25, 2008 03:28 PM
We've just been alerted that despite House Democrats relenting on extending bans on offshore drilling and oil shale in the continuing resolution (CR) appropriations bill, Democrat Senate Leader Harry Reid has decided to sneak an extension of the oil...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 25, 2008 01:29 PM
UPDATE: A note to the quibblers: More zeros as we speak. The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a $25bn package of low-cost loans to help hard-pressed carmakers and their suppliers finance plant modernisation at a time of restricted access...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 25, 2008 11:30 AM
via Ace, here's a useful reminder of where a good part of the blame in this mess lies Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending By STEVEN A. HOLMES Published: September 30, 1999 In a move that could help...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 25, 2008 08:19 AM
For sullying my good name Mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley (B&B) is cutting 370 jobs because of the continuing downturn in the market for mortgages. ...They will lose their jobs in the first three months of next year when their...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 25, 2008 07:10 AM
As I talked about below I'm very much against this bailout, as it seems many of you are too. And as I feared it now seems that those bastards sorry I meant really smart and terrific folks in the Treasury...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 24, 2008 07:29 AM
I am really disgusted by this whole bail-out by the Federal Government. I strongly believe in capitalism, but I also believe that people are fallen and greedy and need to be restrained; that's why in spite of Marx's Utopian dreaming...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 23, 2008 08:41 AM
...that's a shame. ...But the reality for Mr. Biden is that while running mates are second-fiddlers by definition, the phenomenon of Ms. Palin has rendered him something of a fourth or fifth fiddle. It is not like last month, when...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 19, 2008 11:47 PM
...hit you in the caboose. Muslim leader says 150 workers fired at Neb. plant About 150 Muslims were fired from a Grand Island, Neb., meatpacking plant that has been embroiled in a prayer dispute, a Somali-American leader said Friday. Mohamed...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 19, 2008 07:14 PM
...for risky behaviour. Hundreds of people whose beachfront homes were wrecked by Hurricane Ike may be barred from rebuilding under a little-noticed Texas law. And even those whose houses were spared could end up seeing them condemned by the state....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 19, 2008 09:41 AM
Is that it's mostly empty and quiet. The disadvantage is that there's no place to hide from a reporter and camera crew that want an early morning soundbite......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 19, 2008 06:32 AM
"Counting to Four"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 18, 2008 09:04 PM
As an Ike survivor -- one who lives WAAAY inland, where it was relatively safe to "hunker down" -- I agree that the Galvestonites who stayed are a burger short of a Happy Meal. And worse is the PRESS who...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 17, 2008 08:13 PM
I guess there's no place "safe" these days Extraordinary events are piling up on Wall Street so fast, it's hard to know where to focus. Forgetting the prospective bailout of AIG for a moment, since every media outlet is on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 17, 2008 11:56 AM
The one thing that I want to insist on is that, as I travel around the country, the American people are a decent people. Now they get confused sometimes. You know, they listen to the wrong talk radio shows or...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 17, 2008 10:26 AM
...feel about that new "drill" bill? ...Calling the process "rigged," House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) protested the less-than-24-hour period between the legislation's unveiling and yesterday's vote, during which Republicans could not offer amendments. "The bill that's coming to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 17, 2008 09:16 AM
I guess the lesson that we've learned from this is that if I lose a few thousand dollars I have to declare bankruptcy. If I really screw up and cause my company to lose a few million then I go...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 17, 2008 07:42 AM
So I know y'all have been anxiously awaiting word on how Bingley Vineyards were doing. When we got back from Alaska things were looking pretty good The grapes were growing nicely and starting to deep purple-ize. I'm not sure why...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 17, 2008 06:53 AM
...a buttload. ...The Fed said in return for the loan, the government will receive a 79.9 percent equity stake in AIG. Nothing like rock solid collateral....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 16, 2008 09:53 PM
...is now available for the discriminating pink patriot OR the patriot confident enough in his masculinity to wear pink. Like, for instance, major dad! No less an expert than the Vodka Pundit, his OWN self told Bingley to quit being...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 16, 2008 05:15 PM
Look for even more bankruptcies NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Oil prices plummeted Tuesday in Asia, falling briefly below $92 a barrel as investors feared the U.S. credit crisis that brought down brokerage giant Lehman Brothers will drag on global...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 16, 2008 06:04 AM
...ride, judging by the futures. 09:18 ET Dow , Nasdaq , S&P : [BRIEFING.COM] S&P futures vs fair value: -43.60. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: -52.80. Futures are on the defensive, with a worse-than-expected economic reading not helping matters. Just...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 15, 2008 09:32 AM
So, there we were, leisurely perusing the Sunday NYT when a name in the wedding announcement section caught my eye. Serena Torrey, Theodore Roosevelt V Having seen it before I, major dad confirmed that it was, indeed, that Roosevelt. I...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 14, 2008 08:41 PM
...coming out of Houston. It's been awful, but could have been so much worse and for that ~ and the safety of our dear friends ~ we are eternally grateful. Now. A few words for the reported tens of thousands...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 14, 2008 07:18 PM
...SUCKS SO BAD IT BLOWS. That is all. UPDATE: Well, bless their little pointy heads. The howls of outrage and gnashing of teeth actually got to someone, and my precious little green stat sheet is up and running and oh,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 14, 2008 02:35 PM
...no bias and NObama. It's all McCain/Palin on the home page tonight, scattered amongst the hurricanes and trainwrecks. Considering what they chose to report, maybe they felt it was time for a "theme night". If I was a betting girl,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 13, 2008 10:51 PM
(with apologies to Tom Lehrer) The loveliest girl in Wasilla The best shot with balls or a gun Of moose and incumbents a killa' She's gutted both during her run Granny-glassed Gibson derided As he queried 'bout Anwar Sadat She...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 13, 2008 04:39 PM
Gotham (special thanks to Tim for posting this for me this morning until I could get home)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 12, 2008 06:27 PM
Hurricane Ike is hours away from landfall on the upper Texas coast, and is already generating huge storm surges in Texas and Lousiana. Although still of Category 2 strength, Ike remains larger and more powerful than Category 5 Katrina or...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 12, 2008 05:15 PM
...might they use my tax money to bail out these bastards The investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. spent Thursday energetically shopping itself to potential buyers -- among them Bank of America Corp. -- just a day after insisting it...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 12, 2008 11:30 AM
Due to the various street closings related to the service at the WTC yesterday the pick-up point for my bus home got moved to the West Side Highway...right next to the WTC. Brilliant planning, I know. Anyhow, so we're crowded...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 12, 2008 10:08 AM
...than havin' a ship. Gas jumps as oil falls to settle near $100 U.S. pump prices may break through the record high of $4.114 ...The wholesale price of gasoline ranged from $4 to nearly $5 a gallon in the U.S....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 12, 2008 08:10 AM
I freely admit it. But does it make sense to attack your opponent on these grounds NEW YORK (AP) - John McCain is mocked as an out-of-touch, out-of-date computer illiterate in a television commercial out Friday from Barack Obama as...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 12, 2008 06:52 AM
To our dearest friends Sharon and Julie, Our thoughts and prayers are with you and yours. Treat Ike like you were Tina in divorce court ~ let him have it! And keep yourselves safe....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 11, 2008 10:22 AM
(originally published 9/11/06) We all know the story of how they and so many others died on that day, but we must never forget how these wonderful people lived, either. John and Sylvia adored life, and they adored each other....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 11, 2008 06:07 AM
...that ROCKS so hard, it had people stopping me on the street today to ask whence I got it. (It's a fundraiser for the volunteers at a certain group o' veterans working for a certain veteran running for office who...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 10, 2008 05:48 PM
...the "who's your buddy, who's your pal" cartel helps out the Republicans. I think. OPEC oil ministers agreed Wednesday to trim overall output by more than 500,000 barrels a day in a compromise meant to avoid new turmoil in crude...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 10, 2008 09:10 AM
And she doesn't disappoint ...Conservative though she may be, I felt that Palin represented an explosion of a brand new style of muscular American feminism. At her startling debut on that day, she was combining male and female qualities in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 10, 2008 06:27 AM
The headline's benign enough: Palin's budget choices praised, criticized Blah, blah, blah ~ nice stuff, evenly handed... ...some Alaskans see Gov. Sarah Palin as a modern-day Robin Hood who has slashed government spending and given money to the people. "She...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 9, 2008 02:50 PM
...quite so much, considering everything. ...But the campaign is struggling to meet ambitious fund-raising goals it set for the campaign and the party. It collected in June and July far less from Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's donors than originally projected....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 9, 2008 08:38 AM
But I don't really want to BBQ the Next Guy; even I draw the line at dry-rubbing someone and hitting them with, er, a sausage Fresno County authorities have arrested a man they say broke into the home of two...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 9, 2008 07:31 AM
Why on earth would you tune in to someone who gets paid to be obnoxious? MSNBC tried a bold experiment this year by putting two politically incendiary hosts, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, in the anchor chair to lead the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 7, 2008 10:19 PM
Obama: Recession could delay rescinding tax cuts Democrat Barack Obama says he would delay rescinding President Bush's tax cuts on wealthy Americans if he becomes the next president and the economy is in a recession, suggesting such an increase would...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 7, 2008 09:11 PM
...we have to do it this way, but major dad's waited too long for that car to have it keyed by an outraged, unhinged local university professor or some unemployed 25 year old nutroot. Same goes for my Sadie, who...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 7, 2008 07:26 PM
He's a real nice guy; I'm glad he's gotten the first of hopefully many victories....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 7, 2008 06:10 PM
..this thought from the Corner. ...He is standing in the way of the first black president. That is a ticklish, ticklish position to be in. He should find a way of acknowledging it, mitigating it, etc. First, McCain PAID for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 5, 2008 11:05 AM
Why would I mind if you totally screw up my commute home MIDDLETOWN -- Barack Obama's dinnertime visit to Bon Jovi's house Friday is not expected to create hours-long road closures for motorists, Police Chief Robert Oches said. Police anticipate...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 5, 2008 08:12 AM
Sarah Palin is pretty universally tut tutted by Democrats for: ...Palin's on the ticket because she's a woman and she isn't afraid to engage in the Republicans' mean-spirited personal attacks. Is it me or did Sarah Palin come off as...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 4, 2008 09:30 AM
Here's a story that I hope gets more play Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden said yesterday that he and running mate Barack Obama could pursue criminal charges against the Bush administration if they are elected in November. This is their...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 4, 2008 06:49 AM
Has got to be Joe Biden. She will eat him alive and set off his pompous temper....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 4, 2008 06:18 AM
...I'm not sure (were I a machinist) what part of this I would have turned down... ...In a high-stakes struggle between the Chicago-based aerospace giant and the Machinists union, Boeing's three-year "best and final" offer included $5,000 in signing bonuses,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 3, 2008 05:00 PM
My girl knows how to work the aisle. Although she has been in office less than a year, Palin, too, earns high marks from lawmakers on the other side of the aisle. During a debate earlier this year over a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 3, 2008 04:04 PM
...for doing things she had the right to do. Even when it's ANCIENT history. ...After taking over as Mayor of the small town of Wasilla, Palin fired the longtime local police chief. The former police chief, Irl Stambaugh says he...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 3, 2008 03:27 PM
And have someone else paying the bills for the roadtrip, yo. Young Republican Road Trip ..."People don't realize the Republican Party is very appealing to young people," says Donnelly. "The Republican Party is not just one demographic, it's not old...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 3, 2008 01:09 PM
Obama's Years at Columbia Are a Mystery He Graduated Without Honors Senator Obama's life story, from his humble roots, to his rise to Harvard Law School, to his passion as a community organizer in Chicago, has been at the center...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 3, 2008 10:38 AM
...in the gold double-standard. ...GWEN IFILL: And there's also a big difference between running a state or running as long as she has run a state and running for one of the biggest jobs in the country. What advice do...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 2, 2008 08:22 PM
..for your good wishes! HUGELY appreciated, always. Yippee!! Only a couple power burps in the latter part of the morning. And kudos to Gulf Power for that because along around 3 this morning, we starting rockin' and rollin, with sustained...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 1, 2008 01:37 PM
major dad and I spent a quiet ride home from Mobile, just now. On I-10 East, we were surrounded by Mississippi and Louisiana license plates, the shoulder was dotted with broken down vehicles carrying the same and the Welcome Center...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 30, 2008 06:26 PM
Brilliant. Absolutely fucking brilliant. Agreed. Once I got done crying (which has NEVER happened in a political sense EVER.) (Okay, when Fred! f*cked things up, but that was RAGE.), I thought "Dang! I can relate to this chick." I mean,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 30, 2008 12:40 AM
Everyone is confirming it's Palin. And daggum. They had to call her parents while they were caribou hunting. What a hoot. Man. I am CHARGED UP! Bingley Update: She has more executive experience than McCain, Obama and Biden combined. ths...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 29, 2008 10:46 AM
From our friends Blake and Avila A HIGH OVER THE OHIO VALLEY IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE GUSTAV TO GRADUALLY BEND TO THE LEFT. HOWEVER...THERE IS A LARGE UNCERTAINTY IN THE TIMING AND SHARPNESS OF THE BEND. THE UKMET AND GFS...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 29, 2008 06:48 AM
You all be careful out there... UPDATE: In living color......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 28, 2008 11:02 AM
...is not the same as "Lowest Ever" Arctic ice at second-lowest level ever WASHINGTON (AP) -- New satellite measurements show that crucial sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has plummeted to its second-lowest level on record. No, really, they're impartial....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 27, 2008 03:28 PM
(don and I have been having a talk here about Obama/Biden et al and I thought to make life easier I'd post my latest reply here and broaden the discussion.) I must confess that I haven't watched any of the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 27, 2008 07:27 AM
So after spending several hours toodling around in Disenchantment Bay in front of the glacier it was time to say "aw reservoir" and start the trip to Juneau, where we were scheduled to dock at 6 am or so. So...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 25, 2008 10:06 PM
I lasted .03334 secs....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 25, 2008 05:25 PM
Council staff banned from saying 'man on the street'... in case women are offended Well, I AM offended....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 25, 2008 11:31 AM
Will stars in Denver help or hurt Obama? Democrats weigh benefit of having ‘sparklies’ too close to candidate ..."I don't think it's fair to lump all celebrities together," Sunshine adds. "Most serious celebrities don't pretend to be anything more than...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 25, 2008 12:33 AM
...theme today. ...One senior Obama supporter said the Clinton associates negotiating on her behalf act like “Japanese soldiers in the South Pacific still fighting after the war is over.” Why do I say that? Well, I had a serious case...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 24, 2008 11:57 PM
So we left Sitka in the early afternoon and slowly steamed our way north overnight towards the Hubbard Glacier. The next morning we got a special treat, for the day dawned warm and clear. There she was, twenty miles ahead...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 24, 2008 05:51 PM
Vacation. That magical word that conjures up images of endless hours stuck in traffic trying to get to the Shore, fighting with your siblings for precious square inches of backseat real estate, painful sunburns chafing under shirts that somehow aren't...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 24, 2008 12:07 PM
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Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 23, 2008 02:26 AM
...Conservatives say women at the wheel create situations for sinful temptation. They argue that women drivers will be free to leave home alone, will unduly expose their eyes while driving and will interact with male strangers, such as traffic police...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 21, 2008 02:50 PM
...in the face of the unspeakable. ...Lilo [ed:Lindsey Lohan] was texting Billy Bush (???) the other day during Access Hollywood’s interview with Michael’s mom Debbie Phelps. Lilo wanted Billy to relay a message to Michael: “Tell him he’s f8cking...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 21, 2008 11:27 AM
...by foreign governments breaking U.N. sanctions. Iraq and China will sign a deal next week to develop the Ahdab oil field, restoring an agreement that was canceled after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, an Iraqi spokesman said Thursday. ...Saddam Hussein's regime...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 21, 2008 11:01 AM
Authorities cut open a slain bear and found a shoe lost by a Florida man while fighting off a bear that attacked his 8-year-old son in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The footwear was discovered in the black bear's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 18, 2008 05:26 PM
...I was reminded of a magical vacation we took in the early 60's, when Bingley was just a Brussell sprout. He developed chicken pox while we were there. In answering a customs officer's question about the origin of the puling...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 18, 2008 10:41 AM
...celebrities are mostly idiots. Guess which deep thinker said this: “Aren't you supposed to be somewhat enlightened, or do you not know that the African daughter you hold in every picture had parents who suffered and died because of the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 18, 2008 09:38 AM
No, not Al Gore, but the resemblance is striking. And, on any given day, I'll bet you the turd makes more sense....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 15, 2008 03:46 PM
...one of my favorite summer treats has always been a re-reading of this: Louis L'Amour's Haunted Mesa. It's just the right mix of mysticism, fantasy, detective story and old time Western. The Navajo called them the Anasazi, the “ancient enemy,”...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 15, 2008 11:47 AM
...I really sing-so. Spanish basketball red-faced over slit-eyed Olympic photo I never really quite get how Americans are always painted as the big, insensitive, racist cowboy ASSholes. Really. I don't....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 14, 2008 11:47 AM
...except when it doesn't. Highway crashes kill more than 41,000 in 2007 Traffic deaths in the United States declined last year, reaching the lowest level in more than a decade. Some 41,059 people were killed in highway crashes, down by...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 14, 2008 11:32 AM
US team blame stadium official for gymnastics loss Strange to blame officials, since the Chinese team had just handed you an opening with their own balance beam bobbles. While a transparent attempt at shifting the blame, it was completely the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 13, 2008 10:51 AM
And I do mean "in" and not "of." Seriously. I walk by here every day, and the crowd of tourists is many deep and never ending...and they are having a great time getting their pictures take next to it...embracing it...caressing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 12, 2008 08:17 PM
That would be the Archbishop of Canterbury's view of Communist China. ...But one of the things which struck me there was that we were not talking just about a moral vacuum in general, but a vacuum in what was once...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 12, 2008 05:13 PM
...(well nineteen actually) that my Bride made made me the happiest, luckiest boy in the world. You ain't goin' nowhere, honey!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 12, 2008 12:05 PM
Medvedev says "Goals attained" According to a statement, Mr Medvedev told his defence minister and chief of staff that "the goal has been attained". "I've decided to finish the operation to force the Georgian authorities to peace. The safety of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 12, 2008 08:51 AM
The CNN anchor is asking about the President who just used phrases like: "...dramatic and brutal escalation." ...along with... "...and is unacceptable in the 21st Century." Tough talk. Raising tough questions: "The question on the table is, if the U.S....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 11, 2008 05:25 PM
As well as HUGELY perplexing. 15:30 ET Dow +14.24 at 11747.18, Nasdaq +19.06 at 2433.16, S&P +4.47 at 1300.79: [BRIEFING.COM] Stocks attempt to turn higher but run into selling resistance. The major indices remain in positive territory. The Dow is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 11, 2008 03:46 PM
Every time I cross the Bay Bridge The driver of a tractor-trailer was killed early yesterday in a three-vehicle crash that sent the 18-wheeler plunging into the Chesapeake Bay - the first time that a vehicle has plummeted from the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 11, 2008 08:53 AM
They know where the power lies The war in Georgia escalated dangerously last night after Russian jets reportedly bombed a vital pipeline that supplies oil to the West. After a day of heightening international tensions, Georgian leaders claimed that the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 11, 2008 07:30 AM
Not good. Not good at all. The question of the hour is (to paraphrase Gary Coleman): "Whachoo gonna do now, Willis?" Russia expanded its bombing blitz to the Georgian capital, deployed ships off the coast and, a Georgian official said,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 10, 2008 04:38 PM
Look what my Bride and Daughter bought me I am the luckiest man on the face of the earth....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 10, 2008 08:13 AM
Russia bombs apartment buildings and whole villages. They clearly are "shedding blood for oil." Time, of course, wonders "Has Georgia Overeached?" The NYT yawns and says "look at the big picture, the context." Realistically, there's nothing we can do. But...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 10, 2008 08:00 AM
Bright blue sky, low humidity, a perfect day to get some more staining done on the house or...to make some Bingley Rabe for Daughter and myself as a lazy Saturday brunch Guess which I'm doing?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 9, 2008 10:47 AM
Not good at all. DZHAVA, Georgia (AP) - Russia sent columns of tanks and reportedly bombed Georgian air bases Friday after Georgia launched a major military offensive to retake the breakaway province of South Ossetia, threatening to ignite a broader...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 8, 2008 11:44 PM
SCORE !!! Edwards Admits Sexual Affair; Lied as Presidential Candidate In ABC News Interview, Edwards Says He Cheated, but Did Not Father Child Not so silky now, are we? UPDATE: Oh, God, it's Ace and it's rude, but it's also...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 8, 2008 03:09 PM
But this story sure as hell deserves it if anything does When the shooting stopped, two dogs lay dead. A mayor sat in his boxers, hands bound behind his back. His handcuffed mother-in-law was sprawled on the kitchen floor, lying...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 8, 2008 07:36 AM
I heard on the radio the find could be as much as Libya's fields LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - British gas producer BG Group Plc (BG.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Friday it had made a material new...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 8, 2008 06:49 AM
...turns 50 today. And DAMN if he isn't on a business trip to N.C.. But he'll be back here around 5 or so and I've got the birthday cards from his mom and aunt...sitting right next to the AARP membership...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 7, 2008 10:20 AM
Geesh, I didn't see this one coming. $12.5 million for a 38 year old guy. Not bad. I wonder what they'd pay for a 44 year old?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 7, 2008 07:14 AM
Nice how my beloved Bride conveniently missed this thoughtful gift for my last birthday 1978 MIG 23 * Worlds Fastest civilian owned aircraft - 1978 Mig 23. *This Mach 2+ speedster has only 1403 hrs since new. * Only 157...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 6, 2008 01:53 PM
...Of mine Testimony Wednesday afternoon revealed his wife, 25-year-old Rebecca Bargy, tied up her husband for sexual pleasure Thursday night after he asked her to, and then went to the airport to pick up a man from Arizona she had...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 6, 2008 07:20 AM
Well, this explains where all the small children in the neighborhood have gone... Dang, those suckers grow big sometimes....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 5, 2008 07:45 AM
One of the things I love about my Weber Bullet is that it's got me hooked on a phenomenal cooking resource: The Virtual Weber Bulletin Board. The folks there are amazing cooks, and while most of the cooking centers around...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 5, 2008 07:32 AM
The bestest little brother I ever had. The only little brother, too. Not that that affected your ranking...much....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 5, 2008 06:41 AM
Saw this at the Bottle King the other day. Rated a 90 by Parker and only $8.99? I'm not quite sure how it got that high a score, frankly. Don't get me wrong, for the price it is an excellent...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 4, 2008 08:45 PM
...for Number 1. To Daryl Johnson of Orange, Tex., work as a rigger on pipe-laying barges seemed like a pretty sure bet. The pay was good -- $18.50 an hour -- and with oil exploration booming, Johnson felt secure with...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 4, 2008 03:54 PM
...would be as obliging. More than 180 Fatah supporters who fled into Israel from the Gaza Strip were in Israeli custody Sunday, after a dramatic escape from a Hamas crackdown that left nine people dead in fierce fighting. ...The incident...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 3, 2008 09:39 PM
Last Sunday, since I hadn't played with the Bullet in way too long, I decided to smoke a brisket and make sandwiches for dinner....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 2, 2008 04:30 PM
We have a big pine tree right next to the deck, and man do the tree rats love to make a mess when they eat Pine Cone on the Cob Little bastards We hates them....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 2, 2008 03:49 PM
But something about this National Post story was very...odd. I mean, obviously the subject matter was the horrific slaying on the Greyhound bus. But subject matter aside what is somewhat glaring is the way Mr. McLean is referred to. At...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 1, 2008 10:11 PM
Shame Nancy didn't get the word before she scuttled out of town. Obama would consider off-shore drilling as part of comprehensive energy plan U.S. Sen. Barack Obama said today he would be willing to open Florida's coast for more oil...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 1, 2008 06:39 PM
As it's already been a long day. Plant Drops Labor Day For Muslim Holiday More Than Half Of Tyson Plant's Workforce Muslim Some workers at a local plant will no longer to be able to take their Labor Day holiday...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 1, 2008 05:40 PM
...to see if he was on the floor and to pass along a BRAVO!!! to the fellows when the receptionist called D.C. to check. And a big Sierra Hotel to Politico for typing like mad men to keep us all...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 1, 2008 05:06 PM
WHAT is this quote referring to? "...You know what else it's resistant to? You getting laid." Now. Just to make it tougher, eliminate Bingley, Canadians, Rambo, world peace or bus trips from your short list of answers. Stumped? You'll never...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 1, 2008 04:09 PM
Watch what your pet Deere eats. Rick Kitchings has been a small-engine mechanic for about 30 years, and he’s been busier than ever lately. Recently, a customer came into his shop in Savannah, Ga., with a string trimmer that had...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 1, 2008 02:52 PM
...I can not see how Dudley Do-Right can say this (Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sgt. Steve) Cowell said there was no immediate indication of what prompted the attack. He said he didn't know how many times the victim was stabbed....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 1, 2008 09:18 AM
I played in the church Manna softball game last night, where everyone who plays brings canned or boxed food that the church then distributes to folks in need. This is probably only the second time in 20-odd years that I've...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 1, 2008 09:06 AM
'Montauk Monster' Has Hamptons in a Tizzy What's brownish-purple, goes to the beach and stinks of rotting flesh? New York's celebrity-obsessed Hamptons summer season got even sillier this week when a strange-looking, very dead creature washed up on a beach...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 31, 2008 05:43 PM
How completely barbaric and disgusting A passenger traveling on a bus across Canada's vast Western plains stabbed, gutted and decapitated a man seated next to him in an unexplained attack, a witness told media Thursday. The victim had been sleeping...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 31, 2008 02:15 PM
It's good to see the top guys going down over this WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Navy fired the captain and executive officer of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington on Wednesday because of a massive fire that damaged the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 31, 2008 06:41 AM
The IOC stands tall yet again BEIJING: The Chinese government confirmed Wednesday what journalists arriving at the lavishly outfitted media center here had suspected: Contrary to previous assurances by Olympic and government officials, the Internet would be censored during the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 31, 2008 06:32 AM
I didn't know that! ...Americans know that thanks to the two oilmen in the White House, consumers are now paying $4 a gallon for gas. I'll bet everyone else was thinking it was draconian environmental restrictions instead....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 30, 2008 04:27 PM
And charge him with assault. I support the cops, but not thugs like this guy. Sure, the Critical Mass people can be complete jerks, but you have to be smoking something pretty illicit to watch this and not see it...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 30, 2008 09:07 AM
This just in: Ice Melts In Summer! EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- A chunk of ice spreading across 18 square kilometers (seven square miles) has broken off a Canadian ice shelf in the Arctic, scientists said Tuesday. ... Mueller said the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 30, 2008 08:10 AM
Here we go. House poised to apologize for slavery, Jim Crow ... The resolution will not be the first time lawmakers have apologized to an ethnic group for past injustices. In April, the Senate passed a resolution sponsored by Sen....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 29, 2008 03:10 PM
...aren't SMART ENOUGH to decide what to eat? L.A. wants to clamp yearlong ban on fast food City Council to vote Tuesday on plan for impoverished southern part of city In the impoverished neighborhood of South Los Angeles, fast food...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 29, 2008 11:42 AM
Murdered on their honeymoon The husband of a British doctor shot dead in their honeymoon hotel room is in a critical condition in a coma with a bullet lodged in his brain, police have said. Benjamin Mullany, a 31-year-old physiotherapist,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 29, 2008 07:26 AM
...in the men's room. Oops! Wrong Larry shown on campaign gear Republican Sen. Larry Craig shown on button alongside Obama Some Democratic campaign buttons made for distribution in Idaho show an unlikely pair: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 28, 2008 05:01 PM
/Bingley Edition. Electric Vacuum Marinator For $199.95 + shipping. I shit you not....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 28, 2008 03:53 PM
Pet thefts rise as economy hits dog-gone low Some dognappers are stealing pets for quick profit ...Black market pets There’s a black market for dogs, Peterson says. People sell them on the roadside out of vans, at flea markets, or...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 28, 2008 03:30 PM
'Cause it's, like, GLOBAL, dude. What it Does The Global Poverty Act: • Declares it official U.S. policy to promote the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 28, 2008 02:56 PM
Nationalizing financial losses doesn't solve anything "I recount all this now because it illustrates the perverse nature of Fannie and Freddie that has made them such a relentless and untouchable political force. Their unique clout derives from a combination of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 28, 2008 07:36 AM
Remember when I was upset about Iran having 3000 centrifuges? No? Well, you're right; I shouldn't have been worried, because Ahmalamadingdong said I shouldn't. So if 3,000 are fine for World Peace, then, hell, 6,000 should usher in a New...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 28, 2008 07:03 AM
...huts!!!! ..."His hip has been sore from basketball for a few weeks, so he's going to see an orthopedic doctor," Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said. And here I thought poor John McCain was the infirm, crippled, old gnarly geriatric bastard....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 27, 2008 11:20 PM
It reeked. ...ANDREW TYNDALL, The Tyndall Report: Well, the thing I think that really emphasizes Tom's point about it being treated as a head-of-state trip rather than a candidate trip was the extraordinary decision by the broadcast networks to send...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 27, 2008 11:02 PM
And carry on....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 27, 2008 06:48 PM
Sometimes nothing beats the basics. A nice bottle of wine and a plated loaded with a NY strip, pan-roasted rosemary potatoes and a nice helping of creamed spinach yum yum yum....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 27, 2008 08:40 AM
Well, maybe not tonight But one of these days, by gum......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 26, 2008 07:06 PM
...to see how green worked against the colors of my new absinthe design (BITCHING, in my humble estimation.)... ...I looked up from the camera to see he had thoughtfully placed almost the entire dinner fixin's (taters in the oven) beside...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 25, 2008 08:06 PM
What a SCHMACKdown!! (And the left has the nerve to call McCain's grins "creepy"?!)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 25, 2008 01:37 PM
major dad points us to this Susan Estrich column. It sounds a warning chime for Team Obambi, but I'll betcha they're not listening. ...The problem with all this fawning is threefold. First of all, the fact that the press doesn’t...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 25, 2008 12:48 PM
Obviously someone needed to rein in this woman during the wedding planning. Story here. The whole HILARIOUS blog here, plus another gem they recommend that could be called "When Quotation Marks Go Wrong" (for the geeky wordsmiths among us) (not...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 25, 2008 11:50 AM
Your tax dollars at work TRENTON, NJ (AP) -- Veteran Democratic state Assemblyman Neil Cohen is being investigated for child pornography possession on his legislative office computer, according to four officials familiar with the situation. State Sen. Raymond Lesniak and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 25, 2008 08:26 AM
Man, what a scary flight Passengers on a London to Melbourne flight have described their terror after a faulty door "popped" in midair blowing a hole in the fuselage. Qantas flight QF30, with 300 passengers and crew on board, plunged...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 25, 2008 06:55 AM
“The senator wants to speak to the people of Europe and it would be inconsistent to exclude the public.”* If that doesn't send a chill up my leg, I don't know what does. *UPDATE: What an arrogant ass. New replacement...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 24, 2008 02:03 PM
Obambi does the Middle East. Obama Overseas! In Presidential Mode! Back Home, It’s McCain in a Golf Cart. ...All three cable news networks carried Mr. Obama’s news conference live and in full. They showed only parts of Mr. McCain’s forum...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 23, 2008 10:03 AM
Barack Obama, who bows to nobody in his understanding of this world, has some rather important news for Australia: you are henceforth part of Asia Now to find Australia some Hope. (h/t to Daughter, who noticed this over my shoulder...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 22, 2008 09:17 PM
There May Be Oil Offshore, But... Or are you just happy to see me? ...How much oil and natural gas is there offshore? No one really knows. According to estimates from the Interior Dept.'s Minerals Management Service [MMS], the U.S....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 22, 2008 05:00 PM
...Sometimes, it's not good to know how the sausage is made. But credit card and bank rules are too important to leave to the sausage makers, and fortunately, all comments made so far are available for public inspection. They are...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 22, 2008 02:15 PM
And if he is elected, don't worry, we're still all racists (CNN) -- "We had a dream. Now it's a reality." That's the slogan on a popular T-shirt linking Sen. Barack Obama's presidential run to the Rev. Martin Luther King's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 22, 2008 12:39 PM
I may have to start watching Philly TV PHILADELPHIA - A fired TV newscaster was charged Monday with hacking into the e-mail of his glamorous younger co-anchor hundreds of times for more than two years, as leaked information about her...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 22, 2008 07:00 AM
As giant oil companies like Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips get set to report what will probably be another round of eye-popping quarterly profits, just where is all that money going? The companies insist they're trying to find new oil that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 22, 2008 12:10 AM
Eight women and one man convicted of adultery are set to be stoned to death in Iran, activists said Sunday. Lawyer and women's rights activist, Shadi Sadr, said the nine were convicted of adultery in separate cases in different Iranian...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 21, 2008 09:48 AM
Karma is all, my friends....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 19, 2008 06:50 PM
Hot Air has the details on some credibility returning to the scientists. As Ed says The paper points out that the warming seen on Earth during the period under question matched the warming seen on other planets in the solar...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 18, 2008 08:52 AM
He posts a 65. He's a really nice guy (I met him briefly this Spring); I hope he keeps doing well. And what a putt by Norman on 18...and 17. Great stuff....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 18, 2008 07:26 AM
Ah, the gallic arrogance of the Ruling Class! Here's Democracy, Euro-Style Irish politicians reacted angrily Wednesday after French President Nicolas Sarkozy suggested Ireland should hold a second referendum on the EU's new treaty, after rejecting it last month. Irish voters...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 17, 2008 07:11 AM
...turn, turn, turn. ...I've never had any doubt that the U.S. military would defeat Saddam Hussein's army. There was never any doubt that if we poured enough resources in there, that we could lock down Iraq. There is a season...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 16, 2008 12:05 AM
Let her rot in jail and rethink her ways (CNN) -- Susan Atkins, a terminally ill former Charles Manson follower convicted in the murder of actress Sharon Tate, on Tuesday was denied a compassionate release from prison. Susan Atkins, Califorina's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 15, 2008 10:22 PM
...any more, is it? We interrupt the continued deification of Brett Favre -- a first-ballot Hall of Famer and the most durable player in NFL history -- with the following reality check. Yes, Favre played long enough to throw the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 15, 2008 11:41 AM
"I am sure you see the absurdity of a university threatening an employee with discipline for reading a scholarly work that deals with the efforts of Notre Dame students in the 1920s to fight the KKK," American Civil Liberties...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 15, 2008 11:18 AM
Obama Investors this summer have been placing their bets on an Obama presidency, and for the most part that hasn't been good for the market. Without giving him a chance to explain himself in detail on the campaign trail or...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 14, 2008 08:22 AM
The unbridled arrogance of this man never ceases to amaze or entertain. Except now he's cost us billions The federal government took control of Pasadena-based IndyMac Bank on Friday in what regulators called the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 12, 2008 07:57 AM
Oh my goodness. Someone really wasn't thinking when they approved this South Carolina’s top tourism agency has canceled an overseas advertising campaign targeting gay tourists. The campaign, tied to gay pride week celebrations in London, included ads that proclaimed “South...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 11, 2008 01:08 PM
After dinner we decided to watch it last night; what a neat flick. There are so many scenes and elements of this movie that are familiar, because so many directors have borrowed them from this 1925 classic. We recently watched...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 11, 2008 07:05 AM
..are crackin' down on the real criminals With minutes left in the last shift of his 35-year New Orleans police career, Sgt. Bobby Guidry received a call from a supervisor telling him he had been suspended for wearing the wrong...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 10, 2008 06:54 AM
"She's a dog", "he's a horn dog", "quit dogging me", "I'm dog tired", "dog gone it"...you get the idea. But like this? ...But its own gay rights group has opposed the move, claiming that cutting back the bushes was "discriminating"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 9, 2008 11:52 PM
I apologize. (I don't get out much...)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 7, 2008 05:51 PM
This is getting downright nasty. Belgian-based brewer InBev will seek to remove and replace the board of Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc to secure a $46.3 billion takeover of its U.S. rival, InBev said on Monday....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 7, 2008 09:49 AM
...add yet another entry. BP's rivals shift in Russian tussle The fate of the second biggest foreign investment in Russia hangs in the balance amid signs of a shifting mood in the Kremlin which may have wrong-footed investors and one...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 7, 2008 12:01 AM
...of a different meter. ...a grossly mishandled cock-up... I don't agree with the sentiment per it's target, but dang. You have to hand him the 'spoken-as-I-see-it' trophy....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 6, 2008 10:58 PM
Police: Jonesboro Man Killed Daughter Who Wanted Out Of Arranged Marriage Victim Had No Contact With Husband For 3 Months A 25-year-old Jonesboro woman is dead after police said she told her father she wanted out of an arranged marriage....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 6, 2008 03:11 PM
As y'all are well aware my Bride has cruelly abandoned me on this most American of holidays. So what's a fellow to do? Well, for starters, I will wear a shirt she got for me a few years ago back...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 4, 2008 10:42 PM
Look at this little bastard A squirrel that has lost his tail. Pity it wasn't his head instead....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 4, 2008 09:28 PM
Let me add my fervent "Happy Fourth of July" to Bingley's....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 4, 2008 10:49 AM
Well, even though my beloved Bride and Daughter are out of town I still have my responsibilities that I take seriously, and intend to discharge to the best of my ability. The deck and house need to be stained, and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 4, 2008 08:40 AM
Oh Woe Is Me! Well, more precisely, oh woe is my liver. You see, Daughter has been off at camp for two weeks, and today my beloved Bride flew out to get her and visit with her Pop for a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 3, 2008 07:56 PM
headline on CNN: Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and 3 Americans have been rescued from rebels, a Colombian official says. This is great news. Uribe has done a fantastic job against these terrorists, and deserves as much help as...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 2, 2008 03:31 PM
NPR (!?!?!?!) lays a verbal hurt on Weasley Clark. ...When you yourself were a candidate for president, you touted your own military service. And I seem to remember you saying that that was part of what made you a well-qualified...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 2, 2008 03:16 PM
We're having our great Liberty Extravaganza at church and, given the insanity coming out of the Presbyterian General Assembly, I sent Tim a note letting him know that there were still some sane Presbyterians left in the world (he was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 2, 2008 11:36 AM
Seems he gets to keep it. Court dismisses more claims in Grasso case: report A New York court has dismissed more claims against former New York Stock Exchange chief Richard Grasso brought by state officials who want him to return...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 1, 2008 02:02 PM
Oh, you BET controversial! Western North Dakota and western Pennsylvania, by which I mean the middle of nowhere, are on track to become the center of the universe for energy companies over the next few years as geologists, speculators and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 1, 2008 10:07 AM
Miss Wang's favorite curative may cause a problem or two for some Chinese athletes Wang Cheng has the perfect remedy for athletes struggling to recover from injury during the Beijing Olympics. “Deer's penis,” she said, proferring a desiccated sample across...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 1, 2008 07:20 AM
Now doesn't this look inviting BEIJING: With less than six weeks before it plays host to the Olympic sailing regatta, the city of Qingdao has mobilized thousands of people and an armada of small boats to clean up an...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 1, 2008 07:08 AM
...WHY? Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was greeted with hugs at an African summit on Monday, a sign that African leaders won't shun him despite Western demands they take a tough stance over his re-election in a tainted vote. Talk about...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 30, 2008 05:17 PM
..."No Big Deal"? Why's the Left so worried about Gitmo inhabitants then? Especially after every San Francisco reporter clawed their way to the front of the "Give Waterboarding a TRY This Summer!" amusement park line. I don't see anyone volunteering...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 30, 2008 01:30 PM
But it sounds like they only hit the "hostages" PARIS — A military shooting demonstration in southeast France on Sunday left 16 people wounded, including children, when real bullets were used instead of blank ones, officials said. Four of the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 30, 2008 12:42 PM
At least that's what I learned from all the "no blood for oil" bumper stickers. It seems to me we've given some blood, so let's get that oil flowing A group of American advisers led by a small State Department...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 30, 2008 08:44 AM
Geesh, it's been a long week. I'm very tired and looking forward to grilling some scallops and filets tonight and having a bottle or three of shiraz with my Bride. Hope y'all have a nice weekend planned!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 27, 2008 08:25 AM
As, of course, you expect SAN FRANCISCO: Reagan has his highways. Lincoln has his memorial. Washington has the capital, and a state, too. But President George W. Bush may soon be the sole president to have a memorial named after...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 26, 2008 11:27 AM
...but DAMN !! ... North Korea handed over its long-awaited nuclear program declaration to officials from China earlier Thursday, which led the six-nation talks that hammered out the conditions of the agreement. The declaration is expected to contain details on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 26, 2008 10:49 AM
Will the Supremes allow more gun restrictions? Update: affirmed! DC gun ban overturned. Updated Update: Here's the decision Updated updated update: The sweetest sentence you'll read all year: "The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 26, 2008 10:10 AM
Punishable as "hate speech" MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's parliament voiced its support on Wednesday for the rights of great apes to life and freedom in what will apparently be the first time any national legislature has called for such rights...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 26, 2008 07:38 AM
I mean, it's the AP so it must be accurate Emcor now expects profit between $2.22 and $2.42 per share on revenue of $6.8 billion to $7 billion. In April, the company had told Wall Street to expect earnings of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 25, 2008 08:23 AM
...duh. ...The stiff cost of replacing a battery at your dealer helps explain why an underground aftermarket in Prius batteries is emerging. So add the current $3-$4K premium (+ base sticker) for buying the sucker, along with the battery charge...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 21, 2008 11:53 PM
I mean, sure, it's an interesting story The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP, has been called a missile-defense tool and a mind-control device. The truth is a bit less ominous. If the paranoid blogosphere is to be believed,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 20, 2008 02:44 PM
...he might not be facing 38 years in jail It could be a long time before Omar Khan goes to college: as long as 38 years, according to Orange County prosecutors, who have arrested and charged the 18-year-old student with...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 19, 2008 08:54 AM
I was so looking forward to ordering some "Bean curd made by a pock-marked woman" for lunch today BEIJING, China (CNN) -- What's in a name? When it's a local dish like "Husband and wife's lung slice" or "Chicken without...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 19, 2008 07:02 AM
...you might get...well...SHOT AT or something?!?!? News. To. Me. Thank GOD for the eagle eyed MSNBC reporter who went to see "Sex and the City", sat through THIS outstanding Marine Corps commercial during the pre-"Sex" warm-ups and...felt a public service...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 19, 2008 12:26 AM
The knee and the tibia are pretty bad NEW YORK (AP) -- Tiger Woods is done for the year, but not without one last major that capped off a painful 10 months. Woods said Wednesday he will have season-ending knee...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 18, 2008 01:39 PM
...makes an error this obvious Georgia's David Thoms (7), is tagged out stealing second base by Stanford shortstop Jake Schlander in the fifth inning of an NCAA College World Series game in Omaha, Nebraska. (AP Photo) First, the guy sliding...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 17, 2008 12:08 PM
I saw this yesterday morning down by the Battery Tunnel Aside form the very patriotic tableaux of the Red, White and Blue vehicles you have 3 cars that are literally touching each other. The white SUV is completely hemmed in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 17, 2008 07:55 AM
"I'm not being mean" A Devon petrol station is charging drivers more than £1.99 a litre - or about £9 a gallon - for petrol and diesel as drivers clamour for fuel. The Foxhayes station at Exwick near Exeter has...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 16, 2008 01:47 PM
Once you're under her spell Things ain't gonna end well CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) -- Police may have ignored a warning years ago that a woman with five dead spouses was trying to hire a hit man to kill one...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 16, 2008 01:27 PM
Every public group of people has one. Well, at least every random group of commuters into Manhattan that I've ever been a part of does. Along with Young Intense Guy and Cranky Immigrant Guy and Shriveled Old Lady there's always...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 14, 2008 11:45 PM
This explains her Thursday Night Club....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2008 01:09 PM
...on the News Hour last night. Alongside the Obamania platitudes, some surprising observations surfaced from the global participants : ...JUDY WOODRUFF: And in the Middle East, Hisham Melhem, he's certainly -- John McCain is certainly known as someone who supports...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2008 11:36 AM
...my Illudium Pu-36 Explosive Space Modulator?!?!? A Lakeland man has been arrested after authorities say he had a fake rocket launcher and a fake rocket projectile among his weapons arsenal. The Polk County Sheriff's Office says Hiram Angus Melvin was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2008 11:24 AM
He gives the Goreacle a thumping. ...If Al Gore and his global warming scare dictates the future policy of our governments, the current economic downturn could indeed become a recession, drift into a depression and our modern civilization could fall...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2008 09:53 AM
Yet another millionaire carpetbagger mulls tossing his hat into our ring It's a hot topic in Republican political and fund-raising circles: CNN's Lou Dobbs is thinking of running for governor of New Jersey. Several well-connected Republicans say they've heard the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 12, 2008 08:29 AM
It's an outrage! CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. corn futures soared more than 4 percent to a fresh record high for the fifth consecutive trading session on Wednesday as flooding expanded in the U.S. Midwest, harming the 2008 corn crop. ADVERTISEMENT...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 12, 2008 07:54 AM
It's gobschmacked I am. Shock and awe. Report: Troubling texts at Va. Islamic school The books say it’s OK for Muslims to kill adulterers and converts McLEAN, Va. - Textbooks at a private Islamic school in northern Virginia teach students...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 12, 2008 12:24 AM
...for a reason A girl of 12 brought up by her parents on a strict vegan diet has been admitted to hospital with a degenerative bone condition said to have left her with the spine of an 80-year-old. Doctors are...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 11, 2008 06:45 PM
That would make life rather...messy, wouldn't it? The Russians undermined Opec's attempts to talk down the oil market yesterday by warning that crude prices could almost double to $250 a barrel within 18 months. The prediction from Alexey Miller, chairman...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 11, 2008 08:10 AM
Straight from major dad's mailbag: The Post Turtle While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old Texas rancher whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 10, 2008 11:34 AM
...else to do. Antarctica base gets 16,500 condoms before darkness One of the last shipments to a U.S. research base in Antarctica before the onset of winter darkness was a year's supply of condoms, a New Zealand newspaper reported Monday....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 10, 2008 10:22 AM
...is obviously at hand. Hertz Slashes Refueling Prices: Pay Pump Prices or Less; No Need to Worry About Refilling the Tank ...Under the new program -- which goes into effect for rentals commencing July 1, 2008 at all corporate and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 10, 2008 10:17 AM
Well, actually, it's taxpayers' money The BBC paid expenses to a disgraced academic who has pestered families bereaved by the 7/7 bombs, claiming the attacks were an intelligence agency plot. Nicholas Kollerstrom was recompensed by the corporation for his part...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 10, 2008 10:00 AM
But I'm having trouble determining what's the former and which qualifies as the latter. Report: Maryland Textbooks on Islamic Teachings Dumbed Down A textbook monitoring group said that Maryland middle and high school students will be required to read about...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 9, 2008 05:57 PM
...is shutting the mill The owner of a mill which produced 95% of all Harris Tweed has ceased production for the rest of the year. Brian Haggas told the BBC he would make no more tweed until the end of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 9, 2008 10:42 AM
A wonderful story from Sports Illustrated about a wonderful, magic horse. It brought many a tear to my eye and made me remember a magic spring 35 years ago. The Derby The Preakness My God, the move he makes on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 6, 2008 10:21 PM
A rather tasty and cheap wine from Chile The Concha y Toro Casillero del Diablo Carmenere 2006 Carmenere is one of the original Bordeaux grapes which has in fact nearly completely disappeared from Bordeaux thanks to the philoxera problems that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 6, 2008 06:50 PM
FIGHT!!!!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 6, 2008 03:20 PM
Via HotAir, here's today's brilliant idea of the day Park department staff is recommending reducing bonfires at the two beaches this summer and possibly banning them altogether next year. The park board will hear the recommendation Thursday, and the city...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 6, 2008 02:49 PM
This page lays out a pretty detailed and informative overview of the CO2 situation. And here is some interesting data concerning Ye Olde Medieval Warme Periode, and what it can tell us about today. Meanwhile I'm going home to fire...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 6, 2008 01:24 PM
My goodness, what a life he's had Britain's oldest man, thought to be one of three surviving UK World War I veterans, is celebrating reaching his 112th birthday. Henry Allingham, who was born in London on 6 June 1896, is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 6, 2008 07:25 AM
Thank you. With all our heart....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 6, 2008 06:40 AM
Of course, given how cramped his current digs are, this might not be quite enough space even for him FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. -- Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield appears to be having financial problems. A legal notice that appeared in a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 6, 2008 06:35 AM
I'm sure I out-produce any mere farm animal New Zealand scientists claim to have developed a "flatulence inoculation" aimed at cutting down on the massive amount of methane produced by its sheep and cows. Such animals are believed to be...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 5, 2008 03:09 PM
...and the youngest. Through every generation, the incredible, invincible youth of this country sacrifice over and over again for all of us. Jack Lucas, who at 14 lied his way into military service during World War II and became the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 5, 2008 02:40 PM
NBC: Top two Air Force officials resigning Secretary, chief of staff ousted; choice reportedly was 'resign or be fired' ...Sources told the Air Force Times that other senior officers could also be relieved. Yeesh!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 5, 2008 01:18 PM
"Let the fat, hairy bastard sit in one of those 5' by 7' rooms in the federal prison up in Terre Haute. One hour a day of fresh air and no human contact other than those friendly guards. For as...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 5, 2008 11:32 AM
...shot. The futures market strengthened in the wake of the weekly initial claims report, which showed an 18K drop to 357K (consensus 375K). The 4-wk moving average, meanwhile, dipped tp 368,500 from 371,250. The level of claims simply isn't at...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 5, 2008 10:16 AM
For your joints People who drink alcohol are less prone to the sometimes crippling disease called rheumatoid arthritis compared with non-drinkers, according to a Scandinavian study published on Wednesday. People who had a moderate alcohol consumption were 40 and 45...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 5, 2008 07:11 AM
Guilty. Jury acquits Marine of covering up Iraq killings Officer was accused of ordering troops to delete photos of 24 slain civilians A Marine intelligence officer has been acquitted of charges that he tried to help cover up the killings...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 4, 2008 09:54 PM
A day after he clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Barack Obama said Wednesday that he expected an organized Republican attack on his integrity and patriotism... Those are just the hors d'oeuvres. He's pretty much got a full platter to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 4, 2008 09:41 PM
Or not. A cut in medicare payments to doctors could soon cause cuts in health care to senior citizens and military families. ...On July 1st, medicare will cut the current reimbursement rate by another 10.6 percent.... which will force some...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 4, 2008 09:35 PM
...printed all OVER it? Jordan Summons Danish Cartoonist on Blasphemy Charges A Danish cartoonist and ten newspaper editors have been summoned by Jordan's public prosecutor on charges of "blasphemy" for reprinting cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, it is reported. According...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 4, 2008 03:15 PM
...Shriners. Red wine may protect heart from aging’s toll Study in mice finds natural compound blocks decline in cardiac function ...Most striking was how the resveratrol, like calorie restriction, blocked the decline in heart function typically associated with aging, according...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 3, 2008 10:50 PM
...it might actually be almost over... Clinton to say Obama has enough delegates Aides: Ex-first lady will stop short of formally suspending or ending her race ...in a Miracle Max "only mostly dead" sort of way. And I wonder what...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 3, 2008 11:14 AM
Could you lend me a few quid? Britain's banks faced a black Monday today as a £4 billion shares sell-off was prompted by a major lender warning of plunging profits. Bradford & Bingley's drastic trading statement said more customers will...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 2, 2008 09:58 PM
Yeesh. Knife violence in London is now running as high as gun warfare in some US cities, it is claimed today. "Gun warfare"? That's a little harsh, although they do mention Los Angeles. But they've got a fix-it plan! ...He...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 30, 2008 05:42 PM
...whose only interest in 'the bottom line' starts at the top. Around the country, Washington Mutual (WM, news, msgs) regularly plays the tough guy with homeowners who fall behind on mortgages. This as foreclosure filings overall rose 60% nationwide in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 30, 2008 04:34 PM
He needs One of the world's rarest otter is receiving help from a Scottish-based wildlife charity. Ken, a male hairy-nosed otter, is the only one of his species to be kept legally in captivity (the exact charges have yet to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 30, 2008 08:55 AM
I'm just, you know, curious TAMPA - A nude maid cleaned up good at a Florida man's home. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says the maid stole more than $40,000 from a Cheval home despite not wearing any clothes. The...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 29, 2008 06:55 AM
Standard death threats issued in the name of Peace! Not. JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Police in Israel are investigating the burning of hundreds of New Testaments in a city near Tel Aviv, an incident that has alarmed advocates of religious freedom....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 28, 2008 09:20 AM
And attack immigrants. The racist, hating Bastards. You knew it would come to this. In Rome. Balaclava-clad gangs, some wearing bandanas emblazoned with swastikas, smashed shop windows with iron bars and baseball bats and beat up shopkeepers in a hitherto...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 27, 2008 08:08 AM
...avoid the cappuccinos from "nice" strangers ROME -- An American tourist from California was killed by a train as he walked on the tracks in a daze after he drank a cappuccino laced with drugs and then was robbed, railway...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 27, 2008 06:58 AM
A few weeks ago I bought myself a Webber Smokey Mountain Cooker, aka "The Bullet", because as much as I love my gas grill sometimes you just want to make some slow-cooked BBQ. I've used it for a few things...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 25, 2008 01:01 PM
Tell me it's grillin' time! Just garlic salt and coarsely ground fresh pepper. Oh! Look what I found Thanks for everything, Boss. To absent friends! Sweet baby jeebus, this 8 year old Cab is divine. The tannins have really mellowed...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 23, 2008 07:28 PM
Woohoo! A full 3 day weekend of gastronomic excess! Tonight as an appetizer we've got a pound of fresh sea scallops marinating in the juice of 2 limes with some EVOO (that's what all the cool kids call it) and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 23, 2008 05:28 PM
Ed at HotAir has the story of Rep. Waters letting slip her socialist plan to nationalize the oil companies. As Ken would say, Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 23, 2008 08:50 AM
But he did sing the "Jefferson's Theme" See more funny videos at CollegeHumor via that dry cleaning magnate Ken....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 22, 2008 06:32 PM
Your granny. HAH! Just as I thought. And she's working a little money market mojo to pull it off. If you're wondering why driving to work has gotten so expensive, you might want to peruse your pension fund's investments. That's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 22, 2008 11:20 AM
Or maybe it's "creeps." I have to say the only attraction that Obama has for me is the fact that his name is not "Clinton" or "Bush" or "Kennedy" Ted Kennedy has made clear to confidants that when his time...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 22, 2008 06:51 AM
His wife's 7+ months pregnant. He is SO toast....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 21, 2008 03:03 PM
But it's still funny. ...Many eons ago, during the early stages of the Democratic campaign season when dinosaurs roamed the earth, Obama mentioned during a debate that, if elected president, he would be willing to hold direct discussions without preconditions...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 21, 2008 03:01 PM
...sounds like a GREAT idea, given the current conditions. The Energy Information Administration announced that crude inventory levels for the week ended May 17 fell 5.32 million barrels, marking the first decline after four consecutive weeks of inventory builds. Analyst...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 21, 2008 01:59 PM
They manage to top all expectations and come up with this WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation on Tuesday allowing the Justice Department to sue OPEC members for limiting oil supplies and working together to set...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 21, 2008 06:42 AM
...You can be assured Greenpeace is against it Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are not doing enough to eliminate potentially harmful chemicals and metals from their games consoles, Greenpeace has said. The body examined materials used inside the Sony PlayStation 3...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 20, 2008 07:28 AM
Oh, those cagey generals ~ letting all the neighbors through the door just in time to carry back to their countries all those lovely biblical, epidemic diseases. Myanmar relents, will allow relief help Military junta to permit neighboring countries to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 19, 2008 05:47 PM
...kicks his ass. -May 18: Taliban bullet shatters a wall an inch from face of U.S. Marine from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit during firefight with Taliban near Garmser in Helmand Province, Afghanistan....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 19, 2008 10:27 AM
But a NINEDOLLAHFITTYCENT BUDWEISER?!?!?!? • $9.50 for Budweiser on tap. • $10.50 for Foster's beer on tap. • $5.75 for a box of Cracker Jacks. • $8 for Italian sausage. • $5 for a Nathan's hot dog. Not even for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 19, 2008 10:19 AM
About what other countries think of us Pitching his message to Oregon's environmentally-conscious voters, Obama called on the United States to "lead by example" on global warming, and develop new technologies at home which could be exported to developing countries....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 19, 2008 06:39 AM
From now on, you don't need a subway grate... ...to peek up skirts in Florida! An Escambia County Judge set a new legal precedent in the case of a former high school teacher charged with voyeurism. Judge G.J. Roark ruled...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 16, 2008 07:04 PM
"Great shot, girlfriend!"... ..."I understand when you're running for office you sometimes think the world revolves around you. That is not always true. And it is not true in this case," she said. ...ths says, as she in delight....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 16, 2008 01:29 PM
I bet I could give him a run for his money Poems by the man ridiculed as "the world's worst poet" are expected to fetch up to £6,500 at auction. Thirty-five of William McGonagall's works - many of them autographed...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 16, 2008 07:16 AM
I wonder if the guy is auditioning for the NY Post? Naked Ugg boot ram-raider jailed A man who ram-raided a supermarket dressed in only a pair of Ugg boots has been jailed for four years. David Ball, 32, from...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 16, 2008 07:07 AM
Via Ace, I mean, I know the winters are mighty long up in The Great White North, and Canadians are upset about polar bear testicles and stuff, but it seems to me that this is carrying their carvingcraving for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 15, 2008 02:01 PM
My cosmic twin, who ~ oddly enough ~ shares a birthday with... ...the Enumclaw Mountain Man (aka brother-born-between-ths-and-Bingley). A happy, Happy Birthday to you, sweet little brother!!!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 15, 2008 11:33 AM
So Long, Fare Well, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu I'll take my axe To you and you and yoo-u (CNN) -- An Austrian man has confessed to killing five members of his family with an ax, Vienna police said Wednesday. The man...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 15, 2008 07:17 AM
Tim Blair has moved his blog to here, which seems to be run where he works...and now it's moderated. It's just starting up and the delay seems to be down to under 10 minutes before something is posted, but it...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 15, 2008 06:43 AM
"...said young Gerald McGrew." ...I know it’s all relative, but if I come back as a lab rat in another life, I hope I’m forced to eat powdered drink mixes instead of having a cigarette shoved in my little rat...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 14, 2008 10:39 AM
Here. Let me help you with that: A vicar is to apply for a drinks licence so he can sell wine and beer at his small village church. The Reverend Geraint ap Iorwerth could be made licensee of St Peter...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 13, 2008 03:30 PM
Man fined for buckling in beer, leaving kid loose Police 'shocked and appalled' after Australian leaves 5-year-old on car floor Everyone KNOWS the the kid's insured but the beer's NOT....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 13, 2008 11:36 AM
...or half full. ..."The purpose of the reserve is not for price manipulation," said a White House spokesman. "The modest fill rate has a negligible impact on prices, and the President believes it is in our national security interest to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 12, 2008 11:59 PM
...wash the other. Oil companies are raking in it at the moment but independent refiners seem to be missing the joy ride. Times are so tough for oil refiners in America that success is measured not so much in gains...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 12, 2008 11:44 PM
The Marine Corps far surpassed its recruiting goal last month and could eventually be more than a year ahead of schedule in its plan to grow the force to 202,000 members. All military services met or exceeded their monthly...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 12, 2008 11:15 PM
I mean really?!?!! Lemme 'splain how I came to this. Instapundit's link to a post on a NYT story yesterday got me thinking. Not because of the obvious 'inconsistencies' in the story itself, but because they use the term "soft...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 12, 2008 10:58 AM
Well, I deployed the Irish StinkSpring and got rid of the old bars Man, the yard stinks so bad now I don't want to go in it......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 10, 2008 08:19 PM
You hungry little turd Eating away at both my grapes and my Granny Smith tree! (And someday I'll figure out how to get non-blurry macro close ups...)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 10, 2008 08:13 AM
...smut. ...What everyone is trying to avoid admitting is that the one enduring objective of ethanol supports--a purpose known to every politician who voted for them--was precisely to jack up the price of corn. And everyone knew the calculation behind...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 9, 2008 11:21 AM
So said 78 year old WW2 vet Dale Davis, who on Saturday night bowled his first perfect 300 game. Oh, by the way, he's blind A perfect game. The most difficult achievement a bowler can accomplish. It’s even more impressive...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 9, 2008 09:40 AM
My god, those poor people in Myanmar. The dictatorship is stealing the aid The World Food Programme has halted aid shipments to Burma after the contents of its first delivery were impounded on arrival in the military-ruled country. The UN...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 9, 2008 08:29 AM
...ring a bell? Why foreign real estate is always an 'iffy' thing. One socialist president and there goes the farm. American Rancher Resists Land Reform Plans in Bolivia From the time Ronald Larsen drove his pickup truck here from his...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2008 10:40 PM
The vineyard is growing the bushes are flowering and Claude wants a treat for taking a dump ain't life grand?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2008 10:19 PM
So I'm walking to catch the bus home today, and as I round the corner onto Broadway right there by the naked bull in Bowling Green what do I damn near bump into but some scowling fellow wearing muslim garb...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2008 06:52 PM
Spain demands return of $500 million treasure Court battle over U.S. deep-sea firm's shipwreck haul intensifies Spain is demanding a U.S. deep-sea exploration firm turn over the entire $500 million treasure it salvaged from a shipwreck, saying Thursday it has...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2008 03:33 PM
He's getting the rightresume together NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. -- A local principal was arrested in a sex sting. Kim Sean Crummie, the principal of Valley Middle School in the New Kensington-Arnold School District, has been charged with sex crimes. According...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2008 12:41 PM
Though I'm sure Macca was often tempted PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- A Florida man is accused of ripping off his wife's prosthetic leg during a fight after leaving a sports bar. Officers in Port St. Lucie said they found...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2008 10:24 AM
I really have refrained from commenting on this horrific story in Austria because it's just too disgusting for words, and it just keeps getting more bizarre. Now today we hear that the poor fellow is upset about his image Fritzl's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2008 07:50 AM
Oh. NOW the guy develops a sense of urgency. Brilliant....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 7, 2008 11:08 PM
Via Damian Penny I proudly present this link to our Cultural Superiors in Europe and their leading lights, the Leningrad Cowboys and the Red Army Choir doing "Sweet Home Alabama" I really love the addition of the "Volga Boat Song"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 7, 2008 06:57 PM
Frustrated owners try to unload their guzzlers After paying $75 to fill his black Dodge Ram pickup truck for the third time in a week, Douglas Chrystall couldn't take it anymore. Feeling pinched at the pump, and guilty as well,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 7, 2008 02:21 PM
...I'd watch my ass. Florida Substitute Teacher Fired, Accused of Wizardry ...Jim Piculas said he made a toothpick disappear and reappear in front of students at the Rushe Middle School in Land 'O Lakes, Fla., Local6.com reported. He said he...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 7, 2008 02:05 PM
...this sweet, brave lady personified both. In the name of love. For marrying the only man she ever loved, Mildred Loving paid a price: She was arrested, convicted and banished from her home state. ...[But] in Caroline County word spread...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 7, 2008 10:59 AM
...is spinning like a top. Andy Marlette strikes again....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 7, 2008 10:41 AM
...today it's more than 22,000 dead YANGON, Myanmar (CNN) -- A Myanmar government radio station said Tuesday that more than 22,000 people are dead and the U.N. estimates up to a million could be homeless after the catastrophic cyclone that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 6, 2008 08:18 AM
Via Tim, how can you not love the manly tale of a fellow whose name does not mean "hold the door, pig boy" Sveinbjörn Halldórsson, a 44-year-old real-estate agent from Reykjavík, drives a Chevy S10 pickup with a souped-up engine,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 6, 2008 06:50 AM
The McGreevey divorce trial! TRENTON — She claims she was duped into marriage by a closeted gay man who needed the cover of a wife to advance his political career. He says he gave her a child and the coattails...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 5, 2008 07:48 AM
If ever someone stood for Semper Fidelis... Miracle Marine Dies ...The former turret gunner was dubbed the "Miracle Man" for his determination in facing his wounds, which cost the former saxophone player his fingers and rippled his face with scars....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 2, 2008 03:10 PM
I can't imagine what this poor girl's parents must think about this MADISON, Wis. — A college student apparently called 911 from her cell phone shortly before she was killed but a dispatcher hung up, failed to call back and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 2, 2008 10:47 AM
He really didn't mean to escape...it just sort of happened An inmate who was discovered outside the walls of an open prison claimed he had escaped from the jail by accident. William Whitson, 34, said he had no intention of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 2, 2008 07:26 AM
Via Insta, a very interesting article from someone who really hopes we don't find evidence of life on Mars. What could be more fascinating than discovering life that had evolved entirely independently of life here on Earth? Many people would...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 1, 2008 11:17 AM
...this is not surprising Some computer keyboards harbour more harmful bacteria than a toilet seat, research has suggested. Consumer group Which? said tests at its London offices found equipment carrying bugs that could cause food poisoning. Out of 33 keyboards...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 1, 2008 09:10 AM
What could possibly go wrong? There has been outrage in Italy after the outgoing government published every Italian's declared earnings and tax contributions on the internet. ...The finance ministry described the move as a bid to improve transparency. Unbelievable....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 1, 2008 07:14 AM
It's really amazing the crap they come up with in Trentoon. Once again, instead of actually cutting spending, which is what you and I, slovenly normal taxpayer citizen types that we are, do when the budget gets a little tight,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 1, 2008 06:42 AM
Well, it seems that the good people of Lesbos don't like certain uses of the Island's name Three islanders from Lesbos ... have taken a gay rights group to court for using the word lesbian in its name. One of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 30, 2008 02:23 PM
About cheating, about drugs, about wild parties. But every now and then these kids do something that is so wonderful you just, well, hell, I know I've got tears in my eyes right now. Picture this: women's college softball. Your...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 30, 2008 01:09 PM
Ah, kids these days and their text messages ANN ARBOR, Michigan (AP) -- Thirteen members of a high school lacrosse team have been disciplined for dropping their pants to send a prom invitation from one player to a girl. The...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 30, 2008 07:27 AM
...The regional insurance company Pemco Insurance knows all this, and it’s created a brilliant ad campaign around it.[Ed: hit 'View the Ads'] Using the tagline “We’re a lot like you,” Pemco manages to poke fun at residents of the Pacific...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 29, 2008 05:41 PM
"...against us." T. Boone Pickens talking to Maria Bartiromo a few minutes ago. Gobs of great information delivered in that spare, to-the-point way he has. Oil's staying at at least $100pb due to a static 85 million bpd production, but...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 29, 2008 04:55 PM
...During what a source described as a "heated" phone call yesterday, Sharpton told Obama he was disappointed with the Illinois senator's words on Friday, when Obama said "resorting to violence to express displeasure" was "completely unacceptable and counterproductive." Dang. "[Obama]...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 29, 2008 01:26 PM
Dude Police are investigating claims by AC Milan striker Ronaldo that a transvestite prostitute sought to extort money from him following an altercation at a Rio de Janeiro motel. Police inspector Carlos Augusto Nogueira said that Ronaldo, who is recuperating...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 29, 2008 12:29 PM
...probably WON'T be suspending these guys. Love that right to carry law. It could've been a typical spat between grocery store customer and manager, with the customer announcing he planned to take his business elsewhere. But then the customer drew...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 29, 2008 12:17 PM
...compared to some other folks around the world One of Australia’s most senior conservative politicians broke down today as he tearfully admitted sniffing the chair of a female colleague shortly after she vacated it. Troy Buswell, the leader of the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 29, 2008 12:01 PM
But I've got a real good feeling about this couple's chances of success together ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Police said a couple brawled with one another, then members of another wedding party, just hours after they repeated their vows and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 29, 2008 11:52 AM
Crusader pointed this out to me; it's just too funny Police in southern China have discovered a factory manufacturing Free Tibet flags, media reports say. The factory in Guangdong had been completing overseas orders for the flag of the Tibetan...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 29, 2008 08:03 AM
It's amazing no one was killed SUFFOLK, VA. -- The National Weather Service confirms three tornadoes touched down in central and southeastern Virginia Monday. Associated Press reports authorities say at least 200 people suffered injuries throughout the Commonwealth. Meteorologist Bryan...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 29, 2008 06:53 AM
Marines launch massive assault in Afghanistan Hundreds of U.S. forces backed by airpower enter Taliban-controlled South Get some!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 29, 2008 12:00 AM
...that the women of Iraq get to pay for. Barbaric 'honour killings' become the weapon to subjugate women in Iraq Murder of a girl who became infatuated with a British soldier highlights a disturbing new trend At first glance Shawbo...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 28, 2008 07:28 PM
Iran takes new shot at Barbie, calling US doll 'destructive' TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A top Iranian judiciary official warned Monday against the "destructive" cultural and social consequences of importing Barbie dolls and other Western toys. In the latest salvo...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 28, 2008 04:31 PM
I'll admit it from the get-go: I am from rural New Jersey. I grew up in Sussex County. We had a party-line phone until the late 70s. Our power used to go off every year when the ski slopes would...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 28, 2008 02:53 PM
...Obama spox Bill Burton writes to say, "We want to take Senator McCain at his word that he wants to run a respectful campaign, but that is becoming increasingly difficult when he continually tries to use the politics of association...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 25, 2008 07:11 PM
I freely admit that I have not paid enough attention to the details of this case to form an opinion about the officers' guilt or innocence. I certainly can understand the cops' feeling threatened, but 50 shots seems a bit...much....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 25, 2008 11:53 AM
Thanks (I think) to our friend Real JeffS for pointing this out Authorities announced Moorestown Officer Robert Melia Jr., 38, has been charged with four counts of animal cruelty after allegedly engaging in sex acts with cows between June and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 25, 2008 07:49 AM
...Free Trade? ... Right now, the biofuel market is being grossly distorted by subsidies and trade barriers in the United States and the European Union. These make it rewarding to produce ethanol from corn or grains that are far less...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 24, 2008 01:12 PM
...got me thinking. Why is he, as a Republican, considered 'brave' to go and met by only 100 or so white folks, when Democrats are lionized and met by adoring crowds of all colors? I decided to research something I'd...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 23, 2008 05:41 PM
...The Colorado mountains are poised to unleash more runoff than they have in 11 years. Streams in Washington and Oregon are forecast to carry up to 50 percent more water than usual. Lake Powell, stretching more than 100 miles...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 23, 2008 03:21 PM
Petraeus picked to lead Central Command Not only a promotion that's HUGELY well deserved, but...the public, televised Congressional Democratic excoriation (not to mention a good chance the self indulged nutroots ad buying propensity being triggered) of such an admirable, honorable...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 23, 2008 02:15 PM
Terminator anyone? Looks like a prior Marine in Atlanta has finally figured out how to make the neighborhood safe at no cost to the taxpayer and no bodily harm to anyone and he's being sidelined for it. He built the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 23, 2008 10:54 AM
...are to blame. U.S. Guns Arming Mexican Drug Gangs; Second Amendment to Blame? Officials: More Than 90 Percent of Weapons Used by Mexico's Drug Gangs Come From the U.S. U.S. gun stores and gun shows are the source of more...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 23, 2008 10:49 AM
This wasn't quite what I was expecting when I clicked on this headline Three 'Queens' in final meeting Three grand luxury liners have met in their home port of Southampton for the first and final time in their history. Cunard's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 23, 2008 08:47 AM
"That's a Potato" Yum....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 22, 2008 07:21 PM
Lovely. But WHAT to have for dinner with it?! Having spent the whole day in the car, we were loathe to climb in again. So. Improvise, adapt, overcome! We did a little kitchen reconnoitering to see what we could...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 22, 2008 03:06 PM
...may be breaking through the fog at last. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday that rising food prices pose as great a threat to world prosperity as the global credit crunch, warning that spiraling prices threaten to reverse progress...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 22, 2008 08:47 AM
If you were a Brazilian priest who wanted to raise money for a spiritual rest-stop for truckers, wouldn't you naturally strap hundreds of helium party balloons to yourself? SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- A Roman Catholic priest who floated off...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 22, 2008 08:00 AM
A PLUG FOR YOUR FUTURE CAR ..."Car of the Future," airing Tuesday as part of PBS' "Nova" documentary series, marks the prime-time television debut of Tom and Ray Magliozzi, a.k.a. Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers. Who are represented legally...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 21, 2008 02:45 PM
...no daily bread? Could we really run out of food? ...The very idea that the modern world could run out of food seems ludicrous, but that is the flip side, or cause, of the tremendous recent increase in the cost...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 21, 2008 11:20 AM
...the cold shoulder So much for global warming. Earth Day festivities went ahead despite the blast of frigid weather yesterday. Vendors and presenters from various eco-friendly groups, including Bullfrog Power, CO2 Reduction Edmonton and the local solar energy society, crammed...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 21, 2008 10:45 AM
...but pass on the ammunition MOSCOW, Russia (AP) -- A Moscow court on Monday sentenced a U.S. pastor to more than three years in prison for smuggling hunting ammunition into Russia. Phillip Miles admits bringing the shells into Russia but...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 21, 2008 10:02 AM
Continuing my Cheap Hootch Quest, and looking to broaden my cultural suaveness, I picked up this bottle of "Ars Poetica Vulcano." It was only about $8 I think, and I figured that since I don't drink a lot of Italian...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 19, 2008 08:07 AM
“[W]e’ll stick a dadgum tree up somebody’s rear if they want that and think that’s going to cure something.” You tell 'em, Pops. Personally, I think hand lettered "TIME Infidels Must DIE!! TIME to Behead Infidels!!" placard is called for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 18, 2008 03:51 PM
This is really rather creepy MINNEAPOLIS - The number of mysterious neurological illnesses among workers who processed pig brains at pork plants in three states has grown to as many as 24, and other possible cases are being evaluated, researchers...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 18, 2008 03:13 PM
Ah, to retire in Denmark April 16 (Bloomberg) -- When a male resident at Kildegaarden nursing home in Denmark made an indecent sexual proposal to a member of the staff, the home's director, Inger Marie Kristensen, told a nurse to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 17, 2008 07:15 AM
Shaken, not stirred. Gosh, what do you think, Suzette?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 16, 2008 10:06 PM
...can be a bad thing LONDON, England (CNN) -- Taking antioxidants like vitamins A and E to prolong life may actually have the opposite effect, new research has found. Taking vitamin supplements in large quanities may actually prove detrimental to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 16, 2008 10:48 AM
...graduates from Army boot camp in Ft. Benning tomorrow. We're so dang proud of him. And I get to be there!!! UPDATE: Hmmmm... Forgot about that. Schmaybe I was letting my enthusiasm get the best of me....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 16, 2008 09:03 AM
Talk about "fightin' words"... A French MP has said he is outraged that the song chosen to represent the nation in the Eurovision song contest has English lyrics. Jacques Myard, of the UMP party, has urged the company that runs...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 16, 2008 07:29 AM
Listen. To. The. Iraqis. Please. Differences have emerged between the U.S. and Iraq on how to deal with Shiite militant Muqtada al-Sadr, with the Americans appearing more willing than the Shiite-led government to concede a legitimate political role to the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 15, 2008 10:46 PM
Before asking major dad to use a multi-meter to check AA batteries for juice (since the BRAND SPANKIN' NEW camera won't turn on for JACK, no matter WHAT you do), find some other indication on the camera case where the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 15, 2008 07:41 PM
...who pretty much nailed reaction to this headline: Jimmy Carter Embraces Hamas Official We LOVE this guy....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 15, 2008 12:14 PM
Just because no one ever called you on it didn't mean it was okay to begin with. The head of the Smithsonian Latino Center resigned after an investigation found she abused her expense account to fund her extravagant use of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 15, 2008 10:55 AM
Capt. Ed at HotAir has a couple of posts up this morning on some recent discoveries in energy. One is the finding of a large oil field off the coast of Brazil (something like the 3rd largest known) and another...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 15, 2008 07:41 AM
via Tim, this story A 33-year old Italian artist, Giuseppina Pasqualino, also known as Pippa Bacca, was found dead in Turkey on Saturday, after having been raped and murdered. Paqualino was hitchhiking towards Israel dressed in a wedding dress in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 15, 2008 07:10 AM
Ruin everything. Male sex hormone may affect stock trades The hormone that drives male aggression and sexual interest also seems able to boost short term success at finance. But what seems to start out well can turn bad, with elevated...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 14, 2008 10:35 PM
So everyone's all a-twitter about this naughty film of Marilyn Monroe's (and let's hope that this doesn't serve as another inspiration for Lindsay Lohan) and the identity of the man involved The silent black-and-white flick shows Monroe on her knees...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 14, 2008 05:16 PM
My Xbox360 has given me the dreaded RRoD. I have to say because MicroSoft was afraid of lawsuits over how many of these things crap out that they've (so far, at least) got the response down to a science: you...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 14, 2008 11:38 AM
"It doesn't matter what he says, so long as he says it purty like." ..."I don't think he put his brain in gear before he engaged his mouth," Little said. "But he apologized. … I think he has the right...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 14, 2008 10:38 AM
Not that this has much of a chance of being enacted in it's entirety SACRAMENTO - Joe Six-pack will have to pay a lot more to get his buzz on if Assemblyman Jim Beall has his way. The San Jose...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 14, 2008 09:12 AM
100%ALCOHOLIC (thanks to Theresa)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 14, 2008 08:42 AM
It is generally not a good idea to ride into a volcano A man was evacuated by helicopter after falling into the crater of Mt. St. Helens while snowmobiling on the mountain Saturday. John Slemp, 52, of Damascus rode his...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 14, 2008 06:58 AM
It's well protected...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 11, 2008 07:50 PM
And base all of their MD-80 flights out of Terminal 5 at Heathrow to "more efficiently disrupt the passengers' plans" the CEOs said in a joint statement issued today. "We're very excited by this confluence potential of our experience and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 11, 2008 07:43 AM
"...cried during temple raid" Oh, I'll BET they did....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 10, 2008 11:06 PM
...still giving up somehing new. Archaeologists conducting the first dig at Stonehenge in decades say they have broken through to areas that could reveal the ancient English monument's original purpose. ...The team's archaeologists told the BBC that they uncovered a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 10, 2008 03:06 PM
Via Rachel Lucas and Andrea Harris, and as a gentleman I'm willing to help out both of them fine ladies who seem to need it in this particular instance 28 Maybe I should offer to substitute teach at the local...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 10, 2008 02:16 PM
...who needs enemies? Let's just jones the one South American country we get along with so Dems can suck-up to labor unions. The Democratic Party's protectionist make-over was completed yesterday, when Nancy Pelosi decided to kill the Colombia free trade...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 10, 2008 01:23 PM
...only hurt themselves? Marion Jones' teammates stripped of medals Disgraced sprinter's relay teams won 1,600, were 3rd in 400 in 2000 Games Marion Jones’ former relay teammates paid the price Thursday for her doping offenses, losing their medals from the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 10, 2008 10:50 AM
...and why the rescue driver was crying when she handed him over to us, after the long relay from Lake Charles, LA. 'Big black dog syndrome' leaves them homeless She said, "Oh, thank you for taking a big one!" I...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 10, 2008 09:41 AM
...Doing what we do best (CNN) -- American Airlines canceled more than 900 flights Thursday as it continues to perform safety inspections on certain jets. American Airlines entered its third day of cancellations on Thursday. It's the third consecutive day...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 10, 2008 07:31 AM
"...was whisked to a secret location shortly after its pre-dawn arrival in San Francisco on Tuesday." We ARE talking the torch, NOT Dick Cheney, right? I was worried for a moment......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 9, 2008 06:44 PM
...(or is that just "dim") is going to Syria to chat up Hamas. Since they're so touchy about garments over there, I asked our favoritest super EE-ville Photo-shopper genius to help me with a Pelosi primer for the former Prez....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 9, 2008 06:37 PM
MARINES FACE LAST INSURGENT STRONGHOLD IN IRAQ'S ANBAR PROVINCE ...The local police station here bears fresh scars from rocket attacks, young men still hide grenades in the streets, and civic leaders continue to be targeted by hit squads. The marines...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 9, 2008 01:20 PM
It seems there may be an increased risk of lung cancer with inhaled insulin NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and Nektar Therapeutics said on Wednesday clinical trials of the inhaled insulin Exubera found increased cases of lung cancer, leading...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 9, 2008 09:54 AM
... The investigation began with a tip about an amateur historian who had displayed the mummified remains of a black soldier, draped in a Civil War-era uniform, in his house. There's stiff competition in grave-robbing circles....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 8, 2008 06:08 PM
...[aeronautical engineers] decided to combine these features into one death-filled, high-flying hayride called the V-22 Osprey. (The proposed name, the V-22 OhJesusIdon'twanttodietellmywifeIloveher! didn't panel well.)" Genius. - A V-22 Osprey completes a fully-automated landing via its advanced autopilot system. ...Numerous...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 8, 2008 02:01 PM
As noted below yesterday saw snow showers in London. And 3 inches of snow in other parts of Southern England. And our good friend Dave E. points out to us that parts of northern Minnesota got 2 feet of snow...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 8, 2008 06:56 AM
...for his Easter post?!?!?!?! You knew all along, didn't cha?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 7, 2008 11:09 AM
Ken tagged me a week ago with a food meme that Brian had tagged him with. The rules are quite simple: "The basic requirements were that the food be "peasant" food (or the American equivalent), that it be delicious, simple,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 5, 2008 10:36 AM
Be afraid. Be very afraid....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 5, 2008 08:48 AM
I'm just sayin'....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 4, 2008 01:26 PM
Certified Witchdoctors for all my needs NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete has condemned witchdoctors who kill albinos and harvest their body parts in the hope it will bring prosperity. ..."Sometimes, word spreads around that body parts of people...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 4, 2008 01:08 PM
...cease? Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete has condemned witchdoctors who kill albinos and harvest their body parts in the hope it will bring prosperity. He said 19 albinos had been murdered since March 2007, and another two were missing presumed dead...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 4, 2008 01:05 PM
I don't know. Maybe it's me, but is this something that needs to be broadcast in the media? Secret Service: McCain Is Not Protected WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. John McCain travels the campaign trail without Secret Service protection although he...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 4, 2008 09:36 AM
"I wouldn't be anywhere else in the world!" CBS News 1994: Mugabe Reassures White South Africans...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 3, 2008 05:53 PM
...repeats its ownself. ::snicker::...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 3, 2008 04:54 PM
But if you're not from here, I'll bet you have no clue just how 'slow' we're talking. Take one of our news stories this week, for instance. This old boy wrote the book on 'slow'. With friend dead, man says...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 3, 2008 03:08 PM
And they couldn't pay me eNOUGH to be there. God help those folks. Police take journalists from Zimbabwe hotel Troops surround hotel housing foreign reporters covering election Security agents and paramilitary police in riot gear surrounded a hotel housing foreign...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 3, 2008 02:53 PM
So said our illustrious Governor. "...and that's why I'm going to switch my vote to her opponent if he gets more votes." Per NBC’s Tom Winter, Gov. Jon Corzine, a Clinton superdelegate, just said on CNBC's Squawk Box that he...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 3, 2008 12:45 PM
You can always tell when Argentina has economic unrest, because they always start up this stuff BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - Argentina's claim to the Falkland Islands, which remain in British hands after the 1982 war between the two countries, is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 3, 2008 09:14 AM
Or should I say Lorry Pigs have escaped after a lorry carrying them crashed on an Aberdeenshire road. Drivers have been warned to expect delays after the accident happened on the A92 at Lathallan, Johnshaven, at about 0830 BST. Injuries...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 3, 2008 08:14 AM
And the people said "Protect Thy Brain" Coffee may cut the risk of dementia by blocking the damage cholesterol can inflict on the body, research suggests. The drink has already been linked to a lower risk of Alzheimer's Disease, and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 3, 2008 07:11 AM
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Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 2, 2008 01:48 PM
We have a running joke in the coffee business about China, and most industries share some variation of it. People look at China and think “If I could get everyone in China to drink just one cup of coffee per...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 2, 2008 01:14 PM
So Friday I started out with the decent Portuguese wine below, but as it took me a little longer than I had reckoned to get the burgers ready I had to open another bottle. I hate that. Anyhow, in keeping...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 2, 2008 07:32 AM
I'm trying to find some decent reds under $10, and the Bottle King in town had this on sale for about $9 I think. Groval Touriga Nacional 2005 Many of the Portuguese reds I've had in the past have had...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 2, 2008 07:15 AM
But on of our best and longest-held friends on this Internet thingy could use some help if you're able. Thanks....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 1, 2008 06:49 AM
April Fools U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, (D-N.J.) plans to make it official today: He is running for re-election. A news conference is scheduled this afternoon in Trenton where Lautenberg will be surrounded by the top brass of the state Democratic...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 31, 2008 01:39 PM
You come upon something like this (BELLEVUE, OH) -- Police say a man in Bellevue, Ohio was caught on tape having sex with a picnic table. Bellevue Police Captain Matt Johnson says Art Price, Jr., 40, was seen on four...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 31, 2008 08:35 AM
...PORN. CH53E I felt a shiver run up my leg......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 30, 2008 04:21 PM
And as Allah says, the Best Book Title Evah A self-help guide called "If You Want Closure In Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs" has been voted the oddest book title of the year. The book beat off competition from...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 28, 2008 01:59 PM
Not a whole helluva lot, evidently British Airways admitted that the Terminal 5 chaos is set to last into the weekend as the airline put its hands up to a string of blunders. The carrier is facing a wave of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 28, 2008 01:38 PM
That's all I'm saying. Yee-ouch. Update: Alright, I can't resist; I'm weak. “The last time that I checked a nipple was not a dangerous weapon.”...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 28, 2008 09:20 AM
It sounds like some kinky Enviro-pr0n movie from the 70s, doesn't it? Well, this Saturday our friends in Australia will be turning out the lights for ONE WHOLE HOUR to show how much they CARE about Gaia. Well, actually, our...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 28, 2008 07:55 AM
The girl on the left was her. 18. Bless her heart. Judging from the picture, I would have to say her parents were out of their friggin', permissive, keep-up-with-the-other-tarts minds. You can justify giving in to your daughter all you...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 27, 2008 10:14 PM
I have the complete Caruso recordings on cd, and I just love the sound of them. They've got this spooky, other-world quality about them. plus, i don't know, I just find it touching to listen to recordings where every person...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 27, 2008 09:11 PM
The bible's got some really nasty verses, too: even some coming straight out of Jesus mouth[Luke 19:26-27]:"He replied, 'I will tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 27, 2008 06:04 PM
And boy did it require a lot of Fosters SYDNEY — A New Zealand man has been sentenced to community service after telling police he was raped by a wombat and the experience had made him speak "Australian". Arthur Ross...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 27, 2008 03:57 PM
..in the economics of oil (courtesy of Crusader). This thoughtful tutorial was spawned by a certain messianic personage's intentions per oil, as stated in his version of the Dr. Seuss classic, "If I Ran the Zoo" Obama eyes active role...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 27, 2008 02:15 PM
As Eric Idle asks Dan Akroyd in the "Rutles" movie, "what's it like to be such an asshole? SANTIAGO, Chile - Finland's consul in Chile said Wednesday that a tourist from her country "really, really regrets" breaking the earlobe off...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 27, 2008 02:09 PM
...but she ain't this good But Ochoa returned last spring and chased down Norway's Suzann Pettersen with four birdies in the final three holes, a victory that springboarded her to the No. 1 ranking last April. Even Tiger couldn't do...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 27, 2008 12:24 PM
I dunno, from my reading of this it seems she is at fault A dancer who had her toe amputated after a school bus accident has won a payout after suing the coach company. Kristen Evans reached an out-of-court settlement...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 27, 2008 07:44 AM
But with all his experience you'd think he'd at least wear it correctly A 58-year-old man who fed pigeons wearing only a skimpy thong which was back to front has been fined £150. Neighbours spotted David Batchelor in his street...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 27, 2008 07:13 AM
...to a safe landing in Bosnia today. Okay. Maybe she didn't. But she would probably have said she did if she'd thought of it... ...The Bosnian episode is a watershed event, because it indelibly brings to mind so many examples...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 26, 2008 04:40 PM
Sorry I've been so lax about this. As you can imagine, it's not like I've stopped eating and drinking; heck, in fact it's more like I've been eating and drinking too much to post! Tonight's first wine is a nice...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 25, 2008 10:31 PM
...who have no positive influences in their lives, escalate from pre-pubescent petty Presidential provocations... ...and grow into Rampaging Rabbits. Let the Bunny hit the floor! Let the Bunny hit the floor!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 25, 2008 03:07 PM
He just "misspoke" WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A former military aide to President George H.W. Bush, who later became commander of the U.S. 6th Fleet, has been fired for providing "false and misleading" information to the Department of Defense inspector general,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 25, 2008 08:41 AM
Yet another reason to toast St. Patrick's Day!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 25, 2008 07:54 AM
...for car bombs? ...But a turning point came in 2004. U.S. troops and insurgents fought fiercely in Fallujah. Zobaie battled U.S. forces in the nearby town of Zaidan, where he grew up. By mid-2005, he had grown wary of the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 24, 2008 07:42 PM
I can't stop crying....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 24, 2008 03:07 PM
And not just at the pump. A lesson in the Calculus of "Acceptable Investment Return". ...But how is it that crude can still trade above $100 a barrel, three times what it sold for at the start of the decade,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 24, 2008 10:33 AM
...these things happen. Until the proletariat rises up in anger, that is. San Diego Superior Court Judge ordered coffee chain Starbucks to pay $87 million plus interest to workers who say that their tips unfairly had been shared with supervisors....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 21, 2008 09:30 AM
...and the wrong Rev. Wright off the front page. Obama passport files violated; 2 State Department workers fired Sometimes I think somebody pays these assh*les to be this stupid (Witness the Abu Ghraib cretins). UPDATE: Whew!! He can't get much...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 20, 2008 09:27 PM
...instead of your own craven stupidity. Democrat Barack Obama suffered in the polls Thursday after a much-acclaimed speech on race that, pundits said, had failed to defuse voters' anger over rage-filled sermons by his former pastor. And check this out,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 20, 2008 03:09 PM
...the door knocks the hat off the old Catholic's head and an ex-con at the bar asks, "Who dropped the pope?" Yeah, so, crap jokes aside, it seems `ol Obama, err, Osama, thinks that our current Church Overlord® is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 20, 2008 01:20 PM
Gov. Paterson admitted Wednesday he may have improperly billed his campaign for at least one hotel tryst with a girlfriend. The hotel tryst was apparently listed as "constituent services." I think they meant to say "constituent services the Lt. Governor"....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 20, 2008 12:51 PM
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Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 20, 2008 11:53 AM
...“It’s kind of ironic that on the one hand, the agency is saying, ‘Don’t worry, it’s a very small amount of mercury.’ Then they have a whole page of [instructions] how to handle the situation if you break one,” she...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 20, 2008 10:04 AM
I'll be off the radar for a few days, so I just want to wish all of you a wonderful and peaceful Easter. In that spirit I'll leave you with these two wonderful recordings by Beniamino Gigli. When I want...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 20, 2008 09:24 AM
Obama Campaign Removes New Black Panther Party Endorsement From Web Site A day AFTER his "My Granny's Embarrassing" speech? Why not before it? Like, you know, if a juedo candidate had, say, David Duke's Think Tank listed, or some such...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 19, 2008 05:58 PM
...That could mean global warming has taken a breather. Or it could mean scientists aren't quite understanding what their robots are telling them. ...that everyone is so enthralled by global warming that they have to determine this information as it's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 19, 2008 02:55 PM
...stand on the "Uncle Tom" question? With his crazy...uncle? ..."For every one Oprah, a billionaire, you've got five million blacks who are out of work," he said. "For every one Colin Powell, a millionaire, you've got 10 million blacks who...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 19, 2008 12:45 PM
Concerning Senator Obama, his address today and his non-repudiation of his minister. ..."I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother — a woman who helped raise me, a woman who sacrificed again and again for me,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 18, 2008 07:54 PM
More crap in the courts WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court on Monday stepped into a legal fight over the use of curse words on the airwaves, the high court's first major case on broadcast indecency in 30 years. The...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 18, 2008 08:37 AM
Misery... Joe Lewis takes $1 billion hit from Bear Stearns Even the most successful investors can get it horribly wrong, as reclusive British tycoon Joe Lewis has just found out. The septuagenarian British billionaire currency trader last year built a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 17, 2008 03:50 PM
The 'Pintsters are back online. And beatings will continue until morale improves....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2008 11:49 PM
Cool stuff like this makes it all worth while (h/t VarmintBites)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2008 06:41 PM
Today is one of my favorite holidays. No, not that one (mind out of the gutter, Bings!) though I heartily approve. Today is Pi Day! And with that in mind, what is this?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2008 05:34 PM
...Well, choosing someone to offer your family spiritual guidance that isn't an anti-semite coddling, America-hating, race-baiting crazypants would appear to be a far easier decision than deciding whether to go to war. Mark Hemingway in The Corner via Transterrestrial Musings....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2008 04:41 PM
Would you believe that criminals don't want to get shot? When sexual assaults started rising in Orlando, Fla., in 1986, police officers noticed women were arming themselves, so they launched a firearms safety course for them. Over the next 12...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2008 10:38 AM
Yet someone else in politics helping himself to the till The former treasurer for the National Republican Congressional Committee diverted hundreds of thousands of dollars -- and possibly as much as $1 million -- of the organization's funds into his...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2008 10:08 AM
UPDATE: See end of post Saw this story when I logged onto email this morning: LOS ANGELES - Former "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon broke his neck in a fall last year and was recovering after two surgeries, his publicist...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2008 08:24 AM
...more than double my wife's salary Dan Riehl notes, via Amanda Carpenter, that in the list of earmarks he requested, $1 Million was requested for the construction of a new hospital pavilion at the University Of Chicago. The request was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2008 06:50 AM
I think I've found the right method to deal with my problems. Unfortunately, both virgins and volcanoes are in short supply around here......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 13, 2008 10:49 PM
...kettle. ...And lastly, I find it humorous that Boeing is using the same argument to protest the tanker award that Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin are using in their protest of Boeing's win in the CSAR-X contract: that the service asked...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 13, 2008 08:48 PM
...of PIG POOPIE flowing downstream to know that THIS: Neb. corporate farming debate revived The Legislature could debate whether to revive a ban on corporate farming this year. ...is a GREAT idea. ... Sen. Cap Dierks has introduced a bill...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 13, 2008 04:29 PM
So now we have some pictures. Dude, she's basically the same age as your oldest daughter. Blech. I mean, while I certainly don't condone having an affair when your marriage has broken down at least Rudi took up with a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 13, 2008 06:55 AM
Some things are just too outrageous AP - PONTIAC, MI -- Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian is planning to run for Congress in Michigan. Kevorkian is on parole since being released from prison last year. He tells The Oakland Press...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 12, 2008 02:25 PM
Woman Tries to Bring Skeleton on Plane ...and thought "Who would be with him?" Mean. I know. And wrong. UPDATE: Coincidence? Or conspiracy...?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 12, 2008 01:12 PM
Checked my NYT daily email (NYTimes.com) and do you know what the subject line was today? With all that happened yesterday and could concievably happen today? In NEW YORK, where the New YORK Times is supposed to be the paper...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 12, 2008 12:49 PM
Via HotAir. UPDATE: As Lisa notes, the guy's done time... the GOOD way....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 12, 2008 12:17 PM
...like the dullest tack in the box ('Not the sharpest' gives him too much credit.). So much for the Republicans bringing him down ~ he gets that label all to himself. The feds might never have caught on to Eliot...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 12, 2008 10:18 AM
Our oh-so-tolerant multi-culti betters in Europe have abolished the death penalty and hate it so much that they didn't want to extradite a filthy murdering scumbag to the U.S. because he might face the death penalty. Oh, but that was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 12, 2008 08:50 AM
Ah, as one would have expected this is the gift that keeps on giving. Here is our dear and soon to be departed Spitzmeister during his campaign for Governor Like all parents, I know it is increasingly difficult to protect...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 12, 2008 07:56 AM
A good essay by longtime liberal playwright David Mamet on Why I Am No Longer a 'Brain-Dead Liberal'. He'll never work in this town again......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 12, 2008 06:51 AM
...all the cool kids are doing it. So is Cullen....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 11, 2008 09:18 PM
Check the subtle phraseology in this MSNBC article after the blockbuster headline. McCain advisers lobbied for Airbus ...'Aesthetics are not good,' McCain, the Republican presidential nominee in waiting, has been a key figure in the Pentagon's yearslong attempt to complete...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 11, 2008 06:10 PM
...by this quiz at Caltechgirl's Find out how totally 80's are you at LiquidGeneration! Can I wait 48 hours to decide my fate?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 11, 2008 05:46 PM
With his track record, I kind of expected to see Mr. Spitzer's name show up too: Bill Clinton Link in Ethanol Probe (SAO PAULO, Brazil) — A team from Brazil's Labor Ministry found "degrading" living conditions for 133 sugarcane workers...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 11, 2008 09:49 AM
Or good wishes or whatever the hell your outlook allows to one of our bestest buds....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 11, 2008 09:47 AM
I just got an email from CafePress, whom I won't link to, dressed all up in faux patriotic bunting, inviting me to buy some of their wares and "honor their service in Iraq." The two most prominent ways they feel...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 11, 2008 09:18 AM
There's really nothing else that describes it. As I've been sitting here this morning thinking about this Spitzer debacle the image that keeps coming back to me is that of Pentheus in The Bacchae: a man who is so sure...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 11, 2008 09:14 AM
So I was listening to the radio on the way to work and the host posed a survey question to the female members of the show's crew. As best I can recall, the survey question went something like this: "Suppose...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 11, 2008 08:45 AM
..."He has to step down. No one will stand with him," said Rep. Peter King, a Republican congressman from Long Island. "I never try to take advantage or gloat over a personal tragedy. However, this is different. This is a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 10, 2008 08:26 PM
My guess is something like "I am an American John."...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 10, 2008 05:16 PM
Well well well, now we know how jealous you New Yorkers were of us with McGreavey ALBANY - Gov. Eliot Spitzer has informed his most senior administration officials that he had been involved in a prostitution ring, an administration official...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 10, 2008 02:19 PM
Tim has all the scandalous details of this obviously deranged individual "Runaway greenhouse theories contradict energy balance equations," Miskolczi states. Just as the theory of relativity sets an upper limit on velocity, his theory sets an upper limit on the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 10, 2008 07:12 AM
Well, I spent another bike ride with the Mamas and the Papas. Until I heard the song "Creeque Alley" lo these many years ago, I didn't know that the M&tPs were so closely connected with the Lovin' Spoonful, whose songs...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 8, 2008 08:23 PM
Pelosi points finger at McCain on Boeing ..."My understanding is that it was on course for Boeing before. I mean, the thought was that it would be a domestic supplier for it," Ms Pelosi told reporters. "Senator McCain intervened, and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 7, 2008 10:23 AM
And justice has been served: Big breasts win verdict for Japanese pin-up TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese pin-up model says that her big breasts have not only boosted her career -- they also helped her overturn a court verdict. The...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 6, 2008 09:00 AM
A quick perusal of websites doesn't really give any indication where Obama stands on the current mess in South America? You would think the clear potential for a shooting war between Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, with the added potential to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 5, 2008 08:08 AM
Harvard gym tests Muslim women-only hours Harvard University has banned men from one of its gyms for a few hours a week, a move to accommodate Muslim women who, for religious and cultural reasons, cannot exercise comfortably in their presence....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 4, 2008 10:00 PM
From our good friends at Bloody Scott A junior schoolteacher, in Wiltshire gave her class a year 2007 assignment... get their parents to tell them a story with a moral at the end of it. So, the next day the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 4, 2008 09:35 PM
1. Ammunition manufacturers would be required to imprint a secret code on cartridge casings so that the purchaser of the ammunition could be identified. 2. When you purchase ammunition, that secret code would be registered to your name. 3. All...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 4, 2008 06:00 PM
Nude man in gas-mask at large Police in Massachusetts are hunting a mysterious naked man, who was seen by several witnesses wandering around town wearing nothing but a gas mask. ...Bingley seems to have gone missing. ...The naked man and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 4, 2008 05:30 PM
Or was it "Run AWAY!!!!" ? (Mercy beercups to Ann Althouse for the video.) My reference to PBS calling him out? Here. GWEN IFILL: Obama's aides denied any meeting had taken place until the Associated Press published a memo...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 4, 2008 04:59 PM
"...killed my dream!" Bernanke: More must be done on foreclosures ...One of the suggestions Bernanke made was for mortgage and other financial companies to reduce the amount of the loan to provide relief to a struggling owner. “Principal reductions that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 4, 2008 09:24 AM
...I could really get behind. After almost five years of war, many young Iraqis, exhausted by constant firsthand exposure to the violence of religious extremism, say they have grown disillusioned with religious leaders and skeptical of the faith that they...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 3, 2008 10:30 PM
That would be me doing my Barrack Obama imitation at his impromptu news conference today. Silver tongued devil he weren't sans tele-prompter. Then the word "skitter" comes to mind, because that's what he does to exit the stage. To a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 3, 2008 07:24 PM
Well, actually, having been in the car when THS was driving in the 70s I think I can... The second attempt went a bit better....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 3, 2008 10:54 AM
Did you ever get really frenetically excited by something...especially when you first got it, thinking this was going to be the BEST THING EVUH Only to be crushingly disappointed once you got your teeth into it?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 2, 2008 08:53 PM
Well, last night daughter was out of town on a ski trip with the youth group at church, so I decided to make mussels again, since Daughter doesn't care for them. And whoa Nelly did they turn out yummy But...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 2, 2008 08:05 PM
Thank God he's not running for president or something ~ such behavior would be intolerable. White House Aide Accused of Plagiarism WASHINGTON (AP) - A White House aide accused of plagiarism was chastised Friday and his actions were criticized as...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 29, 2008 05:30 PM
...And in Muslim lands? There has been silence about American deeds in the Balkans. The drums of anti-Americanism are steady, and no one has stepped forth to acknowledge American mercy and American protection. Precious few, even in "moderate" Muslim lands,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 29, 2008 11:36 AM
Maybe I'm getting cynical in my jaded old age, but when I see that the body of an African woman who campaigned against genital mutilation is found in the River Seine in the City of Youths and the police "don't...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 29, 2008 10:25 AM
You've done a lot more to restore honor to the Crown than your father ever has Prince Harry is to be withdrawn from Afghanistan after news broke of him serving there on the front line. The 23-year-old royal, who has...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 29, 2008 06:58 AM
Sulzheimers. I mean really, doesn't Pravda realize how silly they look now? WASHINGTON — The question has nagged at the parents of Americans born outside the continental United States for generations: Dare their children aspire to grow up and become...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 28, 2008 09:08 AM
(And then they get mad if you're a fruit lover, right?) A list of some rules to fly by....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 27, 2008 11:20 PM
At Der Spiegel. If you follow the link back to Der Spiegel from Fausta's you will see a picture of a burqa clad woman (I guess) with one of the scariest captions I have ever read Women who would rather...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 26, 2008 08:44 AM
Here's a shocking discovery British people perceive themselves to be much slimmer around the waist than they really are, research shows. Experts fear that by failing to recognise their increasing girth some people may be missing a key warning sign...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 26, 2008 08:06 AM
Accusing Hillary of: "shameful offensive fear-mongering" ...won't wash. In case you hadn't noticed... ...she's pretty scary her ownself. It's not just us. Most everybody thinks so....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 25, 2008 11:23 AM
For that little gain, I'm not willing to suffer the pain of a $3 chocolate creme-filled Dunkin' Donut. Driving is as American as apple pie. At more than 9m barrels a day, gasoline accounts for almost half of US oil...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 25, 2008 10:29 AM
But I can own them A pair of slippers worn by Sir Walter Scott is expected to fetch several thousand pounds at auction. The famous writer's footwear will go under the hammer at Edinburgh's Shapes auctioneers on 1 March. The...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 25, 2008 09:27 AM
Just thought I'd let y'all know....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 24, 2008 06:46 PM
They've called it something different for the longest time. And on this day in 1945... ...somebody pretty terrific planted a flag there....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 23, 2008 08:26 PM
But this morning some one from Lowell, Massachusetts was busy searching for Michelle Wie camel toe"? You're just a pig, buddy. For the record, here's the only place here she was mentioned....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 23, 2008 08:45 AM
But it looks like "Saturday Night Fever" is finished!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 22, 2008 08:10 AM
We're finally getting some nice snow, so I just kinda figured......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 22, 2008 07:54 AM
Aspiring rap lyricist Benjamin Baines Jr. decided that in order to live up to his desired gangsta image the best course of action was to live the dream! TAMPA - A 21-year-old Clearwater man was arrested at Tampa International Airport...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 21, 2008 03:10 PM
I mean I guess the Chinese are feeling a little put-out since they got used to their friends in the Clinton Administration just sending them the information( in exchange for meals at Buddhist Temples, naturally) China called on the United...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 21, 2008 06:46 AM
Gaia very very angry with us! Must pray to powerful shaman to get it back!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 20, 2008 09:23 PM
You can bet his rotten teeth it's not just because of the 'ending the ceasefire' threat. I'm inclined to believe it may also have something to do with being close to getting his sheepskin... Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is quietly...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 20, 2008 05:28 PM
Well, Heil! Heil! Heil! Who's got the last laugh now? You see, our current history is what it is because events played out as we learned them in Social Studies classes. But Codemasters and developer Spark Unlimited have created a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 20, 2008 02:13 PM
...and the destructive power of the thrown lightening bolt ( or judicious curse/hex laying ) can get behind the Reverend on this one. "Children should learn science in science class, not religion disguised as science," said the Rev. Brant Copeland,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 20, 2008 10:50 AM
...now. A frog the size of a bowling ball, with heavy armor and teeth, lived among dinosaurs millions of years ago — intimidating enough that scientists who unearthed its fossils dubbed the beast Beelzebufo, or Devil Toad. But its size...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 19, 2008 12:11 PM
...looks the same. Even NBA players get the wrong tattoos and, Lord knows, they've got more money than the FDA. FDA looks at wrong plant in China U.S. health officials evaluated the wrong factory when assessing the safety of a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 18, 2008 05:06 PM
...in my treasured (Yes, TREASURED! THERE. I SAID it!) Sunday New York Times, but they let some pretentious twit idiot in this week. I Married a Republican: There, I Said It A story of the soul searching and shame and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 18, 2008 12:54 PM
A Special Guest Blogger Post From Ebola ....I had respect for Obama. That just ended. I had respect for him right up until I read the bill (and then researched) he sponsored that basically authorizes a .7% GNP tax on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 15, 2008 03:36 PM
Which costs the US taxpayer more: The entire US military establishment, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, or benefits for elderly citizens? For 2007 total military related expenses were a tad over $626 billion. Total benefits to the elderly...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 15, 2008 08:59 AM
...these guys. Saudi Arabia to execute woman for 'witchcraft' ...The Saudi court cited an instance in which a man allegedly became impotent after being bewitched by Falih, the rights group said. An appeals court ruled in September 2006 that Falih...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 14, 2008 09:23 AM
The Muslim Brotherhood CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan joined a protest Wednesday seeking the support of Egypt's first lady in ending a military trial of members of the country's largest Islamic organization. Under the watchful eyes of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 14, 2008 07:05 AM
...anyway? U.S. border officers found a wire between two fences along the U.S.-Mexican border that, when stretched taut, could have seriously harmed or even decapitated Border Patrol agents, Congress was told Wednesday....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 13, 2008 11:23 PM
Chairman Mao had a novel way to ease China's population boom MAO Zedong proposed sending 10 million Chinese women to the United States, in talks with top envoy Henry Kissinger in 1973, according to documents released by the US State...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 13, 2008 03:17 PM
Found in an abandoned dumpster in, of all places, Iowa...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 13, 2008 07:12 AM
...is that the majority of those workers arrested were using stolen SSN's (mostly children's). Victimless crime my ass-cienda. ..."Hate is growing in our community," said Grace Resendez McCaffery of Pensacola. "The Latin community is outraged. They're seeing this community reverting...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 12, 2008 10:59 AM
...or I'd send the authorities over in his direction. Sheriff: Dude Looks Like Lady PORTLAND, Maine -- The Cumberland County Sheriff's Department is searching for a man in women's underwear, a garter belt, black high-heeled boots -- and a mustache....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 12, 2008 09:45 AM
Police foil plot to kill Muhammad cartoonist Cartoonist and his wife living under police protection COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Danish police said Tuesday they have arrested three people suspected of plotting to kill one of the 12 cartoonists behind the Prophet...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 12, 2008 09:31 AM
And my God could we use you now. Look at what this man did, the challenges he faced and beat. Then look at our current crop of pretenders and weep....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 12, 2008 08:58 AM
It's bad enough that they 'recruit' these suicide bombers to slaughter people while they try and shop and get on with their lives in a reasonable facsimile of normalcy. Yeah, that's one hell of an effective strategy to advance your...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 12, 2008 08:53 AM
The bottle on the left is a Marietta Angeli Cuvée, a 2003 Alexander Valley red wine recommended by our waitress at lunch yesterday. The second bottle is a Pillar Red Box from Australia ~ a shiraz/cab/merlot blend that the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 10, 2008 07:04 PM
I love it. ..."There can be no exceptions to the laws of our land which have been so painfully honed by the struggle for democracy and human rights." ...Writing in this newspaper, Lord Carey condemns multiculturalism as "disastrous", blames it...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 10, 2008 05:47 PM
...put a shot in that big mouth of yours. Athletes face Olympic ban for criticising China British athletes will be banned from competing in this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing if they criticise China's totalitarian regime. The gagging order has...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 10, 2008 03:07 PM
...while you watch our Bollywood selections or the Grammy's. Animals rights advocates are squawking at a measure that would make fried chicken Kentucky's official picnic food. State Rep. Charles Siler is sponsoring legislation to assign the designation to KFC's "finger...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 10, 2008 03:04 PM
...Coulter compared a potential alliance between disillusioned conservative Republicans and Sen. Hillary Clinton to the alliance between Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin during World War II, which was formed to defeat Hitler. "I'm not comparing McCain to Hitler," she added....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 9, 2008 12:55 AM
if the buddies of the ArchMoron of Canterbury have their way as he proposes BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The images in the Basra police file are nauseating: Page after page of women killed in brutal fashion -- some strangled to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 8, 2008 02:35 PM
By now no one should be shocked by anything this creature (I really struggled for the right word for him; I ultimately decided to be as calm as possible. Aren't you impressed?) says, so his latest cave-in to sharia is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 8, 2008 07:53 AM
Berkley's mayor is a retired Army officer?!? As six Republican senators devised a plan to yank $2.3 million in federal funding for Berkeley programs, the mayor of the famously liberal city apologized Wednesday for his hard stance against a Marine...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 8, 2008 01:03 AM
...WE are the the guys to ask....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 7, 2008 03:59 PM
Your country has the highest crime rate among the leading economies of the world. So, obviously, the solution is to...reduce the number of police Keeping police numbers at their current level is not sustainable over the next three years, the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 7, 2008 07:00 AM
But did you realize that according to the Junior Senator from Massachusetts (and did you know he served in Vietnam, btw?) he is also able to spawn tornadoes? Politicians using tragedy to advance an agenda has been a tried-and-true strategy....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 7, 2008 06:48 AM
a = sqrt(pir^2) = rsqrt(pi) As this: a squirty pirate smiling is the same as a re-squirting pirate Whom, I suppose, would not be smiling, him being in parenthesis and all things being equal. Upper math, my a$$. The sh*t's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 6, 2008 03:10 PM
In the control group, as those getting the "new treatment" didn't fare so well WASHINGTON - An unexpected number of deaths among patients receiving intense therapy to lower their blood sugar forced the National Institutes of Health to abruptly cut...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 6, 2008 01:00 PM
...that they DO. "I think we shouldn't be seen across the country as hating the Marines," said [Berkley Council Member Betty] Olds, who voted against last week's proposals. The whole country knows it and a strategic retreat won't change it,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 5, 2008 08:38 AM
At 11 am. It's in the mid-40s, I guess, with some on and off showers. And there were already a bunch of folks on my boat at 5:45 am to get the "good spots" on the sidewalk to watch. Absolutely...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 5, 2008 07:00 AM
...buddy. Two things to take away from this. 1) Eli doesn't have to be Peyton 2) Tom Brady is not Joe Montana. Okay ~ three things: 3) Two brothers in back-to-back Super Bowls. Both the winning quarterbacks. And BOTH the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 3, 2008 10:35 PM
...but, sign it though you may, I doubt it has any impact. Those people are nuts and nuts LOVE it when you call them nuts. (Ask any Ronulan or, better yet, just mention RON PAUL in a post and see...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 1, 2008 10:40 AM
Well, I caught the last half-hour or so of the debate this evening and I have to say I dislike McCain even more now than I did before. First off, he just looks old, I mean real old; nasty old,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 30, 2008 10:55 PM
for Fred Smith, who is trying to be the GOP candidate for 'guvner, and all I can say is: The CAG has been instructed to never again sit us at the table with any life forms wearing a Ron Paul...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 30, 2008 09:00 PM
...LAM" is. Can't have those ugly un-truths filtering through. Malaysia bans 11 books on Islam Malaysia has banned 11 books for allegedly giving a false portrayal of Islam, such as by linking the religion to terrorism and the mistreatment of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 30, 2008 09:44 AM
But what I thought would be a polling place festooned as usual turned out to be...kinda pitiful. Like a sick ET, or something. Or having to vote for McCain. Or something. Pitiful....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 29, 2008 12:43 PM
"You know, getting clubbed by Canadians doesn't sound so bad right about now..." via Insta, an amazing series of Great White shark photos. Nature ain't cuddly, folks....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 29, 2008 08:32 AM
No one seems to understand their peaceful ways A 37-year-old Birmingham man has pleaded guilty to plotting to kidnap and kill a British soldier. Parviz Khan, an unemployed charity worker, intended to seize and behead the unnamed Muslim serviceman "like...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 29, 2008 07:24 AM
...foul? Tyson Wins Court Victory Against Poultry Competitors ...Sanderson Farms, Foster Farms and Perdue Farms filed a motion Friday for a temporary restraining order prohibiting Tyson from continuing its "Raised Without Antibiotics" chicken marketing program. They claimed the program, which...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 27, 2008 10:51 PM
...and it's straight from the horsey mouth. (Proving, yet again, there is nothing too small for the maestro's evil Rovian machinations.) ...Last spring, you were held up as a parody of environmental correctness when you proposed restricting the use of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 27, 2008 07:38 PM
That was the nurse asking. ...Gavin Dempsey and James Alexander were serving on flag duty at Jackson Elementary School Friday morning, with the job of raising and lowering the school's flags. They decided to see if their tongues really would...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2008 08:15 PM
From Kcruella, who emails to instruct me: ...and if you find me pass out, please call the paramedics before you call one of the olsen twins I need clarification. Do you mean call both of them, instead? Call one more...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 25, 2008 01:01 PM
Via an email from our Secret Correspondent: FRIENDS of rogue trader Jerome Kerviel last night blamed his $7 billion losses on unbearable levels of stress brought on by a punishing 30 hour week. Kerviel was known to start work as...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 25, 2008 11:32 AM
...eh? Gateway Pundit quotes Our Marines: We traveled to 10 different states and 15 locations across the U.S. to create the "America's Marines" commercial. Except...San Francisco. I think they've left their heart...and their minds...in a black hole somewhere. I'll never...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 24, 2008 10:40 PM
...in this article about Obama not being Muslim. ...Kerry's note was titled "Swiftboating" -- a reference to Kerry's own presidential campaign in 2004, which was famously sunk by falsities spread by the lobbying group Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 24, 2008 04:14 PM
As it clearly the intent, the Daily Mail is practicing diversionary stategery by the canny placement of OTHER news items alongside the report. Click on the pic to see what I'm talking about... Oh, yeah. After that teaser, you're really...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 24, 2008 12:23 PM
...until AFTER sentencing, eh? A judge sentenced a woman to nearly the maximum prison term for negligent homicide after hearing a recorded jail conversation in which she made light of the cyclist she killed. ...[Superior Court Judge] Cruikshank said he...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 24, 2008 10:59 AM
I'm sure we've all known someone at places we've worked who has cheated the company, be it via creative fudging on expense reports, using the company credit cards for private purchases or other forms of, well, stealing. But all of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 24, 2008 07:22 AM
The wall that those nasty evil Zionist Israelis built; who knew that the Egyptians had built one too RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Tens of thousands of Palestinians poured from the Gaza Strip into Egypt Wednesday after masked gunmen with...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 23, 2008 07:30 AM
"You're a small little [blank]," That's because he wasn't a soldier, asshole. He's a MARINE. Just like the Assistant State's Attorney prosecuting your case... ...Assistant State's Attorney Patrick Kelly, (Marine Corps/Vietnam 1969-1972) ...and the judge hearing it. ...Judge O'Malley has...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 21, 2008 01:59 PM
Oh, you bet. Sing it, my brother. Thanks, Hot Air....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 21, 2008 10:02 AM
As Sis so kindly pointed out, yesterday was my birthday, and I took the day off from work and was quite the lazy bumpkin at home. I did manage to rouse myself to make lunch, however The burgers are from...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 19, 2008 08:38 AM
Oops, a little late in posting this. Here's a quick pic of dinner on Christmas day The steak au poivre is on the plates, and scattered about are the green beans, twice-baked potatoes, creamed spinach and the Torbreck Shiraz. Merry...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 19, 2008 08:15 AM
On one hand it doesn't seem like it's been this long, yet on the other it seems like it's been forever. You see, 10 years ago today was the first time any of us ever heard the name "Monika Lewinsky."...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 17, 2008 07:11 AM
My goodness WASHINGTON (AP) - A former congressman and delegate to the United Nations was indicted Wednesday as part of a terrorist fundraising ring that allegedly sent more than $130,000 to an al-Qaida and Taliban supporter who has threatened U.S....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 16, 2008 03:08 PM
...I can still tell when the pot is calling the kettle "terrorist". ... Japanese officials said Sea Shepherd must agree not to attack the whaling vessel during any rendezvous to turn over the two protesters. Watson refused to comply, demanding...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 16, 2008 02:05 PM
Tim Blair, a man I'm honored to call a friend, has cancer....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 14, 2008 02:24 PM
In what seems to be a scene straight out of Monty Python, hell, in what is a scene straight out of Monty Python, the UK Government has decided that they can take your organs with out your consent Gordon...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 14, 2008 01:36 PM
Professor Bainbridge has the proof The "Sick ET" line caused my coffee to go a'flyin'....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 12, 2008 09:29 AM
...when you're already a little sh*t. There's lots of pissiness flowing from your own campaign... ...A Huckabee spokesman suggested Thompson apparently can't sell himself so is resorting to desperate tactics. ...because Fred!'s been using you as a Sani Wipe in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 11, 2008 06:05 PM
Funny as hell, mind you, but still baaaaaad....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 11, 2008 03:02 PM
Always a tad LATE with their concern. PETA Requests Vegetarian Diet in Jail for Cannibalism Suspect But at least they're helping. I supposed it was because no bunnies, moo-cows or piggies were harmed during the making of this particular dish....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 11, 2008 10:02 AM
Crisis! We must stop all carbon production now!!! Scotland's ski centres have had the "best snow for years" as a result of the country's recent wintry weather. All five of the country's snow sports areas have opened early - an...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 11, 2008 07:21 AM
Was nowhere near as purdy as Ann Althouse's was this morning. If I was a Philostopher I would find some deep significance in the allure of looking to the glowing City to the West over the tired one to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 10, 2008 06:33 PM
...SMALL? Cool dad, regardless....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 10, 2008 04:48 PM
The iPod Nano or the Tata Nano Amidst all the glitz, glamor and horsepower that surround the Detroit auto show, we’d almost forgotten that a motor show was being held in New Delhi, India. The most notable unveiling, Tata’s Nano,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 10, 2008 06:54 AM
Moron edition. The corpse in the chair was a dead giveaway Two men wheeled a dead man through the streets in an office chair to a check-cashing store Tuesday and tried to cash his Social Security check before being arrested...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 9, 2008 08:49 PM
...of 'New' Coke. 1977 Leading Import in the U.S. Sales skyrocket in the U.S. as Löwenbräu becomes the leading import. 1980s Formula Changed in U.S. Löwenbräu is reformulated in the U.S. to compete in domestic category. Dolts. But take heart...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 9, 2008 11:12 AM
Think big, inert gasbag. What I can't believe is that it took so long....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 9, 2008 11:00 AM
And I'm shocked, shocked! at what they found If you are a critic of the Bush administration, chances are that, at some point over the past six months, Ron Paul has said something that appealed to you. Paul describes himself...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 9, 2008 07:05 AM
...signed a contract that says you "can be required to serve anywhere in the world under penalty of dismissal with limited exceptions", still take your paycheck home every other week and use your bountiful benefits, you DON'T get to decide...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 8, 2008 10:55 PM
60% reporting and she's still got a 2 point lead. Old girl may just be on the verge of pulling this out of her support hose. Chingao...62% and she's back up to a 3 point lead. Obama JuggerNOT. Who loves...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 8, 2008 10:07 PM
...here. "Protecting the Earth's environment will require many human sacrifices. But what sort of sacrifices, and by which people?" Behold, PETA maiden!! The Goreacle approacheth!!! When my sides stop aching, I'll say thanks....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 8, 2008 03:06 PM
Ken passed this along to me Women and gay men are likely to be the worst drivers, a new study has shown. Be afraid: Women or gay men could be behind the wheel of any car Research has revealed that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 8, 2008 09:30 AM
In a 50 year old hand built race car Call me old-fashioned, but I like a car to have a few niceties about it. I don't expect sat-nav or even electric windows, but seat belts and some sort of heating...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 8, 2008 07:36 AM
In the absence of sacrificial poultry, the major and I have stuffed ourselves full of Louisiana's finest... ...to assist (in spirit) the efforts of your favorite team... ...no sacrifice being too great for a friend. I hope the juju is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 7, 2008 08:15 PM
I don't care if your baristas steam up java made from vermin poo served in golden arches cups: the closest I will EVER get to McDonald's is the drive through. And, oddly enough, I DON'T think I'm just speaking for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 7, 2008 12:19 PM
OUCH. ...The Clinton industry, encrusted with the beneficiaries and acolytes of the first and probably only Clinton presidency, has turned Hillary into a product whose sell-by date has passed. UPDATE: When it comes to dissecting Hillary's 'who-did-her-in'... ...Ignoring Obama In...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 7, 2008 12:07 PM
A British deep-sea fishing boat which has been wedged in Antarctic pack ice for two weeks was running again last night after receiving an emergency airdrop. Two previous attempts to deliver a spare piston had failed... Yesterday a US air...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 6, 2008 09:45 PM
...in a plain brown wrapper? ...That is not what this DVD is about. What it is exactly is hard to pin down. On the surface, it looks like a yoga video – for about the first 15 seconds. It starts...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 4, 2008 01:51 PM
...tucked into a teeny AP blurb in the local fishwrap, it appears scribbling fingers are doing the same in New Jersey. NJ Nears Undermining Electoral College New Jersey is close to entering a compact that would eliminate the power of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 4, 2008 10:13 AM
First off, I need to say it seems insane to me the amount of attention and weight given to the votes of 116,00 people on the Republican side (and I'm assuming a similar number for the Democrats) in a nation...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 4, 2008 08:18 AM
...they'll wish everyone the happiest of New Year's, too!!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 31, 2007 04:25 PM
I thought all these damned glaciers were supposed to be gone by now INDIANAPOLIS -- An Antarctic cruise turned scary for former Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan when a Norwegian cruise ship on which he and his wife were passengers lost...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 31, 2007 09:12 AM
This frankly stuns me. One of the country's leaders is assassinated...and the doctors don't perform an autopsy? New Delhi: Mystery shrouds the death of former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto. In an explosive revelation, Pakistan's Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 28, 2007 11:25 AM
"Mommy, Niko is on my side of the seat" Seven people were injured on Thursday when Greek Orthodox and Armenian priests came to blows in a dispute over how to clean the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Following the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 28, 2007 07:26 AM
Getting pounded again....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 27, 2007 07:04 AM
To my dying day I will remember the teaser from Frank Reynolds on ABC's World News Tonight before a commercial break: David 77, Goliath 72. And there was no Christmas joy for me that year. Thank you, Sports Illustrated, for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 26, 2007 03:06 PM
...and weep. Stick around for the second video. I love a good Christmas story....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 21, 2007 01:34 PM
I'm shocked, shocked that there is corruption in politics! Oh, Mr. President, here are your winnings An unprecedented battle is taking place inside the Kremlin in advance of Vladimir Putin's departure from office, the Guardian has learned, with claims that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 21, 2007 08:36 AM
Now there are only two left NORTH BALTIMORE, Ohio (AP) -- One of only three known remaining American World War I veterans has died. The Smith-Crates Funeral Home in North Baltimore, Ohio says J. Russell Coffey died yesterday at the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 21, 2007 08:34 AM
...and so seldom never seems to. Bear Stearns (BSC, news, msgs) has reported its first quarterly loss in the company's history. The financial-services company this morning reported a loss of $854 million, or $6.90 per share in its fiscal fourth...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 20, 2007 09:53 AM
and plunks down into a chair. She lets out a sigh heavy with frustration. What troubles you, Sister?" asks the Mother Superior. "I thought this was the day you spent with your family." "It was," sighed the Sister. "And I...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 20, 2007 09:53 AM
Tonight marks the 20th anniversary of my first date with my Bride. And to mark the occasion I got her a special gift......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 19, 2007 10:29 PM
Guess what the Second Most Popular Teddy Bear Boy's Name was in Britain this year? For the last 13 years it has reigned supreme as the most popular boy's name in the land. But in multicultural Britain, children named after...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 19, 2007 12:28 PM
She seemed to me to be a sensible kid NEW YORK (AP) -- Another Spears baby is reportedly on the way -- and it's not Britney's. Jamie Lynn Spears, the 16-year-old "Zoey 101" star and sister of Britney, told OK!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 19, 2007 07:52 AM
...fumes. ...Now since the Democrats insisted on keeping the tax increase in the bill, it meant that they were going to have to get 60 votes to invoke cloture before they could try and pass it. Then the bill would...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 18, 2007 03:43 PM
For the first time astronomers have witnessed a supermassive black hole blasting its galactic neighbor with a deadly beam of energy. The "death star galaxy," as NASA astronomers called it, could obliterate the atmospheres of planets but also trigger the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 18, 2007 11:28 AM
Our Good Friend Wunderkraut needs your help to complete the adoption process of a lovely girl from China. Please do what you can. Thanks....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 17, 2007 07:09 AM
So we finally got to see this long-awaited report on drugs in Baseball, and shockingly it seems that players are using them. Gasp. I'm not sure I like that this Report with a capital "R" from some puffed up ex-Senator...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 14, 2007 07:39 AM
Some bonds can't be broken After more than six months of effort, the family of a fallen Marine dog handler got permission Wednesday to adopt the bomb-sniffing German shepherd who was at their son’s side when he died in Fallujah,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 13, 2007 11:50 AM
Blow me BALI, Indonesia (AP) -- Former Vice President Al Gore said Thursday the United States is "principally responsible" for blocking progress at U.N. climate conference. Gore urged delegates at the conference to take urgent action to reduce emissions of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 13, 2007 08:04 AM
Like Tom Coburn Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- It's the legislative equivalent of rush hour on Capitol Hill and Senator Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican, is threatening to throw himself into traffic. The freshman lawmaker has waged a war on spending...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 12, 2007 01:29 PM
You know, I really hate how the word "hero" has become frankly debased in our society. Damn near everyone who does anything is called one now. Well, here's more on two folks who've earned that title in my book Larry...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 12, 2007 12:28 PM
...that he's going to catch himself some flack for this. ... Now, I don't know what it means not to have a father in your life. I'm not familiar with a mom being strung out on a crack binge. And...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 12, 2007 10:51 AM
"As President my first duty and Priority is to secure our nation's borders? The latest New York Times/CBS News poll found that 8 percent of Republican primary voters named immigration or illegal immigrants as the most important problem facing the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 12, 2007 07:35 AM
We can thank Michael Schumacher for living out our dream A taxi driver in Germany was left shaken and stirred after handing his keys over to seven-times Formula One champion Michael Schumacher. Schumacher, 38, asked to take the wheel as...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 12, 2007 07:05 AM
...we were having a contest. 3 finalists named for state song, Floridians now will vote ...- "Florida My Home," music by Carl Ashley, of Boynton Beach, and lyrics by Betsy Dixon, Lantana, including "Moonlight on the Suwanee River, Turns the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 11, 2007 05:31 PM
Mr. Big Tough On Religion Media Stud is, in fact, a coward HH: Would you say the same things about Mohammed as you just said about Joseph Smith? LO’D: Oh, well, I’m afraid of what the…that’s where I’m really afraid....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 11, 2007 02:27 PM
It seems the solar system is bent LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- New observations from NASA's long-running Voyager 2 spacecraft show the solar system is asymmetrical, likely from disturbances in the interstellar magnetic field, scientists reported Monday. Voyager 2 sailed...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 11, 2007 11:36 AM
Kind of a crappy situation to find yourself in A man spent four days trapped in a toilet after the door handle broke. David Leggat, 55, was unable to raise the alarm after becoming stuck in the toilets at Kittybrewster...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 10, 2007 11:14 AM
Gawd, what a horrible image to wake up to....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 10, 2007 07:27 AM
...in disbelief... ...They’re likely to find opposition from New Jersey wholesalers. Lobbyist Jeffrey Warsh said wholesalers’ concerns are public safety and taxation, and not losing their cut of profits. “I’m surprised that the public safety concerns are so minimized in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 9, 2007 10:45 PM
...in 2002??!? In this cruel world of lying, hypocrat Democrats, I have that beat for strangeness. So there Kcruella and I were, in New Orleans for a chi-chi cocktail party, where we met (!) and hobnobbed with book writing Brennans,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 9, 2007 09:14 PM
Just a reminder before you leave out the usual plate of cookies and milk: Santa would much prefer a nice mug of ale this year......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 9, 2007 03:11 PM
...before they paid for the info-mercial programming time. "Have an Almighty Cleanse! Have a normal bowel movement." I wish I could say I made this up. And it is everything and every bit as bad as what you thought the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 8, 2007 06:29 PM
"These are the kinds of things I've been talking about all of my life. Now, if the American people have other priorities, if they want someone who smiles a lot more than I do, or someone who is a better...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 7, 2007 04:57 PM
Complete this sentence: "A new species of _____ ________ _____ is exciting and reinforces the obvious - that there have to be many other unreported species but hundreds are being lost as their habitats disappear under the continued mismanagement of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 7, 2007 03:26 PM
Maybe I can pick this up for my Bride 1279 Magna Carta expected to fetch $30 million NEW YORK (AP) -- In the year 1215, a group of English barons handed King John a document written on parchment. Put your...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 7, 2007 02:09 PM
And she lets them know BALI, Indonesia (AP) -- An earthquake on Friday rattled Indonesia's resort island of Bali, where thousands of people were gathering for a U.N. climate change conference. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 7, 2007 09:09 AM
The Day Of Infamy....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 7, 2007 08:57 AM
Since 1976 the various US states have executed 1099 convicted murderers. Since 1979 Iran has executed and estimated 4000 gays and lesbians, simply for being gay (the number of murderers executed is unknown but assumed by most observers to be...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 7, 2007 07:18 AM
...behind....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 6, 2007 05:08 PM
...streaming to the polls. Pentagon Says 200,000 Workers Could Receive Pink Slips for Christmas Federal employees who work for the Army may get layoff notices before Christmas if Congress and the White House do not reach an accord on funding...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 6, 2007 01:33 PM
When you are making out your Christmas card list this year, please include the following: A Recovering American Soldier c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center 6900 Georgia Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20307-5001 If you approve of the idea, please pass...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 6, 2007 12:16 PM
...that they CATCH these little egg happy rat bastards? And that, when they DO, they get pelted with dozens of those same avian ovum bomblettes and that their sticky, dripping albumin coated bodies are then strung up on the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 6, 2007 11:31 AM
Then we're both out of luck on this stocking stuffer NEW YORK (AFP) - A tiny and extremely rare 5,000-year-old white limestone sculpture from ancient Mesopotamia sold for 57.2 million dollars in New York on Wednesday, smashing records for both...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 6, 2007 10:40 AM
...is a powerful tool. (Plus, when LCpls sit around, they always get into trouble.) ...Conway hinted at those differences, saying Marines prefer serving under fire in a combat zone to performing nation-building duties in Iraq. He said that in his...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 5, 2007 11:47 PM
...to the cardboard box your copy of "You Might Be a Redneck" came in ~ Google the guy. ...One man was carrying a sign calling Thompson a "carpetbagger," but when he realized Thompson is from Tennessee, he put it away....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 5, 2007 11:06 PM
...and the war economy is lost" from our feckless Senate leader. Futures jump on strong economic data Wall Street rose sharply higher in early trading Wednesday after a pair of reports indicated the economy is in good shape but also...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 5, 2007 09:50 AM
DUH. Implementing the proposed bailout of subprime borrowers who face foreclosure may be so difficult that it will turn out to be no better than the loan modification efforts already underway, analysts said. And why should this year's resets be...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 4, 2007 05:11 PM
...with the majority opinion. ...Out of curiosity, I boiled down the Jim Stevenson case and sent it to a few environmental-ethics professors. Most agreed with Callicott: Shoot the cat....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 4, 2007 09:57 AM
But locals wonder: can we a fjord it? STOCKHOLM, Sweden - With little else to attract tourists, promoters of two Swedish counties are pinning their hopes on a truly gargantuan wooden moose. When completed, the 148-foot tall, 155-foot-long moose will...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 4, 2007 08:32 AM
As many of you know this summer we were blessed to have a certain friend from Down Under stop by for a weekend, and we had an absolutely wonderful time. I wish I could say the same was true of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 4, 2007 08:09 AM
A light dusting was very pleasing to wake up to! Gets one in the Christmas spirit....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 4, 2007 06:59 AM
I realize I'm been most remiss in my booze blogging; I've been taking the photos...mostly. I just haven't gotten around to recording comments on every bottle like I should. So with out much ado here are many of the bottles...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 2, 2007 09:22 PM
...No medical training required CBS is getting desperate. The network has posted an ad seeking a reporter to cover the “eco beat” – with some interesting requirements. “CBS is expanding its coverage of the environment,” the ad reads. “We seek...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 1, 2007 08:23 AM
...in the local obituaries. We lost Mr. FRANK E. ZIELINSKI (1915 - 2007) this October 24th. He was a drummer. Now, it's only a couple lines of his story, but they speak volumes... ...After high school he enlisted in the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 27, 2007 10:46 AM
'Tis the Season to be jolly! Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la! You can tell the Holidays are upon us, as the joyous gallic tradition of the Car-B-Q has returned Dozens injured in Paris rampage Rioting youths in Villiers-le-Bel Rioting youths blamed the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 27, 2007 08:04 AM
A nice mature bunch, these "allies" of ours WASHINGTON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's participation in the U.S.-sponsored talks on Middle East peace was seen as a diplomatic coup for the Bush administration but the kingdom has made clear...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 27, 2007 07:02 AM
When will people say "enough is enough? (CNN) -- A Federal judge sentenced Democratic leader George Clooney to five days in jail Sunday, a day after the actor-turned-politician and other protesters were arrested at a pro-democracy demonstration in Washington. Clooney...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 26, 2007 10:29 AM
...was named 'Mohammed' (a truly bad teddy bear name if there ever was one)... A British primary school teacher has been arrested in Sudan, accused of insulting Islam's Prophet by letting her class of 7-year-olds name a teddy bear Mohammed,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 26, 2007 10:15 AM
...at Gramma's? You know, the sister-in-law who drives an Excursion, the pig brother-in-law who is a methane well-head or Grampa who just knows what buttons to push, cranky old bastard that he is and who should be dead by now...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 25, 2007 07:32 PM
Through thick and thin you've always been there to support us, and we appreciate your support. America could have asked for no firmer friend than Australia under your leadership....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 25, 2007 08:25 AM
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we were unable to travel to Sis's house for Thanksgiving. We are having the CAGs father and wife over, along with a coworker and his wife. Well, our table does not have a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 22, 2007 08:35 AM
And the salmon sleep with the fishes DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- The only salmon farm in Northern Ireland has lost its entire population of more than 100,000 fish, worth $2 million, to a spectacular jellyfish attack, its owners said Wednesday....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 21, 2007 02:55 PM
...Charlie Gibson surprised us. ...CHARLES GIBSON: Let me turn to Iraq. PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH: Yes, sir. CHARLES GIBSON: You took a lot of doubting and rather skeptical questions about the surge. I'll give you a chance to crow. Do you...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 21, 2007 09:29 AM
...if not 'clear'. The Saudi Justice Ministry Tuesday issued a "clarification" of a court's handling of a rape case and the increased punishment -- including 200 lashes --meted out to the victim. ...The woman was originally sentenced in October 2006...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 20, 2007 09:17 PM
...some weird sort of... ...cosmic connectiveness in this world. I dare you....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 20, 2007 10:53 AM
....Megan's parents had been storing a foosball table for the family that created the MySpace character. Six weeks after Megan's death, they learned the other family had created the profile and responded by destroying the foosball table, dumping it on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 19, 2007 01:58 PM
...600 pounds of men?" It's a legitimate question. And the man is demanding some answers. Stick around for the end ~ he's a little slow ending the call....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 19, 2007 10:16 AM
...myself. "I cannot imagine that the framers of the 1964 Civil Rights Act intended to say that it's discrimination for a shoe shop owner to say to his or her employee, 'I want you to be able to speak America's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 19, 2007 09:58 AM
This trampling of the Constitution must not be allowed Boston police are launching a program that will call upon parents in high-crime neighborhoods to allow detectives into their homes, without a warrant, to search for guns in their children's bedrooms....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 17, 2007 11:08 AM
..."if that's necessary to set our fiscal house in order." So says our illustrious Governor Corzine, in yet another effort to paint himself as some type of fiscally responsible defender of the common man. In a speech Thursday to hundreds...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 16, 2007 08:50 AM
Spitzer sputters again In a second major policy reversal in less than a day, Governor Spitzer is backing down from a plan to require Amazon.com and other online retailers to charge state and local sales taxes on all purchases from...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 15, 2007 07:39 AM
An amazing and moving story Spc. Channing Moss should be dead by all accounts. And those who saved his life did so knowing they might have died with him. March 16, 2006. Southeastern Afghanistan. A fierce ambush and bloody firefight....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 14, 2007 01:28 PM
Now I've often looked around and thought "Bingley, how can you show the world what kind of a committed environmentalist you really are?" I mean, heck, I already recycle by dumping stuff into landfills (since it all was ripped out...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 14, 2007 07:07 AM
Not, 'Yo'. The Los Angeles Unified School District, which serves about 700,000 students, is embroiled in a nasty debate about whether meetings of a district advisory board should be conducted in English or Spanish. I don't have a child in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 13, 2007 01:22 PM
far exceeded what would have happened had he stood his ground and 'fessed up to the police MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. -- A man who allegedly was fleeing police was attacked and killed by an alligator in a pond, Local 10...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 13, 2007 08:04 AM
...Their immigration service is as screwed up as ours The Tories say it appears the Home Office put "spin" before public safety in a row about 5,000 illegal immigrants wrongly cleared to work in security. They say leaked papers show...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 13, 2007 07:07 AM
This could make for some interesting times The justices are facing a decision about whether to hear an appeal from city officials in Washington, D.C., wanting to keep the capital's 31-year ban on handguns. A lower court struck down the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 12, 2007 07:55 AM
... to love the Corps....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 11, 2007 11:45 PM
...on Friday's NBC Nightly News Grinch and I were tickled watching. One more thing we hadn't known about him. If you remember, we've actually met that remarkable American. Helluva fellow. But they all are, really. Happy Veterans Day....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 11, 2007 11:36 PM
...in today's New York Times. It’s Time to Act Like Grown-Ups NOW for a few thoughts on the credit crisis and the need to prepare for retirement. ...Next, when I saw that Citi had taken a bath in collateralized debt...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 11, 2007 12:05 PM
And...always...Semper Fi. MARINE CORPS ORDER No. 47 (Series 1921) HEADQUARTERS U.S. MARINE CORPS Washington, November 1, 1921 The following will be read to the command on the 10th of November, 1921, and hereafter on the 10th of November of every...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 10, 2007 11:14 PM
this weekend URBANA, Ohio -- A barn fire at a fish farm near the western Ohio city of Urbana killed more than 150,000 of the farm's half million fish. Dave Smith, owner of Freshwater Farms of Ohio, said he moved...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 8, 2007 12:36 PM
From Volokh, an interesting quiz My results below the fold....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 8, 2007 07:22 AM
I will have another slab of ribs About two years ago, a group of federal researchers reported that overweight people have a lower death rate than people who are normal weight, underweight or obese. Now, investigating further, they found out...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 8, 2007 07:07 AM
Well, for the first time in ages NJ voters defeated a ballot question, two of them in fact TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey voters on Tuesday rejected borrowing $450 million to pay for stem cell research grants in the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 7, 2007 06:44 AM
You've just got to love a gal who, as I type (and drink, natch), is cooking a meal combining organic veggies from the Commie Store and Velveeta....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 6, 2007 05:12 PM
Just walking along, maybe going to buy a present for the wife, and WHAM A woman died and a man was knocked unconscious, apparently after the woman leaped from the roof of a department store in Tokyo and landed on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 6, 2007 12:59 PM
He looks like some anime drawing. (link not safe for those of delicate sensibilities)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 6, 2007 11:18 AM
Good to know our skies are protected Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Air Force temporarily grounded its fleet of Boeing Co. F-15 fighter-bombers, including those flying missions in Afghanistan, the service said, citing ``airworthiness concerns.'' The grounding of more...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 6, 2007 07:01 AM
...on the News Hour last week. And now I see 'waterboarding is torture' addressed in today's WaPo... Waterboarding Used to Be a Crime ...thanks to this post on Volokh. At the end of the post is another which notes an...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 5, 2007 05:48 PM
...There is one catch: Mills wants McCartney to tell the world that she’s no gold digger. ...the why... ...According to The Daily Mail, a close friend of the disabled former model said: “Heather thinks that if only Paul would tell...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 5, 2007 05:11 PM
His skin was pale and his eye was odd. He shaved the faces of gentlemen, Who never thereafter were heard from again, Did Sweeney, Sweeney Todd! The Demon Barber of Fleet. Street. I can't believe they frickin' left the ballad...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 5, 2007 10:10 AM
So we've got some ballot questions to vote on tomorrow and I thought I'd give you my view on them. Here's the short answer: "no." Here's basically what they are: -- Permanently dedicate all money earned from last year's sales...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 5, 2007 06:56 AM
Thanks for all the lives you saved COLUMBUS, Ohio - Paul Tibbets, who piloted the B-29 bomber Enola Gay that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, died Thursday. He was 92 and insisted almost to his dying day that he...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 1, 2007 01:32 PM
So the poor widdle petulant babies at State, who seem to think that it is they who are in charge of US foreign policy as opposed to our elected officials, don't like their potential new assignment? WASHINGTON - Several hundred...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 1, 2007 07:24 AM
Maybe he powered the Hindenburg It may sound like a Woody Allen scenario, but medical historians are unanimous that Adolf was the victim of uncontrollable flatulence. Spasmodic stomach cramps, constipation and diarrhea, possibly the result of nervous tension, had been...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 31, 2007 01:01 PM
...I don't think this is exactly a recessionary number. U.S. economy grows at 3.9% pace in third quarter The U.S. economy shook off the worst housing downturn in a generation to grow at a 3.9% annual pace in third quarter,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 31, 2007 08:43 AM
a Subaru Police in Zululand say they seized two cows and two goats found squashed into the back of a tiny Fiat Uno. ...Police chased one overloaded Fiat Uno into the night, after receiving a tip-off at around 0300. The...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 29, 2007 02:06 PM
Forecasters Blow It, Again: '07 Hurricane season may rank as most 'inactive' in 30 years... ...is okay by me in WHAT it says, just not HOW it says it. I want Dr. Grey and all the weather guys doing their...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 29, 2007 11:44 AM
“Young people now have a lot of possibilities for the future.” ACK!! No, No , NO! It's doom, we' re DOOMED DOOMED doomdedy doomdoomdoomed!!! More evidence of the apolcalypse... Its four oldest trees — in fact, the four oldest pine...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 29, 2007 10:50 AM
...and boy are my arms tired. So I'm fixing up a nice steak and some Bingley Rabe™. Oh, and drinking a bottle of this Guaranteed jet-lag cure. In case you're wondering, there's plenty of coffee in Brazil and jaboticabas are...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 28, 2007 06:28 PM
Way. Crazy Football Play I`ve never seen so many laterals. If something done two times is 'twice', what's it called when it's done FIFTEEN? SI says it's a "Lateralapalooza", whatever the technical term turns out to be. I'd agree....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 28, 2007 02:16 PM
"I don't know if we can really understand their experience by wearing the hijab just one day," she said. LGF reports that, in an apparent attempt to bring the everyday life of a Muslim woman to some fragile minded college...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 26, 2007 01:44 PM
...to support the global economy. If it means supporting our southern neighbors, so be it. Vina Concha y Toro S.A. VCO, Chile's largest producer and exporter of premium wines, reports results for the third quarter 2007, ended September 30. Net...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 26, 2007 12:00 PM
Words that, in the proper context and the proper place, can open eyes and touch lives. Are meant to. Vile epithets meant to teach a moral lesson that transcends the time frame of the work it appears in. So what...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 25, 2007 07:10 PM
spoiled miracle whip ...and it got me to wondering. How would you know? I mean, it already stinks and tastes like sh*t. I guess if it starts to eat through yer Cracker, there's cause fer some concern......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 25, 2007 03:36 PM
Insta linked to this and comments hadn't really been completely partisan hack-ups. Then I read Bill Bradley's comment: Bill Bradley* : Jeff, or should I say, dorsai, and I do catch the reference, you're trying to flip Katrina into an...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 24, 2007 06:22 PM
An HMX bird just went over the house at 200-250 feet. We waved....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 24, 2007 03:16 PM
...to these misogynistic assholes*? US First Lady Laura Bush arrived in Kuwait on Wednesday, her third stop in a Middle East tour aimed at promoting awareness of breast cancer and restoring Washington's image in the region. Bush's plane landed at...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 24, 2007 10:43 AM
The pictures on the live feed from the NBC affiliate are mesmerizing, horrifying and spectacular ~ fire showers raining down against a black sky, or molten pillars thrusting skywards against the darkness. Lord. Plus interviews with evacuees at Qualcomm ~...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 23, 2007 09:38 AM
En fuego. 250,000 evacuated so far and more to come, including my cousins who are trying to figure out how to get to Qualcom Stadium. My aunt in Carlsbad is frantic. Not only is she worried about the kids and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 22, 2007 04:26 PM
...Bobby Jindal is the new governor of Louisiana. U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal became the nation's youngest governor and the first nonwhite to hold post in Louisiana since Reconstruction when he carried more than half the vote to defeat 11 opponents....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 21, 2007 09:05 AM
...on the eve of their first World Series ever, BUT...I hope they turn this down. Rockies aim to trademark ‘Rocktober’ Slogan describes club's run to National League Wild Card, World Series Exposing my ancient roots to derision, I have to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 19, 2007 06:20 PM
FOX To Air Controversial Documentary on Islam A controversial film that PBS axed from its documentary series about the post-Sept. 11 world will be broadcast for the first time nationwide this week by the FOX News Channel. The documentary, originally...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 19, 2007 11:10 AM
You too can join here. You know you want to....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 18, 2007 06:50 PM
I do. Stormy weather. Downtown Bangla-cola. We've been pretty popular on CNN today, too. Now, back to poppin' 'ludes....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 18, 2007 05:07 PM
Comes to us via our naughty friend Theo Spark A U.S. Marine squad was marching north of Fallujah when they came upon an Iraqi terrorist, badly injured and unconscious. On the opposite side of the road was an American Marine...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 18, 2007 11:07 AM
"OOO! Oo-oo OOO! That's all I want!" Law firm’s gifts to Democrats bring questions Despite scandal, top candidates still taking donations from Milberg Weiss Over the years, as it became Exhibit A for critics of shareholders’ class-action lawsuits, the law...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 18, 2007 10:34 AM
"BITE me." Russia on Tuesday accused Estonia, its small Baltic Sea neighbour, of "rudeness" and violation of a United Nations maritime convention by refusing permission for a seabed survey linked to the construction of a gas pipeline from Russia to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 17, 2007 01:58 PM
...Tong. A junior trader suing one of the world's biggest hedge funds, claiming a boss forced him to take female hormones, also says he was the victim of a sexual assault at work, sources told The Post. Andrew Tong has...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 17, 2007 01:38 PM
Ayatollah you so Hillary Clinton today moved to secure her position as the most hawkish Democrat in the 2008 presidential race, saying she would consider the use of force to compel Iran to abandon its nuclear programme. In an article...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 16, 2007 06:59 AM
...be with you. ...And leave us remember three statements our Nobel Prize winning former Vice President-cum-almost-President Al Gore once said after shaking hands and shaking the trees at a Buddhist temple fund-raiser: 1) It wasn't a fund-raiser, it was a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 14, 2007 10:49 PM
Damn. Damn. Chris Muir lost his sister Friday ~ to colon cancer, if I can read her blog correctly through the tears. It hits home in a peculiar way when you see your birth year on a memorial page, especially...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 14, 2007 09:54 PM
Take a frickin' picture, jackass. Adlee Bruner’s fishing story is about the big one that didn’t get away. Bruner and five friends headed out Saturday morning on a charter boat, hoping to catch some grouper to enter in the annual...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 14, 2007 09:41 PM
...by an 'unfounded claim'. A former Duke University men’s lacrosse coach has sued the university after resigning earlier this year under the pressure of allegations that three of his players raped a stripper, school officials said Friday. Mike Pressler’s lawsuit...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 13, 2007 09:19 AM
...is the A[ss- kissing] P[ornographers] workin' Gorezilla over tag-team fashion. Nobel Vindication for Gore, Scientists For years, former Vice President Al Gore and a host of climate scientists were belittled and, worst of all, ignored for their message about how...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 12, 2007 07:35 PM
Marines Press to Remove Their Forces From Iraq The Marine Corps is pressing to remove its forces from Iraq and to send Marines instead to Afghanistan, to take over the leading role in combat there, according to senior military and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 12, 2007 05:37 PM
The bigger calenders speak for their licentious selves... The smaller desktops scattered above them? The spiral bound version of this... Praying for the souls of oglers? Praying for deliverance? Or praying for the delivery of something worth ogling? I report,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 12, 2007 04:14 PM
Oh Jimminny H Christmas on a pogo stick, what has he actually done to deserve this? (CNN) -- Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 12, 2007 06:50 AM
Many Americans have a blind spot when it comes to black conservatives. They don't have the foggiest idea what makes these people tick. And they blew their chance to learn more during the October 1991 confirmation hearing for Supreme Court...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 9, 2007 08:16 PM
A very surprising article in today's Pravda on the way herd mentality and public fear of rebuke, and frankly very sloppy and lazy 'research', led to widely praised "consensus" that was, well, wrong In 1988, the surgeon general, C. Everett...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 9, 2007 10:18 AM
I've got one question for you: is it racist to lock your house? NEW YORK - Former Mexican President Vicente Fox said Monday that the United States is letting racism dictate its policies, especially when it comes to immigration. "The...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 9, 2007 07:33 AM
I love a logical, calm discussion. All eyes are on Greenland's melting glaciers as alarm about global warming spreads. This year, delegations of U.S. and European politicians have made pilgrimages to the fastest-moving glacier at Ilulissat, where they declare that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 8, 2007 10:42 AM
And by god they were right! During the nearly two hour service that featured a rock band and hip-hop dancers, Obama shared the floor with the church's pastor, Ron Carpenter. The senator from Illinois asked the multiracial crowd of nearly...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 8, 2007 07:11 AM
This is your Monet on drunks... Museum intruders damage Monet painting Drunken vandals punch hole in ‘Le Pont d’Argenteuil’ Intruders, apparently drunk, broke into the Orsay Museum, getting in by a back door, and punched a hole in a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 7, 2007 10:46 PM
...the way we were... Tryphorgetin...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 5, 2007 01:05 PM
This is your head on potatoes SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Customs officers discovered nearly 10.5 ounces of ecstasy tablets hidden inside a Mr. Potato Head toy sent to Australia from Ireland, the agency said Thursday. Upon opening the parcel, the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 5, 2007 07:41 AM
I mean, who knew? A daring ambush of bombs and gunfire left Poland's ambassador pinned down in a burning vehicle today before being pulled to safety and airlifted in a rescue mission by the embattled security firm Blackwater USA. At...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 4, 2007 10:15 AM
Halloween ISN'T religious, unless you're...well...into Samhain rituals. That would be about.0000002 percent of the population. Parents in Oak Lawn sounded off Tuesday night about what they see as an assault on traditional American celebrations. At issue is whether Halloween and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 4, 2007 09:28 AM
Yes, I'm talking about Tim's brilliant universal rule: "the ongoing process by which the world's multiple idiocies are becoming one giant, useless force." Here's the latest proof of it CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - In an unlikely marriage of desire to secede...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 4, 2007 06:51 AM
From Cathy Buckle's blog, how would you like this plumbing bill? A geyser in my roof burst this week and when the plumbers got it out the original price was hand written in marker pen on the side of the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 3, 2007 04:26 PM
They'll be back! Wallace and Gromit are to return in a half-hour television adventure - the first since 1995's A Close Shave. Aardman Animations has announced that the cheese-loving inventor and his loyal dog will star in Trouble at'...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 3, 2007 07:00 AM
...just this second (as I was drying my hands to change the channel): Meredith: How many planets in our solar system have one syllable names? [Pregnant pause as male contestant ponders] [ponders ponders ponders] Contestant: I can only think of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 2, 2007 07:44 PM
...of his own making. Ringed by a clutch of Zimbabwean soldiers clicking automatic weapons, Charles Lock handed over the keys to his farm and drove off his land for the last time. Scores of white farmers, the last survivors of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 2, 2007 04:16 PM
Enough, already. ...Making some provisions for worship, like providing an empty room for Bible study at work, for example, isn’t entirely new, Saunders explains. What’s new, he adds, is the magnitude of worker requests: "Now people are saying I don’t...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 2, 2007 09:30 AM
It's Dhimmitude time in the city Oak Lawn Schools May Cancel Holiday Traditions School District To Discuss Possible Cancellation Or Renaming Of Holiday Celebrations (CBS) OAK LAWN, Ill. A southwest suburban school district has taken action, responding to the concerns...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 2, 2007 07:30 AM
Cover all your offensive bases and kill two birds with ONE unclean stone....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 1, 2007 08:30 PM
Look who's going to Philly for some Whiz WASHINGTON (CNN) – It's almost a necessity for any presidential candidate who swings through Philadelphia — making a stop at one of the city's famous cheesesteak shops. But the landmark Philly restaurant...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 1, 2007 06:24 PM
You know ~ the loud, blowhard, run-everybody-over-with-your-mouth type. ("Okay. So the shark bit off your leg and you swam to shore. Then what?") This time Cramer brought some heat on himself that's completely undeserved, but I sure understand why they're...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 1, 2007 10:06 AM
...is probably one entry they could have left out and no one would judge them harshly. ...For those who think Latin means Cicero's orations, caveat emptor. "We're using an ancient language, but we're writing on a computer, not papyrus," says...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 1, 2007 09:04 AM
While this isn't as awful as the Yankees post-season collapse against the Red Sox a few years ago this was much more painful to watch, a month-long choke of epic proportions. Glavine's 'effort' yesterday summed up the Met's September....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 1, 2007 07:19 AM
...right off his expensive counter-tops. Religious hatred law in force ...There were two attempts by the Government to introduce it, first in 2001 and then later with the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act. They faltered because of the concerns....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 30, 2007 11:14 PM
"Let's face it: Leftie girls are easy"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 28, 2007 08:10 AM
To borrow a theme from Insta..."They said if Bush were re-elected the Government would seek to criminalize and control thought, and they were right" WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-led Senate on Thursday voted to let federal law enforcement help states...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 28, 2007 08:02 AM
I agree with Insta, this is just...pathetic In Vancouver, infidels can't smoke but Muslims can. The surrender accelerates....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 27, 2007 11:00 AM
I'm not sure where Gaia is going to spend the money WASHINGTON -- Dealing with global warming will be painful, says one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress. To back up his claim he is proposing a recipe many...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 27, 2007 08:27 AM
This is simply bee-yuuu-tee-full NEW YORK (AP) -- The ball Barry Bonds hit for his record-breaking 756th home run will be branded with an asterisk and sent to the Baseball Hall of Fame, its owner said Wednesday. Fashion designer Marc...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 26, 2007 10:06 AM
And thank you....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 25, 2007 07:35 AM
Or are you just glad to see me? A man accused of stealing three endangered iguanas from a nature preserve in Fiji and smuggling them into the United States in his prosthetic leg has been indicted. Or both?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 24, 2007 01:50 PM
...the same way I did? 12:00 ET Dow +25.69 at 13845.80, Nasdaq +15.99 at 2687.21, S&P +1.31 at 1527.06: [BRIEFING.COM] Today's session has been marked with measured optimism as the major indices have remained resilient to selling efforts in the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 24, 2007 12:57 PM
And No, you can not wash your feet in the sink INDIANAPOLIS -- A proposal to install a foot-washing sink at Indianapolis International Airport is prompting debate over ethnicity, religion and the U.S. constitution. Muslims use the sinks to wash...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 24, 2007 09:27 AM
But it would make a damn fine wine cellar A US intercontinental ballistic missile base, equipped with a vast underground network of tunnels and rooms but no atomic warheads, is for sale in a remote corner of the United States....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 24, 2007 07:07 AM
Sorry GEELONG beat Collingwood by five points in a classic AFL preliminary final, putting it within one win of its first premiership in 44 years. The Magpies were again magnificent, but the Cats held on in a nail-biting finish at...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 21, 2007 01:40 PM
Now, I will admit that all I've seen on this is what's contained in this article, but based on this I don't see what's so faux pas-ian about it JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Nelson Mandela is still very much alive despite...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 21, 2007 09:25 AM
Just whose interests do the "educators" think they are serving? Some Oregon high schools are adopting Mexico's public school curriculum to help educate Spanish-speaking students with textbooks, an online Web site, DVDs and CDs provided free by Mexico to teach...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 20, 2007 06:39 PM
...If Kerry Was Elected, but even he must acknowledge that that pales next to Hugo Chavez' ability to raise the dead CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan man who had been declared dead woke up in the morgue in excruciating pain...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 19, 2007 09:09 AM
Sometimes you just have to break down and get back to the basics. Lots of chilled white wine. A fresh loaf of FreedomFrench Bread. And 2 pounds of mussels. Now, before all you Men out there wince uncontrollably this next...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 18, 2007 11:32 AM
Last Saturday I picked up an interesting bottle of wine. As you know I'm a sucker for wine. Okay, and a sucker of wine, as well. As I was wandering down the "Weird Producing Countries" aisle at the Evil Clown...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 17, 2007 09:19 AM
...got us going on this. Not to mention a 'Record Lows' headline on Drudge ("Chicago Record COLD TEMPS!"). So, right this minute mind you (9:09 p.m.CST), it's 52.8 ° in Chicago, with the following addendum : Clearing this evening. Unseasonably...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 14, 2007 10:09 PM
Tiger just shot a 28 on the front nine. Wow....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 14, 2007 01:26 PM
...(and the fact that we're heartily sick of Moveon.org, Code Pink and Joe Biden), Bingley, Ken, major dad and I decided to chill out a little. Knock back a couple brewskis... ...eat some wings, solve the problems of the world....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 14, 2007 12:06 PM
There's really not more to be said Inmates go on sausage ‘temper tantrum’ N.M. prisoners angry after being told they could only have 1 dinner sausage HOBBS, N.M. - Some Lea County inmates set fires and broke toilets and windows...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 14, 2007 11:18 AM
A must-read on this day after our 'leaders' went lint searching in their navels Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, addressing the Australian parliament yesterday, explains: Harper said that the 9/11 terrorist attacks showed that “if we abandon our fellow human...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 12, 2007 09:19 AM
Via Hot Air's story on all this 9/11 hullaballo being due to "a misunderstanding", his latest piece in Slate I had come here to defend atheism and secularism in general but also to have a debate with Tariq Ramadan, an...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 12, 2007 07:12 AM
"... but do pee-pees really go "doing-doing-doing"?" That would be the editorial comment on No. 14. For the record (and in spite of Bingley's alleged 'all things naughty' expertise), I personally have no knowledge and therefore will not answer the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 7, 2007 05:07 PM
At the airport? THREE Norwegian tourists who had planned a holiday on the Greek island of Rhodes landed in the southwestern French town of Rodez yesterday after mistyping the destination on an internet booking form. The trio appears to have...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 7, 2007 09:20 AM
...has been a busy boy. ROME (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI and Israeli President Shimon Peres discussed Middle East peace efforts on Thursday, with both sides saying the atmosphere was favorable for Israelis and Palestinians to work to end decades...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 6, 2007 10:21 PM
Well, at least we know that in Governmentese when they say 'setback' they mean "waste of twenty years and Gawd knows how many dollars" DENVER - A 20-year government effort to restore the population of an endangered native trout in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 6, 2007 12:57 PM
Pavarotti has died....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 6, 2007 09:36 AM
As if this great big whale suddenly cried out as if in gastric distress Grammy award winning producer Quincy Jones, center, Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., left, and country music singer-songwriter Brett James, right, join other recording artists on stage to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 6, 2007 09:04 AM
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Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 5, 2007 07:37 PM
....Dream Dream Dree-eem... New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Said to Be Considering Run for Governor Mayor Ray Nagin could be days away from announcing he will run for governor of Louisiana — a move many in this stricken city regard...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 5, 2007 11:58 AM
Is that the politicians and bureaucrats decide to only treat those who are healthy Failing to follow a healthy lifestyle could lead to free NHS treatment being denied under the Tory plans. Patients would be handed "NHS Health Miles Cards"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 5, 2007 07:32 AM
Ken's not the only one to find some old pictures recently. Here's a photo of my grandparents' wedding on June 15th, 1925 (the bride is of course the lovely seated lady) And here are both sets of their parents, my...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 4, 2007 10:06 PM
...but I also have to say these guys have a point. UAW Members Speak Out About Strike Vote Ford Motor Co. has brought a lot of uncertainty into Gerald Williamson's life. The factory where he works is on a list...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 3, 2007 03:13 PM
...I stand in awe of the hurricane hunters who let us know, first hand, what's happening inside these rampaging beasties. But I've never read something like this... BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME TURBULENCE AND GROUPEL THAT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED...THE MISSION IS...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 3, 2007 09:59 AM
...Hillary's handlers must be happy this slipped through the cracks, notice-wise. Former NJ Governor's Wife Recalls Ordeal ...Matos McGreevey said in the midst of her personal turmoil she called Hillary Rodham Clinton for advice. The former first lady also had...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 2, 2007 05:52 PM
FOOTBALL And ahhhhhh. It is good. At 2:30 Central this afternoon... ...it gets even better....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 1, 2007 10:32 AM
With apologies to Nightfly for not extending an invite, I had the day off and as my Bride missed our last trip to Genos Daughter and I thought it only fitting to end the summer with one last joyful artery-clogging...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 31, 2007 07:49 PM
Oh, yeah. Aug. 31-the Gdańsk agreement The MKS presidium added an appendix to point four-concerning freedom for political prisoners-with the names of individuals arrested over the previous two weeks. Jagielski stated that they all would be released in 24 hours....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 31, 2007 01:00 PM
...from our drive along US 98. Bay St. Louis, MS lost something like 85% of it's structures. What's left of these houses are about a block and a half from the little bluff that fronts the Gulf. There's signs of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 31, 2007 12:31 PM
How long do you get to live someplace else, but still vote in New Orleans? NAACP Challenges Louisiana Voter Purge The NAACP filed a civil rights lawsuit Thursday challenging a purge of Louisiana voters believed to have registered in other...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 31, 2007 10:16 AM
Our Swilling Bud JeffS sent us this article the other day; I'm sure you've seen it by now GENEVA — There are nine guns for every 10 people in the United States, with about 270 million firearms in circulation, according...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 30, 2007 07:09 AM
Princess Isabelle: Peace is made in such ways. William Wallace: Slaves are made in such ways. It's not the only way. I think the Scots could stand to see the movie again. How Societies Commit Suicide Scots and Italians surrender...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 29, 2007 07:54 PM
Once the secret weapon of the Byzantine Empire it now may be a new weapon in Greek politics ATHENS — More wildfires broke out and others rekindled Tuesday as anger rose over the government's handling of catastrophic blazes that have...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 29, 2007 07:47 AM
Well, then I guess you've got two options. 1 - Study more. Or 2- Get more multiple choice questions on the test: Exam boards in England are planning to put more simple questions in science papers, the Times reports. A...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 29, 2007 07:30 AM
Here at the Swilling we pride ourselves on being Big Tent kinda folks who can't easily be placed into ideological stalls boxes and we also like to provide You, our Dear Reader, with as complete a Service as twenty bucks...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 28, 2007 02:19 PM
Much like Al Gore, Hillary's "China Syndrome" problem has nothing to do with lead paint DALY CITY, Calif. -- One of the biggest sources of political donations to Hillary Rodham Clinton is a tiny, lime-green bungalow that lies under the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 28, 2007 09:22 AM
So Idaho Senator Larry Craig was arrested in Minneapolis for lewd behavior in a men's room U.S. Sen. Larry Craig pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct this month after his arrest in a Minneapolis airport men’s room by an undercover officer...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 28, 2007 06:54 AM
Ho golly, have we got a good one here. Continuing with Tim's most excellent 'go fugly' advice on Aussie wine advice may I present "Molly Dooker "The Boxer" Shiraz 2006" A gorgeous deep purklely red in the glass, and the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 26, 2007 05:54 PM
I guess his lawyers looked at Pete Rose and "morality" clauses that NFL contracts must have because his plea deal to my mind effectively kills his career forever (CNN) -- NFL star Michael Vick has admitted that he and two...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 24, 2007 02:43 PM
HILL: TERROR WOULD BE GOP BOOST WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday raised the prospect of a terror attack before next year's election, warning that it could boost the GOP's efforts to hold on to the White House. Discussing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 24, 2007 09:34 AM
...I give you 'fish' vice the usual dwarf or Congressman. Puffer fish sold as salmon kills 15, sickens 115 Chinese cans of the spiny little devils coming soon to a shelf near you! Just look for the leaping sock-eye and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 23, 2007 03:39 PM
Those eagle-eyed protectors of impressionable youth at the FCC strike again THE call letters KUNT have landed at a yet-unbuilt low-power digital television station in Wailuku, Maui. Alarmingly similar to a word the dictionary says is obscene, the call letters...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 23, 2007 03:27 PM
Never has there been a hive of more wretched scum and villainy. It's seductive, septic noxiousness is now seeping from anesthetized communities already wrapped in it's malevolent cocoon towards unsuspecting citizens...across state lines. Town Upset With Police Trip to Hooters...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 23, 2007 02:15 PM
Newsweek: Angry Bill Clinton Claim of bin Laden Kill Order Not True In a famous interview on Fox News last September, Bill Clinton told Chris Wallace he authorized a finding for the CIA to kill Osama bin Laden. "We contracted...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 23, 2007 10:16 AM
The Instakilt Dalbeattie-based Thistle Products - which also produces See You Jimmy hats - launched the Instakilt a month ago. Since then sales of the tartan beach towel, which doubles as a kilt, have almost outstripped supplies. I have to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 23, 2007 07:37 AM
...as much as you like ~ just don't try this at home. (These people are experts.) It's for a good cause, it's good for the earth and I'm sure that Sheryl "One Sheet" Crowe would approve. Hell, she's probably out...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 23, 2007 12:27 AM
Martin Designs Inc. Recalls SpongeBob SquarePants™ Character Address Books and Journals Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 22, 2007 07:08 PM
...for Tat", shall we? You knew this was coming. China says it has found problems with U.S. soybean exports This time, China says tainted products are coming from the other side of the Pacific. After China's export credibility was battered...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 22, 2007 12:11 PM
...as a brilliant, talented, drunken, drug addled genius. The common take is that, while someone who is dope FREE might be smart, an equally gifted dope FIEND is intellectually deep by virtue of his habits. I mean, I never wanted...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 22, 2007 10:26 AM
Prisoners who break rules COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina's prisons director on Tuesday defended a policy of punishing inmates who perform sex acts by dressing them in pink, despite a lawsuit claiming the rule subjects prisoners to ridicule. State...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 22, 2007 08:37 AM
From a Chinese source LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. quietly stopped selling two brands of dog treats in July, after customers voiced concerns that the Chinese products may have caused their pets to fall ill, but no recall...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 21, 2007 09:25 AM
Worse than you know. British dwarf's penis gets stuck to hoover A dwarf performer at the Edinburgh fringe festival had to be rushed to hospital after his penis got stuck to a vacuum cleaner during an act that went horribly...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 20, 2007 04:15 PM
I don't even know where to begin with this one A woman in Australia has been killed by her pet camel after the animal apparently tried to have sex with her. The woman was found dead at the family's sheep...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 20, 2007 07:13 AM
In case you missed it the first time, the Travel Channel is re-broadcasting Tony Bourdain in Beirut at 10 p.m. e/p tonight. (9c) It's pretty terrific, not only for the heartbreaking realization of what the Lebanese people have lost as...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 19, 2007 02:43 PM
What else can one think about these dishonest creatures we have running our state here in New Jersey? Lawhawk has an excellent post up on the gyrations that Corzine et al go through to avoid addressing the key issue: if...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 17, 2007 12:57 PM
Is a book called "The Signing" Author Stephen King was mistaken for a vandal when he started signing books during an unannounced visit to a shop in Australia, according to local media. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation said staff at the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 17, 2007 07:12 AM
When Tim and I went wine shopping the other weekend he gave me a helpful Rule of Thumb to follow when purchasing Australian wine: "Generally, the uglier the label the better the wine." With that sage advice in mind I...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 16, 2007 06:36 PM
Enough already. This latest toy mess is just the last straw, given the contaminated pet foods and other products they've shipped of late. While I doubt it will do much to their economy I'm going to look at the origin...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 15, 2007 10:06 AM
But pitbulls into missiles? Embattled NFL quarterback Michael Vick, facing federal charges related to his alleged participation in dogfighting, has been hit with a "$63,000,000,000 billion dollar" lawsuit filed by a South Carolina inmate who alleges the Atlanta Falcons star...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 15, 2007 08:31 AM
Not surprisingly, most of the weekend consisted of this combined with a lot of this Mind you, those sad few whose joys are found in somewhat shallower pursuits were also not forgotten...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 15, 2007 05:57 AM
Those Japanese bikers are tough hombres TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- A Japanese biker failed to notice his leg had been severed below the knee when he hit a safety barrier, and rode on for 2 km (1.2 miles), leaving...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 14, 2007 09:48 AM
Sure, it may seem rather curious that this issue arises immediately after last weekend where for the first time in 25 some odd years all of us siblings got together. Myself, Treehugging Sister, Crusader and Mountainman all gathered together along...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 14, 2007 08:22 AM
You self-centered idiots, because they are a private company and not the government NEW YORK (Billboard) - Pearl Jam fans and Internet watchdogs were up in arms Thursday after it was revealed that AT&T Inc. censored portions of the rock...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 9, 2007 02:41 PM
This is so symbolic of how completely retarded our system has become The first 2008 presidential votes may be moving into 2007 after all, making a race that has started earlier than ever even more intense. South Carolina Republican Party...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 9, 2007 07:10 AM
Sir, I salute you Woods was leading by four strokes Sunday as he stood over his ball far to the left of the fairway after a wild 358-yard drive. He pulled his 9-iron second shot into the trees left of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 7, 2007 07:36 AM
That Barack and Hillary are no longer BFF? WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 — They work in the same building. They slog through the same rigorous travel schedule. Along the way, they often cross paths several times a day. But Senators Hillary...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 7, 2007 07:16 AM
My, the corrosive tentacles of AmeriKKKa have spread their sinuous grasp across the globe per the orders of those theocratic Rovian pawns we so mindlessly adhere to. Or something to that effect. But before you scoff, Gentle Reader, remember that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 6, 2007 08:27 AM
And Nightfly and Ladybug got married and it was a truly moving and wonderful wedding and reception. Barking Spider and Prussian Tiger were there as well. It really is a treat to meet other bloggers that one has developed a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 6, 2007 07:35 AM
Someone(s) launched a private sub into the east River today, and the police are not amused New York- WABC, August 3, 2007) - Several people are being questioned by police after being stopped apparently attempting to set sail off...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 3, 2007 02:26 PM
...and I'm not talking the cyclonic kind. Forecaster lowers year’s hurricane prediction ...“We’ve lowered our forecast from our May predictions because of slightly less favorable conditions in the tropical Atlantic,” said Philip Klotzbach, a member of Gray’s team at Colorado...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 3, 2007 01:44 PM
And 'Fly's gonna get ma-ha-harried! Woo-Hoo! We'll be there!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 3, 2007 11:13 AM
I got this recipe from a dear friend of mine who is from Angola, so i guess it should be called Angolan Chicken. But when I saw what I was doing to the poor buzzard, all I could think of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 2, 2007 08:24 PM
...in more ways than one. The headline for this piece... NYC Health Officials Move To Get Babies Off Bottle New Campaign Launched To Deter Use Of Formula ...started the eye rolling, but dang if it isn't the little things tucked...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 1, 2007 09:20 AM
Toke for your health. A single joint of marijuana obstructs the flow of air as much as smoking up to five tobacco cigarettes, but long-term pot use does not increase the risk of developing emphysema, new research suggests. ...However, the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 31, 2007 12:12 PM
Remember this recent post? God forgive me and restore my sight, there's actually a picture of the crime scene. And I've posted it. I'd say it's NSFW, but it's so far beyond that, that there's no point....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 31, 2007 11:08 AM
So after daughter got done with her basketball camp on Saturday we went to one of our favorite places for lunch The West End Bakery and Luncheonette in Long Branch. I swear to you that walking in there is like...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 30, 2007 09:33 PM
I imagine it would look much like mine, with Extra Virgin olive oil, Sea Salt, aged balsamic vinegar, ...and razor blades....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 30, 2007 09:06 PM
It's good to Al. Al Gore III pleaded guilty Monday to possessing marijuana and other drugs, but a judge told the former Veep's son he can withdraw that plea and have the charges dropped if he successfully completes a drug...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 30, 2007 02:11 PM
...combined with talking the talk. Amazing concept, n'est pas? As the Blogfaddah noted, Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institute had a joint NYT Op-Ed piece this morning, with a pretty astounding headline: A War We Just Might Win But major...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 30, 2007 12:48 PM
The number of Atlantic hurricanes in an average season has doubled in the last century due in part to warmer seas and changing wind patterns caused by global warming, according to a study released on Sunday. ...From 1900 to 1930,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 29, 2007 10:16 PM
When the footdragging status quos and murdering thug lobby want him gone. Tempers flare between Iraqi, U.S. officials Iraq prime minister reportedly wants Petraeus replaced for arming Sunnis A key aide says Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s relations with Gen. David...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 28, 2007 08:19 PM
Like we haven't heard this from Bingley a THOUSAND times. Zsa Zsa Hubby Found Naked in Rolls — Claims Hot Girls Carjacked Him All that money and he can't come up with something original....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 27, 2007 04:41 PM
...and all I get is this LOUSY picture... This is wrong on so many levels....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 27, 2007 11:23 AM
...and 'pay-as-you-go'. Pedal to the metal in your pony car? Expect to pony up. And up. Virginia's new $3,550 speeding ticket Starting July 1, an array of traffic offenses, from expired licenses to speeding, come with a "civil remedial fee"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 26, 2007 03:32 PM
Jake the Rescue Dog has died NEW YORK - A black Labrador that burrowed through smoking debris after Sept. 11 and flooded rubble after Hurricane Katrina in search of survivors has died of cancer. Owner Mary Flood had 12-year-old...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 26, 2007 12:22 PM
Make my caipirinha a double, please. yummy-yummy Good night folks....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 25, 2007 10:21 PM
Pope Benedict XVI said the debate raging in some countries — particularly the United States and his native Germany — between creationism and evolution was an “absurdity,” saying that evolution can coexist with faith. The pontiff, speaking as he was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 25, 2007 05:13 PM
...could be so easy. Giant badgers terrorize Iraqi town "It ate a cow." "It's the size of a dog, with a monkey's head." As always, the Truthers have the explanation... ...Some even allege that British forces have planted the beast...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 25, 2007 01:27 PM
...at the Obama Whitehouse. ...In Monday's debate from Charleston, S.C., Obama was asked by a questioner via YouTube if he would be willing to meet — without precondition — in the first year of his presidency with the leaders of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 24, 2007 05:27 PM
...just gets more 'HORRIFIC'. A Kurdish woman was brutally raped, stamped on and strangled by members of her family and their friends in an "honor killing" carried out at her London home because she had fallen in love with the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 24, 2007 12:31 PM
Three-million-year old mammal remains found in Greece I think not. We pretty much already knew... ...it was at least that old....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 24, 2007 10:49 AM
...buh-bye? Galloway Suspended From UK Parliament The British Parliament's lower house on Monday suspended a lawmaker accused of concealing his financial dealings with Saddam Hussein's government. George Galloway, known for his fierce opposition to Britain's role in the invasion of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 23, 2007 05:35 PM
...a bitch? A judge dismissed former U.S. Rep. Gary Condit's defamation lawsuit against an Arizona newspaper that said the Democrat had lied to investigators about his relationship with a Washington intern who was later found dead. The Sonoran News, a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 23, 2007 11:37 AM
As Tim and Ken have already said, best wishes for a full and speedy recovery!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 22, 2007 11:08 PM
Well, it's true. My wonderful Bride and daughter are out of town again this weekend, leaving me to fend for myself in this cruel and heartless world. How's a mild-mannered and kind-hearted fellow supposed to withstand the trials and tribulations...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 20, 2007 09:44 PM
...a guy with a name like THAT says. Shark bites diver in the fjord Odd Ingebretsen told Aftenposten.no on Wednesday that he was diving off Sjøstrand in Asker when he saw what he thought was a large, dead fish on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 19, 2007 12:16 PM
Why wasn't anyone bemoaning the broken families left on the Mexican side of the border when Juan scuttled over the fence initially? An estimated 1.6 million children and spouses have been separated from family members forced to leave the country...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 18, 2007 12:38 PM
...eerily similar to Jack and Jill after they'd made the hill with the pork barrel pail. ...But the marks for Congress, mired in gridlock over a series of partisan political battles after Democrats took power in the 2006 elections, continued...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 18, 2007 11:36 AM
Which is also why it's probably the most dangerous Imagine LaGuardia sitting on a little hill in the center of Manhattan and that's Congonhas and these poor people A passenger plane has crashed and burst into flames at Brazil's busiest...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 18, 2007 06:44 AM
...by sliding in a little Birthday Shout Out. So I won't....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 17, 2007 11:15 PM
Man, I know it's only Tuesday but it sure feels like at least Thursday. and I really really need this the dirtiest martini you can imagine, chock full of blue cheese stuffed olives Come here you wild rascal you......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 17, 2007 09:10 PM
...isn't just for blondes, anymore and it's starting to worry them. Good. Get a handle on it now. Sweden has welcomed immigrants with open arms for decades but now it is grappling with how to integrate them into society, especially...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 17, 2007 10:42 AM
"...too sexy for the bus, too sexy..." I get that all the time, so I understand completely the burden 'babe-ness' is. German bus driver threatened to throw a 20-year-old sales clerk off his bus in the southern town of Lindau...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 16, 2007 05:19 PM
Lord knows we've taken our share of heat for it. But dang if parents and their late children don't keep lining up to be examples for our next futile rant. Text messages were sent and received on a 17-year-old driver's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 16, 2007 11:52 AM
Court of Appeals takes up Corrie lawsuit The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will hear arguments Monday whether there is merit to a lawsuit by the family of Rachel Corrie, the 23-year-old activist from Olympia killed by...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2007 11:11 AM
...then it's fatwa time! Islamic Society of Copenhagen can’t accept the secular laws of Denmark, and therefore they plan to seek support in the Middle East for a fatwa against Jyllands-Posten, if the newspaper is acquitted in a pending civic...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 12, 2007 11:45 PM
F*ckin' weasels. House votes to pull troops out after Iraq report White House report cites success on 8 goals, failure on 8, mixed effort on 2 Iraq has achieved only spotty military and political progress toward a democratic society, the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 12, 2007 06:28 PM
MSNBC is reporting: President Musharraf vows to crush Islamic extremists in Pakistan No link yet. You go, guy! Maybe Zawahiri shoulda held off on the "Kill the Pakistani!!" YouTube for a week or so. Now they've just pissed him off....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 12, 2007 11:59 AM
...who sucks. State Rep. Bob Allen was arrested Wednesday afternoon at a local park after offering to perform a sex act on an undercover officer in exchange for $20, police said. ...Titusville police were at Veteran's Memorial Park on East...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 12, 2007 10:21 AM
...Americans typically use twice as much toilet paper as Europeans -- as much as an arm's length each pull, Thorne says. The company decided the best length is about 20 inches -- or precisely five standard toilet paper squares, though...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 11, 2007 05:02 PM
My inestimable local food columnist has renewed my faith in her choices yet again. I give you : Chicken Spaghetti 1 (2-pound) package spaghetti 1 teas margarine 12 boneless chicken breasts Accent seasoning, to taste Garlic powder, to taste Onion...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 11, 2007 04:41 PM
...to a dear friend of the Swilling: Chief Running Tab WHOOPS! Fat fingers...heh. That 1 Guy!!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 11, 2007 01:39 PM
I mean, sorry but yawn. Oh sure, rags like the Grauniad would love to see some christian infighting Protestant churches yesterday reacted with dismay to a new declaration approved by Pope Benedict XVI insisting they were mere "ecclesial communities" and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 11, 2007 08:03 AM
He did some great stuff....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 10, 2007 07:16 PM
And the joke's on you BEIJING (AP) -- China's food safety monitor promised Tuesday to investigate a report that more than half of the water coolers in Beijing use counterfeit branded water. The water is either tap water or purified...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 10, 2007 01:54 PM
Oh what a circus, Oh what a show A cold snap sent thermometers plunging in South America in recent days, killing three people in Chile and Argentina while Buenos Aires saw snow on Monday for the first time in 89...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 10, 2007 07:25 AM
My, really big news this is WASHINGTON (AP) - A progress report on Iraq will conclude that the U.S.-backed government in Baghdad has not met any of its targets for political, economic and other reform, speeding up the Bush administration's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 10, 2007 06:52 AM
There. I said it. And it's late and this kind of weasel speak makes my head spin. For the record, more American service members died during the Clinton years than have left us so far during Bush's tenure. Well, okay....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 9, 2007 11:55 PM
...with this picture? ...Rebel leader Abdul Rashid Ghazi told the private Geo TV network that his mother had been wounded by gunfire. “The government is using full force. This is naked aggression,” he said. “My martyrdom is certain now.” To...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 9, 2007 11:12 PM
My favoritest magazine in the whole, wide world is coming back. Hoffman Media has taken over publishing it (they do Southern Lady, etc.) and I have great hopes. The typeface is back, the photography looks like it will be...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 9, 2007 06:31 PM
..."Two faced, but in a good way." I think that's probably open to interpretation. Sprint hangs up on ‘excessive’ complainers Drops 1,000 customers who company says call customer service too much Sprint Nextel Corp, which recently launched an advertising campaign...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 9, 2007 05:31 PM
I'm guessing the TSA goobers never saw this movie......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 9, 2007 03:29 PM
Or maybe not. CORZINE SUV AIDE TRANSFERRED THE aide to New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine who was with him April 12 when he was seriously injured in a car crash was suddenly reassigned last month because the two had become...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 9, 2007 02:56 PM
...Tinactin. Man's smelly feet trigger police raid German police broke into a darkened apartment fearing they would find a dead body, after neighbors complained of a nasty smell seeping out onto the staircase. ...But instead of a corpse, they found...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 9, 2007 01:04 PM
...be quietly supportive. All Grown Up -- and Going to War July is a month I sincerely hoped would never come. At the end of this month, my young son, my only child, deploys with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 9, 2007 12:16 PM
Hopefully they'll rot some where for a long time Three defendants in the 21 July terror trial have been found guilty of a plot to bomb London's transport network. Jurors found Muktar Said Ibrahim, 29, Yassin Omar, 26, and Ramzi...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 9, 2007 08:33 AM
...and see if you were as surprised as I was. The setting? A round table on CNN's "This Week at War". The participants? BRIG. GEN. David Grange, U.S.A.(RET), Jamie McIntyre, the usual CNN suspects, including...correspondent Michael Ware. I was already...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 8, 2007 10:19 PM
...again. Some 50 masked attackers smashed cars and clashed with police in northeast Paris on Friday night. Three officers were injured, police said. ...Tensions have remained high between police and French youth, especially minorities in rundown housing projects, since riots...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 8, 2007 04:24 PM
While Gorezilla was jetting about telling us to use less fuel and our own Governor Corzine was signing and touting some legislation to ruin our economy EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Reuters) - New Jersey became on Friday the first U.S....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 8, 2007 09:46 AM
...if I wasn't invited. Former U.S. senator and actor Fred Thompson spent part of his Gulf Coast vacation Thursday night in Pensacola garnering political support for a potential presidential run. Thompson had a private dinner with local supporters at the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 6, 2007 10:20 AM
...I'll blame Al Gore III for the copycat crime. Girl charged in DUI, chase 11-year-old driver from Perdido Key in 100-mph chase in Orange Beach An 11-year-old Perdido Key girl has been charged with driving under the influence after she...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 6, 2007 09:48 AM
Damn you, Chimpy! It seems your nefarious reach extends farther back than we thought Scientists who probed two kilometers (1.2 miles) through a Greenland glacier to recover the oldest plant DNA on record said Thursday the planet was far warmer...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 6, 2007 08:03 AM
As these stories proliferate it could have a big impact on world trade PANAMA CITY - A top Panamanian prosecutor said tests show at least 94 people have died from taking medicine contaminated with diethylene glycol since July 2006 and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 5, 2007 12:14 PM
With a space sponge!* One of the strangest moons in our solar system is Hyperion, a Saturnian satellite so pockmarked by deep craters that it looks like a giant, rotating bath sponge adrift in space. New image analyses suggest the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 5, 2007 07:26 AM
...those carbon offsets are gonna cost a bundle. UPDATE: I guess this (circled in pink) would be a 'mitigating factor'....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 4, 2007 01:04 PM
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Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 4, 2007 10:02 AM
...a passage made me laugh. It really is so true that the more things change... "...As yet another, Nathaniel Grubb complained in 1763 to the Pennsylvania legislature that "a pack of insignificant Scotch-Irish" was responsible for having retaliated too fiercely...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 3, 2007 12:39 PM
And he's making sure you don't have a choice whether it will in yours. Trans Fat Fight Claims Butter as a Victim MATTHEW REICH is a baker dedicated to natural ingredients. He prefers butter in the cookies and brioche he...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 3, 2007 10:58 AM
Pesos at suppertime! While you're hiding pesos, Don't forget that they are mine! A Chinese-Mexican businessman charged in the largest drug-related cash seizure in history accused a top Mexican official of forcing him to stash millions in illicit campaign funds...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 2, 2007 07:24 PM
Tim Blair has a very kind post up talking about how all these Gorezilla concert goers who think they are going to a "New York" concert for Mamma Gaia are actually going to find themselves in the midst of a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 2, 2007 06:12 PM
...saves gas and the environment. One of the seven people arrested in last week's failed car bombings in London and at Glasgow's airport is believed to be have been involved in the incidents at both locations, ITN reported Monday. Also...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 2, 2007 02:30 PM
You thought I just wanted the black man gone? WRONG-OLA, NOLA! The whole thing is in the toilet next time. BBWWAAAhahahahaha!!! Stronger levees could hurt French Quarter The government’s repairs to New Orleans’ hurricane-damaged levees may put the French Quarter...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 2, 2007 10:28 AM
...hanging out, just down the road. I thoughtfully emailed this to Kcruella two seconds after I snapped it and what do I get in return? "Bitch." Which, sad to say, I had predicted before her terse little text even hit...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 1, 2007 06:01 PM
Well here's a shocker LONDON (AFP) - London Mayor Ken Livingstone called on Britons Saturday not to demonize Muslims after a double car bomb plot was foiled in the capital, amid fears of a Islamist terror threat. (Advertisement) At the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 30, 2007 11:31 PM
Homicides soar in second-tier East Coast cities Lack of immigrants, shift to anti-terrorism cited as possible explanations Baltimore, Philadelphia and other cities in a bloodstained corridor along the East Coast are seeing a surge in killings, and one of the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2007 11:04 PM
This site has Ebola...well...laughing really hard....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2007 07:20 PM
This NPR story on great opening lines to hook the younger set got me thinking. I laughed at the very last book: The Narnia books by C.S. Lewis are so popular already that I only want to mention that the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2007 06:11 PM
Thank God they found them. Police have confirmed that not one, but two massive car bombs were set to explode in the heart of London's West End. The first, in Haymarket, was packed with petrol, gas cannisters and nails, and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2007 04:11 PM
Dang if this one little line in the West Escambia newsbrief wasn't bugging the beejeesus out of me. I'd read it in the paper two days in a row. The Florida Highway Patrol will conduct a roadside sobriety checkpoint between...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2007 03:32 PM
What a schmutz. Animal lovers hit the roof after it was revealed that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney strapped his Irish setter to the top of his car during a 12-hour family drive from Boston to Ontario, terrifying the hapless...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2007 03:09 PM
In a manner of speaking ORLANDO, Florida (AP) -- An attorney for a former astronaut wanted to set the record straight Friday: Lisa Nowak didn't wear diapers during the 950-mile road trip to confront a romantic rival. "The biggest lie...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2007 11:42 AM
Thank god WILLIAMS, Ariz. -- A 65-year-old St. Louis man who went missing Sunday night after Amtrak personnel, mistaking his diabetic shock for drunk and disorderly behavior, kicked him off a train in the middle of a national forest, has...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2007 10:17 AM
If this becomes a habit well obviously I'm going to the doctor for a complete evaluation but when he's right he's right WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama laid out list of political shortcomings he sees in the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2007 09:10 AM
I know it's all cartoons and staged mayhem with steroid monsters. But ya think maybe there'd have been one braincell left between the lot of them that might have kicked in and whispered "Maybe a three hour tribute to a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2007 09:07 AM
Hot Air has Cavuto's interview with Tommy Chong up, and it is one of the funniest clips you'll see, a completely burnt-out comedian playing political philosopher. One of the commentators posted this link Which made me look and find this...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2007 08:02 AM
Looks like someone thankfully lost their nerve Car bomb found in central London Haymarket Police say the area will be closed for some time Police have disabled a car bomb containing gas cylinders in the heart of central London. Officers...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2007 06:36 AM
...you might as well stay enemies, n'est pas? A very serious failure occurred on the part of India's Meteorological Department (IMD) yesterday, when they failed to provide adequate warnings for a devastating tropical cyclone that hit Pakistan. Cyclone 03B, which...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 28, 2007 05:31 PM
My god, I can't imagine how anyone thought this was a good idea PHOENIX -- A 65-year-old St. Louis man is missing after Amtrak personnel, mistaking his diabetic shock for drunk and disorderly behavior, kicked him off a train in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 28, 2007 03:25 PM
Thank god. And Hot Air has the list of who voted how. As I live in NJ, both of my Senators voted for this abomination. I encourage everyone to remember how these fools voted, and hold these pompous fools accountable....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 28, 2007 12:30 PM
Rubber Ducky I'm awfully fond of you Thousands of rubber ducks to land on British shores after 15 year journey By BEN CLERKIN They were toys destined only to bob up and down in nothing bigger than a child's bath...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 28, 2007 08:41 AM
Can you imagine a police chief in the US making a statement like that? RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Police killed at least 13 suspected drug traffickers in a huge operation Wednesday aimed at ending a war between authorities...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 28, 2007 08:00 AM
I'm so disgusted and dispirited by this immigration shamnesty sellout that i just can't even post about it; the folks at HotAir have got it much better covered than I ever could. It seems appropriate to me at this time...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 26, 2007 11:06 PM
for Germany BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has barred the makers of a movie about a plot to kill Adolf Hitler from filming at German military sites because its star Tom Cruise is a Scientologist, the Defense Ministry said on Monday....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 26, 2007 07:39 AM
And he has to pay the costs WASHINGTON - A judge ruled Monday in favor of a dry cleaner that was sued for $54 million over a missing pair of pants. The owners of Custom Cleaners did not violate the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 25, 2007 12:49 PM
...this new Virginia law to me? Candidates for national office are discouraged from using Virginia to raise unlimited amounts of cash by a new requirement that at least half of what they raise be spent on campaigns for state office...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 25, 2007 11:40 AM
I guess if we treat "prisoners" like this then the euroappeasers will be ok with it The kidnappers of BBC correspondent Alan Johnston have released a new video of him in which he is wearing what he says is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 25, 2007 07:15 AM
...since the Speaker seems to be a little slow catching on. POP QUIZ Example A: These are CANADIANS. Example B: These are not... Task: Using a No.2 pencil, choose the correct military service who most closely resembles the troops you...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 22, 2007 12:47 PM
...could be a very powerful statement to everyone: directly involved or otherwise. Closing ranks against Hamas, Egypt’s president invited Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian leaders to a peace summit, officials said Thursday, the biggest show of support yet by moderate Arab...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 21, 2007 01:55 PM
...this... Police on Wednesday were pleading for witnesses to help them track down members of an angry mob that beat a man to death after the car he was riding in apparently struck and injured a child. Investigators were struggling...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 21, 2007 11:16 AM
...was from Gaza at first. Texas Crowd Kills Man After Car Hits Kid Then the 'Texass' clicked. A crowd attacked and killed a passenger in a vehicle that had struck and injured a child, police said Wednesday. Police believe 2,000...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 20, 2007 12:36 PM
Finally someone in Buckingham Palace shows some cojones The Government has expressed its "deep concern" over reported comments by one of Pakistan's ministers which suggested Salman Rushdie's knighthood could justify suicide attacks. The announcement comes amid continuing protests in Pakistan...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 19, 2007 01:24 PM
...on PBS' Washington Week last Friday. ...MR. HARWOOD: Martha, I talked to a Republican strategist this week who said he sees the table being set for a report in September that suggests that the surge has not been as effective...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 18, 2007 05:19 PM
...So, if global warming isn't such a burning issue, why are thousands of scientists so concerned about it? "Why are so many thousands not concerned about it?" Bryson shot back. ...like this. It's music to my ears. ...Bryson didn't see...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 18, 2007 10:39 AM
...to get noticed....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 17, 2007 11:36 AM
FATHER'S DAY ~ to major dad, Bingster, Crusader, Grinch, Mr. Summers, Cullen, Kraut, Robb Allen and all the marvelous, wonderful Swiller dads!!!! You guys da MAN!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 17, 2007 11:35 AM
The Military.com email I just got with...Video: Gay Bomb...as the subject line, or the fact the dweebs actually considered it to begin with. In either case, it's old news and purloined goods, because a fellow named Harlan Ellison came up...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 15, 2007 03:16 PM
His 14 year old was killed when the vehicle she was a passenger in struck a freight train parked on a country road train crossing at night. It had no warning lights or cross bars. I can understand and feel...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 15, 2007 01:03 PM
...But you know they will make him pay for saying it Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told a gathering of Hispanic journalists that immigrants should avoid Spanish-language media if they want to learn English quickly. "You've got to turn off the Spanish...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 15, 2007 09:29 AM
And kids under the age of, um, er, 50 or so fly free! Pentagon officials are bracing for a fight with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) over her desire to allow lawmakers’ adult children to tag along on taxpayer-funded travel...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 15, 2007 07:21 AM
UPDATE and BUMP: Oh, the weaselly son of a bitch. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid confirmed Thursday that he told liberal bloggers last week that he thinks outgoing Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Peter Pace is "incompetent." Reid acknowledged similarly...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 14, 2007 08:18 PM
...the JOOS! Bethlehem - Ma'an – The Fatah movement on Wednesday accused Israel of propelling the Palestinians into the current state of security chaos. Spokesperson for the movement in the West Bank, Dr. Jamal Nazzal, told the Italian Radiotelevisione Italiana,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 14, 2007 01:31 PM
Waldheimers, just lost its founder VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Kurt Waldheim, whose legacy as U.N. secretary-general was overshadowed by revelations that he belonged to a German army unit that committed atrocities in the Balkans in World War II, died Thursday....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 14, 2007 12:05 PM
...in the tailpipe. President Bush, trying to salvage an immigration overhaul legislation, endorsed a plan Thursday that would lock in money for border security as way to win over conservative lawmakers and a skeptical public. Shoulda been doing that from...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 14, 2007 12:04 PM
The Preacher's wife sentencing is insane, no doubt. But let's not trivialize what this women in Virginia did. It's not like she innocently let the kids have a sip of beer. She planned for the kids to drink Elisa's crime...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 14, 2007 10:47 AM
...won out after all. Ruth Graham, the ailing wife of evangelist Billy Graham, fell into a coma Wednesday morning and appears to be close to death, a family spokesman said. "She appears to be entering the final stages of life,"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 14, 2007 09:52 AM
Hugo's buying some Russian subs Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is expected to finalise a deal on buying up to nine Russian submarines during a visit here later this month, a Russian newspaper reported on Thursday. Caracas has already ordered five...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 14, 2007 09:25 AM
The RoPs are shooting Captives in Gaza "We are telling our people that the past era has ended and will not return, " Islam Shahawan, a spokesman for Hamas' militia, told Hamas radio. "The era of justice and Islamic rule...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 14, 2007 07:37 AM
...and two chickens in every pot! Supporters of a Democratic congressman charged with bribery and money laundering harkened to their civil rights days on Wednesday as they denounced the allegations against U.S. Rep. William Jefferson. The group, including ministers and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2007 09:54 PM
...New Jersey campus. Larry Peterson fought for more than 17 years to overturn his conviction on charges of rape and murder. DNA testing led a judge to do just that, in 2005. ...after DNA testing of the physical evidence used...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2007 06:13 PM
...AND given the course's devious, crippling, water hazard free layout... Golfers would do well to stock up before reaching No. 8 at this week's U.S. Open. Grab some water, a few bananas, maybe an energy bar. Better yet, hire a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2007 05:10 PM
...went to Charlie Gibson, hands down. In the lead-in for this story... D.C. law judge broke down in tears and had to take a break from his testimony because he became too emotional while questioning himself about his experience with...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2007 04:50 PM
Get the F*CK out! 'Palestinians committing war crimes' Armed Palestinian groups have committed serious violations of international humanitarian law during recent fighting in the Gaza Strip, in some cases amounting to war crimes, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday morning. ...On...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2007 12:25 PM
Out go the lights. An explosion, apparently from a bomb-rigged car, rocked Beirut's seafront Wednesday, killing an anti-Syrian lawmaker and three others, local media reported. The lawmaker, Walid Eido, was the seventh opponent of Damascus to be killed in two...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2007 12:18 PM
If you haven't read this yet, schmaybe you should. It's not anything we didn't suspect already, but dang if it isn't laid out pretty as a picture. Who Are CAIR's Paymasters? Recent tax filings reveal an Islamist group that claims...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2007 10:27 AM
...girls. ...Page Six has learned that the celebutard's [Paris] doting daddy, Rick Hilton, was recently shopping a "Get Out of Jail" bash for his little girl to the top Las Vegas clubs, including Pure, the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 12, 2007 04:57 PM
...inconvenient. (Oh, God, beat me with a wet noodle. That was soo easy cheezey to do, it's ashamed I should be.) Study: Kilimanjaro's shrinking snow not sign of warming The snows of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania have been diminishing for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 12, 2007 04:09 PM
Just standard "Peaceful People Oppressed By Those Zionists" hijinks GAZA CITY (AP) -- Rival Palestinian forces clashed in Gaza on Sunday, killing two militants by throwing them out of high-rise buildings. Hamas militants kidnapped an officer in a Fatah-linked security...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 11, 2007 08:08 AM
...and see what other headlines are on the front page. Case in point: NewsRadio 88's (CBS 880 AM) homepage right now, which has a story titled "Black Tie Boxing Coming to Wall Street" right above a story titled "Young Women...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 11, 2007 07:23 AM
...gets VIRGINS!! The New York Times thoughtfully prints a few jihadi rules. Of course, not without the obligatory whacko-scary moment while interviewing these scary whackos. We were in a small house in Zarqa, Jordan, trying to interview two heavily bearded...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 10, 2007 06:46 PM
...but, sweet baby Jesus, this headline on Drudge is just tickling me to death. Screaming Paris Hilton Sent Back to Jail... I can't stop snickering. And that's so wrong. BUT I CAN'T MAKE IT STOPPPPPP!!!!!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 8, 2007 03:40 PM
...but what REALLY frosts my hide is sh*t like this... ...“What is foreign to me is the federal government getting into a dogfighting case,” Poindexter said. “I know it’s been done, but what’s driving this? Is it this boy’s celebrity?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 8, 2007 12:34 AM
...Muqtedar Khan, an assistant professor of political science and international relations at the University of Delaware, said it’s important to consider how the question was framed: whether suicide bombing could be justified “in defense of Islam,” a powerful phrase for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 7, 2007 11:21 PM
...associated with this day in June. The Japanese were buggering out of Midway...and then there was this guy. At Belleau Wood. In 1918. Who had something to say. War Correspondent Roy Floyd Gibbons lay surrounded by the dead, pinned down...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 6, 2007 10:40 AM
...about the Dutch AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) -- Dutch students have invented powdered alcohol which they say can be sold legally to minors. The latest innovation in inebriation, called Booz2Go, is available in 20-gram packets that cost €1-1.5 ($1.35-$2). Top it...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 6, 2007 10:22 AM
Someone is going to have an interesting meeting with their boss... HONG KONG (Reuters) - A young clerk with no knowledge of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown allowed a tribute to victims slip into the classified ads page of a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 6, 2007 07:26 AM
Honda will discontinue the hybrid version of its Accord sedans, the company said Tuesday, ceding Toyota’s dominance of the market with its Prius hybrid. I'm still waiting for the day when those 730,000 odd battery packs start to sh*t the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 5, 2007 04:16 PM
And then there are times when the entire marketing department should be shot I'm guessing Hugh Grant was somehow involved with this. The "Have Your Say"comments on the BBC are pretty entertaining. Update: My Bride informs me that I should...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 4, 2007 07:32 PM
...for a desperately overheated world. On the otherhand, us folks here in Bangla-cola would love to thank The Tiny Scientists......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 4, 2007 10:51 AM
...that we have NO CLUE what these Presbyterians are talking about? This is written in "ENGLISH" on one of their happy fatwah/catmeat boards, but...honestly here, Shriners. WTF? "...or fulfilling his dua of jihad as fard ayn..." They're debating the merits...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 4, 2007 12:11 AM
They call this a consensus? ...Today, Al Gore is making the same claims of a scientific consensus, as do the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and hundreds of government agencies and environmental groups around the world. But the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 3, 2007 12:35 AM
Duh. Empowering Arab women would help prevent increased radicalism within Muslim society in Israel and the Middle East, according to Ephraim Halevy, a former head of the Mossad and the National Security Council. "If women are truly empowered in politics...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 2, 2007 04:45 PM
I'll have to ask my pastor about this NEW YORK -- As first reported by NewsChannel4's Jonathan Dienst, three people were arrested and one other was being sought Saturday in connection to a plot to blow up jet-fuel lines at...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 2, 2007 03:58 PM
...and the LOOOONNGGG pause before he answered the question. My first thought was, "Holy scha-MOLY! Is he gonna catch it!" NASA administrator Michael Griffin is drawing the ire of his agency's preeminent climate scientists after apparently downplaying the need to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 31, 2007 01:34 PM
1. NEVER listen to the voices in your head. 2. No good deed goes unpunished. I could say something about royalty being weak, inbred, mewling, duplicitous cowards...but I won't....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 30, 2007 10:26 AM
Insta had one of those moments this morning WHY WE HAVE KIDS, even though they're a lot of trouble: When I got up this morning, I looked in on the Insta-Daughter, who'd been a bit ill last night. She was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 30, 2007 08:54 AM
But the government N.J., with new agency, steps up fight against fat TRENTON - New Jersey's health department is escalating the battle against the bulge by starting an Office of Nutrition and Fitness to better coordinate programs aimed at preventing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 30, 2007 07:29 AM
I think I'd be very nervous of their water park Most cats do not like getting wet - as anyone who has tried to bathe a moggie will know. But as these pictures show, there's always the exception to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 29, 2007 11:49 AM
...if you don't even try to get up? An amazing, heatbreaking, three part series from a talented writer who quit his cush newspaper job to do the right thing. I only have one beef with the series: I think he...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 29, 2007 10:40 AM
And damned straight there's no Blue Fish, either. Blech, I can't stand that stinky greasy fish. I really never ate seafood until after I was married; it's been sort of a life project of my Bride's to get me to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 29, 2007 09:34 AM
Every... ...one....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 27, 2007 10:57 PM
Months of planning go down the YouTubes. From the crippling amounts his people spend on weddings to the local fashion for gold teeth, Tajikistan's leader is on the warpath against extravagant spending. ... He criticized the teachers' gilded dentistry, saying...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 25, 2007 10:05 AM
The BBC has a sweet tale on one man losing his Star Wars virginity. How did they find him?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 25, 2007 07:42 AM
...bathing beauties. Newly discovered fossilized claw marks paint a picture of a carnivorous dinosaur pedaling its hind legs as it swam against a strong current and struggled to maintain a straight path....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 24, 2007 06:06 PM
Jules Crittenden links to a very interesting and revealing discussion on how best to conduct a counter-insurgency campaign. What I think some of the commentators are missing is the audience to whom the various remarks are addressed: The Army/USMC folks...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 24, 2007 07:12 AM
...courtesy of Peter King. ...Eyewitnessed at the Pilgrim Shopping Plaza, Verona, N.J.: Woman in late-model minivan, just in front of me, begins to turn right into a row of parked cars, looking for a parking space. She slams her brakes...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 23, 2007 10:05 AM
Studious Swillers will recall that equine love affair in Washington (Washington State, mind you; in DC there's only swine) which we have reported on occasionally in order to fulfill our commitment to Reader Knowledge, but it has taken a far...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 23, 2007 08:12 AM
Thinks of all the things you could discuss! Supporting Vick Skins Portis, Samuels ridicule dog fighting as crime Washington Redskins players Clinton Portis and Chris Samuels defended Michael Vick on Monday by ridiculing the notion that dog fighting is considered...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 22, 2007 12:12 PM
Then I know the hyperbole is about to fly fast and furiously Blind spots are a deadly flaw for most SUVs 'There’s actually an epidemic going on right now,' safety activist warns By Herb Weisbaum MSNBC contributor Updated: 6:43 p.m....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 22, 2007 08:52 AM
...for all the Dunkin' Donuts in China. What a thankless frickin' job. Artillery and machine gun fire echoed around a crowded Palestinian refugee camp Tuesday as the Lebanese government ordered the army to finish off the Fatah Islam militants holed...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 22, 2007 08:03 AM
...does have it disadvantages. Like missing the heads-up on this great post from Lamplighter. Go get 'em, Mike!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 22, 2007 07:58 AM
...went off his meds. ...Interviewed on the TODAY Show about the comments, Carter said, "They were maybe careless or misinterpreted." He said he “certainly was not talking personally about any president.” When pressed by NBC’s Meredith Vieira as to whether...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 21, 2007 11:22 AM
I haven't had much of a chance to look through this beast (hell, neither have any of our esteemed Senators, either) but it looks like a complete mess. Look here if you want to actually wade through the gibberish, and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 21, 2007 08:34 AM
What a shame A fire which severely damaged the famous 19th Century ship Cutty Sark is being treated as suspicious by police. The ship, which was undergoing a major restoration project, is kept in a dry dock at Greenwich in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 21, 2007 07:21 AM
...on the murder of Cpl. McKay by Bode Miller's cousin. There's a little more background on the friction between the two familes and a line that the murder has 'split the town'. Well, pinheads they may be there, the poll...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 17, 2007 08:55 PM
Between phone calls I've been working my way through the Time extract this morning, and while he's at his slick seductive best here there are still some parts where the real Al shows up. He spends several paragraphs sketching out...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 17, 2007 09:19 AM
...there should be more Canadian strippers, not fewer, and they wouldn't need special visa programs to entice them in Under the current law, the onus is on strip club owners to prove there is a shortage of Canadian dancers each...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 17, 2007 06:55 AM
...to me. GOP threatens to shut down House over rules change House Republicans Wednesday threatened to shut down House business by calling a series of procedural votes until the Democratic leadership assured them that rules governing key parliamentary procedures would...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 16, 2007 05:14 PM
Jerry Falwell has died. I can see it now... God's office buzzer goes off God: Yes, Peter? St Peter: Jerry's just arrived, Heavenly Father. Shall I send him in? God: Oh, you betcha, Peter. God's hand hovers over the comm...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 15, 2007 01:40 PM
"...or ELSE!" Pollution threatens national liquor The water purity of a river tapped to make China's national liquor is being threatened by uncontrolled building of other drinks factories along its banks, the official Xinhua news agency reported Monday. Kweichow Moutai,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 15, 2007 12:54 PM
...I'll be damned if I know what does. A cousin of skiing star Bode Miller fatally shot and ran over a police officer, then was killed by a passer-by who grabbed the officer’s gun. Attorney General Kelly Ayotte said Liko...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 13, 2007 11:50 AM
Last year over the course of the four rounds of the Player's Championship 57 balls were hit in the water at No. 17. In yesterday's first round, thanks in large part to Andrea, 50 balls went swimming PONTE VEDRA BEACH,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 11, 2007 07:10 AM
I think this fellow has it exactly right The endearing thing about George Bush is that his body language and the spoken variety both betray his true emotions at every turn. ...The most memorable gaffe had been committed earlier that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 10, 2007 07:04 AM
"...von Schtupp". "Here I stand, the god of Dems' desire Set pols on fire, I have this power. Morning noon and night, it's tappy dancing, Quick question ans'ring, A thoughtful qlower. Stage door nutroots constantly surround me, They always hound...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 9, 2007 12:39 PM
We don't see no steenkin' "aging infrastructure"!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2007 07:30 PM
...BASTARDI. I know how to prep for one. Or two or three.... Or four....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2007 02:21 PM
I'm shocked, shocked, at the composition of these folks here in Jersey Federal investigators last night arrested six Islamic radicals who were planning a heavily armed attack against soldiers at Fort Dix as part of a jihad against America, according...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2007 11:53 AM
UnFRICKIN' believable, the limp Richarded corporate toadies dhimmis. Nobody's ever made time for me to dance naked with a bleeding headless chicken either and maybe they should have. Let me rephrase. I'll make DAMN sure they DO, the next time...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2007 11:35 AM
So I hear Ken and John met up for drinks last night. Sounds like they had a good time knocking back a few....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2007 07:05 AM
...indeed! ..."The reason she [Royal] did not have the female vote is not because there was no solidarity but because she was not up to it," said Tita Zeitoun, founder of the Action de Femme group which fights to get...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 7, 2007 12:16 PM
MSNBC is reporting: Man killed as backpack explodes in Las Vegas hotel parking garage No story link yet. UPDATE: Got it. Oh, man. 1 dead, 1 hurt in Las Vegas parking lot blast Explosion occurs in parking garage behind Luxor...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 7, 2007 10:34 AM
That's what one does with looters GREENSBURG, Kansas (AP) -- Four soldiers and a reserve police officer were arrested Sunday on suspicion of looting cigarettes and alcohol from a store in this tornado-ravaged town, state officials said. Bastards....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 7, 2007 09:41 AM
Many more here via Tim Blair. When you look at this destruction you can't but wonder how "only" 9 people died; you would expect the toll to be many times that. Please visit the Salvation Army link on the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 7, 2007 07:12 AM
Neighbor takes in needy woman, talks marriage, then kills her When Lisa Salisbury was evicted from a nearby trailer park, Tony Eugene Phillips invited her to live in his house with him, his mother and his two children. "I was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 4, 2007 12:49 PM
...is al-Reuter's rooting for? Last campaign day for French presidential candidates France's presidential candidates prepared for a final day of campaigning ahead of Sunday's vote with all opinion polls pointing to a victory for right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy over Socialist Segolene...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 4, 2007 11:51 AM
Ken has been so quiet of late JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A gang stripped a South African man before supergluing him to an exercise bicycle while they ransacked his house, according to a report Thursday. SAPA news agency said the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 3, 2007 12:47 PM
Although I'm not sure if the bigger joke is McGreevey or the Episcopal Church Former Gov. James E. McGreevey has started the process to become a priest in his newly adopted Episcopal faith and hopes to begin a three-year seminary...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 3, 2007 07:35 AM
...was a peculiar choice, too. ...I'll bet you know about the illegal alien amnesty marches, but I don't know of a single news organization, electronic or print that pointed out that May 1 is America's Law Day. The cable news...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 2, 2007 06:06 PM
The counter argument sounds spurious to me. Imus won't go quietly ...But Imus has hired one of the nation's premiere First Amendment attorneys, and the two sides are gearing up for a legal showdown that could turn on how language...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 2, 2007 12:53 PM
Oh Mr. President, you immoral beast Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been accused of indecency after he publicly embraced and kissed on the hand an elderly woman who used to be his schoolteacher. At a ceremony on Tuesday ahead of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 2, 2007 10:05 AM
Good thing for her she Chairs the Senate Rule Committee Anyone who knows much about real power in Congress knows that almost every member of the House and Senate lusts after a seat on the Appropriations Committee and hopes one...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 1, 2007 03:42 PM
I'm sure we won't hear much about this... Congressman loses taped-call ruling Appeals court rules McDermott wrong to leak illegally recorded call Rep. Jim McDermott had no right to disclose the contents of an illegally taped telephone call involving House...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 1, 2007 03:32 PM
...dude. Macaulay. Culkin....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 1, 2007 02:53 PM
He was evil, end of story. I don't care if his mommy never bought him a puppy or kids laughed at him in High School BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Long before he boiled over, Virginia Tech gunman Cho Seung-Hui was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 1, 2007 08:22 AM
...to Turkey? Maybe they should be. Turkey's financial markets remained nervous on Tuesday ahead of a decision by the country's highest court that will determine the future of a controversial presidential appointment. Stocks and the lira were slightly weaker, although...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 1, 2007 07:55 AM
I'm not sure why the AP feels this is some scandalous issue OAKLAND, Calif. - The driver who crashed a tanker loaded with gasoline and brought down a heavily trafficked highway overpass had a history of criminal activity, including drug...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 1, 2007 07:16 AM
Gore Calls Canada Climate Plan a 'Fraud' Al Gore condemned Canada's new plan to reduce greenhouse gases, saying it was "a complete and total fraud" because it lacks specifics and gives industry a way to actually increase emissions. ...Canadian Environment...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 30, 2007 11:39 AM
Gasoline can do a number on steel. A stretch of highway near the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge collapsed Sunday after a gasoline tanker crashed and burst into flames, leaving one of the nation’s busiest spans in a state of near...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 29, 2007 06:52 PM
You humiliate and berate your little girl and you act like a complete tool. And instead of spending private time with her you act like the complete media whore that you are LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Alec Baldwin...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 27, 2007 08:00 AM
...from Wednesday's fish wrap, but the Lord hath sent a sign... Hugh Grant arrested over ‘baked beans attack’ Photographer accuses British actor of assault with plastic tub of food ...that I dare not ignore. To dearest Suzette and Bingley, While...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 26, 2007 11:48 AM
...what you wish for. Move to biofuels could speed up rainforest destruction Europe's dash for biofuels could accelerate the destruction of tropical rainforests, the European Commission admitted on Thursday. The EU's executive arm said that the 27-member bloc's decision to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 26, 2007 10:14 AM
...am a pissy monkey right now. Not ONLY do I HATE bloggers who rely on "blogger' or some other outdated, pain-the-freakin'-ASS Google security sh*t system to keep their super important contact information SUPER SQUIRREL secret from some poor ignorant, chatty...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 24, 2007 06:09 PM
...of toilet paper offsets and pizza parlor penis pruning, I think "experts" should step back a little and listen to themselves speak. How 'bout a run through for the voices in their heads first, vice immediately issuing quotes for posterity?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 24, 2007 03:36 PM
Well, twig, really HORRIFIED diners watched in shock as a maniac sliced off his manhood in a crowded pizza restaurant. The 35-year-old Pole burst into the Zizzi eaterie in central London and grabbed a knife from the kitchen. He then...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 24, 2007 01:20 PM
Iran arrests 300 ‘insufficiently veiled’ women Ahmadinejad cracks down after dress code was loosened over the years With the arrival of spring, Iranian police have launched a crackdown against women accused of not covering up enough, arresting nearly 300 women,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 24, 2007 10:08 AM
Author David Halberstam Dies in Crash His car was broadsided by another vehicle. We adored him....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 23, 2007 07:56 PM
Oh Boris...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 23, 2007 06:51 PM
This was really nice of CNN. Who woulda thunk it and I got the screenshot before they could change their minds. Reports are his folks were in the stands and I hope they get some comfort from knowing he was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 23, 2007 12:38 AM
We met at the AFEES station in Newark and then it was off to Parris Island. Hardly seems like 27 years ago, does it?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 22, 2007 11:34 AM
Blue Angel Down at Airshow NEWS 3 has confirmed a Blue Angel aircraft has gone down somewhere near Pine Grove Road in Beaufort. NEWS 3 has crews on the scene and we'll have the latest tonight at 6 and 11....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 21, 2007 04:42 PM
We've managed a World Record here in Bangla-cola, although one might wish it were for something else. 1,063-pound shark may earn crew a place in the record book ...The four people aboard the Sea Ya Later II were cobia fishing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 21, 2007 07:56 AM
...now fuck off. So, basically that's where we stand. It's been 50 plus days since he headed off to retired land. Didn't see a check his first month and, being the patient sorts we are, asked his old group S-1...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 20, 2007 06:11 PM
Why yes, you are....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 20, 2007 06:56 AM
My loving spouse thoughtfully made me a dee-lightful cocktail... ...and thoroughly enjoyed his Beefeater 'tini, prior to his whipping up a classic Casa de Major Dad fiesta feast....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 19, 2007 07:35 PM
Let's say you were head of a state college in New Jersey and you wanted to hire someone to teach a course on law, ethics and leadership; what qualities would you look for in the candidates to best impress on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 19, 2007 01:29 PM
...our odd little matrimonial experiment got started. I was 'out to here' pregnant with Ebola and we still hadn't been able to commit to giving it a legal whirl. Lounging around one morning, major dad asked "Well? We gonna do...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 19, 2007 09:59 AM
...not as I say. Fashion designer Galliano fined for copying imagery Fashion designer John Galliano was ordered to pay 200,000 euros ($271,800) in damages to renowned U.S. photographer William Klein for unauthorized use of his atmospheric imagery in an advertising...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 19, 2007 09:37 AM
Jonathan Adler at the Volokh Conspiracy has an excellent post up this morning about Sen Harry Reid's comments on SCOTUS' ruling on the Partial Birth Abortion Bill Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) was among those who denounced yesterday's Supreme...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 19, 2007 07:50 AM
I find the Virginia Tech slaughter just too sad to really post about, and others have done a much better job of it anyway. But I am getting a little tired of these holier-than-thou Euroappeasers sniffing and poo-pooing us barbarians....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 18, 2007 08:12 AM
...Screams followed an instant later, and the banging continued. When students realized the sounds were gunshots, Calhoun said, he started flipping over desks to make hiding places. Others dashed to the windows of the second-floor classroom, kicking out the screens...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 17, 2007 10:17 AM
Or at least it won't be tomorrow AT SANDY HOOK, NJ...HIGH TIDE ON SUNDAY MORNING WILL OCCUR AT 6:40 AM. THE FOLLOWING HIGH TIDE ON SUNDAY EVENING WILL OCCUR AT 7:07 PM. LATEST DATA SUGGEST THAT WATER LEVELS WILL PEAK...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 14, 2007 09:09 AM
Seems like someone was not wearing their seatbelt CAMDEN, N.J - Gov. Jon S. Corzine was critically injured Thursday when his motorcade crashed en route to a meeting between radio personality Don Imus and the Rutgers women’s basketball team, a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 13, 2007 06:42 AM
Arranging promotions for your girlfriend is never a wise or remotely ethical idea, there, Paul. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The World Bank's board of directors adjourned a meeting on Friday over the promotion by bank President Paul Wolfowitz of his girlfriend,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 13, 2007 06:37 AM
Some times it's nice to be a lame duck, ain't it gov'ner? Tony Blair yesterday claimed the spate of knife and gun murders in London was not being caused by poverty, but a distinctive black culture. His remarks angered community...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 11, 2007 10:01 PM
"...How do we work to ensure that the final decisions in this case in no way deter women of color from making claims of violations against them which violate their spirits and their bodies?" — statement from William J. Barber...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 11, 2007 05:02 PM
...and in no uncertain terms: "...Based on the significant inconsistencies between the evidence and the various accounts given by the accusing witness, we believe these three individuals are innocent of these charges." Alrighty then. Since Imus got us all prepped...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 11, 2007 04:01 PM
...Seaman Batchelor's claim that he cried himself to sleep after his Iranian captors likened him to the comedy character Mr Bean made him a laughing stock. Oh, those cagey Islamic Republic types sure know how to go for a guy's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 11, 2007 12:55 PM
Just hanging with my boys (and gals), waiting for the call....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 11, 2007 07:03 AM
A CBS News producer was fired and the network apologized after a Katie Couric video essay on libraries was found to be plagiarized from The Wall Street Journal. ...The essays are carried regularly on “Couric & Co.,” the anchor’s blog...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 10, 2007 09:13 PM
Over at LGF, they link to this: Britain's "weakness" in standing up to Iran in the detained sailors stand-off handed Tehran an improbable victory and left it dangerously emboldened, former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton said Monday. Iran...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 10, 2007 11:09 AM
I just need someone to offer it. ..."He got $20 million just to walk in the door," Moynihan said. "He has 3 million options that are time based. Assuming he stays around for three years, he has all those options....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 9, 2007 11:23 PM
You Hollywood types over analyze everything. Think what you were releasing there, bub. It wasn't the length ~ Lord of the Rings, Dances With Wolves ~ there's tons of pictures that have done well at 3 hours or so. It's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 9, 2007 05:17 PM
What have we done to force such self-destructive behavior upon her? RANONGGA, Solomon Islands (AFP) - The seismic jolt that unleashed the deadly Solomons tsunami this week lifted an entire island metres out of the sea, destroying some of the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 9, 2007 07:55 AM
...needs to kick him some Imus ass. I can guarantee major dad'd already have a Bangla-cola/New York ticket....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 6, 2007 10:03 PM
...about the 'backlash' among Americans in uniform regarding their released British counterparts brought to mind an old axiom we had hammered into us at Parris Island. It might help explain the way we would expect to act given the same...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 6, 2007 08:53 PM
...who fought and died so this MEATHEAD could be here now..." Col. Jack Jacobs (who knows a bit about these sort of things) takes exception to the captured British Royal Marine captain's reasoning re: "From the outset, it was very...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 6, 2007 05:21 PM
...creates the conspiracy. Research of A warm Swill salute to master theorist the Anchoress, who follows the smoking trail o' surface bubbles to it's obvious conclusion. Research of that caliber rates a mug....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 6, 2007 01:14 PM
This goes out especially for my new friend Erika. Lookee here in today's LATimes Hector Manuel Velazquez-Nava, a native of Mexico who federal authorities said was in the U.S. illegally, faces possible charges of vehicular manslaughter, driving without a license...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 6, 2007 09:34 AM
And hath ended up at my ShopRite I can't attend the Maundy Thursday service at church tonight, so what better way to spend the evening than cooking some lamb?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 5, 2007 10:33 PM
...to leave that stuff at home? Top-secret data on an advanced US military system was leaked because Japanese officers were swapping porn files at work, a newspaper said Thursday. Japan is questioning a naval officer on charges he obtained confidential...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 5, 2007 06:01 PM
How does one tell if blue cheese has gone bad? Does it get less moldy?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 5, 2007 05:29 PM
Update The Florida State Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR), which oversees direct shipping and issued the regulatory determination that allowed direct shipping in early 2006, may reverse that existing regulatory ruling on May 5, 2007. The Department’s website...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 5, 2007 04:11 PM
And for that I am glad. However, I would like to get to listen in to their debriefings and find out what exactly the hell happened, and why they seemed to go out of their way in toadying up to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 5, 2007 07:04 AM
Tony Blair has welcomed the release by Iran of 15 British sailors and marines taken captive 13 days ago. The Iranian president had said it was a "gift" to Britain. Home by tomorrow it says. UPDATE: The Times U.K. is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 4, 2007 01:40 PM
Since Friday, eight people have been murdered in New Orleans despite the addition of National guard troops, state police and Federal agents. And the killing is done at point-blank range in broad daylight, leaving neighborhoods fearful and police frustrated. What...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 4, 2007 12:24 PM
There are signs of intelligence at the FCC WASHINGTON (AP) -- A government agency on Tuesday said it will keep a rule in place that requires cell phones to be turned off during airline flights. My god, it's bad enough...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 4, 2007 11:51 AM
He was a true role model and inspiration for a lot of folks RUSTON, La. (AP) -- Eddie Robinson, who sent more than 200 players to the NFL and won 408 games during a 57-year career, has died. He was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 4, 2007 09:31 AM
I mean, this is after all Keith Richards we're talking about here: The Rolling Stones guitarist has told how he snorted his own father's ashes in a drugs binge. "The strangest thing I've tried to snort? My father. I snorted...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 4, 2007 08:05 AM
...like retching. ABC News Exclusive: The Secret War Against Iran A Pakistani tribal militant group responsible for a series of deadly guerrilla raids inside Iran has been secretly encouraged and advised by American officials since 2005, U.S. and Pakistani intelligence...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 3, 2007 08:08 PM
...Although no one doubts our forces will prevail over Saddam Hussein's, key regional leaders confirm what the Foreign Relations Committee emphasized in its Iraq hearings last summer: The most challenging phase will likely be the day after -- or, more...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 3, 2007 02:44 PM
We need to get cranking ~ time's a wastin'. We need a bumper sticker to get the buzz going, since we gotta get 800 signatures. Talk about your grass roots campaign... Back to paint sniffing....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 2, 2007 01:40 PM
Just look at the crap they are putting these poor Brits through. I hope Blair finds some balls soon. And our government damn well better support smacking these bastards down. Oh concerned elites in Europe, where is thy pity for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 2, 2007 07:56 AM
There's only one roblem with feijoada: it takes so darn long to cook that I end up having far too many caipirinhas to post anything that night. And that may be a good thing. Anyhow, when we last saw our...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 1, 2007 11:00 PM
...and happy words they are. Bay Sah Bah Roo Even if it is...well, you know who playing....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 1, 2007 07:52 PM
...if you're Gorezilla trying to buy his way out of the energy guzzling shame his humble abode has brought upon him. Oh, excuse moi. That's a vicious right wing-ruin-Oscar-night smear. Let's rephrase. He's buying his way into "carbon neutrality",...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 1, 2007 06:16 PM
Well, it's Saturday, and that means I've got lots of time to putz around in the kitchen. One dish that I love that I've been meaning to give a go is feijoada (pronounced "feh-ZWA-dah"), which is the Brazilian national dish....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 31, 2007 04:26 PM
I have a horrible, hideous confession to make. I spent $200 on a coffee maker. And no, it's not some Italian espresso maker, because I frankly don't like espresso. I spent $200 on a drip coffee maker, A Dutch drip...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 31, 2007 11:55 AM
Bottles in the middle of the week are a bad idea, especially when you have to get up at 4:30 like I do. But sometimes you and your Bride have such stressful days that you need to declare a Wednesday...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 31, 2007 11:15 AM
was supposed to make the oceans rise I've never seen the tide as low as it was last week. Where's all that glacial melt when we need it?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 31, 2007 11:07 AM
Sorry for the delay. I had a couple nice bottles. The first was the Peter Lehman 2001 "The Barossa" Shiraz At around $15 it's not bad. Decent fruit but just a touch too many tannins on the finish. But that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 31, 2007 10:51 AM
...as I post this. Marine Reservists Involuntarily Recalled The Marine Corps is recalling 1,800 reservists to active duty, citing a shortage of volunteers to fill some jobs in Iraq. Members of the branch's Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) will get letters...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 29, 2007 01:18 PM
At least I'll give them credit for being aware of the irony here Arab lesbians hold rare public meeting in Israel Women quietly gather in Haifa; homosexuality strictly forbidden in Islam HAIFA, Israel - Arab lesbians quietly defied Islamist protesters...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 29, 2007 10:51 AM
...in the comments at Hot Air. Could you imagine an independent Thompson/Lieberman ticket? Well, yes...yes I can. I can imagine quite a bit....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 29, 2007 10:39 AM
Oh, very nice, I'm sure. Use them you will, yes, if letter you will mail Postal service announces release of Star Wars stamp set in May Not begrudging them their R2D2 and Imperial Storm trooper peel-and-stickies, but when it practically...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 29, 2007 10:19 AM
Mother Superior called all the nuns together and said to them, "I must tell you all something. We have a case of gonorrhea in the convent."...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 29, 2007 08:26 AM
On Iran now? LONDON, England (CNN) -- The lone female British sailor, detained with 14 male sailors and marines by Iran last week, has written a letter to her parents "admitting" that her crew entered into Iranian waters, according to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 28, 2007 01:24 PM
As expressed by this neighbor of Billy Bob Peep “All I want is to be able to sit on my front porch and not smell sheep poop,” said Angie Fowler, who lives across the street. Just across the street from...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 28, 2007 06:50 AM
I think the world's coming to an end. Merck's Vioxx did not cause woman's death: jury ... Plaintiff Frank Schwaller sued Merck after his wife, Patricia, took Vioxx for 20 months for shoulder pain before dying from a heart attack...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 27, 2007 12:28 PM
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. The Justice Department "in a shambles" because of poor management. Congressional leaders calling for the Attorney General's resignation. Chuck Schumer in the middle, on TV. The sixth year of a tired administration....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 27, 2007 12:22 PM
...and not the murdering, conniving son-of-bitch Bush and the rest have painted him to be. A regular humanitarian who just wants to hug the world: philanthropy with no ulterior motives. Enclave of normalcy in fearful Baghdad In Sadr City, radical...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 27, 2007 10:27 AM
The growth removed from presidential spokesman Tony Snow’s abdomen is cancerous and has spread to his liver, according to the White House.- CNN AP here. Tony, We love ya, man. We're with you heart and soul. Get better. We need...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 27, 2007 10:05 AM
..."Anna Nicole Smith baby paternity tests,again?" ..."The sperm went first-class," Howard, a National Zoo vet, noted wryly. "I did not." Thankfully, no....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 27, 2007 09:25 AM
...when I saw the magazine headline article and cover photo, all I could do was roll my eyes, snort in disgust and look away. I never read it. Now that at least one story was proven to be bullshit 6...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 26, 2007 01:59 PM
You'd think they might mention the 15 British soldiers kidnapped by Iran and threatened with an espionage show trial in complete and total disregard for the Geneva Convention. But you'd be wrong. Whose side are they on again?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 26, 2007 07:12 AM
Insert the country of your choice where you read 'German/Germany'. Politicians and Muslim leaders denounced a German judge for citing the Koran in her rejection of a Muslim woman's request for a quick divorce on grounds she was abused by...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 24, 2007 12:57 PM
An explanation is emerging for the KILLER PET FOOD NIGHTMARE this past week. EXCLUSIVE: Rat Poison Believed to Be Source of Some Pet Food Contamination ABC News has learned that investigators have determined that a rodent-killing chemical is the toxin...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 23, 2007 10:53 AM
...before it winks out of existence, when someone goes "HOLY SH*T! Who said we could run this?!" I mean, it is tagged 'Web-exclusive commentary'. So Long, Me-Maw In New Orleans, they aren’t shedding a tear over Louisiana Gov. Blanco’s decision...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 23, 2007 10:28 AM
Iranians seize 15 British sailors Fifteen Royal Navy sailors have been seized by Iranian warships in Iraqi territorial waters, the Ministry of Defence said. Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has summoned the Iranian ambassador in London to demand their immediate release,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 23, 2007 08:44 AM
...surrendering my comfort, I think I'd just chant the Bingley mantra: "He has a right to his seat. What he doesn't have a is a right to MINE." Why is it when someone relates an experience ~ if the picture...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 22, 2007 03:46 PM
Dear Elizabeth, That sucks. Just plain out and out sucks. I watched a dear friend go through the agony of anticipation every time those three month check-ups came due, then watched her 'whew' of relief, watched what the tamoxifen was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 22, 2007 11:29 AM
The French Paper Charlie-Hebdo bears the headline "Mohammed stressed out by the fundamentalists" and a cartoon of the prophet in tears uttering the words "It's hard to be loved by fools" back in February of 2006. (AFP) Thanks to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 22, 2007 11:06 AM
...that we made them do it. Iraqi Police Say Children Used As Decoys Police said Wednesday that children were used in a weekend car bombing in which the driver gained permission to park in a busy shopping area after he...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 22, 2007 08:21 AM
This horrible incident is partly the result of a corrupt city government. Look at the video if you can. How can those people there not attempt to help this poor woman? CBS) CHICAGO A woman was injured during a frightening...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 22, 2007 08:06 AM
...for a guy in uniform. UPDATE: Finally, the AP story is out. A U.S. Marine helicopter pilot who rescued a wounded British soldier in Iraq has received a rare British honor. Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday presented the Distinguished Flying...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 21, 2007 09:35 PM
...for today, from day before yesterday, dovetailing nicely with Bingster last week. ...Who are these guys who are getting all flushed over our cultural insensitivity? People who want to blow Jews off the face of the earth. The regime that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 21, 2007 12:44 PM
...Some movie companies are dropping efforts to save money by outsourcing the job of writing subtitles for English-speaking films shown in foreign-language countries, and vice-versa, according to the London Times. Dialogue was lost in translation. “Jim is a Vietnam Vet”...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 21, 2007 10:45 AM
...why bother eating there at all? Chinese restaurant food unhealthy, study says Menus loaded with sodium, saturated fat and calories — even the veggies ...The group says there is no safe harbor from sodium on the Chinese restaurant menu, but...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 21, 2007 10:30 AM
Mr. "Two Americas", as in there are people who work in big mansions and people who own them, gets a little fumbly when defending his own 28,000 footer Call it “Dancing with the Stars”: Global Warming Edition. Democratic presidential hopeful...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 21, 2007 07:35 AM
...and time at Target. Target is transferring cashiers who avoid pork Some Somali Muslims say the retailer is overreacting to customer criticism. "Overreacting to customers" should be the first rule of customer service, I would think. These people have no...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 20, 2007 07:29 PM
I don't have much to say about this case one way or another The Supreme Court examines Monday a case raising questions over free speech rights in US high schools as it hears arguments over a student's unfurling of a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 19, 2007 01:23 PM
I made a promise to myself . Since the snow that so inconveniently truthly appeared last night is not supposed to exist I decided that I will shovel none of it but rather I shall stay inside and drink until...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 17, 2007 09:56 AM
I saw this yesterday and just couldn't post on it. It is beyond vile ST. PAUL, Minnesota (AP) -- A 17-year-old girl who spent weeks looking for her missing dog unwrapped a box left at her house and found the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 16, 2007 08:55 AM
...and bacon-free. ...A customer's personal preferences is usually not a factor in deciding whether a religious practice is protected in the workplace, noted Khadija Athman, national civil rights manager for the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Washington. The customer in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 15, 2007 02:30 PM
(with apologies to Warren Zevon) I saw a werewolf with a Mersey Beat in her hands Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain She was looking for the Squire of Mull of Kintyre Planning to get herself pounds...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 15, 2007 01:08 PM
The WSJ makes some good points today, but really Bryan at Hot Air sums this whole 'scandal' up best in my mind, so go give it a read. Basketball starts today, so DC can go sink back into the swamp...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 15, 2007 07:13 AM
Israel has to say "ExCUSE me...", 'cause, like, the U.N. says so. A UNESCO panel has urged Israel to immediately halt archaeological work at a Jerusalem holy site that has angered Muslims around the world. ...A report for the U.N....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2007 11:43 PM
...for a shot at YANKEES vs BOSUX tickets !! Holy CRAP! Labs4rescue is pleased to announce its 2007 New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox Raffle. Here's your chance to win: Four FAN!tastic field box seats to a 2007 regular...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2007 03:34 PM
Now if I can just find some plastic bread I can make a sandwich......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2007 12:39 PM
Via Tim Blair we hear that the Swift Boats will sail again! NORFOLK, Va. -- A riverboat squadron departed Thursday for Iraq, the first deployment of Navy swift boats to a war zone since Vietnam. About 100 members of the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2007 08:40 AM
I'm serious, yo! Lucky and Flo, Malaysia's latest weapons in tackling rampant music and movie piracy, started work at the country's biggest international airport Tuesday, sniffing out shipments for fake optical discs. The two black Labradors are on loan for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 13, 2007 04:06 PM
...along with all the gods and little fishes ~ this beats "Twinkie defense" all to hell. Jury considers death for child-killer Couey Defense argues man who buried alive 9-year-old has ‘mind of a child’ ...“John Couey sits here today a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 13, 2007 03:42 PM
This from the people who destroy ancient relics and sites because they have statues An Iranian official on Sunday lashed out at the Hollywood movie "300" for insulting the Persian civilization, local Fars News Agency reported. Javad Shamqadri, an art...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 13, 2007 07:57 AM
Not having me a edjacation commeshurate with HAHvahd's stratosphere, I think I just spotted me a whopper anyways. Let me see if I can spell 'M...S....uh...N...B...(don't rush me, dammit!!!)...C' right....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 12, 2007 11:59 PM
I'd hardly characterize this as "NYT Plans Hit on Gore". It's more like a poke in the side with a dull thermometer. From a Rapt Audience, a Call to Cool the Hype Hollywood has a thing for Al Gore and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 12, 2007 08:55 PM
...or money grubbing, manipulative, run-you-down-like-a-juggarnaut rat defending it's magic kingdom? Disneyland Sues to Stop Condo Plan The Happiest Place on Earth doesn't want any new neighbors. The Walt Disney Co. has sued the city of Anaheim to stop the proposed...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 12, 2007 03:13 PM
...It's much like classical/mythological greece: you name determines your destiny. We all know what Vader told Luke about his 'destiny', so I decided I'd see what Bingley had in store. From the Greek: bingle [bIngl] ουσ. είδος κόμμωσης "αλα-γκαρσόν" #...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 12, 2007 12:31 PM
...in a place no one's given much thought to in quite some time. N Ireland 'wants return to power-sharing' Voters have sent a clear message that they want parties on both sides of Northern Ireland's political divide to unite to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 12, 2007 12:03 PM
I thought Moses led his People out of bondage: Israel is replacing its ambassador in El Salvador after the envoy was found outside the embassy, drunk, wearing only bondage gear, officials said. "Our ambassador has been recalled immediately," a foreign...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 12, 2007 09:28 AM
Faithful readers will recall the last time I posted on cooking Beer Can Chicken. Well, it's the weekend, and I need to drinkcook so I decided to see how far I can modify this technique. So tonight we're having the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 10, 2007 10:24 PM
...draining on the countertop, we WERE settling in for a delightful dinner of Jamaican jerk pork loin chops, black beans and rice, a major dad avocado/heirloom tomato/Maytag blue cheese stack... ...and delightful quaff, when WHAT should come ringy-dinging at the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 10, 2007 08:59 PM
These two games caught my eye yesterday in a window on lower Broadway Passover Slides and Ladders and Kosherland. hehe. I love this stuff! I wonder if Kosherland has a Goyim Sea?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 10, 2007 01:25 PM
...OR in the setting on your time pieces this weekend....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 9, 2007 11:54 AM
Gov. Corzine's $470,000 'gift' to his ex-girlfriend just never seems to go away. Now it seems that Carla Katz, who is paid $102,000 a year as head of the Communications Workers of America Local 1034, is fulfilling some long awaited...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 9, 2007 07:06 AM
...notes something you don't see everywhere. ...Further underscoring the improved tone was the market's resilience in the face of weak February same-store sales. According to RetailMetrics, nearly two-thirds of retailers missed forecasts while the International Council of Shopping Centers-UBS sales...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 8, 2007 05:37 PM
We lost a couple of the fledgling vines to both the really hot/really cold Goreian stress of this schizophrenic season and the brawny Gaian blusteries that swept across our littoral abode. Hopefully the precious few that remain will blossom anew......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 8, 2007 07:47 AM
Couey guilty in Lunsford murder case Drifter convicted in kidnap, rape and suffocation of 9-year-old Fla. girl ...Her body was found in a shallow hole, encased in two black plastic trash bags. She had suffocated, and was found clutching a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 7, 2007 04:39 PM
I'm told those magnetic wrist bracelets help arthritis, but as for this... What the heck was this guy up to and why did he think that flying on a plane with an electronic device stuffed up his rectum was acceptable?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 7, 2007 09:12 AM
...from those in the know. Help! Help! Ebola has a shot at 2 months rent free in Houston to look for employment. What should someone new to the burg know about it? Things to watch out for, hot industries, etc.,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 6, 2007 07:44 PM
How could you do this to your daughter? BEDFORD, Indiana (AP) -- The man whose small plane slammed into his former mother-in-law's house, killing him and his 8-year-old daughter, had told his ex-wife before the crash he had the girl...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 6, 2007 02:05 PM
Put your hands on the radio, friends, because the Panderin' Prince in the Pompadour is back and feedin' that fiery furnace of pharisean phfun! CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards says Jesus would be appalled at...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 6, 2007 06:40 AM
"...and I don't care about that 'ho Gaia" LONDON, England (AP) -- If Kanye West were to walk into the British Raj's dining room and order dinner, it would cost the rapper about $17.50. But since the restaurant is delivering...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 5, 2007 12:54 PM
..."I am a science journalist and in my career I have been told by eminent scientists that black holes do not exist and it is impossible that continents move, but in science the experts are usually wrong. "For me this...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 4, 2007 03:08 PM
Well, a few hours have gone by and I've shockingly cracked open a bottle of wine The Terrazas 2005 Malbec is an excellent wine. Rated 88 or so by, oh hell I forget who but it is quite yum BUT...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 3, 2007 11:11 PM
Well, I took my Bride to the airport today. She's going out of town to spend a few days with her pop and daughter is off on a church retreat this weekend so that leaves me all alone. Well not...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 3, 2007 05:57 PM
I think Bryan has it just right: “I’d say something about John Edwards, but if you say ‘faggot’ you have to go to rehab.” I’m no fan of John Edwards, but that’s just a stupid joke. It’s over the line....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 3, 2007 08:18 AM
First you destroy the Earth, and now you're ruining Mars as well! Simultaneous warming on Earth and Mars suggests that our planet's recent climate changes have a natural—and not a human- induced—cause, according to one scientist's controversial theory. Earth is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 2, 2007 06:54 AM
And I guess this guy doesn't object to the word "alien" OTTAWA (AFP) - A former Canadian defense minister is demanding governments worldwide disclose and use secret alien technologies obtained in alleged UFO crashes to stem climate change, a local...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 1, 2007 01:24 PM
At the school where she "taught" CLINTON, S.C. (AP) -- Authorities say a 23-year-old female middle school teacher was arrested Thursday, accused of having sex with five boys in locations including the school, at a motel, in a park and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 1, 2007 11:01 AM
It seems that some people are upset by the term "illegal aliens" TALLAHASSEE -- A state legislator whose district is home to thousands of Caribbean immigrants wants to ban the term "illegal alien" from the state's official documents. "I personally...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 28, 2007 03:16 PM
Or at least have a smoke afterwards... A 24-year-old Melbourne man accused of having sex with dogs, goats and horses has failed to have details of the case suppressed. Steven Whittam, of Langwarrin, faces 19 charges of bestiality over incidents...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 27, 2007 11:51 AM
I wonder how many more cases like this are out there TACOMA, Washington (AP) -- A woman admitted Monday that she coached her two children to fake retardation starting when they were 4 and 8 years old so she could...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 27, 2007 09:39 AM
Lawhawk and Michelle Malkin remind us of a sad anniversary that has faded from the public memory: the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. 14 years, my God. I was 6 blocks or so away, and I remember hearing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 27, 2007 08:14 AM
Here's a hot prospect from China BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese businessman has advertised on the Internet for a stand-in mistress to be beaten up by his wife to vent her anger and to protect his real mistress, Chinese media...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 26, 2007 09:18 AM
This is your ocean: This is your ocean on Al Gore: Any questions?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 25, 2007 12:20 PM
When they need to stop the mud flow they show they've got brass, er, concrete ones SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) -- An Indonesian official hit back at critics of a plan to control a gushing mud volcano by dropping concrete balls...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 23, 2007 08:00 AM
Quien es mas macho now, hombre? SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) -- A tour bus of U.S. senior citizens defended themselves against a group of alleged muggers, sending two of them fleeing and killing a third in the Atlantic coast...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 23, 2007 07:03 AM
And I bet we can guess who they voted for SANTA FE, New Mexico (AP) -- Three CD players hidden under a cathedral's pews blared sexually explicit language in the middle of an Ash Wednesday Mass, leading a bomb squad...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 22, 2007 02:27 PM
Ooh, are the knickers all a-twisted at NYU today A contest called "Find the Illegal Immigrant" - a mock hunt for a student posing as just that - is being met with widespread protest on campus and receiving local and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 22, 2007 02:06 PM
Imagine getting some of this on your plate WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A fishing crew has caught a colossal squid that could weigh a half-ton and prove to be the biggest specimen ever landed, a fisheries official said Thursday....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 22, 2007 11:18 AM
Than it doesn't count as torture DAXING, China - Sun Jiting spends his days locked behind metal bars in this military-run installation, put there by his parents. The 17-year-old high school student is not allowed to communicate with friends back...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 22, 2007 10:36 AM
I wonder if the tvs there will get Oxygen? TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran plans a female-only island to boost tourism in a northwest province, the Tehran-e Emrouz newspaper on Wednesday quoted a local official as saying. ..."There will be no...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 22, 2007 10:03 AM
...to, probably, the color of the vegetables on their plastic tray ~ and then indulged during their predictable, juvenile histrionics when someone dares proffer a choice based on qualification without consulting said student body ~ what would you expect? Commission:...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 22, 2007 08:50 AM
Is, of course Israel ...The aggressively photogenic John Edwards was cruising along, detailing his litany of liberal causes last week until, during question time, he invoked the "I" word -- Israel. Perhaps the greatest short-term threat to world peace, Edwards...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 21, 2007 08:10 AM
...and somehow I ended up with the Easter Anus™ I'm a little hesitant to dive right in......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 19, 2007 03:27 PM
I love long weekends....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 19, 2007 11:36 AM
Anybody remember in the dim far distant past when a certain party bitterly attacked another certain party for its arrogance and presumption in interfering in the internal affairs of other nations, for its cultural insensitivity and lack of nuance in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 19, 2007 10:55 AM
Global warmering has gotten so severe that it is directly affecting established scientific standards of measurement! It's true! In a normal, idyllic, happy Gaia Pre-Bushitler world, a 3 degrees Fahrenheit change would be the equivalent of a roughly 1.7 degree...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 16, 2007 08:25 AM
So it seems that, shockingly, al-Qaeda has called for attacks on oil suppliers to the US CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) -- Venezuela's defense minister said Thursday that the nation would reinforce security measures after a branch of al Qaeda called for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 15, 2007 02:27 PM
...'Washington Weasel' winner ~ rookie Rep. Keith Ellison! Smoking has become the hot topic on Capitol Hill. ...And in the latest installment, staffers for Rep. Keith Ellison tattled to Capitol Police that Rep. Tom Tancredo was smoking a cigar inside...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 15, 2007 12:50 PM
...is hilarious. French industry warns of brain drain The article? Not so much. If Ségolène Royal is elected president in May it will trigger an exodus of people from France's financial and biotechnology sectors to London and other foreign cities,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 15, 2007 11:19 AM
Happy Valentine's Day, each and every one! In the spirit of the day (the ancient spirit, not the Chicago-style celebration), we'd like to open the post to poetic odes scribed by YOU, celebrating the personage who most exemplifies 'joie de...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 14, 2007 09:54 AM
This is interesting if it is true As details of the border closure became public, senior Bush administration officials said radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr fled Iraq for Iran two to three weeks ago out of fear for his safety....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 14, 2007 08:31 AM
Imagine the Sex Ed classes here The Department of Education says that it will open a public school next fall dedicated to Arabic language and culture. The Khalil Gibran International Academy is one of 40 new schools that will their...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 13, 2007 02:46 PM
But READ it ANYWAY. For the children. UPDATE: Bypassing cranky pdf files, I give you the HTML cached version....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 13, 2007 01:24 PM
...or are you just glad to see me?" 'Denial Central' comes face-to-face with an inconvenient truth. Iran on course for nuclear bomb, EU told Iran will be able to develop enough weapons-grade material for a nuclear bomb and there is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 13, 2007 11:58 AM
Maybe his next movie will be The Australian Patient A flight attendant accused of having sex in an aircraft toilet with actor Ralph Fiennes was in hiding last night after being grounded without pay. Other crew members claimed Lisa Robertson...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 12, 2007 11:32 AM
Well, I'm really not surprised they found Meth on him EUGENE, Oregon (AP) -- A snorkeler who was shot in the face after he was apparently mistaken for a swimming rodent was in good condition after surgery, a hospital said...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 12, 2007 08:17 AM
...the Queen !! Muslim women don't have to wear veils: Queen Rania Islam does not require women to wear veils, Queen Rania al-Abdullah of Jordan has said in an interview, calling on Muslim moderates to "make their voices be heard."...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 10, 2007 11:27 AM
...Al Zedong zee divey. Is it an occident? Or something more sinister......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 9, 2007 03:09 PM
...whacked a rival... ...who just happened to be a babe, too. (No mention in the historical record of 'diapers'.) What a way to get ahead....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 8, 2007 09:00 AM
I know it won't last, but man it was nice to wake up this morning and see this: Atlantic Coast Conference TEAM CONF W-L Virginia 8-2 Boston College 7-2 North Carolina 6-2 Virginia Tech 6-3 Duke 5-4 Florida State 5-4...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 7, 2007 12:29 PM
Cake, please. It's his birthday. "There's no Church of England fundamentalism. We can't have Church of England fundamentalism. You know, like they have Islamic fundamentalism. Jihad! … Ah ha … Church of England fundamentalism is impossible because you can't have:...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 7, 2007 08:46 AM
Gosh. He seems like such a nice guy. And Diane was really tough... Sawyer: But in America they believe that you are all powerful, and you say the word and the border [crossings into Iraq] will stop. Assad: Powerful is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 6, 2007 09:23 AM
You either hand out money willie-nillie in the aftermath of a natural disaster or you keep track of where it's going and get tarred with the 'racist, class warrior' brush. In the neighborhood President Bush visited right after Hurricane Katrina,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 6, 2007 09:07 AM
...REHAB !! In that time honored recent tradition of 'everything stupid and hateful I do is because of my underlying addictive personality and NOT the fact of my weaselness' ~ traveling in the vaunted footsteps plowed through the detritus of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 6, 2007 07:58 AM
The bay is starting to ice over. I love when my commute resembles scenes from Titanic....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 5, 2007 10:46 PM
Whacked A NASA astronaut is charged with attacking her rival for another astronaut's attention early Monday at Orlando International Airport, the Orlando Sentinel has learned. Lisa Marie Nowak drove from Texas to meet the 1 a.m. flight of a younger...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 5, 2007 09:14 PM
In this life there are times when you can ignore that rattle in your basement, and times when you can't: Estate agents are used to talking up the good points of a property while drawing a veil over its less...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 5, 2007 03:33 PM
There's something about the West Coast that just affects people's minds, I think. I mean, sure, there's a Starbucks on every corner so if you want to have your own coffee shop the competition is pretty fierce. But have we...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 5, 2007 08:27 AM
...the boots ON the ground what they think. Mahdi Army gains strength through unwitting aid of U.S.' ... "Half of them are JAM. They'll wave at us during the day and shoot at us during the night," said 1st Lt....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 5, 2007 05:59 AM
...how nice to start with the biggest one of all. And how nice it was a team mostly full of...well...nice people, from the coach, to the quarterback... ...The AFC’s Colts are loaded with Louisiana boys. Peyton Manning, Reggie Wayne, Joseph...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 5, 2007 05:55 AM
"Can I have some please?" No. But I can. Quite tasty. Next time I will cube the spudlies and add a dash or two of worchestershire, I think, just to give it a touch more body. But over all...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 3, 2007 08:44 PM
Reading about Insta's Lamb Stew got me hungry and made me want to try his recipe. It's 23º degrees outside and this stew sounds yum. More importantly, it gives me a chance to indulge in New Kitchen Pørn! C'mere, Fluffy......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 3, 2007 04:14 PM
...because of a terrible night on the USS Dorchester in 1943....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 3, 2007 10:54 AM
Jim Jubak has some pretty interesting ideas....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 2, 2007 04:39 PM
~ with their shrieking Democratic operatives and multitudes of Gramma Yettas (bless their hearts) ~ ...who are costing the state $32+ MIL to get rid of electronic machines we KNEW wouldn't work (copious eyerolling the instant the idea surfaced)... ...with...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 2, 2007 09:33 AM
I hope, I hope, I hope the answer for the general population is "no". Otherwise, these fascists are going to be able to take over every morsel headed toward our ignorant, gaping maws. Organics spreading to snack food aisles Companies...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 2, 2007 09:15 AM
...when the Drudge link crashed their server. It's pretty freakin' entertaining. ...“WOW," SAYS GIEG AS Al Gore struts onto the stage of The Oprah Winfrey Show. “He looks like he’s had Botox or something.” It’s afternoon in America, and Oprah...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 2, 2007 08:52 AM
YES BABY!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 2, 2007 06:54 AM
"All Your Retards Are Be...On Second Though, You Keep Them" By now everyone has heard about the Little Ad Campaign that blew up. BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Two men pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges they created panic by...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 1, 2007 01:53 PM
Except the snooty toots in East Hampton... ...The East Hampton Town Board will meet tomorrow to mull lifting its longtime ban on live music in restaurants. But there will be plenty of restrictions if the proposal gets the green light....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 1, 2007 09:48 AM
A recent standoff between National Guardsmen and heavily armed outlaws along the Mexican border has rattled some troops and raised questions about the rules of engagement for soldiers who were sent to the border in what was supposed to be...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 1, 2007 09:04 AM
...Mr. Sunshine. ...It's one thing to arrive an hour late for church on the first day of daylight saving. It's another for a security system to log the wrong time of crucial events, for pilots to misunderstand their takeoff times...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 1, 2007 08:46 AM
The Pequannock school board has nothing on THIS corporate tool. Dear Wine Lovers of Florida, Once again, legal, direct-to-consumer wine shipping is being challenged in Florida. Senator Burt L. Saunders has sponsored Senate Bill 126, which if passed, will impose...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 31, 2007 05:08 PM
...if they could loosen up. Predominantly Muslim Pakistan, where most people are banned from drinking alcohol, is set to get a domestically produced, 20-year-old single malt whisky, an official at the company making the drink said Wednesday. The malt whisky...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 31, 2007 09:35 AM
Student Forced To Remove "Gang-Style" Gators Shirt Two Osceola County parents said their son was humiliated at school when he was suspected of wearing "gang-style" clothing. Saint Cloud Middle School said only a handful of students were searched last week...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 31, 2007 09:25 AM
...why don't they just crawl up the randomly selected freshman a$$ to check for proof of consumed transfat laden french fries? Students at Pequannock Township High School in New Jersey will soon be subjected to a new sort of pop...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 30, 2007 11:23 AM
...in the debit. Disclosure: I've never used mine ~ never felt the need to and, as time goes on, really look askance at the whole concept. The Red Tape fellow points out more things I wasn't aware of. In the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 30, 2007 11:01 AM
...the chicken is your pot is gonna cost more. Tyson, the world's largest protein producer, on Monday warned that boosting US ethanol production would spill over into higher global food prices. The US group said consumers would bear the brunt...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 30, 2007 07:54 AM
...gook. Advocates hopeful Congress will ban racial profiling The repercussions of an airline's decision to remove a group of imams from a commercial flight in Minneapolis could be heard in Congress this year, where newly dominant Democrats are ready to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 29, 2007 09:29 AM
...just make me sick. ...Republicans feel withdrawal of troops must begin in the next six months for their party to have any chance at retaining the presidency in 2008... By God, when hanging on to the White House is driving...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 29, 2007 09:00 AM
Will they send a private train for me, too? The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall arrived in New York from Philadelphia by private train and visited the Harlem Children's Zone's Promise Academy. The royal couple are on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 29, 2007 08:57 AM
...and someone who worked for me had the nerve to appear on TV and say something like THIS... Times editors have carefully made clear their disapproval of the expression of a personal opinion about Iraq on national television by the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 28, 2007 08:07 PM
...of Lounge Lizard fantasies, remember to bring a spare if things go wrong. Mozart, an iguana with an erection that has lasted for over a week, will have his penis amputated in the next couple of days. Veterinarians at Antwerp's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 27, 2007 11:03 AM
...bodies!! I don't think I'd recover, either. Jumpers leave workers sleepless in Seattle A bridge over Seattle is becoming hazardous to the mental health of the dot-com employees and other office workers below, who keep seeing people jump to their...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2007 10:06 PM
...of "Baby Boom"? A dramatic surveillance video released today by Scotland Yard shows a suspected terrorist placing his explosive-laden backpack next to a mother and her child riding on a London subway car. ...On the tape, other passengers on board...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2007 01:45 PM
...1994. Irony, thy name is "Rather". A warm Swill salute to Mike....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2007 01:21 PM
...are here. In order to ensure that the additional combat troops being deployed to Iraq can achieve their objectives, we must change the current restrictive rules of engagement (ROEs) under which they are forced to operate. The current ROEs for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2007 12:12 PM
NOW... ...he decides to grow a pair. UPDATE: In a further spin on this concept, Allah has posted on this WaPo story about the authorization to terminate Iranian agents with extreme prejudice. I would offer that, as major dad has...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2007 10:41 AM
They're gonna be highland flinging in Philly. Of course Bingley... ...has been left off the guest list thanks to his penchant for smirking in a ghastly and untimely fashion (check the last photo)....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2007 09:52 AM
...don't eat the squirrels. New Jersey has warned squirrel hunters near a toxic waste dump about consuming the critters because they could be contaminated with lead. It is the first time the state has cautioned Ringwood residents, many of whom...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2007 09:04 AM
...if I remember correctly, they can't handle the ones that are already there. Plan to tighten UK border controls Moves to strengthen Britain's borders may see more passengers checked by immigration staff before they even get on a plane, under...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2007 08:08 AM
Man, I am so tired that this crap is still going on In the past five years, 5,400 would-be taxi passengers at the airport were refused service for this very reason, said the Metropolitan Airport Commission, or MAC. Last May,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2007 07:31 AM
Heck, I'm "fearful" when I run a red light, but at least I 'fess up that I'm the one in the wrong, not the cops LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Cook Rosa Maria Salazar's eyes dart anxiously to the door as...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2007 06:12 AM
...EE-VILLE. Gnome, gnome on derange. It's being called the "Gnomesville Massacre" and emergency workers in Western Australia are offering a reward for the capture of vandals who smashed their way through a local tourist attraction. An unknown number of attackers...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 25, 2007 09:32 AM
...isn't always safe. ...Robert Salter Jr. originally told investigators that he was driving by OBO Auto Sales, 3222 Fordham Parkway in Pensacola, the night of Jan. 6, when he saw lights inside. When he went into the office to check,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 25, 2007 08:55 AM
...in Newsweek. ...Whenever a politician puts out to the media that he has thrown away the speechwriters’ draft and written the remarks himself (as Webb did), it is often a sign of approaching mediocrity. This was worse. Senator Webb made...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 24, 2007 05:05 PM
...a primer. It explains everything you never knew you needed to know about the various sects of Islam. You know ... in case you get a Congressional Committee Chair, need a cab at the airport or want to order mats...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 24, 2007 02:35 PM
...get second sight. A Michigan woman who lost a small-claims case because she refused to remove her veil while testifying has been granted a new hearing, court officials said. Ginnnah Muhammad, 42, will appear before the same judge who told...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 24, 2007 02:16 PM
Federal agents taking a break from an unrelated assignment yesterday arrested 24 illegal aliens at a Fells Point 7-Eleven after the men attempted to solicit "underground" employment from the agents. ...Of those arrested, 10 were Honduran, eight were Mexican, five...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 24, 2007 02:13 PM
The return of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's political bloc to the Iraqi government is a "positive sign" but could be a tactic to help its militia survive a US-Iraqi crackdown, the US ambassador to Baghdad said. That kind...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 24, 2007 09:28 AM
...in our story. Heidi's done a lot more digging and every rock seems to turn over with a new rock underneath. So what happens next? HAHAH!! WE’VE BEEN HACKED. AND WE’RE BEING SLAMMED BY PROXIES OUT OF CHICAGO AND MILWAUKEE....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 24, 2007 07:56 AM
The Scientoiletgists aren't just a bunch of ego-intense nutjobs. Really they're not: TOM Cruise is the new “Christ” of Scientoiletgy, according to leaders of the cult-like religion. The Mission: Impossible star has been told he has been “chosen” to spread...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 23, 2007 01:40 PM
And what a magnificent human being he grew up to be. It's hard to sign the guestbook through the tears....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 23, 2007 09:17 AM
...the avaricious charismatic evangelicals across the street from us. Snake charmers hold council for survival They danced in a trance, writhing serpents draped around their necks, oblivious to the fear -- and venom -- their cobras, vipers and boas impart....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 23, 2007 08:52 AM
...or if I should just slit my wrists and get it over with. Moral of the Story: If you have to sell out, at least do it for something manly....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 22, 2007 06:01 PM
...WOW. From: SGT Jason Hess Sent: Tue Jan 16 3:25 Do you ship to APO address? I’m in the 1st Cavalry Division stationed in Iraq and we are trying to order some mats but we are looking for who ships...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 22, 2007 02:32 PM
...on this sixpack. Europeans Rushing To Bulgaria To Buy "Breast-Boosting Beer" European men are rushing to Bulgaria to buy Boza beer, which is said to boost women's breasts, after Bulgaria's accession to the EU abolished prohibitive customs duties on the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 22, 2007 11:30 AM
...to the world's complete shock and awe, Moqtada has directed his minions in a ad-hoc production of his"Scuttle Off to Mosquello" routine. ...In a desperate bid to fend off a feared all-out American offensive, the cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, last Friday...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 22, 2007 09:13 AM
...move. World weather impacts Protest over lack of European snow 18 Jan 2007 Romanian snowboarders have staged a protest at the lack of snow in front of the country's weather institute. Blocking traffic, the snowboarders sat in the road and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 20, 2007 07:46 AM
...Really annoying is the woman who, as soon as she takes her place on the dining couch, praises Vergil, excuses Dido's suicide, compares and ranks in critical order the various poets, and weighs Vergil and Homer on a pair of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 19, 2007 11:56 AM
...I think al-Maliki is tucking all these guys away now, just in case the rest of Fat Boy's minions get blasted. ...Maliki, however, has said this month he will crack down on Shi'ite militias and said 400 Mehdi Army members...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 19, 2007 10:02 AM
If, God forbid, we'd lost Ebola when he was 11 ~ had years on end to torture ourselves with what might or might not have befallen him, and what we might or might not have done to prevent it all...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 19, 2007 12:55 AM
At a recent debate over the battle for Islamic ideals in England, a British-born Muslim stood before the crowd and said Prophet Mohammed's message to nonbelievers is: "I come to slaughter all of you." I am GOBSCHMACKED CNN chose to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 18, 2007 06:02 PM
...or does this guy look like Eminem... ...at first glance? 'Twould seem the old "ALL anti-social, neanderthal, misogynist assholes look alike"* rule holds true. A Swill salute to Tim. (* see "BINGLEY, Birthday" pose below)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 18, 2007 10:48 AM
Courtesy of Sheila...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 17, 2007 10:31 PM
If I swapped my daughter for Judy LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- An escaped chimpanzee at the Little Rock Zoo raided a kitchen cupboard and did a little cleaning with a toilet brush before sedatives knocked her out on top...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 17, 2007 10:00 AM
Don't do it for me or my need for teetimes in January. No, do it for the Dolphins Dolphins Stuck In Shallow Waters Of East Hampton (CBS) EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. About two dozen dolphins are struggling for survival in the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 16, 2007 08:45 AM
...UP. ...“Practicing Muslims who live by the word of the Koran and the Koranic books — of course they limit their own opportunities,” she said. “A lot of people who live like me, or practicing Muslims who respect that religion...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 12, 2007 11:02 PM
...in the a$$, you a$$. Duke Professor Quits Committee Assignments Over Lacrosse Players Being Invited Back A Duke University professor resigned from her committee assignments, saying she was upset by the administration's decision to invite two lacrosse players accused of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 12, 2007 06:21 PM
ALL these people are crazy with the heat... Gore's 'Truth' restricted at schools The school board in this suburb south of Seattle has restricted showings of Al Gore's movie on global warming, including requiring that it be balanced with an...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 12, 2007 01:03 PM
...you GO, girl. ...The fact that Nifong withheld the information and knew it before he indicted their sons has outraged the parents of the accused. "You felt like someone hit you with a baseball bat. … It was almost too...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 12, 2007 11:21 AM
...I hope I write half as well as the Dragon Lady. The Michael Nifong Scandal The Duke rape hoax is redolent of past decades' phony child-abuse cases. ...In his role of avenger of a young black woman alleged to have...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 12, 2007 10:13 AM
So David Beckham and Anorexic Spice are coming to America. Pardon me if I yawn. They'll get all snuggly wrapped up in some ginormous digs in Hollywood so Anor can shovel boatloads of cash directly into the gaping maw that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 12, 2007 07:16 AM
...yes, you did. Sergeant in trouble for Playboy photos Air Force blasts her steamy pictorial as ‘not representative’ of service "Drop and give me 20!" is something you might hear Air Force Staff Sgt. Michelle Manhart yell to airmen trainees...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 12, 2007 06:49 AM
...after you've been hung out to dry, huh? New Strategy Vindicates Ex-Army Chief Shinseki After President Bush told the nation on Wednesday night that he was ordering a rapid increase of American forces in Iraq, Gen. Eric K. Shinseki was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 12, 2007 06:35 AM
Investors Sue to Block Former Home Depot CEO's $210 Million Severance Package Home Depot Inc. (HD) investors on Wednesday asked a Georgia state court to issue an injunction blocking the retailer from paying former Chief Executive Robert Nardelli a $210-million...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 11, 2007 03:52 PM
...make SURE you insist a SFPD type interview you at the SCENE. It could get expensive otherwise ~ ain't no 'free-to-go' about it. ...It especially troubles Johnson that the police failed to take photographs of the injuries. The couple who...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 11, 2007 03:13 PM
He signs with an American team and obviously isn't the disgustinglyshallowbraindeadsoccerloveGod studmuffin I thought he was. Beckett hails troops plan for Iraq My bad. Entirely....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 11, 2007 11:18 AM
...the defense once again throws the bullsh*t flag. Motions Call for Dismissal in Duke Lacrosse Case Accuser changes story again about who, where and what happened. ...Based on today's motions, Reade Seligmann could be off the hook -- The Duke...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 11, 2007 10:56 AM
Global Positioning Coins? In a U.S. government warning high on the creepiness scale, the Defense Department cautioned its American contractors over what it described as a new espionage threat: Canadian coins with tiny radio frequency transmitters hidden inside. The government...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 11, 2007 10:22 AM
And ~ in the Bywater/Marigny at least ~ let's just say the 'natives are restless'. 10098. WDSU by JerseyNOLA, 1/11/07 9:41 ET Reports that our Beloved Mayor, Count Chocula, and his minion, Chief "The Life of" Riley will address the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 11, 2007 10:00 AM
..."Shalom in the Home". A Swill salute to The Big Picture....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 11, 2007 07:58 AM
One of my favorite blogs is The Volokh Conspiracy. I don't comment there much, because most of the discussion is way out of my league, but many of the posts and comments provide interesting explanations and views on things legal...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 11, 2007 07:08 AM
I mean, they were (no pun intended) WHACK bastards already, but enough is EEEEEEnough. Yale barbershop singers recovering after ambush Members of a close-harmony group from Yale University are recovering after being ambushed and beaten up while on tour in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 10, 2007 12:11 PM
...or a Sadder one. Police plan to set up checkpoints beginning Wednesday to help curb a crime wave that has claimed nine lives since the start of 2007, Mayor Ray Nagin said, stopping short of imposing a curfew on this...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 10, 2007 10:23 AM
...one of the guests during the 'Surge' discussion mentioned that the U.S. troops will have carte blanche to go into Sadr City (or wherever they need to), for however long they need to, unlike the 'last time'. I hope to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 10, 2007 10:12 AM
...their imaginations are NOT being engaged. New York City, with its rich history of public playgrounds, is on the verge of a bold experiment in the way children play, one that could accelerate the trend away from monkey bars, swings...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 10, 2007 08:58 AM
I saw this and I thought, wait a minute New Jersey Ranks 2nd for People Moving Out ST. LOUIS (AP) -- New Jerseyans appear to be on the move -- out of the state. An analysis of migration trends by...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 10, 2007 07:56 AM
...and get an epic film. SHARK Production Note: Apparently the shark sank during it's first appearance, resulting in a disembodied fin slicing through the roiled waters for the rest of the movie....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 9, 2007 12:34 PM
...says it all. With at least eight slayings [ths note:our morning paper says 9 now] in the city in the first week of the new year, officials are considering a curfew to help stem the violence, the police superintendent said...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 9, 2007 09:34 AM
...and there is no spoon. ETA Claims Bombing, Maintains Cease-Fire The Basque separatist group ETA said Tuesday a cease-fire it declared in March still stands, even as it claimed responsibility for a Dec. 30 car bombing that killed two people...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 9, 2007 08:48 AM
Like we've talked about before, the Russkies have one weapon these days and they ain't afraid to use it Europe’s oil supplies from Russia were being held to ransom last night as the Kremlin fell into bitter dispute with a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 9, 2007 06:57 AM
...takes out the weasels. A U.S. Air Force gunship has conducted a strike against suspected members of al Qaeda in Somalia, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports exclusively. The targets included the senior al Qaeda leader in East...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 8, 2007 08:37 PM
Our very own Mike Rentner and his beautiful wife have welcomed an equally beautiful young lassie into the world. Mike assures me via email ... Ten fingers, ten toes, eating sleeping and doing all other things thereunto pertaining. Probably coming...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 8, 2007 08:27 PM
Yes, he's hanging out with his blond girlfriend....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 8, 2007 06:36 PM
...when something stinks in Manhattan?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 8, 2007 05:43 PM
...is one of my favorite commenting 'handles'. "But ths", you ask,"Tres true and hilarious as that is, why you bring it up, cher?" Well, truth is stranger than fiction, these days. Like, given to hyperventing hyperbole that he is, I'm...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 8, 2007 10:39 AM
...your bleu'. A Paris tourism agency is ready to concede what many Americans and Britons have long contended: The French are rude. ...France's famed indifference toward outsiders is actually part of the country's charm and can be a marketing asset,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 8, 2007 08:58 AM
...is using a Cat Stevens' song? Of course, that was before he found Muhammed and started blaming the British school system for Muslim bombs and tapdancing around pretty simple questions. Questions for Yusuf Islam Singing a New Song ...[NYT] Right,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 7, 2007 03:59 PM
And our thanks HE'S A MARINE Paco’s boy graduates. From everyone here: congratulations....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 7, 2007 08:10 AM
Police found new caches of explosives in the Basque region Friday, nearly a week after a massive car bomb at Madrid's international airport killed two people and ended a nine-month cease-fire that separatist group ETA had said would be permanent....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 5, 2007 02:22 PM
Put another body on the pile. In the sixth New Orleans murder in less than 24 hours, a woman was killed and her husband shot in their home Thursday about 5:30 a.m., said police, who found the bleeding man kneeling...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 5, 2007 12:04 PM
...are from Bangla-cola, less mind Escambia County District 2, but...if you are...call or email this guy (our newly elected commissar) and let him have it. The new guy thinks this... Escambia eyes fuel-tax hike Extra 5 cents would raise $7...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 5, 2007 10:09 AM
...my a$$ets. Former Duke Lacrosse Player Sues School A former Duke University lacrosse player sued the university Thursday alleging that one of his professors unfairly gave him a failing grade because he was a member of the team. Kyle Dowd...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 4, 2007 07:29 PM
...those frickin' taxi drivers are at it again. Booze, dogs too much for some Muslim cabbies Drivers refuse service to passengers, Minn. airport officials put up a fight Some Muslim cab drivers are refusing service to a growing number of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 4, 2007 04:31 PM
Erectile C. Catalina Ah, those Californians Gruel C. Anglicizes Proclamations P. Hacked Stiffing K. Firebreaks Admonishing U. Scripted Intermediate Q. Provost Loathe S. Milieu Sounds like a disgruntled English Major Evict B. Shabbily Chuck! Spiritualist U. Ferrules Dewar O. Diploma...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 4, 2007 02:18 PM
It's like he's an NBC consultant or something....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 4, 2007 01:35 PM
But it wasn't quite what Sis was hoping for Russell thoroughly outperformed Brady Quinn and sent Notre Dame to another postseason meltdown, leading No. 4 LSU to a 41-14 rout of college football's most storied program Wednesday night. The Sugar...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 4, 2007 06:54 AM
Okay, so say Thou can'st swingeth the Home depot CEO type deal. I can understand. So many worthy contenders, so few seats to go around. I would like to say that I can settle for less, being a 'simple life'...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 3, 2007 06:43 PM
...as I'm still gasping for air. French politicians are loath to admit they have anything to learn from other countries, particularly on social policy. But Dominique de Villepin, prime minister, on Wednesday conceded that Paris had copied Scotland's legally enforceable...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 3, 2007 01:57 PM
In the coming New Year, help me land something even remotely close to this guy's gig. Thanks in advance, thsister Amen. Home Depot CEO exits with $210 million ...Nardelli, who became CEO in 2000, has been criticized by investors for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 3, 2007 12:50 PM
Pakistani loses ears, nose for love marriage Members of wife's tribe assault man for marrying without family's OK Armed men cut off the ears and nose of a Pakistani man who married one of their tribe for love after he...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 3, 2007 10:28 AM
So why be shocked the same thing's not working now? A powerful car bomb exploded early on Saturday at Madrid's Barajas airport, breaking a nine-month ceasefire by Basque separatist group Eta and prompting the government to halt a faltering peace...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 3, 2007 09:48 AM
Without being a state? WASHINGTON (AP) -- After more than 200 years of paying taxes, fighting in the nation's wars and abiding by sometimes arbitrary acts of Congress, Washington residents are close to getting a full-fledged representative in the House....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 2, 2007 02:02 PM
...it does seem I wasn't the only one who wanted him dead...just not THIS way. ...The American role extended beyond providing the helicopter that carried Mr. Hussein home. Iraqi and American officials who have discussed the intrigue and confusion that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 1, 2007 10:44 AM
...this guy should die. But I think this way is a huge mistake. Why hasn't he been in the Hague like Milosevic or just about any other dictator guilty of heinous crimes? I'm especially concerned about quotes like this: "We...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 29, 2006 01:40 PM
...I'd blame infamous mob hitman Luca Brassica. Someone got way more than the recommended daily serving of vegetables when a refrigerated trailer loaded with $50,000 worth of broccoli was stolen. How do you tell if the police are part of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 29, 2006 12:27 PM
The North Carolina State Bar filed an ethics complaint Thursday against Duke lacrosse prosecutor Mike Nifong, accusing him of breaking four rules of professional conduct when speaking to the reporters about the sensational case. Only four? Anyway, it's about damn...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 28, 2006 05:33 PM
...sinks his teeth into a pricey little morsel and asks himself "What's NoKa worth?" Four years ago, while standing on a mountaintop in Switzerland, a pair of Canadian accountants, Katrina Merrem and Noah Houghton, decided to leave the ledgers behind...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 28, 2006 01:56 PM
Don't you just feel better already? Former Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards is running for president for a second time, his campaign said Wednesday. The former North Carolina senator plans to formally announce his candidacy Thursday from New Orleans'...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 28, 2006 08:08 AM
He was the right man at the time, and held things together when we needed it. Gerald R. Ford, who picked up the pieces of Richard Nixon's scandal- shattered White House as the 38th president and the only one never...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 27, 2006 06:54 AM
Man, when I got in to the office this morning there were over 18,000 spam emails in the filter! No wonder the internet is mighty slow. Anyhow, here are some of my favorite "friends" whose messages I've deleted: Extinguisher P....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 26, 2006 06:59 AM
Some lovely hyperbole here SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. Hispanic groups and activists on Thursday called for a moratorium on workplace raids to round up illegal immigrants, saying they were reminiscent of Nazi crackdowns on Jews in the 1930s....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 22, 2006 01:44 PM
...is despicable. Prosecutors dropped rape charges Friday against three Duke University lacrosse players accused of attacking a stripper at a team party, but the three still face kidnapping and sexual offense charges, a defense attorney said. Joseph Cheshire and attorneys...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 22, 2006 01:15 PM
...they weren't talking about warnings on Christmas cookies. ...On December 21, Bastogne was isolated. The Germans' encirclement was complete. Panzer Lehr blocked Bastogne on the south, and the 2nd Panzer on north. Some elements of Panzer Lehr remained with the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 22, 2006 09:52 AM
and drink!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 22, 2006 08:05 AM
They poop cars!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 21, 2006 08:50 PM
President Clinton's national security adviser removed classified documents from the National Archives, hid them under a construction trailer and later tried to find the trash collector to retrieve them, the agency's internal watchdog said Wednesday. ...and let's see what happens...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 20, 2006 08:31 PM
On the list of contradictions in terms. This is completely insane A woman going through security at Los Angeles International Airport put her month-old grandson into a plastic bin intended for carry-on items and slid it into an X-ray machine....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 20, 2006 09:13 AM
BeauBeau the lopped earred Louisiana Rescue Lab has discovered... ...there's water in them there toilets....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 19, 2006 12:18 PM
I know. You're shocked. As was I. However, the reason I'm posting is not the report itself, but allll the related Barry links at the bottom of it. Marion's... ·November 14, 2006: Barry Pleads Not Guilty To DUI ·September 11,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 19, 2006 10:24 AM
...baton twirling passing. ...Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, once the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Sunday that he didn't see how a troop surge would make a difference because there was a minor surge in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 19, 2006 09:39 AM
...called "Cyprus". ...Mr Erdogan was the first Turkish prime minister since the invasion to unfreeze the glacial position of immovability into which Ankara had put its Cyprus policy during the 1980s and 1990s. Appearing to put the interests of 70m...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 19, 2006 09:20 AM
Daughter told me this last night, and I thought I would share this heartwarming tale with you in the Spirit of the Season... Once upon a time, many years ago, Santa was having a very, very bad Christmas Eve. Rudolf...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 19, 2006 07:24 AM
Of course they are. France to withdraw 200 special forces France is to withdraw its 200-strong special forces from Afghanistan, (all of its ground troops engaged in the U.S. antiterror operation there**) a contingent engaged in the U.S. anti-terror operation...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 18, 2006 09:30 AM
Head on over to the Deutsche Oper Airport-style scanners will be used to search people attending a production of a Mozart opera in Berlin featuring the severed head of the Prophet Muhammad. Security has been tightened because of fears of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 18, 2006 07:14 AM
Hurrah for red hot chile peppers In a discovery that has stunned even those behind it, scientists at a Toronto hospital say they have proof the body's nervous system helps trigger diabetes, opening the door to a potential near-cure of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 15, 2006 12:43 PM
Youe don't get much more Nanny State than this Oversize clothes should have obesity helpline numbers sewn on them to try and reduce Britain's fat crisis, a leading professor said today. And new urban roads should only be built if...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 15, 2006 11:48 AM
And the Vulcan Tummy Tickle I guess 'Heimlich' was a Romulan....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 15, 2006 09:37 AM
First off, I certainly hope he recovers. But if he doesn't then... Should Johnson not be able to complete his term, which ends in 2008, South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds, a Republican, would appoint his replacement, which could shift the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 14, 2006 09:46 AM
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: HE'S GOT A ROTTEN BRAIN! IT'S ROTTEN, I TELL YA! ROTTEN! The Monster: RAAAAAAAA! Igor: Ixnay on the ottenray. ..... [Upon seeing the monster's manhood] Elizabeth: Oh my God. Woof. [after sex with The Monster] Elizabeth: Oh....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 13, 2006 07:21 PM
...made me laugh. Merry Christmas! That's right, Merry Christmas. Whether you're Christian, Jewish, Muslim, agnostic, pagan, barbarian or whatever, Merry Christmas! It's what most of us say in this country come this time of year. It's about who we are,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 13, 2006 10:19 AM
...remind me of Ted WIlliams' charming son? A family at cross-purposes Billy Graham's sons argue over a final resting place Franklin wants the old man buried in his new theme park, while Ned (the son who's actually been taking care...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 13, 2006 10:12 AM
I meant to put this up the other day. Insta linked to a shocking editorial in the Washington Post on the legacy of Pinochet that is well worth reading. It's one of the most amazing things I've ever seen in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 13, 2006 07:18 AM
Thanks to a link from Tim, I can finally complete my shopping: The most dangerous toys of all time....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 13, 2006 07:09 AM
But his killer's the one with her name on a NYC College community room. New York City college students who share a community room named for an escaped cop killer called the fugitive their hero Tuesday as the school's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 12, 2006 04:02 PM
...PUH-LEEZzzzz... Blair Shocked by Holocaust Denial Meeting...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 12, 2006 01:53 PM
How else do you explain something like this BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A suicide bomber targeting laborers killed 60 people Tuesday in Baghdad and wounded 220 others, Iraqi officials said. A pickup truck, loaded with about 440 pounds (200 kilograms)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 12, 2006 11:04 AM
And almost were. Hamas gunmen fire on Fatah protesters Hamas gunmen opened fire on demonstrators from the rival Fatah movement in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, wounding four people in the first factional violence following the deaths of three...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 12, 2006 09:06 AM
You have to give Putin credit for knowing what Russia's cards are these days and for not being afraid to play them Shell is being forced by the Russian government to hand over its controlling stake in the world's biggest...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 12, 2006 07:34 AM
...comes up a little...well... Condoms a big problem for men in India Most men's *p-words* are an inch too short for popular prophylactics Condoms designed to meet international size specifications are too big for many Indian men as their *p-words*...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 12, 2006 04:56 AM
...Iranians still party like no other. See, it works like this: If you go to a party or a club in Ibiza or Madrid, you usually come home at 10:00 a.m. the next morning, but in Iran you come home...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 11, 2006 04:00 PM
Maybe if you hadn't gotten a lawyer, you wouldn't be worrying about being a Jewish Grinch. ...The initiative followed a decision by airport officials to remove its nine Christmas trees instead of adding a giant Jewish menorah to the holiday...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 11, 2006 03:38 PM
TV Let the little video player pop up and just nod your head in time to the common sense....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 11, 2006 09:06 AM
How easy it is to talk about 'stupid cowboys' and 'plastic turkeys'; here are some students with real courage: TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- A group of students Monday briefly interrupted a speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at their university...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 11, 2006 08:01 AM
Since they spirited all the pseudophedrin behind the pharmacy walls because of those pathetic LOSERS, the new/reformulated/safe for the shelf Tylenol Cold Severe Congestion isn't worth SH*T....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 10, 2006 05:46 PM
Call me a reactionary old fool, but this scares the bejeebus out of me: TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran has begun installing 3,000 centrifuges in an expansion of its uranium enrichment program that brings the Islamic nation significantly closer to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 9, 2006 03:26 PM
From your bestest buddy! Go over and give her your best wishes!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 8, 2006 07:17 AM
Allah at Hot Air has posted a series of videos from a contemporary church that is trying to distance itself from the term 'christian.' Go look; I'll wait. I really don't get how the 'cool dude' calls himself a 'Christ-follower'...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 7, 2006 07:00 PM
So now our friends the Taliban have come out with a 30 point rule book Now, the Taliban has put out a code of conduct for its commanders and fighters -- including when to kill teachers and how to prevent...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 7, 2006 08:03 AM
Let me get a cup o' coffee first. "Heeere's Johnny!" is top U.S. TV catchphrase "Heeere's Johnny!" -- the introduction for U.S. talk-show host Johnny Carson for 30 years -- has been ranked the most memorable TV catchphrase in a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 7, 2006 07:53 AM
Jules Crittenden is seeing a betrayal, and he's right....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 7, 2006 07:20 AM
...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 7, 2006 06:59 AM
...and hit the streets! (Or, at the very least, publishers' offices.) BLOGGER-turned-author Jessica Cutler pulled out of next Monday's Mediabistro panel on how bloggers can land book deals. Her "blowoff" prompted Mediabistro to remind readers that Cutler is "someone known...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 6, 2006 02:11 PM
...courtesy of MSNBC.com. Egypt finds 4,000-year-old doctor’s mummy I'll bet she was Jewish....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 6, 2006 01:55 PM
...""Why I Was Never an Economics Major". "ths", you ask, "How do you ever find this sh*t?" Well, Grasshoppers, it's like this. There I was, over at CNBC.com (people doing well affects my purely discretionary products' bottom line) and there...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 6, 2006 10:41 AM
Hot Air... Flatulence brought 99 passengers on an American Airlines flight to an unscheduled visit to Nashville early Monday morning. American Flight 1053, from Washington Reagan National Airport and bound for Dallas/Fort Worth, made an emergency landing here after passengers...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 5, 2006 08:52 PM
My cooking of late has been severely restricted around the house, as we have been redoing our kitchen. In fact, I have personally been responsible for the 15% rise in restaurant spending in New Jersey over the past month. But...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 5, 2006 07:31 PM
Crittenden stirs up the righteous: A number of Canadians took offense recently to a Boston Herald column in which I slammed Canada and Europe in general for failing to hold up their end in this war for democracy, freedom and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 5, 2006 02:21 PM
...scared the pants off o' me. Bush says rarely talks policy with dad... I thought it said 'with the dead'. At second glance, I'm not sure I feel any better....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 5, 2006 11:52 AM
It was a routine patrol, in the third week of June -- if, in fact, there is such a thing as a routine patrol in Fallujah, in the Anbar Province of Iraq. Chris Walsh, a Navy medic assigned to a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 4, 2006 11:53 AM
You can, too, if the feeling moves you. I'd like to send you all my support for both your flight and ground crews, and your corporate officers concerning the recent brouhaha with the 'flying imams'. I don't care if they're...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 4, 2006 11:26 AM
...Bangla-cola style. Tonight Clear and cold. Record lows in the mid 20s inland... except in the upper 20s along the coast. Inland...north winds around 5 mph. Along the coast...north winds around 10 mph. I feel a fossil fuel fire comin'...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 4, 2006 10:16 AM
...it was just about goats... I am a paranormal researcher and investigator in northeast Ohio. My first book, 'Haunted Cuyahoga', is only the beginning!! I think we need a new category ~ The Secret Lives of Swillers: REVEALED!!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 4, 2006 10:05 AM
...God. THERE it is, sitting behind the bar of the East Village's Double Down Saloon - an unlabeled vodka bottle in which three bloated strips of bacon stand at attention looking like a med-school project gone awry. Ladies and gentlemen,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 1, 2006 11:31 AM
Air marshals, pilots and security officials yesterday expressed concern that airline passengers and crews will be reluctant to report suspicious behavior aboard for fear of being called "racists," after several Muslim imams made that charge in a press conference Monday...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 1, 2006 11:13 AM
...the lady kept her seat....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 1, 2006 07:52 AM
It's a headline linked on Drudge... Sundance picks Seattle film on horse-sex case; Snoop Dogg arrested ...and there must be thousands of Drudgites scratching their heads and not trusting their lying eyes. In a quest for knowledge, they Google and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 30, 2006 04:11 PM
We'd had lots of smoking guns in Iraq that haven't panned out too well, but this, if true, seems to be something even Nancy Pelosi can't wish away: WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2006 — U.S. officials say they have found smoking-gun...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 30, 2006 01:49 PM
...from sea... Several sheriff's deputies in Polk County, Fla., are being credited with saving the life of a 45-year-old man who was attacked by an alligator early Wednesday and was being pulled deeper into a lake, according to a police...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 30, 2006 11:37 AM
...in a "Read My Lips Redux" sort of way? Democrats Reject Key 9/11 Panel Suggestion Neither Party Has an Appetite for Overhauling Congressional Oversight of Intelligence It was a solemn pledge, repeated by Democratic leaders and candidates over and over:...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 30, 2006 11:05 AM
Eight Years After Clinton Left D.C. Isn't it great NOT to be the homeliest kid in class any more? (Although, as I pointed out to Bingley, the little blonde front row, third from the right looks suspiciously like Amy Carter....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 30, 2006 09:14 AM
I was wrong. IHOP will stop carding customers for pancakes Mass. outlet wanted to stop dine-and-dashers, headquarters apologizes John Russo has been a victim of identity theft. So when he was asked to fork over a photo ID just to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 29, 2006 12:59 PM
...coming out of this court case. Supreme Court Takes Up Global Warming ...Opening up an hour of arguments, Justice Antonin Scalia asked, "When is the predicted cataclysm?" Snort. That's nothing. Wait'll he hears about polar bear going, going, gone gonads....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 29, 2006 12:50 PM
...of a chairmanship might be gone, but his law abiding spirit is alive and well in the heart of Dem-o-ville. Cintas warned against firing immigrant force A Mississippi Democrat in line to become chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 29, 2006 10:25 AM
...BASTARDS !!! Man accused of spray-painting three goats ‘Obviously it's not an occurrence you see every day,*’ officer says A man broke into a barn on Thanksgiving morning, spray-painted three pet goats and scattered pages of pornographic magazines on the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 29, 2006 09:38 AM
Just who the hell does this pompous jerk Webb think he is? At a recent White House reception for freshman members of Congress, Virginia's newest senator tried to avoid President Bush. Democrat James Webb declined to stand in a presidential...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 29, 2006 09:36 AM
It's all such a ronery guy has.... U.S. Bans Sale of iPods to North Korea Bush administration wants North Korea's attention, so like a scolding parent it's trying to make it tougher for that country's eccentric leader to buy iPods,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 29, 2006 09:22 AM
Here's more scary news from our closest allies on the other side of the pond: Islamic sharia law is gaining an increasing foothold in parts of Britain, a report claims. Sharia, derived from several sources including the Koran, is applied...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 29, 2006 07:48 AM
Get Rachel "Jerky Perky" Ray's frickin' gargoyle mug OFF a my Premium Saltine Box!!! Is nothing sacred to you people in the pursuit of the almighty dollar? Her grinning, Joker-like visage on Triscuits is bad, but you have crossed a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 28, 2006 04:26 PM
But she must have been out wrasslin' gators or something. We found this note on her front door, though: Mighty neighborly of her to explain things for us....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 27, 2006 06:47 PM
Krispy Kreme store closing for 4 months Landmark doughnut shop gets new digs, will give away free doughnuts on Sunday That would be our iconic, 40 year old Krispy Kreme donut shop ~ it of the swooping roofline and "HOT"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 27, 2006 11:17 AM
The 'cookie monster' in question refers to a particular confection a California chain called 'Baxter's' used to have on it's menu ~ a LARGE chocolate chip cookie covered with vanilla ice cream and hot fudge. They were divine and, in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 27, 2006 10:54 AM
In spite of all that's ugly in the world ~ murderous Russians, the Iranians, backstabbing Russians, the Syrians, the flying imams ('cause I can't say "fuzzy cleric" anymore, that being racist and all), pumpkin murderers, fermented cat piss and David...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 24, 2006 11:24 AM
There's a bit more information coming out about your prayer flight. And it's looking like you might not be the innocent, aggrieved holy men you claim to be. Airline checks claim of 'Muslim while flying' discrimination A passenger who had...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 22, 2006 10:18 AM
...courtesy of the local fishwrap. You, too,can pardon a turkey This Thanksgiving, President Bush will pardon a turkey to promote the turkey industry. Each of us has the same power to pardon a turkey, to promote kindness and compassion. The...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 22, 2006 09:36 AM
"I'll give up Miracle Whip when HELL freezes over!!"-Florida Cracker,fermented cat piss afficionado ...because it would seem it has. Weather Officials: Snowflakes Spotted In Central Florida ..."This is weird. This is not why we moved to Central Florida. We thought...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 22, 2006 09:30 AM
...Three of them stood and said their normal evening prayers together on the plane, as 1.7 billion Muslims around the world do every day, Shahin said. He attributed any concerns by passengers or crew to ignorance about Islam. ...Shahin expressed...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 21, 2006 09:43 AM
...play Lestat. Jackson bids farewell to The Hobbit He is the flamboyant director whose The Lord of the Rings trilogy picked up 17 Oscars. But Peter Jackson has been cast out of Middle Earth after a row over profits from...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 21, 2006 08:02 AM
And those who haven't. (via Insta)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 20, 2006 08:40 PM
...was a big deal. Kimberly Stewart - Rod's 27-year-old daughter with Alana Stewart... ...In addition to being healthier, Kimberly also seems to have rekindled an old flame. The blond rock scion turned up at Light in the Bellago in Las...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 20, 2006 09:54 AM
If you wanna be cool: Iran is set to upgrade its nuclear reactor capability by replacing its 5-megawatt reactor in Tehran with Arak's 40-megawatt heavy water research reactor, the Tehran Times reported. ...Heavy water nuclear centers can be used to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 20, 2006 07:34 AM
...the final "Prime Suspect" was a cheap git. Helen Mirren is still as mesmerizing as the first time ever we saw her, but that was the extent of "riveting" viewing. I had a horrible feeling when the first part played...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 19, 2006 11:55 PM
While completely disregarding Cracker's fevered, feigned umbrage at just the dang cutest little email I sent her (You know ~ one of those rare gems that manages to tell the truth but induce thigh slapping hilarity at the same time?),...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 17, 2006 10:39 AM
Some...creative lawyering going on in Minnesota: Prosecution of a Douglas County case involving alleged sexual contact with a dead deer may hinge on the legal definition of the word “animal.” Bryan James Hathaway, 20, of Superior faces a misdemeanor charge...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 16, 2006 02:16 PM
Sort of sums up Washington these days, doesn't it (Or at the very least how the Giants played against the Bears last week)? But that's actually what John Murtha, Mr. Abscam - to - Okinawa himself thinks of Nancy Grapes...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 16, 2006 06:57 AM
A warm Swill welcome to the blogroll for Boston Herald writer and far more importantly frequent Tim Blair commenter Jules Crittendon. Go check it out. He has a fantastic story up on a survivor of Ia Drang....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 15, 2006 05:26 PM
My god, I wish we could elect him here when the Aussies are done with him: The Prime Minister, John Howard, is proposing his own inconvenient truth after finding the movie of that name not to his liking. An Inconvenient...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 15, 2006 01:02 PM
I have NAMES, I have ADDRESSES ~ I have EVERYTHING YOU NEED to adopt a Marine...or two or THREE. (And Lisa's National Guard hubby. {8^P) We're even on top of this a month earlier than last year!! For those of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 15, 2006 11:52 AM
Voilà! L'abomination avec la soupe dans le bidon. Thanksgiving Dressing 2 boxes Jiffy corn muffin mix 6 to 7 slices stale white bread 2 (15-ounce) cans chicken broth 1 (10 3/4-ounce) can cream of chicken soup 1 medium onion 2...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 15, 2006 11:01 AM
"I'm a Pinhead." Perhaps for the first time in recent history, cooler talking heads will prevail. I could live with that. One of the most resonant arguments in the debate over Iraq holds that the United States can move...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 15, 2006 09:32 AM
And probably a little more than they deserve A couple's ill-concealed sexual play aboard a Southwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles got them charged with violating the Patriot Act, intended for terrorist acts, and could land them in jail for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 15, 2006 06:56 AM
...this still sounds sorry to me. Colonel Sanders is shedding his white suit jacket for a cook's red apron. KFC unveiled a new brand logo Tuesday that includes bolder colors and a more well-defined visage of the late Kentucky Fried...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 14, 2006 09:43 AM
This is not encouraging: The first cracks in the united front over Iraq between Tony Blair and President Bush appeared last night as the Prime Minister offered Iran and Syria the prospect of dialogue over the future of Iraq and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 14, 2006 07:06 AM
...and Peter Arnett's a frustrated has been, thank GOD the U.N. can pick up interviewing murderous dictator/rebel leader/fascist thugs where they left off. It's always good to have your replacement in the bag. 'Most wanted' man meets UN envoy Talks...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 13, 2006 09:22 AM
My dear friends. Yes, in this troubled world we sometimes get down, battered about by all that crazy karma out there. But don't despair! Turn the Hi-Fi high and the lights down low, and settle back and reeeeelax, baby......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 11, 2006 09:34 PM
...but it's delicious they were. (Via Insta) They had to run that clip because the much of the rest of his speech was an absolute riot. He started off by mentioning that "tomorrow is an extremely important day for America,"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 11, 2006 09:42 AM
Via Insta, here's some frankly frightening news about one of Pelosi's potential appointments With majority status in the "people's house" comes a share in responsibility for the security of the Republic. This is why we are so concerned about a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 9, 2006 06:59 AM
Not hugely, mind you, but a few percentage points here and there and the country remains pretty evenly split. The Senate seems to be 50/50 at this point, and in the House it seems to be 52%/48% more or less;...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 8, 2006 06:48 AM
And we here at The Swilling wish to inform your decision with this Helpful Primer sent via anonymous email: DEMOCRATIC You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for being successful. Barbara Streisand sings for you. REPUBLICAN...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 7, 2006 07:13 AM
::sigh:: I hate to keep picking on you pinheads, but you, like Kerry, just won't quit. The Republican running for governor is... C-H-A-R-L-I-E Crist. CHARLIE Crist. Who the hell is "Bill"? UPDATE: Miraculously, his name has changed to "Charlie" on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 6, 2006 04:36 PM
Many older workers who get laid off face a tough time replacing their salary, and Michael in California is wondering just what is happening to workers who lose their jobs as they near retirement. ...There's no question that some people...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 6, 2006 03:11 PM
...this brilliant idea... Rush-hour road pricing on the way say experts A major push to impose road tolls at rush hours and on congested routes is on the cards. Plans for drivers to pay for every mile driven at peak...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 6, 2006 10:37 AM
Round Two seems to have started. Group: Sandinista Leader Ortega Wins Nicaragua Presidency Leftist Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega appeared Monday to have easily defeated four other presidential candidates in his long quest to return to power 16 years after a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 6, 2006 09:50 AM
That's what this frankly vile person seems to be saying: Pelosi cautioned that the number of Democratic House victories could be higher or lower and said her greatest concern is over the integrity of the count -- from the reliability...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 6, 2006 06:46 AM
Shown to "wild applause" at the Army-Air Force game. I mean, we're willing to let it go ~ he's a horse's ass and that's all there is ~ but dang if Newsweek doesn't do four pages on him. Are...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 5, 2006 10:46 PM
Good. Angry, shaking and defiant, Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death this morning by hanging for ordering the massacre of Iraqi civilians. ...He had refused to stand for the verdict and had to be lifted to his feet by two...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 5, 2006 07:35 AM
...hold no water for LAW BREAKERS and FISH THIEVES. At one otherwise uneventful stop in the closing stages of America's mid-term elections this week, George Allen, who is running for a second term as Virginia's Republican senator, had visibly to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 3, 2006 03:32 PM
...SURPRISE! Unemployment rate lowest in nearly 5-1/2 years The U.S. unemployment rate dropped to a 5-1/2 year low in October as 92,000 jobs were added and hiring in the two prior months was revised up, the government said on Friday,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 3, 2006 10:21 AM
Clinton officials 'shocked' by failure of 'nuanced plan'!!! Mullah Merlin heads to super secret bunker where he's building a secret nuclear device that he got super secret plans from Clinton administration secret sources who secretly botched the super secret way...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 3, 2006 09:50 AM
And look who showed up! It'll be a blast!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 2, 2006 06:48 PM
Huge amounts of a red wine extract seemed to help obese mice eat a high-fat diet and still live a long and healthy life, suggests a new study that some specialists are calling "landmark" research. ..."These fat old mice can...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 2, 2006 04:37 AM
...in Georgia. Russia's state-controlled natural gas monopoly said Thursday that it would more than double the price it charges Georgia, further heightening tensions between the ex-Soviet neighbors. OAO Gazprom said in a statement that it will charge $230 per 1,000...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 2, 2006 04:28 AM
...and even the AP is going after him. Kerry's '72 Army comments mirror latest During a Vietnam-era run for Congress three decades ago, John Kerry said he opposed a volunteer Army because it would be dominated by the underprivileged, be...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 2, 2006 03:48 AM
...is this? ...House Democrats have had to deal with investigations of their own, involving Reps. William J. Jefferson (La.), Alan B. Mollohan (W.Va.) and Jane Harman (Calif.), but none of those cases have put Democratic seats in jeopardy. In one...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 2, 2006 03:33 AM
I can feel the muskrat love. Thrust into the midst of the midterm election campaign, Sen. John Kerry apologized Wednesday to “any service member, family member or American who was offended” by remarks deemed by Republicans and Democrats alike to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 1, 2006 05:41 PM
If they send his a$$ back to Ethiopia when he walks out of prison, even better. Jury convicts father in genital mutilation of girl He was sentenced to 10 years in prison in the first case of its kind in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 1, 2006 05:32 PM
Just one more, honest to God. And then I quit. Unless he says something again. After all, Kerry is an awful politician, a human toothache with the charisma of a 19th-century Oxford Latin tutor. I'm DYing here. In his piece...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 1, 2006 01:34 PM
Okay, we will! UPDATE: Clever culprits identified!! As Dave said, members of the Minnesota National Guard. GIS DROP SMART BOMB ON KERRY HILARIOUS HEROES FIRE BACK OVER DEM AND DUMBER CRACK ABOUT IRAQ ...Holtan, who works at Guard headquarters, said...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 1, 2006 01:06 PM
...corporate whore that he is. Those annoying television commercials that told parents to talk to their teenagers about not smoking were especially annoying to the kids they were meant to help, an upcoming article in the American Journal of Public...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 1, 2006 10:28 AM
You know, maybe I'm being too hard on poor JFK for saying this on Monday: "You know, education -- if you make the most of it, you study hard and you do your homework and you make an effort to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 1, 2006 07:41 AM
This video came out today of some rude moron confronting Sen. Allen in Charlottesville. Allah links to the site where this "Real Man" that JFK talked about today gives us his side of the story: My name is Mike Stark....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 31, 2006 08:32 PM
...To Isengard! I was forced to do this by my daughter. I'm told this is all the rage amongst the 13-yr old set....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 31, 2006 08:24 PM
If your stomach is strong enough, or if you just need to have your hair dried by a gale-force blast of outraged hubristic blowhardity, mosey on over to the oh-so-appropriately-named-in-this-case HotAir and be amazed. You see, quoting JFK verbatim is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 31, 2006 06:06 PM
If he can't manipulate al-Maliki like a little girl, NO one can! The signs of the militias are everywhere at the Sholeh police station. Posters celebrating Moqtada al-Sadr, head of the Mahdi Army militia, dot the building's walls. The police...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 31, 2006 01:12 PM
...speaks. ..."Kerry then told the students that if they were able to navigate the education system, they could get comfortable jobs - "If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq," he said to a mixture of laughter and gasps....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 31, 2006 12:32 PM
So I BET they were happier than dogsh*t to get these orders. U.S. Obeys Order to Abandon Checkpoints U.S. troops on Tuesday abandoned checkpoints around the Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City on orders from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 31, 2006 10:46 AM
...but HOLY CRAP!! Lego Says It's Running Out of Toys Children hoping to get Lego toys for Christmas may be in for a disappointment. The Danish toy maker is having a hard time keeping up with demand for its popular...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 31, 2006 10:37 AM
Chapter One: Smile for the Camera. The systems work like this: Cameras are usually triggered by road sensors when a car encroaches on an intersection after the light has turned red. A camera snaps a picture of the license tag...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 31, 2006 07:57 AM
With thanks to Insta, here's candidate for NY Governor Spitzer's stand on housing in NY State: New York State's housing crisis threatens to strangle our potential for economic growth and crush the dreams of many families. New York State consistently...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 30, 2006 01:31 PM
Via Michelle Malkin comes this story concerning the College of William and Mary: WILLIAMSBURG -- Officials at the College of William and Mary have removed a 2-foot-high gold cross from a campus chapel they say is increasingly used for nonreligious...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 30, 2006 07:38 AM
Here's a shock: The wise and all-knowing lefty UK Ministers have decided that the best way to fight perceived climate change is via a tax HARD-WORKING families face crippling new bills as the Government fights global warming with a raft...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 30, 2006 07:05 AM
Uh-huh! Uh-huh! A revolution is afoot at one of Scotland's most venerable kilt-makers: Among traditional tartans there are hip versions in denim, camouflage, leather and, for the adventurous, see-through pink plastic. So where'd ya hide that wee, duty frae number,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 27, 2006 04:28 PM
And I did, too, until reminded by Dave's post about St. Crispin's Day. And I have to share why I have such fondness for Branagh's "Henry the Fifth". It's not all the magnificence of a truly magnificent film. In all...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 27, 2006 02:02 PM
...an epic Naval battle. What has a better ring to it? The USS America and the "America-class" of aircraft carriers? Or the USS Gerald R. Ford and the "Ford-class"? ..."We just find it appalling that the name of the country...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 27, 2006 12:37 PM
She's a pistol. Selected gems... ...Since when does the Democratic Party use any gay issue in this coldblooded way as a token on the chessboard? You'd expect this stuff from right-wing ideologues, not progressives. ...I kept hearing on the radio...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 27, 2006 11:57 AM
Iowahawk helpfully gets us answers to today's pressing questions. (Thanks to AllahPundit for the spiritual pointer)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 26, 2006 05:20 PM
Works... ...Fifty or so other Republican candidates have also been made targets in a sophisticated “Google bombing” campaign intended to game the search engine’s ranking algorithms. ...for me. But then, Google's been a manipulated tool for a long time round...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 26, 2006 11:54 AM
I'm not sure I see a downside to this newest 'malady': LONDON - Researchers are struggling to understand a rare medical condition where sufferers unknowingly demand, or actually have, sex while asleep, New Scientist magazine reported on Wednesday. Research into...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 26, 2006 11:26 AM
And getting more so. What a surprise. A New York minute just got a lot more expensive. That's because the Taxi and Limousine Commission yesterday doubled the cost of being stuck in traffic in a cab. Riders now pay 20...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 26, 2006 11:06 AM
Maliki gives the old trusim life for the 21st century. Does Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki have the political spine to deal with Iraq's No. 1 problem — the Shi'ite militias? There's a growing suspicion in Baghdad that he does not....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 26, 2006 10:13 AM
When it's a family member, it can tear your heart out. "Then, late one night after I'd put the dogs out, Lady wouldn't come in," Laura Mirsch says. "She finally staggered over to me from the cattails. She looked up...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 26, 2006 09:58 AM
Cindy Adams is definately ALL red, white and blue. It rained Thursday the day I arrived. Rained as I'm flying back. Rained every day I was in this town. It's no wonder London Bridge finally fell down. The damn thing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 26, 2006 09:28 AM
...taken out of context. He'd say something like that, but in a whole string of other hateful shiite they forgot to quote. ...A spokesman for Sheik Taj Aldin al Hilali said the cleric’s comments in a sermon last month had...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 26, 2006 08:57 AM
Well, the NJ Supremes have ruled on Gay Marriage. EnlightenNJ has a link to the opinion. I must warn you that in keeping with current rules of lawyerly liberal jargonese it runs to 90 freakin' pages. Dredd Scott is under...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 26, 2006 06:51 AM
Amazon announced their 'profits' for the quarter yesterday, and they're pretty poor, frankly Selling everything from books and computers to diamonds and lawnmowers, Amazon said net income in the quarter fell to $19 million, or 5 cents per share, from...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 25, 2006 06:42 AM
A quarrel that has surfaced this week between Venezuelan workers and the local subsidiary of soft drinks bottler Coca-Cola Femsa might, at first sight, appear to be nothing more than a routine labour dispute. But, at least according to some...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 24, 2006 04:19 PM
...in living color. Black: ...The UN came into existence on 24 October 1945, after the Charter had been ratified by the five permanent members of the Security Council — Republic of China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 24, 2006 11:00 AM
...of the same mouth. I mean, it really LOOKS like the same mouth, huh? How whack is that? Now, I'd post on the interview that accompanies this picture but, with the riveting calibre of the grilling Eleanor Clift subjects Nancy...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 24, 2006 10:06 AM
So now the Chinese are saying that Lil Kim is not a font of contrition after all: BEIJING - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il did not apologize for his regime’s nuclear test when a special envoy from China’s president...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 24, 2006 07:00 AM
Never thought I'd say that, but thanks to the Fiskmeister I now know the next movie for the Netflix queue....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 24, 2006 06:49 AM
...and low, á la Français. On a routine call, three unwitting police officers fell into a trap. A car darted out to block their path, and dozens of hooded youths surged out of the darkness to attack them with stones,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 23, 2006 11:22 AM
...THIS cool... Thieves lead to discovery of Egypt tombs Curse protected 4,200 year old graves of royal dentists ...The thieves launched their own dig one summer night two months ago but were apprehended, Zahi Hawass, chief of Egypt's Supreme Council...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 23, 2006 08:59 AM
Sis yelled at me this morning because I said that all the folks at the State Department are scum. US State Department mouthpiece Alberto Fernandez issued a statement tonight saying he's sorry for condemning American "arrogance and stupidity" in Iraq:...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 23, 2006 08:47 AM
Great news via Publius Pundit Panama’s great referendum on expanding the mighty Panama Canal, to accomodate two times’ as much ship traffic, is taking place today. 1.7 million Panamanians are registered to vote on the $5.3 billion upgrade, essentially a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 23, 2006 07:04 AM
...of the dinosaur. ...Lately, though, you may have noticed if you’re a Miracle Whip person, that your sandwiches don’t quite taste the same, and your coleslaw doesn’t hold up overnight. That’s because the old standby you used and loved for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 22, 2006 08:11 PM
...I'd already stocked up! Oh, the humanity... There is no more brave... ...or noble bird....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 22, 2006 05:00 PM
Even thought it WAS legal...and NO ONE's personal data was compromised...and maybe terrorists really DIDN'T already know about it...I was just so durned mad at the mean way Bush and his guys talk about my newspaper. So in an emotional,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 22, 2006 03:48 PM
The pumpkin MURDERING HEATHENS! Boston sets Halloween ‘Jack-o’-lantern’ record Beantown lights 29,000 pumpkins, but nearby town vows to out do ’em All for a 'record' ~ a RECORD! How morally bankrupt is that? And now? Oooooh, the puncturing pumpkin pretenders...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 22, 2006 01:06 PM
Proposed Constitutional Amendment No.8 Ballot Title:EMINENT DOMAIN Ballot Summary:Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to prohibit the transfer of private property taken by eminent domain to a natural person or private entity; providing that the Legislature may by general...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 21, 2006 11:55 PM
I'm not sure how many of you clicked through Bingley's link to the pitiful excuse of an excuse. If you survived the initial shock and disgust, but had neither the patience nor the stomach to wade throught the comments, buried...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 21, 2006 10:50 PM
...She passed the man a coin and walked off, quietly completing the most mundane of daily tasks while wearing a garment -- the full-face veil, or niqab -- that has caused a raging debate about how well Britain's nearly 2...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 21, 2006 09:28 AM
"Dunkin' Donuts just don't have much flavor," said Evans, who grew up in Alabama. "These are just more moist. You can fold them up and stuff a whole one in your mouth." By GOD, what was I thinking? I love...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 21, 2006 12:15 AM
Bill Roggio says so, too, but nicer. We have been tippy toeing around this ee-ville SOB for far too long. Everytime we're within a hair's breadth of wiping his smug mug off posters for good, he scuttles back to his...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 20, 2006 01:18 PM
...and decide for yourself. There are quite a few elements that ring true for me. But I also know families are the fiercest advocates for the accused. I think the truth is somewhere in between....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 20, 2006 09:52 AM
Is it any wonder that the "meaning of is" hangover from the Clinton is still...hanging around, with prominent Clinton faces in prominent places? Take Dollnna Shalala, president of that bastion of integrity ~ the University of Miami. Oh, boy she's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 20, 2006 09:39 AM
..."the Grasso's always greener on the other side". Better luck next time to YOU, Dick. Former New York Stock Exchange chairman Richard Grasso will have to repay "tens of millions of dollars" to the Big Board after a court rejected...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 19, 2006 04:05 PM
...but "HELL NO", "F@CK NO", "NO WAY" and "NO HOW". Army Corps proposes easing Gulf wetlands rule Anger greets plan to let developers skip permits to speed Katrina recovery Federal wetlands regulators have dropped a bombshell on environmentalists with a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 19, 2006 03:25 PM
CNN has responded to critics of their latest jihadi propaganda Whether or not you agree with us in this case, our goal, as always, is to present the unvarnished truth as best we can. Just like they did when they...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 19, 2006 02:02 PM
I am humbled by its brilliance....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 19, 2006 01:05 PM
...without a RAY GUN. A Lighthouse Point man is in critical condition this morning, a day after authorities say a stingray jumped onto his boat and stabbed him in the chest, leaving a foot-long barb stuck in him. Eighty-one-year-old James...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 19, 2006 01:00 PM
...named Mister Bingley in the United States. HowManyOfMe.comThere are:0people with my namein the U.S.A.How many have your name? Soooo... Who the f*ck IS this obnoxious, mysterious stranger....?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 19, 2006 11:20 AM
I'm not even going to link to it, but here is what the bastards at CNN say as their top story: Almost 2,800 Americans have been killed so far in Iraq and one of the most dangerous insurgent opponents is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 19, 2006 06:50 AM
...I have come to the conclusion we're doomed. First ::roll eyes:: of the morning... In the wake of the Miami-FIU brawl, the NCAA says it would consider helping schools and conferences develop a standard policy to curb on-field violence. ..."The...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 18, 2006 10:46 AM
Aishah Azmi, the Muslim teaching assistant suspended for her sack cloth, says everything's brilliant, so what's the problem? ...Ms Azmi told the BBC her veil had not caused problems with the children, with whom she had a "brilliant relationship". ..."If...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 18, 2006 10:23 AM
But it's wonderful. Christmas at Arlington Every December since 1992, volunteers have laid wreaths donated by the Worcester Wreath Company of Harrington, Maine, at the headstones of over 5,000 of America's honored dead....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 18, 2006 09:49 AM
DOW's at TWELVE THOUSAND and change...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 18, 2006 09:39 AM
...you will NOT." Bush Sets Defense As Space Priority U.S. Says Shift Is Not A Step Toward Arms; Experts Say It Could Be President Bush has signed a new National Space Policy that rejects future arms-control agreements that might limit...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 18, 2006 09:30 AM
As Voltaire might have said "I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death my right to regulate it" "The European Commission proposal would require websites and mobile phone services that feature video images...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 18, 2006 09:25 AM
Ask any 'Rumsfeld doctrine'/neocon analyst. The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan failed to follow through as it should have after ousting the government in 2001, said the NATO commander in the country. The mistake — adopting "a peacetime approach" too early...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 17, 2006 09:31 PM
From a banner on the Fox Buzztracker: Breaking News >> Judge Tosses Conviction of Late Enron Founder Ken Lay Citing His Death So, he's only a crook as long as he's alive? Nobody's got anything else yet. All Wesley all...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 17, 2006 04:20 PM
Why does this make me think of a Monty Python sketch: Pablo Picasso's "dream" painting has turned into a $139 million nightmare for Steve Wynn. In an accident witnessed by a group that included Barbara Walters and screenwriters Nora Ephron...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 17, 2006 04:14 PM
You would have thought that meant the American public. SICKENING VICTIM ACT FOOLED JUDGE IT WAS all just an act. Lynne Stewart, a former lawyer who specialized in spreading terror and hate around the world, lumbered into a courtroom looking...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 17, 2006 02:53 PM
"Were you interviewed face to face by a male governor of the school for this job? It's a simple question...To assess your suitability for this job? And you did not wear the veil for that interview?" Taking the veil to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 17, 2006 10:27 AM
While I think Guatemala is a better choice, of course Fierce US critic Venezuela and US-backed Guatemala fought a bitter battle for Latin America's open seat on the UN Security Council, forcing voting into a second day under pitched lobbying...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 17, 2006 06:52 AM
...for being in that "1/4 of the population". ...JIM FETZER, BELIEVES BUSH ORCHESTRATED 9/11: Well, you are wrong, Bill, because you haven't studied the case. We've created an organization consisting of experts and scholars, pilots, aeronautical engineers, mechanical engineers, structural...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 16, 2006 06:16 PM
Blustering hot air and typical classless Miami bullsh*t. From the BROADCAST booth. Comments made by TV analyst and former Miami player Lamar Thomas during a sideline-clearing brawl involving the Hurricanes and Florida International will be edited out before the game...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 16, 2006 05:42 PM
...when the Aussies have your back. ...Japan has taken one of the hardest lines against the North. Last Friday, the Cabinet approved closing ports to North Korean ships and banning trade with the North. On Monday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 16, 2006 09:25 AM
Red wine may help prevent stroke damage A couple glasses a day could protect the brain, mouse studies suggest Red wine might work to protect the brain from damage after a stroke and drinking a couple of glasses a day...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 15, 2006 10:30 PM
....leaves me speechless. ...Hubert Hoffman was earlier arrested by the police in a routine check at a railway station in the Polish capital of Warsaw. He complained to the arresting officers that President Lech Kaczynski and his twin brother Jaroslaw,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 15, 2006 10:05 PM
They did a fantastic job. Kudos to Ed Bradley and the crew. As much for their report as for the people they interviewed. The 'second stripper' was a revelation. Well spoken, completely together ~ wow. I hadn't visualized that. (I...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 15, 2006 08:05 PM
...with football on the telly and leaves skittering across the yard triggers an instinctive reaction. "Must Bake COOkies" So I did. Herewith: Butterscotch Chippy Oatmeal COOkies ...à la ths. In the bowl ~ 1 C butter (I use Land o'...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 15, 2006 05:05 PM
I'm crying here. Navy SEAL falls on grenade to save comrades Monsoor was only the second member of force to be killed in Iraq A Navy SEAL sacrificed his life to save his comrades by throwing himself on top of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 14, 2006 05:12 PM
South Park beats down the 9-11 Conspiracy idiots. (h/t to Allah) ths UPDATE: Truthers strike back! Well anyways like I said, I think this will get more people wanting to look at these "silly" conspiracy theories only to find themselves...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 13, 2006 09:08 PM
Round 2. Feds probe trip that Kolbe made with pages NBC exclusive: Congressman alleged to have been inappropriate in '96 Federal prosecutors in Arizona have opened a preliminary investigation of a camping trip Congressman Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz., took 10 years...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 13, 2006 07:22 PM
I'm DYING here! “If I can get an elephant led by a mariachi band into this country, I think Osama bin Laden could get across with all the weapons of mass destruction he could get into this country,” Bhakta said....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 13, 2006 06:01 PM
...for a good cause. It's Marine Force Recon calender time. Oooooh-RAH !! In my own smug way, I'd point out they missed one......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 13, 2006 01:45 PM
In Democratic minds, why is it 'no holds barred' to dig up and claw through a Republican candidate's personal ancient history... ...Democratic candidate Kirsten Gillibrand is calling on GOP Rep. John E. Sweeney in Upstate New York to explain a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 13, 2006 10:35 AM
...but others carried the flag so beautifully. Sailors of the USS Cole we lost that awful day six years ago are remembered. They all look so young. (A warm Swill Salute to Brian.) For our part, I think I'll link...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 13, 2006 09:43 AM
...now. Revisting a post from one year ago....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 13, 2006 09:23 AM
...BINGLEY half nekked in the street. Court upholds woman’s right for topless protest Florida resident believe nudity laws are applied unfairly to women An appeals court has ruled that women can demonstrate topless as part of a legitimate political protest,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 13, 2006 08:36 AM
...being completely unbiased (and considering my earlier excoriation of Newsweek today) I thought I'd give the MSM ~ ohhhhh, let's say MSNBC.com ~ one last chance to put "Harry" instead of "Foley" somewhere ~ anywhere ~ on their home page....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 12, 2006 11:02 PM
She's at the Mets play-off game. I think the term is "nosebleed". UPDATE: Holy CRAP! 13 innings?!? Man, is she gonna be cranky tomorrow. (And probably the whole city sleep deprived city, ya think?) But they won, so woo hoo...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 12, 2006 06:56 PM
...he HATES George Bush and will direct his people to vote him and his silly a$$ed Rethuglicans O.U.T. OUT. (And then make them roast in the burny fires of hell, blahblahblah, but that's later.) Jesus loves green, this I know!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 12, 2006 06:18 PM
Stuff you just might not know. Islamic-Safe Finance Grows in the West When Caribou Coffee went public last year, sharp-eyed investors noticed some unusual promises in its prospectus. Caribou, the nation's second-largest coffeehouse chain, said it would never sell pork...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 12, 2006 03:16 PM
(I think they should name it 'GARgle', since that's what they need after writing these DNC love letters) It's their 'political blog', as they call it. There's this big long list o' whoo-ya contributors down the left hand (how appropriate)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 12, 2006 01:15 PM
"But I breathe live at the BEACH!" Pound Sand takes on a whole new meaning around here. A sand fight is brewing on Pensacola Beach. Pensacola Beach leaseholders accumulating sand on their lots may be asked to return it soon,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 12, 2006 01:10 PM
...before she starts ta draining!! The swamp's doin' just FINE, thank you. Federal deficit falls to smallest level in 4 years Decline seen helped by higher tax revenues The federal budget deficit, helped by a gusher of tax revenues, fell...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 11, 2006 05:47 PM
...the Kolbe Grand Canyon story link is off MSNBC.com's home page, but lookee how it pops up on their Politics page ~ with a RED exclamation mark for IMPORTANT !! WHY would it be marked "IMPORTANT"? (And WHO decides/marks it...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 11, 2006 11:10 AM
No, not the Russkie Comet; we're talking the biggest, baddest monster of them all, one who is "eating the Earth": The population of the United States will pass 300 million today, or tomorrow. No one knows exactly where, no one...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 11, 2006 07:31 AM
No sooner does openly gay REPUBLICAN Rep. Kolbe offer his official version of what prompted him to alert the Clerk of the page program, then this little number appears on MSNBC: Rep. Kolbe visited Grand Canyon with pages Park Service...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 10, 2006 11:45 PM
...to put up or shut up....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 10, 2006 11:26 PM
...to have the Chinese onboard. North Korea must face “some punitive actions” for testing a nuclear device, China’s U.N. ambassador said Tuesday, suggesting that Beijing may be willing to impose some form of Security Council sanctions against Pyongyang. China’s U.N....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 10, 2006 05:25 PM
...in this CBS/NYT poll for 6 Oct. Bush gets HAMMERED when people are asked about his handling of the economy, 34% approval to 57% disapproval, fails MISERABLY when asked about Iraq ( 30% to 66% ) but comes out a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 10, 2006 02:21 PM
DODDS schools worldwide told to watch for violent MS-13 Department of Defense Dependents Schools is trying to stop one of the most dangerous U.S. gangs — MS-13 — from gaining a foothold among students, according to a newsletter sent to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 10, 2006 12:54 PM
Salmon Rushdie, again I salute you, Sir The row over Muslim women's dress codes reignited today after author Salman Rushdie declared that "veils suck". Rushdie, whose book The Satanic Verses triggered death threats from Islamic clerics, gave his full backing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 10, 2006 06:46 AM
...to me! Alaska Villages Reject Venezuela Oil In Alaska's native villages, the punishing winter cold is already coming through the walls of the lightly insulated plywood homes, many of the villagers are desperately poor, and heating-oil prices are among the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 9, 2006 05:10 PM
First salad bar spinach...then Iraqi policemen...and now... Sweet little old ladies at a REPUBLICAN fundraising luncheon! - "Suck it up, Grannie!" Senator John Kerry implores geriatric Republican supporter MayBelle Ipswitch, after presenting her with a luscious plate of victuals. The...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 9, 2006 02:24 PM
Bush Blasts Nuke Kook!! Heh. Can't beat that. And Bush did sound firm and presidential. Why is it some losers people just can't seem to get over LOSING and have to get their little digs in regardless of the situation?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 9, 2006 01:15 PM
...that “This is Foley’s lifestyle,” said Ron Gwaltney, a home builder, as he waited with his family outside a Christian rock concert last Thursday in Norfolk. “He tried to keep it quiet from his family and his voters. He is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 9, 2006 09:35 AM
...experienced a Freudian slip while reporting on North Korea's nuclear test. He said: "The U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed a 4.2 magniturd...(!)...magnitude disturbance..." I think he had it right the first time. From NPR's "Morning Edition" to MSNBC, the repeating...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 9, 2006 07:24 AM
So Much for the Peace Ceremony SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Monday it had safely and successfully carried out an underground nuclear test, flying in the face of a warning from the U.N. Security Council. Even the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 9, 2006 06:46 AM
...Kcruella, I mean. ::sigh:: Go Mets. Go....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 8, 2006 07:00 PM
Don't let your "perfect" 6-0 record fool you. As "SPORTSMEN" ~ which is what I thought high school sports were really all about ~ YOU SUCK. Chiefs roll to perfect 6-0 The numbers game certainly fell in Northview's favor Friday,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 7, 2006 10:56 AM
Q: Who bats after Alex Rodriguez? A: Detroit....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 7, 2006 09:34 AM
...then, by God, we all should. Inspired by Roger's bold, selfless act and in the spirit of freedom from the closet that binds ~ I will summon what little intestinal fortitude I can claim, step forward and tell all of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 6, 2006 09:14 PM
"Not losing" isn't the same as winning. I've heard President Bush repeatedly state he will send more troops to Iraq if the commanders on the ground ask for them. I think, having returned home from Iraq two months ago, that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 6, 2006 09:46 AM
Our buddy Gunslinger passed this on to me: MALIBU, Calif. - Just whose waste is fouling the most star-studded stretch of the Southern California coast? Los Angeles County officials intend to find out, and if the evidence leads back to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 6, 2006 08:56 AM
..."NANNY STATE"... A government proposal to raise Italy's legal age for buying alcohol from 16 to 18 is going down like a corked wine with bar owners, scientific experts and some critics in the very government that came up with...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 6, 2006 08:30 AM
One of the winners... Medicine - Dr. Francis Fesmire said he wasn't sure whether he was honored or embarrassed when he learned he'd won an Ig Nobel for his paper called — ahem — "Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 6, 2006 07:48 AM
Do police in the UK have to take an oath to uphold the law? A Muslim police officer who asked to be excused from guarding the Israeli embassy was married by the radical cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed, The Daily Telegraph...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 6, 2006 07:33 AM
Oh man, what a mess: APEX, N.C. -- Shifting winds forced Apex officials to expand an evacuation area early Friday to protect residents from a chemical gas plume that continued to spread from an industrial fire that has raged since...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 6, 2006 07:16 AM
The bravest, most loving sacrifice and the most incredible, loving gift. The oldest of the five Amish girls shot dead in a Pennsylvania schoolhouse is said to have stepped forward and asked her killer to "Shoot me first," in an...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 5, 2006 08:32 PM
I stole myself from Ken's comment section. (Yes, I'm the one with no...ahem...reproductive appendage for a reason.) I'm not driving an extra 10 miles to buy non-CITGO gas. Sorry. CITGO's a fact of life here on the Gulf Coast, even...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 5, 2006 05:54 PM
Being the considerate soul I am, I refrained from comment the night of the Saints' return to the Superdome. I didn't have a problem with FEMA (read:our money) dollars being spent to refurbish a New Orleans landmark, even though it's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 5, 2006 10:36 AM
...and garbage disposal....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 5, 2006 09:14 AM
Nancy Pelosi has turned to reading from the Gospel. Nearing elections, Pelosi emphasizes economy House Democratic leader vows to raise minimum wage, cut taxes Pointing toward midterm elections, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi promises to raise the minimum wage while...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 5, 2006 08:41 AM
The SUSPENSE is KILLING ME!! No answers until tomorrow. Can anybody blog this from Cambridge for us? Huh? Huh? The 2006 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony Thursday, October 5, 2006, 7:30 pm. There's a Dunkin Donut in it for you......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 4, 2006 06:57 PM
Buy This Mug!! Wear This Shirt!! Bush Derangement Day (Hey Michelle, let us know ~ we'll send ya one!) Man, we'd be FOOLS if we weren't ALLLL over this, 'cause, like, we have been since the beginning....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 4, 2006 02:54 PM
...in 2 days. My buddies at CAIR want everyone to use them, bless their little pointy wrapped heads. USPS to Re-Issue 'Eid' Stamps (WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/28/06) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is asking members of the American Muslim...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 4, 2006 02:21 PM
...what the hell ~ give it a whack! The Senate Democratic Campaign Committee (SDCC), headed by Reid, sent an e-mail with the subject line "Heckuva Job!" to supporters Wednesday. The e-mail contained a photo of President Bush, Foley, and former...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 4, 2006 12:57 PM
...struck me as sardonically comical. 1. Sen. Teddy Kennedy. The liberal Massachusetts senator testified in defense of nephew accused of rape, invoking his family history to win over the jury in 1991. Better Teddy's family history of womanizers than his...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 4, 2006 12:50 PM
...to 'religion of peace'. ...‘God’s blessing to everyone’ Back in the pumpkin patch, the midday sun was getting hot. John had work to do. Pumpkins are a cash crop, unlike most of the corn and alfalfa in many of the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 4, 2006 10:55 AM
...remember when this came out. Sage Brush Patriot has restored The Duke's "America: Why I Love Her". His voice makes me sniffle. I'm so pitiful....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 4, 2006 09:07 AM
...dodging into rehab, good ol' boy Mark Foley is now also claiming he was...dumdumdum DUMB... ABUSED as a CHILD. UPDATE: By a member of the CLERGY Two THREE image makeover standards down. What's next on the People Magazine 'rehab'/be-a-victim-your-ownself list?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 3, 2006 06:22 PM
...on a someone with "touch of greatness". How is it these young Jarheads can make you cry so damn hard?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 3, 2006 04:21 PM
The spineless bastards Did a Critic of Islam Go Too Far? A teacher in France is the latest to face death threats for daring to criticize the religion and its prophet's emphasis on violence Did a Critic of Islam Go...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 3, 2006 03:14 PM
...with others in your school. Study: Sea Lice Killing Wild Salmon A team of Canadian scientists has found the most direct evidence yet that baby salmon pick up fatal infections of sea lice while swimming past salmon farms in British...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 3, 2006 12:47 PM
State-run radio: Commercial airliner hijacked in Greek airspace. No link yet just a headline. I'm looking. Nothing anyplace else. FOX has the headline now, too. And now Drudge has Turkish Airlines spokesman says hijacked aircraft has landed at an airport...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 3, 2006 11:53 AM
..."You Brought That Sh*t on Yo'self". Western foreign policy and a tendency among some Muslims to impose their idea of truth have been key factors in the rise of radical Islam, Muslim writers say. "Islam is about peace and submission....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 3, 2006 10:53 AM
I don't know if I can take much more. In yet another interview, Hasselhoff confirmed what some fans of his series “Knight Rider” always suspected: that Kitt, the talking car, was, in fact, gay. And he had the hots for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 3, 2006 09:50 AM
After years of warning us that it was happening, I have to grant the Left their due: we are indeed heading towards a theocracy. Only it's not the evul kkkristians. As Tim Blair has noticed, this constant kow-towing to muslim...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 3, 2006 06:46 AM
...last year. ...The St. Petersburg Times said that last November, it received copies of an e-mail exchange between Mr. Foley and a former page from Louisiana. The newspaper said the boy, who was under age, did not want his name...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 2, 2006 11:49 PM
...I'm with him on this one. Scarborough: D.C.'s dark underbelly exposed Joe Scarborough and Mark Foley entered Congress together in 1994 ...Reading the first set of e-mails made me uneasy. My friends and I who knew Mark got on the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 2, 2006 04:24 PM
There is some talk about who knew what, when with regard to this, and what should happen to them. The unfolding cyber-sex scandal involving former Rep. Mark Foley, who resigned Friday, has spread to the House leadership that appears to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 2, 2006 01:18 PM
...for the book by Bingley's boy. New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey's bio, "The Confession" 10) "The Day I Got Caught Governing Myself;" 9) "How to Pretend to Like Girls for 47 Years;" 8) "From Schwar zenegger to Pataki: Governors I'd...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 2, 2006 10:56 AM
...that he is NOT the Scottie responsible for either the chomped ear... ...or the subsequent surgery to repair the damage. (That would be the Princess who, one would think, would be better behaved considering her age and status.) - Boo's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 1, 2006 08:41 PM
I wouldn't try gambits like this... Breaking news, male prostitution ring being run out of Democratic Congressman's apartment In reality, this is not breaking news. It's old news about Massachusetts Democratic Congressman Barney Frank. In this Washington Post story, Congessman...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 1, 2006 03:28 PM
...BEFORE Bingley and I get there for the GOP Convention...or I'll thump someone, I'm sure. "WHAT?!", you ask? Aren't they talking about Mogadishu? Muslim Cabdrivers May Have to Signify Alcohol-Free Cars No, gentle reader. They're talking about MINNEAPOLIS. Hundreds of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 1, 2006 02:54 PM
Heh. And heh, again. And yet again. I'm glad to be of service......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 1, 2006 01:02 PM
Here we are spending years of effort and gazillions of dollars to turn our once Idyllic Cupcakeland™ country into the Rovian Land of Dispair™, and Tim Worstall uncovers stuff like this still going on: The New York Governor George Pataki...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 30, 2006 08:54 AM
Rep. Foley has resigned from Congress. Good. It seems he's a scumbag. As Gaypatriot correctly points out First — a 16-year old!?!? I just don’t get that!!! Second — Think a long, long time before you put stuff in email....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 30, 2006 08:33 AM
(And probably should have waited until the red glaze cleared from my eyes, but I've never had that kind of self control.) Don't let the headline fool you. 'It is Time for Muslims to Reciprocate' This week a Berlin opera...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 29, 2006 11:33 AM
This is rich: RENO, Nev. Former President Carter is urging northern Nevadans to elect his son, Jack, to the Senate to help combat a Bush administration he says has brought "international disgrace" to the country. The former president told a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 29, 2006 11:20 AM
...you know, the mostly air-conditioned office type ~ to get a 2.7% pay raise in January. A pittance and fair enough. Until you realize the Senate also thinks the military's worth only a 2.2% pay raise for what THEY do....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 29, 2006 07:48 AM
...cuts out the middle guy. EU starts social allowances payments to Palestinians at the start of Ramadan The European Commission announced Monday that it started the payment of social allowances to 40,000 of the neediest Palestinian families through the Temporary...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 28, 2006 06:17 PM
We at the Swilling always seek to uplift and enlighten our gentle readers, which is why I am so glad that Allahpundit (punditry be upon him) at HotAir linked to a site where you can create your own moving and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 28, 2006 05:07 PM
...betcha they hook me up for something. Radical Muslim who made death threats against Pope escapes prosecution A furious row has erupted after it emerged that a notorious preacher will not be prosecuted for issuing a death threat to Pope...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 28, 2006 03:23 PM
...of Imagination. ...As we approach the fifth year without a second successful terrorist attack upon U.S. soil, a chorus of skeptics now suggests that 9/11 was a 100-year flood. They conveniently forget the deadly explosions in Bali, Madrid, London, and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 28, 2006 01:28 PM
Woo-Hoo! Congratulations! The cheesesteaks are on me!!!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 28, 2006 09:26 AM
Looks like the CarBQ season has started early for the Ramadan Roilers United Yutes It looks as if immigrants youths want to turn nightly rioting during the Islamic holy month of ramadan into an annual tradition. Around 8:30pm last night...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 28, 2006 07:03 AM
I'll bet he wish he had... Democratic Senate challenger Jim Webb declined to say definitively Tuesday whether he had ever used a common derogatory term to describe blacks, stepping carefully after watching his campaign rival confront charges of racism. “I...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 27, 2006 12:56 PM
...this is. 7-Eleven Dropping Venezuela-Backed Citgo Convenience store operator 7-Eleven Inc. is dropping Venezuela-backed Citgo as its gasoline supplier at more than 2,100 locations and switching to its own brand of fuel. ...7-Eleven spokesman Margaret Chabris said that, "Regardless of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 27, 2006 12:41 PM
Take me now. Senators Propose Funds for Paper Ballots to Back Up Electronic Ones Three Senate Democrats proposed emergency legislation today to reimburse states for printing paper ballots that can be ready at polling places in case of problems with...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 27, 2006 11:20 AM
He has impugned the Prophet (pieces be upon him) AND ARTISTS, calling us a "docile species". Knowing such coward's talk is Aussie Pig Latin for "P-WORDS", I have called upon my friends... -CAIR News Conference Photo Courtesy of "It Comes...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 27, 2006 10:38 AM
No, no, not that, you homofoibles you, I'm refering to this crucial information: When we left the bar he bought Jägermeister at a store and took the bottle home. This incident happened when he was still Mayor of Woodbridge. It...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 27, 2006 08:49 AM
Should we not allow Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor to run for public office? The MSM has been all a-twitter about what George Allen did or did not say whilst at the University of Virginia in the 70s, and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 27, 2006 08:28 AM
Where this morning the opera was pulled because it was 'inflammatory', this latest headline has a different tenor (snort) all together. Mozart opera withdrawn on fears of Islamist attack Indignation erupted across Germany's political spectrum on Tuesday after a renowned...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 26, 2006 02:30 PM
...with the FISHES. Literally in the tank. Killer teddy bear behind deaths of 2,500 fish Stuffed animal was dropped into trout pool, clogged the flow of oxygen A teddy bear has been implicated in 2,500 deaths. Of trout, that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 26, 2006 01:24 PM
You just might get it. Paris Hilton is close to signing a deal to promote Ecoist.com, an eco-friendly accessories company, but the execs at the company are getting a tad nervous about the prospect of trotting out the heiress as...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 26, 2006 12:23 PM
...play with sharp objects....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 26, 2006 11:54 AM
Okay, well, maybe where YOU live. But here in Bangla-cola, it's a delightful 75 and the house is wide open. (Just like it was into the beginning of summer, which never happens, mind you.) This after last night's ABC News...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 26, 2006 11:45 AM
...is at it again. This time she's, well, going on about the 'rift' her book (on life as a military wife) 'created'. It's been nearly a year since my book, "Going Overboard: The Misadventures of a Military Wife," went on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 26, 2006 09:54 AM
...is a good idea. But since I wasn't sure if you all knew about it, I thought I'd throw it out there. S 3696 (PERA), sponsored by Sen. Brownback (R-Kan), a companion bill to H.R. 2679 (PERA), sponsored by Rep....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 26, 2006 08:12 AM
...Princess Leia. See what happens when you neuter and spay? Obi-Wan Kenobi...there's no hope....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 25, 2006 08:52 PM
...yeah. No joke. Rutgers is ranked. The Scarlet Knights, long a college football laughingstock, moved Sunday into The Associated Press Top 25 for the first time in 30 years. They're #23....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 25, 2006 11:53 AM
...are up to their old tricks wimmens-wise. Gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead the head of a women's department in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Monday, a security official and a relative said. ...Ama Jan was on her...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 25, 2006 09:44 AM
Roaches GURNEE, Ill. (AP) - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants Six Flags Great America to scrap its Halloween-themed cockroach-eating promotion. A spokeswoman for the animal rights organization says the contest at the amusement park's FrightFest is "gratuitously...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 25, 2006 08:51 AM
This valuable life lesson is brought to us today by Martha Freeman of Nashville who found that, well it just makes things complicated: (Court TV) -- Almost 16 hours after Martha Freeman's husband was strangled and beaten to death in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 25, 2006 07:43 AM
You just have to wonder "why" after you recoil from the horror of this: EAST ST. LOUIS, Illinois (AP) -- A woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and her fetus told police she drowned the woman's three young children...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 25, 2006 07:17 AM
Jake Tapper of ABC News follows up on dogs wagging. ...In the interview Clinton said that during the 1990s conservatives criticized him for "obsessing" over bin Laden and "they ridiculed me for trying" to kill bin Laden. So let's examine...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 24, 2006 11:45 PM
And understanding, I present some highlights from the following phrasebook guide so that we may build bridges of love and understanding to other cultures as we American tourists traverse the world: General Expressions How much is that in real money?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 24, 2006 12:53 PM
Let's see, first Armitage ends up as the one who gave Plame's name to Novack. Now he's mentioned as the one behind the supposed Bush "bomb you back to the Stone Age" threat to Pakistan: White House spokesman Tony Snow...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 22, 2006 10:56 AM
...for the great Americans quoted over at Brendan Loy's. A sample... MrMichaelMT blames Bush: “While Chavez’ tone is undoubtably uncivilized, and his machinations are certainly detrimental to pan-American relations, it’s important to realize whose behavior enabled his tirade. Had Bush...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 21, 2006 07:56 PM
...as his 'puter. Child porn case against Karr hits a snag Prosecutors can’t find computer that allegedly contained illegal images Efforts to prosecute one-time JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect John Mark Karr on child pornography charges should not be jeopardized even...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 21, 2006 11:05 AM
Drudge is reporting: CHAVEZ FLEES NYC; CUTS TRIP SHORT AFTER 'DEVIL' SPEECH Thu Sep 21 2006 08:21:15 ET Fiery Venezuela President Hugo Chavez will 'wrap up' his controversial NYC visit early this morning to return home to Caracas, sources...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 21, 2006 09:08 AM
Go Mets....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 20, 2006 10:33 PM
Thank you ever so much the kind offer in your email this afternoon. However tempting it might be to come to the aid of a good Zimbabwean friend of impeccable pedigree, I'm afraid I must regretfully and respectfully decline in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 20, 2006 03:43 PM
...from as liberal a New Yawker as it gets. SENATE Democratic leader Harry Reid's party somehow changed this year's calendar order of caucuses and put Nevada, his home state, after Iowa. 'Twas never ever thus before. Always New Hampshire. Only...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 20, 2006 02:54 PM
"While we have not definitively put this interesting little picture to bed, there is considerable thought that it is just a plastic bag that came from somewhere and got loose," Hale said. New Jersey finds a new dump for medical...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 20, 2006 02:19 PM
Of course, Option B is that the school officials are complete morons. Blind morons, at that. That's as charitable as I can be after reading this: A veteran teacher used the font — depicting quasi-anatomically correct male and female stick...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 20, 2006 06:52 AM
...at Radioblogger. And no, this isn't the Pope speaking... "For 12 years I wandered in the wilderness, went through a divorce and struggled with questions about my direction. Then suddenly and movingly, I had a revelation about the connection between...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 20, 2006 12:26 AM
I'm not too worried about this latest news from NASA: NASA delayed the planned landing of the space shuttle Atlantis by at least a day Tuesday after engineers spotted an object that may have accidentally flown out of its cargo...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 19, 2006 03:20 PM
Where the good Lord split 'ya: The chief judge in Saddam Hussein's genocide trial has been replaced, Al-Iraqiya state television reported Tuesday. The station did not say why the change was made, but the Arab satellite stations Al-Arabiya and Al-Jazeera...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 19, 2006 02:27 PM
...in charge of the newsletter when this... Heritage Tail, Bladder Balls, and Laura Ingalls Wilder ...is his subject line....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 19, 2006 01:25 PM
Let's stop this sh*t from EVER repeating... US Treasury Sets New 1-Day Tax Receipt Record Of $85.8 Billion ...Total tax receipts were $85.8 billion on Friday, compared with the previous one-day record of $71 billion on Sept. 15 of last...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 19, 2006 01:24 PM
An' ya will er I'll be splitting ye from yer skippers ta ye jacks. Avast scurvy dogs! How many leagues to me grog-filled Skull & Scuppers? Me mate,ol Rumpot, wants to swill a pint or two of grog afore we...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 19, 2006 12:29 PM
The Army will play: BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- Tanks have been seen rolling through the streets of Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday amid rumors of an attempted coup, witnesses tell CNN. Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra -- currently at the U.N....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 19, 2006 12:18 PM
"Honor" killings. Honour killing claims life of six-year-old A six-year-old girl was killed in an arson attack on her family home by men who disapproved of a relationship her older brother was having with a teenager, a court heard today....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 19, 2006 12:09 PM
Sure you are. We all saw the movie, pal. NASA Tracks Mystery Object Near Atlantis Shuttle CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA mission controllers are tracking a mystery object hovering between the space shuttle Atlantis and Earth, and traveling at...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 19, 2006 11:59 AM
Arms and legs from Britain?? NEW YORK (AP) -- After "Masterpiece Theatre" host Alistair Cooke died, errors in the medical records accompanying his body fell through the cracks, one by one. His name was misspelled. His birthdate was off by...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 19, 2006 08:38 AM
Willie's stoned out on the road again: LAFAYETTE, Louisiana (AP) -- Willie Nelson and four others were issued misdemeanor citations for possession of narcotic mushrooms and marijuana after a traffic stop Monday morning on a Louisiana highway, state police said....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 18, 2006 03:35 PM
...from Newsweek. A Pope’s Holy War Of course, they ask "what was he thinking" after confirming papist jihad in print for all who live in an "out of context" world. I haven't gotten as far as St. Peter's Koranic toilet...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 18, 2006 02:45 PM
...a timely Bill Leak cartoon. It's not funny because it's true. An Al Qaeda-linked extremist group warned Pope Benedict XVI on Monday that he and the West were "doomed," as protesters raged across the Muslim world to demand more of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 18, 2006 11:48 AM
"My network" "The French." Chirac calls for UN to scale down Iran sanctions Jacques Chirac, France's president, could be heading for another clash with the US over the Middle East, after pushing the United Nations security council to scale...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 18, 2006 10:26 AM
...have bean proven horribly wrong. Big Dig project managers persuaded the designer of the Interstate 90 connector tunnel ceiling to reduce by half the number of bolts supporting each ceiling hanger, The Boston Sunday Globe reported. The newspaper reported it...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 18, 2006 09:24 AM
Man rejects first penis transplant Ian Sample, science correspondent Monday September 18, 2006 The Guardian Chinese surgeons have performed the world's first penis transplant on a man whose organ was damaged beyond repair in an accident this year. The incident...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 18, 2006 07:54 AM
...my little Muslim friend. "We hope that Pope Benedict XVI will follow the steps of Pope John Paul II, who carried out a series of constructive steps to conduct an interfaith dialogue," Al Sabah said. Perhaps it wasn't in your...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 17, 2006 09:53 AM
...with his thoughtful post on not-so-thoughtful dressing by teenagers or of small children by parents who should know better but wish only to be known as 'with it', regardless of the cost later down the road. This photo of local...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 16, 2006 11:24 PM
Sorry about the delay, but here's Day Four in Scotland. As always, I'll put most of the pictures below the fold to save both of us on bandwidth. Anyhow, if you're not going to be golfing or distillerying (neither of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 16, 2006 10:37 PM
If you must use examples during your fretful arguments to cast the Catholic Church in the worst light possible and blame it for all the world's ills, stick to this century ~ Pope Pius, child predators, etc. When all else...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 16, 2006 12:24 PM
Pope sorry for remarks This al-Reuters headline is a little misleading. Lemme guess why... Pope Benedict is sorry Muslims were offended by a speech on Islam that provoked fury around the world and led to calls for the leader of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 16, 2006 11:18 AM
...Ivan was busy blowing through major dad's office....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 16, 2006 08:34 AM
Muslim leaders demand apology for Pope's 'medieval' remarks The words he quoted...were. Any excuse for a street riot and a helluva way to demonstrate the modernity and tolerance of your beliefs. UPDATE: Hmmmm. I wonder how this Islamic cleric meant...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 15, 2006 11:20 PM
Dear Holy Father ~ Tell them to piss off. Anyone who could read understands what you were saying and the jihadists fanning the current flames prove your point. The shrieking blind sheep of the Muslim street prove your point. Apologize...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 15, 2006 11:13 AM
I should have said "Don't use your 14th century quotes on 14th century neanderthals mentalities". Yes, yes ~ they're burning sh*t in the street YET again ...to prove how advanced and tolerant Islam/Muslim culture really is. Turkish official......compares pope to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 15, 2006 10:39 AM
An important post today from Lawhawk on our who our supposed Representatives really seem to care about: Why is Congress, and these members in particular, so fixated on the rights of terrorists under the US legal system and what the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 15, 2006 09:44 AM
...'and things start moving more efficiently' works for cars, too. Honda Develops New Way to Make Biofuel Honda Motor Co. has developed a way to make ethanol fuel from plant waste matter in a process that has the potential to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 14, 2006 12:15 PM
...in the state veterans' cemetary. Wiccan Sign Allowed on Soldier's Plaque The widow of a soldier killed in Afghanistan won state approval Wednesday to place a Wiccan religious symbol on his memorial plaque, something the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 14, 2006 11:39 AM
the nail on the head. The damning evidence was on the front page of yesterday's Post: A dra matic photo showing more than 100 Taliban terrorists in formation last July for a graveside funeral for one of their own in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 14, 2006 11:15 AM
Henry the K says WASHINGTON (AFP) - Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger warned that Europe and the United States must unite to head off a "war of civilizations" arising from a nuclear-armed Middle East. In an opinion column...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 14, 2006 10:44 AM
...since Ebola never did any. As Homework Grows, So Do Arguments Against It Comforting to be an academic trend setter light-years ahead....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 14, 2006 09:51 AM
...help from the most unlikely of quarters. Poland to send 1,000 new troops to Afghanistan Announcement comes in response to NATO pleas for reinforcements ...“Poland will increase its contingent in Afghanistan. We will send 1,000 additional troops from February,” Defense...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 14, 2006 09:32 AM
Umbrellas. Son of a biatch. Why do people need an umbrella with a 6 friggin foot diameter? Actually, why do hundreds of people all trying to walk down the same damn sidewalk at the same damn time need them? If...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 14, 2006 09:19 AM
Muslim religious leaders have accused Pope Benedict XVI of quoting anti-Islamic remarks during a speech at a German university this week. Questioning the concept of holy war, he quoted a 14th-Century Christian emperor who said Muhammad had brought the world...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 14, 2006 09:11 AM
Looks like this a$$wipe just punched his ticket for the World Court in the Hague: BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- The chief judge in Saddam Hussein's genocide trial said Thursday that he does not believe Saddam was a dictator. ...Questioning a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 14, 2006 07:12 AM
I may know the reason why NEW YORK (AP) -- Police say a man grabbed the shoes of several female subway riders in Manhattan and Queens, then kissed and licked their feet....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 14, 2006 07:04 AM
No, I'm not surprised. The terrorists in their puerile impotency against our troops have to celebrate and glorify, and feed off of, whatever damage they can do to the troops;most of it is by a single shot here or there...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 14, 2006 06:50 AM
I always wished I could be half as fast on my feet as she was with that wicked wit of hers. A real American character and too damn young to leave us. Former Texas governor Ann Richards dies at 73...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 14, 2006 12:17 AM
The vast majority of people would survive the rollover if they'd wear a freakin' seat belt. How hard was that? U.S. to Mandate Anti-Rollover Technology The government, impressed by the promise of anti-rollover technology, is planning to require automakers to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 13, 2006 04:08 PM
Don't start this blame the generals shit Both the White House and Congress should be demanding accountability from our generals who have failed so far to succeed in destroying our enemies. Not a single general has been fired for failing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 13, 2006 03:30 PM
Well, Sarkozy anyway. Visiting French Presidential Hopeful Lauds U.S. in Speech French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, the leading presidential candidate for France's ruling conservative party, swept through Washington yesterday, delivering an unabashedly pro-American speech and landing meetings with President Bush...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 13, 2006 03:28 PM
That excuse... "The weak El Nino is helping to explain why the hurricane season is less than we expected. El Ninos tend to suppress hurricane activity in the Atlantic," said Gerry Bell, a hurricane forecaster for NOAA. ...is taken. ('Weak',...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 13, 2006 03:01 PM
...Mr. Finlayson... Neanderthal Find Hints at Longer Era Neanderthals survived for thousands of years longer than scientists thought, with small lingering bands finding refuge in a massive cave near the southern tip of Spain, new research suggests. ...since they're still...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 13, 2006 03:00 PM
My day started at 7AM; I worked for Bank of America on the 81st floor of 1 World Trade Center – the North tower.
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 13, 2006 06:26 AM
...to call them what they are. Call for Bush to stop using 'Islamic fascists' Feingold says term offensive and unconnected to global terrorism fight Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold called on President Bush to refrain from using the phrase "Islamic fascists,"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 12, 2006 05:16 PM
Shepards, goldies, wots of wabbies ~ puppies and sliced up paws of every description in this slideshow... ...bless their brave puppy hearts....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 12, 2006 02:35 PM
You need to pick a better political 'puter pilfer. If Arnold Schwarzenegger EVER ~ under ANY circumstances ~ called ME 'hot'...? I'd probably react the same way. ...Garcia said she was not offended and appeared by the governor's side as...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 12, 2006 10:38 AM
Japanese bow and grin for the camera but get nowhere in Washington. Out of Washington last week came definite word that the U.S. is talking very tough to Japan. The talk went on between Special Envoy Saburo Kurusu, who had...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 12, 2006 09:36 AM
The Stingray Community fears 'retribution'. "We are Creatures of Peace," says a spokesfish, "I mean, sure we look like winged devils, and there is the 10 inch long barbed tail loaded with toxin and all, but we are victims of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 12, 2006 09:28 AM
Yesterday was a very draining day. While it's vital and important that we remember our friends and fellow citizens who were murdered that day it is hard. Man. We honor our friends by remembering them, and by going on, by...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 12, 2006 07:26 AM
We all know the story of how they and so many others died on that day, but we must never forget how these wonderful people lived, either. John and Sylvia adored life, and they adored each other. They were...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 11, 2006 11:22 PM
Here are some other folks you should honor and remember as you go about your life on this day: Benito Valentin Emilio Pete Ortiz Donna Bernaerts-Kearns Nicolas John Joanne Rubino Douglas Stone Kevin H. Bracken Rahma Salie Giovanna Porras Michael...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 10, 2006 10:54 PM
...have had quite the evening. And you need to visit and watch every little snippet and read every single word. I am so sniffling grateful he thought to share. The only thing I can add is, if the United States...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 8, 2006 10:15 PM
...will soon ~ once again ~ be legit. "HONEY! WHY did you get that Louisiana Rescue Labrador??!!!" "I dunno... El Niño ??!!" Works like a charm....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 8, 2006 09:53 PM
Now this will get the kooks in a dither: A controversy over words at BYU this morning. A professor is on paid leave for suggesting the government is responsible for the destruction of the World Trade Center. The man on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 8, 2006 02:42 PM
...doesn't have Alzheimer's and can publicly dispute the network's version of her and her cohorts' colleagues' conversations Susan Lyne knew it was a bad idea. That's why the ABC Entertainment president passed on what morphed into The Reagans, CBS's now...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 8, 2006 11:20 AM
I guess that's the only way to interpret this: A majority of Canadians believe U.S. foreign policy was one of the root causes that led to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, and Quebecers are quicker to criticize the U.S. administration...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 8, 2006 07:53 AM
So now Armitage is saying he made an innocent boo-boo In July 2003, Armitage told columnist Robert Novak that Ambassador Wilson's wife worked for the CIA, and Novak mentioned it in a column. It's a crime to knowingly reveal the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 8, 2006 06:59 AM
...were talkin' sh*t. Cell phones, complete with a charger and data chips, were found in the body cavities of four inmates at a maximum-security prison, and they had used the phones to direct criminal activities on the street, officials said...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 7, 2006 09:11 PM
ABC alters 9/11 show under pressure ABC's upcoming five-hour docudrama "The Path to 9/11" is quickly becoming a political cause célèbre. The network has in recent days made changes to the film, set to air Sunday and Monday, after leading...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 7, 2006 05:25 PM
Kirk went into space like a man (and always looking for a woman) but Shatner won't: The Star Trek legend was offered a ticket by Richard Branson onboard Virgin Galactic's first passenger flight in 2008. But Shatner, fearing he would...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 7, 2006 11:27 AM
Now that's a shock. In his nuanced style, which is foreign to American-educated ears, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin (who is a man), says Let us not forget that these crises play into the hands of all extremists," the prime...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 7, 2006 09:01 AM
...it's always best to keep safety in mind, regardless of how unfettered the open road might make you feel. A Swiss driver caught speeding in Canada explained that he had been taking advantage of the ability to drive fast without...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 6, 2006 08:56 PM
There's really nothing else you can say about these people: The 9/11 terrorist attack on America which left almost 3,000 people dead was an "inside job", according to a group of leading academics. Around 75 top professors and leading scientists...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 6, 2006 10:31 AM
He is getting out of control (AP) -- America's hard-line president urged students Tuesday to push for a purge of liberal and secular university teachers, another sign of his determination to strengthen Christian fundamentalism in the country. ...Bush's call was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 5, 2006 09:32 PM
If you ain't gonna let the doctor look at you? A hospital in northwest England has introduced a new surgical gown modelled on the burka, allowing female Muslim patients to cover themselves completely in line with their religious beliefs. I...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 5, 2006 10:47 AM
What ever I drink this weekend, I can guarantee you it won't be a Miller product: This time, as demonstrators march from Chinatown to House Speaker Dennis Hastert's (R-Ill.) Batavia office this weekend, they will have Miller Brewing Co., as...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 1, 2006 11:08 AM
My wonderful bride is a much better Net surfer than I am, and she is always finding these very interesting sites that I never have seen. Last night she showed me German Joys, and this post where the author, who...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 31, 2006 07:26 AM
Well, ok, it's probably not much of a feast, but no matter! Tonight we join hands with our Swilling friend Tim Blair and celebrate 1000 Days of Plastic Turkey lore! Tim has honored the occasion with a a Turkey Roll...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 30, 2006 09:00 PM
With headlines like this: Police: Throbbing artery gave polygamist away I bet that throbbing artery was the source of all his trouble......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 30, 2006 02:44 PM
Just when you thought he had disappeared, the Ivory Toweristas have come up with a petition in support of poor Ward Churchill. I'm sorry, that's "Courageous Professor Ward Churchill." My bad. The actions of the University of Colorado in this...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 30, 2006 07:56 AM
"Jitters" is defined as "feelings which cause one to hop in an SUV and run down Jews." See? Isn't that simple? No jihad here folks, move right along. Of course, we get the required “He is a very good person....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 30, 2006 07:16 AM
High prices when you pump sucking you dry? Well, the ladies of the brothel in Australia will get you a discount on your gas bill: SYDNEY - Hot and bothered by rising pump prices? Australian brothels are offering clients discounts...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 30, 2006 06:43 AM
I think Bill's take on this story is exactly right: "A joker". Yeah, right. The mere presence of these plants is proof that the Duluth police are running a marijuana distribution ring. They should be required to prove in court...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 30, 2006 06:39 AM
I am a silly man. Anyone who knows me will readily vouch for that, as will many who hardly know me. But I am exceedingly blessed in my Bride, who indulges in my silliness, and this drive was one such...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 29, 2006 09:00 PM
Wake Island is going to get pounded by Holy Schmokey Ioke: Classified as a Category 5 "super typhoon," Ioke is expected to extensively damage the U.S. territory when it hits Wednesday with 155-mph winds, said Jeff Powell, lead forecaster for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 29, 2006 11:01 AM
I ain't much of a memer, but since it's Ken we're talking about I'll make an exception: 1) A book that changed my life: The Bible. Has it turned me into a street corner preacher? No, but it has helped...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 29, 2006 07:11 AM
...and they've got the tape to prove it. I heard it differently, but then...I worked around airplanes. Video courtesy of al-Reuters. In the interest of complete disclosure: EBOLA SENT THIS TO ME. (There's your credit, you miserable little puke.)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 28, 2006 05:24 PM
Freakin' enough alreadystan! You try....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 28, 2006 04:48 PM
There's an amazing article in the latest Weekly Standard that, if it is accurate, should remove all doubt on where the UN stands: DURING THE RECENT month-long war between Hezbollah and Israel, U.N. "peacekeeping" forces made a startling contribution: They...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 28, 2006 02:30 PM
Ok, so that's not the most brilliant of insights, but I mean, really, what else can one say after this: MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris told a religious journal that separation of church and state is "a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 28, 2006 01:25 PM
The next day we decided to go to the Edinburgh Zoo in the morning and then take a bus out to see the Royal Yacht Britannia in the afternoon. We spent quite a bit of time at the Zoo. I...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 28, 2006 10:39 AM
Well, I've congealed a lot of the nearly 400 photos I took, so here's the first part of the trip. I'm putting most of the pictures below the fold so as not to tie up the bandwidth of folks...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 27, 2006 10:25 AM
Loch Ness is stunningly beautiful. And the visitor's center at Urquhart Castle is the best I've ever seen....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 25, 2006 06:44 PM
Contrary to major dad's expectations, I'm gonna let my favoritest mayor slide, since he seems not to need my help publicizing his pearls o' wisdom at the moment. No, I'm gonna stick up for another Democrat ~ yes, I am....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 25, 2006 03:36 PM
...in the New York Post. ...A culture of blame prevents moral, social and political progress. This is a self-help universe. The nonsensical Arab insistence that all Arab problems are the fault of America and Israel (or the Crusades) ignores the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 24, 2006 02:47 PM
...or are you just happy to see me? The 'Not-Too-Bright-Bandit' ...yes, that's really his name ~ is off the streets, capping this week's edition of "I'll Take My HamBurglar Well Done". Police have captured the Not-Too-Bright Bandit, whose attempts at...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 24, 2006 12:41 PM
"and I think they're going to get it," It look like cosmic curtains for Pluto. Grief stricken protestors are rallying around their doomed orb as I write ~ tearing at their hair, ululating... 'No, Pluto is a nice planet'...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 24, 2006 11:01 AM
The world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart, is now host to the world’s largest communist party, state media said on Thursday, after establishing the first party branch in one of the U.S. company’s China stores. A Chinese Communist Party official in the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 24, 2006 10:30 AM
...right where it hurts the mullahs most. ...The obvious next diplomatic step is to show Iran that the world meant what it said by following through with the toughest achievable sanctions. A myth has developed in some circles that there...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 24, 2006 09:38 AM
...but us. ‘Shiite giant’ extends its reach Sadr’s armed movement becomes pivotal force in fractured Iraq ...Millions of Sadr's supporters turned out in December elections to give his movement the largest bloc in parliament, which in turn put him in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 24, 2006 09:17 AM
...now polar bear gonads (the technical term) are going the way of wool in the dryer. Polar bear genitals shrinking due to pollution Shrinkage could endanger animals with already have low reproduction rate The icecap may not be the only...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 23, 2006 04:54 PM
...in one article, in an attempt NOT to say 'Muslim'? Asian students' shock at ejection from jet by passenger mutiny Two Asian students have revealed their shock and despair after being thrown off a plane because other passengers feared they...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 23, 2006 03:29 PM
...major dad (being the gentleman and the scholar he is) has found a link on the right hand side of USMC.mil. See where it says... Volunteer for duty IRR Marines and recent retirees needed for GWOT billets Learn more and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 23, 2006 02:42 PM
...who were passengers on a diverted Northwest flight. Dutch police said Wednesday that 12 passengers were in custody after a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Mumbai, India, returned to Amsterdam when several people on board aroused concern. No formal charges...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 23, 2006 02:40 PM
...parcel parking. Vietnam banks 'shut N Korean accounts' Vietnamese banks have been forced to shut North Korean accounts in the country as part of a US-led crackdown on overseas financial institutions acting as a repository for Pyongyang's funds, a leading...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 23, 2006 01:36 PM
...both because I wanted to wait until it was confirmed and because I was just plain sick at the thought. But he took the deal, his camp issuing patently ridiculous interpretations of the findings which are in themselves disgusting, delusional...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 23, 2006 09:34 AM
...keeping your dues current. Conflict of Interest Is Raised in N.S.A. Ruling The federal judge who ruled last week that President Bush’s eavesdropping program was unconstitutional is a trustee and an officer of a group that has given at least...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 23, 2006 09:08 AM
Here. Amen!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 22, 2006 09:39 PM
Grab your samurai sword and start swinging, cause Tom's been...CUT He's too weird. Can you imagine? Paramount cuts ties with Tom Cruise Film distribution giant ends 14-year relationship with actor's production company because of Cruise's recent erratic behavior, says a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 22, 2006 09:18 PM
...but it's a subject near and dear to my heart. I've decided to let Max Mayfield talk today. Looking back nearly a year to the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history, and the third-worst hurricane in terms of American lives...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 22, 2006 10:04 AM
...without a really good answer. Israel is still in Lebanon, and Hezbollah is more powerful, thanks to Israel's lack of resolve and our pitiful support. More roadside bombs were exploded in Iraq in July than in any month since we...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 22, 2006 08:53 AM
...I just had to share....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 21, 2006 02:31 PM
...disturbing. "If what's said in that letter reflects the councilman's views, those are disturbing remarks in this day and age," Graham said. "Maybe they wouldn't have been disturbing 500 years ago, but they are now." So what did the Rev....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 21, 2006 01:20 PM
...has his own blog at the ABC site and it often has little gems in it. (Plus he just seems like a really decent guy ~ that helps.) One caught my eye today, unfortunately illustrating the point of my Andrew...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 21, 2006 10:41 AM
The Travel Channel at 9 p.m. EST. ~ Anthony Bourdain in Beirut. The moment that things went sour: Tracey, surprised mid-scene by the sound of automatic weapons fire, shoots Hezbollah supporters as they drive through town celebrating the kidnapping of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 21, 2006 07:45 AM
Kofi says you can. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is expected to recommend Monday that the rules of engagement of the enhanced UNIFIL force to be deployed in Lebanon include opening fire on Hizbullah where necessary, The Jerusalem Post has learned....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 20, 2006 11:56 PM
In one piece would also be loverly. Snipers lurking on buildings and in a cemetery sprayed bullets into Shiite Muslim religious processions in the capital Sunday, killing at least 20 people in another spasm of sectarian bloodletting that many Iraqis...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 20, 2006 11:47 PM
...there is opportunity. Equipment stolen from Katrina memorial site Thieves make off with $100,000 in building equipment in New Orleans Thieves hauled off $100,000 worth of heavy equipment that was being used to help build a Lower Ninth Ward memorial...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 20, 2006 11:12 PM
Excuse me? New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Friday blamed racism and government bureaucracy for hamstringing his city's ability to weather Hurricane Katrina and recover from the disaster that struck the Gulf Coast nearly a year ago. In remarks to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 19, 2006 05:59 AM
I want THIS guy dead. (And a warm Swill welcome back, martini boy.)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 18, 2006 04:09 PM
Nothing Left but the Hole in the Middle Krispy Kreme's first West Coast outlet sparked fanfare and big sales. Patrons moved on, and now so has the store. Fans and employees of Krispy Kreme went from glazed to confused Thursday...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 18, 2006 01:52 PM
"...but they both said that they would rather have him never come back than never have gone." ...and TR's response. Makes me cry....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 18, 2006 11:14 AM
...just now [ed note: refers to broadcast of 17 Aug.]: After discussing Iran's attempts to rearm Hezbollah, the conversation shifted to troop allocations for the U.N./Lebanese ceasefire force. Brit asked why France has volunteered such a 'puny' number of troops...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 18, 2006 11:13 AM
...are reporting... Plane Lands in Italy After Bomb Report A British passenger plane requested an emergency landing in Brindisi on Friday because of a suspected bomb on board, Italy's air traffic agency said. The plane, a Boeing 767 with the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 18, 2006 11:00 AM
...and different degrees of 'dead'. The Jerusalem Syndrome The outrage of so many outraged people outrages me. On the scales of world opinion, some Muslim corpses are light as a feather, and others weigh tonnes. Two measures, two weights. The...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 18, 2006 10:50 AM
...when they hired Andrew Young. Civil rights leader Andrew Young, who was hired to help Wal-Mart Stores Inc. improve its public image, said early Friday he was stepping down from his position as head of an outside support group amid...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 18, 2006 09:38 AM
From TCS Daily. ...Hurricanes require warm sea surface temperatures (SSTs), and last year the tropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures were running well above normal. Global warming was the explanation given by most 'experts' the media interviewed. And since global warming...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 18, 2006 08:00 AM
...confirms they had every reason to divert into Boston. A woman on a trans-Atlantic flight diverted to Boston for security concerns passed several notes to crew members, urinated on the cabin floor and made comments the crew believed were references...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 17, 2006 12:39 PM
...is ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge. A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it. U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 17, 2006 12:13 PM
And not just because she sent beer out to the photographers waiting on her father's curbside the night before her wedding. Kidman condemns Hamas, Hezbollah The actress, joined by 84 other high-profile Hollywood stars, directors, studio bosses and media moguls,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 17, 2006 12:00 PM
...and John "I Wouldn't Buy a Cambodian-Made Magic Hat There" Kerry very angry ~ two gaZILLIONAIRES who don't have a clue. Welcome to one of the Democratic Party's whipping boys. [In 2004]..."Every consumer should know when they walk into Wal-Mart...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 17, 2006 11:05 AM
...sh*ttin' me! Report: Arrest made in JonBenet case Suspect detained in Thailand in connection with ’96 murder, DA source says The family of slain 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey expects arrests in the ten-year-old mystery surrounding her murder, NBC News...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 17, 2006 09:30 AM
Just like shootin' fish in a barrel. Country star accused of killing tame bear Troy Lee Gentry allegedly shot enclosed animal with bow and arrow ...Authorities allege that Gentry purchased the bear from Greenly, a wildlife photographer and hunting guide,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 16, 2006 06:20 PM
Summary The relatively quiet hurricane season we've been enjoying is not going to last. A very active period will start, as soon as the atmosphere destabilizes a bit more. If one believes the long-range 2-week outlook from the GFS model,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 16, 2006 01:29 PM
Hezbollah balks at withdrawal from south Lebanese officials work on compromise Hezbollah refused to disarm and withdraw its fighters from the battle-scarred hills along the border with Israel on Tuesday, threatening to delay deployment of the Lebanese army and endangering...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 16, 2006 12:28 PM
...rumbling with the flight crew is a bad, BAD idea... London Flight Diverted Over Disturbance A flight from London to Washington, D.C. was diverted to Boston Wednesday morning after the pilot declared an emergency because of a passenger disturbance, the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 16, 2006 11:32 AM
~ I am going to be forced to post on this, thanks to Bingley yesterday and now, FIRST thing this morning, the lovely Susanna. Australian farmers called to report ugly sheep Yes, yes, they're on the prowl for ugly...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 16, 2006 09:30 AM
...could spell 'ethics'. I mean, why should they? It's her SECOND shot at a big time spot, so who's to say there's not a third somewhere after the dust settles? N.J. Attorney General Quits Amid Scandal For the second time...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 16, 2006 09:17 AM
Going here to see and Sadly, none of this this trip. See y'all in awhile!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 16, 2006 09:11 AM
"Thin lipped, right wing bitch" isn't gonna sell a lot of product ~ but you get who you hire, so they must not care. No bigs. I wasn't much of a M•A•C fan anyway. I'm still using 20 year old...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 15, 2006 02:18 PM
The Guardian's Polly Toynbee is en fuego. The grand assemblage of Muslim MPs, peers and leaders of 38 key groups who signed an open letter to the prime minister last weekend are almost certainly right. British foreign policy has helped...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 15, 2006 09:28 AM
...in public product protection pugilistics. Apple has laid legal claim to the word "Pod," arguing that other companies that use the word as part of their product names risk infringing the trademark of its popular iPod music player. ...This month,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 15, 2006 09:08 AM
...THIS might be true? Charities fail to attract cash as 'human crisis overlooked' CHARITIES are facing difficulties paying for humanitarian relief work in Lebanon because the public has shunned their appeals. ... Mark Astarita, the director of fundraising at the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 15, 2006 08:34 AM
This news certainly makes me think that there is: Muslims face extra checks in new travel crackdown By Ben Webster, Transport Correspondent THE Government is discussing with airport operators plans to introduce a screening system that allows security staff to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 15, 2006 07:36 AM
"...or are you just hard of herring?" I glanced at this picture flashing in an ABCNews slideshow and immediately... ...thought something had happened to Greek anchovy fisherman. I have my moments. In my defense, I've been sniffing paint all day....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 14, 2006 04:20 PM
...just... Serbs suggest partition of Kosovo The head of Serbia's delegation on the future status of Kosovo has suggested partition of the disputed territory if no way can be found for ethnic Albanians and Serbs to live together ...all... Nigeria...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 14, 2006 01:13 PM
I just got an email from my Louisiana Lab Rescue friend, with pictures of schweet wabbies who need homes desperately. I'll share it, if anyone's looking for a wonderful wab. (The parent rescue site is Labs 4 Rescue.) How do...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 14, 2006 11:10 AM
...with Bingley's boy. JIM ("I am a gay American") McGreevey might have a new job soon - as one of the homosexual hosts on the talk show Joan Rivers is launching this fall on Bravo that's described as a queer...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 14, 2006 10:17 AM
Via Tim Blair, go read this: THE apparently successful pre-emptive strike by British and Pakistani police against a home-grown terror cell in Britain should raise the concern of every decent patriotic citizen in Britain, Europe and Australia about their long-term...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 14, 2006 07:12 AM
Not only have we started to see women suicide bombers; now it seems that islamic women were going to use there own children as covers for the bombs: HATE-filled mums willing to sacrifice themselves and their BABIES are being hunted...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 14, 2006 06:48 AM
The theory at the moment is the guys in Michigan with 1000 cell phones were targeting the Mackinac Bridge: Federal authorities helped with the investigation into a possible terror threat to the Mackinac Bridge. The FBI office in Detroit worked...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 14, 2006 06:38 AM
...says he's just a singer in a rock and roll band simple civil defense worker. The AP does some spin control. (click through photo) They ALL could use some. UPDATE: WOW! Lucky thing AP got it's puff piece done!! He's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 13, 2006 01:15 PM
...HezBALKah CNN's "Late Edition" is reporting that Hezbollah forces south of the Litani River in Lebanon are refusing to lay down their arms when the cease fire goes into effect later today (our time). They are also reporting the Syria...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 13, 2006 12:20 PM
Reader Dan Collins alerted me to this story about a photographer in Lebanon admitting hat they pose bodies for shots, and sometimes they even bring in the needed bodies from the morgue. Like friggin' landscapers. Or maybe Moral Artistes. But...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 13, 2006 11:31 AM
Well, not really. But a feller can dream, can't he? Actually, the weather's been fantastic this weekend in Jersey. Very low humidity, barely into the 80s during the day and cool at night....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 13, 2006 10:43 AM
No kudos for the operation that busted this plot, no acknowledgment that listening in on trans-continental phone calls yields invaluable intelligence or that international financial transactions might lead to someone with a bomb in his Kos-KoolAid bottle. Nope, none of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 13, 2006 09:22 AM
Waldheimer's, that tragic disease that causes people to forget they were Nazis, claims another victim: Nobel Prize-winning German writer Guenter Grass, author of the great anti-Nazi novel The Tin Drum, has admitted serving in the Waffen-SS. He told a German...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 12, 2006 10:34 AM
Muslim groups say British policies fuel militancy ...In an open letter to British Prime Minister Tony Blair, leading British Muslim groups and politicians said his foreign policies on issues such as Iraq and the Israel-Hizbollah war were putting civilians at...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 11, 2006 11:26 PM
Sis pointed out this Manifesto she found over at Slugger O'Toole's. It makes for an interesting read, and to my mind (what little of one there is) it neatly encapsulates a lot of the Left's positions on just about everything....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 11, 2006 03:34 PM
Oh sweet baby jeebus, the West is doomed. I can't believe this crap; actually, sadly I can: Police fears of threat to Muslims It was "totally wrong" to retaliate against Muslims, Mr Fahey said The police have increased their presence...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 11, 2006 01:07 PM
...American style. Analysis: IDF fumes over denied victory ...This wishy-washy decision-making process cost the IDF lives, according to one senior officer. "A military force always needs to be on the offensive, pushing forward and keeping the enemy on its toes,"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 11, 2006 01:05 PM
...in case you hadn't read it. Hurricane Grants To Fortify Homes Almost Ready To Go The thousands of homeowners eager for a shot at state money to help reinforce their homes against hurricanes may have to wait only a week...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 11, 2006 12:48 PM
Michelle Malkin has the latest updates: A second charged was added for the two Dearborn men who were arrested in Ohio and charged money laundering to support terrorism. Thursday, prosecutors charged 20-year-old Ali Houssaiky and 20-year-old Osma Sabhi Abulhassan with...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 11, 2006 07:19 AM
Here's the list of the names of the Presbyterians for East Asian Community Esprit, better known as "PEACE", who are being scandalously charged by the police over their GatorGrenade sports drinks. I mean, look at the names. This list could...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 11, 2006 06:58 AM
...in this Sky News leadline. Angry Travellers Hit Out At Plotters It goes to this article... 'Terrorists Must Not Win' ...where the quote in the headline never appears, neither does 'anger' and only one of the interviewed travellers is actually...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 10, 2006 11:36 PM
...of the missing eleven Eyptian students. ...El Sayed Ahmed Elsayed Ibrahim, 20, and Alaa Abd El Fattah Ali El Bahnasawi, 20, were arrested at a residence in Dundalk, Md., outside Baltimore, by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Chicago police...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 10, 2006 06:10 PM
...we could all do without. The suspected terror plotters arrested in Britain had planned to conceal their liquid or gel explosives inside a modified sports beverage drink container and trigger the device with the flash from a disposable camera. ABC...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 10, 2006 05:27 PM
So they announced it. Wonder how they got around the contract that they had with the last plant that built F-cars?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 10, 2006 02:36 PM
Peggy Noonan in the Opinion Journal today touches briefly on the very thing I was thinking watching the news. Last night he ABC Evening news had a round-up of the Lieberman-Lamont bout. They spoke to Lieberman and briefly to a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 10, 2006 12:17 PM
...in a 'Breaking News' banner, TERROR PLOT COULD HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT WITHIN DAYS, UK OFFICIALS SAY; PRESIDENT BUSH TO MAKE STATEMENT ON THE PLOT WITHIN THE HOUR Well then it would make sense to step in on those Presbyterian...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 10, 2006 11:39 AM
Here's what they're up to in Ohio: MARIETTA, Ohio - Two men were charged Wednesday with money laundering in support of terrorism after authorities said they found airplane passenger lists and information on airport security checkpoints in their car. Deputies...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 10, 2006 07:39 AM
A huge terror plot has been foiled in the UK: A plot to blow up planes in flight from the UK to the US and commit "mass murder on an unimaginable scale" has been disrupted, Scotland Yard has said. It...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 10, 2006 06:35 AM
So somebody besides us noticed. Israel says BBC not reporting war fairly The Foreign Ministry is under pressure from Israeli citizens to resume its boycott of the BBC and to withdraw credentials from its reporters due to "one-sided" reports on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 9, 2006 11:02 PM
...among the dead. Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard have been found among Hizbollah guerrillas slain by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, Israel's Channel 10 television reported on Wednesday citing diplomatic sources. It said the Iranians were identified by documents found...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 9, 2006 07:11 PM
We loved it. Watch the clip from the film. You can take or leave his interview with Maher (the pretentious ass), but Ross comes off as genuine as he does in the film. And doesn't let Maher lead him into...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 9, 2006 04:55 PM
Purchasing Power Ranking of Cities Purchasing power ranking of cities based on the number of minutes of work required to buy a Big Mac, according to a study conducted by Swiss banking giant UBS. The rating was based on the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 9, 2006 02:14 PM
"Through the Green Door". One glance at an unusual door to a house west of Falluja launched U.S. troops on a hunt that led to the capture of four men suspected of kidnapping Jill Carroll, the U.S. military said on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 9, 2006 01:54 PM
While my bank account gently weeps: THE McCARTNEY divorce is going to be the most bitter high-profile split since Charles and Diana’s ten years ago. Heather Mills, dubbed Lady Mucca after The Sun exposed her porno past, has hired the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 9, 2006 12:49 PM
On integrity. The BBC's website photo editor, Phil Commes, has also taken a neutral line on the faked photographs from Beirut supplied by Reuters , saying: "One man's color balancing is another man's grounds for dismissal."...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 9, 2006 07:47 AM
...you don't have to decide. Our sources and resources... "Pull your pants up, son." Lebanese rescuer attempts to awaken exhausted poser, while Sheik "Six Pack Abs" Ali bin Bingley patiently awaits extraction from the only beam he's ever been under...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 8, 2006 11:59 PM
...and never peeked? Corroded Alaska Pipeline Untested for 14 Years The severely corroded pipeline that forced the shutdown of the country's largest oil field had not been inspected or cleaned by BP Oil for at least 14 years, according to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 8, 2006 05:03 PM
Do you buy gift cards? Montgomery County has their 2005 Gift Card Report online and it's an eyeopener. If you've only got a minute, the charts on (page 11/gift cards ~ page 12 on/bank cards) let's you figure out whether...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 8, 2006 11:16 AM
...they have time to worry about this... How Much Is Too Much: Is the President Too Chunky? ...when the last President looked like this?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 8, 2006 10:20 AM
It's too dangerous when sh*t like this starts happening. Enough already. After a long day searching homes in suffocating Iraqi heat, Lance Cpl. Mike Young saw a most surprising source of relief ~ a sprawling Wal-Mart had appeared in the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 8, 2006 09:04 AM
If she really loved you... She'd get you something that goes from 0 to 100 mph then back to 0 in 9.9 seconds Not surprisingly, given that it has a 987bhp 16-cylinder engine and a top speed of 400 kmh,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 8, 2006 07:22 AM
CNN has this big banner headline Five killed in Israeli attack in south Beirut. BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- An Israeli strike hit a south Beirut street on the edge of the city's mostly Christian eastern district Monday evening, killing five...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 7, 2006 02:29 PM
How wonderful is that? An unknown Marine who rescued two Port Authority cops at Ground Zero - the characters at the center of Oliver Stone's 9/11 movie - and then shunned public attention for nearly five years is a humble...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 7, 2006 12:23 PM
Lebanon's PM: 'Horrific massacre' as 40 killed in airstrike Lebanon's prime minister said Monday an Israeli airstrike on the southern village of Houla left 40 people dead. "An hour ago, there was a horrific massacre in the village of Houla...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 7, 2006 11:51 AM
"I left Hungary for Israel, and when Gene, whose name then was Chaim, which means 'life,' was 9 we came here. To Williamsburg. I went to work, $39 a week, as a piece-goods worker in a factory and enrolled him...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 7, 2006 10:05 AM
...IS near... Assume the position....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 7, 2006 09:15 AM
Well, this could get messy if it lasts: ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - In a sudden blow to the nation's oil supply, half the production on Alaska's North Slope was being shut down Sunday after BP Exploration Alaska, Inc. discovered severe...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 7, 2006 07:55 AM
Boy, old Marlon Brando's life really got bizarre there his last few years, no? IT WAS dark, cramped and run-down, but for nearly half a century it was Marlon Brando’s home. Now his neighbour Jack Nicholson, who paid £3.4m for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 7, 2006 07:38 AM
...of Hezbollah rocket attacks, Israel whomping on southern Lebanon and Condoleeza Rice talking about "peace" was this tiny tidbit of an afterthought ~ the merest 'oh, by the way..' ~ filed under "other developments". • Hezbollah mortars struck the U.N....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 7, 2006 07:35 AM
And gets nailed, blogging style. Reuters employee issues 'Zionist pig' death threat Worker suspended after telling American blogger: 'I look forward to day when you pigs get your throats cut' A Reuters employee has been suspended after sending a death...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 6, 2006 11:52 PM
...in the swamp. Nothing like one of...major dad's WORLD FAMOUS CHEESEBURGERS ...with your choice of condiments and cheese (He's Swiss ~ GACK! ~ I'm American), topped off with some nummy avocado slices, along with sides of salad with homemade vinaigrette...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 6, 2006 08:53 PM
Esther L. Snyder, who founded the In-N-Out Burger restaurant chain with her husband, died Friday, her family said. She was 86. ...The Snyders' business plan was simple: Serve fresh burgers in a "two-way speaker" drive-through concept. While her husband ran...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 6, 2006 11:19 AM
What Tony Blair said, that is. In a press conference early Thursday afternoon, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair said that he finds it astounding that President Ahmadinejad has called for Israel to be "wiped off the map" as a solution...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 5, 2006 01:30 PM
So carefree. So innocent. Little did they know that a Grim Milestone would soon change their lives forever....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 5, 2006 07:17 AM
Ohio State No. 1 in preseason coaches’ poll Defending champion Texas No. 2;rivals Notre Dame, USC tied for 3rd We have a secret weapon. And he doesn't like the West Coast....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 4, 2006 03:56 PM
Ah, the Alcohol Nazis are going too far now! IT SHOULD be patently obvious. The principal drawback to vertical drinking is the danger of vertical falling over into horizontal befuddlement. Police in Preston, Lancashire, think it is not as simple...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 4, 2006 02:12 PM
"Ee-ville cat piss made me do it!" A parasitic microbe commonly found in cats might have helped shape entire human cultures by manipulating the personalities of infected individuals, according to a new study. Infection by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii could...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 4, 2006 01:50 PM
Well, that's what happens. ...A Duke University study demonstrates that it matters whether civilian decision makers have military experience: A review of U.S. foreign policy over nearly two centuries shows that when we have the fewest number of veterans in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 4, 2006 10:59 AM
I'm sure I have no conception of the suffering this little guy and his family have had to endure and I am sorry for it. But the award was breathtaking. An appeals court on Thursday overturned a landmark $105 million...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 4, 2006 09:43 AM
She's out of the hospital. CBS News journalist Kimberly Dozier has been released from a rehabilitation hospital, where she had been recovering from critical injuries suffered during a May 29 car bomb attack in Iraq. "I'm up on crutches and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 4, 2006 09:31 AM
An update to yesterday's discussion. Nazi-Era Victims Can Sue German Firms Victims of Nazi-era crimes can sue for additional money from German companies that paid $2.5 billion into a reparation fund for U.S. claims, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 4, 2006 09:15 AM
Now I'm not saying that our favorite Cracker is involved, but sometimes ya' just gotta wonder: ST PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) -- A woman and her roommate were charged with starving the woman's 9-year-old daughter, who weighed just 42 pounds when...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 3, 2006 02:55 PM
Warning! Shakespeare's works contain references to adultery, incest, and premarital sex, and is replete with bawdy humor and double entendres. And don't forget the violence. Don't even get me started on the violence. Quick -- name a Shakespearean tragedy where...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 3, 2006 02:33 PM
..."you voted for him." Experts excoriate recovery leaders Nagin, council are failing N.O., they say Without a citywide rebuilding plan or a central agency in charge of redevelopment, New Orleans is likely to squander its opportunity to make a strong...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 3, 2006 01:22 PM
I mean, at least you always know where he stands on this issue: PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday the solution to the Middle East crisis was to destroy Israel, Iranian state media reported. In a speech...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 3, 2006 10:48 AM
...saved some BIG DRUG COMPANIES some BIG bills. U.S. court: Victim of Nazis cannot sue German drug companies A man left sterile by Nazi medical experiments during the Holocaust cannot sue two German drug companies, a federal appeals court ruled...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 3, 2006 10:01 AM
Teach a man to fish...Israeli commandos made their daring raid on a Hezbollah hospital because they believed that the two soldiers whose kidnapping started the Lebanese war had been treated there, sources revealed yesterday. The commandos didn't find the Israeli...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 3, 2006 09:19 AM
And we're not shedding any tears: CHRIS IS BECOMING DISORGANIZED IN A HURRY. SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE LOW-LEVEL CENTER HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DUE TO NORTHWESTERLY SHEAR...AND THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY FIXES FROM AN AIR FORCE...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 3, 2006 07:57 AM
...on the Times UK tonight... . ..that I found hugely depressing. "Men 'told to kill all Iraqis'". I knew the commander of the Army Brigade in question was Col. Michael Steele (of 'Blackhawk Down' fame), who is being investigated for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 3, 2006 01:27 AM
...to a different tune, maybe the "Up to the Big House on the River Dance"? What would you do if a lawyer threatened, "Give me a million dollars or my client and I will publicly brand you as a rapist...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 2, 2006 06:30 PM
So, 3 people have died of rabies in China. The obvious response then is to club 50,000 dogs to death SHANGHAI, China - China slaughtered 50,000 dogs in a government-ordered crackdown after three people died of rabies, sparking unusually pointed...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 2, 2006 11:01 AM
...does an in-depth take on the Qana rumors. ...Israel Insider cited a CNN report that, it said, noted the victims had died in their sleep. It seemed highly improbable, the piece asserted, that people could have slept "through thunderous Israeli...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 2, 2006 10:47 AM
Evidence collected on the deaths of 24 Iraqis in Haditha supports accusations that U.S. Marines deliberately shot the civilians, including unarmed women and children, a Pentagon official said Wednesday. I can't see where criminal charges wouldn't be coming (as indeed...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 2, 2006 10:36 AM
"What the freakity hell?!" Pirates of the Carribean Disneyland Ride Revamp The classic ride gets a film-related update. *A congregation of pirates talks about "Captain Jack Sparrow" while a likeness of the Johnny Depp character crouches behind a barrel nearby....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 2, 2006 10:04 AM
U.S. Senate candidate Katherine Harris received a grand jury subpoena from federal investigators and concealed the fact from top campaign advisers hired to help her deflect negative publicity, her former campaign manager has disclosed. "Yes, there was a subpoena....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 2, 2006 08:57 AM
She keeps a slave for four years and she only has to go to jail for two frikkin' months?? CENTENNIAL, Colo. - A woman was sentenced to two months in jail Tuesday for effectively stealing the services of an Indonesian...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 2, 2006 07:27 AM
..right up your East River." Or something like that. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday rejected a U.N. Security Council resolution that would give his nation until Aug. 31 to suspend uranium enrichment. Instead, Ahmadinejad insisted Tehran would pursue its nuclear...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 1, 2006 03:59 PM
A Lego "1984 Ad" Playset: Heh....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 1, 2006 12:01 PM
And the few I've had tasted every bit of 200 years old. But that's apparently part of the debate surrounding... ...the Circus Peanut. ..."People can't wrap their brains around why it's sweet and get really confused by the flavor," said...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 1, 2006 09:51 AM
It would seem that Raul is no improvement: As head of Cuba's armed forces, Raul has been deeply involved in Cuba's military involvement in Angola and Ethiopia during the 1970s _ as well as with the military's successful peacetime efforts...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 1, 2006 07:48 AM
...I came across this little gem. It made me laugh. 3/31/03: My brakes were squealing like Ned Beatty in Deliverance....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 31, 2006 05:07 PM
...Marty Mailhot, manager of the Tire Warehouse in Topsham, said the idea is catching on with consumers, who are purchasing nitrogen for tires for cars, trucks, motor homes and lawn tractors. He has even tried it on footballs and inflatable...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 31, 2006 03:43 PM
...than Michelle Malkin in her post today... "When do terrorists warn civilians?" ...about the leaflets the IDF is dropping to warn Lebanese civilians in Hizbollah target zones. We were watching a FoxNews live report from the scene of the destroyed...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 31, 2006 03:15 PM
...and they don't handle setbacks as well as we do, physically or emotionally. It's fascinating stuff. China's economy is out of control China is growing so fast -- using cheap money to build steel mills, highways and textile factories it...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 31, 2006 02:44 PM
On Beirut... We're not helping one bit, risking the lives of American Marines serving over there, trying to keep peace, when they've got a bunch of jackasses who want to kill each other. I'd get out of there and let...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 31, 2006 02:24 PM
Evidently the Security Council is threatening to write a letter telling the Iranians how angry they are... (thanks to Bill at INDC Journal for the pic...)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 31, 2006 10:40 AM
Now it's the fault of those darn Joooos: The Israeli bombs that slammed into the Lebanese village of Qana yesterday did more than kill three dozen children and a score of adults. They struck at the core of U.S. foreign...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 31, 2006 08:11 AM
Not about this horrible news... Tour de France winner failed drug test in race Team to dismiss Landis if excessive level of testosterone confirmed ...but about his mother's reaction to it. Arlene Landis, his mother, said Thursday that she wouldn’t...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 27, 2006 12:10 PM
...I don't think now is the time to dump this guy ~ an ARABIC speaking Sergeant ~ regardless of who he spends his off time with. Army Dismisses Gay Arabic Linguist A decorated sergeant and Arabic language specialist was dismissed...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 27, 2006 09:23 AM
Groups Urge Sensitivity in Hezbollah Probe Leaders of the country's Muslim, Middle Eastern and South Asian communities are urging the FBI to use sensitivity if it investigates possible activities by the Islamic militant group Hezbollah on U.S. soil. Twenty-five groups,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 27, 2006 09:15 AM
...a leg to stand on. Carl M. Brashear, the first black U.S. Navy diver, died Tuesday. Brashear, 75, was portrayed by Cuba Gooding Jr. in the 2000 film "Men of Honor." He died at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 27, 2006 08:57 AM
Foie gras and now...WAL-MART. Brushing aside warnings from Wal-Mart that it might take its business elsewhere, the City Council approved an ordinance Wednesday that makes Chicago the biggest city in the nation to require big-box retailers to pay a "living...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 26, 2006 06:59 PM
...if it included a deadly Indian attack immediately afterward. Sometime around 1610, archaeologists figure, a thirsty colonist in Jamestown set his brass pistol on the side of a well as he pulled up some water and accidentally knocked the weapon...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 26, 2006 06:52 PM
...for the soul. Bad guys killed and captured, IED material and weapons snagged and three hostages rescued. All in a day's work. Marines from Regimental Combat Team 5’s, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, and soldiers from 2nd and 4th Brigade,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 26, 2006 02:25 PM
"...offa my property." And the Ohio Supreme Court agreed. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday that a Cincinnati suburb cannot take private property by eminent domain for a $125 million project of offices, shops and restaurants. The case...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 26, 2006 12:04 PM
Well, mysterious to us at least because we're such self-centered morons. Well, ok, I'm a self-centered moron; I won't presume to speak for the rest of you. Anyhow, I have to say in general that I tend not to put...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 26, 2006 09:10 AM
So Kofi is "deeply distressed" by the deaths of four UN "observers": U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he was "deeply distressed" by the "apparently deliberate" strike. "This coordinated artillery and aerial attack on a long-established and clearly marked U.N. post...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 26, 2006 08:34 AM
Lucky land lubber John at Castle Argghhh! He gets to go sailing in (and for) a most worthy cause. She's DD-574 ~ the U.S.S John Rodgers... ...and they're bringing her home. Fair winds, following seas and we'll work on being...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 25, 2006 03:40 PM
"They fired the first harpoon at her yesterday and today EOD set off bombs. It only took an hour but she's been taking hits all yesterday from the other ships....she just wouldn't sink." ..She wasn't designed to sink. She was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 25, 2006 11:59 AM
The world famous head tilt of concern has returned: "Drive Electric or my left implant gets it!" "But did car companies really want electric cars to succeed? The success of electric vehicles would have threatened the status quo and core...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 25, 2006 11:43 AM
When a life is lost, and a piece of history is gone....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 25, 2006 10:06 AM
My unnamed, senior military sources have informed me that THIS (pictured below) time honored feature of innumerable presentations, lectures, brainstorming sessions and office jokes is no longer to be referred to as ~ regardless of the fact that the sheets...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 25, 2006 09:16 AM
Those cruise line pikers could only get her to go 15 degrees. This is how real seamen list a ship: The Cougar Ace began listing in the turbulent Pacific Ocean late Sunday night, when the crew sent out an SOS....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 25, 2006 09:07 AM
...Chicago ain't. "We have children getting killed by gang leaders and dope dealers," an angry Mayor Richard M. Daley said earlier this year. "We have real issues here in this city. And we're dealing with foie gras? Let's get some...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 24, 2006 05:27 PM
...I'd love to meet. The 94-year-old Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel spent $38 million on a facelift, refurbishing its soaring lobby with 21-foot-high Italian marble columns, gilded ceilings and Waterford crystal chandeliers. Yet the most popular upgrade didn't have anything to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 24, 2006 04:51 PM
Why is this a big deal? Am I missing something? These kids are the ones who are more likely to be killed by one of the Hiz folks, but they are not allowed to express their feelings about the conflict?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 24, 2006 12:50 PM
...kan be pretty nasti. Two Dutch nuns, wearing habits and riding bikes, chased a suspected thief through Amsterdam, police said Monday. On Saturday evening, one of the sisters believed she recognized a man walking past their chapel in southern Amsterdam...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 24, 2006 10:48 AM
...if there were no Citgo to go to. We'd be pretty well f*cked, that's what. Up to and including all the local military installations, whose gasoline vendor is...you guessed it. Richard Lugar, chairman of the US Senate foreign relations committee,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 24, 2006 10:25 AM
...and the next? You're gator bait. A 16-year-old Deland boy said he was bitten by an alligator while dangling his feet in the St. John's River. Cory Workman told authorities he was skipping rocks while waiting for friends early Sunday....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 24, 2006 07:46 AM
...you have to admit the Bush team has no problem showing up where the action is. Israeli ground forces pushed deeper into the country in heavy fighting with Hezbollah guerrillas on Monday as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 24, 2006 07:34 AM
Says Big John Kerry U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D- Mass., who was in town with his Magic Hat Sunday to help Gov. Jennifer Granholm campaign for her re-election bid, took time to take a jab at the Bush administration for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 24, 2006 07:30 AM
...it's never too late to celebrate Mardi Gras in a classy and refined manner, while collecting your beads without embarrassing your family at some later date. That's how one does it in the South. Pearls are for reserved for church,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 23, 2006 10:17 PM
...John at Powerline did. ...But an American citizen is a member of a nation that, most of the time, has the power to vindicate its citizens' rights. And, for those now being evacuated, their citizenship means that they are entitled...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 21, 2006 05:01 PM
...can ruin your entire day? ...As the air force received 60 percent of the military budget, army training was cut to the bone and the armored corps was significantly reduced. Reservists forgot what the inside of a main battle tank...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 21, 2006 04:45 PM
So I'm sure that they will be upset about this: MOSCOW - Russia has struck a deal worth more than $1 billion to supply fighter jets and helicopters to Venezuela, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Friday. “The contract...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 21, 2006 03:20 PM
...apparently a fair amount of them want a particular Cheese Whiz "Churchilled". Wis. Lawmakers Want Univ. Instructor Fired More than 60 state lawmakers are urging the University of Wisconsin-Madison to fire an instructor who has argued that the U.S. government...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 21, 2006 10:17 AM
The Philly Cheesesteak King has passed. Their American success story is great. Harry Olivieri, who with his brother Pat was credited with inventing the Philly cheesesteak in 1933, had died. He was 90. PLUS ...?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 21, 2006 09:50 AM
Kick Open butt....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 21, 2006 07:35 AM
Since you Germans have some experience, I hear, on dealing with these Zionists, not that anything bad ever happened to them, mind you, perhaps your country and mine can work out some sort of a solution? A German government official...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 20, 2006 05:25 PM
...is reporting that the Israelis bombed a bunker earlier that was supposed to have contained Hezbollah's leader. No word yet on whether the strike was a complete success or not, may he rest in pieces. UPDATE: Ah. The JP has...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 20, 2006 03:44 PM
At least someone appreciates what's being done for them: "Everyone was pushing and shoving, women were crying, saying, 'Here's my passport, here's my children, take my children, just take them, take them,'" Esseily said. "It was absolutely horrendous." The Esseilys...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 20, 2006 02:53 PM
OO-RAH!! U.S. Marines landed in Lebanon Thursday to help evacuate Americans onto a Navy ship bound for Cyprus as Israeli warplanes continued to bomb targets in Beirut and Israeli ground troops fought Hezbollah guerillas in Lebanon. This headline's been seen...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 20, 2006 10:00 AM
There's this mildy interesting story in the BBC today: Tut's gem hints at space impact In 1996 in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Italian mineralogist Vincenzo de Michele spotted an unusual yellow-green gem in the middle of one of Tutankhamun's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 20, 2006 08:10 AM
...that're funny at midnight or there 'bouts: adjacent headlines on CNBC just now. Investigators Inspect Ship That Tilted House Fails to Override Stem Cell Veto Investigators for a ship that tilted a house?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 20, 2006 12:34 AM
...'A Walk on the Wild Side Runs Amok'. His henna tattoo looks like it says: "土包子" (pronounced roughly "tou bao dz"). Thank God for John, who translates it to: a pork bun made out of dirt Sweet Jesus. That would...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 19, 2006 11:55 PM
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Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 19, 2006 05:25 PM
Even if my ship stayed upright, I don't know that I'd want to watch THIS... ...the first evening of my dream cruise. Someone at Carnival/Princess is smokin' dope....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 19, 2006 12:45 PM
My favoritest Congresswoman might be on her way to not jumping any more turnstiles. As election results poured in, U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney and Democratic challenger Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. appeared headed for a runoff in the 4th District...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 19, 2006 10:44 AM
Looks like the Coalition and Afghan Army forces have recaptured those towns we talked about below: KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan and coalition soldiers reclaimed the second of two southern towns Wednesday that had been overrun in recent days by...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 19, 2006 10:13 AM
I know it's scarier than dogsh*t BUT...There are 25 THOUSAND of you there. Chill the f*ck out and give it time to work. Logistics are a bitch thousands of miles from home in a WAR zone and, like it or...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 19, 2006 10:05 AM
From the 'Fly. I never met a morning I liked. That's why I preferred to sneak up on them slowly after midnight, easing my way to closing time and going home with the baker's trucks. I figured that way, the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 19, 2006 09:26 AM
...that I didn't write this. Damn, I wish the president would swear more. When his private conversation with Tony Blair was picked up yesterday on an open microphone, I was heartened, not shocked. "See the irony is what they need...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 19, 2006 08:20 AM
At least something good has come out of this Congress: The House on Tuesday rejected a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, ending for another year a congressional debate that supporters of the ban hope will still reverberate in this...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 18, 2006 03:11 PM
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Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 18, 2006 09:59 AM
Even YEARS later? Rev. Jesse adroitly fans the conspiracy flames in an misleading article about "piety" and "true faith". (?) ...Poppycock. Democrats didn't lose Florida in 2000 and the 2000 election because of the lack of a high faith profile....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 18, 2006 09:50 AM
(Or ANY other polltakers in the near future.) When queried about "would the Democrats do a better job on the economy than the current administration", please refer to these numbers before stepping blindly into the abyss: Output at U.S. factories,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 17, 2006 11:25 AM
...GUESS what handsome devil has a birthday today? GAH-rrrowllll....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 17, 2006 10:59 AM
...keeps killing it's women. How to Avoid Honor Killing in Turkey? Honor Suicide For Derya, a waiflike girl of 17, the order to kill herself came from an uncle and was delivered in a text message to her cellphone. “You...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 17, 2006 10:38 AM
...with Hizbollah. (How amazing is that?) ...But the group did not throw its support behind Hezbollah. Squabbles over the legitimacy of the rebel group's attacks on Israel — including the capture of two Israeli soldiers that sparked the 4-day battle...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 17, 2006 09:56 AM
That's what the Israelis are facing. And they store them in houses, so when the IDF takes out the depots there are 'civilian' causualties for the MSM to boo-hoo over....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 17, 2006 08:31 AM
From Dubya ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - A microphone picked up an unaware President Bush saying on Monday Syria should press Hezbollah to "stop doing this shit" and that his secretary of state may go to the Middle East soon....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 17, 2006 07:39 AM
Now it gets uglier: Israeli ground troops have entered southern Lebanon to attack Hezbollah bases on the border, a government spokesman said Monday. Israel's six-day-old offensive against Hezbollah following the capture of two Israeli soldiers earlier had been an aerial...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 17, 2006 07:35 AM
...from Bob Schieffer this morning. ...The frog agreed and the trip went fine until they got to the middle of the river and the scorpion stung the frog. As they were sinking, the frog asked in his dying breath, "why...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 16, 2006 03:26 PM
During an interview with women who are American University students now trapped in Beirut: "Where are the Marines? We wanna go home." We're pretty sure they're already close enough to help....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 15, 2006 07:09 PM
There's an interesting discussion going on at Volokh which echoes what we were talking about in the comments below: Why Did Reagan Coddle Iran (and Hezbollah)? I've always been puzzled why Reagan didn't try to punish Iran for taking American...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 15, 2006 10:34 AM
Fox is reporting that Israel has hit the Hezbollah headquarters in Beirut. They believe the head bubba was in the building, but can't confirm it. There're also reports that that's where the attacks against Israel are being co-ordinated, but that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 14, 2006 02:13 PM
::sniff::...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 14, 2006 12:40 PM
Whoops! Sorry! Typo. Wrong "B" guy. Well. Same thing, really. CELEBRITY chef Anthony Bourdain was stranded in war-ravaged Beirut yesterday after Israeli forces bombed the city's international airport and blockaded all of Lebanon's ports. The best-selling author of "Kitchen Confidential"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 14, 2006 10:35 AM
...choose wisely..." The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. - The Complete Series (1993)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 14, 2006 09:09 AM
Western Incentives for Iran Released The world powers are prepared to provide Iran with advanced technology and possibly even nuclear research reactors if it agrees to suspend uranium enrichment under a package of incentives revealed in full for the first...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 14, 2006 07:48 AM
Please allow me to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your brilliant piece of intelligence analysis. Both Secretary Rumsfeld and myself are deeply impressed by your keen ability to piece together seemingly divergent pieces of information and get to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2006 08:48 PM
Our boy sure does get around! But how is he viewed around the world? Well... If you were German, you saw this: If you are French, you swear that this is what happened: The Italians had a different view:...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2006 05:55 PM
UPDATE and bump: 4:00 p.m. CST ~ Israel has pasted the airport a second time for good measure. Israel attacked Beirut's airport for a second time Thursday, with helicopter gunships unleashing missiles that set fuel tanks ablaze at Lebanon's only...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2006 05:22 PM
...catches yet another break. The jury pool's 'tainted', so there'll be a change of venue. Jury selection and possibly the trial of the man accused of slaying 9-year-old Jessica Marie Lunsford will be moved outside the 5th Judicial Circuit, a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2006 04:59 PM
..as in "Another EU 'OOps'! EW, they stink." For four years, the European Commission has been busy digging itself out of the hole it stumbled into in 2002, when three of its merger prohibitions were overturned in court. This humiliating...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2006 02:06 PM
Well, now we know the answer to the question we posed a few months ago: would "Dr." Kevorkian practiced what he practiced. Shockingly, the answer is "no." DETROIT, Michigan (AP) -- Jack Kevorkian, whose failing health may deny him a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2006 01:45 PM
...that I have a feeling will get lost in the world sauce. And that'd be a shame. Iraq witnessed a historic event today with the transfer of security responsibility in Muthanna Province from the Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I) to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2006 01:28 PM
...they 'bout had 'nuff. North Korea storms out of meeting with South ...Tension between the two Koreas erupted at bilateral ministerial talks in the South Korean city of Pusan, where the Pyongyang's delegation parried complaints about the missile tests and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2006 01:22 PM
Say you've got the Virgin Mary Toast and you want a complete breakfast. What to do? Well, now you can top it off with a Fried Allah Egg: ALMATY (Reuters) - A chicken in a Kazakh village has laid an...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2006 10:10 AM
The Syndrome is alive and well. From Central America... A former Guatemalan dictator said a Spanish judge's order for his arrest was unfounded and insisted that as president he was not aware of any atrocities committed by military officials during...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2006 09:18 AM
So it seems the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has a new ad titled "America Needs a New Direction." I don't have speakers on my computer, so I couldn't hear the stirring score or the inspired words of doom and gloom;...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2006 07:48 AM
Thanks to Emily and Ken for finding this great site that schmacks those idjits about. Hehehe....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2006 07:35 AM
So they're having problems with nasty clowns out in Seattle, it seems: For several nights last month, a group of thugs with black hooded sweat shirts pulled tight over their heads, including at least one in "angry" clown makeup, terrorized...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 12, 2006 02:41 PM
Get ready to rumble. IDF issuing callup orders for reservists The IDF began calling up reservists on Wednesday afternoon following Hizbullah attacks on IDF forces along the northern border. Earlier, Israel rejected a cease-fire request made by the Lebanese government...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 12, 2006 10:52 AM
You don't do NUTHin' without asking the old ball 'n chain first...or the first old ball 'n chain. Man Is Fined Buffalo and Pig for Bigamy An indigenous man in Malaysia's Sabah state on Borneo Island was fined a buffalo...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 12, 2006 10:44 AM
On a couple of fronts, really. He was in Aspen yesterday (I'm sure he got there by horseback, to protect the environment and all) dispensing advice: ASPEN — Democrats should perform well in November if they focus on issues like...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 12, 2006 08:25 AM
On Brit Hume at 6 EST TOM (Weds.) night*. Let us pray ~ Oh Lord, let this be the end of Thy servant Novak's role in Plame Gate. Let the shining light of illumination and the New York Times cometh...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 11, 2006 05:56 PM
...a winner. ...“Detective Bart Lasiter was in his office studying the light from his one small window falling on his super burrito when the door swung open to reveal a woman whose body said you've had your last burrito for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 11, 2006 04:01 PM
Ann Althouse has the video of the latest lecturer hired by the University of Wisconsin. He's been hired to teach an introductory class on Islam to freshman. Given the way things are in today's world, that seems like a good...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 11, 2006 02:00 PM
...is slow but steady in terms of us rebuilding that snake pit. Clean water should flow to 80 percent of Fallujah's homes this fall, and by summer's end a planned wireless network will provide phone service and Internet access to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 11, 2006 01:42 PM
Absolute bastards MUMBAI, India - Seven bomb explosions rocked rail stations and trains in India’s financial hub Tuesday, killing 135 people and injuring 300, officials said. India’s major cities were put on high alert after the blasts. As Confederate Yankee...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 11, 2006 12:49 PM
What a red herring. We all know, even if she showed up... Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D) failed to appear at two televised debates over the weekend, fueling criticism from two opponents who are challenging the controversial incumbent in a July...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 11, 2006 11:37 AM
...this makes great good sense. Court: Illinois U. Must Reinstate Group A federal appeals court ruled Monday that an Illinois university must reinstate a student group that had its status revoked over its requirement that members pledge to adhere to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 11, 2006 10:59 AM
...is overstated. Within the last 20 minutes, investors have received confirmation that a growing economy during the first half of the year has resulted in large tax collections from corporations, allowing the White House to trim its budget deficit estimates...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 11, 2006 10:34 AM
He ruled that the raid on "Freezer Bill" Jefferson's office was legit: WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Monday upheld the FBI's unprecedented raid of a congressional office, saying that barring searches of lawmakers' offices would turn Capitol Hill into...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 11, 2006 07:39 AM
...POD People? Scientologists Spreading Into Plant City, Beyond...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 10, 2006 11:25 AM
...when the report implies it was the counter-demonstrators. Officer Hurt, Several Arrested During Anti-Immigration Rally ...Counter-protesters stood along the sidewalks shouting as anti-immigration demonstrators, including members of the Minuteman civilian border patrol group, marched along Hollywood Boulevard. The Minutemen, many...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 10, 2006 10:15 AM
Yet another newspaper feels obliged to compromise important programs: A PROGRAMME of covert action against nuclear and missile traffic to North Korea and Iran is to be intensified after last week’s missile tests by the North Korean regime. Intelligence agencies,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 10, 2006 08:20 AM
I was about sick of the Rock, Paper, Scissors bunch, when along comes the Episcopalians to make me forget all about it. Slavery Reparations Gaining Momentum Advocates who say black Americans should be compensated for slavery and its Jim Crow...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 9, 2006 04:38 PM
...when I come across a special treasure in Target's mark down bins. Fight Erupts at Shoe Sale; Customer Shot ...Shooting guns into the air is a not-uncommon method for dealing with emotional situations in Turkey, including weddings, soccer games, demonstrations...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 8, 2006 11:25 AM
...OUT. Houston tells evacuees to find a job or get out...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 8, 2006 10:45 AM
Is it really global 'warming'... Newly Identified Plesiosaur Swam in Cold Polar Waters Scientists have identified a new species of ancient aquatic reptile that swam the seas when dinosaurs still ruled the Earth. Dubbed Umoonasaurus, the creature lived in waters...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 8, 2006 10:13 AM
...In The Sunday Times last weekend you could find Jeremy Clarkson fulminating about America’s authoritarianism and its taste for double-egg burgers. (He may have been on to something about the first but I’ve lived in the States a while now...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 7, 2006 09:31 AM
...before the counter-clockwise spin starts. The June jobs report came in weaker than forecast ~ a good thing from a Fed standpoint. Buried in the report were a couple figures that will probably be lost when the 'Chimpy McHitler struggling...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 7, 2006 09:14 AM
This is really not surprising: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A plot to bomb New York's Holland Tunnel in an effort to flood the Wall Street financial district has been uncovered by the FBI, with a suspect arrested in Lebanon, New York's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 7, 2006 08:02 AM
It's a good thing. Iraqi forces backed by U.S. aircraft battled militants in a Shiite stronghold of eastern Baghdad early Friday, killing or wounding more than 30 fighters and capturing an extremist leader who was the target of the raid,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 7, 2006 07:57 AM
We remember. And we will always support you....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 7, 2006 07:36 AM
Seen the latest headline at The Grauniad? "Sony ad casues white riot" Hehehe; at least I make spelling errors for free for crimney's sake!* anyhow, here's the ad: new billboard advert for Sony's white PSP has caused consternation across the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 6, 2006 08:41 PM
And no, I'm not talking about at the Wal-Mart this weekend....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 6, 2006 04:15 PM
Bingley can hit the beach again and quit whining. His gin's gonna cost him more, though. New Jersey Budget Deal Reached New Jersey leaders agreed on a state budget Thursday following a six-day government shutdown that shuttered casinos and threw...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 6, 2006 03:03 PM
From what I understand 'christianism' is his word to refer to folks who profess christianity but in his opinion act like islamists, and this is declared by him to be "Christianism, Symbolized" As the congregation of the World Overcomers Outreach...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 6, 2006 01:35 PM
"Every Mohammed is a terrorist now?" Khan asked. Western Union makes it hard. I can't say I blame them. ...Western Union's caution is perhaps understandable. Sept. 11 hijacker Mohammed Atta sent money from two Western Union agencies in Maryland before...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 6, 2006 11:42 AM
Supreme Court Rejects Tobacco Damages The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a $145 billion verdict, the largest ever by an American jury, against tobacco companies for injuring smokers. The justices approved an appellate court ruling that it had been...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 6, 2006 11:26 AM
...pirates. Yo ho. UPDATE: Well, me hearties, let’s see what crawled out of the bung hole. Ne'er ye mind that t'gallant, bilge rat! Take holda this 'ere quiz, afore I keel haul yer land lubberish backside against shivery timbers. Arrrgghhh....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 6, 2006 09:40 AM
The funny thing about automatic data robots is that they really don't get...context. I was reading this article about some Marines on trial for rape in the Philippines MANILA (Reuters) - A Filipino woman who accuses four U.S. Marines of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 6, 2006 09:08 AM
Enlighten NJ has a good roundup of where NJ stands in the budget shutdown mess Budget negotiations remain deadlocked. Governor Jon Corzine and Democrats in the state Assembly have agreed state spending should be increased by about 9.2 percent, but...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 6, 2006 07:55 AM
The Luddites in the EU Parliament have outdone themselves with this brilliant legislation: AIR passengers will be charged up to £40 extra for a return ticket within Europe to pay for the environmental impact of their journeys, under plans approved...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 5, 2006 05:55 PM
Security forces seized runaway al-Qaida leader in Yemen, Jamal Badawi, who had escaped from Sanaa's main prison with 22 other members of the terrorist group. The opposition Yemen's Children League Party quoted security sources in the southeastern province of Hadramout...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 5, 2006 04:58 PM
...she would have seen that love, ageless and evergreen, still only matters to people who need people. 'Soupahstah' Bahbrah matters only to Bahbrah and no one's paying $800 for the privilege of indulging her. I think she and the Dixie...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 5, 2006 03:22 PM
...what would happen to "The Sword in the Stone"? (Which is NOT Excaliber, so don't even get me started.) His dragon-slaying heroics have kept his legend alive through the centuries. But the Church of England is considering rejecting England's patron...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 5, 2006 12:07 PM
The Japanese wasted no time ~ Japan, considered the country most vulnerable to a North Korean missile attack, reacted swiftly on Wednesday. Abe Shinzo, chief cabinet secretary, held an emergency press conference at 6am local time at which he lodged...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 5, 2006 10:55 AM
Ken Lay is dead. Of a heart attack. (The AP report/obit still manages to get a last swipe in at Bush.)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 5, 2006 10:43 AM
We need to stop this guy, and soon: North Korea remained defiant. A North Korea foreign ministry official told Japanese journalists in Pyongyang that the regime there has an undeniable right to test missiles. “The missile launch is an issue...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 5, 2006 07:45 AM
...that they're reporting was the long range one. North Korea has fired a long-range missile, but it failed in flight. Two non-guided, medium-range Scud-style missiles were also fired, North American Aerospace Defense Command confirmed Tuesday. Japanese public broadcasting channel NHK...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 4, 2006 05:05 PM
A reprise of last year's Fourth of July post, as I could never find anything more profound to say than what's on that piece of paper....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 4, 2006 10:03 AM
...And nobody noticed? TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Atlantic City's casinos were ordered to close Wednesday, the latest casualty of a state government shutdown that entered its second day Sunday after the Legislature failed to adopt a budget by its July...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 3, 2006 06:57 AM
...and NOTHING to watch but the Firecracker 400. I have hours of listening to Darrell Waltrip ahead of me. On a lighter note, their salute to America's military was inspiring and hilarious. They had all the Homestead Air Force Base...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 1, 2006 08:09 PM
...with reasons given for 'why don't more women blog'. As usual, she refutes things/sexist stereotypes beautifully, as does the fellow she links to. The comments section (with Sheila, Lisa, et al, weighing in) is lively and entertaining. Again, as one...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 30, 2006 01:16 PM
...the other day and it looks like it's stuck. Confession in girl's slaying thrown out Judge does allow discovery of Florida 9-year-old as evidence The confession of a man charged with kidnapping, raping and killing 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford isn’t admissible...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 30, 2006 11:39 AM
And you thought 16 year olds running off gave My Space a bad name? I bid you welcome to the online world of the lovely ladies of the Canadian Jihad. When it came time to write up the premarital agreement...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 30, 2006 11:21 AM
"Hetai porn free videos: Free hentai beastiality porn videos" ...huh? Sometimes what the SPAM filter snags confuses the beejeebus out of me. Sounds like they filmed girls(?) they picked up at the Mos Eisley Cantina. I do live in a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 30, 2006 10:33 AM
The tone of the two reports is so markedly different, one might almost be forgiven for thinking they referred to separate events. I'd noticed a quick turn around in the DOW futures and, knowing they were waiting on the core-PCE...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 30, 2006 10:08 AM
I've been reading through reports on this decision and I'm trying to figure it all out. The court declared 5-3 that the trials for 10 foreign terror suspects violate U.S. military law and the Geneva conventions. The ruling raises major...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 30, 2006 07:42 AM
...convicted. I think it's his lawyer's fault. In closing arguments Thursday, defense attorney Clark Brewster called the device "a joke." "Why in the world would anybody have this behind the bench?" he said, holding the pump. "It's a stupid thing,"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2006 11:33 PM
...work ~ they sound kinda stupid to me. ...Researchers at Indiana State University in Terre Haute tried a small experiment to test the effects of having kids play with heavier toys. They found that 10 children ages 6 to 8...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2006 05:34 PM
Literally. Camp Fallujah, Iraq - Call it a little bit of justice. Marine snipers from 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment shot and killed an insurgent sniper and spotter preparing to shoot at passing Marines, June 16. And the insurgents were...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2006 04:47 PM
His liquor, his car, his guns, his dinner, his lightbulbs and his...well...gonads. (The technical term.) Bear Flees for 2nd Time Before Neutering A freedom-loving grizzly bear named Boo smashed a heavy steel door and barreled through two electric fences to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2006 03:44 PM
They've figured out the Gov'ner's rotten... Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman was convicted Thursday on federal charges of bribery, conspiracy, mail fraud and obstruction of justice in a case that derailed his campaign for governor amid wide-ranging claims of corruption...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2006 03:27 PM
40 feet high and risin'......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2006 07:36 AM
They've shown their bravery and virtue by murdering a teenager: Eliyahu Asheri, the 18-year-old from the settlement of Itamar, was found dead by Israel Defense Forces early Thursday morning in the A-Tira neighborhood of Ramallah. ...Shin Bet agents and special...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2006 07:29 AM
...even though that's precisely what caused the whole thing to begin with. The jurors sometimes exchange awkward looks and break into nervous laughter when the testimony takes a lurid turn. Oh, I'll bet....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 28, 2006 05:24 PM
To the English Swillers: ENGLAND's massive army of World Cup fans is drinking Germany dry, it emerged yesterday. Breweries warned beer could run out before the final because of huge demand from our supporters. In Nuremberg, organisers revealed 70,000 England...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 28, 2006 01:35 PM
...and not with the fat police. You're pretty much screwed when they tell the world they're coming after you...I hope someone's scattering the virgins. Justice Minister Haim Ramon said Wednesday that Hamas's Syria-based leader, Khaled Mashaal, is a target for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 28, 2006 12:22 PM
It's been mighty quiet on the canned soup front, but I knew it couldn't last. And voilá! In today's paper, a gift from the Campbell Gods. Tex-Mex Rice and Chicken 1 (48 ounce) bag quick frozen chicken breasts 6 cups...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 28, 2006 12:13 PM
A tribute to the victims. Thanks to Emily Emily via Lisa for finding it....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 28, 2006 07:54 AM
"Fake But Accurate" in Spanish? A Spanish news agency apologized for a report that described a Republican gubernatorial candidate's proposed work program for illegal immigrants as "concentration camps." The story last week caused an international stir when EFE, a national...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 28, 2006 07:29 AM
...for every man, woman and child on the reservation. In a desperate effort to fight the ravages of alcoholism on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, leaders of the Oglala Sioux tribe are threatening to set up roadblocks Wednesday and stop...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 27, 2006 04:48 PM
“The preliminary inquiry has been concluded. No punitive action will be taken against Corporal Belile. And there will be no further investigation,” said Maj. Shawn Haney, a spokeswoman at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina. Haney said...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 27, 2006 03:18 PM
I'm not quite sure I get the correlation. Earth's Climate Warming Abruptly, Scientist Says Earth's climate is undergoing an abrupt change, ending a cooler period that began with a swift "cold snap" in the tropics 5,200 years ago that coincided...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 27, 2006 02:50 PM
I thought this story was about a Weber and was prepared to defend ours to the death. Thank God they're safe. Anyway, the first clue it WASN'T (about a Weber) was...well, you read it. Armed 'Grill' Robbery Missing: A mouthpiece...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 27, 2006 12:59 PM
Maybe I'll skip this one after all. SUPERMAN'S motto, "Truth, justice and the American way," has been rewritten in the new "Superman Returns" to "Truth, justice and . . . all that stuff." Jeannie Wolf reports on Movies.com that screenwriters...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 27, 2006 12:39 PM
...in the first person. Where do I stand at this point? I think what I have thought from the very beginning: This is my home, and no one has the right to take it from me, especially for the vague...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 27, 2006 09:15 AM
...when NOTHING should have been done to begin with. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the Somali-born former politician who faced death threats as the result of her criticism of Islam, is to keep her Dutch citizenship, after being accused of lying in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 27, 2006 08:47 AM
...of the state. University of Colorado Interim Chancellor to Recommend Firing of Ward Churchill The top official at the University of Colorado's flagship campus on Monday recommended that the school fire the firebrand professor who compared some of the World...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 26, 2006 11:09 PM
...Pat Dollard does, for "Young Americans". (The video teasers might not be considered work safe if combat, potty mouthed Jarheads and a rocking 'F*CK yeah' sort of anthem playing in the background will get you ee-ville glances and a knuckle-smacking.)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 26, 2006 10:38 AM
...maybe he should think about moving. Michael Martino's specialty license plate reads "Helping Sea Turtles Survive." He rents kayaks and bicycles instead of Jet Skis and motor scooters at his eco-friendly beach shop on this Florida Panhandle barrier island. But...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 26, 2006 09:43 AM
...by Susan Estrich. What’s wrong with the New York Times? “A Look at Republican Priorities” said the headline of Friday’s New York Times. And what are those priorities, according to America’s paper of record? “Comforting the Comfortable” and “Afflicting the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 26, 2006 09:37 AM
Aussies abuzz with talk of Kidman wedding Her marriage to Keith Urban expected this weekend in Sydney ...On Friday, Kidman, Urban and some high-profile guests drove out of her waterfront property amid rumors of a ceremony rehearsal. “The nerves are...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 23, 2006 09:21 PM
U.S.: 'Homegrown terrorists' eyed Sears Tower Court documents: Black Muslim group sought to 'kill all the devils we can*' ...for the press conference. Details abound. Keep the pressure on these bastards, NYT or no. (Why do I find it so...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 23, 2006 11:49 AM
but saw something on the way to work this morning I have not seen in a long while: a tractor-trailer that got stuck under a railway bridge. Wish I'd had my camera. I wonder hoiw often this happens? It was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 23, 2006 11:29 AM
Michael Arden, an analyst with New York-based ABI Research, said "ultimately they want TV shows with products onscreen that you can click and save information about them or buy them." ...but it SURE wasn't me. Or major dad. Or Ebola....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 23, 2006 10:52 AM
Stuff bugs me sometimes....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 23, 2006 10:38 AM
I'm not sure how he gets through this without mentioning Shiraz, but aside from that I agree with every word: WASHINGTON -- In the Australian House of Representatives last month, opposition member Julia Gillard interrupted a speech by the minister...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 23, 2006 08:50 AM
Let's pretend the government has an effective program (I know, I know, but this is an academic exercise here, people; work with me) that is legal. Further, the key to its success is that it is basically secret; again, it...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 23, 2006 08:11 AM
She's having hot flashes! Last year was the hottest in 6 billion years (except, of course in areas where it was cooler): WASHINGTON, June 22 — A controversial paper asserting that recent warming in the Northern Hemisphere was probably unrivaled...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 23, 2006 07:54 AM
Military Says Murdered Soldiers Were Abandoned at Checkpoint, Launches Probe Two U.S. soldiers who vanished during a terrorist attack on a checkpoint and were later found slain had been left alone while other vehicles in their patrol inspected traffic, the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 22, 2006 10:55 PM
Done in by their own mistakes and a crucial penalty call, ,b>the Americans lost to Ghana 2-1 Thursday in a game they had to win to advance past the World Cup tournament's first round. (Soccer: piTÚ!)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 22, 2006 05:27 PM
...turns to the Dark Side. (And I'm not talking about the San Andreas...) Just two Arab countries have supplied almost 50 percent of California's imported oil over the past five years, a dependence that leaves the state more vulnerable than...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 22, 2006 03:44 PM
The Tucker Family, bless their hearts. A Warm Swill Salute to Blackfive He's got an address for condolences, too....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 22, 2006 03:16 PM
It's the parking lot attendant: WASHINGTON D.C. -- A stalker hid under a woman's bed for two days -- just for the chance to be alone with her. How he got the keys to her house is the scariest part,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 22, 2006 02:46 PM
...heard 'round the world. Gabriel Whitney says he did not plan to nearly suffocate President Bush in a bear hug. In fact, he did not plan to hug him at all. But when Mr. Whitney, one of 202 midshipmen to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 22, 2006 12:14 PM
...again. Study finds strong warming tie to hurricanes Half of Atlantic temperature increase in 2005 linked to global rise But then why is the Atlantic measurably cooler this year? In 2006, temperatures in the Atlantic were slightly* warmer than average,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 22, 2006 11:38 AM
...la vista. The Supreme Court on Thursday dealt a blow to longtime illegal residents, ruling that a deported Mexican man who lived in the United States for 20 years is barred from seeking legal residency or other relief in the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 22, 2006 11:11 AM
As if we didn't already know. ...More than 600 people, mostly militants, have been killed in recent weeks as insurgents have launched their deadliest campaign of violence in years. ...“It is not acceptable for us that in all this fighting,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 22, 2006 09:48 AM
I started reading about this yesterday Emerging buzz seems to be focused on why it took so long to release info about 500 chemical-weapons shells found in Iraq. Allah's got video of Santorum and chock full of links. CNN is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 22, 2006 09:09 AM
Tim Blair has a report on a nice Jihadi Academy that your earthquake relief dollars may be supporting: SCHOOL PRINCIPAL ABDUL HADI: Do for Allah. CHILDREN: Do for Allah. Do for Allah. Do for Allah. Do for Allah. Do for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 22, 2006 08:10 AM
But I completely disagree with Shipnuck on this: Wanna know why Phil Mickelson lost the Open? He was having too much fun. The U.S. Open is not supposed to be fun, but he spent most of last week romping around...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 22, 2006 07:53 AM
Say "Hello" to Kim Jon-Il's heir, Kim Jong-Chol North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il's son and heir apparent, Kim Jong-Chol, toured Germany earlier this month to see concerts by rock star Eric Clapton. Fuji TV broadcast secretly filmed footage showing a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 21, 2006 10:05 PM
A pretty stinging rebuke...of U.S. critics. "That's absurd,"Bush snapped at a news conference in response to an assertion that the United States was regarded as the biggest threat to global security."We'll defend ourselves, but at the same time we're actively...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 21, 2006 07:45 PM
...I'm not sure we're faced with such choices. Grisham En Espanol? No Mas for Ga. Library The library system in this suburban Atlanta county says no mas - it won't buy any more thrillers, romance novels or other works of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 21, 2006 04:08 PM
...but you can never leave. How hard can it be to cancel an AOL account? One man's frustrating call, caught on tape, resounds in the blogosphere ...CNBC later interviewed Ferrari by phone about his experience. “I've never ever experienced anything...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 21, 2006 01:27 PM
I'm just so disgusted by the way those poor men were butchered by the "insurgents" that my usual standards of christian restraint are being sorely tested. I basically at this point still want to turn the whole place into glass,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 21, 2006 12:06 PM
So now NK wants "direct negotiations" with the US about this SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea said Wednesday it wants direct talks with the United States over its apparent plans to test-fire a long-range missile, a day after...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 21, 2006 07:39 AM
Looks like those poor men have been found. BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- An Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman said Tuesday that two U.S. soldiers missing since Friday have been found dead, Reuters reported. U.S. military authorities in Baghdad told CNN they...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 20, 2006 03:22 PM
Another one of those reports that you get nervous about: Less than a month ago I posted on the military preparation going on in the Gulf. Additional elements are pointing towards the seriousness of the preparation in place. For instance...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 20, 2006 02:53 PM
but next time you contact you Congressman/Senators, tell them to vote yes on House Bill 4806, the Military Toy Replica Act, when it comes before them. I mostly build model cars these days, but do the occasional tank or aircraft....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 20, 2006 12:57 PM
Resident Druid that I am, even I have a problem with this. Participants at this summer's national meeting of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will be asked to ratify a paper that says the Trinity is female. The 217th General Assembly...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 20, 2006 11:24 AM
And after 60 years, closure. U.S. WWII Sub Appears to Have Been Found For 60 years, Nancy Kenney wondered what happened to her father. The submarine that William T. Mabin was in disappeared while he and his crewmates were on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 20, 2006 10:24 AM
... when those New Jersey taxes cause a cardiac arrest......for now. Earlier Monday, Mr. Corzine backed away from a plan that would have brought in $430 million by taxing hospital beds in the state, conceding in a morning radio interview...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 20, 2006 09:03 AM
Are they useless or what? NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Acting at the mayor's request, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Monday she would send National Guard troops and state police to patrol the streets of New Orleans after a bloody weekend in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 20, 2006 07:38 AM
...in some deep, DEEP doo-doo. MSNBC's Dan Abrams has gotten his hands on the prosecution documents and they don't add up. VIDEO here. One of his most interesting points? NOT the inconsistencies of the accuser's story, medical reports, etc. but......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 19, 2006 03:22 PM
First Natalie Maines and now the classless Mary Travers, dishing on the woman who donated bone marrow to her during her battle with leukemia. (You know ~ as in 'save your life, last chance you'll ever have' bone marrow?) "I...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 19, 2006 09:40 AM
...than just corn. City officials in Champaign and Urbana took notice when they heard that an ethanol plant proposed nearby would use about 2 million gallons of water per day, most likely from the aquifer that also supplies both cities....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 18, 2006 10:42 PM
...yet another weird, historical confluence ~ a Yin and Yang, them and us, as it were. (Pretty appropriate, considering the debate in the House and airwaves lately.) The Yin of it? Bunker Hill. No one of the thousands who crowded...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 17, 2006 07:21 PM
Well, ok, it was lunch actually, but I'm a sucker for a cheap literary reference. Anywho, as I said below I was going to drive to Philly today just to have lunch at Genos. I'm sure you've seen his story...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 17, 2006 03:41 PM
Probably not, of course: "A lot of pandering started going on, and you'd see soldiers and the American flag in every video. It became a sickening display of ultra-patriotism." "The entire country may disagree with me, but I don't understand...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 17, 2006 09:36 AM
...to the UCMJ. More than two weeks ago, Sullivan said he expected murder and kidnapping charges would be brought soon, and a Pentagon official confirmed charges were imminent. But none has been filed and the delay has not been explained....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 16, 2006 11:07 PM
Le Martha Stewart syndrome, she strikes yet again! The embattled French co-CEO of Airbus parent EADS on Friday defended his sale of shares in the company before delays in the superjumbo A380 sent the stock tumbling, calling it an "unfortunate...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 16, 2006 09:28 AM
...have to play by the rules. The Panhandle for the first time will get a state environmental resource permitting program, similar to those in other parts of Florida, under one of the five bills signed Thursday. "Including the Panhandle in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 16, 2006 07:52 AM
A 15-year-old girl can enter into a common-law marriage in Colorado, and younger girls and boys possibly can, too, a state appeals court ruled Thursday. While the three-judge panel stopped short of setting a specific minimum age for such...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 16, 2006 07:49 AM
Katrina certainly devastated a lot of lives, and there are thousands upon thousands of folks working very hard to get their lives back in order who deserve and value what help we can give them. But then there are also...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 16, 2006 07:34 AM
...would be used to illustrate this point... The global refugee population has begun to rise for the first time in four years, largely due to instability in Iraq, a US group said in a survey, which saw refugee protection...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 15, 2006 11:39 AM
"It's being faxed from a Kinko's in Austin as we speak..." Stopwatch Ticking for Dan Rather CBS to Drop Ex-Anchor From '60 Minutes' CBS executives have decided there is no future role at the network for Dan Rather, making it...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 15, 2006 09:33 AM
...are just chopped liver? Asked about clemency for those who attacked U.S. troops, he said: "That's an area where we can see a green line. There's some sort of preliminary understanding between us and the MNF-I," the U.S.-led Multi-National Force-Iraq,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 15, 2006 09:23 AM
I'm sure you've heard by now about this new 'scandal' involving the Marines, this "Hadji Girl" song. I've refrained from saying anything about it because I wanted to read the lyrics. And I'm glad I did. Thanks to Michelle Malkin,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 15, 2006 07:58 AM
When the U.N. Security Council headed to Africa on a 10-day trip, ambassadors thought their biggest security nightmare could come during a visit to a camp for Sudanese or Chadians caught up in the Darfur conflict and angry at the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 14, 2006 09:35 PM
Watch and remember. It was February 1994 when Eki, a 12 year old boy from Sarajevo, was interviewed by Peter Jennings. Peter Jennings, "What do your mother and father tell you about what the future is going to be?" Eki,"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 14, 2006 07:26 PM
...since she always looks so cranky, gaunt and frail. Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader, listed her ownership with her husband of a vineyard in St Helena, the heart of California's Napa wine country, which is valued at between $5m...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 14, 2006 04:53 PM
But if you don't want yours, you may soon find it tough to figure out who to complain to....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 14, 2006 04:12 PM
...like THIS. 'This is not normal behavior,' says lead investigator ...According to the report, the crew came in too low and too slow, with incorrect flap settings while making a type of emergency landing regularly practiced by flying crews....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 14, 2006 02:06 PM
Home Depot gets my vote! A plumber who bought a bathroom vanity for a home renovation found something else in the box: a stash of 40 pounds of marijuana and three grams of cocaine. Police did not identify the plumber...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 14, 2006 01:55 PM
I guess this won't get too much press: Professor Bob Carter of the Marine Geophysical Laboratory at James Cook University, in Australia gives what, for many Canadians, is a surprising assessment: "Gore's circumstantial arguments are so weak that they are...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 14, 2006 12:57 PM
These excitable outback types are a cranky lot. The small dorsal fins on the huge, curving backs now regularly parting the winter seas just off Sydney symbolise a new front in the war against Japanese whaling. These are humpbacks on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 14, 2006 10:02 AM
In a shocking development, FEMA gave out lots of money to people who didn't need it WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A $200 bottle of champagne from Hooters and $300 worth of "Girls Gone Wild" videos were among items bought with debit...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 14, 2006 09:24 AM
What is it about "fried chicken" that they think the stupid public doesn't understand? LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) -- A doctor and a consumer group have sued KFC in an effort to stop the chicken chain from cooking with high-fat partially...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 14, 2006 08:26 AM
Woo-Hoo! Courage in Academia! A majority of Colorado University folks on the panel set up to investigate Ward Churchill have recommended that he be fired. Allahpundit has the links at HotAir. I'm reading the full report now, and it's pretty...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2006 06:44 PM
Just when I think that Florida has wrestled the title away from California for "Most Insane Citizenry" I read about Mrs. Polk: MARTINEZ, California (AP) -- A suburban housewife serving as her own attorney at her murder trial insisted in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2006 02:42 PM
Cullen is very excited about a huge ball of gas zipping through the the universe. And it is pretty neat. But I have to admit that this is a lot more interesting to me: Astronomers at the UK's Jodrell Bank...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2006 02:08 PM
Regarding your recent warning: Hawking Says Humans Must Go Into Space We thought we should save you further embarrassment and let you know... ...someone's already out there....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2006 10:06 AM
...drag his a$$ back in the store and use a bigger pipe. A man is suing an auto-parts store for assault and battery after he attempted to hold up the business and employees responded by beating him with a metal...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2006 09:19 AM
...raise your hand. Sept. 11 Memorial to Be Redesigned When a jury chose a Sept. 11 memorial design from more than 5,000 entries, the panel praised it for the "powerful, yet simple" use of reflecting pools to represent the destroyed...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2006 09:08 AM
First that it's San Francisco. Second that someone there had the guts to do this ~ I mean, how WHACK is this headline? Calif. Judge Overturns Firearm Sales Ban A California judge on Monday overturned a voter-approved city law that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2006 09:07 AM
And have lunch at Geno's for Father's Day: PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A civil rights watchdog agency opened an investigation on Monday into a Philadelphia cheese steak restaurant that posted a sign saying "This is America - when ordering, speak English."...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2006 07:43 AM
That retired old blowhard who keeps blowing: As Tropical Storm Alberto threatened to strengthen into the ninth hurricane in 22 months to affect Florida, former President Clinton predicted Monday that Republican environmental policies will lead to more severe storms. "It...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2006 07:36 AM
Turns out it's good for you. Coffee may counteract alcohol’s poisonous effects on the liver and help prevent cirrhosis, researchers say. In a study of more than 125,000 people, one cup of coffee per day cut the risk of alcoholic...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 12, 2006 11:26 PM
An answer would be good. Why is 'Major Dad' on 'Deadwood'? I clean up the dog puke at 4 a.m. and he gets all the glamour gigs. UPDATE: YEESH! Even sounds like him... McRaney, 57, married to actress Delta Burke...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 12, 2006 03:12 PM
As it seems she...got around before she scored with Sir Paul: (link mildly NSFW) Heather Mills was fighting to salvage her reputation yesterday after an onslaught of revelations, including sensational claims that she worked as a high-class prostitute. The estranged...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 12, 2006 11:47 AM
Did you get your POTENTIAL COMPROMISE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION...email from Uncle Sam yet? Major Dad did. We're both locked on and the first bureau contacted has to set you up with the other two. (Kcruella, Cullen, Robb and Beer Brains...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 12, 2006 10:27 AM
The shark resembles a common species called the scalloped hammerhead but has not yet been classified or named. US researchers say the animal appears to be rare, breeding only in waters off the South Carolina coast. Lemme guess, they recognized...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 12, 2006 10:09 AM
Gitmo to close: Detainee suicides bring calls for Gitmo closure "Guantanamo should be closed. This is an occasion to reiterate that statement," EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said on Monday as he arrived for a meeting of the bloc's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 12, 2006 09:55 AM
The owners of the sagging, flood-stained home aren't in. Above the front door, a banner explains their absence, and the lack of progress: "Allstate paid $10,113.34 on this house for storm damage." ..."I want people to drive by my home...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 12, 2006 08:41 AM
...maybe he felt something after all. A mortally wounded Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was still alive and mumbling on a gurney when Iraqi police arrived at the site......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 9, 2006 11:51 AM
Because he's a Marine. Thieves of Baghdad : One Marine's Passion for Ancient Civilizations and the Journey to Recover the World's Greatest Stolen Treasure In April 2003, Matthew Bogdanos was a long way from the courtrooms of New York City...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 9, 2006 11:09 AM
Who are the 56 bastards in the Senate who voted to break up the Union? I want them all to explain wtf they were thinking. Update: roll call below the fold. This failed by one vote, I believe. One. It's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 9, 2006 09:02 AM
Democrap: GREELEY, Colo. Republican U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave's re-election campaign was already heated, and it just got smelly as well: Her staff accused a Democratic activist Thursday of leaving an envelope full of dog feces at Musgrave's Greeley office. Musgrave...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 9, 2006 08:45 AM
...Secretariat said,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 9, 2006 08:15 AM
And she set sail from Norfolk today ~ back to the fleet. How great is that? But wait until you hear the story of the Marine behind the ship's name... USS COLE (DDG 67) is the first warship named for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 8, 2006 07:09 PM
Closer to home, there was this great news that I heard driving home today: NEWARK — A federal judge remanded former Middletown Township Committeeman Raymond J. O'Grady - who was found guilty earlier today on five counts of extortion and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 8, 2006 05:45 PM
Stop measuring for drapes, Nancy. If Democrats can’t win a special election for a seat left open by the guilty plea of a senior Republican congressman for bribery in a political environment that can politely be described as more sour...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 8, 2006 04:43 PM
Treacher's Teacher's hot for teacher: TAMPA - Two Hillsborough County middle school teachers have resigned after students saw them having sex in a classroom, a report released Wednesday states. Foreign language teacher Frances J. Sepulveda, 30, and physical education teacher...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 8, 2006 02:41 PM
(Not the Marines; the Swilling.) This morning I read RadioBlogger's transcript of Hugh Hewitt interviewing Frank Gaffney and thought "WHAT?!" My jokey little post yesterday got turned on it's ear. This Senate Bill ~ S.147 ~ is an amazing piece...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 8, 2006 12:12 PM
(typed as quickly as I could while listening)"Zarqawi never came to Iraq until 2002. There was no al-Qaeda in Iraq before that and they've admitted it...When we went in there, al-Qaeda was drawn into Iraq...but the problem is we're fueling...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 8, 2006 11:21 AM
"Father of beheaded man blames Bush, not Zarqawi" PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Michael Berg, whose son Nick was beheaded in Iraq in 2004, said on Thursday he felt no sense of relief at the killing of the al Qaeda leader in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 8, 2006 09:21 AM
Well, I suppose the MSM is rejoicing in that they've found a Ted Rall of the Right. Aside from the bits I've seen and heard on the radio I must admit I haven't fully read what she said, nor am...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 8, 2006 07:35 AM
Although I'm not sure at this point it matters as much as had it happened a year ago, I still think it's great news. BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the most wanted man in Iraq, was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 8, 2006 07:22 AM
This sure sounds like his style: NEW YORK (FORTUNE) - Faced with the inability of two bickering attorneys to resolve even the most innocuous scheduling questions without his intervention, a Florida federal judge yesterday ordered the two to meet on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 7, 2006 10:19 PM
It really seems so. Now it's our fault Hawaii's a state. Hawaii Sen. Daniel K. Akaka thinks Hawaiians should be allowed to govern themselves as Native Americans and Alaskans do, and after seven years of pushing a bill to start...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 7, 2006 04:29 PM
...deconstructed. Haditha: Reasonable Doubt Special from Hawaii Free Press By Andrew Walden, 6/5/2006 7:06:33 AM ...The liberal media is chiming in to make sure that Haditha is used to wear down support for our troops in Iraq—just as they did...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 7, 2006 11:49 AM
...nestled on the subtropical(!) Gulfcoast of FLORIDA. We'd like to take a moment and thank Gore, Gaia, greenhouse gasses, global warming, Greenpeace, earth farts and polar bears for FIVE straight days of cool enough weather to have the airconditioning off...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 7, 2006 10:42 AM
...(per our discussion below) should keep it's arbitrary paws off your Chuck E. Cheese stranded children? Number of foster children missing from state care on the rise While Florida has increased its efforts to track down children missing from state...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 7, 2006 08:56 AM
...did I ever tell you guys how this a$$hole in 1985... 'Night Stalker' wants a new murder trial Richard Ramirez is on death row for 13 Los Angeles murders ...chased me into the garage at 3:30 in the morning? He'd...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 7, 2006 12:02 AM
62 years ago, this morning....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 6, 2006 11:01 AM
French fries, soft drinks and road rage all meet in diabolical confluence worthy of today's date. (Only it happened yesterday.) A customer upset over the long wait for an order of french fries assaulted the manager of the McDonald's on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 6, 2006 09:13 AM
...who was left behind at a laundromat once, too. In Maine. A 6-year-old boy who was accidentally left behind by his family after they celebrated his birthday at a restaurant will temporarily remain in state custody, a judge ruled Monday....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 6, 2006 08:54 AM
Using them to choke the life out of your average homeowner is another thing entirely. Depending on which of Florida's two largest property insurers covers your house or condominium, you'll soon either face a wallop to your wallet, or will...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 5, 2006 11:56 PM
...count me in. Marine's Father Sues Funeral Protesters The father of a Marine whose funeral was picketed by anti-gay protesters from a fundamentalist Kansas church filed an invasion-of-privacy suit against the demonstrators Monday. It is believed to be the first...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 5, 2006 03:59 PM
She's -2 after the first 18....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 5, 2006 02:01 PM
"You're not even going to be able to wash your hands without the opposition," The Czech elections end in a dead heat and could well lead to dead lock. I'm pulling for Mr. Klaus, described as a something I'd never...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 5, 2006 11:24 AM
...from the Sunday NYT. It's a portrait of a culture clash*, but not the one you'd image. Among the Marines, there is a tendency, an eagerness even, to see themselves as the stepchild of the American military effort, sent into...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 5, 2006 09:43 AM
Nadia Comaneci and Bart Conner are the parents of a baby boy: Dylan Paul was born Saturday, the first child for the gold-medal winning gymnasts. The 44-year-old Comaneci delivered Dylan by Caesarean section Saturday morning. The delivery room staff created...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 5, 2006 08:37 AM
Yet more perversion from the Land of Miracle Whip. Look, I can understand your grandkids getting on your nerves TAVARES, Florida (AP) -- A couple tried to hire a hit man to kill their three grandchildren and daughter-in-law to stop...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 5, 2006 07:46 AM
...like, if he wanted one. Jeez Louise, I SO wish I lived in California sometimes. A jury awarded $61 million to two FedEx Ground drivers of Lebanese descent who claimed a manager harassed them with racial slurs for two years....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 4, 2006 12:05 AM
My dying a$$. Peanuts cost more than pretzels. Hello, I can do the math....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 3, 2006 11:56 PM
Hurray for the Mounties! But in typical MSM fashion the CNN article, we're the entire thing, fails to mention one thing. Can you guess what? No? here's a clue: in a linked article they list all the 'suspects': CNN) --...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 3, 2006 10:57 PM
I'm starting to think John and Ilyka and Ken were right and I was wrong about these Federal agencies we've got, and how this "republican" administration (and all the liability lawyers) wants to micromanage every facet of our lives. Today's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 2, 2006 02:17 PM
but a good read. The problem is not that the two parties are polarized. In many ways they're closer than ever. The problem is that the parties in Washington, and the people on the ground in America, are polarized. There...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 2, 2006 10:23 AM
This crap has no business being in the Constitution: President Bush will promote a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on Monday, the eve of a scheduled Senate vote on the cause that is dear to his conservative backers. The amendment...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 2, 2006 08:02 AM
..."the janitor from Burbank"? Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is wounded and vulnerable, and yet the two Democrats vying to unseat him are tearing each other apart in the very nightmare scenario party leaders had feared. ..."The script couldn't have been...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 2, 2006 01:01 AM
Happy confluences. Tim's post ("Earth farts". How do you resist that?) got me thinking this morning and then the Grinch called about a hugely interesting site. During another global warming discussion, he said he'd heard something about Magnetic North moving...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 1, 2006 12:39 PM
Or at least learn to levee-tate. Parts of New Orleans are sinking far more rapidly than scientists first thought, more than an inch a year, new research suggests. That may explain some of the levee failures during Hurricane Katrina, and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 1, 2006 11:31 AM
Nice headline on CNN :Sex offenders sue for playground access INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (AP) -- Six sex offenders sued the city Wednesday to block a new ordinance that bars them from venturing within 1,000 feet of parks, pools and playgrounds when...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 1, 2006 11:07 AM
...is harsh. ...You’d think the Republicans would be the ones in need of professional help. This is a party burdened with a president so unpopular he barely has a base to stand on—Bush seems to be bypassing the lame-duck stage...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 1, 2006 10:29 AM
It sounds like you might get one. Bolivia's largest agribusiness group said Wednesday it would form "self-defense" units to defend land it fears the country's new leftist government will confiscate to give to the poor. The National Farming Confederation said...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 31, 2006 10:09 PM
The Homeland Security Department is studying whether legal immigrants seeking citizenship and other benefits should pay higher application fees. ..."American citizenship is priceless," said Gonzalez, a naturalized citizen. "I think people will pay." ...priceless. Which is exactly why it shouldn't...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 31, 2006 09:28 PM
...polar bears gossip about global warming... ...and contemplate their ice pack. The WWF report, "Polar Bears At Risk," cites studies that show reductions in both areal coverage and thickness of Arctic sea ice during the past several decades as evidence...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 31, 2006 05:24 PM
Afghan Parliament Passes Motion to Prosecute U.S. Soldiers for Deadly Road Crash Afghanistan's parliament has approved a motion calling for the government to prosecute the U.S. soldiers responsible for a deadly road crash that sparked the worst riot in Kabul...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 31, 2006 02:56 PM
...who comes in the light. In spite of some pretty torrid scandals in recent years, the United Nations (U.N.) is far from finished. In fact, Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the U.N., is leading the gambit for perhaps its biggest...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 31, 2006 01:49 PM
...I guess Max Mayfield is a suitable substitute. Hundreds of concerned citizens and leaders from across the nation will join Hurricane Katrina survivors Wednesday to call for the resignation of the heads of the National Hurricane Center (NHC) and the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 31, 2006 01:27 PM
..tae thae contest organizers in time frae his inclusion. Date a Hot Scot Ma sweet sister-in-law'll nae be speakin' tae me, as she thought she'd be well rid o' him nigh summer tae the winner....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 31, 2006 10:52 AM
Crocodile smiles. Alligator Interrupts Mermaid Show This community's famous mermaids got an unwelcome swimming partner when an alligator found its way Saturday into Buccaneer Bay....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 31, 2006 10:39 AM
Let's pause the rompings for a moment to remember when your 80's still had some dignity to them. Before he died, Billy [Wilder] talked with Groucho Marx, who said, "I'd pay a million dollars for an erection." Billy answered, "Wish...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 31, 2006 10:14 AM
That Bill Clinton is really Joe Isuzu: Woods described a hole on the back nine. "President Clinton rolls one in the bushes, then hits another one off the tee ... right in the middle of the fairway, hits a nice...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 31, 2006 08:38 AM
It seems there's a rash of folks dying in Michigan from either 'bad' heroin or od-ing from mixing it with another drug; the article isn't that clear: Another person died from a probable drug overdose, Wayne County health officials reported...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 31, 2006 08:02 AM
So it's really no shock she performs for the cameras in court, now is it? DURHAM, N.C. -- A second exotic dancer who performed at a March 13 Duke University lacrosse team party where a woman says she was raped...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 31, 2006 07:45 AM
A vigilante with a flare for fashion. A man wearing a purple women's bathing suit and carrying a flare gun was arrested after he told a bartender he was going to "get rid of all the dirt bags in Key...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 31, 2006 12:15 AM
...she eez Swill! (As opposed to "swell", which is JUST what the American wines turned out to be.) Wine competition pits France v US The US has emerged victorious in a blind tasting by experts in London and California pitting...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 30, 2006 07:33 PM
That would be the Rio Grande. It releases all those unhappy peons from the grinding poverty on their side of the border and then keeps them busy earning a living to send back. That inflow of money helps subdue the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 30, 2006 04:50 PM
Svetlana Bourgeois (a hard working russina bride) Impinge A. Tillage Crime M. Tighten Pretense U. Dazzling Lupe Q. Steamiest (that latin hottie) Homophobic H. Divan (what about the couch instead?) Intrusted V. Beamed (Mr. Scott...) Irksome E. Scarfs (just wear...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 30, 2006 07:38 AM
...that you bravely gave your all for all of us. And we thank you....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 28, 2006 06:37 PM
...unbelievable development... Kerry Pressing Swift Boat Case Long After Loss John Kerry starts by showing the entry in a log he kept from 1969: "Feb 12: 0800 run to Cambodia." ...I'm dusting off this fun and educational Swilling exercise. Comments...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 28, 2006 12:07 PM
You know, just when you thought those idiots couldn't get stupider, you read something like , ahref="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/tennis/05/27/iraq.killings.ap/index.html">this: BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- An Iraqi tennis coach and two of his players were killed because they were wearing shorts, apparently in violation...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 28, 2006 07:27 AM
How do you tell the kids Granny's a tramp and Pappy is an old horndog? R-E-T-I-R-E-M-E-N-T ain't what it used to be....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 27, 2006 11:24 PM
...why is it news when they turn out to be weasels in real life? A former winner on “Survivor” lied to get time off from his job as a state highway worker to join a promotional tour for the reality...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 26, 2006 03:38 PM
The first new building at the WTC site, 7, has opened. The 1.7 million-square-foot, $700 million building stands out downtown largely because it does not stand out. Its glass curtain facade is made of ultra-clear, low-iron glass, making it appear...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 26, 2006 03:18 PM
So poor old Dr. Death is dying in prison. May 26, 2006 — Today, on his 78th birthday, Jack Kevorkian, the man known as "Dr. Death," is slowly dying in prison. And, according to his lawyer, Kevorkian seems to have...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 26, 2006 12:28 PM
UPDATE and BUMP: So far it's "Move along, nothing to see here." That's a good thing if it turns out to be the case. UPDATE REDUX: 'Twould seem it was a construction hammer of some sort. The whole exercise might...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 26, 2006 11:10 AM
I guess the point of this whole long (and subtitled) video (taped by cell phone) is never, EVER tap a fellow on the shoulder no matter how loud his cell phone conversation gets....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 26, 2006 09:42 AM
Blood money is pouring into Beslan. Some are spending the largesse in better fashion than others. ...Former hostage Valiko Margiyev, 57, lost his 12-year-old daughter in the tragedy. He said neighbors who received no compensation accused victims of allowing themselves...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 26, 2006 09:27 AM
I'm voting for him. (I don't care if it's Scott the Hutt from Travelodge or a Broward County Wexlar type. But I AM looking like a genius, since I didn't vote for the moron to begin with. ) Michelle Malkin...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 26, 2006 07:54 AM
Subtitle: Never have sister make your Orlando hotel reservations. They'll suck but you'll have stories to tell for years. Let's turn back the time machine to February 2, 2006. Expediadotcom spits out a reasonably priced king/non-smoking hotel reservation for major...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 25, 2006 05:55 PM
Florida Cracker has found some absolutely stunning color photographs from Imperial Russia. This photo was taken in 1909. Old photos like this, especially of children, always give me a bit of the willies because I know that in all likelihood...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 25, 2006 01:57 PM
A hearty welcome and Thank You to the service folks here in NY: NEW YORK - Flying a huge American flag from its mast, the guided missile cruiser USS Anzio led nearly a dozen Navy ships and Coast Guard craft...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 25, 2006 08:58 AM
The system is working, and the investigation is going forward: “If the allegations are substantiated, the Marine Corps will pursue appropriate legal and administrative actions against those responsible,” said Col. David Lapan, a spokesman at Marine Corps headquarters. “The investigations...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 25, 2006 07:48 AM
"I used the word "America" to refer to the United States": The [Michigan] Department of Education asserts that "Americans" includes Mexicans, Canadians and others in the Western Hemisphere, so referring to U.S. residents as Americans is inappropriate. In the department's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 24, 2006 02:31 PM
You just have to laugh, or cry if you live there: BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- A mock evacuation that was supposed to be part of a two-day statewide hurricane preparedness drill was canceled after a misunderstanding about who had...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 24, 2006 08:14 AM
So now we have Hastert saying the raid by the FBI on "Freezer Bill" Jefferson's office was "unconstitutional" House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) told President Bush yesterday that he is concerned the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) raid on Rep....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 24, 2006 07:38 AM
Or Orlando would be missing a few cops today: Police first saw David McCann, 30, standing in front of a bar Saturday at 2 a.m., shirt unbuttoned and yelling he was "Luke Skywalker" at passers-by, according to the incident report....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 23, 2006 12:38 PM
So Madonna has herself crucified during her latest tour, "Confessions." Yawn. My, how bold and daring, taking on those beastly Christians! Why, take care, my dear, because you know what will happen if you anger them! Yes! They might, um,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 23, 2006 07:58 AM
Our friend Dave E takes issue with the InstaMan regarding some aspects of his surfing-from-work stance, and rightly so from DaveE's security-minded point of view. And I've another: idiots at offices who listen to mildly-to-extremely obscene 'comedy' site with the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 23, 2006 07:44 AM
McGreevey shows yet again how little he cares for his wife and family: May 22, 2006 -- Jim McGreevey shockingly admits that before he became governor of New Jersey, he'd have anonymous gay sex at Garden State highway rest stops....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 22, 2006 08:52 AM
I'm probably still not in any shape to speak coherently about it, but I want to completely encourage any of you who might be unsure to go see it, for a few reasons. First, it is simply a spectacular movie,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 20, 2006 11:05 AM
Oh my. I mean...ouch: The 52-year-old Tioga-Nicetown man, who we are identifying only by his first name of Howard, arrived home late Wednesday, hours after his wife allegedly tore off two parts of his genitalia with her bare hands. Surgeons...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 19, 2006 03:43 PM
First, here in Chimpy McHitlerstan, the bastards who are responsible for the extinction of the Dodo are suggesting that women get more folic acid. My god, who do they think they are? Next, in the peace-loving earthly Islamic paradise of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 19, 2006 09:49 AM
So I get home from choir practice last night (well, to be honest, I got home from having a bluecheese burger and a couple of pints after choir) and I see my bride sitting in the family room with her...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 19, 2006 09:21 AM
And it ain't pretty: Based on the foregoing, the Committee finds by a preponderance of the evidence that: (a) Professor Churchill has engaged in research misconduct with respect to Allegation A regarding the General Allotment Act of 1887; and (b)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 18, 2006 02:17 PM
I am so tired of these idiots in Washington: WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Senate committee approved a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage Thursday, after a shouting match that ended when one Democrat strode out and the Republican chairman bid him...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 18, 2006 01:42 PM
"Look for da big 'W'." But he still speaks the same: Pyow pyow pyow . . . hack hack hack hack! Let's get out of here (in monkey talk) ...British scientists have discovered that the putty-nosed monkey in Nigeria...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 18, 2006 12:20 PM
70,000 beer cans found in townhouse. But geesh, Coors Light?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 18, 2006 11:54 AM
Blow me: A US lawmaker and former Marine colonel accused US Marines of killing innocent Iraqi civilians after a Marine comrade had been killed by a roadside bomb. "Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them and they killed...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 18, 2006 07:54 AM
This is beautiful: CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Mexico said Tuesday that it would file lawsuits in U.S. courts if National Guard troops on the border become directly involved in detaining migrants. ..."If there is a real wave of rights abuses,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 17, 2006 07:44 AM
Their incredibly clever plan to stop the Iranians from developing nukes...is to give them a working reactor! Key European nations are considering offering Iran a light-water nuclear reactor as part of incentives meant to persuade Tehran to give up its...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 16, 2006 12:38 PM
The still - standard equipment of any moonshiner - has a shot at becoming the must-have accessory of penny-pinching motorists. An upstart Tennessee business is marketing stills that can be set up as private distilleries making ethanol - 190 proof...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 16, 2006 11:21 AM
Her visage my desire did whet: RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) -- Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, under pressure from Islamists to curb reforms, has warned local media against showing pictures of Saudi women, local newspapers reported on Tuesday.... Newspapers have broken...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 16, 2006 09:10 AM
Clear of Pensacola Pass and moving under crystal blue skies, with fair winds and following seas. As it should be. A fitting day for a valiant lady's last sea voyage....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 15, 2006 03:10 PM
Get Your Drunk Personality at LiquidGeneration.com!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 15, 2006 02:46 PM
Sometimes life is just too weird: A transsexual whose 17-year marriage to an heiress was nullified when the wife discovered her husband was a woman is not legally a "parent" of her 14-year-old daughter born from donor sperm, the Court...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 15, 2006 11:16 AM
Unsurprisingly, Ebola tests out as Boba the Fett....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 15, 2006 11:13 AM
How'd you like a V-10 with 500 horses at the touch of a button? For a speed racer looking to fly beneath the radar, it was the perfect car. Which, of course, is why BMW decided to change it, most...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 15, 2006 10:54 AM
All good things come to an end. Today they're supposed to start nudging Oriskany away from Allegheny Pier at 10 a.m., tow her at 2 mph into Pensacola Bay and out to 22 miles offshore. I hope to get pictures...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 15, 2006 10:50 AM
...Saturday night. Midway through an interim caution lap recap, as a race car is careening off the pit lane concrete barriers: "That kinda looks Representative Patrick Kennedy's driving..." Me to major dad: "Did he really just say that?!" It was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 15, 2006 09:49 AM
Some 60 people have been killed over the weekend in coordinated attacks on police and riots in prisons in Sao Paulo: Violence has continued in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo where a wave of co-ordinated attacks over the weekend...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 15, 2006 07:50 AM
My goodness, what a great movie. When daughter first told us about it, it was in the context of "we watched this really weird movie on the bus back from the ski trip,' which really isn't such a ringing endorsement....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 15, 2006 07:28 AM
‘Poseidon’ can’t overtake ‘Mission’ at box office Disaster remake pulls in $20.3 million, debuts at No. 2 Star or story, they're both watery disasters ~ it's like choosing between Nagin and Landrieu, so WTF? Might as well stay home and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 15, 2006 12:29 AM
...on the NBC Nightly news. The reporter said he hadn't been paid his $500/mth salary in three months and then the man said: "The United States needs to send money! This isn't hurting the government, it's hurting the people!" He...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 14, 2006 07:00 PM
...It clarified policies regarding disabled passengers on airplanes, stating for the first time that animals used to aid people with emotional ailments like depression or anxiety should be given the same access and privileges as animals helping people with physical...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 14, 2006 01:58 PM
...to all our Swiller's and their wives, their mums, their mums' mums and anyone who's ever been a 'mum' to someone!!! The inspiring true story of two great friends, a baby hippo named Owen and a 130-yr-old giant tortoise named...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 14, 2006 01:48 PM
...The Fastest Man on EARTH? Well, WE did!! Gatlin sets world mark with ‘perfect race’ Olympic champ runs 100 in 9.76 seconds to take record away from Powell Congratulations to Pensacola's own Justin Gatlin!!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 12, 2006 06:37 PM
...separated at birth. Wondering how to make the world a better prLace. (Be vewee vewee quiet! Al's picture stolen from Florida Cracker.)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 12, 2006 01:36 PM
...a fatwa. My Fatwa I, tree hugging sister, demand an immediate end to Bingley BASTARD. No good Muslim shall rest until Bingley embraces trees and life and is very much kinder to me. God will Bingley's gin bottle exploding if...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 12, 2006 09:22 AM
On Feminism: Well, that’s sort of a gimme, being that I’m doing posts on a feminist blog, most likely about issues that would be considered pro-feminist in angle. So am I a feminist? Absolutely - socialist feminist to be more...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 12, 2006 09:14 AM
Me (in 5:28 am getting ready for work mode): shuffle-shuffle Bride (in classes-are-over-and-I'm-all-done-with-grading-exams-sleepyhead mode): "H-h-honey, why are you getting up so early? Oh yeah, it's Friday" (smiles and retreats under the covers) sigh....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 12, 2006 07:37 AM
China and US may establish military hotline Beijing and Washington are moving towards establishing a hotline between their defence ministries and have agreed to step up military exchanges, Chinese state media said on Thursday. I can hear the conversation now......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 11, 2006 11:50 AM
...like a SEVEN DAY OLD mullet and I mean reeks. A Durham police detective investigating the Duke University lacrosse case arrested an alibi witness Wednesday on a 2 1/2-year-old misdemeanor warrant. Taxi driver Moezeldin Elmostafa said Investigator R.D. Clayton and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 11, 2006 10:08 AM
Get Laid! Well, okay. More "be fruitful and multiply", but that takes 'getting laid', right? So, really, that's what the man meant....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 11, 2006 09:38 AM
...the CRANKIEST effin' bear in the WORLD?! Well, they found him. DNA Tests Confirm Bear Was a Hybrid Northern hunters, scientists and people with vivid imaginations have discussed the possibility for years. But Roger Kuptana, an Inuvialuit guide from Sachs...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 11, 2006 09:13 AM
So is Giza a goner? A religious ruling condemning the display of statues has angered Egyptian liberals and intellectuals who fear it could encourage religious zealots to attack the country's pharaonic heritage. The ruling was issued by the Mufti, the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 10, 2006 05:08 PM
...in another fondly remembered snake pit. 96 Somalis die as Islamic, secular gangs battle Sides fight for control of capital; Muslim group might have al-Qaida ties ...Most of the victims were civilians caught in the crossfire. Of course they were....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 10, 2006 01:31 PM
Allan Bense is not running for the U.S. Senate. The popular speaker of the Florida House wants to spend more time with his family and pursue business interests instead. Republicans from Tallahassee to Washington had been looking on Bense as...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 10, 2006 01:25 PM
I know I do. Walmart v. Kelo, in a delightful episode of "reversal of fortune". The Hercules City Council will consider whether to use eminent domain to wrest a 17-acre property from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. after the nation's largest retailer...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 10, 2006 12:12 PM
Okay, okay, I'll stop after this, but I thought these were too funny: Geometrical T. Pythagorean Tarnishing V. Blowguns Thrush U. Covetously...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 10, 2006 11:34 AM
Celebrate 25 Years. Huzzah!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 9, 2006 11:55 PM
...putting their hand out. Hamas signaled on Wednesday it still had problems accepting Western demands to recognize Israel and renounce violence, hours after international peace brokers agreed to temporarily send direct aid to the Palestinians. ...The so-called Quartet of international...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 9, 2006 10:57 PM
A tail section from a U.S. Navy fighter jet that crashed 3 1/2 years ago off Key West, Fla., has turned up 4,900 miles away on a beach in Ireland. A retired commercial airline captain, identified by the Irish Examiner...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 9, 2006 10:45 PM
The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH BOB SCHIEFFER finished the week of May 1 only 310,000 viewers behind ABC’s “World News Tonight,” narrowing the gap with ABC by 1.64 million viewers and with NBC’s “Nightly News” by 1.03 million viewers...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 9, 2006 05:29 PM
...since the 60's, hasn't it? Then. Now....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 9, 2006 12:38 PM
Bridezilla gonna need her a new gig. JONES GETTING ' VIEW' VAMOOSE STAR Jones Reynolds has been told to hitch up her hefty wagonload of freebies and waddle off into the sunset, sources say. And oh yeah I got a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 9, 2006 12:26 PM
...or "sugarcane". Jim Jubak offers an out of the box, four point plan for easing the energy crisis. Raise gasoline prices to $4 a gallon To discourage demand for gasoline, slap enough federal taxes on gasoline to raise the price...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 9, 2006 11:28 AM
...that just keep coming. Duke accuser initially said 20 men raped her Police thought woman was 'not credible,' leading school to move slowly Duke’s response to rape allegations involving members of the men’s lacrosse team was too slow and relied...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 9, 2006 10:20 AM
...Geronimo? A Yale University historian has uncovered a 1918 letter that seems to lend validity to the lore that Yale University's ultra-secret Skull and Bones society swiped the skull of American Indian leader Geronimo. The letter, written by one member...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 9, 2006 09:50 AM
Talk about gasbags! ...Tax increases on the Orinoco projects had been rumoured, but the speed with which they look set to be implemented mirrors the suddenness with which Bolivia last week announced the nationalisation of its natural gas fields. President...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2006 11:11 PM
...to gauge how the wind blows ~ dip your toe in the Big Muddy, so to speak ~ float the thought. “From a pure business model, if I was just a cold-hearted businessman the decision would be pretty easy but...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2006 10:46 PM
Plastic toilet seat bolts. They never stay snug. Forget to keep them tightened and one absent-minded second later? You're on the floor or in the tub....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2006 05:20 PM
...to explain stereotypes to those of you who live and die by them. ..."I hope it causes people to pause, and question stereotypes." The two are working on a series of short films for the site designed to do just...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2006 04:33 PM
...need apply. Iran says no to girly sportsmen Iran's hardline Islamic regime has had enough of footballers with long hair and plucked eyebrows. "I will ban athletes with an effeminate look," the head of the country's Physical Education Organisation, Mohammad...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2006 03:16 PM
"My Network."...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2006 01:33 PM
This is beyond cool... Deep beneath pavement pounded by tourists on Paris’ Left Bank lies an ancient path — a 2,000-year-old Roman road recently excavated during construction work. Remnants of private houses rigged with baths and ingeniously heated floors were...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2006 10:22 AM
It sure is sounding like it. A comfortable armchair. Cool hanging lights. Funky graphics and photos on the walls. Wi-Fi access. Premium coffee. Isn't Starbucks great? Except...this is McDonald's. McDonald's (MCD)? That's right. After 30 years without a major design...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2006 09:57 AM
"Imprinted R. Swallowed" "Inseminating O. Fetish" "Beach Q. Fetuses" "Modestest K. Waistband" "Fiddlesticks E. Inexperience" "Unobserved M. Shading" I love being popular....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2006 09:19 AM
Better luck next time? Perhaps it was the comment from Apple Computer's lawyer Geoffrey Vos in March that "even a moron in a hurry" could distinguish between the logo of the computer giant he was defending and that of the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2006 09:17 AM
Words fail me. 3,738 Mothers Set Breast-Feeding Record MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Nearly 4,000 mothers set a world record this week for the largest number of women simultaneously breast-feeding their babies in the same place, organizers said....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2006 09:15 AM
The wires are all a-buzz with the hoped-for Cruise Crash and Burn: "Mission: Impossible 3" had a tough weekend: The total take, according to boxofficemojo.com, came to $48 million. And this was a wide, wide release: More than 4,000 theaters...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2006 07:57 AM
So now ol' Goggle Eyes is planning what she's going to do when she's elected Speaker: Democratic leaders, increasingly confident they will seize control of the House in November, are laying plans for a legislative blitz during their first week...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2006 07:41 AM
I am in tears and all I did was read it. UPDATE: Michelle Malkin has linked to an update in The Mudville Gazette from the Jawa Report (There was a WARNING ~ GRAPHIC on this post, so I didn't scroll...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 7, 2006 11:01 AM
Translated from the Oneida Indian word : Oriskany...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 7, 2006 10:17 AM
...you can get away with almost anything. Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Friday he was entering treatment for addiction to prescription pain medication, a decision made after a highly publicized car crash near the Capitol that the congressman said he cannot...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 5, 2006 03:43 PM
...but that's just obscene. Memorial Cost at Ground Zero Nears $1 Billion They've raised $130 million in private donations. Seems like you could build a helluva reflecting pool with some trees around it for that. Leave off the gaudy bullsh*t...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 5, 2006 02:29 PM
Pretty dang neat: It's jutting up from one of seven lobes of fresh volcanic rock that have been pushing their way through the surface of the crater since October 2004. The fin-shaped mass is about 300 feet tall and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 5, 2006 10:23 AM
from Gen Barry McCaffery. Good read on what is happening in Iraq. The morale, fighting effectiveness, and confidence of U.S. combat forces continue to be simply awe-inspiring. In every sensing session and interaction - I probed for weakness and found...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 5, 2006 08:17 AM
I'm serious, the predictive powers of Stone and Parker are amazing. First they called our war with Saddam years ago in their first movie. Now, after correctly identifying our foes, that have actually predicted the words terrorists are using on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 5, 2006 07:57 AM
And his name isn't Kennedy! (Although the Powers That Be in Hyannis Port are reportedly trying to free up a daughter for him)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 5, 2006 07:47 AM
I thought some "working" girls had won a competition or something... Concerns Arise Over World Cup Prostitution...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 4, 2006 11:26 PM
Football drama....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 4, 2006 05:44 PM
US government officials are to brief the European Commission next week in Brussels on Washington's revised proposals for easing foreign investment in US airlines. The original proposals put forward in November by the US Department of Transportation have run into...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 4, 2006 04:58 PM
I glanced through Michelle Malkin's this afternoon and noticed her post on gang bangers in the military. I thought "dang, that's old news" because of something that happened in 1996 that shocked the sh*t out of us. It was even...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 4, 2006 03:52 PM
No room at the inn for you, bubba. Taiwan has accused Washington of snubbing Chen Shui-bian, the island's president, after he was refused more than a brief stopover en route to and from a visit to South America. A Taiwanese...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 4, 2006 12:10 PM
...THIS. Ronald Bergeron wanted to put on a show when he came across a nearly 8-foot alligator while giving guests a tour of his private nature preserve. The alligator had another idea. Bergeron, a South Florida real estate tycoon, was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 4, 2006 08:22 AM
...the stuff he says? He's strange. [...Howard]Dean took a swipe at the Republican Party, saying the Democratic Party is one of inclusion and religious freedom. "I was recently asked about the difference between the Democratic and Republican parties," Dean said....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 4, 2006 08:18 AM
Tsunami warnings issued for Fiji and New Zealand after 8.0 quake in Tonga Islands I would think Eastern Australia should be included, but no confirmation yet. update: looking at a map I can see that it shouldn't really affect Oz...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 3, 2006 12:28 PM
I have to admit that I get a kick out of going through our company's spam filter. I mean, I have to do it of course to get the emails Ken sends, naturally, but I find the names that these...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 3, 2006 11:05 AM
...plus pints make pasty pussed Nigel a healthy boy. White, middle-aged Americans — even those who are rich — are far less healthy than their peers in England, according to stunning new research that erases misconceptions and has experts scratching...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 3, 2006 09:30 AM
...can only stand so much. A Pakistani woman beheaded her husband, chopped up his body and dumped the dismembered parts in a sewerage drain after he announced plans to take a fourth wife, police said on Wednesday....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 3, 2006 09:15 AM
Jacka$$es tell the local paper how they really feel. (In civilization, they might be forced to practice some sort of control.) For instance, the Florida legislature is finally on it's way to removing the Panhandle's exemption from wetlands and environmental...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 3, 2006 09:07 AM
To help the public understand this daring and bold new concept, the Mayor has enlisted, at great expense, these experts: Run Away!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 3, 2006 07:50 AM
Appropriate authorities have been informed about stuff like this I am no climatologist but the alarmism of the scientific establishment, including the Government's chief scientific adviser Sir David King who is on record as saying the only habitable continent will...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 3, 2006 07:29 AM
You get bit: LA PAZ, Bolivia (Reuters) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales ordered the military to occupy nation's natural gas fields Monday after nationalizing the industry and threatening to expel foreign companies that do not recognize state control. ...Top investors...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 2, 2006 03:58 PM
Get The F@$# Out NEW ORLEANS - Mayor Ray Nagin unveiled a new evacuation strategy for New Orleans on Tuesday that relies more on buses and trains and eliminates the Superdome and Convention Center as shelters.* “There will be no...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 2, 2006 03:23 PM
An interesting article in The Chronicle of Higher Education on the infighting and theological purging going on in the Academy: ...Instead, in a time-honored ritual of the left, a number of academic polemicists choose this moment to pump up rites...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 2, 2006 03:17 PM
My goodness, John Daly is just a mess: John Daly says he has lost between $50 million and $60 million during 12 years of heavy gambling, and that it has become a problem that could "flat-out ruin me" if he...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 2, 2006 09:27 AM
Or Florida Cracker is gonna be all over your butt. Members of The Allman Brothers Band and Cheap Trick have filed a class action lawsuit against Sony BMG, alleging the company has underpaid its artists royalties associated with digital music...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 2, 2006 07:57 AM
...about this list in Newsweek... The Complete List: 1,000 Top U.S. Schools ...and old number 38. 38 Pensacola** Pensacola Fla. **Gave both IB and AP tests. AP and IB participation are indicators of a school’s efforts to get students to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 1, 2006 07:31 PM
...me 'n major dad want to build things on base. It pays pretty well, it would seem. I'd knock a million off just for the red, white and blue, being the patriot I am. One can afford to be generous...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 1, 2006 04:41 PM
...they were...um...thin. And angry, oppressed, seething Hispanics... ...were damn near impossible to find. Yup. Hiding behind the crepe myrtles ~ all eight of them. (That picture spans the park from sidewalk to sidewalk, just so you know I did'nt crop...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 1, 2006 04:40 PM
...and pretty bluntly. We all awoke to headlines in our nation's most important newspapers reminding us that this is "A Day Without Immigrants." Not illegal immigrants, mind you, but immigrants. USA Today headlined today's demonstrations and boycott "On Immigration's Front...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 1, 2006 04:13 PM
Q: How did the sick chicken sign his name? A: With a Nyquil. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Authorities have discovered a mild form of avian influenza at a live bird market in New Jersey, but it is not the deadly...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 1, 2006 02:04 PM
Good. God. An aquatic theme park in Australia has renamed a species of penguins on exhibit lest the birds' real name, fairy penguins, cause offense to people in the local gay community, reports the Sunday Mail. Managers at Sea World...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 1, 2006 12:54 PM
World wide, acknowledged experts standing by 24/7. You ask, WE answer. DIY Network ~ bite us....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 1, 2006 11:26 AM
Gosh, you would have thought she had to give this up for Kaballah: During an energetic rendition of her song I Love New York, Madonna roared, "Just go to Texas and suck George Bush's d**k."...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 1, 2006 11:10 AM
I guess John Holmes wasn't from New Jersey: A renowned U.S. scientist who has documented fertility and sex changes -- including decreasing penis size -- due to environmental contamination says he wouldn't apply pesticides on his own lawn...Penis size of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 1, 2006 08:35 AM
I'm not sure if I'll be able to pop out at lunchtime and take a look at all the iilegals saying that their situation is my fault. Hey, maybe those of us who've gotten speeding tickets should march and get...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 1, 2006 08:08 AM
Is my punctuality. Actually, if the truth be told, it drives her insane. You see, I really hate being late for anything. I mean really really hate it. If you tell me to be at your house at 7 I'm...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 29, 2006 08:38 AM
About time he said something on this issue I agree with: When the president was asked at a Rose Garden question-and-answer session whether the anthem should be sung in Spanish, he replied: "I think the national anthem ought to be...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 28, 2006 03:23 PM
...bless his little, pointy head. ...In addition to tightening border security, we must obtain better information regarding the illegals living here because it is critical to our national security to know who is living within our borders. Our estimated illegal...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 28, 2006 09:41 AM
I have to say that this sort of thing may well backfire. (AP) SACRAMENTO California's state senators on Thursday endorsed Monday's boycott of schools, jobs and stores by illegal immigrants and their allies as supporters equated the protest with great...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 28, 2006 07:34 AM
Rap superstar Snoop Dogg was in police custody on Thursday after being arrested with five other men following a disturbance at London's Heathrow airport, a police source said. The 34-year-old star, a former member of the notorious Los Angeles...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 27, 2006 02:50 PM
...is he channeling James Frey? Working subtitle: How 'Ha hah ~ Buy This Mug!' became "Bloggers who sell Scottie mugs HATE ANDREW SULLIVAN to a million little PIECES !!!" Which we don't, of course. Our scrupulously researched empirical data flow...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 27, 2006 01:13 PM
...that can reach Europe: JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Iran has received a first shipment of missiles from North Korea that are capable of reaching Europe, Israel's military intelligence chief was quoted on Thursday as saying. Known in the West as BM-25s,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 27, 2006 11:53 AM
Ah yes, the Champion of the Poor is all for alternative energy (because BushyMcChimpler is in Oil's pocket, natch)...just so long as it doesn't affect the view by his multi-gazillion dollar vacation home: WASHINGTON -- As record oil prices turn...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 27, 2006 10:41 AM
"...to the shores of Tripoli" ...hadn't made it to the Marines' Hymn...yet. Courtesy of Lt. Presley Neville O' Bannon and his galiant company, it did so by mid-afternoon. ...At long last, on April 25, they arrived at Derna. Surely by...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 27, 2006 10:12 AM
Oh what are we to do? David Bernstein has a post up at Volokh about a poor harrassed ex-Duke law proffessor who has been hounded out of academe here in the eevull States and forced to return to the safety...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 27, 2006 08:31 AM
It really is amazing when you keep hearing stories like this: NEWARK, N.J. - In the past year, two New Jersey laboratories have been unable to account for plague-infested mice and vials of deadly anthrax spores, and top state officials...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 26, 2006 01:21 PM
Uncle Ivan let the atoms play... I remember taking a Commodity Options Trading course in 1989 or so. The guy teaching it told the story of how he was long some Wheat and Corn Calls one time that were close...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 26, 2006 08:30 AM
Is it me, or has Popular Mechanics quietly become the most respected news service in the country? My goodness, they do great in-depth research and present the facts on a variety of issues. They really put the NYT and other...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 26, 2006 07:25 AM
...sounds like they need a Swill "Bush Kills Puppies" mug to me! I Blame Bush For [Fill In The Blank] Did rain ruin your weekend? Blame Bush's environmental policies! Did your ball club lose? I'm not sure why that is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 26, 2006 01:56 AM
...has a change of heart. After a sometimes-heated debate and an unusual roll call vote, the University of Washington student government Tuesday night backed the creation of a campus memorial to honor former students who have received the Medal of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 25, 2006 01:25 PM
...NOW? The blasts that ripped through an Egyptian resort brought calls for an end to violence from Arabs across the region Tuesday, many of whom questioned why Muslims seem to have become a prime target for terrorists. ..."What message are...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 25, 2006 01:05 PM
Dad shoots at computer: Dunedin, Florida - A Dunedin dad probably made his point about his son spending too much time on the computer. Pinellas Sheriff's deputies say he shot at the monitor as his son sat near-by. Forty-four-year-old Joseph...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 25, 2006 12:10 PM
...or so they tell me. Therefore I have NO idea who these happy bastards are. Consumers shrugged off higher gasoline prices in April and sent a widely watched barometer of consumer confidence to its highest level in almost four years,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 25, 2006 10:19 AM
She came ashore on a more southerly route and weakened quite a lot: "Cyclone Monica was completely downgraded to a tropical low a few hours ago,'' Gordon Jackson, senior meteorologist at Darwin's Bureau of Meteorology told smh.com.au at 4pm. "The...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 25, 2006 09:07 AM
If it will lead to more stories like this: A man who spent five hours naked and stuck in the chimney of his stepmother's home was arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of drugs, police said. Police say...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 25, 2006 08:00 AM
...has added his voice to "the Generals". If you're lucky, you might remember what this retired Marine Corps Lt. General is most famous for ~ it was called "Millennium Challenge 02", a DOD war game where he played the dictator's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 24, 2006 06:34 PM
"I think it all began with the deceit of Andrew Fastow and probably not more than one or two other people," Mr Lay said. Pretty much "Andrew made me do it"....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 24, 2006 04:01 PM
U.S. troops aren't just training Iraqi forces, they're also keeping an eye on them, watching for signs they could be moonlighting in the Shiite death squads that target Sunnis. Bound and tortured bodies - both Sunni and Shiite - turn...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 24, 2006 03:48 PM
17 Dead at Just 1 Hotel After Egypt Blasts Egyptian Resort City Blasts Kill at Least 17, Wound More Than 150 at Just 1 Hotel, Doctor Says Three explosions rocked the Egyptian resort city of Dahab at the height of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 24, 2006 03:19 PM
A large sink hole opened in the middle of a house, killing a 27-year-old man who plummeted 10 feet and was covered by the rubble, officials said Sunday. The two-story home, built in the 1980s, might have been sitting atop...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 24, 2006 10:28 AM
...from Mash. We have brought democracy to the Middle East. We have handed over Iraq to an Iranian nurtured and funded Islamist alliance (Dawa and SCIRI). I do not believe this is what the American people bargained for when we...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 24, 2006 10:23 AM
...that idea. An Indian court has ruled that Indian whiskey manufacturers cannot use the words "Scot" or "Scotch" to describe their products, in compliance with World Trade Organization rules, a newspaper reported Monday. The words "Scot" or "Scotch" identify whiskey...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 24, 2006 10:05 AM
Was it half full... ...but the Rev. Jesse Jackson said Sunday the low turnout should be a mandate to further encourage participation among voters unable to return. Jackson said the election would be challenged in court regardless of the outcome...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 24, 2006 09:25 AM
Holy cow: The VERY DESTRUCTIVE core of SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE Monica with gusts to 350 kilometres per hour is currently affecting parts of the coast between MANINGRIDA and GOULBURN ISLAND, and is expected to approach the DARWIN-DALY and TIWI ISLAND...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 24, 2006 07:42 AM
Typhoon Monica is really going to suck: Monica is now over Australia's Wessel Islands, making Monica a far worse hurricane than anything seen in the Atlantic last summer. At 879 mb, Monica is stronger than the dreaded hurricanes Wilma, Katrina...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 23, 2006 08:07 PM
...um...black? (Can I say that?) Cynthia McKinney is caught on tape referring to her aide as 'a fool.' WGCL's Renee Starzyk reports. Who you callin' a fool, fool? Then she compounds the FOOLISH stoo-pidity by returning to tell the CBS...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 23, 2006 02:48 PM
First Tiger says "spaz" (like any of us might ~ Bingley lives the dream that is 'spazdom') and now it's frickin' ICE CREAM. Ice cream makers Ben & Jerry’s have apologized for causing offense by calling a new flavor “Black...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 22, 2006 12:41 AM
Who knew he was so talented? SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- A Salvadoran woman is in some trouble after she allegedly tried to smuggle into the country's main prison a military grenade and marijuana hidden in her [Mark Steyn]*. The...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 21, 2006 12:28 PM
... or "Cut a Rug", Part Deux. (Suitable for the George Michael fete FEET...?) -A caged russet toe trimmed in green leather piping is paired with a captivating feathered ankle strap aloft a 4" wooden heel. Velcro closure. "CAPtivating" ~...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 21, 2006 10:34 AM
The decapitated heads of two police officials were found early Thursday dumped in front of a government building... ...only THIS was in Acapulco, MEXICO. Their offense? The heads of police commander Mario Nunez Magana and officer Jesus Alberto Ibarra were...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 21, 2006 08:55 AM
George Michael will wear a suit at his "formalizing": "We'll probably do it on our 10th anniversary. We'll probably do the formal legal thing then the party. But no-one is going to be getting into a dress. Neither of us...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 21, 2006 07:51 AM
Sometimes the old folks get the worm. A 76-year-old man claiming to be a doctor went door-to-door in a Florida neighborhood offering free breast exams, and was charged with sexually assaulting two women who accepted the offer, police said on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 20, 2006 04:52 PM
...these two links, one over the other. 33%: Bush Approval at New Low... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STOCK MARKET BULL: DOW HITS 5 YEAR HIGH... There's a curious disconnect....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 20, 2006 04:47 PM
...with another blogger, I'm running down quotes contained in this RECONQUISTA email I just received from a friend. Since they're scorchingly inflammatory (St. Bingley Bastard's started enough hate and discontent for one afternoon with his geriatric bashing ~ I'd be...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 20, 2006 04:30 PM
They've confirmed the body is his: ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Authorities were searching early Thursday for a small plane registered to a famed test pilot that vanished from radar on Wednesday on a flight from Prattville, Alabama, to Manassas, Virginia....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 20, 2006 01:58 PM
...NOT. You know those high school/"college" (and I use the term loosely here) kids who bang on the door, trying to sell magazines to win the "Major Award"? The company that sucks them in has come up with a new...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 20, 2006 01:51 PM
Oh mighty Grauniad! That bastion of the MSM who yesterday confused Mark Steyn with a vagina. Well, today we learn that Big Business (cue the scary organ music) is all excited to commence ethnic cleansing in New Orleans: Big business...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 20, 2006 10:33 AM
(noted by Miss Emily here.) And I'm not talking Lexington-Concord. 6 Branch Davidians to Leave Prison Thirteen years after the Branch Davidians' armed standoff with federal agents ended in an inferno that killed nearly 80 people, six sect members who...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 20, 2006 10:07 AM
A couple of reviews are appearing today, and both are very positive. From what they say it seems like this movie has been shorn of all the usual cliche crap that Hollywood loves to attach to true stories, and I'm...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 20, 2006 07:58 AM
On the streets of Mexico City, the word is spreading. Cristina Robles, an elegantly dressed business woman who has just done the family shopping at Superama, a supermarket chain owned by US retailer Wal-Mart, says she will support the ban....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 20, 2006 12:11 AM
...cretins of monstrous proportions, whose indescribable cruelty knows no bounds. Five dogs and 10 horses were found shot Tuesday in Beulah, where residents are comparing the animal- cruelty incident to a horrendous round of target practice. ...Nearby resident Emily Healy...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 19, 2006 11:50 PM
...as well as the "if something's got to be done we'll...let someone do it for us" school of crisis management. TV footage also showed young men playing soccer in Bistret and smoking cigarettes while watching gendarmes and soldiers rushing to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 19, 2006 11:56 AM
"I am very optimistic, this is a time of hope in the kingdom. Things that have been happening under King Abdullah are amazing," said Dowayan, who hails from the relatively relaxed Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia on the Gulf. ...then...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 19, 2006 11:49 AM
...comes face-to-face with what I've posted on and railed about, time and time again. She was honest enough to write a column on it. The black men I know best are all hard-working, accomplished professionals. They include my brother, a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 19, 2006 11:21 AM
Stranded up in the air for 11 hours ain't my cup of tea. I wonder if Jaws was in town yesterday......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 19, 2006 08:56 AM
"This is not something that just the lunatic fringe does." "The Iraq war...was kind of a boom for our company." -Steve Rhodes, president of Sinulate Entertainment Oh, I'll betcha. His firm sells what, you ask? That would be Internet-connected sex...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 18, 2006 11:28 PM
I'm sorry I didn't get to this great post by John until now. ...If the US, rather than the USSR, had fallen to impotence in the Cold War, I would now be backing the Soviets against the Islamists, because the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 18, 2006 09:01 PM
One of the two Duke University lacrosse players arrested on charges of raping and kidnapping a 27-year-old woman at an off-campus party had been arrested in the fall for assaulting a man in Washington, D.C., and the other was not...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 18, 2006 03:19 PM
...seen as I sent it to SPAMMY hell, set me to Googling, and lo and behold ~ it's true. Voter registration and citizenship education initiatives are set to begin in several states after a "Day Without An Immigrant" campaign planned...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 18, 2006 03:08 PM
UPDATE: I've actually been called a 'poophead' ('smug' even!?!) in public by my brother, St. Bingley Bastard. So I am taking my semantics ~ which I do truly love to argue, so there ~ to the extended section to sulk....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 18, 2006 01:41 PM
...Army guard Micky Mallette said. Dixon only spent a half year of her life at West Point, and still the guardians of American power and might decided she should rest right next to Glenn Davis and Red Blaik, the Heisman...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 18, 2006 11:25 AM
Well, so let's see how this plays out now. From what I've seen it sure doesn't seem like there's a lot of evidence to support the charges. But I do sleep better knowing that this high level of MSM quality...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 18, 2006 07:39 AM
Exclusive: Guard Who Saw Alleged Duke Victim Says No Sign or Mention of Rape ABC News has obtained a tape in which a security guard — who may have been the first person to see the alleged victim of a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 18, 2006 12:11 AM
...how they pay taxes and therefore aren't a burden? Only two of Laurau Cuevas' three children can visit the doctor anytime they get sick. Like her mother, the oldest is an illegal immigrant born in Mexico. Every sickness brings a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 17, 2006 11:48 PM
...Donnie. The Pentagon has intensified efforts to shore up the position of Donald Rumsfeld, issuing a memo to retired military leaders encouraging them to speak out on behalf of the defence secretary. Anybody else wanna say so?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 17, 2006 10:54 AM
Last F-14 Tomcat fighter to fly a combat mission arrives at NAS Pensacola The last F-14 Tomcat fighter to fly a combat mission arrived aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola Thursday, April 13 at 11:45 a.m. Lt.Cmdr. Mark Stufflebeem and Lt.(j.g.)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 17, 2006 09:17 AM
6 Killed in Suicide Bombing in Tel Aviv A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up near a fast-food restaurant in a bustling commercial area of Tel Aviv during the Jewish holiday of Passover on Monday, killing six people and wounding...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 17, 2006 09:05 AM
Did you guys see that WashPost article that Tim linked to? If you can stomach it read the whole thing. It's a very interesting look into the life of one of the evidently more popular frothies (I'd frankly never heard...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 17, 2006 07:43 AM
...De-layed. I'm sure it's all an honest mistake...or a witch hunt. A fundraising effort by Democratic legislators intended to help elect party members to the state House and Senate produced more than $1 million in questionable campaign donations during the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 15, 2006 11:42 PM
We got half-way through it before an early wake-up for Snapper Season called. Yeah, it's gruesome, Viggo "The Chin" Mortenson is the man-of-few-words hero, his wife says 'baby' waaaay too much, blahblahblah. None of that's really bothering me. But I'll...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 15, 2006 02:59 PM
...does it mean they take my baby? (PROMISE?) New Jersey doctors will be required to educate expecting mothers and their families about postpartum depression and screen new moms for the disorder under a new law signed Thursday. He's almost 24...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 15, 2006 12:34 AM
Our football post had me waxing nostalgic, so I went a Googling. Found this gotickets.com page and had to read it thrice before I was sure... The past few seasons haven’t been the best when it comes to purchasing New...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 14, 2006 01:07 PM
That isn't Nicole Kidman... A Coffeeville High School teacher has been arrested and charged with having sex with at least four students and involving at least one of them in a plot to kill her husband. Oh, right. She's a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 14, 2006 11:38 AM
major dad and I have talked about it and all the opinions swirling around... A retired Army general on Friday continued the volleys of criticism against Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his handling of the Iraq war... ...is it right,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 14, 2006 10:51 AM
"Bottom line: It is hard to see how the GOP is not like the Titanic, except it is aiming for the iceberg." -Hugh Hewitt Odd he should choose that analogy. John Wilkes Booth had a ticket for a performance at...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 14, 2006 10:34 AM
Everyone knows it's the safest place to hit a Marine. Marine Unfazed by Sniper Shot to Head The young Marine had just shot a suspected insurgent and was walking back across the villa's rooftop when he keeled over from a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 14, 2006 08:22 AM
...if you don't do something about these lizards... Death and taxes may be life's only certainties, but for folks in this upscale island town, add iguanas. And another tax. During the last three decades, the resort community on Florida's Gulf...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 14, 2006 08:11 AM
...Sean Salisbury and Mike Golich were "talking" about Brett Favre holding the Packers hostage and/or vice versa. And then it was stated that "c'mon! He's one of the top five quarterbacks of all time." major dad and I were off...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 13, 2006 07:58 PM
...just keeps getting stickier... A woman who claims she was raped by members of Duke University's lacrosse team was described as "just passed-out drunk" by one of the first police officers to see her, according to a recording of radio...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 13, 2006 07:00 PM
I didn't see it, as I was off a'sedering, but there's an interesting discussion going on at Volokh. Any of you folks see it? Update: Welcome Volokh readers! So now we know: Disgusting. I'm not sure if it's been reported...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 13, 2006 04:01 PM
Insta has the following comment about the Democrats not coming out tougher than Bush on immigration I've been kind of surprised that the Democrats haven't done more of this, given their African-American and labor constituencies. It strikes me that both...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 13, 2006 11:44 AM
...Her overtures to the blogs, even ones like Daily Kos where the largely liberal crowd finds the San Francisco representative too accommodating to centrists... They're talking about Pelosi ! Whew! Brain freeze....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 13, 2006 11:40 AM
“It is high time now that Muslims in Europe pressed for their rights like enacting laws banning aggression on Islam and enhancing Islamic education”. Agora's covering an interesting convention. It would appear to be a "Shriners Free" affair, judging by...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 13, 2006 11:30 AM
Is it ten years before he ...has this... ...or 16 days? Iran, defying United Nations Security Council demands to halt its nuclear program, may be capable of making a nuclear bomb within 16 days, a U.S. State Department official said....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 13, 2006 11:17 AM
...pays that much money for a dog purchased on a street corner? (To be fair, the goofy little couple that originally owned our Ozzie paid twelvehunnert dollah to a BREEDER ~ for a 'companion' dog, no less ~ and STILL...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 13, 2006 08:34 AM
Sensing change, migrants rush to the border Mexicans hurrying to Arizona anticipating passage of guest-worker plan Seems they all want to get here in time to get grandfathered in. Oh yeah, Señor Bush ~ we need a wall. A BIG,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 12, 2006 09:18 PM
A leading fundraiser for an Islamic charity allegedly linked to terrorists who has spent nearly two years in federal custody should be deported to Jordan, an appeals panel has ruled. The opinion released Tuesday by the Board of Immigration Appeals...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 12, 2006 10:08 AM
Dear Wine Lovers of Florida, Your newly-won ability to purchase wines from any winery may be rescinded. House Bill 247 and Senate Bill 144 both include a shipping ban on wineries that produce 250,000 gallons or more. The wholesaler lobby...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 12, 2006 09:47 AM
Spring is in the air, I'm sitting on the back deck with a cup of coffee, and my bride has to go to work whilst I watch the birds ravage the feeder. Life is pretty good! Hope she can figure...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 12, 2006 08:33 AM
...sure. Why not 'Brownie', too? In one of the most amazing turnabouts in recent times, officials in Katrina-ravaged St. Bernard Parish in Louisiana are looking to hire the man most vilified in the aftermath of the disaster: former FEMA Director...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 11, 2006 11:32 PM
...you big ape. Now, pucker up. Cheeta the chimp, star of a dozen “Tarzan” movies in the 1930s and 1940s, celebrated his 74th birthday with sugar-free cake....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 11, 2006 06:56 PM
A lawyer for U.S. Sen. Trent Lott said Monday that State Farm Insurance Co. is destroying documents that could show the insurer has fraudulently denied thousands of claims by Lott and other policyholders whose homes were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 11, 2006 05:03 PM
For er, um, spoiling the Prophet's birthday party (pieces be upon them): (CNN) -- An explosion at a celebration of Prophet Mohammed's birthday has killed at least 40 people and sparked a confrontation between Muslims and Karachi police, according to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 11, 2006 01:07 PM
And, yes, put it on Mr. McCabe's tab; he said it was fine: LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- As if custom-made hats, premium box seats and limo rides weren't enough, the Kentucky Derby will now feature the $1,000 mint julep. Sip...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 11, 2006 11:26 AM
This is good news. The headwaters of the Everglades will soon flow freer now that all the land has been purchased to restore the Kissimmee River's meandering path. State water managers say they have completed the acquisition of about 103,000...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 11, 2006 10:44 AM
...the NY Post and their gossipy problems, but dang. For what these people get paid over and under the table, they could get the simple things straight. OUR PAL Charlie Rose, of the talk-show biz, is one lucky man. When...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 10, 2006 11:34 PM
...when we moved here and Earthlink gave Ebola a 'local' number for our internet access. At the time, he was a world famous Jedi Knight and hours online were the norm. Thanks to Earthlink, they were long distance hours online....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 10, 2006 10:03 PM
I took a stroll up to City Hall today to see the big illegal immigration protest. I had to leave my job early, but I figured it might be interesting. I have to say, the NYPD did a great job...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 10, 2006 07:29 PM
...if your sperm wasn't even there. The Duke DNA tests have come back with no matches. DNA testing failed to connect any members of the Duke University lacrosse team to the alleged rape of a stripper, attorneys for the athletes...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 10, 2006 06:33 PM
...EVER so slowly... Prosecutors have dropped charges against a retired teacher who was beaten by New Orleans police during an arrest caught on videotape shortly after Hurricane Katrina, he and his lawyer said Monday....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 10, 2006 05:17 PM
DATELINE: Pensacola. Yes, I went to our local rally. (To be honest, I didn't even know we were having one until we passed them on the way to the airport. I shot back home and grabbed the camera.) There were...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 10, 2006 01:19 PM
...they have non. President Jacques Chirac, bowing to intense pressure from students and unions, announced plans Monday to replace a contested employment law that set off massive protests and strikes across France. Chirac's office said a new plan focusing on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 10, 2006 09:36 AM
...in the NYT yesterday. ...But I've changed my mind on a guest worker program, because of growing evidence that low-wage immigration hurts America's own poor. The most careful study of this issue, done by George Borjas and Lawrence Katz and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 10, 2006 09:09 AM
Is Jimmay Cartah and the U.N. monitoring this? Hundreds of Hurricane Katrina evacuees from as far away as Texas and Georgia have signed up to board buses and return to Louisiana in order to vote on the future of New...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 10, 2006 09:04 AM
...will be going in the Gulf as the newest artificial reef. The damaged Interstate 10 bridge over Escambia Bay is set to become a concrete haven for fish and other marine life. The 2 1/2 mile bridge is in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 8, 2006 10:46 PM
One problem, many causes Holzer sees many reasons for the bleak situation: unemployment, enduring bias in American life, the disproportionate impact of the war on drugs. “When you look at what’s responsible, there’s a lot of stories," he said. "The...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 7, 2006 01:40 PM
To be taken to the Gulag, I assume. Wait, you mean he wasn't? "In my lifetime, I have never felt more ashamed of my leadership in Washington," Taylor told the president. "And I would hope from time to time that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 7, 2006 12:50 PM
Army women’s basketball coach Maggie Dixon, who led the Black Knights to their NCAA tournament debut last month, has died. She was 28. Golly. That's awful....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 7, 2006 12:21 PM
...and a tad more amenable... Hamas Hints at Recognition of Israel RAMALLAH, West Bank - A senior Hamas official said Friday the group is ready to accept a "two-state" solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but the Hamas prime minister said...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 7, 2006 11:43 AM
Isidro D. Ortiz, a political scientist and professor of Chicano and Chicana studies at San Diego State University, said the flag is primarily a symbol of Mexican pride. But, in the current climate of the United States, Latinos also wave...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 7, 2006 10:35 AM
The real tree hugging sister. The political description that fits you best is... LIBERAL LIBERALS usually embrace freedom of choice in personal matters, but tend to support significant government control of the economy. They generally support a government-funded "safety net"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 7, 2006 10:11 AM
...to help out with their 'homeless' problem. The vast homelessness problem in Los Angeles County can be solved in a decade by spending up to $15 billion on affordable housing and other preventative services, officials said Thursday after a three-year...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 7, 2006 09:41 AM
What I meant was "I apologize." Damn, won't you Media guys ever get the quotes right?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 6, 2006 12:39 PM
...missing the point. Hundreds of protesters gripped Mexican flags as they marched for immigration reform in the past few weeks, but they say a display of cultural unity is being mistaken as a lack of loyalty to the United States....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 6, 2006 08:42 AM
This is interesting: Scientists have made one of the most important fossil finds in history: a missing link between fish and land animals, showing how creatures first walked out of the water and on to dry land more than 375m...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 6, 2006 07:50 AM
"S your McMouth TFU." (Okay. Not exactly. But close enough.) Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a civil-rights pioneer and the senior member of the Georgia Democratic congressional delegation, told Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) to stop making political hay out of her...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 5, 2006 11:49 PM
David Kennedy Houck writes about "The Islamist Challenge to the U.S. Constitution". Very sobering, but I can't help wondering after reading it: Are not American Indian tribes afforded all these special dispensations from our rule of law already? Don't they...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 5, 2006 11:33 PM
...if the thing really does take-off and land itself. ...Naval officials looking into last week's MV-22 Osprey mishap are considering whether recent maintenance work done on the aircraft may have somehow contributed to the incident, according to a Marine Corps...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 5, 2006 10:34 PM
...are real pissers. Some of the spending included $1 million for a water-free urinal conservation initiative and $13 million to partly fund the World Toilet Summit....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 5, 2006 01:54 PM
Cmdr. Jon Winters was startled last May to see his name on top of the short list to be deployed for seven months to Iraq. It was unusual because he was on shore duty in Pensacola -- traditionally meant to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 5, 2006 01:29 PM
...a "Speedo Wax"? Press ... rip ... YEOW! That guttural scream you hear rattling the door of a back room in your local day spa just may be coming from a man getting his [nether regions] hair waxed. Yes, it’s...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 5, 2006 11:38 AM
Landrieu threatens blanket holds to get levee funding Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) threatened yesterday to hold President Bush’s executive-branch nominees hostage until the administration agrees to a series of demands that would increase funding for coastal Louisiana. In a letter...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 5, 2006 11:12 AM
...to keep your hands to yourself. ...The 38-year-old jogger was heading south on the wide shoulder of tree-lined West Village Drive in Carrollwood about 9:30 a.m. Saturday. As she neared Burrington Drive, a 1994 Ford Thunderbird pulled alongside her, driving...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 5, 2006 10:40 AM
I've noticed what may be an interesting pattern regarding MSM coverage of events. When people are accused of crimes the standard used to be the use of the word "allegedly" until their innocence or guilt was proven. Now, it seems...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 5, 2006 07:47 AM
...to the next level. (Does this man have nothing better to do?) The Rev. Jesse Jackson says Major League Baseball and San Diego police failed to protect Barry Bonds and should be trying to find out who threw a syringe...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 5, 2006 12:36 AM
I don't think I agree with this at all. Gun advocates and business owners watched a contested bill to let gun owners bring their guns to work and keep them locked in their cars crawl out a first committee Tuesday....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 4, 2006 11:46 PM
The deputy press secretary for the Department of Homeland Security was arrested Tuesday for using the Internet to seduce what he thought was a teenage girl, authorities said. Brian J. Doyle, 55, of Silver Spring, Md., was arrested on seven...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 4, 2006 10:48 PM
...this: Marco Island authorities say an eleven-year-old tourist was cut on his right hand and thigh after a reported shark attack. ...Ausum was walking along the beach with his father when he dove into a school of fish just before...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 4, 2006 07:55 PM
First a French court actually imposes a penalty on a terrorist. Now comes word that a NY court has actually refused to find a new 'Right' in the Constitution: A state judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 4, 2006 06:03 PM
That's the French for vous, cherie. A Paris court fined the terrorist known as "Carlos the Jackal" more than $6,000 Tuesday for saying in a French television interview that terror attacks sometimes were "necessary." ...The court did not convict him...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 4, 2006 05:11 PM
...why the Capitol Police are touchy about identification. Investigators are still attempting to explain how and why a lone gunman opened fire in the crowded U.S. Capitol on Friday, killing two police officers and wounding a tourist. The accused gunman...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 4, 2006 03:26 PM
The only conscientious objector to receive a Medal of Honor in World War II has been buried at a national cemetery with a 21-gun salute, although he refused to carry a weapon while serving as an Army medic. ...While under...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 4, 2006 02:52 PM
...even a little. California wine sales hit another high Easing of rules on wine shipments seen boosting market Does my heart good....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 4, 2006 01:28 PM
..."that the definition of "slander" is "to quote."", I offer this statement from an ABC spokesman concerning the now suspended author of the "Bush makes me puke" emails on Drudge last week. An ABC spokesman told us, "This is a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 4, 2006 10:32 AM
That would be Katharine Harris. She oughta take a deep, DEEP breath and get a clue. And a GOOD therapist. Changing locks on her campaign headquarters and accusing her staff of disloyalty and her own party of spying on her...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 4, 2006 10:20 AM
Continuing our theme from yesterday, the ever-clear minded Oliver Stone has weighed in: Movie-maker OLIVER STONE has blasted media groups who "slander" celebrities for their political comments - because intelligent stars have every right to question their leaders. The Vietnam...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 4, 2006 07:35 AM
Our cardinals have returned. They finally came back post-Ivan for a brief few weeks last summer, only to be driven away by Dennis and Katrina. We've been faithfully keeping the feeder full this past 18 months hoping they'd find their...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 3, 2006 08:25 PM
I am so tired of hearing these Hollywood "artistes" talking about the pall of repression that they are tirelessly struggling under. Basic Instinct 2 had rather...limp box office receipts in its opening weekend. Do they blame the actors? Do they...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 3, 2006 10:10 AM
...and not the way ~ or the reverend ~ you'd think. ...Prior to 40 years ago, such a pathetic performance by the black community in a time of crisis would have been inconceivable. The first response would have come from...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 3, 2006 09:38 AM
"It" being the stench from New Jersey's politicians. DID New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez share a secret Hoboken love nest with a former aide with whom he was rumored to be having an affair? Yeah, yeah, big deal, huh? But...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 3, 2006 09:23 AM
...if just for this reason alone. ...The first-time director, who wrote the screenplay for the 2004 remake “Dawn of the Dead,” also has assembled a far finer cast than the genre typically presents, led by Nathan Fillion of the cult...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 3, 2006 08:07 AM
Very interesting seeing how the MSM has handled the Jill Carroll statements about how her captors were, in fact, scumbags. Is it me or does it seem rather, well, low key? When she was first released the video she made...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 3, 2006 08:00 AM
I am 68% Video Game Addict.Video games are a big portion of my life, maybe too big of a portion. They are not a means of social interaction, despite what I might think. I should just go outside.Take theVideo Game...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 31, 2006 07:54 AM
Liza Minnelli says "I'm sick of sex! She explains, "Look at my track record - I have good taste in friends and lousy taste in husbands." Which just once again shows the genius of Parker and Stone:...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 31, 2006 07:25 AM
The first time Rep. Tom Tancredo got really angry about immigration, the year was 1975, and he was a junior high school social studies teacher in Denver. The state had recently passed the nation's first bilingual education law, and Hispanic...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 30, 2006 11:32 PM
I am so sick and tired of these 'Representatives' placing themselves above the law: According to sources on Capitol Hill, U.S. Representative Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) punched a Capitol police officer on Wednesday afternoon after he mistakenly pursued her for failing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 30, 2006 07:59 AM
The long-running legal tussle between The Beatles' company, Apple Corp, and technology giant Apple Computer returned to London's High Court on Wednesday - this time, focused on the latter's move into music services through its iPod player and iTunes download...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 29, 2006 01:53 PM
...Before the hearing, more than 260 people — including rabbis, military officers and even a professional hockey referee — wrote letters on the men’s behalf asking the federal judge for leniency. ..."... is a good person, who in his quest...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 29, 2006 01:40 PM
The Energy Department has released last week's inventory data. Crude oil supply rose a more than expected 2.03 million barrels; analysts had anticipated a 950,000 barrel build. Meanwhile, gasoline inventory fell 5.34 million barrels -- a drawdown that was much...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 29, 2006 10:58 AM
...I commend to all those presumptuous senators and congressmen the sardonic and wise words of Edmund Burke in his 1792 letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe: "No man will assert seriously, that when people are of a turbulent spirit, the best...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 29, 2006 10:49 AM
Afghanistan's parliament demanded Wednesday that the government prevent a man who faced the death penalty for abandoning Islam for Christianity from being able to flee the country. Italy granted asylum to Abdul Rahman, 41, and the Foreign Ministry said he...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 29, 2006 10:16 AM
...muddle through? Law Professor Bans Laptops in Class MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A University of Memphis law professor has banned laptop computers from her classroom and her students are passing a petition against it. Professor June Entman says her main...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 29, 2006 10:05 AM
It's from Dallas....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 28, 2006 03:10 PM
...to tell us Bingley's a rude one. HOW MUCH PROFANITY: About three-fourths of people, 74 percent, said they frequently or occasionally encounter people using profanity or swear words in public. Just over four in 10 of those polled, 42 percent,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 28, 2006 03:00 PM
...as well. ...House Insurance Committee Chairman Dennis Ross, R-Lakeland, said he is drafting legislation that would require Citizens to phase out its 6,024 million-dollar policies in the next two years. Also, a top lawmaker from Tampa said Monday he might...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 28, 2006 09:45 AM
...it was in 'protest'. Amazing how many converts to a cause you can find if they get to walk out of class to do it. At least 14,000 mostly Hispanic students stormed out of school classes across Los Angeles in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 27, 2006 04:10 PM
This is good news: The Federal Election Commission decided Monday that the nation's new campaign finance law will not apply to most political activity on the Internet. In a 6-0 vote, the commission decided to regulate only paid political ads...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 27, 2006 01:34 PM
...column by Ralph Peters to friends and family. Shortly afterward a "reply all" came back with the following: "Yeah, its amazing how 2 or 3 thousand journalists have all gotten together in a conspiracy in Iraq to report only the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 27, 2006 11:13 AM
...if they hit a member of your family? Bomber comparison gets Arab nixed from county ballot ....The Lebanese-born Merhi made the comments at a September 2002 Democratic fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, where he condemned the September 11 terrorists...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 27, 2006 10:50 AM
Developer Mitch Kass, of Fort-Lauderdale-based Glenn Wright Homes, defends the construction. He is building a dozen houses, some nearly 4,000 square feet, in a neighborhood next to one of Delray Beach's historic neighborhoods. "We're doing a regentrification of the housing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 27, 2006 10:01 AM
...they go and f*ck it up royally. The Dalla$$ POH-leese are now conducting drunk driving sweeps IN the local bars, before the drunk staggers out to his car. OR his designated driver. OR back up the stairs to his or...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 27, 2006 06:08 AM
Admiral Jack Fetterman was a dynamic, incredible, wonderfully accessible individual. Bless his heart, Pensacola was so lucky to have him. All our sympathies to his precious, gracious wife Nancy and their family. We going to miss him terribly....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 25, 2006 11:30 AM
...are indicative of the general population: Remember the whiny, insecure kid in nursery school, the one who always thought everyone was out to get him, and was always running to the teacher with complaints? Chances are he grew up to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 24, 2006 09:52 AM
Really, this ABC series on the documents is fascinating stuff, and ABC deserves a lot of credit for the work they are putting into it. Look at this latest beaut: Document written sometime before March 5, 2003 The first document...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 24, 2006 08:45 AM
Heh. 28. Native Americans getting rich off casinos instead of staying dirt-poor does nothing to prove how bad colonialism was....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 23, 2006 04:08 PM
Due to warming of the Earth, undisputable warming, factual warming; what would the naysayers say? Nay, no? Will the Bushes and Cheneys of the world be rolling in their graves in shame over all these coastal areas being inundated by...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 23, 2006 03:17 PM
Senior Muslim clerics said Thursday that an Afghan man on trial for converting from Islam to Christianity should be killed regardless of whether a court decides to free him. Wonderful bunch there. I think maybe we should have gone in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 23, 2006 11:25 AM
...to the snake pit hell they pulled them out of, along with the ingrates at their organization. I didn't see a simple, grudging "thank you" anywhere in the text. ..."We believe that the illegal occupation of Iraq by Multinational Forces...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 23, 2006 10:42 AM
...who can READ, WRITE and MAKE THE CORRECT CHANGE at Mac Donalds? HUH? (I'd ask for "be pleasant", too, but don't want to push it.) What kind of frickin' gobbledee GOOK is this pig poopie? Lila and Andrew Zoghbi are...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 23, 2006 10:23 AM
Decades later, but justice triumphs. How sweet is that? Three impoverished South African women whose father wrote the song known as "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" have won a six-year battle for royalties in a case that could affect other musicians....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 23, 2006 10:13 AM
And I really do think for the last time. Gut feeling. She breaks my heart....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 23, 2006 10:07 AM
First question: If you were presented with this photo of a significant political personage, would you guess him to be a "confident, resilient, self-reliant kid" who grew up to own a man-purse and vote LIBERAL ? Or would he be...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 23, 2006 02:43 AM
...these sorts of amendments're on a roll. New Hampshire lawmakers gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a constitutional amendment that would limit government's ability to seize private property. ...The amendment would prohibit the taking of private property for use by private...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 22, 2006 04:45 PM
like this person, when there are more fun ways to do away with the nasty creatures....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 22, 2006 04:15 PM
here. "For 30 years, we have fought religious wars in this country and there is no way we are going to allow an Afghan to insult us by becoming Christian," said Mohammed Jan, 38, who lives opposite Rahman's father, Abdul...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 22, 2006 11:51 AM
Cold War-era survival supplies found at Brooklyn Bridge In 17 years of working in the darkened nooks and crannies of the city's bridges, Joe Vaccaro has made some unusual finds: a 100-year-old copy of a newspaper, sepia-toned photographs. But none...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 22, 2006 10:31 AM
Probably because I want to hear DEMANDED his release in the name of FREEDOM. The FREEDOM paid for WITH, protected and MAINTAINED by, American lives. Afghanistan said on Wednesday the judiciary would rule on a man facing death for converting...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 22, 2006 09:26 AM
Via RWDB comes this excellent post at Agora on a UN report from Human Rights Jedi Master Mace Windu oops I mean UN special rapporteur Doudou Diéne that tells us quite plainly who is at fault here: “Finally, the Danish...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 22, 2006 08:34 AM
It doesn't happen often (certainly not as often as some might wish) but sometimes I read something that someone has said and I am left speechless: "Wearing a headscarf is of course culturally determined. And that’s the way these women...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 22, 2006 07:55 AM
...Just 'cos a train may come through: NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- All New Orleans residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina should be allowed to rebuild if they choose, and the city will not stand in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 21, 2006 10:51 AM
Free the Grapes.org FLORIDA BILLS INTRODUCED Floridians are now able to receive wine shipments based on a court order and a subsequent determination by state regulators. But three bills are in the legislature, which began its 3-month session last...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 20, 2006 07:32 PM
Vice President Cheney on Face the Nation Sunday, in response to Bob Sheiffer's, "Let me read to you what Senator Kennedy, a liberal Democrat from Massachusetts and a long-time opponent of the war, said on the third anniversary. " CHENEY:...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 20, 2006 01:04 PM
...to have to deal with people you so thoroughly despise? ...The Democrats need to go after the group with whom they have not been connecting - the white middle class. No Democratic presidential candidate since Lyndon Johnson has won a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 20, 2006 12:10 PM
Ho My God was this show phenomenal! The number right before the intermission was one of the finest numbers I've ever seen on stage. Simply awesome. Update below the fold...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 19, 2006 10:18 PM
They are going to get pounded by Cyclone Larry: The Bureau of Meteorology last night warned that it was likely to intensify into a category-five cyclone before hitting the coast south of Innisfail between 7.30am and 8.00am today. If it...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 19, 2006 11:54 AM
...they must have had a glimmer of the participation ennui, since they decided to combine it with a group protesting local police brutality. Movement for Change and Veterans for Peace are combining for the demonstration because "violence is happening in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 18, 2006 11:15 PM
The question at hand is, did Tom threaten to derail his own movie in order to have a Scientology spoof taken off the air? ...The episode first aired in November and was scheduled to re-air on Wednesday night, March 15....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 18, 2006 08:56 AM
...and his brave heart. As a homeless man opened fire in a Denny's restaurant, a patron's decision to try to stop the gunman cost him his life, but allowed others to flee to safety, authorities said Thursday. According to police,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 17, 2006 10:49 AM
I guess that sums up this latest scandal in how contracts were awarded on the chaos after Katrina hit. Of course, we mustn't forget that this is all GWB's fault, as the throw-away line at the end of the article...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 17, 2006 09:54 AM
...and it is SOOOO cool! It's an unexpected find that is keeping archeaologists busy at Naval Air Station Pensacola. Construction on a building was stopped today after the remains of what is believed to be a historic ship were found....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 17, 2006 09:10 AM
He's got a sense of humor: Woods never looked comfortable, especially on the 18th hole (his ninth of the first round). His approach was just over the green in the first cut, and he stubbed a chip that went 4...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 17, 2006 08:01 AM
Sorry. I just can't care. Much like Olympic hockey or basketball, it's a bunch of pros who are just wearing different uniforms. Yawn....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 17, 2006 07:58 AM
doch-an-dorris \dahkh-un-DOR-is\ noun Scottish & Irish : a parting drink : stirrup cup We'll raise a glass and ask you to join us, on this most festive of days. Dum dum, dum dum, dum dum, doodle oodle......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 17, 2006 07:45 AM
...or get off the lot". State officials walked away from negotiations with the World Trade Center site developer Wednesday after failing to agree on who should build the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower and how to split billions of dollars in rebuilding...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 16, 2006 05:18 PM
The French, I mean. Dominique de Villepin, France's prime minister, faced a deepening crisis on Thursday as thousands of students stepped up protests over his labour reform plans. The student are fixin' to rumble ~ some have already started with...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 16, 2006 04:05 PM
...on MSNBC or CNN, but it could be just me. RadioBlogger's transcript of Hugh Hewitt's show yesterday. HH: Now John Eastman, this is fortuitous. About an hour ago, a release was made in Washington, D.C., announcing the formation of something...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 16, 2006 03:18 PM
I hope she gets a chance to straighten things out. "Mismanagement, corruption, bad governance, massive looting of public treasury and assets," she said. "Unlike the tsunami in Asia, and Katrina here in your own country, where the destruction and human...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 16, 2006 11:47 AM
...this time. U.S., Iraq Launch Major Air Assault BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- The American military said Thursday that U.S. and Iraqi forces had launched the largest air assault since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, attacking insurgents north of Baghdad. Take...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 16, 2006 11:44 AM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) -- Before the nearly 4,100 soldiers in the 34th Brigade Combat Team leave for Iraq, family and friends wanted to make sure they were sent off in style - and with a little taste of home. At...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 16, 2006 09:57 AM
Then it's gonna cost you or quit whining and put your knees up. For an extra $15, Northwest Airlines Corp. will sell coach passengers a few more inches of legroom. Starting Tuesday, Northwest will ask passengers on most domestic flights...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 16, 2006 09:24 AM
...but we've been talking about it for months DAMN near the whole year we've been around. (Maybe if he spent a little time among the teeming underclasses instead of hobnobbing with toady book publishers and academic glitterati, he'd already know,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 16, 2006 09:05 AM
To the latest member of our blogroll: Careful Thought. Poor guy is under assault by the Unschooling Army. "Unschooling" is homeschooling without the school, I think. Go look at the FAQ Section and see if you can figure it out....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 15, 2006 04:48 PM
Let them sell it to Halliburton! WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Seeking to ease Congress' trepidation about a controversial ports deal, a company owned by the United Arab Emirates said Wednesday it would sell the management rights to six American facilities to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 15, 2006 12:55 PM
I wasn't aware that broadband access was a 'right' that the government needed to address: America lags behind other countries that have universal broadband deployment, Pelosi said; but the Democrats' agenda "guarantees" that every American will have affordable access to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 15, 2006 11:40 AM
...Djibouti good-bye...right? According to this article, it could be time to pucker up. ...In north-eastern Africa's Afar Triangle, though, recent months have seen hundreds of crevices splitting the desert floor and the ground has slumped by as much as 100...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 15, 2006 10:54 AM
...for sweet Sister NJSue's college team!! Monmouth Lets Its Play Justify Its Place in Final 64 Joy on the faces of the Monmouth Hawks on Tuesday belied the atmosphere of debate and rancor that has cloaked the N.C.A.A. tournament since...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 15, 2006 08:45 AM
We're been annointed the duty experts all of a sudden. (Yeesh. Maybe Diptera was right to worry about us and our eeeee-ville influence.) But no matter. It's a burden and so we carry it. It is beyond our control. UPDATE:...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2006 04:02 PM
...I guess you need a way to take him. Maybe I should caption this "Easter Bunny in CHAINS!". Nah. Don't want to upset Ebola....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2006 03:32 PM
...completely wrong. Hugo Chavez wanted to make a political statement with his new Venezuelan Chavista Coat of Arms, but the joke turns out to be on Hugo. "...'A Coat of Arms' because they are derived from the front painting of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2006 01:38 PM
I bet she's got an interesting tale to tell: (CNN) -- Brazilian police said they have arrested a woman wanted for questioning in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The arrest of Rana Abdel Rahim Qoleilat, a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2006 01:24 PM
Via Tim Worstall, yet another blogging Tim shows that George Clooney is as good as his word: Syriana is a film largely about the workings of the oil and gas industry, in particular the Middle East oil and gas industry,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2006 12:55 PM
...since she gave up drugs last week. Moss bought a limited-edition, Jimmyjane "Little Something" vibrator in 24K gold for $350. The buzz-worthy bauble comes inscribed with choice of endearment ("Sugar," "Be Mine," "Sweetie" or "Flirt") and is guaranteed not to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2006 12:40 PM
In THIS corner, the challenger... N.Y. Times' Iraq Detainee Story Challenged The New York Times is investigating questions raised about the identity of a man who said in a Page 1 profile that he is the Abu Ghraib prisoner whose...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2006 11:41 AM
As if being a senior wasn't stressful enough. I mean, if you have any ambition at all...which I never have. (Pisces ~ we sorta float through life.) 1,600 More SAT Scoring Problems Found The College Board disclosed Tuesday that an...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2006 11:36 AM
...and the PhD's post. He was every bit the professional military officer and, for his honesty born of combat experience, treated abomidably by the 'civilians' he was sworn to protect. Whatever their disagreement, for the arrogant BASTARDS to do THIS...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2006 10:20 AM
...a certain young man turned 5... ...for the 55th time. He had a belated birthday cake in our comic section today, complete with Dennis saying "It seems like only yesterday I was just FIVE YEARS OLD!" Happy Birthday, Dennis. Now...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2006 08:52 AM
According to Isaac it's ok to pick on jews and christians and blacks and mohammed...but don't fug with xenu! Isaac Hayes has quit "South Park," where he voices Chef, saying he can no longer stomach its take on religion.... "Religious...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 13, 2006 07:43 PM
The war was barely a week old when Gen. Tommy R. Franks threatened to fire the Army's field commander. From the first days of the invasion in March 2003, American forces had tangled with fanatical Saddam Fedayeen paramilitary fighters. Lt....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 13, 2006 06:35 PM
I think I'll pass on this one. It sounds like a much more interesting movie could be made about the producers: The Wachowskis no longer talk to the press, and their personal lives are the subject of considerable speculation. Larry,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 13, 2006 07:55 AM
Slobo's with the fishes: Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has been found dead in his cell in The Hague, Netherlands where he was being tried on war cimes charges, according to the United Nations war crimes tribunal. He was 64....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 11, 2006 08:32 AM
The f*ckers who did this. Who could do this. Who have been doing this. An American who was among four Christian activists kidnapped last year in Iraq has been killed, a State Department spokesman said. And no, I'm not sorry...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 11, 2006 12:47 AM
In late 2004, Cpl. Jason Watrous spent several weeks of his military hitch in a city west of Baghdad. The work was hard. The hours were long. And that was only the start of it. Watrous left the service in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 10, 2006 12:43 AM
...and Lent. A St. Patrick's Day tradition is up in the air as the holiday conflicts with the strict observance of Catholic Lent. ...The Omaha Archdiocese said that although the archbishop isn't granting a general dispensation this year, any person...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 9, 2006 06:00 PM
...for office, from the law: you name it, Corzine's done it. Lucky you guys. In his first political firestorm since taking office in January, Gov. Jon S. Corzine said Wednesday that he provided $5,000 in bail money to a lobbyist...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 9, 2006 10:31 AM
As the war in Iraq grinds into its fourth year, a growing proportion of Americans are expressing unfavorable views of Islam, and a majority now say that Muslims are disproportionately prone to violence, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 9, 2006 09:51 AM
...don't cash it. After motorist T. Allen Morgan got a speeding ticket in Coopertown — a town known for its heavy-handed traffic enforcement — he tried to pay his ticket like a good citizen. But he added a little note...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 8, 2006 11:10 PM
Secondly: Is anyone truly surprised? The place is a snake pit and we've let all the little viperous wrigglers loose. The US State Department on Wednesday released a damning report on the state of human rights and the security situation...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 8, 2006 04:15 PM
...and now these A$$holes... Two college students arrested Wednesday in a string of nine rural Alabama church arsons told authorities that the first fires were set as “a joke” and later blazes were intended as a diversion, federal agents said....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 8, 2006 01:29 PM
Via the ever fun Ken....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 8, 2006 12:47 PM
I mean, I know the Chinese and the Russians and the various European schmutzes are playing their suave game of political nuance to counter any position the US takes, but I wish someone would ask them to unequivably state that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 8, 2006 10:36 AM
Channeling Billy Idol at 7500 feet beneath the sea. Divers have discovered a new crustacean in the South Pacific that resembles a lobster and is covered with what looks like silky, blond fur, French researchers said Tuesday. Of course French...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 8, 2006 09:46 AM
...has their eyes on the prize. Tempers reached a boiling point before the hopes of Walla Walla onion crowd were mashed. Resistance came from the state's spud growers, who weren't happy with an official endorsement of another crop. As Finkbeiner...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 8, 2006 09:38 AM
"The car was bought without knowing who previously owned it," the seller said on the site. Oh, right. And when you get done, I have this bridge......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 8, 2006 09:32 AM
The dynamo Dick Durban GITMO Gulag, that is. Is America the only country in the world that could run a prison camp where prisoners gain weight? Between April 2002 and March 2003, the Joint Task Force returned to Afghanistan 19...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 8, 2006 09:01 AM
So maybe the Loch Ness monster was actually a circus elephant. Neil Clark, curator of paleontology at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, sees striking similarities between descriptions of Nessie and what an Indian elephant looks like while swimming. And...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 8, 2006 08:48 AM
You just knew that Oral Roberts would make the NCAA tourney......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 8, 2006 06:59 AM
as THS mentioned yesterday, the Fleet Air Arm is losing the last of its Sea Harriers. Truly a sad year....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 8, 2006 06:15 AM
...blow himself up in a German restaurant." Wow. Wafa Sultan lets fly. From Kokonut Pundits via the always wired in Gateway Pundit....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 7, 2006 10:14 PM
...then whose do? A Nation of Islam official who serves on a state hate crimes commission said Tuesday it's ridiculous that she has been condemned for remarks made by the religious movement's leader, Minister Louis Farrakhan. Sister Claudette Marie Muhammad's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 7, 2006 02:59 PM
I mean, besides businesses, corporations and Powersellers. I used to do a handy bit of art selling before they pissed me off years ago. I couldn't keep up with the fee changes and the copycats/copyright infringement was so horrific, rampant...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 7, 2006 11:04 AM
...except for the singing. 'Top Gun' Fighter Jets End Final Mission The Navy's last two squadrons of F-14 Tomcats are heading home, ending the final combat deployment of the Cold War-era fighter jet that flew into the danger zone with...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 7, 2006 10:25 AM
This disgusting bill introduced by Rep. Peter Biondi would restrict speech online: Makes certain operators of interactive computer services and Internet service providers liable to persons injured by false or defamatory messages posted on public forum websites. What kind of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 7, 2006 09:29 AM
An interesting story in Aviation Week & Space Technology: U.S. intelligence agencies may have quietly mothballed a highly classified two-stage-to-orbit spaceplane system designed in the 1980s for reconnaissance, satellite-insertion and, possibly, weapons delivery. It could be a victim of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 6, 2006 01:02 PM
Our good friend Wunderkraut is going on hiatus for awhile. Please stop by and thank him for his efforts and encourage him to return!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 6, 2006 10:04 AM
...Very few new refineries are being built in the Western oil-consuming countries. In the United States, in fact, while oil refiners have added capacity at existing plants, no new refineries have been built for more than 20 years. We have...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 3, 2006 09:15 AM
...and it works both ways. "We keep getting reports in some places that maybe water is coming over the levees," Gov. Kathleen Blanco said shortly after noon on Aug. 29, according to the video that was obtained Thursday night. "We...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 2, 2006 10:45 PM
...since we see it as our public duty to warn everybody about everything. SANTA ANA, Calif. - A renowned psychiatrist lost up to $3 million over 10 years to a Nigerian Internet scam, his son alleges in a lawsuit. Dummy....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 2, 2006 01:44 PM
...I'm blaming Bush for this one, too... Oriskany sinking set for May 17 If all goes according to plan, the Oriskany will sink to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico on May 17, and scuba divers could be allowed...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 2, 2006 11:10 AM
From Varifrank: What I learned from Katrina and the half a dozen other Hurricanes last year is that there is nothing that FEMA can do that if FEMA's funding and mission were given instead to the US Coast Guard, that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 2, 2006 10:54 AM
Listening to the radio, as they run down the list of school closings ahead of the snow storm we're supposed to get. And they announce on the radio that the "Manhattan School For The Deaf" is closed......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 2, 2006 08:58 AM
Ok, so now we've got a video showing how Chimpy McHitler KNEW the levees would fail and did, of course, nothing because, hey, it would only be poor minorities getting flooded. Yep, right there in the transcript it says "The...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 2, 2006 08:49 AM
...of Crab Appleton. A jelly donut to you, sir! bingley -- [noun]:A brand of soylent green breakfast cereal 'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com Unnerving. (The quiz's accuracy, not Bingley.) (Well, okay. Bingley too.)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 1, 2006 11:42 PM
These... Tyrannosaurus rex Length: 40-50 feet Weight: 6 tons Fear factor: teeth up to 13 inches long Lived: 65 million years ago Where: North America Giganotosaurus Length: 47 feet Weight: 8 tons Fear factor: 8-inch-long serrated teeth Lived: 95 million...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 1, 2006 11:00 PM
The first taste affects all the members of the body," a 1695 description of the elixir reads. "Two spoonfuls of this last liquor is a sufficient dose -- if any man should exceed this, it would presently stop his breath,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 1, 2006 03:38 PM
Some kid and his parents are due a good whuppin': DETROIT, Michigan (AP) -- Apparently, one 12-year-old visitor to the Detroit Institute of Arts doesn't think much of abstract art. The boy stuck a wad of gum to a $1.5...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 1, 2006 02:07 PM
...it ain't the 'bird flu'. Flamingo Deaths Spark Bird Flu Probe in Bahamas And we all know it. We've seen this sort of thing before... The bastard. Hiding behind a pandemic like the wussy little squid boy he is....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 1, 2006 12:26 PM
We all know that, but it's cleansing to come right out and say it ~ brings a Zen-like tranquility to the day. Schumer and Reid, the guys who said my country needs me, had a change of heart. There was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 1, 2006 08:56 AM
...or has it. I'm not quite sure which. A student panel discussion that included a display of the Prophet Muhammad cartoons descended into chaos, with one speaker calling Islam an "evil religion" and audience members nearly coming to blows. Organizers...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 1, 2006 08:07 AM
If you ever get arrested. . ....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 1, 2006 07:59 AM
What bloody man is that? Macbeth, 1. 2 What are these So wither'd and so wild in their attire, That look not like the inhabitants o' the earth, And yet are on 't? Macbeth, 1. 3 Come, you spirits That...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 28, 2006 03:14 PM
...when reading through her conversion kit. An Islamic association and two of its officials must pay more than $1.7 million to lawyers for a woman who successfully sued the organization for sexual discrimination, a judge has ruled. The ruling is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 28, 2006 02:21 PM
And he did! He did! A dead cat in Germany has found to be infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus. That's what you get for swallowing Tweety Bird, Sylvester....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 28, 2006 11:21 AM
Wow, what a mess this new Bond Pretty Boy seems to be: JINXED James Bond star Daniel Craig has been hit by a nasty bout of prickly heat. He suffered sunburn while topping up his tan before filming in the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 28, 2006 08:10 AM
...Some lawmakers have called for a change to the national response plan that gives the Red Cross the primary role and the dollars that flow with it. I've been saying they were AFU for years. Wouldn't give them a dime...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 27, 2006 04:45 PM
...Even after the experience of the Great War, and the Depression, people on the eve of the Hitler war could not appreciate what was coming. It is only in retrospect that we understand what happened as the 1930s progressed --...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 27, 2006 04:35 PM
I'm sorry, but what woman would do this? And what kind of a scum bag guy would want/encourage/demand that his wife do it? Mrs Yarborough paid $5,000 (£2,860) to a cosmetic surgeon to stitch her hymen back together so she...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 27, 2006 02:51 PM
...the French government does things pretty much at their convenience... ...so this shouldn't come as any surprise, although it is nice to see the Europeans called on it in print. Europe is the citadel of hypocrisy. Considering Europeans' contempt for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 27, 2006 01:58 PM
On your wedding this weekend: A Sudanese man has been forced to take a goat as his "wife", after he was caught having sex with the animal. The goat's owner, Mr Alifi, said he surprised the man with his goat...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 27, 2006 08:37 AM
...aping the German U-Boat commanders. "Das LIMPET?!!" So long to our Barney Fife ~ a really nice guy, whose movies made such fond memories....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 25, 2006 06:03 PM
...but no cigar. Maidstone's Medway Golf Club refused former president Bill Clinton a round of golf on Thursday because the crowded course was hosting its midweek championships. ..."We can't deprive the paying members of their golf, even for an ex-president,"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 24, 2006 10:55 AM
...to No. 1. PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The tale of a rambunctious puppy is proving its staying power in the dog-eat-dog world of U.S. best-sellers. With more than 1 million copies in print, "Marley and Me -- Life and Love with...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 24, 2006 09:42 AM
Take some normal soil, add a handful of charcoal, a bunch of leaves and a dollop of cow poop. You've got modern-day terra preta, called bio-char. Tree hugging, Swilling style....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 24, 2006 09:29 AM
What a lovely sentiment, but an impossible dream where Islam is concerned, I'm afraid. Very afraid. PARIS (Reuters) - After backing calls by Muslims for respect for their religion in the Mohammad cartoons row, the Vatican is now urging Islamic...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 23, 2006 01:13 PM
Americans work more, seem to accomplish less 'Cause we're blogging and that takes time. While our readers may 'accomplish less', we like to think ~ and you can thank us ~ that they're in a MUCH better mood and more...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 23, 2006 10:42 AM
Ya know, part of the fun of this whole blog thing is the interaction with folks of different stripes and ideas. Sometimes you get comments that are so...so...different in their nature that they deserve to be posts all unto themselves,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 22, 2006 08:38 PM
Just to set the tone for the argument. I will use "mayonnaise", since that is the subject of much ignorant derision, as well as including the brand we all know and love. Using keywords found in the ongoing contretemps, let's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 22, 2006 04:55 PM
...and then work their way down to street level. San Francisco:City officials are hoping to harness the power of dog doo... ...The droppings will be tossed into a contraption called a methane digester, which is basically a tank in which...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 22, 2006 02:33 PM
...and what they don't is pretty amazing sometimes. President Bush was unaware of the pending sale of shipping operations at six major U.S. seaports to a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates until the deal already had been approved...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 22, 2006 11:20 AM
Danish cartoonists (Cheese be upon them) draw pictures of Mo and people are urged to take to the streets and violently protest this outrageous attack upon Islam. Muslim terrorists (Depleted uranium be upon them) blow up a sacred mosque and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 22, 2006 08:34 AM
Berdahl said Tuesday that carbon monoxide-treated meat could be left on the kitchen counter for five days and would still look bright red and fresh. Carbon monoxide "also suppresses bad odors and the presence of slime, other telltale signs that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 22, 2006 12:58 AM
...are only the tip of the incidious iceberg. Nearly half of South Korean youths who will be old enough to vote in the country's next elections say Seoul should side with North Korea if the United States attacks the communist...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 22, 2006 12:43 AM
Dr. Helen discusses some interesting facts contained in a new book. In Bruce Bawer's new book, While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within,the side effects of the appeasement of Muslims by the Danish government are...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 21, 2006 09:37 PM
I'm watching curling right now: USA vs Canada. I've never seen anything more incomprehensible...or hilarious. Listening to the guys talk 'aboot' their next move is like eavesdropping on a scene from "Fargo". But...Go USA!!...anyhoo, okey dokey? And to completely lower...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 21, 2006 07:43 PM
"It's obviously a situation that needs to be corrected." Gov. Pataki is in dire straits. Pataki's intestines aren't functioning and he is being given water and nutrients intravenously,... Let's hope they get a handle on that in a New York...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 21, 2006 04:41 PM
There were about four pissy little stories and opinion pieces on MSNBC.com this morning (all gone now, of course) about how Sasha Cohen had dissed the media and not done a single interview. Well folks, since Sasha Cohen didn't exist...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 21, 2006 02:09 PM
Oh wait, it was toilet paper: MARION COUNTY, Fla. -- A man has been arrested for fatally beating his roommate with a sledgehammer and a claw hammer because there was no toilet tissue in the home, authorities said. Whew. That...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 21, 2006 01:55 PM
...watching the Fox News report on Pappy Boyington and the U of Wimpington Wish Washington stu(pi)dent senate. Scroll down to "Only on Fox" box, top right hand corner. "Black Sheep Video: Monument to WWII hero creates controversy at his alma...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 21, 2006 11:30 AM
Kresbach, however, said people "should have a right to be wrong." While I can sympathise with Austria and Germany's desires to break the chains of hate that bind them to their Nazi past, a trial is wrong. Going to jail...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 21, 2006 10:43 AM
...never having to say you're sorry. When it comes to big concerts these days -- with the escalating tickets prices leading to escalating tension -- you don't have to worry about the tattooed bad-ass biker screaming for Freebird anymore. Oh,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 21, 2006 10:12 AM
You want a pet, buy a frickin' hamster! PINELLAS PARK - One by one, the three cats died, inexplicably. No evidence of anything. First it was Kellie Cat, then Momma Kitten and finally Gray Kitty, all in a month. On...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 21, 2006 09:59 AM
In comparison to THS's elegant meal below, I managed to make a slight mess of things, mostly because of trying to do too many things at once. This also means that I'm missing a few pictures, as there were times...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 19, 2006 08:37 PM
... ~ regarding Bryant Gumball's clever, blatant racism ~ this morning? It wasn't. Not one word, pro OR con. I doubt the silence would have been quite so deafening had it been, like, a Terry Bradshaw who'd said it about...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 19, 2006 01:37 PM
Here's Tree Hugging Sister's tasty Danish sweet and sour red cabbage and apples, home made gnocchi in a Danish Blue Cheese sauce, and pawk chawp: Mine will follow later....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 19, 2006 12:38 PM
I've got some potatos in the oven, and I'm about to start making Suzette's soup in a minute, to be followed by Emily's Danish Beer ham!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 18, 2006 06:58 PM
From CNN: CNN) -- Eleven people were killed and an Italian consulate was burned in Libya on Friday night during protests to denounce the publication of cartoons depicting the Muslim prophet Mohammed, sources in Libya said. There also was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 17, 2006 06:43 PM
Organic, no less....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 17, 2006 03:49 PM
I dunno, maybe it's me, but when I read a story saying that ...The corpses of at least 20 newborn babies and fetuses are found each week in the sewers of Zimbabwe's capital, some having been flushed down toilets, Harare...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 17, 2006 03:10 PM
Babette's Feast. Simply awesome. Get the subtitled version and you will understand how..."Boil It"...came to be a much loved, oft repeated phrase at Casa de Major Dad....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 17, 2006 12:39 PM
...we just plain suck. Buncha lily white losers. UPDATE: Seems we get a gold medal even though I never said it precisely THAT way... UPDATE: It's not just me Quote of the Day: And they just talked about someone who'd......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 17, 2006 11:54 AM
I am a religious person. Heck, I reckon by many 'post-modern standards' I am very religious. Not only am I at church several times a week, but I'm also fairly involved in my church's governance. I'm a Presbyterian. I believe...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 17, 2006 11:08 AM
...scan the crowd with their eyes. Surreptitiously searching for signs of the supermarkets, free elections, electricity, hot running water and shelves full of Kim Chee rumored to be in the bourgeois renegade South of the Peninsula. What they found got...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 17, 2006 10:41 AM
I'm calling on everyone to eat only Danish foods for dinner on Saturday, February 18th, to support them in their fight against the Cartoonlic Extremists. From havarti cheese to butter to hams and, of course, Carlsberg (don't buy Tuborg;...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 16, 2006 04:11 PM
Via our good friend Gateway Pundit: Female Reporter Stoned at Turkish Cartoon Protest "We were doing our job as journalists. But apparently some people found that not covering my head was provocative. They called me a blasphemer while I was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 16, 2006 03:48 PM
...that snake pit of corruption and death has a new President again. I hope the Haitian people finally have someone who works for them, but the reports don't bode well. Earlier in the day, AP journalists saw thousands of ballots,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 16, 2006 11:30 AM
...the paucity of white athletes in certain sports, like Bryant Gumbel feels free to do about blacks in the Winter Olympics. They'd crucify him. "Finally, tonight, the Winter Games. Count me among those who don’t care about them and won’t...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 16, 2006 11:17 AM
*If you occasionally drop a capital letter into the middle of a word, it means you have no problem showing off your body. "These people vacuum in the nude," McKnight said. *If you get someone's name on a bar napkin,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 16, 2006 09:41 AM
Student senator Jill Edwards, according to minutes of the student government's meeting last week, said she "didn't believe a member of the Marine Corps was an example of the sort of person UW wanted to produce." ...SUCKS. That would not...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 15, 2006 11:08 PM
...that could be started with this statement. For example, in confinement situations men often turn to homosexuality. From the comment section of Volokh's Valentine post, which just happens to address a subject also at Sharon's this morning....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 15, 2006 11:03 AM
...were never spoken. Ed Koch quotes Bill Bennett, while adding insight of his own. At that point, Blitzer interjected, saying to Bennett, “You can understand, Bill, that feeling among many Muslims, that this is beyond the pale when you insult...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 15, 2006 09:07 AM
The magic red glove seems to be working! -Robert Laberge / Getty Images Johnny Weir leapt into second place, but was still more than 10 points back. UPDATE: Great column today backing up Lisa's point in the comments. The thing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 14, 2006 04:26 PM
...little quiz reminded me of something I meant to share with ya'll. Seems they're looking for a little encouragement for a Season Two. UPDATE: As for my score?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 14, 2006 12:35 PM
Major Dad just sent me this. Report: Iraq Vet Withdraws From Ohio Senate Race Iraq war veteran Paul Hackett, who gained popularity for his staunch criticism of President Bush, has dropped out of the Democratic race for U.S. Senate in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 14, 2006 11:48 AM
And if the uproar over the Danish cartoons were not bad enough, the chasm between the West and the Muslim world is only likely to take a turn for the worse with the emergence of new video footage showing British...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 14, 2006 11:31 AM
These little bastards need to go away for a very, very long time. Roberts begged for his life before one of the teens, Christopher Scamahorn, 14, drove a nail into his head with a wooden plank, according to the legal...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 14, 2006 10:05 AM
QUESTIONABLE police practices??!! "...police tortured the suspects with electric shocks, and hung one suspect by his feet from the fifth-floor of a building" Who do they think they are? The FRENCH? File this under: I Know You Are But What...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 14, 2006 09:38 AM
With few exceptions, the states [in the Muslim world] are marked by poverty, ignorance, and stagnation. It is full of discontent and frustration, yet alive with consciousness of its inferiority and with determination to achieve some kind of betterment. Two...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 14, 2006 08:46 AM
A headline from the Sydney Morning Herald. Cheney hunts quail and everyone else ducks Now THAT'S a hilarious headline. A warm Swill Salute to jennifer in the comments at Iraq Now. Bingley Update and bump: Rob in the comments asks...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 13, 2006 10:42 PM
Westminster tonight. -Mary Altaffer / AP A Chihuahua named Mouse sits on an English Mastiff named Sherman while their owner checks in at the Hotel Pennsylvania on Sunday in New York. Sherman will be competing in the 130th Westminster Kennel...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 13, 2006 04:55 PM
...in the comments yesterday. Uproar in the Islamic world over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has prompted many in the Middle East to ask why Muslims have rarely mobilized to address other pressing issues such as democracy and human rights....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 13, 2006 04:39 PM
(Or his meds, as the Anchoress speculates.) ...that Arabs in the United States had been "indiscriminately rounded up, often on minor charges of overstaying a visa or not having a green card in proper order, and held in conditions that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 13, 2006 04:20 PM
...from the James Frey embarassment??!! Huh? HUH?! Greenspan in memoir talks with NY publishers Alan Greenspan is in talks with major publishers about writing a memoir, which could net the Delphic former central banker more than $1 million, sources familiar...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 13, 2006 02:46 PM
KBON streams their Loosiana patois, blues, swamp pop, classic country and some bitchin' Zydeco music 365 days a year. I love listenin' around Mardi Gras, especially the Zydeco/Cajun/Creole stuff. Clifton Chenille and Beausoleil, cher. My only beef is the fade...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 13, 2006 01:57 PM
The silence was deafening and the seats were empty. The western press was nowhere to be found. The location was Baghdad and the event was a February 10th, 2006 press conference announcing the final verification of December's election results. Although...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 13, 2006 12:19 PM
Jim and Sarah Brady have the guffaws covered. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- James and Sarah Brady made comments today related to Vice President Cheney's reportedly accidental shooting yesterday in Texas. "Now I understand why Dick Cheney keeps asking...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 13, 2006 10:49 AM
Analysis: Targeted killings often work Because it means schmaybe the bad guy brains of the operation are dead? It is hard to plan stuff in that condition......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 13, 2006 10:07 AM
...but KUDOS aplenty to whoever locked on NBC's analysts for the Olympics. They borrowed Dick Button from ABC ~ how fabulous is THAT?! NO ONE calls it on the ice like him, never has and never will again. It is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 13, 2006 12:08 AM
2 knuckled headed fellows with all the best intentions in the world step off the curb into a sea of Muslim protestors demonstrating through the streets of Paris. They spoke not a word, made no aggressive gestures. They wore only...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 13, 2006 12:01 AM
...Susanna and wish to support all things Danish, I'll pass on the purchase of an (admittedly snazzy) aubergine onehunnertfortyninedollah Danish toilet brush. While I appreciate her sending it along ~ and thought maybe one of ya'll could use one ~...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 12, 2006 04:33 PM
-Haitham Mussawi / AFP Rage or revenge? A cleric feeds the fires in Beirut ...For Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whose regime is dominated by members of the Alawite sect often seen as heretical by other Muslims, the cartoons are...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 12, 2006 11:20 AM
Stick to sushi, for God's sake. Japan's demand for whale meat declining TOKYO, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Whale meat, a cheap source of protein that helped Japan ward off malnutrition after World War II, has dropped in popularity. Commercial freezers...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 10, 2006 02:15 PM
...I really don't get this whole thing. And that's a damn sorry Yahoo headline, holy day or not. Iraqi Shi'ite mourn free of violence Major Dad sent me the picture in the extended section. For the life of me, I...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 10, 2006 12:39 PM
Johnny Weir(d), everybody's favorite guy blade, has arrived in Torino. He's looking for the pea. "I am very princessy as far as travel is concerned and having a nice room and things like that. Sorry to say 'princessy,"' he added,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 9, 2006 08:12 PM
...like Jack knows Harry... Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid wrote at least four letters helpful to Indian tribes represented by Jack Abramoff, and the senator's staff regularly had contact with the disgraced lobbyist's team about legislation affecting other clients. The...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 9, 2006 05:15 PM
Anna one, anna two... “Defending the prophet should continue worldwide,” Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, told the crowd. “Let (U.S. Secretary of State) Condoleezza Rice, (President) Bush and all the tyrants shut up: We are a nation...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 9, 2006 11:05 AM
...(aka: Lying Sack o' Sh*t) has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. By a Swede, no less. John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is one of two Americans who have been nominated for the 2006 Nobel...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 8, 2006 04:36 PM
...about makin' a little list. My favorites: ones I found for Crusader when he was little, ones that came out when Ebola was a single celled micro unit and ones for middle schoolers that I cherish to this day. I'll...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 8, 2006 02:50 PM
What's the world coming to? Patronizing prostitutes just got more costly New rule means those convicted face dishonorable discharge, jail Service members now may pay dearly for hiring a prostitute. Under a change in the Manual for Courts-Martial, troops who...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 8, 2006 01:19 PM
...to bring you a calming Zen moment of winter... ...Scottie Blogging. We now return you to the Swilling....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 8, 2006 10:14 AM
...in order to stick to my tree hugging principles.Tap water comes to us through an energy-efficient infrastructure whereas bottled water must be transported long distances--and nearly one-fourth of it across national borders--by boat, train, airplane, and truck. This ''involves burning...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 8, 2006 09:38 AM
Where in the hell did all of these Danish flags all of a sudden appear from? I would have a hard time getting a handfull of them here in Charlotte, yet each of these demonstrations seems to have more than...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 8, 2006 06:28 AM
THE JEWISH STREET EXPLODES ...The White House continued to plead with Jews across America to stay calm. (I'd say 'or burn Iranian anything', but I can't think of a single export except dates. Or maybe a flag, that's always flashy....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 7, 2006 10:58 PM
...political PARTIES? Well, you could if you wanted to, if this bill gets passed in the Florida legislature. Hunters and anglers seeking a Florida license soon may find they can take care of other important paperwork at their favorite gun...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 7, 2006 12:21 PM
Asked whether this self-relativization does not apply to Islam and the Danish cartoons, the Cardinal’s spokesman told the press: “One does not mock the essence of someone’s faith. It is forbidden to depict the prophet. If you do, what’s more...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 7, 2006 12:00 PM
...can be too much for some people to bear. JT LeRoy unmasked. “He’s wanted to come clean and let JT fade away,” attorney Eric Feig said of Knoop late Monday. “He wanted to take the high road.” He’s also secured...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 7, 2006 11:05 AM
...my birthplace, prior to my two WESTPACS there as a Marine. Usually when you see us wrangling with the Japanese, Okinawa is the setting. Iwakuni to hold plebiscite on US aircraft relocation The western Japanese city of Iwakuni will hold...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 7, 2006 10:00 AM
...and a full-fledged SCHMACK down. This would be the super-size. As I noted, I initially believed you shared that goal. But I understand how important the opportunity to lead your party’s effort to exploit this issue must seem to a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 6, 2006 11:46 PM
We've been myopic to an extent, focusing on how Hamas would begin to deal with Israel and the world at large. It appears others are concerned about that, too. Israeli security officials told Haaretz that the Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 6, 2006 11:01 PM
Captain Rory Quinn for the Tampa Bay Times. And now, as we head into the last two months, we see signs of real progress going on around us. Some of the progress is beginning to appear in the mainstream newspapers...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 6, 2006 03:04 PM
40 States Re-Examining Eminent Domain Anna DeFaria stands in front of her small bungalow, next to a neighbor's sold and boarded-up home, in Long Branch, N.J., Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006. If DeFaria doesn't willingly sell the home that she and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 6, 2006 02:47 PM
A moment of reflection. When I hear Muslim, Islam, Allah, ad nauseum, this... ...is all I see. It's THE first image that springs to mind. I have a sneaking suspicion that's pretty much true for the vast majority of the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 6, 2006 11:56 AM
I've travelled a reasonable amount, and I've seen some funny things at airports, both funny people and funny things that they bring on the flights with them. I remember being at the airport in Port Au Prince, Haiti in the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 6, 2006 11:48 AM
...just frickin' HILARIOUS. The Anonymous Muslim Man Complaint Box. Dear Muslim Man Complaint Box, My daughter was raped by my neighbor and we burned her alive because she was tainted. My issue is that I think I should be able...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 6, 2006 11:35 AM
...I'm thinking. The British government wants to reduce the welfare rolls by getting the able-bodied and able-minded back to work. But that may not be so simple: Already, the idea has reignited old debates on work vs. welfare and Britain's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 6, 2006 03:05 AM
She just emailed me that the last date the Marines will be receiving mail will be 17 Feb. Since it takes 7-10 days for things to hit over there, if you haven't sent something by Monday, you'll be cutting it...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 6, 2006 02:00 AM
And as a Canadian, I just can't believe the Danish would treat their fellow citizens this way.-a Canadian blogger on the current Cartoon Madness. It's a shame he couldn't ask Theo Van Gogh for his opinion concerning those same 'fellow...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 5, 2006 04:26 PM
...and peace for his family. Remains found in the California mountains last fall are those of an airman from Minnesota whose plane went missing during World War II, relatives said Saturday. The U.S. Department of Defense determined the remains are...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 5, 2006 02:53 PM
...than just melting Danish cheese. Fox News is reporting they've shot and killed a priest in Turkey. (Instapundit has posted a line confirming what I heard.). From UPI's International Editor: "You cannot have a free media and expect to control...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 5, 2006 11:05 AM
You musta missed Bangla-cola, where Major Dad is still in shock, SHOCK, I TELL YOU !! Why, you ask? Well, two days ago, the 1.75L size bottle of this much loved juice of the juniper berry was a fairly-expensive-but-still-doable $32....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 4, 2006 07:21 PM
What kind of CRAP is this: Washington on Friday condemned caricatures in European newspapers of the Prophet Mohammad, siding with Muslims who are outraged that the publications put press freedom over respect for religion.... ..."These cartoons are indeed offensive to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 3, 2006 04:28 PM
...for $500, Alex. Why the French don't get as much heart disease Q : What do you get when you toss a hand grenade into a kitchen in France? A : Linoleum blownapart....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 3, 2006 12:55 PM
5 Ala. churches hit by fires; arson suspected Churches had both black and white congregations CENTREVILLE, Ala. - Fires destroyed three rural Alabama churches and damaged two others in a string of suspected arsons overnight. The fires were set “as...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 3, 2006 12:34 PM
Just reading all the speculation and buzz about Iran, and what we need to/can/will do about it, it brings one question to my mind. With the polls hovering right around 50% or so for some type of action, I really...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 3, 2006 11:11 AM
For making our first year here at the Swilling a helluva lot of fun and much more successful than we ever reckoned possible....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 3, 2006 07:46 AM
A couple of poignant paragraphs from Bob Woodruff's wife Lee. They are incredibly graceful and gracious. Your positive thoughts, prayers and good wishes have sustained us over the last 72 hours as we have experienced the highs and lows of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 2, 2006 10:03 AM
A second report from the Labor Department suggested the job market has tightened further since the fourth-quarter. New claims for U.S. unemployment benefits fell unexpectedly to 273,000 last week, pushing a four-week average of claims to the lowest level in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 2, 2006 09:53 AM
Everybody know winter gonna end, so who care what some rag bag nutria say, eh? Down hyah we only got one worry 'round dis hyah time an' dat would be fine weather for Mardi Gras. We also happens ta have...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 2, 2006 08:45 AM
Who'd a'thunk it? PARIS, France (AP) -- A French newspaper on Wednesday republished caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that caused uproar in the Muslim world when they were printed in a Danish daily, saying that religious dogma has no place...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 2, 2006 12:10 AM
You bastards: (CNN) -- A two-year investigation into a Colombian heroin ring netted more than 65 pounds of drugs, resulted in the arrests of more than 20 people and saved the lives of some drug-smuggling Labrador retrievers, the Drug...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 1, 2006 09:14 PM
We actually watched the State of the Union last night. There was one, blazing example of the despicable Democratic disdain for the American military, regardless of the platitudes they mouth for the folks back home. President Bush was working his...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 1, 2006 07:55 PM
...there's a new a$$hole in town. The Joint Chiefs have a little note for him....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 1, 2006 07:11 PM
The last week has been a bit of a blur. My bride's mom died very suddenly and we've just been in the midst of the maelstrom of activity that such an event ignites, especially when occasioned by the passing of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 31, 2006 06:29 AM
...for Hardball?! You have got to be kidding me. The campaign against Chris Matthews has escalated into talk of a boycott, though the would-be boycotters prefer to call it an "appeal to advertisers." Matthews is accused of being soft on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 30, 2006 11:02 PM
...STORE, that is. Leonard Pitts laments the loss of a hometown's specialness. Drive across the country these days and “unique” is not a word that comes often to mind. Increasingly, Richmond could be Rochester could be Dayton could be Duluth....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 30, 2006 12:20 PM
But honest to God, what were they thinking? I will state my opinion unequivocally: No 16 year old should ever be allowed to drive someplace 360 miles away. Grief counselors will meet with Milton High School students and faculty today...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 30, 2006 08:16 AM
Ben Stein, in yesterday's NYT. So here it is in a nutshell: employees are goaded into investing a big chunk of their wages and benefits in UAL stock. They lose that. Then they lose big parts of their pay and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 30, 2006 07:38 AM
Because there are NO ATOMIC Fireballs*in Iraq. BUMP...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 27, 2006 05:15 PM
"They can't tell you how to spend your money," said the man, who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisals. "It's still a free country." But they can tell you where to park it....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 27, 2006 11:17 AM
Tampa sets a reasonable police intervention standard for a festive occasion. Interesting legal fact: To make an arrest for baring breasts for beads, police must have a complaint from someone who is offended. Related fact: Almost no one ever complains....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 27, 2006 09:09 AM
...that Sen. Christmas N. Cambodia is doing all this... Sen. Kerry calls for filibuster of Alito Unclear if Massachusetts Democrat has votes needed to block nominee ...by phone from SWITZERLAND? While, no doubt, wearing his toasty magic ski thinking cap....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2006 10:09 PM
...and you don't get a ride. Further humiliations lay ahead, like the time Mullane tried on a NASA-issued condom — used for urine collection in weightlessness — and watched the too-large sheath drop off and fall to the floor. “I’ll...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2006 03:24 PM
Hugh Hewitt to John Podhoretz, via Radio Blogger, concerning the interview noted by Tim. You're referring to Joel Stein. You were very kind over at the Corner last night. Frankly, I didn't think it was all that difficult. But if...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2006 01:13 PM
Gay, No. 1 UConn too much for St. John's Heheheh. I can't stand UConn....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2006 11:41 AM
...to guard the gate at St. Michael's downtown. To make sure THIS doesn't happen ever again. Archaeologists and crime scene analysts scoured the grounds of historic St. Michael's Cemetery on Wednesday trying to determine the extent of damage to at...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2006 11:21 AM
There seems to be some amplification of the views noted in my post last week. China is preparing to "strike hard" against rising public unrest, a senior police official said according to state media on Thursday, highlighting the government's fears...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2006 10:24 AM
Doesn't cost them a whole bunch, but it's the thought that counts. Regional bank to refuse loans in eminent domain projects Regional bank BB&T Corp., one of the nation's largest financial institutions, will make no loans to developers who plan...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2006 09:54 AM
The latest weekly jobless numbers also painted a picture of a healthy SPUTTERING underlying economy. The Labor Department said initial claims for state jobless aid rose 11,000 in the week ended January 21 to 283,000 from an upwardly revised 272,000...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2006 09:35 AM
...to exit the polls every time. ABCNews called it for Fatah last night, based on "the exit polls just in.". Hamas' top official told Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday the Islamic militant group is ready for a partnership after...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2006 08:29 AM
and came accross this bit of trivia. It is down the page a bit in the 5th comment. Our OIC was LCDR Beam and we had four RF-8G aircraft. I recall one of our pilots was a Lt. Tom...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2006 08:25 AM
Have been found by Tim: UPDATE III. A helpful guide to Hamas, from Al Jazeera: The Hamas Covenant cites the long-discredited anti-Semitic fraud, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, describing it as “the embodiment of the Zionist plan to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 26, 2006 07:58 AM
I'm going to use comments I left on a Vodka Pundit post by Will Collier. In a perverse way, I think this might be very enlightening for the average Chinese citizen and a very good thing. If ~ as they...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 25, 2006 04:55 PM
So how do you get off by being a big loser? Gambling losses: If you won big in Las Vegas, you have to pay taxes on your winnings, but you can offset some of your gains with gambling losses. "People...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 25, 2006 02:53 PM
...(Tampa's version of Mardi Gras) could get ugly quickly. If you want to drink a cold beer at Gasparilla this year, you better bring your own. For the first time in recent memory, beer will not be sold at tents...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 25, 2006 10:20 AM
This is a plan? For the first time, the federal government would rate the academic rigor of U.S. high schools in a quietly added GOP-backed education program, a report said. The academic rigor rating is part of a five-year, $3.75...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 24, 2006 10:09 AM
SECRET, startling insider testimony about supply shortages in Iraq: The Atomic Fireballs will come in handy. Not sure if you were aware of the Atomic Fireball deficit in Iraq, but it’s a real tragedy. I check the candy stash on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 24, 2006 09:10 AM
The FBI has uncovered fraud by public officials in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and has created a task force to investigate corruption as federal money pours into the Gulf Coast region, Mississippi's top agent said Monday. "We are seeing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 23, 2006 11:08 PM
You go right ahead, Mr. Crotzer. You enjoy every second of it. TAMPA, Florida-Alan Crotzer stepped into the warm sunlight outside the courthouse Monday and raised his arms to the sky, celebrating his freedom after more than 24 years behind...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 23, 2006 04:06 PM
Let's review: Don't eat a damn thing anybody TELLS you to. Just don't eat too MUCH of anything you want to. Study casts doubt on soy's heart benefits So ~ I will tell the scientific foodie community to bite me...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 23, 2006 11:29 AM
Well, feel guilty no longer. You can't help yourself. Cannibals in the Closet? ...In a paper in Science, Mead argued that the prevalence of these two forms, and a mathematical analysis of other mutations on the same gene, showed there...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 23, 2006 09:37 AM
Our hero, having not learned his lesson, continues to search for a good Zin under $10. Tonight's contestant comes from California, the 2003 Rock River. Price: $9.99. It has a very nice, deep purpley-red color, which gives me hope....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 22, 2006 05:34 PM
...in Miami? A renaissance is under way on Biscayne Boulevard, the central artery of downtown Miami, where derelict motels and strip malls are being tenderly restored and scruffy neighborhoods are striving for cachet. But a defining element is about to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 22, 2006 04:28 PM
...are at odds in the real world. In the fog-shrouded forests of California’s remote North Coast, winemakers believe they’ve found the perfect terrain to grow the notoriously fickle pinot noir grape prized by connoisseurs. Vineyard developers are snapping up thousands...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 22, 2006 11:11 AM
...a pi$$in' match. Four and a half months after Hurricane Katrina blew through Louisiana, a bit of Mississippi envy is in the air. ...Before Congress adjourned last year, it passed a hurricane aid package that included up to $6.2 billion...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 20, 2006 02:52 PM
...for the Coors Twins. An ancient brewery from a vanished empire was staffed by elite women who were selected for their beauty or nobility, a new study concludes. The finding adds to other evidence that women played a more crucial...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 20, 2006 02:39 PM
Honestly. It'll fit. We do this all the time....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 20, 2006 02:25 PM
First: can you take a study done by a guy named "Pierre Pica" (Well, okay, Cullen could.) from "Paris VIII University (...and WTF is that?)" seriously. Even if you could, it raises some nagging questions... We’re hard-wired for geometry Tests...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 20, 2006 12:57 PM
...John. He talks such sense so purty. Just as the Boomers here enjoy the fruits of a society most of them had no hand in building or maintaining (and in fact actively tried to destroy), pretentious, preening Europeans can be...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 20, 2006 11:12 AM
More than half of students at four-year colleges — and at least 75 percent at two-year colleges — lack the literacy to handle complex, real-life tasks such as understanding credit card offers, a study found. ...Without "proficient" skills, or those...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 20, 2006 09:39 AM
Paper Shutters Blog After Ombudsman Post The Washington Post shut down one of its blogs Thursday after the newspaper's ombudsman raised the ire of readers by writing that lobbyist Jack Abramoff gave money to the Democrats as well as to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 20, 2006 09:32 AM
But they do turn. A man who spent nearly 21 years in prison for a toddler's death, now believed to have been an accident, was awarded $756,900 by a state compensation board - $100 for every day he spent in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 20, 2006 09:18 AM
Man, what an ignorant sabre-rattler: "The leaders of states who would use terrorist means against us, as well as those who would consider using in one way or another weapons of mass destruction, must understand that they would lay themselves...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 19, 2006 10:26 AM
When it rains, it pours. (Anderson) COOPER: Sean, thanks for that. It was here on the program that we expected to speak with Mayor Nagin, even though getting the mayor to come on the program is only a little easier...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 19, 2006 10:20 AM
Big jelly fish: "It's a terrible problem. They're like aliens," Noriyuki Kani of the fisheries federation in Toyama, northwest of Tokyo, told Reuters ahead of the conference. One Echizen kurage can be up to 2 meters (6 feet, 7...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 19, 2006 10:16 AM
...until it hits you in the wallet. THEN it's not so funny anymore. The impact of New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin's controversial comments on Martin Luther King Day landed squarely on the shoulders of local tourism officials Wednesday, one day...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 19, 2006 10:16 AM
...but this veto seems like a particularly bad idea. Gov. Haley Barbour vetoed a bill Wednesday that would phase out a state sales tax on groceries and increase the tax on cigarettes. ...The bill, which zipped through the Senate and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 19, 2006 10:06 AM
US poised for radical reform of foreign aid programme The Bush administration is expected to announce on Thursday a controversial restructuring of its foreign aid system under Randall Tobias, a retired pharmaceuticals executive who currently heads the US global Aids...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 19, 2006 09:54 AM
“You don’t get whales coming to Berlin too often,” said Berlin police spokesman Bernhard Schodrowski. Short memories there....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 19, 2006 09:39 AM
How many different sides of her mouth can Hillary talk out of? For years she damns Chimpy for being the cowboy and not engaging our allies, yaddayaddayadda, and now U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton called for United Nations sanctions against Iran...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 19, 2006 08:33 AM
...has ridden into the sunset. Traditional Winchester rifles discontinued, factory to close The traditional Winchester rifles carried by pioneers, movie stars and Wild West lawmen will be discontinued in March, a Belgian manufacturer said Wednesday, confirming the end of an...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 19, 2006 08:25 AM
...pal? After the longest independent counsel investigation in history, the prosecutor in the case of former Housing Secretary Henry G. Cisneros is finally closing his operation with a scathing report accusing Clinton administration officials of thwarting an inquiry into whether...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 19, 2006 07:51 AM
Never give a Marine a can of spray paint and say: "Camouflage that thing."...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 18, 2006 02:22 PM
...have been recorded. Tucked away in the basement of West Virginia's gold-domed Capitol, state officials say, an office was secretly transformed into a taxpayer-funded studio that may have been used to pirate DVD videos and music CDs. Administration Secretary Robert...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 18, 2006 12:37 PM
...EVER getting one of these cars. Fuggedaboudit, pal. Woman Poses Naked on Car at Auto Show DETROIT (AP) -- City officials are trying to figure out how a woman sneaked into the North American International Auto Show after closing time...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 18, 2006 11:45 AM
...is half the battle. Family and friends of deposed Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang gathered Tuesday to commemorate the one-year anniversary of his death, as authorities kept a close watch on dissidents seeking to further his legacy of political openness....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 17, 2006 03:18 PM
...“If Al Gore is going to be the voice of the Democrats on national security matters, we welcome it,” White House press secretary Scott McClellan said... ...McClellan said the Clinton-Gore administration had engaged in warrantless physical searches, and he cited...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 17, 2006 01:48 PM
...the Canadian edition. Newly centrist Harper heading for polls upset Until the Canadian election campaign got under way in late November, Stephen Harper, leader of the opposition Conservative party, was widely viewed outside his home province of Alberta as a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 17, 2006 01:26 PM
I can't wait until he insists on being called Kingley Bingley. You know it's going to happen as soon as he reads this. Irish king left a wide genetic trail Scientists say 3 million men are descended from Niall of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 17, 2006 01:00 PM
But the right man at the right time. If only he'd had more time....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 16, 2006 10:52 PM
The West Virginia mining disaster (A Swill Salute to Florida Cracker) has something to do with homosexuals burning in Hell. In my limited imaginative capacity, I really have a problem making a connection. Perhaps you do, too. (God, I hope...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 16, 2006 10:44 PM
...since no one's remembered a little number named Ivan, either. Witness how we were left out of the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act. Bangla-cola might as well be in Asia. Many on Miss. Coast Feel Overshadowed GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) -- Nicki...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 16, 2006 05:06 PM
...that complements the article... Ice Wine Is Called 'Nectar of the Gods' ...about New York State Ice Wines. (Make sure you click through the link that says "Harvesters of Ice Wine".) I've always wanted to try one, but at that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 16, 2006 01:06 PM
So to go with the Latour, as I said, I decided to splurgeulate a bit and cook a rib roast. I'd never made one before, but by following Sis' Bingley-proof recipe it turned out trés yum: For the side dish...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 15, 2006 04:15 PM
...Man of Romance and Action. A great ball is taking place. African drummers are beating out primitive rhythms. Liveried servants are passing canapés of blackened tapir and wildebeest tartar. Titled Brits, maddened by the prospect of new blood and old...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 15, 2006 02:57 PM
Several Democrats expressed frustration over what they saw as the Republicans outmaneuvering them by drawing attention to an episode Wednesday when Judge Alito's wife, Martha-Ann, began crying as her husband was being questioned. That evening, senior Democratic senate aides convened...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 15, 2006 02:44 PM
...to lose, sometimes. After 155 Years, Marine Sentries Removed ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- A Naval Academy tradition that lasted 155 years has come to an end: The Marine Corps sentries who guarded the gates and the crypt of Revolutionary War...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 15, 2006 10:13 AM
Vintage-wise, I've lived a pretty charmed life. I graduated HS in 1982, took my University degree in 1986, and I got married in 1989. Those are simply the 3 finest wine years of the past century. Sadly, my parents lacked...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 14, 2006 10:15 PM
45 weeks a year of 697 channels with not one damn thing to watch, so WHAT DO THE S.O.B.'S DO?? Schedule the National Football League Play-Offs, the Eukanuba Cup National Championship AND The National Figure Skating Championships for the EXACT...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 14, 2006 08:17 PM
I love Zins. I adore Zins. So I'm always on the lookout for new Zins to try, especially in the $13 or so-ish price range. Sure, some of us can plunk down 30 clams with out blinking an eye,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 14, 2006 03:29 PM
...to Westerville, Ohio!! The central Ohio city of Westerville, once known as the "dry capital of the world," is dry no more. A pizza parlor on Thursday became the first establishment in Westerville's uptown business district to legally serve a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 13, 2006 10:26 PM
He can't think of things like this to say: “Figure skating is an amazing ride,” Weir said. “You’re feeling like the lowest scum in the pond two hours ago, and go to the prettiest flower in the pond..." Bingley has...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 13, 2006 06:01 PM
...in the sports world. But rabid haters ~ like Bill and Kcruella ~ best avert their eyes, lest you be stricken BLIND by the radiant GLORY of it. Better yet... DON'T CLICK THROUGH AT ALL !! For the children....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 13, 2006 01:53 PM
Stolen, as always, from Ken....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 13, 2006 10:43 AM
And then there's WHOOPS!! This falls in the latter category. A campaign fundraising group for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has agreed to a $35,000 fine for underreporting hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on a Hollywood fundraiser in 2000. The...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 13, 2006 01:44 AM
EU calls for UN action over Iran We certainly wouldn't expect them to act on their own initiative. Especially since France is probably still knee deep in orders from Iranian civilian nuclear facilities....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 12, 2006 02:18 PM
He swooped in to pick up his Barnes and Noble package with the Firefly boxed set in it. Can't wait to hear what he thinks, not that he'll let us borrow it anytime soon. After feeding, he left. (Leaving the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 12, 2006 12:58 PM
Continuing today's theme of shoddy science, look at this little story that Sis saw and immediately thought of me: Study: Alcohol affects 15 percent of workers Workers drink on the job, arrive under the influence or work with hangover NEW...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 12, 2006 12:22 PM
The first big dog show of the year is on this weekend. A warm-up for Westminister. The National Agility Championship is on Animal Planet Feb. 13. Major Dad and I were at our local 'dog fanciers' agility/obedience trials this past...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 12, 2006 12:20 PM
...WHY. A fluorescent green pig engineered by scientists stands next to normal pigs in Taipei, Taiwan on Thursday....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 12, 2006 11:59 AM
I wanted to drop a quick post for those of you who haven't heard from 'your' Marines. It's turned out pretty much like I thought ~ they've been hugely busy in hi-tempo ops and were overwhelmed with the generosity of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 12, 2006 10:59 AM
...teeth gnashing required. Trade gap narrows more than expected ...The monthly trade gap fell 5.8 percent from the record set in October and was significantly below Wall Street's median forecast of $66.25 billion....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 12, 2006 10:11 AM
Navy Lt. Bryan D. Black, a U.S. Naval Academy faculty member, thought he was just shooting the breeze when he told a midshipman that getting on a battleship turned him on. Such was the sentiment, at least, though the language...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 12, 2006 09:54 AM
...with his KKK membership card. I love it....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 12, 2006 09:36 AM
Defence lawyers had acknowledged this week that the tapes were genuine and that Mr Mohamed expected to be found guilty of people smuggling or other charges, but they denied he was a member of Ansar. "He feels himself committed to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 12, 2006 08:41 AM
That evil, nasty gas responsible for so much of the global warming that we all see about us, is potentially caused by: 1) The vast herds of cows that exist solely to keep us supplied with Big Macs 2) SUVs...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 11, 2006 10:37 PM
... the Turandot all others are measured against ~ has left for Valhalla. The voice was gigantic and had the ability to slice through even the cruelest, loudest orchestras. Nilsson was a good performer on stage, but it was her...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 11, 2006 07:42 PM
If Sean Penn gets cancer, it's your fault! Welcomed with a standing ovation, Cindy Sheehan and co-founder of Gold Star Families for Peace gave a rousing talk. She stressed the need to impeach this administration as war criminals who...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 11, 2006 04:19 PM
With Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito watching the theatrics from his chair, two senior senators on Wednesday engaged in a fiery exchange over a request for records tied to Alito’s membership to a Princeton alumni group more than 30 years...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 11, 2006 01:56 PM
Now you've got a Bishop saying he was abused 60 years ago: Gumbleton, 75, told The Washington Post in an interview published in Wednesday's editions that he was "inappropriately touched" by a priest in 1945 when he was a ninth...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 11, 2006 12:33 PM
...she's BAAACKKKKK.... Full steam ahead for Oriskany Aircraft carrier could be sunk before next hurricane season Ain't it great when a 'plan' comes together? File this under "Trust Us", with "COULD BE" as the operative phrase....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 11, 2006 11:11 AM
Evidently didn't: A small -town rumor that sparked world -wide interest about a mouse burning down a house has been found to be untrue. The story always sounded a little cheesey to me......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 11, 2006 10:42 AM
Say THAT three times fast! or just read the article. In the last few years, law school clinics have put the Berkeley, Calif., school system under judicial supervision for disciplining black and Hispanic students disproportionately to their population (yes, that's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 11, 2006 09:59 AM
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Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 11, 2006 09:15 AM
Ouch. HughHewitt: Did you see Teddy Kennedy lie through his teeth? JohnPodhoretz: Of course it was...lied. Lied, like he knows. Teddy Kennedy doesn't have a functioning brain cell left, as far as I can tell. Who knows? Some robot programmed...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 11, 2006 12:46 AM
Just got this through my little circle of New Orleans area artists. Shame I can't make it. I'd go dressed like a crawdad er sumthin'. Maybe a nutria. Yeah. That's it. Nutria....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 10, 2006 04:48 PM
...Pies. And Hubig's Said, Let Them Eat Pie This city savors some pleasures not so much for what they are as for what they were. Thus the local esteem for the Hubig's Pie, a glazed turnover of fried dough and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 10, 2006 02:22 PM
...but they're so damn funny together on Drudge. UPDATE: Turkey battles... Greece on alert... All we need is one about Hungary and I'll lose it completely....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 10, 2006 01:50 PM
...has me dwelling on a particular one of the myriad strange co-incidences in my life. (Major Dad has learned not to question my witchy ways ~ he just shakes his head and says "How do you do it?") She notes...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 10, 2006 12:29 PM
Iran sharply criticized for removing nuke seals. Thank goodness they didn't club them like the Canadians do; imagine the damage to the environment from that....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 10, 2006 11:06 AM
That you've never used? New Jersey lawmakers voted Monday to suspend executions while a task force studies the fairness and costs of imposing the death penalty... ...There are 10 prisoners on New Jersey's death row. While capital punishment was reinstated...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 10, 2006 10:29 AM
...and it wouldn't cost near what their little forty person jaunt is costing WHO? (Need I say it? Yes, YES, I must!) You and me. Gov. Kathleen Blanco left for Holland on Monday to learn how the Dutch created the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 10, 2006 10:28 AM
...whatever color they come in. I don't give a rat's patootie what you think your God says. If the fella has valid liquor and business licenses (Hell, even if he DOESN'T ~ that's what cops are for. Call them or...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 10, 2006 09:26 AM
"She's upstairs, actually..." The mummified body of a woman who didn't want to be buried was found in a chair in front of her television set 2 1/2 years after her death, authorities said...Authorities did not identify the caregiver, a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 10, 2006 09:15 AM
...who you hire these days. People can get the wrong idea. The U.S. Fund for UNICEF said in a statement that Belafonte - a UNICEF goodwill ambassador since 1987 - made the comments "as a private citizen and was not...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 10, 2006 09:08 AM
Our politics may diverge, but he's a tough cookie. And, declared 'cancer free', he made me laugh on World News Tonight, in an interview with Elizabeth Vargas. Arlen Specter: The greatest day of my life was that last chemotherapy treatment....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 9, 2006 06:55 PM
It should. I was just talking bad about him. Now add Marcus Vick. He coulda been a contenda...if he wasn't such a P-U-N-K, punk. Marcus Vick arrested for alleged gun incident QB, booted by Virginia Tech last week, accused by...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 9, 2006 05:26 PM
"Be vairwee vairwee quiet. Da Dow is at ee-weben tousand."...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 9, 2006 04:38 PM
...but cultural differences as well. The doctor said the youngsters most likely contracted the virus while playing with the heads of dead chickens infected with the disease. The children had reportedly tossed the chicken heads like balls inside their house...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 9, 2006 02:22 PM
...is up. I'm hungry....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 9, 2006 09:26 AM
When it starts out something like this... The commission will propose that the city should discourage homeowners from rebuilding in the hardest hit areas until a plan can be hammered out, but will not forbid them from doing so. But...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 9, 2006 07:46 AM
Our friend Gunslinger passes along this gem of Solomonaic Wisdom from a Missouri Legislator: A state senator wants to force Missouri stores to sell warm beer. Under a bill by Sen. Bill Alter, grocery and convenience stores would risk losing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 7, 2006 10:22 AM
Over at Chester's, where there is a lively discussion on Iran. I can't say I agree with the folks who say that Bush' hands are tied by political weakness; heck, they are freed bby the fact that he can not...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 7, 2006 10:09 AM
Plus some other details here. Looks like it may become a reality. Now to convince the CAG that that is our ideal next vehicle.........
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 6, 2006 03:39 PM
...make weight gain easy, but then hard to dump it....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 6, 2006 12:20 PM
"Fountain" is estimated at $3.6 million. It's a urinal. That a guy with a hammer chipped. And I bet he gets more jail time than any of those happy little incendiary car buffs in the Paris suburbs....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 6, 2006 10:00 AM
The Florida Supreme Court knocked the wind out of Gov. Jeb Bush's education revamp Thursday, ruling that the private-school voucher program violates the state Constitution's promise of a "uniform system of free public schools." Watched nationwide, the 5-2 decision topples...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 6, 2006 09:54 AM
(Sounds like a song to me!) Pope Benedict is fixin' to hit the road. PALM HARBOR - Pope Benedict XVI has agreed to make a historic visit to the headquarters of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Istanbul, the Orthodox patriarch...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 6, 2006 09:28 AM
Is vomitorial in nature: Bill Gates aims to take over your living room and late Wednesday he unveiled a new music service and new software to do it. Using an appearance with Justin Timberlake, the Microsoft chairman debuted a new...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 5, 2006 03:02 PM
"...ZETA STILL HANGING AROUND AND REGAINS TROPICAL STATUS... "...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 5, 2006 02:36 PM
Even so, they hold the same megaphone as the adults and enjoy perceived credibility owing to membership in the larger world of blog grown-ups. These effete and often-clever "bloggies" are rich in time and toys, but bereft of adult supervision....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 5, 2006 02:34 PM
...like New Jersey. Weird how Mr. Summers notices these things ~ almost as if he had a sixth goat sense or something. UPDATE: RATS!! They changed the track. Bingley must have scared her off course. Now it's Brunswick instead of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 5, 2006 11:43 AM
But man oh man do you need to spend the time with Steyn: Most people reading this have strong stomachs, so let me lay it out as baldly as I can: Much of what we loosely call the Western world...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 5, 2006 11:01 AM
"I think they all stink, to be honest with you," -Gov. Jeb Bush, about political funds The new, much heralded 'Gift Ban' on lunch from lobbyists to Florida legislators has a slight problem. As Steve Bousquet of the St. Petersburg...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 5, 2006 10:19 AM
...until you realize she could give a rat's patootie about what the OLD regime did for/to women. And where's she been for the past 3 years while they've been getting this thing in motion, huh? Barbra Streisand is worried about...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 5, 2006 09:35 AM
...and just had to say something. When you don't know what to buy the person who has everything......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 5, 2006 09:25 AM
Because he wouldn't let her get a boob job: Prosecutors are seeking the extradition of a woman in Florida accused of poisoning her husband — a Marine sergeant — and then using his life insurance to pay for breast enhancement...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 5, 2006 08:09 AM
...grilled lamb, actually....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 4, 2006 06:43 PM
...and it's not my fault. Rats. It's a red thang......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 4, 2006 04:52 PM
Best friend in the whole world...? Have you been keeping something from me?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 4, 2006 04:41 PM
...and take a quiet moment to ponder our life's direction in the coming New Year. I have. Your New Year's Resolutions 1) Get a pet monkey 2) Eat more whipped cream 3) Travel to Alaska 4) Study forensics 5) Get...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 4, 2006 12:37 PM
How sad is my life now? I'm starting to read the National Hurricane Center forecasts just for their little asides: ZETA AS A WEAKENING CYCLONE SHOULD THEN MOVE BETWEEN THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH-NORTHWEST UNTIL DISSIPATION. AS YOU CAN SEE...I RAN...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 4, 2006 11:50 AM
...does the unthinkable. "It was pathetic," he said, laughing. Now, "I could probably knock out 20, but don't make me do it." Initially, Pottinger was discouraged, but his decision was sealed when he covered the Asian tsunami and saw firsthand...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 4, 2006 09:28 AM
Gary Berntsen, a CIA veteran who headed a paramilitary team called "Jawbreaker" during the Afghan war, said in a book published last week that one of his Arabic-speaking operatives found a radio on a dead al-Qaeda fighter during the Tora...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 4, 2006 09:14 AM
...didn't get the real news in time. "We have an 11 year old son, and I couldn't go home and tell him, 'Daddy wasn't coming home.'" How horrible. Tim is all over this. I knew they'd found the first poor...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 4, 2006 08:36 AM
...is damn near a hurricane. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. The discussion added this little nugget... THIS COULD BRIEFLY CREATE A MORE FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR STRENGTHENING TODAY. I sure hope they get at least that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 3, 2006 02:30 PM
...Off. U.S. Federal Reserve policy-makers in December aimed to signal that a 1-1/2 year rate rise campaign was likely near its end, minutes of the central bank's mid-month meeting released on Tuesday showed....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 3, 2006 02:23 PM
...(the state) no longer exists to "protect our rights but to do us good or make us good — anyway, to do something to us or to make us something. Hence the new name 'leaders' for those who were once...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 3, 2006 02:19 PM
...around the Weber....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 1, 2006 05:37 PM
Captain Ed has an eye-opener up today, all about a naturally gassy tiff twixt the Russians and the Ukrainians. Perhaps Russian diplomats truly are naive, or else they thought that the rest of Europe would be stupid enough to believe...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 1, 2006 04:54 PM
The ingredients are staged and ready......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 1, 2006 03:26 PM
...on so many levels. Clarett accused of robbing couple with gun Ex-Ohio State star wanted on two counts of suspected aggravated robbery...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 1, 2006 02:05 PM
...it seems they missed one. Have You Seen THIS Man? You and your ee-ville Toady will pay, Squid Terrorist. You will be sent straight to Flamingo Hell ~ minus the Virgins ~ when we strike at the soft under-beer-belly of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 1, 2006 12:58 PM
...left on a cold, winter's lawn. UPDATE: BASTARDS!!! This just arrived via email, with pictures of Officer Lotto's end that are too barbaric to describe. AS YOU SEE ANOTHER PELICAN HAD TO LOOSE HIS LIFE.I HOPE YOUR NEW YEAR WAS...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 1, 2006 10:00 AM
Happy New Year! This week, I'm honored to host the Carnival, and it has the unique distinction of being both the last of 2005 and the first 0f 2006. It also is the 33rd Carnival, that number of mystery...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on January 1, 2006 12:00 AM
...who write these National Hurricane Center discussions. They are a hoot. ALTHOUGH THE ATMOSPHERE SEEMS TO WANT TO DEVELOP TROPICAL STORMS AD NAUSEAM...THE CALENDAR WILL SHORTLY PUT AN END TO THE USE OF THE GREEK ALPHABET TO NAME THEM....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 30, 2005 06:47 PM
"Drop the Chalupa!" A pack of angry Chihuahuas attacked a police officer who was escorting a teenager home following a traffic stop, authorities said. The officer suffered minor injuries including bites to his ankle on Thursday when the five Chihuahuas...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 30, 2005 01:24 PM
Say hello to sexy Zeta: SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1100 AM EST FRI DEC 30 2005 SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE EASTERN ATLANTIC HAS DEVELOPED INTO A TROPICAL...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 30, 2005 12:49 PM
The University of Michigan suspended sales of Coca-Cola products on its three campuses over allegations that the company permits human rights and environmental abuses abroad. The suspension, which begins Jan. 1, will affect vending machines, residence halls, cafeterias and campus...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 30, 2005 09:43 AM
I hope this pilot gets a huge bonus: A drunken holidaymaker has been dumped on a desert island after launching a foul-mouthed tirade at the crew of a passenger jet. The unnamed passenger's difficulties began on Tuesday evening at 35,000...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 30, 2005 08:48 AM
...are a dumb a$$. And your parents...? I'm just glad no one got killed while trying to keep you safe, you knuckle-chucklehead. Kids today have too much money and nothing better to do....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 29, 2005 10:33 PM
Well, as promised, the much-anticipated turducken was prepared for the Christmas Day dinner! I've waited until now to post this, as I wanted to make sure that everyone got out of the hospital. Well, I'm dressed and ready! Let's go......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 29, 2005 06:45 PM
One thing that always sort of puzzled me is christians who don't drink for 'religious reasons'. I mean, Jesus brought the wine to the wedding, right? He drank wine all the time. Sure, we are commanded in Matthew (I think?)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 29, 2005 11:23 AM
It was so WRONG and hideously tragic that my teeth gnash every time I think of the Germans letting that murderer go. But (Holy crap, Batman!) THIS is too deliciously hilarious for words. THE German Government angrily rebuked a former...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 28, 2005 02:45 PM
Man. I'm pi$$ed. Also baffled and bemused. I had to retire a well loved, well worn pair of Tommy Hilfiger jeans last weekend. They were the worn out, pale blue type, already ratty as I paid for them. So when...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 28, 2005 11:08 AM
...but, when you live ON the water, should this be that big a surprise? It is easy to understand what attracted Richard Pinegar and his family to Dauphin Island, Alabama. From the terrace of their elevated seafront home, they look...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 28, 2005 10:14 AM
...the $57+ billion they say they're out, then I'll cry a river of crocodile tears for them. So far, in our Gulf neck of the woods, that premium you pay every month is more about the privilege of getting another...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 27, 2005 12:28 PM
I failed. The woman's an idiot. Hopefully some of you will fare better....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 23, 2005 01:36 PM
And, apparently, so do a lot of other people. NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment ended stronger in December and better than analysts' expectations, bolstered by falling energy prices, a report showed on Friday. The University of Michigan's final...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 23, 2005 10:07 AM
This is an outrage! JACKSON, Missouri (AP) -- Nathan Warmack wanted to honor his heritage by wearing a Scottish kilt to his high school dance. Then a principal told him to change into a pair of pants. Where are his...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 23, 2005 08:20 AM
...like bad pennies. Geesh. ROME - A U.S. soldier is being investigated for his alleged role in the March killing in Baghdad of an Italian secret service agent, who had just secured the release of a journalist held hostage, a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 23, 2005 04:40 AM
...get ya doon. They may take yairrrr kilt, but they ken nivverrrr take yairrrr Frrrrreedom!! Student asked to change out of kilt seeks dress code change Ah carrrrse, we'd be inna fairrrr mind grrrratefool if summum'd strrrrip the same cloth...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 22, 2005 12:12 PM
...while daunting to the suspect, is still preferable to doing it this way. A suspected mugger being chased by security guards met a grisly end when he fled into a South African zoo and climbed into the tiger enclosure....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 22, 2005 11:00 AM
I sort of have a problem with this story opening. The folks in it survived a God awful, harrowing Katrina night and have lost everything. My heart goes out to them; truly it does. But the set-up paragraph is just...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 21, 2005 05:00 PM
...she was watching. I could have avoided the Mother Sheehan lovefest I was subjected to night after night. But the peace movement in the U.S. remains small. Why? One thing that has prevented the peace movement in America is the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 21, 2005 04:48 PM
You know, everytime that I start to think that maybe certain religious folks have too big a say in some aspects of the government some story like this comes along: Work on the world's first human-made species is well under...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 21, 2005 04:04 PM
Of course, they might have been triplets......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 21, 2005 01:12 PM
By virtue of long standing tradition, Casa de Major Dad always has Prime Rib for Christmas dinner, one of three Alien movies on the tube and a glass of the Macallan never far from hand (stinky cigars, too, if Bingley's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 21, 2005 11:58 AM
...the Pilgrims... ...posed for this picture. After a 65-day journey, the Pilgrims sighted Cape Cod on November 19. Unable to reach the land they had contracted for, they anchored (November 21) at the site of Provincetown. Because they had no...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 21, 2005 09:08 AM
Germany paroles terrorist after 19-year term Hamadi was jailed for hijacking TWA jet, killing a U.S. Navy diver If he'd killed a couple gutterally languaged tourists named Hans and Frieda, it would have been a different story. And he's left...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 20, 2005 09:52 PM
Mentally unstable reporters who are tempted to compulsively make up phony stories now have a place to turn: disgraced former New York Times staffer Jayson Blair has set up a foundation to help people who suffer from bipolar disorder, also...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 20, 2005 03:44 PM
NY exchanges ferry traders by sea and land Of course, we all knew he was an old salty water stud, Aqua Man/Speedo type boat person to begin with, so no big deal there. I'm still a little confused about the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 20, 2005 03:24 PM
...but is there a better columnist in the world today than Mark Steyn? Read all of today's in the Telegraph: So suppose we do as Mr Reimers suggests and "take a good hard look" at "racism by exclusion". As Monday's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 20, 2005 02:50 PM
...to help one sleep soundly. You know ~ like, where the fresh faced, true blue, all American kids get the bad guy? Florida Cracker found a doozy....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 19, 2005 10:56 PM
Christmas is coming!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 17, 2005 07:41 AM
Alright, so Ahnold's name is no longer on a stadium. I'm sure he's broken up about it. What to do with the ashes of Tookie? Well, according to Barbara Becnel, who co-authored his anti-gang books, said: 'Tookie wanted to return...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 16, 2005 12:33 PM
...overheard last night on Keith Olberman. He was interviewing the editor of Rolling Stone about their "Troublemakers of the Year" list, which, coincidentally, included Olberman. While discussing how they selected the listees, Mr. Editor noted that President Bush had enough...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 16, 2005 08:48 AM
Drudge has a link to some guy's column asserting this. I'm not convinced. My first thought is that he's a friggin' gorilla, and not the kind that Ken likes, either. But what piqued my interest was this line seemingly offered...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 15, 2005 11:45 AM
George Bush' biggest fan is Don King: DON KING; I love George Walker Bush because I think he's a revolutionary. He's a president that comes in with conclusiveness. What they're doing in tomorrow in Iraq is a demonstration of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 15, 2005 11:01 AM
I really haven't anything to say on this that isn't said far better by Tim. I think it's awful....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 14, 2005 02:07 PM
For the past few years we've been hearing constantly from folks, mostly on the left, about how our essential freedoms were being eroded by the practices and policies of Bush and Blair. Oh, they'd go on about how there was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 14, 2005 01:53 PM
I was just out walking on Water Street, getting some grub, and I saw Santa darn near get run over while he was jaywalking. That's why he needs the reindeer to lead him around; dang fool is blind as a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 14, 2005 01:08 PM
Words escape me. Chicken Salad Mold 1 (10 3/4-ounce) can chicken and rice soup 1 (3-ounce) package lemon Jell-O 1 (5-ounce) can chicken 1 (8-ounce) carton sour cream 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1 cup chopped celery 1/2 cup chopped pecans Heat...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 14, 2005 08:52 AM
...on the Red Cross. What a surprise. "Their ability to raise money outpaces their ability to spend it wisely." God bless (and I take nothing from) their volunteers, but I can't stand these arrogant a$$holes. Ever since they shook Marines...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 13, 2005 06:37 PM
...considering our discussion. This was front page news in the local fish wrap this morning. Man released after judge rules rights were violated Prosecutors to appeal testimony's suppression in slaying Sounds like the typical judicial outrage, right? It was until...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 13, 2005 10:47 AM
This is not something the Dems wanted to hear...or have broadcast. Surprising levels of optimism prevail in Iraq with living conditions improved, security more a national worry than a local one, and expectations for the future high. But views of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 12, 2005 11:23 AM
Also: "We are in a race against time," the 63-year-old Egyptian chief U.N. nuclear inspector Mohamed ElBaradei said about efforts to keep nuclear weapons away from terrorists. "Imagine that the only nuclear weapons remaining are the relics in our museums....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 10, 2005 05:25 PM
I bought an Airport Express. What's neat is, while it will serve as a wirelessnetwork point (and that's mainly what it's designed for), it will also allow you to stream music via iTunes from your computer to your stereo...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 10, 2005 04:50 PM
Narnia is awesome. It was far better than I thought it would be. And don't go in expecting LOTR, as they are equally well done, but different, aimed it different age groups. But I loved the movie, and the CAG...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 9, 2005 05:15 PM
...would be Tom Jones singing "The Tennesee Waltz". Thank God they didn't use Michael Bolton....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 9, 2005 02:07 PM
Here's a troubling article on this expensive program: In September 2005, the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor failed its second Operational Evaluation (OPEVAL); it failed its first one in 2000. However, a friend of the V-22 program wrote the OPEVAL report to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 9, 2005 01:33 PM
Consumer sentiment improves U.S. consumer sentiment improved in early December more than economists had expected, helped by falling gasoline prices and continuing job growth, a report showed on Friday. The University of Michigan's preliminary December index of consumer sentiment rose...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 9, 2005 11:08 AM
Via Tim, this interview is a thing of beauty: JIM LEHRER: Also, you told reporters this morning that, assuming the Dec. 15 elections in Iraq go well, that the U.S. can start drawing down forces. Tell me what you mean...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 9, 2005 09:15 AM
Poor little puddin'. A jetliner trying to land in heavy snow slid off a runway, crashed through a fence and slid into a busy street, hitting one vehicle and pinning another beneath it. A 6-year-old boy in one of the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 8, 2005 11:48 PM
...WHOA. The logic in this is just so whacked, even a blonde can't make any sense of it. The Liberals say the thinking behind this crime strategy is that if no one is allowed to have a handgun in Canada,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 8, 2005 03:55 PM
...no matter how many times I hear this. Come ye cool cool conservative men The likes of which may never be seen again We have land, cash in hand Self-command, future planned Fortune flies, society survives In neatly ordered lives...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 8, 2005 01:05 PM
He didn't need to be on an airplane at ALL. His wife bears some responsibility for this, even as God awful difficult it is living with a bi-polar. She could have discretely warned the crew, if what this other passenger...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 8, 2005 12:44 PM
In comments below, Ken talks of how he basically listens to nothing released after 1975. That led me to think about what year I would say was the best ever for music, at least in my lifetime. I've thought on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 8, 2005 12:12 PM
Words fail me....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 8, 2005 11:58 AM
We were stunned when we watched this last night. Major Dad said "Wow. Not one bad thing or cheap slap." It really was a miracle in broadcasting ~ from Bob Woodruff, to the reporters, to the folks they interviewed, to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 8, 2005 11:35 AM
Officials say a 50-year-old Egyptian man was stopped six days ago at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport. Sources say he had a suspicious pair of shoes that tested positive five times for the explosive substance TATP on the interior...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 8, 2005 08:52 AM
Shots fired on an American Airlines jet on the runway in Miami. CNN is saying it's an Air Marshal. Breitbart has it as a flight out of Columbia and one person wounded. UPDATE: Fox News is reporting some knucklehead said...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 7, 2005 02:39 PM
...that pretty much ruins it for me. "Traditionally mistletoe was considered to be the semen of the gods and of the forest, because the berries contain a liquid that looks like and has the texture of semen," he said. "This...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 7, 2005 09:29 AM
A CITGO mini-mart employee who says "Stick it in your ear." Yup. That's how I feel. Went to bed last night, gas is $1.95 gal. Go to the Post Office two hours ago, it's jumped to $2.02. No worries. I'll...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 6, 2005 04:23 PM
There is so much wrong in this article: Health authorities in Canada's westernmost province want to make the country's first test facility for heroin injection permanent and are considering opening additional clinics to meet the huge demand. The Vancouver facility...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 6, 2005 12:49 PM
But, if you didn't get it, I have figured out how to load it to my website without blowing IT up, WHILST utilizing Ebola's 'puter and not blowing IT up. All is right with the world. This is very cheerful...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 6, 2005 12:14 PM
is awfully cranky when someone else goes swimming around his ship: Explorer Robert Ballard found the bulk of the wreck in 1985, at a depth of 13,000 feet and about 380 miles southeast of Newfoundland. Ballard was not impressed with...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 6, 2005 09:09 AM
Twelve months in a year and not ONE picture of my favorite Bush. Pffft....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 5, 2005 11:19 AM
...for the desk jockeys who came up with the new " ">Rules of Engagement". It's all about how the Marines fared the last time someone had them fight a kinder, gentler, "what's the world gonna think?" war. And the Marine...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 5, 2005 09:14 AM
Harsh language? Let's just make it even tougher on the kids in Iraq, why don't we? While American civilians and politicians debate when and whether to withdraw troops from Iraq, the buzz among some military lawyers has been a recent...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 4, 2005 03:35 PM
John Saunders gave a moving, emotional tribute to the Army-Navy game, and why he watches every year, on the Sports Reporters. Wow. Then: For Environmental Balance, Pick Up a Rifle UPDATE: On the Wikipedia story, a 'whoops'....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 4, 2005 10:52 AM
UPDATE: DaveE asked me about it and I just filled out seven of them, soooo...to save you all time, THIS is the customs form you'll need for packages. And use those Flat Rate Priority Mail Boxes. They just saved me...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 2, 2005 03:28 PM
...as far as America's concerned. Of course, as Bingley pointed out, Europe would prefer to write a stern letter. Five months after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election as president of Iran, some leading figures in Tehran's "mullahcracy" who backed him as a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 2, 2005 02:34 PM
Oh no. Ten U.S. Marines killed in action Thursday by homemade bomb near Falluja, according to military news release. UPDATE: More details just released. Bastards. Newsweek on patrol with the Marines....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 2, 2005 11:20 AM
Sounds more like something on a Star Trek episode....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 2, 2005 10:25 AM
"The entering quality of our student body needs to be much higher if we are going to transform bright minds into great achievers instead of transforming mush into mush, and I mean it." -University of Richmond President William E. Cooper...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 2, 2005 08:21 AM
...but how bright is in question. Continuing the "Monsters" theme from earlier... Stars rally around Stanley Tookie Williams I was reminded of a favorite scene on convenient repentence vs retribution by Sharon's post. Montoya: "Give me everything I ask for!"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 1, 2005 03:13 PM
The Case of the Secret Memo The White House denies plans to bomb Al-Jazeera. But a warning sent out to British newspaper editors has given the controversy a fresh twist. Nov. 30, 2005 - A British government crackdown on government...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 1, 2005 01:32 PM
I want this job. I heard there were gonna be openings. When engineers and Orleans Levee Board officials gather twice a year to tour the city's floodwalls, records show that the inspection requires less planning than the day's final event:...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 1, 2005 01:02 PM
Believe it or not, getting yelled at and berated by Mr. T actually becomes boring pretty quickly. Everything he tells you to do -- everything -- starts with "Hey, Fool!" That's true even when he's telling you to do something...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 1, 2005 12:45 PM
Remember the Law and Order episode? Real life is creepier...and far more evil. And now she's on the streets again....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 1, 2005 09:35 AM
The other day, when Rep. John Murtha of Johnstown, Pa., called for a withdrawal from Iraq, and obviously did so with half the Pentagon behind him... Huh? I didn't see that part. What's he talking about ~ "half the P-gon...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on December 1, 2005 09:30 AM
(You're dyin' to know, aren't ya? First one to guess gets a Janeane Garafolo doll.) An eagle eyed Army Captain points out the busy little Photo Shoppers to Michelle Malkin. A uniform is a uniform is a uniform, right? Mark...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 30, 2005 03:54 PM
Won't Washington come to a screeching halt? BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. was dealt another legal setback in a key patent infringement case on Wednesday, raising pressure to settle or face a possible shutdown of its U.S. mobile e-mail...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 30, 2005 03:32 PM
Well, those of us who use natural gas. Sigh. That's what God made sweats for. The Atlanta district reported that production in the Gulf of Mexico had improved since September. However nearly 40 percent of natural gas and half of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 30, 2005 02:39 PM
...have gone and done it again, the impish devils. When last you saw your intrepid reporter, she was covering a protest at a local school against FISH STICKS. Now PETA's going after MURDEROUS DADDIES EVERYWHERE Michael Jackson and PETA all...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 30, 2005 02:22 PM
Ken had just finished reading the book "MAN OF THE HOUSE". He stormed into the kitchen and walked directly up to his wife. Pointing a finger in her face he said "From now on I want you to know I...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 30, 2005 12:33 PM
#999 isn't quite the poster boy for the anti-death penalty folks that they wanted: Hicks offered a tearful apology for the 1985 murders in an interview earlier this month with Ohio Parole Board members, and said he loved both victims...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 29, 2005 02:47 PM
This isn't his usual method......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 29, 2005 02:39 PM
Meanwhile out in Planet Europe, in the Goofball Nebula, French Prime Minister, Dominique de Villepin (who is a man) spoke to CNN: Amanpour: You know, many people, after hurricane Katrina struck the United States said, that it exposed the poverty...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 29, 2005 01:12 PM
...and your loins. George Will points out infringements and inequities. But liberals' abhorrence of political money is selective. Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper, recently reported that when Democratic senators met in a Capitol room near the Senate floor to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 29, 2005 12:32 PM
Lieberman, that is, bless his heart! For those of you I didn't send it to already, here's the link. The only downside? His words are in the Opinion Journal, where he's preaching to the choir. They need to be in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 29, 2005 11:57 AM
This November 21st article (complete text below) about an Italian "documentary" film, headlined: THE REACH OF WAR: WEAPONS; Defense of Phosphorus Use Turns Into Damage Control ...Daryl G. Kimball, director of the Arms Control Association, a nonprofit organization that researches...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 29, 2005 11:15 AM
Cameron Diaz has been accused of being insensitive to the disabled. The “In Her Shoes” star, while discussing her awkward adolescence, confessed that she was so thin and unattractive other kids nicknamed her “Skeletor.” “I was wild, like an animal...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 29, 2005 09:41 AM
Thank God MSM keeps this stuff under wraps, couching it in shades of doom and gloom, or people might feel better about the guy. (And we can't have that.) The U.S. economy has been surprisingly resilient this year and is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 29, 2005 09:15 AM
Iraq Bus Attack Kills Two British Muslims Gunmen ambushed a bus Monday carrying British Muslims to Shiite shrines, killing two Britons and wounding three. These vermin need eradication. I say we lift off and nuke the site from orbit. It's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 29, 2005 08:40 AM
...if only for the entertainment value. A round-up of tidbits and pointers. 1) Don't be an immigrant, homeless or poor and old in France. You'll wind up like an Eskimo grandmother who's lost her teeth and can't chew sealskin anymore....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 28, 2005 02:13 PM
In the past, some environmentalists have criticized BP's renewables activities as a sop aimed at greening the firm's oily image. ...isn't just schmaltz, huh? Putting your money where your commercials are lends a certain credence, I think. The London-based oil...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 28, 2005 01:18 PM
...and nobody came? BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) - The European Union hopes to finalize an anti-terrorism code of conduct with its mostly Muslim southern neighbours, at the end of a summit clouded by the absence of most Arab leaders. However there...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 28, 2005 09:19 AM
I went through about fifty odd snippets in this slide show before I couldn't take any more. While suffering for this report, I did notice a dearth of fresh faces, like, you know...fellow peace-niks, Mother Sheehan alcolyte-types. 18 folks holdin'...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 27, 2005 11:27 PM
We'd never hear about these guys otherwise. As he approached the town, Ieva was looking into the backyards of the first row of duplexes. The two platoons on the left were coming in from the side. Those men had to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 27, 2005 07:38 PM
The Real Story of the First Thanksgiving By Benjamin Franklin (1785) “There is a tradition that in the planting of New England, the first settlers met with many difficulties and hardships, as is generally the case when a civiliz’d people...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 23, 2005 10:54 PM
So I wanted to say... Happy Thanksgiving, Dear Friends !! ...before chaos ensues! I am very, very thankful to have met all of you, and have enjoyed your friendship and wit here at the Swilling immensely. It's been quite a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 23, 2005 01:45 PM
From Susanna, a sage HAPPY suggestion for the care-bear boxes! If you get the pre-fab US PRIORITY Mail box (it's a nice large box), you can cram as much stuff inside as it will hold and the shipping is a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 23, 2005 10:30 AM
In an industry where 'product is king,' General Motors Corp. is in dire need of attractive new vehicles to rule the road, analysts say, mostly dismissing a move by the ailing auto giant to cut jobs and close plants to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 23, 2005 08:41 AM
from a Marine on the ground. Glad to see they are passing out the M-14s again. About time they woke up and ditched the 5.56mm, sad they are pulling out battle rifles older than the guys carrying them. • The...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 22, 2005 05:21 PM
Excuse me. I meant emissions. Emissions of greenhouse gases from the US fell for the first time in more than a decade between 2000 and 2003 following a shift in heavy manufacturing away from US shores to cheaper locations such...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 22, 2005 03:55 PM
...with that "personal accountability" and "challenging school curriculums/do the WORK" thingees we're always talking about? America's ability to compete in the global economy is being undermined by a "serious shortage", of skilled workers in manufacturing industries, according to a survey...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 22, 2005 02:15 PM
You really can't make this stuff up. It's as if CNN is trying to become SNL. More from Drudge. Update: Evan Coyne Maloney says A number of conservative bloggers are criticizing CNN under the assumption that the glitch (or...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 22, 2005 09:04 AM
Returning residents, some who might well have never lived outside New Orleans in their entire lives, are coming home feeling like freshly awakened Rip Van Winkles. Once over their initial astonishment at the world beyond the levees, they are bringing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 22, 2005 08:56 AM
...reminded me of something U2's Bono said on "60 Minutes" last night."I'm not fit to kiss their hem, but you wonder how great the Beatles would have been if they hadn't crawled up their own arses." I blame drugs, the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 21, 2005 02:33 PM
"There was inappropriate conduct between him and the mannequin." Ya don't say?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 21, 2005 02:25 PM
Everyone wants one, but splittin' the bill is like alligator wrasslin'. The city's budget problems have also revived arguments that corporate sponsors should be accepted for Mardi Gras as a way of underwriting expenses. Mardi Gras traditionalists are adamantly opposed...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 21, 2005 01:51 PM
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -- A French woman who is terrified of flying admitted in an Australian court Monday that she drunkenly tried to open an airplane door mid-flight to smoke a cigarette... ...She walked toward one of the aircraft's emergency...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 21, 2005 12:57 PM
...in a different time and a different place. Alfred Anderson, the last known survivor of the 1914 "Christmas Truce" that saw British and German soldiers exchanging gifts and handshakes in no-man's land, died early Monday, his parish priest said. He...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 21, 2005 12:34 PM
...in Peach Tree City, via the Delta ripples. Until recently, life in Peachtree City, near Atlanta, could hardly have been more idyllic. Quiet, leafy and plush, the town is famous for having 9,000 registered golf carts that many residents use...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 21, 2005 10:16 AM
I'm so sick of the bunch of them. Michael Barone lays it out. To the charges that Bush "cherry-picked" intelligence, the commission co-chaired by former Democratic Sen. Charles Robb found that the intelligence available to Bush but not to Congress...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 21, 2005 09:28 AM
Bill Fleckenstein on why oil's not the outrage. First off, a rant on the lunacy surrounding the fact that oil companies are making money. The weather vanes in the Senate have held hearings about oil-company price manipulation. There has also...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 21, 2005 09:09 AM
IT was perhaps a little embarrassing to learn that the British producers of the latest "Pride and Prejudice" released a different ending for American audiences: a swoony moonlit scene of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy in dishabille, kissing and cooing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 20, 2005 04:44 PM
Somehow, it just does have the ring of when Shakespeare wrote it, which I guess is not surprising, as it comes from the goobers at a company called Dot Mobile: Dot mobile, a British mobile phone service aimed at students,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 20, 2005 08:01 AM
Though the American media is slow to report it, U.S. forces are relentlessly destroying Zarqawi’s senior leadership. A fascinating, encouraging read....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 19, 2005 11:20 AM
...she wasn't real...it wasn't real. Just a cyberspace blow-up doll. Match.com, a unit of IAC/Interactive Corp. (IACI.O: Quote, Profile, Research), is accused in a federal lawsuit of goading members into renewing their subscriptions through bogus romantic e-mails sent out by...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 18, 2005 02:00 PM
In France, as elsewhere, these places were built as oases of green, Le Corbusier's famous streets in the sky, the diametric opposite of the tight lanes and lightless slums from whence the working class emerged blinking into the light of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 18, 2005 01:01 PM
Bingley's on the road, Crusader has a real job and I've got a Gallery Night downtown tonight. That means I'm running around like a chicken with my head cut-off ~ trying to remember where I put that painting, this print...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 18, 2005 11:48 AM
Not the pictures (I couldn't watch; let's just say 'contains stills from Al-Qaida videos'. Bastards.). Certainly not the message (General Patton channels R. Lee Ermy)....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 17, 2005 04:36 PM
On MSNBC.com right now, a story about lobbyist Jack Abramoff's efforts on behalf of some LA and MS tribes who also run casinos. They wanted a closed party and greased some serious palms trying to keep it that way. Jeez,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 17, 2005 02:31 PM
"Someone has to guard the wall to keep the demons out; that's what the Marines do. Marines own the wall." Major General Ronald G. Richard United States Marine Corps (Ret.) Distinguished Marines Stamp Unveiling Ceremony Oklahoma City National Memorial November...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 17, 2005 11:44 AM
France back to normal after rioting Oh, great....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 17, 2005 09:46 AM
A Miami jury has ordered Ford Motor Company to pay more than $61 million (yes, you read that right) to the family of a 17 year old boy killed in a roll-over accident. Ford was liable in the accident because...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 17, 2005 09:31 AM
"We as a state have created unrealistic expectations among the populace," Salade said. "I'm getting fed up with the people who are fed up." -Wayne Salade, Charlotte County's emergency management director On individual responsibility for hurricane preparedness....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 17, 2005 09:11 AM
...for a warm.bed They're opening what shelters they have in AL and MS. We're going to be in the low 30's tonight and tomorrow night and they're forecasting 28º for Friday's low. There are thousands of Katrina and Rita's victims...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 16, 2005 03:41 PM
Prepare to le spit your café avec la keyboard et monitor. A WARM Swill Salute to Moonbattery and Monsieur Van Helsing....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 16, 2005 10:55 AM
...made front page Drudge again. I am weak and had to click through. (C'mon, I mean it's been weeks without her!) To my utter satisfaction, I found refreshing proof of media bias in the AP story and can therefore claim...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 16, 2005 10:46 AM
...but you jack with my middle-schooler and I might just resort to violence, you f*ckin' loons. Animal rights group to protest fish-eaters at Brown-Barge Middle ...Immediately after school, at least two representatives of PETA's national office in Virginia will stand...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 16, 2005 09:49 AM
From Newsweek, an eye-opener: What was approved* In December 2002, Rumsfeld tentatively approved 16 interrogation techniques for use with "uncooperative" detainees. In April 2003, he rejected much of the December list but noted that if officials wanted to use unapproved...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 16, 2005 09:38 AM
"My explanation overall is that when you go somewhere and hire a licensed person to take you on a hunt, you assume that they know the laws and that the State of Wisconsin is regulating them," Sheriff Ron "Elmer...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 16, 2005 09:08 AM
Good stuff!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 15, 2005 12:10 PM
Doesn't mean it should be: Jones Soda, the Seattle company that scored a hit during the last two holiday seasons with its turkey-and-gravy-flavored sodas, said it is offering the orange-hued fish-flavored drink this year in a nod to the Pacific...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 15, 2005 10:41 AM
...they've cancelled "The Night Stalker". That makes Thursday night officially a dank, black oubliette....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 15, 2005 10:37 AM
...but I just couldn't resist this one. You're a guy (or were one, originally), you're in the LADIES ROOM and your staff still gets to rough up someone? Michael Jackson beat it after a startled woman starting taking his picture...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 15, 2005 10:28 AM
...BLAMMO !!! They channel James Watt. On Yahoo is chipper news about the woods... Forest covering an area about the size of Greece disappears each year around the world, but replanting efforts are beginning to reverse the trend, according to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 14, 2005 01:17 PM
...or get your opportunistic MUG on TV. Rev. Jackson calls T.O. punishment 'much too severe' Puh-leez....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 14, 2005 10:39 AM
Our dishwasher has died. Well, to be more precise, we've decided that something of its vintage is not worth sinking $300 into to repair. My heartfelt suggestion to my bride that it wouold be very theraputic for her, in order...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 12, 2005 10:40 AM
The ocean takes on a completely different color and character, and you get these "English Seascape" clouds shining in the crisp light... And the colors on the leaves have turned into all the hues of yellow and orange that one...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 12, 2005 09:59 AM
UPDATE FROM Lt. SARAH: For many Marines in this unit, including several of my Marines, this is their third deployment in 3 years and at least the second Christmas in a row they’ve missed. I can definitely give you some...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 12, 2005 12:24 AM
"because insurgents don’t know about happy hour," The Off Duty Beer Helmet, made from stuff they're already wearing anyway. “It’s bad enough that our soldiers in Iraq have to drink non-alcoholic beer,” notes Ron, DrinkingStuff’s chief product designer, “add to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 11, 2005 08:23 PM
UPDATE: Okay, I have bloodied my puddies typing them to the bone to get emails out with your Marine's name and address on them. I did ask for a reply, so I have an idea of who actually got what...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 11, 2005 04:13 PM
Ebola is on his very own, first, self-bought-and-paid-for jaunt. He had a lovely flight into Et-lanta from Bangla-cola, but the leg from Et-lanta to Salt Lake City was educational. His in-flight meal? A granola bar. Man, is he cranky....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 11, 2005 01:27 PM
"We will never back down. We will never give in. We will never accept anything less than complete victory," ...he means it and that the American people stay the course. More from Don Surber....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 11, 2005 12:48 PM
Things should really get rockin' pretty soon. Why? Oh, man! Did I neglect to mention this weekend is......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 11, 2005 12:20 PM
...goes back, tonight on Mail Call at 8 p.m. EST, 7 p.m. CST....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 11, 2005 11:40 AM
$60 MILLION to get any job is obscene. O.B.S.C.E.N.E. You need to talk to this kid: 18-year-old holds 2-vote lead in mayoral race Sessions used $700 from a summer job to fund his race...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 11, 2005 08:51 AM
Go read Ken, too....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 11, 2005 08:10 AM
...when they see one. "Any poll I do, the rest of Louisiana thinks, 'New Orleans is a deep, dark hole, and no matter how much money we send, it doesn't seem to get better.' " *For Rob {8^P...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 10, 2005 09:52 AM
WE NEED YOUR HELP We have some brave Devil Dogs (twelve to be exact ~ more on that later) keeping UAV's in the air on the Syrian border right now, with one of Major Dad's favoritest First Lieutenants in charge....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 10, 2005 09:29 AM
On November 10, 1775, the Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia passed a resolution stating that "two Battalions of Marines be raised" for service as landing forces with the fleet. This resolution established the Continental Marines and marked the birth date...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 10, 2005 07:57 AM
Big bombs go off in a hotel in Amman Jordan. The Grand Hyatt, the Radisson and the Day's Inn in near simultaneous attacks. According to the expert on Fox right now, those hotels (esp. the Hyatt) are used for high...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 9, 2005 02:34 PM
...a perilous poultry pattern. Exhibit A: The injured chicken is at animal services on campus. Exhibit B: A woman has been arrested for padding her bra -- with a stolen rare parrot. Exhibit C: "I could have died over some...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 9, 2005 12:42 PM
"I turned to my friend during the movie and said, 'I have always wanted to see my book on the big screen and there it is; I just didn't get credit for it,' " said Mr. Turnipseed, who served as...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 9, 2005 11:15 AM
sang·froid / 'sän-'f(r)wä/ noun : self-possession or imperturbability especially under strain Example Sentence: Le Monde, the newspaper of France's political elite, accused the prime minister of sending a message of "staggering brutality" to the youth of the suburbs, who are...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 9, 2005 09:30 AM
I'm so sorry Sis....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 8, 2005 11:16 AM
After 12 days of riots the French Cabinet considers curfews! "We are composing letters to these youths, telling them how angry we are." "We will now be able to act in a preventative manner to avoid these incidents," Interior Minister...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 8, 2005 09:06 AM
Whatever dope he's smoking, I hope to hell no one else gets ahold of any. Dominique de Villepin, the beleaguered prime minister, announced that officials in riot-hit areas would be authorised to impose late-night curfews "wherever it is necessary" in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 7, 2005 09:50 PM
Ten days of your country under attack and you don't pipe up until the afternoon of the eleventh? Hell of a way to run a country, Monsewer President. Ce qui m'agace c'est que; for someone who's so quick to point...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 7, 2005 09:11 AM
I'm not sure "2:10 am in a bathroom stall" is what you envisioned: TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Two Carolina Panthers cheerleaders were arrested after a bar dispute that broke out early Sunday after patrons complained the women were having sex...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 7, 2005 08:44 AM
Rebels Dressed as Women Attack Iraqi Police Station BAGHDAD, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 5 - Insurgent attacks across central Iraq, including one in which the guerrillas disguised themselves as women, left at least 16 dead on Friday as Shiite Arabs across...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 5, 2005 08:28 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Contending that the Supreme Court has undermined a pillar of American society -- the sanctity of the home -- the House overwhelmingly approved a bill Thursday to block the court-approved seizure of private property for use by...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 4, 2005 09:04 PM
...might be Paris' theme song at the moment, but there are pretty awful things afoot all over Europe that aren't getting any press time. And, coincidence of coincidence, they all have one thing in common. You got it. The religion...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 4, 2005 07:11 PM
Our intrepid team of reporters here at TPI has gotten exclusive footage of one of Ken's liasons returning from last week's Mystery Trip....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 4, 2005 02:42 PM
Home Depot was sued by a shopper who claims he got stuck to a restroom toilet seat because a prankster had smeared it with glue. Bob Dougherty, 57, accused employees of ignoring his cries for help for about 15 minutes...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 4, 2005 11:33 AM
but the R's need a Condi/JC Watts ticket for '08. This makes me even more convinced that it would cause apoplectic fits in the left. A small snippet: Republicans in Congress are spending like profligates with no tomorrow. The freshman...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 4, 2005 08:14 AM
FBI: Muslims detained at stadium weren't profiled EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (AP) -- Five Muslim football fans were detained and questioned during a game at Giants Stadium because they were congregating near an air duct on a night former President...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 3, 2005 12:22 PM
The Insta-Wife reviews Lileks' newest book, and I agree with her: ...However, this is not to say that the baby boomer's children are without their own problems. Yes, we have learned from yesterday's mistakes in areas like proper sun exposure...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 3, 2005 09:05 AM
We had to let him know. Had to make sure his family knew what his life and their God awful sacrifice meant. Little knots of us ~ five, ten, fifteen strong ~ lined the miles from the funeral home to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 2, 2005 04:00 PM
So it seems as far as the Democrats in Maryland are concerned: Black Democratic leaders in Maryland say that racially tinged attacks against Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele in his bid for the U.S. Senate are fair because he is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 2, 2005 10:05 AM
Please help him find a post. Don't do it for his sake, do it for the kittens:...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 2, 2005 09:13 AM
...since he wouldn't step aside. Judge Removed From DeLay's Criminal Case ...The ruling came after a hearing in which attorneys for the former House Republican leader argued that state District Judge Bob Perkins' political donations called his impartiality into question....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 1, 2005 03:50 PM
They are sick — and tired too — of playing second fiddle to New Orleans. Just like New Orleans, Port Arthur's schools are still closed, but East Texans here say they've been cheated of both help and sympathy. “People are,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 1, 2005 09:58 AM
Why does this particular headline aggrevate my acid reflux? US steps up planning for a Cuba without Castro Because this particular bunch of knot-head neo-cons couldn't plan a Bar Mitzvah, that's why. And when someone has a plan that tries...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on November 1, 2005 09:36 AM
...with the sound of SCREAMING!!!!!! BBhhuuuuuuWWAAHHHhahahahahahahahah (Ghoulish House of Horrors, courtesy of the Squid Terrorist) And to the utter and complete amazement of Major Dad and myself, 9 out of 10 kids cheerfully say "Thank You!". Wow. I mean W....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 31, 2005 08:10 PM
...when I was there. A Roman Catholic high school has ordered its students to remove their online diaries from the Internet, citing a threat from cyberpredators. Students at Pope John XXIII Regional High School in Sparta appear to be heeding...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 31, 2005 05:16 PM
Chuckie the Clown spirit channeled today. Schumer...Will Alito use his seat like Rosa Parks did to change history for the better?... Swill Salute to Michelle Malkin....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 31, 2005 03:08 PM
(Alito)...replace moderate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in a bid to reshape the Supreme Court and mollify his political base. Oh, yeah. I want Rush Limbaugh the pill-head or Pat Robertson the love-fest director dictating who gets a Supreme Court berth....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 31, 2005 08:28 AM
Bingley has his cheap booze Evil Clown and we have one of the most haunted lighthouses in America. It was open for Halloween tours today. I didn't go in. I know better....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 30, 2005 05:13 PM
Jonathon came home yesterday. Officially, he is the 2,000th U.S. military death in Iraq and the first killed from Escambia or Santa Rosa counties, according to a Department of Defense casualty listing. They'll bury him Wednesday at Barrancas National Cemetary....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 30, 2005 10:26 AM
Just so folks know what Suzette and I were refering to: The Evil Clown of Middletown....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 29, 2005 11:56 PM
Well, it's Saturday and as Suzette figured out that means I'm drinking cooking! First off, the beverage: The Evil Clown™ had the Rutherford Grove 2000 Merlot on sale. Normally $30.99 it was discounted to $11.99. Muito Bom, as they say....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 29, 2005 05:18 PM
Bodies of people killed by Hurricane Katrina went uncollected for more than a week in the New Orleans area as the federal government waited for Louisiana's governor to decide what to do with them Doesn't get much better, as Halloween...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 28, 2005 11:03 PM
discover your jack-o-lantern face @ quiz me Because this d*ckhead MT can't remember what I wrote and saved from one fast forward to the next...and because the first question doesn't include an answer that contains "lives for this 24/7 and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 28, 2005 10:45 PM
Police were unable to account for 240 officers on the 1,450-member force following Katrina. The force has been investigating them to see if they left their posts during the storm. Well, acting superintendent Warren Riley, I've got a calculator that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 28, 2005 08:38 PM
Ok, so I've read through the whole indictment. This is all we get after 2 years' work? I'm underwhelmed. I ain't no stinkin' lawyer, but it seems all they have is that this guy said he didn't have sex with...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 28, 2005 01:49 PM
in Oregon: MEDFORD, Oregon (AP) -- A woman bought a winning lottery ticket worth $1 million with a stolen credit card and could wind up with nothing if convicted, police said. I'm sure the state would love to keep it....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 28, 2005 12:12 PM
A great article in the NY Sun on the corruption and cronyism going on between the National Park Service and Circle Line here in NY: Circle Line-Statue of Liberty Ferry Incorporated, which next month will ask the National Park Service...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 28, 2005 09:44 AM
valetudinarian \val-uh-too-duh-NAIR-ee-un\ noun : a person of a weak or sickly constitution; especially : one whose chief concern is being or becoming a chronic invalid...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 28, 2005 08:39 AM
Especially if you've got a plane ticket....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 28, 2005 08:36 AM
I have only two men out of my company and 20 out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 27, 2005 01:35 PM
I don't think so. I just don't like this whole program, and think we could have had an aircraft already in service had we better spent the $ elsewhere. An Air Force version of the V-22 tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft last...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 27, 2005 12:45 PM
Good grief. NEW YORK — A jury ruled Wednesday that the Port Authority was negligent in the bombing of the World Trade Center (search) in 1993 — a long-awaited legal victory for victims of an attack that killed six people...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 26, 2005 07:37 PM
...but the people in harm's way do not? ABC World News tonight had interviews with 'desperate' people on line for supplies in Miami. A young mother who needed milk for her baby. A quick mention that Jeb Bush had said...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 26, 2005 06:40 PM
We'll miss you terribly, but are ever so grateful for the chance we had to get to know you. We are thankful you hurt no more, dear Lady. Hugs and many wishes for comfort and peace to your family....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 26, 2005 06:08 PM
Isn't "CAPE GIRARDEAU" a French name? Goat's Rotten Week Ends With Eviction First she was assaulted with spray paint, then kidnapped. Now, Sharon the goat faces eviction. The 7-month-old animal has been the mascot for the Sigma Chi fraternity at...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 26, 2005 04:27 PM
We've lost our first local kid. His name was Jonathon. LCpl Spears, to the Marines. He'd had to work awful hard to lose 60 pounds of high school offensive lineman's bulk so he could be a Marine. He was seven...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 26, 2005 08:58 AM
...to put on his Speedos and head for the beach. GET BACK TO WORK, SLACKER!!!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 26, 2005 08:37 AM
(And no, I didn't misspell a damn thing.) UK politician 'received Saddam oil allocations' More than $600,000 raised from allocations of Iraqi crude oil was deposited into accounts for the wife and campaign charity of George Galloway, the British member...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 25, 2005 10:33 AM
Yeesh. I only got four out of ten, including one I should have known right off. That's me though, always only seeing the good in people... Major Dad, on the other hand, knows his Javas from Favas....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 25, 2005 09:54 AM
Not him. Nope. Him neither. I mean THESE guys! They've turned out to be the Martian version of a "three hour tour". (And talk about getting......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 25, 2005 09:31 AM
Thank you. Mrs. Parks was 42 when she committed an act of defiance in 1955 that was to change the course of American history and earn her the title “mother of the civil rights movement.” She was 92 brave years...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 25, 2005 08:46 AM
Well, they did say they trained marine snails... In the snail experiment, researchers put bryostatin in sea water, days in advance of any learning or training, causing certain proteins to be made by the neurons of the snails. When the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 24, 2005 10:21 PM
Not use them, I mean. But knowing that someone in a trailer they're thinking of breaking into might just be packing could conceivably cause a rethink of the situation, right? FEMA lifts ban on guns at temporary housing Under new...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 24, 2005 10:12 PM
We know somebody famous, how 'bout it! (Though it's a pity a person with his exalted stature has to mug a lizard for a red convertible photo op. Rent one, you cheapskate! At least the gecko's insured.) Tim Blair's Sexy...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 24, 2005 05:33 PM
...it's the MOST wonderful time of the year? I am positively giddy with excitement. Jazzed about the cool weather and all. And having a wonderful husband who will let me drag him to every pumpkin patch for miles around ~...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 24, 2005 12:08 PM
“I don’t like people walking around armed on the street. But since all the bandits have guns, you need to have a gun at home,” said taxi driver Mohammed Osei, who voted against the ban. Brazil votes no on a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 24, 2005 09:09 AM
A decision that most likely will open the door to a second term for Colombian President Alvaro Uribe may also spark an increase in violence by the country's left-wing rebels after three years of relative quiet. The last thing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 24, 2005 08:55 AM
amphibology \am-fuh-BAH-luh-jee\ noun : a sentence or phrase that can be interpreted in more than one way Example sentence: Not wanting to voice what I really felt, I resorted to amphibology and said, "Indeed! Bingley IS a rare sort of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 24, 2005 08:43 AM
It was like a quiet lake Thursday. Pretty neat....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 22, 2005 05:11 PM
The Glorious 200th Anniversary of Red beating Blue (or was it Blue beating Red? Politically Correct History, "Years Without Tears", is awfully tough to remember...) has finally arrived! Tim Worstall has a celebratory post up. I think for dinner I'm...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 21, 2005 03:33 PM
Did someone shoot the pig for lunch? Bullet found in woman's pork loin casserole Was the pig a victim of a rural drive-by shooting? That's one theory a Publix spokesman offered to explain how a bullet wound up in an...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 21, 2005 01:15 PM
A would-be carjacker got a different kind of jolt from his intended victim's morning cup of coffee, authorities said. The suspect tapped the car window Wednesday morning with a gun and motioned the driver to get out, Chief Deputy Roy...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 21, 2005 10:35 AM
The old "good news is NO news" MSM credo at work. Uribe Wins Colombia Court Ruling, Allowing Him to Seek 2nd Term Sounds like any South American "Presidente", huh? That's the amazing thing. He's not. ...helping keep the South American...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 21, 2005 09:07 AM
...and I'm shocked, SHOCKED!! ABCNews is reporting that the U.N. has released a report on the assassination of the former Lebanese leader Rafik Hariri, stating it was planned by Syrian and Lebanese security forces. "Evidence of Syrian, Lebanese involvement." We'll...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 20, 2005 06:55 PM
I was just talking badly about last night's anti-Bush/Brady Bill lapse lamentation/screed episode at Boston Legal, which stars William Shatner as lawyer Denny Crain who believes in a person's right to bear arms, and is shown on ABC, which also...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 20, 2005 03:09 PM
...file this note under "No Bad Deed Goes Unrewarded". The presidency of the Orleans Levee Board is an unpaid position, or at least it was until just before Hurricane Katrina struck. In August, board President Jim Huey concluded that he...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 20, 2005 10:19 AM
This man... no, THIS one...is an egghead. A mayor of very little brain. Besides being a media whore. Mayor Noggin's latest? New Orleans mayor blasts Saints owner Nagin accuses Benson of negotiating permanent move to San Antonio There's one paragraph...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 20, 2005 10:01 AM
Google backs down over Gmail name A tiny UK-based financial research company has forced Google, the internet search giant, to change the name of its popular e-mail service in the UK. Google announced on Wednesday that its free web-based e-mail...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 19, 2005 03:48 PM
Australian study finds alcohol linked to croc attacks. An Australian review of unprovoked crocodile attacks on humans between 1971 and 2004 found that 29 percent of the 62 attacks had involved some alcohol consumption by the victim. I assume they...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 19, 2005 02:49 PM
South Floridians: Get Out NOW While there's still gas. DATA FROM A RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT HURRICANE WILMA HAS BECOME AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. THE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE MEASURED 175 MPH WINDS AND ESTIMATED...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 19, 2005 01:47 PM
Argus \AHR-gus\ noun \AHRRR-gah\ diminuitive* 1 : a hundred-eyed monster of Greek mythology 2 : a watchful guardian 3* : castle on an islet in Loch Linnhe at the mouth of Loch Laich near Portnacroish, Strathclyde, Scotland...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 19, 2005 11:12 AM
We've waited for months for Boston Legal to hit ABC's schedule again. Missed it last week because of base-ah-baw-roo playoffs, but definately wanted to see it last night. They'd previewed scenes of Betty White on trial for head whackinging the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 19, 2005 10:00 AM
...was this little gem: The spoiling of war War correspondents need not retire yet - peace isn't blanketing the planet. But a number of scholarly thinkers who tally up wars find a sharp decline in armed conflicts over the past...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 19, 2005 09:37 AM
The names were changed to protect the horse's identity: An Enumclaw-area man who authorities say helped run a farm where people had sex with animals — and where a Seattle man died doing so with a horse — was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 19, 2005 09:14 AM
I'm not sure exactly what it says, but it's from a French website that seems to be leading the charge against industrial hog farming in the Midi-Pyrenees, keeping the French breed assignations for small, heirloom hog-farmers. It's headlined: Avalanche...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 18, 2005 04:36 PM
Major Dad said "Come out here and see the moon!" It reminded me of one of my most favorite, romantic, melodramatic poems in the whole world....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 18, 2005 09:45 AM
Mugabe, Chavez slam U.S. at U.N. event Zimbabwe leader compares Bush, Blair to Hitler, Mussolini The leaders of Zimbabwe and Venezuela on Monday denounced President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair as "unholy men," and blamed the United...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 17, 2005 04:33 PM
Or at least the waning of the Age of Corporate Coercion? Supreme Court rejects tobacco ruling appeal The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday the government's appeal aimed at reinstating a potential $280 billion penalty in its landmark racketeering case...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 17, 2005 11:49 AM
...in the current climate can be a challenge. This weekend could pose some problems, too. Have any of the ticketing geniuses at Delta and Continental taken a recent look at the Mississippi coastline? Or at New Orleans? Who can make...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 17, 2005 11:35 AM
I've read read this article 6 times and still can't figure out WTF happened. Miller knew and then she didn't. The New Yawk Times thought she knew, but didn't know for sure, so they never knew one way or the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 17, 2005 10:27 AM
pomaceous \poh-MAY-shuss\ adjective 1 : of or relating to apples *2 : resembling a pome A much kinder, better sounding word than "pear shaped", not that I'm resentful or anything. *The word, which is ultimately derived from Late Latin "pomum"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 17, 2005 10:01 AM
This is our CITGO on the corner. After all this time, we've finally figured out that this: ...means...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 16, 2005 04:39 PM
Well, to be precise, we're talking 1 chicken and some beer. Yes, it's time to cook the fabled Beer Can Chicken! Let's see, what do we need: 1 whole chicken 1 can of beer 2 tablespoons Worchestershisterinnagoddadavidashire sauce 2 tablespoons...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 16, 2005 10:31 AM
Not having the resources of The Proffessor™, my little digital camera doesn't do 3-D and 40 megapickles, but those are 8 foot swells that we're rolling over off of Sandy Hook during the midst of our 8 Day Storm...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 16, 2005 10:25 AM
After all the death, destruction and dire warnings about the Iraqi Constitutional referendum ~ when it actually goes off without a hitch or buckets of blood, when over 70% of registered voters have purple fingers (Even Sunnis voted in surprising...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 15, 2005 10:47 PM
Vivian Malone Jones, one of two black students whose effort to enroll at the University of Alabama led to George Wallace's infamous "stand in the schoolhouse door" in 1963, died Thursday. She was 63. ...she recalled meeting with Wallace in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 14, 2005 01:03 PM
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Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 14, 2005 12:24 PM
Two concurrent stories on our local ABC affiliate seem to cancel one another out. A home invasion ring cracked... Five people - including three teenagers - are facing charges after a pair of robberies in Okaloosa County. Timothy Whitaker and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 13, 2005 06:14 PM
...while chanting the mantra "Steinbrenner SUCKS!! Steinbrenner SUCKS!!" It will be a cleansing exercise. ...With general manager Brian Cashman almost certainly and manager Joe Torre quite possibly making their great escape from the Bronx, there will be no obscuring the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 13, 2005 04:26 PM
He had that smile...and that pumpkin. His name...was BOB. And I knew right then I had to have him....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 13, 2005 03:46 PM
On one hand we've been hearing these rosy "the pipelines from the Gulf are fully operational" and on the other, secondhand reports from a cousin who works for Chevron that they got schmacked badly. So what's really up? The weekly...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 13, 2005 12:30 PM
... So They Only Did the Easy Parts" A bold, plain spoken, widely admired Marine of my aquaintance, who was instrumental in the introduction and stand-up phase of the Osprey, was once queried at a party by exhuberant Bell executives...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 13, 2005 11:07 AM
With much of his city still vacant, Nagin launched his campaign. "My big message is: You can come back to the city," Nagin told a group of about 40 at a shelter here, a three-hour drive from New Orleans. He...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 13, 2005 10:13 AM
...Beldar has some advice for her, which I think should be required reading for anyone having to step in front of those pontificating a$$holes in leather chairs. ...For one thing, not one of the senators likely to be firing off...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 13, 2005 09:27 AM
...I could give a rat's patoot if Harriet Miers ever went to church a day in her life. I only care if she reveres the Constitution and will listen carefully and dispassionately to any arguments made before the Court. But...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 12, 2005 06:18 PM
Our friend Paul, in a heart-warming display of self sacrifice and of putting others' needs ahead of his own, has volunteered for an important community service:...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 12, 2005 03:10 PM
World's oldest noodles found under Ebola's Bed 4,000-year-old pasta made from millet Okay, okay. In China. But I swear to God I've seen that very same shriveled, calcified pile in his room. Two or three times. A week. Welcome to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 12, 2005 02:51 PM
In the "a court rules it's okay to LIE about another candidate in campaign literature" mode. Well, my guess that it had something to do with existing defamation laws turned out to be right, but of course THAT little tidbit...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 12, 2005 12:40 PM
...besides the cute, fuzzy beard. 1) He's a generous, gift giving kinda guy, which can save you lots in interest payments if you're frisky enough. Call it "Fourhundredandseventythousandways to Leave Your Lover". 2) He's a 'build it and they will...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 12, 2005 12:21 PM
...for a serious separation of church, ALL churches, and state....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 12, 2005 10:03 AM
Well, somebody is. Expressions of concern among conservatives and former Iraqi exiles, seen also in the rising disillusionment of the American public, reflect a widening gap with the Bush administration and its claims of "incredible political progress" in Iraq. What's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 12, 2005 09:39 AM
Tom Cruise’s future father-in-law apparently isn’t a happy camper......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 12, 2005 09:07 AM
On this date in 1915, former President Theodore Roosevelt criticized the concept of "hyphenated Americanism", referring to U.S. citizens who identified themselves by dual nationalities. ... There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 12, 2005 08:53 AM
US court to review two cases covering wetlands The US Supreme Court on Thursday decided to step into a controversy over the federal government's power to protect the environment, agreeing to hear two cases that pit environmentalists against property developers....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 11, 2005 03:19 PM
WTF Are You THINKING??? Let's review for the simple minded, butt licking PUBLIC servants in Washington: We had us a hurricane last year. His name was Ivan. He blowed a lot of sh*t up. If people didn't have FEMA Blue...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 11, 2005 10:35 AM
Clive Owen turned down the Bond role. I wonder who we'll see? Orlando? (Ack!) Jude? (I could live with that.) Or another lesser-known? George is still free, I hear........
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 11, 2005 09:00 AM
You are Rizzo the Rat. You have few friends, but are loyal to those you dohave. Maybe if you didn't smell like sewageyou would have more. Thanks to PeteB at Slugger O'Toole...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 10, 2005 04:20 PM
I'm always the last one to the party (Ken, given his age, is always early)...but that just completes it!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 10, 2005 01:05 PM
I mean, that name can't be real...can it? You can understand why I might think he wouldn't want his real one out there... NASHVILLE An advertising salesman for an alternative newspaper agreed to community service in exchange for the dismissal...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 7, 2005 03:31 PM
Mayor Ray Nagin is weighing in on the matter. He wants to know "How do I ensure that New Orleans is not overrun by Mexican workers?" Hoards of MEXICANS?! God forbid. (That sounds ~ dare I say ~ vaguely RACIST.)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 7, 2005 02:35 PM
Well, the powers that ponder at the Opinion Journal have added to the voices asking why Hillary's lawyers are trying to Swiffer-Duster the Barrett report on Cisneros. Hiding the Cisneros Report Hillary Clinton's lawyer is staying very busy. What don't...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 7, 2005 02:26 PM
"The best rhetoric will fail if the public rejects the substance of a candidate's agenda or entertains doubts about his integrity." With all the 'intellectual' (and I use the term loosely...) power running the Democratic Party, it takes a study...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 7, 2005 12:02 PM
In celebration, may I recommend... As noted critic Pauline Kael observed, "... this first important film of the vampire genre has more spectral atmosphere, more ingenuity, and more imaginative ghoulish ghastliness than any of its successors." Some really good vampire...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 7, 2005 10:55 AM
Expensive, yes, but excessively yummy piglets from Heritage Foods USA. These guys do great work with FAMILY farmers, not today's industrial agriculture. Just browsing the breed descriptions makes one realize how far we've come in the homogenization of our food....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 7, 2005 10:35 AM
A Major Award anybody can shoot for. Fake dog testicles win acclaim at Ig Nobels 'Star Wars' watching locusts and dripping tar studies also honored BOSTON - Gregg Miller mortgaged his home and maxed out his credit cards to mass...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 6, 2005 11:06 PM
I mean, you know it's coming. Thank God Mayor Noggin will be safe in Dallas, where they still have a police force. Bankrupt New Orleans may free prisoners Hundreds of prisoners in Louisiana may be released or left in limbo...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 6, 2005 04:48 PM
Thanks to Ken....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 6, 2005 09:58 AM
One of the many negative consequences of America’s defeat in The Vietnam War has been the uncontrolled proliferation of Vietnams since then. Nicaragua threatened to become another Vietnam. Lebanon nearly became another Vietnam. Had Grenada been only slightly larger than...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 6, 2005 09:09 AM
woodshed regarding Harriet Miers. In addition, the president has forfeited his right to be trusted as a custodian of the Constitution. The forfeiture occurred March 27, 2002, when, in a private act betokening an uneasy conscience, he signed the McCain-Feingold...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 5, 2005 10:57 AM
I'm so disgusted by the caving-in in England to Islamic sensibilities that I've decided to fight back. As of today, this site is an official supporter of the Arkansas Razorbacks. I encourage all the blogosphere to adopt a similar pig-themed...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 5, 2005 10:24 AM
Tammy's coming for the weekend....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 5, 2005 09:17 AM
Cox and Forkum strike again....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 5, 2005 09:14 AM
Some Islamic Nut Job blows himself up at a football game in Oklahoma. There were only 80,000 people there Saturday night. But we can't upset the RoP, now can we?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 5, 2005 08:01 AM
...and about bust a gut. I can't believe an American corporation did this. (Apparently, quite some time ago ~ I don't get out much.) That took: A) a good sense of humor B) big, BIG begonias If you haven't seen...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 4, 2005 10:14 PM
What about the media's portrayal of the enemy? Why do these ruthless murderers, kidnappers and thieves get a pass when it comes to their actions? What did the the media show or tell us about Margaret Hassoon, the director of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 4, 2005 06:04 PM
...not to mention a hypocrite, who could use a dose of the "physician, heal thyself" bottle. But I can stand him today, because his fat mouth got La Shawn all riled up. And I LOVE La Shawn....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 4, 2005 05:45 PM
What a nice guy! He asks Uncle Sam for a gazillion dollars, than lays off 3,000 city workers.* Damn you Bushy McChimphitler! *This edict has been issued from the cozy confines of his new Dallas digs, of course....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 4, 2005 03:20 PM
The bride just bought the latest Gretchen Wilson album so she would have appropriate music blasting as she drives around town in the F-150 with the custom gunrack and the case of longnecks in the back. Last night she went...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 4, 2005 12:40 PM
Bush calls for new refineries, cuts to meet hurricane spending bill President George W. Bush called for the United States to build new refineries after hurricanes Katrina and Rita battered US oil production. Bush, speaking at a White House news...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 4, 2005 12:10 PM
"CAT-A-STROPH !! (It's from the Greek) No DVD ?!" Calm yourself, Uncle Felix!Come the 8th of November, you will be able to buy a DVD of the second greatest Christmas movie* of all time!! *Behind "Miracle on 34th Street" (B&W,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 4, 2005 10:29 AM
LONDON (Reuters) - British comedian Ronnie Barker, the big half of the famous duo The Two Ronnies and the indomitable Fletch in prison sitcom Porridge, has died aged 76. I'm not sure how many, if any, of you ever saw...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 4, 2005 09:53 AM
That way this can get settled under the radar. Not being a legal type myself (Diptera, Dave J., NoBrainer?), I throw a question out to our experts. Is this common practice ~ negotiating/sanitizing reports ~ thereby making this news piece...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 3, 2005 04:51 PM
Lt. Smash has the Code Pink protestors cornered....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 3, 2005 08:56 AM
...or "Sink Her Already, Part IV". I'm referring to (of course) the Oriskany. Again. Why is she in the news again? Check your wallets, people. This time last year, Navy officials had hoped to scuttle the aircraft carrier Oriskany 22½...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 3, 2005 08:22 AM
Looks like it's Harriet Miers, according to the MSNBC beaking news banner. The AP has it. UPDATE: Just got the talking points propaganda from the RNC and put it in the extended section....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 3, 2005 07:28 AM
Blog o'Ram does a Cool Cat Daddio job of stringing it all together! Kudos and Swill Salutes!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 2, 2005 11:27 PM
As threatened, I am making Suzette's Cheddar Cheese Soup Pie. I've gathered all the ingredients, and I've managed to overlook the fact that her instructions don't account for all the ingredients she lists. Try to trick me, will she? Ha!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 2, 2005 03:17 PM
Yup. Muslims win toy pigs ban NOVELTY pig calendars and toys have been banned from a council office — in case they offend Muslim staff. Workers in the benefits department at Dudley Council, West Midlands, were told to remove...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 2, 2005 12:31 PM
Spent on ice: Ninety-one thousand tons of ice cubes, that is, intended to cool food, medicine and sweltering victims of the storm. It would cost taxpayers more than $100 million, and most of it would never be delivered. And people...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 1, 2005 05:28 PM
Tim has the details. Our thoughts and prayers are with our Coalition Allies. May your hearts be healed, And may your aim be true....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 1, 2005 05:25 PM
Same result. It is disgusting how Virginia has bought into this "big football program" mentality. UVa could field 6-5 teams before they wasted all this money; think how much better the academic facilities could be with those resources....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on October 1, 2005 05:13 PM
...so they won't let him play. It's halftime of a game in Dayton on Sept. 16 -- Colonel White High against Mount Healthy. After Colonel White leaves the locker room, the refs approach the coaches on the sideline. Crew chief...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 30, 2005 08:22 PM
...ain't it ain't half bad. We were all pleasantly surprised by the premiere episode of "The Night Stalker". Hard to believe they could come close to the quirkiness of the original in this day and age, but they did. It...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 30, 2005 08:14 PM
Mayor Koch begs to differ. Many Americans, myself included, now see her as a person who has come to enjoy the celebratory status accorded to her by the radicals on the extreme left who see America as the outlaw of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 30, 2005 07:50 PM
Scientists clueless? When Leonardo was on top of it all those centuries ago? Amazingly, one of the best techniques for measuring Earth's albedo is to watch the Moon, which acts like a giant mirror. Sunlight that reflects of Earth in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 30, 2005 05:39 PM
Ford bids adieu to gas-guzzling Excursion Ford Motor bade farewell on Friday to one of America's most infamous gas-guzzling sport-utility vehicles, just days after committing to a sharp increase in more fuel-efficient hybrid and ethanol-powered vehicles. The last 19 ft-long...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 30, 2005 03:03 PM
...he is also not a scientist! No, Hugh, I think you're absolutely right. And it's fascinating to me to see how the pride and the chest thumping that went on after Katrina, the media had finally grown their kumquats back,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 30, 2005 02:13 PM
...is futile. Wal-Mart takes control of Japanese retailer Move will turn 400-store Seiyu into subsidiary Welcome to the hive....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 30, 2005 09:34 AM
I Love You!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 30, 2005 08:35 AM
Remember Bob Livingstone saying whoever the contractor was who built the 17th Street levee had a big problem? Not so fast. They reveal that when the floodwall on the 17th Street Canal was built a decade ago, there were major...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 29, 2005 11:02 PM
New Orleans finest never, ever cease to astonish and amaze. Now they've turned Pet Psychic and are channeling...wait...wait...it's getting clearer...Bill Clinton! [cue: unearthly voice with southern twange]"Depends what your definition of looting is." New Orleans police launch investigation into reports...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 29, 2005 04:38 PM
The Minivan Manly Men Club gets a new member. UPDATE: At least he's got a job now. The vote was 78-22....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 29, 2005 10:24 AM
I have tried to rein in my disappointment, I truly have, for those canned recipes below. Oh, sure, Suzette's cheddar cheese soup pie is exciting, a thing of beauty in fact, but all of these recipes contain one fatal flaw:...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 28, 2005 05:55 PM
The excrement's already starting to fly. Woof! Didn't take those weasely wasscally Dems but an hour to put out a schmear on Dreier. Of course, if he is gay, he's a dummy for just not saying so. Who cares? But...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 28, 2005 05:34 PM
Police Find Missing Man Driving Dead Deer In Ambulance JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A man reported missing from a Florida hospital was found in North Carolina dressed like a doctor and driving a stolen ambulance with a dead deer wedged in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 28, 2005 03:08 PM
Serenity was really a fun movie. Even the CAG was impressed. I would give it 4 1/2 out of 5 Stars, due to a weak initial chase scene (cheesy) and the first song in the movie was way to loud...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 28, 2005 01:22 PM
WHOOPS! Typo. Heh. Goofy me. Minister rejects 'Asterix' image of France Gérard Larcher, France's employment minister, said on Monday that US and UK investors were unfairly writing off France as "an Asterix village" for its outspoken state intervention, even though...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 28, 2005 01:20 PM
In a horrible confluence of epic proportions, the Fates have seen fit to gather Get Smart, Mr. Summers' Maynardisms and the arrival of two canned soup recipe cards, all in one two-day period. These events, in turn, call to mind...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 28, 2005 09:58 AM
In 2003, New Zealand marine biologists laid a sex trap. They ground up some squid gonads, believing that the scent would drive male giant squids wild as the creatures migrated through New Zealand waters. The hope was that a camera...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 28, 2005 09:06 AM
"We don't spend a million dollars so we can have an excercise. We spend a million dollars so we can learn." Chris Shays grandstanding to Michael Brown on C-Span just now (no transcripts or video link yet). What a despicable...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 27, 2005 10:05 PM
Today's warm fuzzy. New Orleans police chief resigning Move follows disclosure that many officers left posts during Katrina UPDATE: The Gateway Pundit has put the 'oh, SO did NOT happen' events noted below, Katrina BS-wise, in order. (He's so much...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 27, 2005 04:08 PM
Absolute Moral Authority? (not counting Ken, of course) Ken has the answer....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 27, 2005 03:36 PM
A tropical wave sweeping WNW through the central Caribbean is being monitored for further development. Convection with the system diminished last night, but redeveloped rapidly this morning. Conditions are becoming more favorable for additional strengthening of the system as it...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 27, 2005 03:05 PM
Karl Rove is Evuul Incarnate, and it is a Bad Thing that he is pulling all the strings in Washington. This is a given, no? So why is my glorious Senator Laughenberg upset that he was not in DC when...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 27, 2005 02:52 PM
Updating our Katrina coverage: The LA Times, of all publications, is jumping into this. Are they channeling Pete King? Other stories that didn't get out... Louisiana National Guard Col. Thomas Beron, who headed security at the Superdome, said that for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 27, 2005 12:52 PM
...the president had no way of knowing that the New Orleans Police and Fire Departments were going to disappear, that the governor wasn't going to adequately use the National Guard, and that the mayor had not put sufficient water and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 27, 2005 09:06 AM
...but it doesn't make it any easier to swallow. WASHINGTON - Whatever the reasons, residents of heavily Republican Texas seemed to get better treatment from the government during Hurricane Rita than the mostly black, poor and Democratic victims of Katrina...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 26, 2005 11:48 PM
...The genteel butler that has been Ask Jeeves Inc.'s face for nearly a decade is getting ousted in a corporate takeover. Jeeves, the slightly chubby and balding English butler based on P.G. Wodehouse's eponymous and ever-resourceful manservant, isn't the kind...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 26, 2005 04:42 PM
I have one of these bad bears. Ebola got it for me when he was working at Best Buy and it is the pride and joy of my life. It can suck the dust out of a pyramid through a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 26, 2005 04:23 PM
...odd juxtapositions. Two adjacent stories on MSNBC.com. • Jury weighs conflicting portrayals of Lynndie England • Lawyers lay out arguments in key evolution trial Could they both be talking about the same thing?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 26, 2005 03:20 PM
Actor Don Adams dead at 82 Played secret agent Maxwell Smart in ‘Get Smart’ And we'll miss you by T H I S much....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 26, 2005 03:14 PM
PLANTATION, Florida (AP) -- The veterinarian thought the X-ray was a joke. Jon-Paul Carew has seen strange items get into the stomachs of dogs before, things like kebab skewers and small utensils. But a 13-inch serrated knife in a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 26, 2005 12:21 PM
Rumors of deaths greatly exaggerated Widely reported attacks false or unsubstantiated 6 bodies found at Dome; 4 at Convention Center In interviews with Oprah Winfrey, Compass reported rapes of "babies," and Mayor Ray Nagin spoke of "hundreds of armed gang...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 26, 2005 09:11 AM
Which is why crime is at a 30 year low: The nation's crime rate was unchanged last year, holding at the lowest levels since the government began surveying crime victims in 1973, the Justice Department reported Sunday. Because, as we...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 26, 2005 08:30 AM
But in light of self congratulatory headlines like these: Defenders of Iraq war counter-rally Smaller-than-expected gathering follows anti-war protest WASHINGTON (AP) -- Support for U.S. troops fighting abroad mixed with anger toward anti-war demonstrators at home as hundreds of people,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 26, 2005 01:15 AM
Movie website here. Joss Whedon, the Oscar® - and Emmy - nominated writer/director responsible for the worldwide television phenomena of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE, ANGEL and FIREFLY, now applies his trademark compassion and wit to a small band of galactic outcasts...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 25, 2005 03:17 PM
I will never, ever forgive The Gateway Pundit for this horrific vision. Some things were never meant to be seen....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 25, 2005 02:14 PM
...you call in the reserve. Gator found tied to palm tree at Pensacola Beach PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. — John Jackson didn't panic when he saw a six-foot alligator between his home and his neighbor's house Friday in this barrier island...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 24, 2005 12:31 AM
New Orleans Mayor Trapped in Rising Floodwaters New Orleans, LA - After claiming victory in a pitched battle for control of the city with fascist, unelected federal officials, Mayor R.A. Noggin has found himself trapped on the last short bus...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 23, 2005 03:24 PM
So of course he's suing: A former ABC News correspondent accused the network of dropping his contract because he refused to go to Iraq and other war zones, and he sought $4.2 million in lost earnings at an employment tribunal...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 23, 2005 12:26 PM
But pretty benign, considering our recent standards. Thank goodness....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 23, 2005 11:46 AM
We've had four Cat 5's already this decade. That looks like a lot, until you go back forty years. Music wasn't the only thing rockin' in the 60's......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 23, 2005 11:28 AM
...I think Wayne LaPierre is a complete jack-ass. But boy, oh boy, whatever it takes to shut this bullsh$t down, I'm with him. The police superintendent's comments were echoed by the city's Deputy Police Chief Warren Riley, who told ABC...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 23, 2005 11:12 AM
That would be breaking news in New Orleans. Dozens of blocks in New Orleans now under water. Details to come UPDATE: If only more people were like this guy... Glynn Stevenson, who swam out of his New Orleans house with...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 23, 2005 10:54 AM
Beldar is holding down the fort in Houston and his traffic snafu analysis, along with snippets from other Houston bloggers, has been pretty fascinating. Something in his post caught my storm weary eye, however, and I wanted to mention my...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 23, 2005 10:13 AM
...and just might keep you out of jail if you're a thief with ADD. Always helps if you can remember where you stole the car from to begin with. Gas station employee Pam Pease recognized her car Tuesday night when...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 22, 2005 01:24 PM
Serving themselves: BATON ROUGE, La. — Police found cases of food, clothing and tools intended for hurricane victims at the home of the chief administrative officer for a New Orleans suburb, authorities said Wednesday. Officers searched Cedric Floyd's home because...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 22, 2005 01:23 PM
Coke is much better for your health and finances than these idjits: “Scientology has become quite proactive in reaching out to people,” says the source. “Kate is a woman who needs help {and her bank accoount is still flush -...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 22, 2005 12:08 PM
And not a moment too soon. Getting out of Houston is a very, very good idea....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 22, 2005 11:09 AM
as this report indicates. Documents from Airbus indicated there have been three similar incidents in which A320 airplanes landed with the nose wheels rotated about 90 degrees. Examination of the steering control modules on two of the airplanes revealed extrusion...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 22, 2005 10:39 AM
Rita be Cat 4 now. UPDATE: Possibly Cat 5. 140 knot winds are, what, 160 mph? Wow. UPDATE: The 10 p.m. CST reading has her at 175 mph and 897MB. Good Lord. What a monster. Updated update: Bush new in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 21, 2005 11:56 PM
My god, no airline ever had a better advertisement than watching the pilot just land that thing perfectly at LAX. Fantastic job!!! The pilot floated it down the runway and killed speed perfectly....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 21, 2005 09:23 PM
...the most wonderful time of the year. So speakers up and boogie down. I about died laughing, make no bones about it. A WARM Swill Salute to Mr. Summers for the site....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 21, 2005 11:18 AM
...but I noticed I got the last two boxes of Zatarain's Red Beans and Rice at the commissary an hour ago. I know Bingley and Cruella have both been stealth hoarding just...in case the unTHINKable happened. Whew. I'm breathing a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 20, 2005 05:27 PM
that we are ignorant....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 20, 2005 03:40 PM
In the entry below, I note that the NHC discussion correction looked like Haiku. My brain being what it is, I then thought "What fun ~ a Hurricane Haiku Hullabaloo!" Googling proper haiku format to set ground rules, I immediately...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 20, 2005 02:15 PM
Nagin's Noggin' is working overtime for your benefit: "I am hopeful that people have seen the effect of Katrina and they understand the threat of a Category 3 coming right behind Katrina," he said, "and that we won't have the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 20, 2005 12:54 PM
managing your cash flow. Of course this will be Chimpy McHitlerburtons doing....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 20, 2005 11:37 AM
Respect your elders!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 20, 2005 11:07 AM
Intel thinks they have a winner. "Test chips made on Intel's ultra-low power 65nm process technology have shown transistor leakage reduction roughly 1,000 times from our standard processes. This translates into significant power savings for people who will use devices...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 20, 2005 09:33 AM
...hot tamale, especially for peesed off Mexican chili farmers. Not only are the Chinese flooding our markets with cut rate goods, they've taken to growing and processing traditional Mexican chilis and exporting them in vast, cheap quantities...to Mexico. Mexico's farmers...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 20, 2005 09:22 AM
...the more it stays the same....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 19, 2005 03:33 PM
...is called 'evacuating'. And THIS is called 'someone with my kinda luck'. Let's review....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 19, 2005 12:40 PM
...needs to scurry back to his cot in Dick Cheney's Secret Location. You know, like where he hid out as the city flooded? NEW ORLEANS - Residents began trickling back Monday as part of a plan by the mayor to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 19, 2005 11:31 AM
She doesn't bite. A warm Swill Salute to The Political Teen....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 16, 2005 10:19 PM
Ivan...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 16, 2005 07:38 PM
shocking. I think I would change my taste in fashion....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 16, 2005 05:06 PM
Peering closely, I noted that the clock was stopped at about 6:35 . . . and indeed it didn't move at all. Then I remembered why that time looked familiar . . . two blocks to the rear of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 16, 2005 12:43 PM
...has some Crab Apple Lane Katrina before and afters. Which means he can post which means...WOO HOO!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 16, 2005 11:23 AM
Isn't that, like, an Argent song or something? NO, it's NOT... Surprise!!! It's the Governor of Louisiana!! In her address Wednesday night, Louisiana Democratic Governor Kathleen Blanco (search) said, “…in order to rebuild this state, ALL levels of government must...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 16, 2005 10:41 AM
Mr. Spierenburg, the author of the Bush-Chirac/Louisiana Purchase piece (BSNews.org) we had posted here, has apologised quite handsomely for his comment meltdown. That takes intestinal mettle of a good sort and we thank him for it. We also want to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 16, 2005 09:25 AM
to save us from ourselves... God Forbid parents actually feed their kids decent stuff at home, in whivh case the one meal of crap at school would be of little consequence. Nope, easier to let someone else fix it for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 16, 2005 08:53 AM
...forward... Saudi women to get first taste of polls RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi businesswomen will be able to stand for election to a local trade and industry chamber in the first vote of its kind for women in the conservative...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 15, 2005 11:10 PM
The always politically correct, religion of peace types at CAIR (Council on Islamic-American Relations) have gotten caught with their hajib down. Or up, as the case may be. It looks as if a three year old was put to work...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 15, 2005 04:28 PM
Mormons. No wonder the feminists raise such a furor over this policy! [crickets chirping]...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 15, 2005 01:52 PM
The recent outrage at the Islamo-friendly memorial for Flight 93 is just a continuence of the trend. Hell, look at the other 'finalists', if you have the stomach. Any of those designs bring to mind the glory and strength of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 15, 2005 11:12 AM
Operation Blue Roof: The Army Corps of Engineers is running a program that allows homeowners to have their roof temporarily covered while they're waiting to have it permanently repaired. If your roof is damaged 50% or less, they will make...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 15, 2005 10:34 AM
We're ever so grateful you got here safely. Understanding exactly what you've gone through, we've welcomed you into our community, thrown open our schools, volunteered by the hundreds to see you get all the assistance you need; done our darndest...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 15, 2005 10:25 AM
I would hope even European Diplomats would be able to see through this: UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- Iran's president has told Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that his country is ready and willing to give peaceful nuclear technology to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 15, 2005 09:03 AM
What a surprise. Carol Mosely Braun is a pathetic race-baiter. The Rhodes' business has to operate at capacity now, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the stunning failure of government to provide for the welfare of the people. No...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 15, 2005 08:59 AM
Is the Orleans Levee Board doing its job? Critics allege corruption, charge the board with wasteful spending The unveiling of the Mardi Gras Fountain was celebrated this year in typical New Orleans style. The cost of $2.4 million was paid...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 14, 2005 10:29 PM
Calling Katrina a "national tragedy," former New Orleans Mayor Marc H. Morial put the primary responsibility for disaster response squarely on the federal government's shoulders. Morial, president of the National Urban League, was New Orleans' mayor from 1994 to 2004....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 14, 2005 02:56 PM
You know, when the Swilling was mentioned on CNN, people had to Google to find us. But THIS classless anal orifice... The heckler who cursed Vice-President Dick Cheney on live television has become a bit of a hero among foes...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 14, 2005 11:58 AM
...to make this LOser so cranky? I mean, everyone knows I despise the Red Cross, but come on! Maybe he was one of Bingley's cage kids. If so, someone should shoot the SOB that let him out....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 14, 2005 10:06 AM
...names. La. nursing home owners charged in deaths Two face 34 counts of negligent homicide for refusing evacuation bus NEW ORLEANS - The owners of a nursing home where 34 people were found dead after Hurricane Katrina have been arrested...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 13, 2005 06:09 PM
Here's a novel child-rearing method: WAKEMAN, Ohio - Sheriff’s deputies found 11 children locked in cages less than 3½ feet high inside a home, but a couple denied they had abused or neglected the children. Nope, no abuse here, move...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 13, 2005 03:19 PM
..if you're a local.But you can't visit the old Girod Cemetery. Abandoned for years, its iron caskets and bones were tossed up by excavation gear in the early 1970s as the crews moved in to build . . . the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 13, 2005 12:22 PM
London bomb suspect extradition approved Italy's highest appeals court on Tuesday upheld the extradition to the UK of Hamdi Issac, the Ethiopian-born Briton who is suspected of involvement in an attempted attack on July 21 on London's transport system. Mr...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 13, 2005 12:06 PM
He wouldn't be so embarrassingly behind on the news: RICK STUART: So far incredible news from Katrina, the dead body count is really low compared to the numbers in the thousands we heard about. ...reader Ryan Israelsen emails: "Don't you...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 13, 2005 11:13 AM
...it really is hard to come up with a persuasive argument for rebuilding New Orleans. Yes, yes, we need the port and the French Quarter's fun and intact, but the truth is there's a whole lot of that city that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 13, 2005 10:37 AM
Right now. Programs on Katrina (now) and other Gulf Coast storms. UPDATE: Factoids, CG and footage great so far. It would be better if we could drop the "Bush administration cut the funding for the levees" bull$hit....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 12, 2005 08:12 PM
On January 5, 2005, 3,719 acres of the former MCAS El Toro property were officially made available for sale to the public via an online auction process. After six weeks of active bidding (with very little activity during the first...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 12, 2005 03:42 PM
Courtesy of Jack Kelly. 1.Exhibit A on the bill of indictment of federal sluggishness is that it took four days before most people were evacuated from the Louisiana Superdome. The levee broke Tuesday morning. Buses had to be rounded up...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 12, 2005 03:10 PM
McGuinty rejects Ontario's use of Shariah law and all religious arbitrations TORONTO (CP) - Ontario will not become the first Western jurisdiction to allow the use of a set of centuries' old religious rules called Shariah law to settle Muslim...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 12, 2005 02:48 PM
WHERE DID ALL THE DEAD BODIES GO? OFFICIAL LOUISIANA TOLL AT 197 They ate them. They said so....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 12, 2005 12:11 PM
The French Have Landed In Pensacola,with a C-130 crew and have been flying their derrieres off in the relief effort. Merci beaucoups, mon freres!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 12, 2005 11:40 AM
The Senator continues her Sunday talk show rounds. Chris Wallace: But senator there were hundreds of buses sitting in that parking lot...we're looking at the picture. There were hundreds of buses sitting in parking lots. Mary Landrieu: That is underwater....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 12, 2005 04:29 AM
On Face the Nation this morning. (Bob Schieffer)Of course, Senator Landrieu, let me ask you the question that a lot of people are asking: Do you think that some of these casualties could have been averted had control been turned...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 11, 2005 05:01 PM
A Swilling All Points Bulletin Watch out for Big Bull. He and all his friends are on the prowl. Big Bull is more than 15 feet long and he could be running with his buddies, Whitey, a near-albino, and another...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 10, 2005 12:54 PM
I realize there are painful decisions to be made and that copious caterwauling will ensue when the fickle finger of fate points at your base. For instance; when they closed MCAS El Toro and MCAS Tustin. Beyond the historic significance...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 9, 2005 10:51 AM
Major Dad says you're fixin' to get whacked. Pity, that....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 8, 2005 10:21 PM
Major Garrett. Ouch. THS UPDATE (BUMP): Major Garett was at it again this evening, only he had a Greek chorus behind him; the national director of the Red Cross, Maj. George Brooke from the Salvation Army and the field grades...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 8, 2005 06:31 PM
Oil eases on small stockpile drain NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil eased on Thursday after data showed U.S. crude oil and gasoline stockpiles had not drained as much as expected after Hurricane Katrina. U.S. light crude was off 82 cents...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 8, 2005 03:16 PM
...have a roof. I will remember our FEMA blue tarp fondly, but I shall not miss it....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 8, 2005 02:35 PM
Is this a miserable piece of cartography, or what? (I'd point out Bangla-cola, only we're COVERED in the 'OVER 30X's' BLACK!!) You know where I found it? On the Escambia County (FL) Department of Emergency Preparedness Hurricane Info page. You'll...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 8, 2005 01:51 PM
...as a former Vice-Presidential candidate and U.S. Senator, John Edwards unleashes inspired rhetoric... ...Edwards said the destruction caused by Katrina in New Orleans accentuates the differences between those who fled the city and those who lacked the means to do...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 8, 2005 01:11 PM
...but was keeping to himself, the sneaky BASTARD !!! September 12 Cities raising glasses to help Big Easy NEW YORK — The Big Apple will raise its glasses to the Big Easy - not for toasts, but to collect money...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 8, 2005 10:54 AM
Maybe even finished today, woo hoo! I was laughing while telling Crusader last night about another way Ivan has changed Bangla-cola. It used to be a bride being asked about her 'theme' or a new home-owner, her interior 'colors'. Polite...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 8, 2005 09:56 AM
Mayor, Governor at Odds Over Evacuation NEW ORLEANS —Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco (search) seemed at odds with New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin (search ) Wednesday, hours after the mayor ordered the mandatory evacuation of the crippled Crescent City by force...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 7, 2005 11:02 PM
Man, the weather is gorgeous here right now. There is no finer place on earth than New York City in early September: deep, cloudless sapphire blue skies smile down upon a city basking in warm, radiant sunshine, gently shining...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 7, 2005 11:00 PM
What we've said, for days now. I'm not bitter. Just feeling our little blog has been validated and vindicated. (As walkie-talkie size operations go.) UPDATE (BUMP): He's joined by Jesse Jackson, who said the squalor in New Orleans "looks like...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 7, 2005 11:58 AM
Color me Druid (which is not hard), but even I see a huge inequity in this. If it's lunchtime and okay for her, why can't the Born Agains gather, the Buddhists chant, the Native Americans do peyote? And she gets...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 7, 2005 09:37 AM
...and the other castaways in the picture? I never wanted HIM to get off the island. Sweet Mother of Mercy, will somebody please send a boat for these other losers?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 7, 2005 09:10 AM
bib·u·lous /'bi-by&-l&s/ adjective Etymology: Latin bibulus, from bibere to drink 1 : highly absorbent* 2 a : fond of alcoholic beverages b : of, relating to, or marked by the consumption of alcoholic beverages *See: Bingley...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 7, 2005 08:52 AM
It is the first week of September, in normally sweltering, semi-tropical Bangla-cola, Florida and... I have had the windows OPEN and the A/C off the entire day. "Again, thank you for sharing your thoughts with me. I look forward to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 6, 2005 05:05 PM
Rehnquist’s judicial philosophy was result-oriented, activist, and authoritarian. He sometimes moderated his views for prudential or pragmatic reasons, but his vote could almost always be predicted based on who the parties were, not what the legal issues happened to be....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 6, 2005 04:55 PM
the beginning, I fear. Swill salute, QandO....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 6, 2005 03:59 PM
Today's installment: Trees Get Confused by Hurricanes The thing about being on the east side of the storm; it puts the worst whompin' on everything further from the eye than those on the west side and does so for hours....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 6, 2005 02:48 PM
...and us, in general. That's what I get for whoopin' about my new roof. Didn't Ophelia kill herself? In that case, here's hopin' for hurricane hari-kari. UPDATE: You know it's bad when my roofer, after being told about the new...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 6, 2005 12:24 PM
I had to bump it here, for all his friends. Thanks, everyone. All good wishes had to help. I firmly believe that. Posted by: Rob at September 6, 2005 11:24 AM That's what friends do, n'est pas? Now, keep us...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 6, 2005 11:54 AM
Yup, that's been us since Ivan. No gas has been a problem for ages, especially before and after storms, as everyone's learned to top off. But now it's exacerbated by the poor folks from Biloxi/Gulfport looking to fill up their...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 6, 2005 11:30 AM
The following is an email I received from a guy who own a bunch of warehouses in NOLA. I thought you might be interested in a non-MSM view of the state of things (I have edited out various personal information):...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 6, 2005 08:01 AM
Mississippi could consider land-based casinos Devastation of gulf coast gambling industry could sway legislators ...Mississippi requires casinos to float, either along the Gulf Coast or on the Mississippi River. A state law that took effect earlier this year allows the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 5, 2005 05:40 PM
Or has someone else noticed that Jimmy Dean Sausage has no flavor anymore? PiTÚ! There's also something fundamentally wrong with a sausage that doesn't require grease being spooned off as it cooks. I'm seriously disillusioned. And desperate for sausage that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 5, 2005 11:34 AM
...who's in the chair when the going gets tough. While we're on the subject, seems Mayor Nagin had some problems before the Big Easy Big One. As Nagin enters the last year of his first term and begins his bid...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 5, 2005 09:28 AM
Badly. Residents with cars took to the highways. Others wondered what to do. "They say evacuate, but they don't say how I'm supposed to do that," Latonya Hill, 57, said at the time. "If I can't walk it or get...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 5, 2005 09:23 AM
And let the games begin. Bush taps Roberts to succeed Rehnquist Move would promote a man still being considered as an associate justice Yup, sure would. Honestly, who didn't see this coming?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 5, 2005 08:36 AM
Stuff us walkie-talkie types have been saying for days. Another take that I nod as I read: ...Scapegoating the federal government misses the point. No president can stop a hurricane, or keep people from looting, rioting or shooting at government...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 4, 2005 10:19 PM
The little snippet at the beginning sounds like he's in rare form. And CBS has a reputation for fair and balanced reporting to protect, as we all know... UPDATE: I will now confess to being a lousy correspondant. I couldn't...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 4, 2005 09:08 PM
...from our Bywater friends. Also, in case you haven't done it yet (glued to the tv like most of us), don't forget to call your mortgage companies, start your insurance claim even though you don't know the status, call all...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 4, 2005 08:29 PM
Police Shoot 8 on New Orleans Bridge NEW ORLEANS - Police shot eight people carrying guns on a New Orleans bridge Sunday, killing five or six of them, a deputy chief said. Deputy Police Chief W.J. Riley said the shootings...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 4, 2005 06:23 PM
...is back from Biloxi. With pictures. And they're horrible. He and his Pensacola crew (Plus one from Savannah they'd worked with during Ivan) left on Tuesday to clear the runways, taxiways and get a functional space running at the airport....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 3, 2005 06:16 PM
Has anyone SEEN this man? Call 1-888-TUF-LUCK the second you do. People are lookin' for him. UPDATE: Well, the loser just surfaced in a CNN interview about 2 minutes ago. He was explaining how he'd sat on Air Force One...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 3, 2005 11:01 AM
Jackson questioned why Bush has not named blacks to top positions in the federal response to the disaster, particularly when the majority of victims remaining stranded in New Orleans are black: "How can blacks be locked out of the leadership,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 2, 2005 10:11 PM
This has got to be the most disgusting, vile, and scurilous post yet about the horror that is New Orleans: It is reported that black hurricane victims in New Orleans have begun eating corpses to survive. Four days after the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 2, 2005 06:21 PM
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 2, 2005 05:21 PM
A Swill Salute of the Highest Order to These Guys. Even as its employees sleep on the office floor, breathing diesel fumes from a generator and watching looters from their windows, a Web company in New Orleans vows it won't...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 2, 2005 03:31 PM
Here. If you can't get into it, email us and I'll send the text....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 2, 2005 02:32 PM
Here it starts. But he began facing questions about his leadership in the crisis almost immediately. New Orleans officials, in particular, were enraged about what they said was a slow federal response. Because of the magnitude of the ineptitude that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 2, 2005 02:12 PM
There were plans to make Nawlins secured against a Cat 5, but they were still not sure they would have worked. More here. They were caboshed in 1977 due to the enviro-types, and at other times due to $$$....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 2, 2005 12:31 PM
taken apart at QandO. Poor Paul...(yeah, right....)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 2, 2005 12:18 PM
Rob of Crab Apple Lane and his family made it through!! We just got word that Rob, Patsy & Aunt Ginnie are ok. Haven't heard anything else, just that they're ok. Maybe now my butterflies will settle down. Posted by...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 2, 2005 12:03 PM
Nagin blamed the outbreak of crime and violence on drug addicts who are cut off from their drug supplies and wandering the city "looking to take the edge off their jones." On Thursday, Nagin's frustration was palpable. "I've been out...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 2, 2005 09:18 AM
Pathetic. Incompetent. Ineffectual. Woefully unprepared. Sorry, weak ass, finger pointing losers. MSM is seeing a chance to whack away at the Bush administration, while ignoring the responsibilities the Mayor of New Orleans and Governor of LA had to their citizens....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 2, 2005 12:35 AM
From our friends IN the Bywater: Hey guys, hope all of you got out safely... I'm going to continue forwarding information that may be of help to you. In case you haven't heard, for those of you who live in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 1, 2005 06:04 PM
Helicopters from both coasts, helo carriers and support/hospital ships, support personnel, evacuated military families from Pascagoula and the smaller installations scattered all along the Gulf and air ops commence 24/7 0700 tomorrow. I wish the folks down the road could...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 1, 2005 05:32 PM
...isn't New Orleans underwater. It's the Louisiana leadership vacuum, sucking the life out of one of the most vibrant places on EARTH. The mayor is a ghostly voice on radio and TV interviews. When was the last time you saw...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 1, 2005 03:11 PM
We can not let an american city become Port au Prince or Abidjan or Baghdad. Looters must be shot. Sorry. It's ugly and harsh and unbelieveable that this could happen, but it can not be allowed to go unchecked and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 1, 2005 02:32 PM
Drudge has the following blurb up: Eyewitness: Sec of State Condi Rice laughs it up at 'Spamalot' while Gulf Coast lays in tatters. Theater goers on New York' City's Great White Way were shocked to see the President's former National...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 1, 2005 01:00 PM
nails it. Which brings us to the other issue: People can't live there. There are, incredibly, still people insisting they won't leave, but they're as out of their minds as they surely had to be to stay in the city...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 1, 2005 10:30 AM
As the unending natural tragedy in Louisiana and Mississippi continues to unfold, I would like to take a moment to look back on the man-made tragedy of last year: May the bastards who did this burn eternally in what ever...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 1, 2005 09:24 AM
Initial reports vary as to the extent of damage to Gulf Coast refining. But a longer term problem may not be refining infrastructure but providing shelter for refinery workers. “One of our refineries is scheduled to be back up soon...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on September 1, 2005 12:02 AM
these are just plain spooky. Plus as THS and I were talking about yesterday, the place is going Escape from New York, too. Pray for the poor souls that were unable to evacuate, and are still in what is left...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 31, 2005 11:01 PM
That the governor of Louisiana has NOT declared Martial Law in New Orleans? UPDATE: Well I'll be damned. The mayor JUST DID, at 7:32 local time TONIGHT. WTF was his first CLUE he had a problem??? 7:32 P.M. - N.O....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 31, 2005 10:10 PM
as our gas orices here have jumped $.50 today, and appear to be going higher Thursday. I filled up the Mitsu after lunch today for $2.69, and there was not another soul at the station (this being around 2:30), but...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 31, 2005 09:35 PM
This is how americans help each other out, by gum: 5:10 P.M. - AUSTIN, TX (AP): Texas public schools will enroll children of Hurricane Katrina refugees sheltered within each district. The Texas Education Agency has been directed to provide all...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 31, 2005 08:19 PM
During a strong hurricane, the city could be inundated with water blocking all streets in and out for days, leaving people stranded without electricity and access to clean drinking water. Many also could die because the city has few...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 31, 2005 07:17 PM
And use it in the most expeditious, conservative fashion possible. News has been showing lines in Atlanta (UPDATE: One station $5.57/gal)and fisticuffs in northern Mississippi. All in the face of almost $1 jump in gallon prices since this morning. Here...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 31, 2005 06:00 PM
Brits can be thieves, too....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 31, 2005 01:39 PM
As THS refers to below, the silence is deafening...and disheartening. After the bombings in Bali, bloggers in the US poured out their support for the Aussies. After the bombings in London, we all stood and screamed out our support for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 31, 2005 01:34 PM
Mary Landrieu, whom I've always thought of as a vapid sort of Senate chair filler, is truly the only competent sounding individual in the entire New Orleans/LA political hierarchy. The mayor's whining, the ACoE is tap dancing, the governor can't...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 31, 2005 01:31 PM
The Superdome crowd is being bused to the AstroDome in Houston. That's the plan, anyway. 316 Miles. Tens of thousands of people. And the freeway overpasses surrounding the downtown area are filled with people heading for the Superdome, in sight...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 31, 2005 11:29 AM
The Salvation Army's Hood said the effort will be long and expensive. "Our position is we stay until all the needs are met, and that will be a long time," he said. "Our typical philosophy is, let's go in, do...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 31, 2005 10:07 AM
..."After the tsunami, the United States mobilized immediately to help. It's been a couple of days now and the international and corporate silence is deafening. Have you heard anything?" Senator Shelby: "In the international community they worry more about what...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 31, 2005 08:31 AM
Only word for it. I knew it wouldn't take long for the left to blame the storm on the Republicans. What's amazing is how little time it took. I left the following comment. What a despicable piece of opportunistic tripe....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 30, 2005 11:56 PM
They expect 12-15 feet of water in parts of NOLA. CNN is reportng carjackings near the Superdome. Chaos....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 30, 2005 09:12 PM
I wish I could second DaveJ's optimism regarding New Orleans, but I can't. And everyone of my aquaintance knows I am the perpetual ray of sunshine in the midst of any disaster. When Ivan hit here, for example, there was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 30, 2005 04:27 PM
The bands overhead Sunday night. We were done boarding up. If one could say there was an advantage to Ivan, it was this ~ our electrical grids were completely replaced. New ways of stringing wire ~ taut to hold the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 30, 2005 12:21 PM
But we can help. Please give generously to the Salvation Army*. *THS says give your money to The Salvation Army. They are the first people on the scene and they help everybody everywhere without all the bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 30, 2005 09:21 AM
Hope you're all ready to go, good friend. Looks like the ball's moving to your court and we're thinking of you....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 27, 2005 08:38 AM
It's looking like you should get whatever you need at the mall NOW....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 26, 2005 03:41 PM
...Joan Baez, now 64, has descended from the mists to sing songs at Cindy Sheehan's Crawford ditch in Texas. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, respectively 62 and 61, have decided to cap their careers with a new song called "Sweet...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 26, 2005 10:11 AM
You live on a frickin' island. An island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. You're so far out you can't even make a map of the U.S.. They give you a little 'Hawaii' box, for God's sake! Things have...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 25, 2005 03:33 PM
The 152 year old Labradork is a difficult proposition. Poor MacDaddy ~ 11 1/2 people years, congestive heart failure, old man skin, 6 hairs left on his body and Cushings syndrome ~ subjected to the ultimate indignity. His skin is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 25, 2005 01:43 PM
...he sets a pretty scene as well! ...Many warmhearted and mildly attentive Americans say the president should have invited Sheehan to his kitchen table in Crawford for a cup of coffee and a serving of that low-calorie staple of democratic...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 25, 2005 01:15 PM
...literally!! Scientist finds secret Renaissance ingredient Tiny pieces of glass shown to give paintings special glow ...Using an electron microscope, Barbara Berrie, senior conservation scientist at the National Gallery of Art, discovered one of their secrets: tiny bits of glass...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 25, 2005 12:01 PM
...has the con. Stand by. *Ed. Note* THS forgets that tho ole Bingley is on the road again, I still have access from work and home. UPDATE: Get back to work, you little PUKE !!!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 25, 2005 11:52 AM
...a FAT HEAD, that is. Puts a whole new spin on "you can't handle the truth!" Doctor in trouble for calling patient obese N.H. woman filed complaint; state attorney general asked to investigate ROCHESTER, N.H. - As doctors warn more...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 24, 2005 04:26 PM
...the Bush Administration has f@cked this one up royally. Iraq secularists denounce "Islamist" constitution Secular Iraqis said on Wednesday a proposed new constitution left no room for doubt about the Islamist path the country was heading down two years after...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 24, 2005 10:07 AM
Boozy Brits most likely to reach for the bottle Britons are drinking more, while alcohol consumption among health-conscious French and Germans is falling as consumers increasingly turn to non-alcoholic drinks, according to new research... ...Volume sales of wine increased by...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 24, 2005 08:56 AM
You could have guests by this weekend. Busloads of them. Courtesy of the 'Hurricane Katrina' travel service. UPDATE: She's already costing you money. Oil's up over $66/barrel today. Stoking bullish sentiment, the AccuWeather forecasters said that a new tropical depression...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 24, 2005 08:28 AM
You know. The difference between (Pat Robertson's hateful dumba$$ aside.) us: Sister Mary Michael protests the Da Vinci Code film. ...and them: Salman Rushdie No one's dropped a fatwa on Dan Brown. No one's gonna. Us and them....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 23, 2005 07:19 PM
‘Mockingbird’ actor Peters dies at 78 He also played Admiral Cartwright in ‘Star Trek’ films LOS ANGELES - Actor Brock Peters, best known for his heartbreaking performance as the black man falsely accused of rape in “To Kill a Mockingbird,”...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 23, 2005 06:20 PM
...remind me of 'The Hunt For Red October'? I can hear a certain sexy, manly, dee-lish-us someone in a Russian sub saying in a Scottish brogue... "Let them s(h)ing..." Gah-RRROOwwwwllllllll....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 23, 2005 01:46 PM
...find corpses all the time. The coyotes who get the illegals over the border then tell them to head for the 'lights in the night'. The numbers are staggering. But the incursion is relentless. Since Oct. 1, Border Patrol agents...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 23, 2005 11:48 AM
Yet another crazy nun gets in trouble with her Mother Superior: A Belgian nun's acrobatic and indecorous dancing with a missionary during the Catholic World Youth Day in Germany over the weekend earned her a reprimand from her mother...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 23, 2005 11:22 AM
Oh, and I got funny for ya pal, right HERE....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 22, 2005 03:44 PM
...I've got a fascinating read for you. ...Nor did he brag about his vast accomplishments. More than 600 patents to his credit. A fortune amassed. Powerful foes toppled. As death approached, he believed his place in history had been secured,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 22, 2005 02:50 PM
Completely lost amid the press hoopla over the sentencing of scumbag Eric Rudolph is any mention of the man the press and the FBI villified: Richard Jewell Funny how the press doesn't want to mention him....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 22, 2005 12:53 PM
My God man, it's not like they were trying to steal tvs or other electronics. No, this was a gift from a benevolent Deity to His people: JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) -- Hundreds of looters battled police all weekend at...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 22, 2005 10:30 AM
They laid the series to rest. And did it just right. It made up for the two unspeakably tedious and grinding seasons I missed. When I threw my hands up and said 'I can't watch this crap anymore'...because they were...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 22, 2005 09:42 AM
The trouble started, Mr. Rivers said, when a group of Norwegian soldiers on peacekeeping duty in Kosovo came upon the song in 2002 and decided to make a rock video of it. The video is a tour de force. (Clever...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 22, 2005 09:17 AM
His skin was pale and his eye was odd. He shaved the faces of gentlemen, Who never thereafter were heard of again, Did Sweeney, Sweeney Todd.... ...The Demon Barber of Fleet Street And yaHOO buddy, Mrs. Lovett's (Patti Lupone!! WOO...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 21, 2005 01:16 PM
Morons. San Francisco Shuns Retired USS Iowa The USS Iowa joined in battles from World War II to Korea to the Persian Gulf. It carried President Franklin Roosevelt home from the Teheran conference of allied leaders, and four decades later,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 21, 2005 10:47 AM
We were charged when we found out our neighborhood has one. I love that dorky music. Old-fashioned ice cream trucks in demand Booming business sees growing number of new vendors ABOARD TRUCK NO. 95 - As music-box tunes tinkle from...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 21, 2005 10:22 AM
I looked over the side of the boat today and saw this: That, my friends, I believe is a condom filled with cocaine that is floating around in NY harbor tonight. Somebody's gonna be upset. Blech...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 19, 2005 07:23 PM
Powerline has them. Oh and I'll bet you won't see them anywhere on the news. The photo below depicts a sign posted by the neighbord nearest to the roadside crosses. The neighbor does not agree with the anti-Bush protesters....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 19, 2005 04:02 PM
Jury finds Merck at fault in man's death ANGLETON, Texas (Reuters) - A jury in the first civil trial against Merck & Co.'s popular painkiller Vioxx on Friday found the pharmaceutical company liable for the 2001 death of a Texas...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 19, 2005 03:29 PM
...as noted in a dismal little Der Spiegel article. WANTED: PIOUS PEOPLE When the German Pope Returns Home, He'll Find an Unchristian Land When Pope Benedict XVI lands in Cologne for World Youth Day, he will be arriving in a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 19, 2005 03:04 PM
Casey Sheehan's deeds were heroic. By laying down his life for this nation, he delivered the kind of message that is written in blood, that lives forever. Why on Earth would a loving mother choose to refocus the nation's attention...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 19, 2005 02:50 PM
If you've got some time on your hands, someone to watch the dogs and don't mind the gas prices, you might want to join up. If you can't, ask our left Coast Swillers to honk and wave for you when...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 18, 2005 12:42 PM
...need not apply. SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — A former personal assistant to Carlos Santana (search) has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the rock star and his company, claiming he was fired after his consciousness was "calibrated" and determined to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 18, 2005 11:32 AM
I really wish that I could point out errors in this column by Lileks, but sadly I can't. The leadership of my church, strike that, rather the leadership of my denomination (the leadership of my church is much more sensible),...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 18, 2005 10:36 AM
Été avec hors des vacances est comme Paris sans fois gras!* With unemployment hovering at 10 percent, a growing number of French can no longer afford a traditional August getaway -- a summer ritual that symbolizes the good life a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 18, 2005 10:26 AM
...can ask the impossible of our troops. And they get the job done. BAGHDAD, Iraq - Alpha Company's motto is "Speed. Shock. Power. Violence. Attack." But it also might read "People skills" or "Interpersonal relations." Those are the tactics that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 18, 2005 08:46 AM
...and I'm not talking Bingley and David Hasselhoff. No, I'm talking about the ability of the moonbat population to twist anything. In a codicil to my post below on self delusion, I will add this snippet from another site that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 17, 2005 06:42 PM
Joe ScrewYourBorough, debonair TV personality, ex Congressman re-elected with 79% of the vote in 2000, only to bugger out a couple months later to 'spend time with his children', erstwhile partner-for-face-value-only in one of the most successful LIBERAL law firms...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 17, 2005 02:56 PM
My picture's on the way: Forget waxed chests and rock-hard abs. A new survey finds ladies like their men scruffy, a wee bit chubby - and definitely not a metrosexual. Chick Magnet, that's me: Playgirl asked 2,000 of its readers...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 17, 2005 01:58 PM
There's an awful lot of emotion ~ anger, suffering, hopes and dreams, realized and not ~ in that word. We're watching it play out across the news channels, talk shows, newspapers and blogs, and everyone's got an opinion on why...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 17, 2005 12:41 PM
Convicted Bali bombers get sentence reductions Militant cleric gets four and a half months off in honor of independence day JAKARTA, Indonesia - A militant cleric and 17 others convicted in the 2002 bombings that killed 202 people on the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 17, 2005 10:17 AM
And I'm not just talking about the grill... Foreman linked up with Salton in 1995 to promote the George Foreman Lean Mean Grilling Machine -- a redesigned product that had been on the market without his name. He didn't expect...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 17, 2005 09:19 AM
Because, I mean, when 350 bombs go off we wouldn't want to profile anyone, now would we? Jamayetul Mujahedin, an Islamic militant group, claimed responsibility for the attacks in leaflets distributed around many of the blast sites. Update: Dang, the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 17, 2005 08:52 AM
Sounds fun to us and how lovely to drag you all down to our level! As we routinely break into weird TOWACA patter of languages real and imagined, I thought I would suggest the favorite of my resources for German...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 16, 2005 07:17 PM
...you would be well advised to behave with discretion!" Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time. Insults courtesy of the hardwork and enviable talent of Geoff Davis (and his NK-News), evil capitalist genius. Calif. man catalogs...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 16, 2005 04:34 PM
To paraphrase that idiot Crodile Hunter 'Danger, Danger, Danger!' Crocodile blood may yield powerful new drugs Tests show reptile's immune system prevents life-threatening infections SYDNEY - Scientists in Australia’s tropical north are collecting blood from crocodiles in the hope of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 16, 2005 02:01 PM
Here's a shocking headline: Report: High school exit exams pressuring limited-English students According to the story Huge numbers of students who don't speak or read English well may be denied a high school diploma based on graduation tests that do...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 16, 2005 01:20 PM
Take THAT, oh ye who boasteth painfully upon thy readership. In recognition of the honor of being vistor No. 18K,we award Sir Rob of Appleton Lane, Crabbeshire a jelly donut....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 16, 2005 11:45 AM
On the right's an appealing 16 year old. With 4 ~ count 'em! ~ FOUR pairs of $500 (yes, fivehunnertdollah) jeans in her arms. Even if she buys a pair, there is something just so wrong with that. Or...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 16, 2005 10:11 AM
First a Catholic Joke: A Catholic man is struck by a bus on a busy street. He is lying near death on the sidewalk as a crowd gathers. "A Priest, Somebody get me a Priest!" the man gasps. Minutes drag...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 16, 2005 08:57 AM
...and perpetual martyrdom. Woe, woe is me... (Brian Williams) I asked the president a blunt question about his legacy and any regrets he may have that impeachment will always play a prominent role in how his presidency is remembered. Clinton:...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 15, 2005 12:31 PM
For those of you who might have comtemplated catching a snippet of the last PGA rounds on CBS this morning, I say: Good FREAKIN' Luck! The commercials outnumber the golf shots 10 to 1. (Of course if old PinchFaceSquintEyes wins,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 15, 2005 10:29 AM
captious \KAP-shuss\ adjective 1 : marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections 2 : calculated to confuse, entrap, or entangle in argument This submission arrived in timely fashion. Recent confused examples that spring to mind?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 15, 2005 09:34 AM
For all the decades of self flagellation the Germans have gone (and are still) going through, the Japanese seem to have recovered nicely. I've always wondered how that could be. They live with sanitized versions of their history; relegating abominations...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 14, 2005 11:14 PM
...comforting others since 9/11, bless his heart. He's made time to meet more people privately, give more hugs and heartfelt wishes, than any President ever I'm sure, wartime or not. To a one ~ even in Cindy Sheehan's original version...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 14, 2005 06:04 PM
This could develop in a most interesting fashion. DUI law ruled unconstitutional Va. presumes guilt if blood-alcohol level is 0.08, a judge says McLEAN -- A Fairfax County judge has ruled that key components of Virginia's drunken-driving laws are unconstitutional,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 14, 2005 05:58 PM
That's the only excuse I can think of for this rather sordid affair: NZ bachelor on rabbit sex charge 13 August 2005 By LES KENNEDY Sydney Morning Herald SYDNEY: A man faced an Australian court yesterday charged with having sexual...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 14, 2005 04:36 PM
...Bingley (BASTARD!) and my sweet sister, NJSue. (Of course, he has more hair than Bingley, but you get the idea...) (Actually, Bingley's not that much taller than NJSue. He's more 'nosehair to eyeball' size...but you get the idea.) (Actually, he's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 13, 2005 12:37 AM
Walken for President in 2008. Keep it clean, right? Damn! If nothing else, the guy makes for compelling campaign photos. I mean who doesn't know the Godfather gets things done? The competition? A thoughtful photo essay follows......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 13, 2005 12:24 AM
"Cindy Sheehan has become the Rosa Parks of the anti-war movement," said Rev. Lennox Yearwood, leader of the Hip Hop Caucus, an activist group. "She's tired, fed up and she's not going to take it anymore, and so now we...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 12, 2005 02:47 PM
I'm not a big tv fan, so I missed this episode of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition". And a good thing too: Five orphaned siblings who moved into a new dream home on the hit ABC television show "Extreme Makeover: Home...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 12, 2005 01:48 PM
...and it hits little towns hard. Death toll for part-time troops in Iraq soars Summer months prove deadly for Reserves and National Guard The National Guard and Reserve suffered more combat deaths in Iraq during the first 10 days of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 12, 2005 12:35 PM
Cleric Bakri arrested in Beirut ...He was held in the capital Beirut after giving a TV interview in which he said he would only return to Britain as a visitor but not as a persona non grata. And WTF does...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 12, 2005 10:34 AM
My favorite Dragon Lady (Dorothy Rabinowitz) had a column yesterday that dovetails ever so sweetly with one I found today by Charles Krauthammer. Ms. Rabinowitz notes about the ACLU and bag searching... Taking affront at government security measures in wartime...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 12, 2005 10:18 AM
Jason's post on Wolf Blitzer/Clueless News Network (at IraqNow) has given Major Dad and myself a good deal of merriment since we found it. A slice to savor: That's right. The explosion flipped a 31-ton APC. And what is Wolf...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 11, 2005 01:12 PM
...were never meant to be broken. Irene broke records Sunday as the earliest ninth named storm in the Atlantic hurricane season, which began June 1 and ends Nov. 30. Normally, only two named storms have formed by this time in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 11, 2005 12:44 PM
..."As late as 1975, the United States graduated more engineering and scientific PhDs than Europe and more than three times as many as all of Asia", humminah, humminah, humminah, "In 2001 China graduated 220,000 engineers, against about 60,000 for the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 10, 2005 11:30 PM
Airlines Face Growing Fuel Shortage Risk WASHINGTON -- Lost luggage, bad weather and now ... no fuel? While fliers haven't yet had to add that problem to the list of headaches associated with air travel, it may not be far...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 10, 2005 10:44 PM
'It's ridiculous' Gov. Bush criticizes NCAA ban on FSU's nickname ..."I think it's offensive to native Americans ... the Seminole Indian tribe who support the traditions of FSU," Bush said on his way into a Cabinet meeting. "I think they...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 10, 2005 02:40 PM
... after they kill five people? To town's dismay, school shooter to be released Former loophole in justice system allows gunman, now 21, to be freed JONESBORO, Ark. - Seven years after taking part in a schoolyard ambush where four...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 10, 2005 11:16 AM
Cover that SH$T UP !! Beer maids cover up? Dirndl if we will Bavarians are hot under the collar over a European Union directive that beer garden barmaids cover up, supposedly to protect them from the sun. Brewery owners, politicians...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 10, 2005 10:05 AM
(Or is it 'reflux'?) The U.N. needs a good scrubbing and Bolton might just be the guy. Sevan complains that he has been denied access to U.N. and other documents vital to his defense. Rosett endorses this -- but argues...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 10, 2005 09:37 AM
Microsoft says "whoops!" again... Microsoft warns users of 'critical' security flaws SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft Corp. warned users of its Windows operating system on Tuesday of three newly found "critical" security flaws in its software, including one that could...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 10, 2005 09:20 AM
M/V Tancred 151 feet tall, 640 feet long, 105 feet wide. Carries 6000 cars....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 9, 2005 08:49 PM
Rogers reinstated; Selig is furious Ranger to serve less than 20-game suspension for shoving cameramen NEW YORK - Kenny Rogers was reinstated Tuesday when an arbitrator ruled that commissioner Bud Selig overstepped his authority by suspending the Texas pitcher for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 9, 2005 05:32 PM
...on every other day of the year. But THIS time, I'm rootin' for them to win 100%. Florida State to sue NCAA over mascot-nickname rule TALLAHASSEE - The NCAA can forget about Florida State University changing its "Seminoles" nickname any...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 9, 2005 10:06 AM
Gatlin blazes to world title HELSINKI, Finland -- Pensacola's Justin Gatlin didn't just win the 100 meters at the world track and field championships, he dominated it like no other sprinter in the meet's history. The 23-year-old Olympic champion and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 9, 2005 09:52 AM
I was an active duty Marine Corps Staff Sergeant, the NCOIC of COM/NAV in VMA(AW)242, and we were on a Marine Aircraft Group-70 det. to Fallon, NV. MAG-70 was a huge innovation at the time ~ Marine Aviation's component of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 8, 2005 04:11 PM
On the face of it, this announcement sounds pretty foreboding... Mr Larijani was appointed by the new fundamentalist president Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad to replace Hassan Rowhani, according to a senior Iranian official. "Mr Ahmadi-Nejad has appointed Mr Larijani as the secretary...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 8, 2005 10:59 AM
There's a lot of painless ideas in this Newsweek article that JeffS and I have held sway on before, but they never suffer for repeating. (It's especially timely, considering my post below AND the fact that I just found new...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 8, 2005 10:13 AM
..."Oh Peter, just shut-up". But we've watched you from the day you sat in Frank Reynolds' chair. And we never again watched anyone else. The Major Dad household will miss you immensely. Immensely. And Peter? Thank you....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 8, 2005 08:42 AM
New Jersey's governor in waiting ~ the dapper dancer John Corzine ~ seems to have stepped in it yet again. Last time, you'll remember, it was his 'too good to be true' $470K loan to ex-girlfriend Carla Katz. This time,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 7, 2005 06:42 PM
Don't get so excited Ken....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 6, 2005 05:50 PM
When you report the story about him saying he's sorry for his temper tantrum on CNN, make sure to include a 2 year old picture of Novak with Karl Rove to remind everyone what this is all really about: In...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 5, 2005 03:38 PM
If you're subject to random drug tests: The rivers of Italy are flowing with cocaine, say scientists who have adopted a new approach to measuring the extent of drug misuse. The biggest river, the Po, carries the equivalent of about...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 5, 2005 01:32 PM
I am so sick of this sh$t. NCAA bans use of Indian mascots Prohibition only applies to postseason, not to individual schools INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA banned the use of American Indian mascots by sports teams during its postseason tournaments,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 5, 2005 01:05 PM
As they should! Four decades after divisive war, veterans reclaim honors — and pride PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Still in his Army greens, William Tallerdy barely had both feet back on American soil when a man came up to him, demanding...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 5, 2005 11:48 AM
Jobs growth unexpectedly strong in July WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth picked up last month as employers added 207,000 workers to their payrolls, a healthy gain that outstripped Wall Street expectations, a government report showed on Friday... ...A net...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 5, 2005 10:18 AM
Well, that's jacked up! Talk about a Rube Goldberg way of getting ripped off: RALEIGH, N.C. - An original copy of the Bill of Rights that was given to North Carolina by George Washington back in 1789 was returned to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 5, 2005 12:19 AM
If you don't know, the New York Times will find out. NY TIMES INVESTIGATES ADOPTION RECORDS OF SUPREME COURT NOMINEE'S CHILDREN **Exclusive** The NEW YORK TIMES is looking into the adoption records of the children of Supreme Court Nominee John...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 4, 2005 01:42 PM
There are actually times when I agree with the ACLU, but this is not one of them: The New York Civil Liberties Union will file suit against the city Thursday to keep police from searching the bags of passengers entering...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 4, 2005 10:34 AM
chivy \CHIV-ee\ verb 1 : to tease or annoy with persistent petty attacks *2 : to move or obtain by small maneuvers Example sentence: As she told Brendan about her bad day, Megan chivied the last olive out of the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 4, 2005 09:40 AM
No butts behind wheel? N.J. moves on smokers Many smokers angry over push to ban drivers from lighting up God bless the Garden State and all who live there. How do you put up with this stuff? TRENTON, N.J. -...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 3, 2005 11:19 PM
UPDATE: And these are the kinda guys they're so worried about offending. Fighting words in an anxious London Prominent British Islamic militants praise attacks, call bombings justified LONDON - As London braces for another feared attack, two prominent British Islamic...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 3, 2005 04:09 PM
Good on 'im! Unprecedented Shuttle Repair a Success ...Astronaut Stephen Robinson said both pieces came out easily. He did not have to use a makeshift hacksaw put together in orbit that he brought along just in case. "That came out...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 3, 2005 10:40 AM
14 Marines, interpreter killed in western Iraq Deadly incident comes after Marine sniper teams ambushed in same town 21 gallant souls in a little more than 24 hours. Bless you and thank you. May God hold your families close to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 3, 2005 10:15 AM
This doesn't bode well for an open society. American journalist shot dead in Iraq An American journalist has been found shot dead in Basra four days after he wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times criticising the spread...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 3, 2005 08:41 AM
A year later, but better late than never. Now, let's see who reports about these conclusions... WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Center for Voting Rights Legislative Fund ("ACVR Legislative Fund") today released the most comprehensive and authoritative...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 3, 2005 12:41 AM
...in Cincinnati, Ohio. If the Democratic candidate had a strong showing, it would send a signal to the GOP. If the Democratic candidate won, it would...um...send a signal to the...oh, you get the picture. So, what happened. The short of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 3, 2005 12:13 AM
Now, if it had been Emily, would she be the Skewerdess?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 2, 2005 09:17 PM
Like me, I'm sure many of you have been looking for that special metaphor to describe the horrid state of affairs here in Bushy McChimphitler Ville. I mean, Theocracy is so 90s, and, while I admit Gulag does have a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 2, 2005 01:29 PM
From The Christian Science Monitor, all the FAQ's answered. Some answers are obvious... What do the militants want? For Islamist militants, the long-term objective is an Islamic superstate, or caliphate. Narrower objectives include the end of the state of Israel...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 2, 2005 01:20 PM
New diet aid—the power of suggestion? Study suggests people can be persuaded certain foods make them sick WASHINGTON - It might be possible to talk a dieter into hating strawberry ice cream, but it may be impossible to help people...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 2, 2005 12:04 PM
So Barry Bonds says he won't be back this season "because of his injured right knee." Bullshit. He's sitting at home drinking a lot of water and trying to flush all the drugs out of his system so that he...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 2, 2005 11:47 AM
Dog beats most people in swim race Golden retriever 'Jake' first non-human in annual competition SAN FRANCISCO - One of the swimmers in this weekend’s Alcatraz Invitational swim has dog paddled his way into the record book. Jake is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 1, 2005 05:03 PM
Well, in a Massachusett's Little League game, anyway. Ump's language ban incites protest Little Leaguers told to stop speaking Spanish on field METHUEN, Mass. (AP) -- Coaches on a Little League team filed a protest with the league after an...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 1, 2005 03:13 PM
Since he's been using weenie-shrinking pills to hit all those home runs: Rafael Palmeiro, who last month became the fourth member of baseball's 3,000-hit, 500-home run club, will be suspended for violating baseball's drug-testing plan. Of course, maybe someone spiked...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 1, 2005 12:59 PM
...been living in a cave or something? What morons thought this was a good idea to begin with? Ford splits with Eminem: report Paper says Ford initially happy when rap star wanted new Ford for video, but lyrics raised concerns....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 1, 2005 11:41 AM
We French are pathetic losers, says ad chief The President of one of the world's biggest advertising agencies has issued a damning state-of-the-nation assessment that describes France as being in steep decline and his countrymen as "narrowed and stunted". Maurice...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 1, 2005 10:54 AM
...are hateful blowhards extraordinaire and can think of a few others you'd like to add, well then! This is the list for you. Right Wing News emailed more than 200 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a list...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 1, 2005 10:37 AM
...or, say like, Prince spaghetti for that matter, who went through hard times and/or lost their businesses because of this nonsense. Atkins Nutritionals files for bankruptcy Company has been hurt by waning popularity of its namesake diet You'd have to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 1, 2005 09:50 AM
World turning its back on Brand America The US is increasingly viewed as a "culture-free zone" inhabited by arrogant and unfriendly people, according to study of 25 countries' brand reputations. Now that I'd have to agree with that and I...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on August 1, 2005 09:22 AM
Woo-Hoo! Thanks so much for your patience and kind words of advice! Extra-Swill thanks to Ken, Kathy, Wunder and most especially Bill!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 31, 2005 09:52 AM
Iknewit, Iknewit, Iknewit!!! Presenting: Moi (in this dimension or any other) Possessing a rare combination of wisdom and humility, while serenely dominating your environment you selflessly use your powers to care for others. Even the smallest person can change the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 29, 2005 02:47 PM
First: The hair ~ it wasn't Bigfoot, barefoot or even 'my left foot'; it was four hooves. Bison, not Bigfoot, stomped through Canada DNA test of hair sample shows it came from bison, not Sasquatch Second: The other hair ~...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 29, 2005 12:36 PM
Bring a bag lunch with you. It could be a long one, for once. 6-way North Korea talks to hit record 5th day Despite prolonged meetings, few signs of progress in nuclear discussions BEIJING - The top U.S. envoy pledged...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 29, 2005 11:48 AM
I guess the flights to Bangkok will be empty: A German company is looking to cash in on an expected boom in the sex trade during next year's soccer World Cup with a 60-room brothel a walk away from Berlin's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 29, 2005 11:48 AM
...takes a Northern Ireland-ish look at what the IRA said yesterday and what people heard....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 29, 2005 11:33 AM
THIS IS A BUMP 'cause they still are, even tho there's lotsa new SwillStuff to read. And please email Bingster or moi~ swilling*at*beegewelborn.com ~ with anything you would have posted. We'll be putting those in the extended sections. And... Would...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 29, 2005 09:08 AM
...would actually die, if the 'fixes' don't work. Discovery commander surprised by debris problem HOUSTON (Reuters) - Shuttle Discovery commander Eileen Collins said on Friday she was surprised the flying debris problem that brought down Columbia in 2003 re-emerged on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 29, 2005 09:06 AM
...just gives me the willies. Maybe it's that smile of hers. The beady eyeballs. The 5-7 tons called 'Mom'. Tiny embryos linked to giant dinosaurs Oldest such fossils hold surprises for paleontologists The oldest fossilized dinosaur embryos ever found reveal...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 29, 2005 08:52 AM
...NOT. Economy kept growing solidly in 2nd qtr WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy grew solidly at a 3.4 percent annual rate in the second quarter, the government reported on Friday, just slightly below the first quarter's pace and with...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 29, 2005 08:42 AM
In a move worthy of a Freddie/Jason/Chucky horror sequel, CNOOC seems intent on proving they're "not dead yet". CNOOC considers raising Unocal bid CNOOC executives are weighing whether the Chinese energy company will this weekend launch a potential knock-out bid...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 29, 2005 08:26 AM
As Swillers know, I am for restricted drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The 100 mile mark off my beautiful Panhandle and the rest of the state seems eminently reasonable. We all drive our chariots to and fro and, while...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 28, 2005 09:58 AM
...wanted to know. Rudy rakes in the cash ...Some are grumbling that the former mayor of New York City is rumored to have received what has been called a “staggering sum” of “something in the region of” more than $85,000...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 27, 2005 05:09 PM
...AM the winner. And Bingley is the loser we all know him to be. Ah-hahahahaha! Ah-hahahahaha! Diptera ex tenebris once again displays his remarkable good taste and exquisite sense of humor. I thank him and the academy. And Bingley lost....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 27, 2005 11:25 AM
Walmart corporate headquarters blinked. Wal-Mart lifts News Journal ban Wal-Mart will allow the Pensacola News Journal to be sold at area stores, rescinding a ban imposed because of a newspaper column that a local manager considered derogatory to the retailer......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 27, 2005 09:12 AM
baleful \BAIL-ful\ adjective 1 : deadly or pernicious in influence 2 : foreboding or threatening evil The "bale" of "baleful" comes from the Old English "bealu" ("evil"), and the "bane" of the similar-looking "baneful" comes from the Old English "bana"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 27, 2005 09:02 AM
You do have to wonder what Miami City officials were smoking when they came up with this brilliant idea: Miami city leaders are apologizing for a news release that invited summer campers to a ''Ghetto Style Talent Show'' and ''Watermelon...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 27, 2005 08:58 AM
...when he says... "Comment Spammers and their families will be tracked down and sacrificed to the pagan gods according to ancient Aztec rites." It's the cornerstone of his whole-earth-anti-spam policy. Let's review. "Do NOT spam Bill." Very good. (But I...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 26, 2005 12:17 PM
MSNBC has just heard about PA's Lt. Gov. practising consolation therapy....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 26, 2005 11:44 AM
Jane's going on tour: Fonda said her anti-war tour in March will use a bus that runs on "vegetable oil." Funny; I thought she was just a nut....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 25, 2005 12:08 PM
Unocal urged to consider higher bid NEW YORK (Reuters) - A shareholder in oil and gas producer Unocal Corp. urged on Sunday the company's board to consider a higher takeover offer from China's CNOOC Ltd. than one it backed from...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 24, 2005 11:58 PM
A Sunday Times Comment piece by Michael Portillo. He manages to ding on everyone from Cheri Blair to Edward Heath and Bill Clinton, and it's marvelous. We all just sat back and let Londonistan rise against us For all our...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 24, 2005 11:12 PM
Mr. Summers' favorite boy gets his picture in the paper. That is, at first, Livingstone blamed the bombers. Then, he blamed everyone but the bombers. In response, the Daily Telegraph ran Livingstone's mug next to those of Islamic radicals Sheik...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 24, 2005 01:51 AM
Italy approves new anti-terror measures ...and said it wanted to create a supreme prosecutor for anti-terrorist investigations... ...The measures also make it a crime for the first time to train people in the preparation or use of explosives. Police will...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 24, 2005 01:27 AM
Lord, I hope not. I don't see how anyone could be that offensive. And if it is, there are no words to describe the outrage. Lt. gov. crashed Marine's funeral, kin say The family of a Marine who was killed...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 24, 2005 12:15 AM
Thanks to Tim Worstall for the heads up in the comments below that the guy shot in the Tube turns out not to have been a bomber. As I commented over there Oh gosh, Tim, the worst possible outcome, as...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 23, 2005 01:26 PM
So, they've set off car bombs at a crowded resort in Egypt, killing mostly...muslims, just as in Iraq the terrorists kill mostly muslims. I'm sure that there are those who still maintain with a straight face (foam-flecked though it may...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 23, 2005 07:36 AM
Kerry seeks release of Roberts' documents WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic Sen. John Kerry urged the White House on Friday to release "in their entirety" all documents and memos from Supreme Court nominee John Roberts' tenure in two Republican administrations. "We...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 23, 2005 12:12 AM
...grab yourself one of these for Fang. Are you sick of people looking at your breed of dog in fear because politicians and the media are saying things like; "We want to breed these dogs out of existence," "They are...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 22, 2005 11:33 PM
Oh. My. Gawd. The Senate International Security Subcommittee was holding hearings on a proposed U.N. renovation in the 1.5 BILLION DOLLAR neighborhood and someone had the bright idea to ask New Yawk's most famous developer his opinion. Man, does he...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 22, 2005 10:23 PM
From the LA Times Opinion page: Is Islam to blame? Despite claims of moderate Muslims, a literal reading of the Koran offers cover for acts of terrorism. How's that for a headline? Irshad Manji writes a powerful column. Which is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 22, 2005 07:26 PM
...surprises me. Pleasantly, I might add. He's quoted in Thomas Friedman's NYT piece today. We also need to spotlight the "excuse makers," the former State Department spokesman James Rubin said. After every major terrorist incident, the excuse makers come out...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 22, 2005 07:17 PM
'Raging Grannies' want to enlist, go to Iraq Um, sure they do. TUCSON, Arizona (AP) -- A group of anti-war senior citizens calling themselves the "Tucson Raging Grannies" say they want to enlist in the U.S. Army and go to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 22, 2005 04:59 PM
Calif. man gets death sentence for killing girl SANTA ANA, Calif. - A judge Friday formally sentenced to death the man who kidnapped and murdered 5-year-old Samantha Runnion in a case that led to the expansion of abduction alerts on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 22, 2005 04:08 PM
Otherwise it'll be a big big mess for the cops. Look, I'm not questioning or second guessing what little we know of the situation; if the guy is going to blow up then you shoot him as rapidly as you...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 22, 2005 11:40 AM
On Wednesday the US Congress passed an amendment that allows the administration to broadcast television and radio programmes into Venezuela. The amendment, introduced by Connie Mack, a Florida Republican, is aimed at offsetting the perceived "anti-American" influence of Telesur, a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 22, 2005 10:50 AM
You knew it would happen. The NYPD come up with a reasonable plan to enhance safety on the subway system, and the lefty wackoids are up in arms. Reacting to the NYPD's announcement Thursday afternoon that police would randomly—but routinely—search...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 21, 2005 10:28 PM
From Hank Stuever at the WaPo. The real tribute to James "Scotty" Doohan, 39 light-years after he first saved the USS Enterprise's heinie (and did it many times over), is that it's now almost impossible to have a boyfriend or...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 21, 2005 08:19 PM
...ROCKS !! "Now I don't know the mind of the terrorists. By definition, you can't put yourself in the mind of a successful suicide bomber. I can only look at objective facts, and the objective facts are as I've cited....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 21, 2005 02:47 PM
then Dale over at QandO goes and posts this. I am really getting sick of the whole abortion debate. They really do need to overturn Roe, and let the states debate and duke it out. A few states would possibly...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 21, 2005 02:01 PM
Oh well CRAP. Another career choice harpooned by bureaucracy. The lead-in for our Fox10 News at 9... If you're gonna take your clothes off for a living... ...you better have a permit. ...crushed every hope I ever had of breaking...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 21, 2005 01:55 PM
1) Rene has a husband in El Salvador. 2) Rene lives with her boyfriend in Houston. 3) Rene's boyfriend cheats on her. 4) Rene cuts off his John Thomas* with a kitchen knife. Relationships can be so complicated sometimes... *The...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 21, 2005 12:36 PM
Andrew is keeping us updated. (Thanks Emily!)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 21, 2005 11:25 AM
Arthur Chrenkoff discusses a story from The Great White North, though I suppose one can't use that melanin-challenged description any more, either: Canadian Miss Universe Natalie Glebova was forced to take off her official sash at a local festival celebrating...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 21, 2005 08:43 AM
...I'll betcha any Average Joe could tell you, or make a damn fine start of it. Muslims Demand Inquiry in London Bombings Britain's Muslim leaders demanded a judicial inquiry Wednesday into what motivated the four "homegrown" suicide bombers who targeted...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 20, 2005 06:05 PM
...Walmart looses theirs and the sh$t hits the fan. This column*, dated June 18th, by Pensacola News Journal columnist Mark O'Brien has the world of Walton all up in arms... Wal-Mart mentality keeps us pinching pennies rather than building a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 20, 2005 12:12 PM
They've decided to stick with Chevron, who's apparently sweetened their bid. Alrighty, then....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 20, 2005 11:08 AM
They bear watching. Pentagon warns of military threat from China China could pose a future military threat to other Asian countries but its current ability to project power beyond its periphery was "limited", the Pentagon said on Tuesday. In its...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 20, 2005 01:05 AM
...if I didn't ask for good thoughts and prayers from all for those in Hurricane Emily's path. We've been on the receiving end too many times and had nothing but support, from family, friends ~ even folks we've never met...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 20, 2005 12:51 AM
Why is it, when I so look forward to these few enough evenings alone, ~ the remotes and all they control are mine, mine alone and I am a chick flick Goddess basking in freedom to choose, with no Law...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 19, 2005 09:58 PM
...have your speakers on at their bestest settings and hanky ready. I'm blubbering like a baby, bless their hearts....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 19, 2005 08:48 PM
...(The Mouse) and men. Rodents to Get Beach Property A new home on Perdido Key could cost thousands of dollars extra, all to accommodate a rodent... ...Right now the mouse has free reign over the Gulf Islands National Seashore, the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 19, 2005 07:15 PM
God, I've always loved that quote*. Almost drove off the US 17 in a laughing fit when I heard it read during an NPR broadcast of Whad'Ya Know. It was the gem contained in an author read excerpt (a most...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 19, 2005 01:00 PM
Two little potatoes are standing on the street corner. One is a prostitute. How can you tell which one is the prostitute?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 19, 2005 11:51 AM
Maybe I'm missing something, but I really don't get what the hoopla is about this: FBI agents monitored Web sites calling for protests against the 2004 political conventions in New York and Boston on behalf of the bureau's counterterrorism unit,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 18, 2005 02:21 PM
Long, long weekend of drinking and partying. I need a week off now...we had a wedding to go to on Friday, and a friend came in from Brazil for it on Thursday, so it was non-stop from Thursday night through...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 18, 2005 10:07 AM
...back in the driver's seat. WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court put the Bush administration's military commissions for terrorist suspects back on track Friday, saying a detainee at the Guantanamo Bay prison who once was Osama bin-Laden's driver can stand...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 15, 2005 01:14 PM
Unocal's shareholders are set to vote August 10 on whether to accept the 18.5-billion-dollar cash bid from CNOOC, or a stock-and-cash offer from Chevron that is worth about 1.5 billion dollars less. ...before anything else. Gheit said it was unlikely...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 15, 2005 09:48 AM
The US is prepared to use nuclear weapons against China if it is attacked by Beijing during a confrontation over Taiwan, a Pentagon general said on Thursday. “If the Chinese draw their missiles and position-guided ammunition on to the target...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 14, 2005 08:38 PM
From Michele is a tool that will come up with the perfect battle cry for each of us... (mine, as befits the battlelust-besodded fool that I am, is not PG rated...)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 14, 2005 07:59 PM
Than have to have a frontal lobotomy... It really is amazing, and frankly somewhat sickening, that this 'procedure' was done on some 50,000 people in the US alone. Other doctors used a more primitive version than Moniz, punching an ice...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 14, 2005 12:19 PM
and Give up? Survey says: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co. , the top U.S. carrier by market value, on Thursday said quarterly earnings rose 41 percent as fare hikes boosted revenue and hedges eased the impact of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 14, 2005 11:09 AM
...and I've thought so from the first word of it. Letting them buy a tchotchke retailer is one thing, but something so closely tied to the moving parts of this country and it's defense is naivety at it's most dangerous....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 14, 2005 10:39 AM
"Well, Peter, what do you think of complaints that the grass is too tall on the 17th?" "They're crybabies."...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 14, 2005 09:49 AM
...on a Coke bottle and, assuming from personal experience that one else really has, it follows that this is another huge change-my-diapers-and-save-me-from-myself waste of time. Soft drinks 'should carry health warnings' A US consumer group has called for cigarette-style health...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 14, 2005 09:18 AM
...Ted Rall? From the Times U.K. Cartoon Gallery....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2005 08:17 PM
Peculiar brand of tap-dancing while hair-splitting here: ...On Sunday afternoon he went to a shop in Nottingham to buy cigarettes and was first called "Taliban" by the youths and then set upon. Nottinghamshire police described the incident as racially aggravated,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2005 04:41 PM
Islamic cleric gets life for inciting war Virginia-based scholar says he 'will not admit guilt' ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A prominent U.S.-based Islamic scholar who exhorted his followers after the Sept. 11 attacks to join the Taliban and fight U.S. troops...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2005 04:15 PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday slashed its forecast for the fiscal 2005 budget deficit by nearly $100 billion after the government raked in unexpectedly large tax revenues in recent months. And... WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. trade...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2005 01:40 PM
Home Secretary Charles Clarke has had to address reports that the bombing suspects had been rounded up and released last year. So where'd this 'news' come from to begin with? The French. The claims were made by France's Interior Minister...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2005 12:33 PM
Since Tim has a quiz up, I thought I'd add my own: You're an ordinary Iraqi muslim trying to go about your life. The greatest threat to your life comes from... A) Global Warming B) US soldiers C) The Air...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2005 12:02 PM
AS ZIMBABWE COLLAPSES, AFRICAN LEADERS LOOK THE OTHER WAY God bless Bono. He has done more to put Africa back on the map than all the usual advocates -- African heads of state, the Congressional Black Caucus and international aid...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2005 09:43 AM
Lileks has a wonderful Bleat up today on life, and taking the time to enjoy and appreciate it. Because I’m young and stupid and the wrong things matter? Not today. Today my daughter ran to me with open arms when...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2005 08:45 AM
Tim Blair has a good post up about Hollywood's 'selective' memory when it comes to Fidel Castro: Cathy Seipp’s actress friend Leah asks a bunch of Hollywood types why they’re so hot for Castro: “Name one pro-Castro movie that’s come...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 13, 2005 08:22 AM
Panama Canal expansion may force toll rise Tolls on the Panama Canal may have to increase nearly four-fold to fund the canal's planned expansion – a move that could reduce the waterway's competitiveness against alternatives... ...It currently costs a container...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 12, 2005 05:49 PM
turophile \TOOR-uh-fyle\ noun : a connoisseur of cheese : a cheese fancier...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 12, 2005 04:10 PM
EXPLOSIVES FOUND IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Holy shit. No link yet. I'm looking. UPDATE: Okay, it seems as if they evacuated as a precaution. The Serjeant At Arms Office said the alert had been a "precautionary measure related to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 12, 2005 03:55 PM
In all the breaking news surrounding the bombings in London and our own brand of wet and wild down here, this admission seems to have escaped notice. If these words don't scare the beejeebus out of the 'word terrorist is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 12, 2005 01:17 PM
...as I'm sure he's responsible for this too. (UPDATE: As Emily seems intent on a Mexican vacation, we have redacted the forecast tracking map until our lives are again in jeopardy.) Meet Emily. You probably thought it was the Dennis...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 12, 2005 12:54 PM
Were you shocked and stunned when the BBC refered to the bastards who murdered 50+ folks in London as 'terrorists'? Well, don't despair! Because in the cold, hard, safe light of socialist reflection the editors of the Beeb have gone...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 11, 2005 10:08 PM
The EU is concentrating on the important things: "The EU's objective is to substantially reduce the number of people in Europe affected by noise by 2012," Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said in a statement. Funny, that's Osama's objective, too....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 11, 2005 01:21 PM
...have seen the LIGHTS! They're on and we're astounded. I think all our experiences hurricane wise, colored by Bertha (07/96 CAT2) and Fran (09/96 CAT3) in N.C., were forever altered by the beast that that was Ivan. This was also...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 10, 2005 11:08 PM
...stops by, while making his rounds of the neighborhood. We got a full report of who lost what. Great to have a salty bosun's mate next door. Kudos again to Gulf Power, Southern Bell and People's Water Co. for keeping...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 10, 2005 02:40 PM
It's getting close to crunch time and we're still ground zero. They're even saying 'Perdido Key', which just SUCKs, since we're 6 miles as the SUV drives from there. On the upside, I'd like to thank FEMA for the tarp...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 10, 2005 01:22 PM
They won't come in. Scottie Blogging, brought to you live... You saw it here, folks....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 10, 2005 01:16 PM
Gusts are whistling, trees are bending, rain's a drivin' and the house is starting to creak a bit. Our visitor has picked up speed, praise JEsus, so won't be able to get any stronger if he keeps this up....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 10, 2005 12:54 PM
His ugly old eye is already on our short range radar. We've got the place as fortified as humanly possible, all things considered. And there's a blessing in that the worst winds are in a tight little band, so...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 10, 2005 09:18 AM
The graffiti says: Pelican Soup Taste Good PAY THE RANSOM Okay, you heartless cretin. TAG!!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 9, 2005 04:12 PM
Heh. "Reality based". Snort....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 9, 2005 11:12 AM
Wunder Kraut had a post up the other day about an article that one James Carroll of the Boston Globe wrote on July 5th. Typical damp washcloth stuff, really, tying together how evul Bushy McChimphitler and crew are now with...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 9, 2005 10:53 AM
Stores are laid in....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 8, 2005 08:38 PM
This can get real ugly. CAT 4, 135 mph already and "expected to strengthen." Anyone in the path get out now if you can, and for those of you whom Uncle Sam wants to attend meetings in the path...for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 8, 2005 11:29 AM
How they seem to pile higher and deeper. It's a burden, really, fame and all that. We are Numero Uno, FIRST PAGE, first entry on Google. As our swath continues it's inexorable slice and dice toward Media Domination (and a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 7, 2005 10:49 PM
Tracing his ancestors' journey from Africa to a slave auction in Charleston, S.C., Richburg concluded: "Thank God my ancestor got out, because, now, I am not one of them [present-day Africans]. ...[T]hank God I am an American."Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 7, 2005 07:08 PM
Show Your Appreciation Of All Things British
Emily, as always, is brilliant....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 7, 2005 07:05 PM
From An Elderly British Gentleman On The Street
"No, I'm not going to change anything. That's the point, isn't it? If you let it change your life you let these evil, cowardly, despicable people win." You do indeed, dear sir. You do indeed....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 7, 2005 06:43 PM
Rudy Can't Fail
Turns out Rudy Giuliani was in London this morning: "I was right near Liverpool (St) station when the first bombing took place, so I could hear the sirens and then kept hearing reports of different bombing, in different parts of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 7, 2005 02:32 PM
Kidnapped Ambassador Killed
I'm getting word that Al-Qaeda is claiming they have executed the Egyptian diplomat they kidnapped in Iraq....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 7, 2005 10:27 AM
A Governor's Son, An American
(Pataki) added that graduates from Yale have a lot of options, but not all are as rewarding as being a Marine. “I wanted something more exceptional; something that would make the most out of me.” Thank you, Teddy Pataki,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 7, 2005 08:42 AM
Our Prayers Are With Our English Friends
Reports are coming in that suicide bombers may have been involved. Sadly, it was only a matter of time until something like this happened. We must redouble our efforts to hunt down and exterminate these scum and those that support...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 7, 2005 08:15 AM
A Study In Contrasting Styles
The Big Guy took a tumble today, as he is wont to do when peddling along. Bush falls off bike after colliding with officer President suffers minor scrapes in incident at G-8 summit GLENEAGLES, Scotland - President Bush collided with...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 6, 2005 06:50 PM
Sniffle...
One of five children born into a military family in Fort Bragg, N.C., Duncan moved frequently when he was growing up. The high school dropout often felt lonely and displaced, particularly after his parents’ divorce in 1979, the Times reported....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 6, 2005 02:30 PM
Sorry About The Slow Loading Times Folks
But we are getting pounded by trackback spam today. I've deleted 30 or so, and they really clog things up. Bastards. PS - Anyone who even thinks about click through to some of those sites and encourage the turds will...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 6, 2005 12:50 PM
Why Are Some Citizens...
...so much more important than others? My heart breaks for her mother and family. I know I would be foaming at the mouth at the thought that someone could hurt the most precious thing in my life. But now comes...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 6, 2005 11:49 AM
Pensacola, Full Steam Ahead
In honor of Bingley BASTARD's incredibly callous sense of humor and appalling lack of empathy, not to mention good taste, I have put together a shortPhoto Essay.Once you've seen it, realizing how cruel the Dennis graphic below really is, I...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 6, 2005 10:05 AM
Ken Finds Some Ward Goodness I Missed
You've got to hand it to Ward; he's got a set of brass ones (handsomely crafted by native craftsmen from indigenous materials, natch). Ken's got the scoop on his latest venture. As each day goes by Ward is turning into...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 6, 2005 09:03 AM
Sis, Better Set An Extra Place For Supper...
'cos Dennis is coming to town....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 6, 2005 08:48 AM
This...
6 attackers die in raid on Hindu shrine in India Security forces end standoff with gunbattle AYODHYA, India - A suicide bomber blew up a security fence Tuesday and gunmen used the breach to storm a Hindu shrine complex at...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 5, 2005 09:42 PM
Time For A Pop Quiz From Uncle Granola!
Ready? Here we go: What's more dangerous to a marine reserve*: A - old fishing nets or B - a ship full of researchers? *No, "The MPs" is not an acceptable answer....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 5, 2005 03:18 PM
Speaking of Creative Complaints...
...this one, whilst not a hoax, rings with insincere poetry. In the Louisiana case, Johnson said she suffered physical and psychological harm when she discovered the object in a take-out salad from an Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar in the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 5, 2005 03:05 PM
Oh Yeah, That'll Make a Difference
First GM, now McDonald's. Clueless, completely clueless. Mickey D's wants to make workers 'phat'? Report says McDonald's had asked Tommy Hilfiger, P. Diddy, among others, for a 'uniform' makeover... ..."We're looking at how do we make our uniforms more appealing,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 5, 2005 01:01 PM
Not Only Didn't We Ratify Kyoto
But NASA, those Chimpy McHitler Rovearian Pawns, with the Deep Impact probe have "ruin(ed) the natural balance of forces in the universe" and thus owe one Marini Bai damages totaling 8.7 billion rubles ($300 million) - the approximate equivalent of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 5, 2005 09:11 AM
Sophisticated French Diplomacy
Gosh, I must admit, us cowboys do have a lot to learn about suave, sophisticated discourse from Messr Chirac: (Jacques Chirac), chatting to the German and Russian leaders in a Russian cafe, said: "The only thing [the British] have ever...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 5, 2005 08:11 AM
Survey Says: “eight in 10 Americans of all ages...say patriotism is in.”
Well! I would hope so! “That [patriotism] appears so long after the period of frenzied flag-waving following 9/11 suggests that it is settling in as a fixture of American perceptions,” according to Roper Reports... ...The poll also found that, African...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 4, 2005 10:56 AM
When In the Course of Human Events
It took a little work. And a lot of courage....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 4, 2005 12:08 AM
Not So Fast
Wise words from a subordinate at the Second Battle of Trenton. That he would “bag the old fox” in the morning was the confident forecast of Cornwallis. “If Washington is the General I take him to be, his army will...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 3, 2005 11:33 PM
142 Years Ago Today
Pickett's Charge....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 3, 2005 05:10 PM
230 Years Ago Today
This guy took command of the Continental Army. Lucky stroke for us, huh?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 3, 2005 02:04 PM
Another Fine New Jersey Public Servant
Concentrating on the people's business as always. Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., said Friday that several unidentified Senate Republicans had placed a hold on a proposed resolution declaring support for Miller and Cooper. ``Cowards!'' Lautenberg said of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 2, 2005 04:29 PM
Don't Cry For Me, Argentina
Just let me buy a comfortable pair of pants without being heckled and ridiculed. This was so appalling, it's all I could do not to scream. Now I know it's a foreign country and I know I could stand to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 2, 2005 12:27 AM
10 Great All-Americans
Yummies, that is. It's a pretty fair list: 1) New England clam chowder 2) Pastrami (New York) 3) Shoofly pie (Pennsylvania)(...apple pan-dowdy, makes your eyes light up, tummy say 'howdy'! and no, that's not part of the article.) 4) Smithfield...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 1, 2005 11:38 AM
Well, There's One Stepping Down
Supreme Court Justice O'Connor retiring First female member of court; key swing vote on abortion, death penalty WASHINGTON - Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court and a key swing vote on issues such as...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 1, 2005 11:01 AM
Counter Tenors Unite!
This sure seems like discrimination to me: Singing soprano is for girls only in Texas' elite All-State Choir, eliminating a 17-year-old boy's chance to audition for a statewide honor and raising questions about gender discrimination. As someone who sings countertenor,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 1, 2005 10:51 AM
Word of the Day
bunkum \BUNG-kum\ noun : insincere or foolish talk : nonsense ... in the case of "bunkum," you could almost say it was an act of Congress that brought the word into being. Back in 1820 Felix Walker, who represented Buncombe...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 1, 2005 09:51 AM
I Sure Hope They Don't Forget...
...what they were working on over the long weekend. Congress works to blunt court decision DeLay calls Supreme Court ruling on seizing private property ‘horrible’ WASHINGTON - Lawmakers are trying to blunt a Supreme Court decision that says local governments...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 1, 2005 09:32 AM
Should Your Fourth of July Skies Be Cloudy...
...may I suggest a film? It's one of my all time favorites. Now, 'it's hot as hell in Phila-del-phi-a'! 'Someone oughta open up a window' and 'for God's sake John, sit down!' You'll be glad you did....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 1, 2005 08:58 AM
Scotties Patrol the Perimeter
Help Barney and Miss Beazley keep the Whitehouse Lawn free of wussies, wombats, moonbats and old bats who poop on the lawn. That's it kids. Tear 'em up! Swill Salute to Florida Cracker. Heh....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on July 1, 2005 12:20 AM
No Brewski, No Chewski ~ We're Throughski
Maybe the Dutch are finally done being sensitive. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A lunch meeting between a leading parliamentarian in Belgium and counterparts from Iran has been canceled because the beer-loving Belgian could not stomach a ban on alcohol... ... But...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 30, 2005 11:54 PM
A New Type Of "Extra-Credit" Assignment
High school chemistry wasn't this fun when I was in school: HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- A chemistry teacher who was at least three months behind on her car payments gave passing grades to two failing students who stole and burned...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 30, 2005 09:57 AM
Mexico's Newest Industry
Thanks to Pravda we learn of Mexico's newest growth industry: facilitating the smuggling everyone who wants to into the US. Not a bad deal, really. The mexicans collect fees as the folks enter, a few helpful bribes along the way...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 30, 2005 09:44 AM
76 Strum-pets Led the Big Parade...
The Swede Ulf Hjertstrom, held hostage with Aussie Doug Wood, is trying to arrange a virgin or two for his former captors. He... ...has hired bounty hunters to track down his former captors, promising to eliminate them one by one......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2005 11:58 PM
Finally An Honest Politician
But of course he still weasels: POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- A New York state lawmaker says he's embarrassed, after he mistakenly sent out an e-mail message that referred to his constituents as "idiots." Assemblyman Willis Stephens says he thought he was...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2005 01:48 PM
Family Values
Alright, I'm an old fuddy-duddy. But this just sickens me. An East Texas college student finally learned why she'd gained weight and was having abdominal pain — she was about to give birth. Annie Cohen was three days shy of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2005 01:26 PM
Ward Churchill: Kill Your Officers
Pirate Ballerina has the text of the latest speech by Ward: You cannot maintain a military projection of force in the field when your own troops are taking out the line officers who are directing them in combat. It is...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2005 12:54 PM
Bless Their 'Lil Pointy Heads
MSNBC has video link on their home page called "Explaining Shark Attacks". I shall endeavor to explain it now, saving our gentle readers time. We will title this segment: Sister Knows Sharks First, a basic equation. + +...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2005 10:06 AM
Here We Go Again
New York to unveil redesigned Freedom Tower NEW YORK - After concerns were raised about security at the soaring skyscraper proposed as the centerpiece of the former World Trade Center site, architects went back to the drawing board. On Wednesday,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2005 09:51 AM
I Shouldn't Laugh
Really, I shouldn't. Author Terry McMillan has filed for divorce from the man who inspired the 1996 novel "How Stella Got Her Groove Back," which chronicled the romantic adventures of a 40-something woman who falls for a guy half her...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 29, 2005 09:31 AM
Dr. Strangelove...
...was a potty mouth. Dude, someone's always gonna find out. "The Indians are bastards anyway," Kissinger told the president. "They are starting a war there." Kissinger also told his boss that he had bested Gandhi in their meeting. "While she...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 28, 2005 11:26 PM
"US suspected of keeping secret prisoners on warships"
Yup. It's true. I seen 'um. They've even got a blue tarp on their roof, like the rest of us. But then BushChimpHitlerEvilMinionsofRove had the thing hauled back to Texass when it looked like the Truth was about to be...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 28, 2005 11:14 PM
Another Stupid Link Headline
From the home page link to this MSNBC story. Feds never learned why tiger attacked Roy Horn I guess the tiger wouldn't take a deal and wasn't talking. Unfortunately, the same can't be said for the conspiracy theories offered in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 28, 2005 04:04 PM
Aw...
Shelby Foote has died. To anyone familiar with his trilogy "The Civil War", he was a god. To anyone who watched Ken Burns' epic PBS series, he was a national treasure and as comfortable as a pair of old socks...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 28, 2005 02:36 PM
E.T. Phone Home
Steve..Steve Steve Steve: Oscar-winning director STEVEN SPIELBERG is baffled that fewer UFO sightings are made now than were made twenty years ago - because the technology to record would-be aliens is so commonplace today. How to break this gently? Spielberg...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 28, 2005 01:47 PM
Er, I'll Pass, CNN
I was perusing CNN a few minutes ago and I saw this: Most PopularMORE NEWS • Watch Free: Video news hourly updates • Senate passes energy bill • Wal-Mart heir dies in plane crash | Profile | Watch Free •...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 28, 2005 12:59 PM
I Don't Recall Getting to Vote For This...
...or even asked for my opinion, so it can't have been much of an election. The greatest song of all time Greil Marcus on Bob Dylan and 'Like a Rolling Stone' Not....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 28, 2005 12:15 PM
Some Records Were Never Meant to Bee Broken
Irish Man Fails to Set World Bee Record TIPPERARY, Ireland - An Irish man tried to break a world record Saturday by coaxing more than 350,000 bees to land on his body, but the bees just wouldn't settle. In nearly...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 28, 2005 10:40 AM
Somebody...
...is rolling in his grave. Trafalgar show a poke in the eye for Nelson kin Admiral's family upset over political correctness for bicentennial of battle LONDON - Britain celebrated one of its greatest naval victories on Tuesday but a descendant...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 28, 2005 09:54 AM
The Only Tablets Allowed in This Courthouse...
...are Tylenol. The Supreme Court says 'nyet' to the ones Moses hauled around....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 27, 2005 10:27 AM
MSM and the Connecticut Land Grab
I noticed an odd thing during our weekend viewing, but wanted to check before I shot off my mouth here. Having ascertained that my initial impression was indeed correct, I will share it with you now. KELO has fallen off...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 27, 2005 10:03 AM
Bay-Sah-Baw-Roo
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 27, 2005 12:39 AM
Adieu, Sweet Prince...
...of Darkness, that is. The Capital Gang is no more, as of last night. For civilized political discourse, there was no better hour on the tube....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 26, 2005 05:59 PM
I'm Not Dead...Wait A Minute, Yes I Am
From the Land of the Rising Sun we get this tale of a family out for a nice drive...the only problem being that mom had been dead for a few days: A young mother found at the scene of a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 26, 2005 01:25 PM
"One, Two, Five" "Three Sir!"
Tim Blair has a very interesting discussion going occasioned by the NYT Editorial Page's grasp of math. The editorial is such a muddled mess that I can only think of the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch clerics or better yet...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 26, 2005 08:29 AM
A Kelo Irony I Missed
As I and many much smarter folks have pointed out, a very real danger from the Kelo decision is that public officials will be bribed out the wazoo from people looking to get their hands on attractive parcels of privately...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 25, 2005 11:56 AM
Hooray For Clarence Thomas
Randy Barnett at Volokh has found a beautiful summation in the dissent by Clarence Thomas of the problems with the Supreme Court in the Kelo decision: "Something has gone seriously awry with this Courts interpretation of the Constitution." If Thomas...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 25, 2005 11:36 AM
Another "Mother Of The Year" Nominee?
BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. -- A deputy Tasered an intoxicated 13-year-old girl who was kicking and scratching two hospital nurses, officials said. April Rene Burleson, who is 4-foot-9 and weighs 90 pounds, had a blood alcohol level of 0.175 percent and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 24, 2005 03:50 PM
What Women Really Talk About In The Bathroom
Dana at Note-It Posts slips up in the midst of some well-founded child rearing guidance and reveals to men what women really talk about when they go off to the loo in a pack. Fellas, it's worse than we ever...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 24, 2005 03:25 PM
The House Says "Not So Fast There, Friendly Skies!"
House votes to block UAL pension default WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted to block bankrupt United Airlines from defaulting on its pension plans and shifting them to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) The...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 24, 2005 02:51 PM
Panties in a Wad
NOT about the the gubment takin' yo land, although one would think that would be a major topic of conversation. No, it's about Baby Bob, Quizno's cute little spokesguy with the computer generated lips... Whoa!! Here he is. (Wrong 'Quizno's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 24, 2005 01:19 PM
"Witsie"
NAS Pensacola is dotted with these gorgeous brick retaining walls, almost to a one filled with elderly oaks. They mimic the line of the Fort Barrancas Redoubt and the 1836 Spanish Wall, whose remaining bits snake through the oldest parts...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 24, 2005 10:28 AM
More On Kelo
God Damn I'm pissed. Alright, I'm pissed for a variety of reasons but I'm gonna take it out on those five desicated assholes in black robes. Can someone explain this decision to me? It's like the old Monty Python "Dennis...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 24, 2005 08:00 AM
Say Hello To MacInslosh™
Friends, summer is upon us, and that means good food, good friends, and lots of drinking, especially drinking of chilled wine. I admit it: in the winter I'm all about top-flight kick-butt reds. In the summer, however, I let my...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 23, 2005 08:30 PM
Until they come up with a bionic eye....
they won't be hearing from me yet. But I can hope....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 23, 2005 03:29 PM
The Supreme Court Outlaws Private Property
Oh good God. Now the SCOTUS says it's ok to take private property and give it to private developers. Nothing is safe from the reach of government now. And you can thank the Gang of Five: ...Justice John Paul Stevens...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 23, 2005 10:50 AM
So, Bingley...
How were the cheeses?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 21, 2005 12:11 PM
Here's to Tears For Fears
Police: Lions free kidnapped girl ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Police say three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl kidnapped by men who wanted to force her into marriage, chasing off her abductors and guarding her until police and relatives tracked...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 21, 2005 11:49 AM
Schmaybe, Schmaybe Not
A thought about this weekend's U.S. Open (won in magnificent form by Michael Campbell, by the way) and all the 'will Tiger beat Jack' speculation. We knocked it around a little here, too. (Had to drown out the incessant droning...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 20, 2005 05:15 PM
...When They Pry My Cold Dead Fingers From The Mug
An incredibly condescending article in the Washington Post on Javanomics. At a Starbucks across the street from Seattle University School of Law, Kirsten Daniels crams for the bar exam. She's armed with color-coded pens, a don't-mess-with-me crease in her brow...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 20, 2005 12:17 PM
GMC Redux
According to MSNBC.com, there's fixin' to be a dust up twixt the dinosaurs at GM and the always feisty UAW. Fingers are pointing like light sabers... As GM's engine stalled this year, CEO Rick Wagoner has laid much of the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 20, 2005 10:43 AM
I Knew I Liked This Girl...
Did Tom Cruise try to recruit Scarlett Johansson to Scientology? The “Lost in Translation” star was expected to co-star with Cruise in “Mission: Impossible III” but was dropped because of “scheduling conflicts.” But it seems that there may have been...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 20, 2005 09:18 AM
Who's Your Buddy, Who's Your Pal...?
Heard about the four hostages rescued by the Marines yesterday? Gitmo does indeed sound like a Gulag if you've only read the WaPo's version. Jeez, even the headline "At Least 50 Insurgents Killed In Western Iraq, Marines Say" makes no...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 19, 2005 01:57 PM
Why Radar Is A Good Thing
Coming home on Thursday we hit a thick fog bank between the Verrazano Bridge and Sandy Hook, and visibility went down to under 50'. When you're doing 30+ knots on a boat with 300 people on it across one...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 18, 2005 11:09 AM
A 'Fight For The Right to Swill' Update
As a result of consumer pressure for change and the Supreme Court ruling, other states are also thoughtfully considering the model direct shipping bill, including New York and Rhode Island, to name two. But not Michigan. Michigan state legislators...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 17, 2005 12:44 PM
I Thought at First...
...this headline was about Mr. Summers. Rare chatty songbird spotted in California Then I read... Dropping her equipment, Lina focused her binoculars on the bird — a male perched on a branch about 30 feet away, singing and shaking his...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 17, 2005 12:32 PM
Operation Murambatsvina
What would your local civic leaders name their latest urban clean up campaign? Especially one aimed to "...weed out all criminal elements countrywide"? Well, if your local alderman was Robert Mugabe, and you were poor and destitute and lived in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 17, 2005 10:46 AM
It's Amazing How Ironic Irony Can Be
Two PETA Employees Arrested on Animal Cruelty Charges in N.C. Police found 18 dead animals in the trash bin and 13 more in a van registered to PETA. The animals were from animal shelters in Northampton and Bertie counties in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 17, 2005 09:14 AM
When The Wolves Start Feeding On Themselves...
Is it a sign the end is near? Or does it show peevish frustration? The frothing paranoia in this editorial is amazing...amazingly reminiscent of the stuff one heard/hears from left-wing nuts in the wake of the elections in the US....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 17, 2005 08:21 AM
Guess Who Really Poops On Mother Nature?
Not SUV-driving Right Wing Death Beasts. No, the evil-doers are granola-chomping mountain climbers. The unsanitary conditions created by piles of human feces on Mount McKinley can cause diarrhea among climbers, which can lead to widespread problems when combined with the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 16, 2005 12:29 PM
Did Senator Durbin Mean What He Said?
Of course he did. And I read about it and thought perhaps cooler heads would prevail. He'd say 'I didn't mean any blah, blah, blah', his supporters would say 'he never meant to blah, blah, blah' and that would be...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 16, 2005 11:08 AM
Reparations Are Tricky...
...so we'll settle for the golf course. Shinnecock Indians lay claim to valuable NY land NEW YORK (Reuters) -- The Shinnecock Indian tribe said on Wednesday it was seeking billions of dollars for 150 years of back rent on land...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 16, 2005 12:24 AM
'The Family Business'
In Newsweek this week and please read it, for the incredible families profiled. But Newsweek f*cks it up again, in all their sloppy magnificence. To wit: There are wonderful sidebars in the print edition that aren't available online. One very...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 15, 2005 12:07 PM
When I Read This, I Was Hoping...
...she was black and then Howard Dean would have to STFU. (As IF that would happen...right.) Oh well. Porn star Carey attends Republican fund-raiser Candidate for California lieutenant governor rubs elbows with D.C. high rollers WASHINGTON - Porn star, political...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 15, 2005 10:10 AM
I Don't Get This 'Lynching' Thing
You mean to tell me that forcibly removing someone from his home, his barn, his street or his place of incarceration to HANG HIM wasn't MURDER until this Senate vote? That a noose around someone's neck by virtue of mob...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 14, 2005 05:26 PM
So, Bingley BASTARD...
...what other treasures have you hoarded on your world travels? WE get the 'fat guys picking up hookers' in Rio stories, while you keep... Brazilian STAR WARS to yourself!! Continue on, gentle readers, for more evidence of Bingley's tricksies......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 14, 2005 01:12 PM
Eight Months With The Marines
A beautiful, bittersweet Picture Story from MSNBC.com. Swill Salute: Sgt. Grit's Marine BS for a wonderful message board full of all things Leatherneck!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 14, 2005 11:04 AM
Scraping Crusty Dishes I Wondered...
...why 'Palmolive'? Now I know. File under 'useless information/soap appreciation'. In 1864, Caleb Johnson founded a soap company called B.J. Johnson Soap Co., in Milwaukee. In 1898, this company introduced a soap made of palm and olive oils, called Palmolive....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2005 03:00 PM
Hey Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
A quick word on gender inequality ~ same pay for the same job. Annika Sorenstam is a rampaging monster on the courses again this year; an immutable force of nature who just put away her third MacDonald's LPGA CHAMPIONSHIP in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2005 01:00 PM
I Love Michael Kinsley
There. I said it. I didn't say I always agree with him, but I have always admired his 'unshriekiness', especially when he was still on Crossfire. He'd turn purple at Novak or Buchanan, but never came across a table, shout...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2005 11:59 AM
Looks Like Tomato Juice, Smells Like Tomato Juice...
Like the old Smothers Brothers routine says, not everything is as it seems. RALEIGH, N.C. - 3,800 patients at two hospitals run by Duke University Health System were operated on last year with instruments that were washed in hydraulic fluid...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 13, 2005 12:15 AM
Powerful Words 2
I can't claim that this installment of the exercise came after quiet contemplation under a steaming shower head. No, this frantic scribbling ensued after a commercial during 60 Minutes (don't even start...). It was for a special, airing Tuesday, June...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 12, 2005 09:14 PM
I Wouldn't Get Between Me...
...and my cheeseburger. I can promise you a fight to the death. "There are attempts to create ill-conceived regulations at the state level and there will certainly be rogue lawyers filing obesity lawsuits against companies," he said. "And if Michael...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 12, 2005 05:07 PM
I Agree: That Is Torture.
I love the headline on Drudge: MAG: CHRISTINA AGUILERA MUSIC USED AS TORTURE IN GITMO We owe this scandalous insight to Time magazine, evidently. Hate to break it to them, but teenage girls have been using this very method to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 12, 2005 04:52 PM
'Some Will Win, Some Will Lose'
So it has ever been. Watch, listen and Rock On! (Bingley Warms Up TIE Fighter/AP Photo) Swill Salute: to Michele....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 12, 2005 02:45 PM
Back to Business
MSNBC.com has finally caught up to the trendsetting Major Dad fiefdom. ALBANY, N.Y. - A line of taps pouring elegant brews from Bass to Blue Moon beckon twentysomethings packed into Bomber’s bar. But 21-year-old Elliot Cunniff orders something homier for...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 11, 2005 07:23 PM
Ashes To Ashes, Dust To...
Pringles? Shockingly, they are suing. Marcelle Lieberman says she visited the niche that July and her sister visited in fall 2003. The daughters say they returned to the mausoleum together on June 10, 2004, their father's birthday, and discovered the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 10, 2005 11:19 AM
My Roof...
...still has a lovely blue tinge to it, accented by bold, white FEMA letters. We'd figured 'Gert' would be our storm, as we tend to get schmacked by the more...um...colorfully named low pressure systems (Fran, Bertha, Ivan), but here's my...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 9, 2005 04:52 PM
Great Leaping Labs!!
And I really mean 'leaping lab' but didn't have room to fit the '...with the heart of a LION. The cops had to fire so many shots to stop the lunging pit bull, the gunpowder set off an overhead smoke...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 9, 2005 04:12 PM
Guys Like My Buddy Qiu...
Give online gaming a bad name: Shanghai Number 2 Intermediate People’s Court gave online gamer Qiu Chengwei the death sentence with a two-year reprieve after he slew another player, Zhu Caoyuan, last October, according to a report published Wednesday in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 9, 2005 03:42 PM
Hollywood Supported Kerry?
Who knew? If only those Tinsletownians, folks whose claim to fame is being able to recite words other people write, ah if only they'd let poor simple fools like me know where they stood in the election then of course...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 9, 2005 03:19 PM
Hey, We Do Have Standards, After All...
The Watchful Babbler notes the story of the fellow who came to the US border with Canada carrying a bloody chainsaw...and was let in to the US. He then notes (well, actually, he notes before quoting the story) So, Cat...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 8, 2005 08:27 AM
Homeless Vets
The Watchful Babbler has a post up about the emergence of homeless GWOT vets. I certainly agree that we owe these folks a lot and should do all we can to help all of our veterans, but I can't help...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 6, 2005 10:51 AM
Hey! Nice Pants!
Rory Sabbatini is a god. DUBLIN, Ohio, June 4 - Rory Sabbatini can hear the muffled chatter that follows him through 18 holes of golf. "Nice pants," someone will say from the gallery, nodding at Sabbatini's camouflage pants dotted black,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 5, 2005 07:33 PM
Stands Alone, No Explanations Needed
When possessing India’s entire war plans didn’t help Pakistan lost the 1965 war despite knowing India’s war plans Mr Gohar Ayub Khan has lobbed a ‘bombshell’ across the border. He has revealed that his father, Pakistan’s first military dictator Field...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 3, 2005 02:58 PM
Spot on...
Daddy, Whats a GULAG? Well children, gather ‘round while I tell you a bedtime story of what a “gulag” is. Once Upon a Time, there was a group of people who lived in a far away land called the “Soviet...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 3, 2005 02:26 PM
Who's Our Generation's Marilyn?
Whatever you do, DON'T check out this slideshow from MSNBC.com for the answer. Whoever put it together is on crack and should be slathered in foul substances....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 3, 2005 10:58 AM
"I Pray Allah Will Freeze Your Blood"
Taking text messaging to new heights, a well wisher sends his regards to the phone of Mohammad al-Zulfa in response to his suggestion that his fellow legislators "think - just think - about studying the possibility of allowing women -...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 3, 2005 09:42 AM
First Ken...Now Lisa...I'm Next!
Lisa has the sad details of an event that is getting all too close for me: my sweet little child becoming a teen. Ken is just about out of this cloud of woe. Update:Crusader Tell me about it. Crusader II...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 3, 2005 09:26 AM
A Melancholy Juxtaposition
I watched the groundskeepers lifting the 27,000 odd American flags from the graves at Barrancas National Cemetary today. Solitary fellows moving through the white headstones, some heartbreakingly white...new...this war. Their carts were left parked on the driveway as they bent...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 2, 2005 11:59 PM
Excuse Me...
...as I GOUGE MY EYEBALLS OUT OF THEIR SOCKETS. In their rush to impart solemnity and gravitas to their part in the GWOT, the United States Navy has seen fit to rename the cryptological schools command at Corry Station, Pensacola,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 2, 2005 01:16 PM
Powerful Words
I'm talking about the words that stand alone, that resonate within us by their mere existence. By the sight of them scrawled on a sheet of paper or flashed on a TV screen, voiced by a moderator or spoken in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 2, 2005 11:26 AM
Cawring Hans Brinker...
Potty pootied Dutch need to stuff a finger in it. Fresh from voting 'nee' on the EU Constitution, the Dutch have turned their societal laser beams on another serious problem. Village cracks down on foul-mouthed Dutch Ban imposed on swearing,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 2, 2005 09:53 AM
There's A Curious And Sad Fact In This Year's Spelling Bee
Look at the kids who've advanced to the 5th round. Look at the words these young great kids spelled! Amazing. Now look at their names and faces. It sort of fulfills all your stereotypes, doesn't it? A smattering of metal-mouthed...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 1, 2005 08:29 PM
Sin On a Sheet...
...a cookie sheet, that is. Darkdarkdark chocolate cookies with white and semi-sweet (read:DARK) chocolate chips. If Agent XYZ agrees NOT to send Bingley any more cool Magic Hats, some might just find their way to Kuwait. Or wherever secret agents...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 1, 2005 08:09 PM
63% Say No
The Dutch say "Europe, let's go Dutch"....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 1, 2005 03:53 PM
Damn! 65 Years To Go...
U.K. Couple Marks 80th Wedding Anniversary. Percy Arrowsmith, 105, and his 100-year-old wife Florence, were married on June 1, 1925, after meeting at their local church in Hereford, western England, where he sang in the choir and she was a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on June 1, 2005 01:03 PM
"...open war on black males"
Protesting the new "Castle Doctrine" Law. A day late and a dollar short. Instead of slavery, the chains now come in the form of laws that are a threat to the black community, said a number of speakers at the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 31, 2005 05:09 PM
Ashcroft Turned Me Into A Newt!
...I got better. I'm supposed to care that the bounties, in effect, worked?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 31, 2005 02:36 PM
With All These Rules...
I'd want to know what WHUDU was, before I made it. Schmaybe I'd choose not to....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 31, 2005 02:36 PM
Sink Her, Already ! Part Trois
When last we left our heroine, she was moored at the Port Of Pensacola, waiting a move back to Texass. She's not gone yet, you ask? Sigh. Nothing but nothing is as simple as it seems. But, in the latest...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 31, 2005 12:35 PM
Friday at the Museum...
A gimpy veteran in a motorcyle vest with his wife on his arm strolled by, circled around one of the airplanes on display and came back towards Major Dad, Grinch and myself. They returned our smiles and nods as they...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 30, 2005 11:54 AM
We Can Never Say "Thanks" Enough
"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 30, 2005 08:36 AM
If you have TCM on your cable/sat...
make sure and watch either 8:00 EST Saturday and/or 6:00 EST Sunday for one of my favorite WW II and John Wayne movies. The last scene, waiting for the last C-47, always chokes me up. What those servicemen who were...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 27, 2005 04:29 PM
In the ranks of death you'll find him...
The Minstrel fell! But the foeman's steel Could not bring that proud soul under; The harp he lov'd ne'er spoke again, For he tore its chords asunder; And said "No chains shall sully thee, Thou soul of love and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 27, 2005 09:25 AM
Oh the shark babe, has such teeth, dear
And he shows them, pearly white Just a jack knife, has all Mac Heath, babe And he keeps it, out of sight Though I don't think jack knives are on the list, I guess 'Iron Chef U.K.' is out of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 26, 2005 11:21 PM
That Damn BushChimpHitler...
...and the tax cuts that are destroying this country...NOT. States See Benefits, Challenges in Revenue Surpluses Multibillion-Dollar Tax Windfall Allowing States to Slash Taxes, Improve Services - A sweeping economic turnaround could mean tax cuts and better service for millions...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 26, 2005 06:43 PM
'Every Step With Caution Feeling'
We need a pet rock out front when Ebola comes skulking home at zero-dark-thirty. The US military is developing miniature electronic sensors disguised as rocks that can be dropped from an aircraft and used to help detect the sound of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 26, 2005 05:00 PM
No Speaka De Anglish?
Pravda** tweaka de anguish in a recent piece. Boldly titled 'Language Barrier Called Health Hazard in E.R.', it starts out with a tragic story of communications gone wrong. When a Spanish-speaking hospital receptionist refused to interpret during her lunch hour,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 26, 2005 02:11 PM
Lt. Pantano Cleared of All Charges
Marine cleared in deaths of two Iraqis 'Best interests' served, Corps says of Wall Street trader turned soldier CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - A former Wall Street trader who rejoined the Marines after the Sept. 11 attacks will not be tried...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 26, 2005 12:53 PM
Further proof that rock music does not kill brain cells...
Musician turned defense analyst, Jeff Baxter. Cool! Even though I hate Steely Dan..........
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 26, 2005 11:44 AM
Laugh Of The Day
Amnesty slams U.S. on human rights Four years after the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington, human rights are in retreat worldwide and the United States bears most responsibility, rights watchdog Amnesty International said on Wednesday. Yes, human...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 25, 2005 12:06 PM
Europe Bends Over To Extremists Yet Again
This is a very scary precedent, and I fully expect the US press to rise to her defense...not. Have the Italian judges indicted everyone who has said unpleasant things about catholicism?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 25, 2005 11:48 AM
I Am Also in Love...
...with the idea of a leatherneck who goes by 'Lt. Col. Lionel Urquhart', commander of the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment'.Jeez, with a name like that how Braveheart can you get? The MSNBC story about the Marines is quite good...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 25, 2005 10:23 AM
I'm Freakin' Starving...
On Hot Dogs from Pravda. Since I can't get myself a dirty water dog and limp sauerkraut in the schwamps here, I hie thee hither to the Winn Dixie, grab a package of Nathan's and force Major Dad to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 25, 2005 10:16 AM
Received A Package Today...
Inside was a letter: Mr. Bingley! Here is your genuine, official, personalized, U.S. Army desert camouflage boonie hat, presented in recognition of your valuable but unspecified services to your nation. Of course, I would like to detail how your support...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 24, 2005 06:44 PM
Ken, You Could Always Just Move...
I guess Ken's Tin Foil Hats just don't provide the protection they used to....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 23, 2005 12:42 PM
Chris Rock's Making Friends Again...
...but not how you'd think. (In this month's Elle.) ELLE: Did you have a favorite candidate in last year's presidential primary? CR: I liked—who's the “yahoo” guy? ELLE: Dean? CR: Dean. He had a passion to him, at least. Kerry...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 21, 2005 06:49 PM
Pronouncement
In the wee small hours of last night, whilst waiting for Northwest Airlines to continue their voodoo juju on Major Dad, I got to watch (uninterrupted) the DVD wide screen version of The Hunt For Red October. It only reinforced...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 20, 2005 09:56 AM
Au Contraire, Mon Petite Poulet
Senior politicians and Eurocrats yesterday abandoned their previous chorus of upbeat, inspiring calls to build a new Europe on a foundation of French values*. Seems the chirpy promises of living This Perfect Day haven't persuaded enough French voters to mark...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 20, 2005 12:33 AM
Oh, Good Lord
I don't think he looks anything like her. (Bingley will correct me if I'm wrong.) "Michael Isikoff has become the Lynddie England of the Washington press corps. For inadequately sourcing a story reporting that the Quran of a detainee at...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 19, 2005 05:44 PM
Highway Robbery
The Saints are threatening to March out of New Orleans. They do have it exceedingly tough there. Under the current agreement, the state will pay the Saints $15 million this year and in 2006, $20 million in 2007 and 2008...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 19, 2005 03:11 PM
Florida's Packin'
There's a nice post over at Volokh by David Kopel on the new Florida Right-to-Defense law. Go read all of it, as the Man says: WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that it is proper for law-abiding people to protect themselves, their...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 19, 2005 01:15 PM
Boba Fett
Gets Funky. Okay, not this funky. Has everyone lost their collective minds??? (Oh wait. 'Collective'. Different movie. No "backpack/with jets...") UPDATE: Hot Off the Presses ~ a paparazzi shot of Bingley looking Sithy at the premiere last night. (He would...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 18, 2005 06:32 PM
GMC
I think it stand for 'geriatric mental capacity'. CNBC offers this concerning a J.D. Powers quality survey: General Motors Corp., which has lost critical U.S. market share this year, had five vehicles winning top marks in quality, and its Hummer...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 18, 2005 03:54 PM
How Odd
First Thickly Settled makes its appearence, then I stumble over this... Chockbilderna av Tonya Harding: Nu har jag fått figur som en boxare I think we should all take a stab at translating....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 18, 2005 03:03 PM
All The More Reason To Make It Tighter
So Mexico doesn't like the US tightening border controls from "laughable" to "merely ludicrous" eh? Mexico is complaining about tough new U.S. rules on foreigners that make it more difficult for millions of illegal immigrants from Mexico to get driver's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 18, 2005 12:16 PM
Stolen Shamelessly From Armavirumque
This is why. Liz and her Ivy-educated, Hamptons-trotting colleagues disapprove of Rudyard Kipling, natch, but reading through the disgraceful comments of the press from today’s White House Press briefing, I couldn’t help thinking of Kipling's poem “Tommy”: Yes, makin’ mock...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 18, 2005 11:36 AM
Thickly Settled
I was up in Andover, Mass. the past few days at a golf outing off-site meeting. One thing that always cracks me up about New England are some of the different terms they use. Here in Joisy we have signs...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 18, 2005 10:04 AM
Word of the Day
Brought to you not by email from M-W, but Tom Maguire of the Maguire Report. émi·nence grise Pronunciation: A-mE-näns-grEz Function: noun : a confidential agent; especially : one exercising unsuspected or unofficial power* Used to describe Carl ROVE, get outta...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 16, 2005 05:20 PM
You Can Send Me That Bottle of Opus Now
The Supreme Court struck down the Direct Sales Ban. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - States cannot ban direct out-of-state wine shipments if they allow their wineries to sell directly to consumers, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a decision that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 16, 2005 12:39 PM
The End is Nigh...
...when Jane FONDA gets cut off by an interviewer for...{drumroll}...talking nicely about President Bush. Liz: Yes, publicans and sinners. Or was that Republicans and sinners? Jane: (Laughter) I was at the White House correspondents' dinner the other night, and Laura...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 13, 2005 12:16 PM
The Joy Of Putting A Face To A Name
I had the distinct pleasure last night of getting to meet Nightfly and some friends of his at a local watering hole, where they had kindly invited me to meet them after their bible study group had finished. A sweeter,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 11, 2005 10:05 PM
Large, Luscious, Naked Breasts
Hmmmmm. What to do, what to do......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 11, 2005 09:53 PM
A Little Good News on the Economy...
...is appreciated. April budget surplus swells to $57.71 bln WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States posted a greater-than-expected $57.71 billion budget surplus in April, the largest monthly surplus in three years, as tax receipts swelled, the Treasury Department said on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 11, 2005 04:29 PM
This Monster...
...needs to die. ZION, Ill. - The father of an 8-year-old girl who was slain along with her best friend admitted to authorities that he was the killer, saying he was angry at the girl for breaking curfew, prosecutors said...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 11, 2005 01:49 PM
Wine Lover Update
According to my just arrived Free the Grapes newsletter, Texass has become the 27th state to support limited, regulated direct to consumer wine shipments. Authored by State Senator Frank Madla (D-San Antonio), and signed into law May 9 by...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 11, 2005 12:11 PM
A License To Steal
Amazing. A judge has allowed United Airlines to shift its pension fund obligation to the government. For those of you playing at home, this means you and I will pick up the $3.2 billion tab. That various administrations have been...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 11, 2005 09:00 AM
You Get What You Pay For
Here's a fun little factoid: In April, insurgents launched 135 car bombings in Iraq, with half of them being suicide attacks, the U.S. military said. How many of these were funded by Sgrena's ransom?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 10, 2005 03:42 PM
The Airspace Over the Front Yard...
...will shortly be smokin'. FrontYard Picture UPDATE:...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 10, 2005 09:48 AM
Well, Hey! I Heard N.J. Needs a Governor
Spokane mayor takes leave amid sex probe Report: West offered jobs to men met in chat rooms; computers seized Upside? At least they're all U.S. citizens....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 9, 2005 11:54 PM
A Slurp in Time...
...saves your mind. Research that I can completely live agree with, so swill away. Now, what do we see when we look at all those moderate drinkers? For one thing, they are more highly educated. According to one study, the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 9, 2005 03:37 PM
Donald Trump...
...is a pretentious, pompous, pompadored palamino's patootie. So imagine how astounded I was to find myself agreeing with him. "The design for the Freedom Tower is an egghead design... which has no practical application and which, frankly, didn't look very...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 9, 2005 01:04 PM
Gropers in the Rear, Please
Ah, the Japanese. TOKYO - A stepped-up campaign by Tokyo train operators to protect women from gropers by increasing the number of women-only carriages is angering some male commuters. Several of the Japanese capital’s railway companies introduced the single-sex carriages...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 9, 2005 08:49 AM
Good to Know...
...someone's watching out for us. As proof I offer this little gem from the AP, coyly hidden among the War, Hillary, Bolton, apes in Kansas and fries in Detroit stories that dominate our headlines. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. I know...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 9, 2005 12:17 AM
The Caipirinha
In honor of Mother's Day, I figured it was time to share with my fellow fellows the secret of the caipirinha. Friends, there is no finer drink on God's Green Earth, and no surer way of rendering your beloved most...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 8, 2005 10:14 PM
What I'm Drinking Tonight
Very yum. Has a full, velvety feel, loaded with fruit and cassis. The 20% petite sirah adds some nice tannins to this very potent beauty: we're talking 15.9% alcohol! It will be very nice with the filets that daughter...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 7, 2005 07:28 PM
Yet Another Successful Graduate...
of U.N. University, where our students learn to make a difference in their bank accounts. Special Work/Study program available in Darfur and Oil-for-Food! UN University: "Money For Nuthin', And Your Chicks For Free!"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 7, 2005 12:02 PM
On Colonel Hackworth
He also seemed to relish stepping on toes. Sometimes, admirals and generals got hurt. But that never stopped Hackworth from telling leaders what he really thought about their operation. General Eisenhower learned that first hand when he was traveling across...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 7, 2005 10:48 AM
Dang It! Rabbits Are Just Stupid.
We have a fenced-in area on the side of the house ("Netherfield") where the dogs have been trained to...attend to more solid matters, shall we say. So after I grilled the boigers tonight I yell for Claude, anmd the dope...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 6, 2005 08:32 PM
Why I Shouldn't Do Things Around The House
So NJSue is out of town this weekend giving a paper on cross dressing men in tights (which I guess means they're back in pants) and I decide to do a PROJECT. The back yard of our house is fairly...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 6, 2005 03:58 PM
Well Now, THAT'S a Smack Down If I Ever Saw One
From the Appeals Court decision on the 'Broadcast Flag' FCC ruling (page 4 of 34): As a result, the FCC’s purported exercise of ancillary authority founders on the first condition. There is no statutory foundation for the broadcast flag rules,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 6, 2005 12:23 PM
I Want My Bleat!
I need my Bleat! "This site is temporarily unavailable." Did he finally get dragged off to AsKKKroft's Gualgs in North Dakota?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 6, 2005 07:47 AM
That Irrefutable Sign of Spring...
...which, in our neck of the woods, equates to the very first chartreuse leaves peeking from the pecan branches. They're the very last to bloom and, when they finally do, there will be no more frosts. Guaranteed. (An ironclad promise...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 4, 2005 02:03 PM
My Cultural Void, And I'm Proud Of It
Shockingly I am getting grief for movies I haven't seen. Unlike the cowed DaveJ I will not succumb to the dual pressures of wine and women; I will not yield! But to aid in their efforts, here is a list...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 4, 2005 01:38 PM
Oh Puh-Lease
So we find out that the reason that despicable toad Lynndie England did what she did is becaues she was "oxygen deprived at birth"? Give me a god damned break already. The Toadette herself said the truth the other day:...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 4, 2005 08:32 AM
'Trust Us' Redux
The USS Oriskany will be towed back to Beaumont, Texass for the foreseeable future. The money quotes (and man, am I looking like the Amazing Kreskin or what...)? Safely mooring the 888-foot "Mighty O" at the Port of Pensacola would...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 3, 2005 08:01 PM
Random Thoughts From Friday Night's Fun
-When you watch the waitress empty a can of Raid into the booth you are shortly going occupy, you do need to drink more (and Bill and I did). -It's also not polite to mention the above to the rest...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on May 2, 2005 10:40 AM
Naboo. Shit. I'm Still In Naboo
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Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 30, 2005 07:47 PM
Bingley Better Get His Petition Going...
...to get on the ballot for New Jersey Governor. Seems someone with some real firepower is thinking about running. Oh, God bless the Garden State. I really mean that. "SATURDAY Night Live" alum Joe Piscopo (above), who's eyeing a run...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 29, 2005 07:57 PM
In Honor of the Big Apple Gathering Tonight
(Which is much nicer than my being pissy about it like Mr. Summers, 'cause I can't go either.) Since Bingley has already posted this week's Swilling entry, I thought I'd pass along a bittersweet but fascinating Pravda Op-Ed piece (lifted...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 29, 2005 02:37 PM
Swill Abe Sinks Nora Engel
Which of course our erudite readers know is an anagram for "Ken's Lesbian Gorilla News"....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 29, 2005 02:05 PM
It's Sad To See Grown Men Become Frothing Mounds Of Jelly
But we knew this was a danger, oh yes, we knew that, given his fragile state of mind this could be the very thing that reduced a once proud man to a shattered hulk. Yes, gentle readers, our beloved Ken,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 28, 2005 06:42 PM
It Went Horribly Awry
We were eating a quiet dinner that was shattered by the ferocious ringing of the doorbell. Our plates clattered to the table as we raced to open the front hatchway, only to be confronted by another piece of duct tape...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 28, 2005 05:13 PM
What I have been saying for years...
Donald Sensing says here. We need the new refineries, but first we need to do something about all the different blends that the envirowhackos demand. Vehicles are running much cleaner these days, and we could produce more usable gas if...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 28, 2005 11:35 AM
200 Years Ago Today...
...Lt. Presley O'Bannon added the 'Shores of Tripoli' to the Marines' Hymn. It's a great story. Semper Fi. There, on 27 April 1805, with bombardment support provided by Hornet, Nautilus, and Argus, Lt. O’Bannon led his force through a hail...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 27, 2005 09:38 AM
Again on Parental Responsibility
Remember our ongoing litany? Another former Jarhead who blogs has seen fit to wade into the fray. (Major Dad found him courtesy of FoxNewsdotcom.) See? We're not the only cranky anti-entitled children grouches out there! Ah. Strength in numbers. Read...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 26, 2005 02:45 PM
After Much Discussion...
...among the agencies involved (ATF-All Things Feathered and FBI-Florida Birds Inc.), we've decide to send in an undercover team. Looks like the ransom's been met, eh?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 24, 2005 03:37 PM
Of Course You Realize
THIS means war... *Caution:Disturbing images for mature viewers only...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 24, 2005 11:54 AM
A Note on Global Warming
It's supposed to be around 47 degrees here in Pensacola come Sunday morning. They're teasing us with a chance at setting record lows. This is what will be left when the Oriskany's moorings are crushed by the impending ice flow,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 23, 2005 12:57 AM
Semper Fi Baby!
The first and only Marine to be Joint Chief. “The first thing America needs to know about Pete Pace is that he is a Marine,” Bush said. “To the American people, the Marine is shorthand for can-do*, and I’m counting...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 22, 2005 03:54 PM
My Earth Day Plan
In honor of Earth Day I told my bride I was picking up a big steak to grill, because something needs to die. And I think I'll have some rice grown in the San Joaquin Valley as a side. And...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 22, 2005 12:32 PM
Happy Earthday, Swillers!
Please recycle a bottle or hug a tree. And why should you celebrate with Sod Off Swampy t's and mugs, proudly printed in Pensacola? Exhibit A: a note I wrote to Cafepress last night. this sort of crap is exactly...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 22, 2005 12:12 PM
Lady Fingered
In the continuing saga of our Wendy's Chili eater, it seems she has now been arrested. I had to chuckle at this line in the story: Sales have dropped at franchises in Northern California, forcing layoffs and reduced hours, the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 22, 2005 08:10 AM
SINK Her Redux
Remember in the Oriskany post below, where I was cranky about slide rule types saying 'trust us' with John providing the Greek Chorus in the background? No warm fuzzies left, since the goobs with the slide rulers are these guys:...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 21, 2005 12:51 AM
Rest in Peace, LtCmdr Lipes
Major Dad found this obituary in Pravda today. Holy moly, what a story! (A Pulitzer Prize winning one, to be exact.) Lt. Cmdr. Wheeler B. Lipes, who performed a storied appendectomy while a pharmacist's mate aboard a submarine in the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 20, 2005 01:30 PM
Loafing is Dangerous
Bread needs a warning label. For example: 9. Bread has been proven to absorb water. Since the human body is more than 90 percent water, it follows that eating bread could lead to your body being taken over by this...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 20, 2005 09:49 AM
unHook the Line and SINK Her, Already!
Astounding myself yet again with my prescient talents, I have forseen disaster... " And where that historic eyesore is parked happens to be my downtown in Pensacola. They farted around getting her towed here and now it's too late to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 19, 2005 02:32 PM
Benedict XVI
So it's Ratzinger. Andrew Sullivan is obviously not thrilled. But I fail to see why the Church should change its values for him, or any of us. Look, if you disagree with Church Doctrine you can leave the Church. It's...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 19, 2005 02:08 PM
Speaking of Tolkien
Somebody asked me "Why don't you write more on LOTR?" I dunno. Look, I love Lord of the Rings; my beloved and much-dog-earred copy was given to me in 1975, fer goodness sake, and it's falling apart from being read...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 18, 2005 09:14 PM
British Granma Throws Gnome At Burglar...
...And the EU is investigating her for "actions disrepectful to the gnome's dignity." Well, not really, but sadly believable, isn't it? (via Ken,, who is so desperate for Lesbian Gorilla News that he's fantasizing about gnomes. Sad, really)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 18, 2005 08:41 AM
A Well Spent Twelve Bucks 'n Change
Last night with dinner, now that we realized Major Dad's Loratab label only says alchohol could 'make him drowsy'. Well, then! One needs rest after surgery so drowsy it is! The vino was jammyjammy yumyums and a worthy contender in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 17, 2005 02:59 PM
Did He Yell "Check!"?
It seems Gary Kasparov was attacked with a chess board after a meeting to organize youth activists. Via the Blogfaddah, who rightly points out the potential, and shocking, of course, connection to Putin. But my theory is that the 'fan'...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 16, 2005 05:02 PM
Guns Don't Kill People...
...poor training and poor firearm discipline kill people, as a little research proved this morning. On the face of it, this local news story last night, with a lawyer money quote like this: Bryan Cigeleske, Attorney for Goodwin says "There...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 16, 2005 02:08 PM
In honor of this day in history...
heh 93 years ago. Just seven years earlier, the Pepsi bottling plant here in Charlotte opened up, and 43 years later, Ray Crock got things rolling....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 15, 2005 10:28 AM
News Snip
Defender of Freedom, Faithful reader, and handsome devil Real JeffS tipped me off to today's mass circumcision in Morocco by several thousand men to 'celebrate' the circumcision of the King's son. Good thing the Queen didn't have a mastectomy......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 15, 2005 10:21 AM
FLASH! ~ 'Get a Grip' A Swill Scoop
All the fawning over the NRO article noted on our bigger older brother blogs should leave loyal Coalition readers yawning. We called McCain a suck up days ago, with pithy commentary from said extraordinary Swillers....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 14, 2005 10:19 PM
Waiter! There's a Finger Reflux
Cat's got her...um...finger. Leopard victim thinks Wendy's finger is hers Latest bizarre twist in tale of tainted chili LAS VEGAS - A woman who lost part of her finger in a leopard attack believes it was her body part that...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 14, 2005 03:15 PM
Admit It! We've All Wanted To...
...ya know. Say something like this, when confronted with another loser member of the humanoid herd. 911 dispatcher reprimanded for wisecrack Apologizes after facetious offer to shoot child WATAUGA, Texas - A 911 dispatcher was reprimanded for responding to a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 14, 2005 02:47 PM
Ban Baseball!
Whenever you see a statement like this "He is not a monster. He's a good boy who made a bad mistake. This is a mistake that will haunt both families for the rest of our lives," the statement said. you...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 14, 2005 01:26 PM
Unions
and the eeevvviiillll Wally. Pretty even handed for the WaPo. Unions:The last refuge of sub-standard employees....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 14, 2005 01:18 PM
Breaking News
Ken has turned up some important scientific data regarding John Kerry. I urge you, in the interest of science, to go read it....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 13, 2005 08:27 PM
Ag Lobby Wins Again
Well, it's no surprise that the Ag Lobby has defeated efforts to reduce payments to farmers. And we're not even talking eliminating, but only reducing. Disgraceful. There is no excuse for these huge subsidies to farmers. As the article points...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 13, 2005 10:47 AM
Perish Podsnappish Predilections
On Bullshit There! I said it. "One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit," Harry G. Frankfurt writes, in what must surely be the most eyebrow-raising opener in modern philosophical prose. "Everyone...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 12, 2005 03:20 PM
I Feel a Protest Coming On.
What is it with these Wisconsin people and their guns? Kill, kill, kill... Wis. considers legalizing cat hunting MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Feline lovers holding pictures of cats, clutching stuffed animals and wearing whiskers faced-off against hundreds of hunters at...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 12, 2005 10:33 AM
Bingley, Take Note...
...you corporate whore, you. I've found you another way to get ahead. Whoops! Make that 'a head'....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 12, 2005 09:55 AM
Get a Grip People...
He's been dead for 93hundred years and has nothing to do with your tribe, my tribe or anybody else's tribe. WASHINGTON - Scientists hoping to study the ancient skeleton known as Kennewick Man are protesting legislation they say could block...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 10, 2005 10:20 AM
Word of the Day
Too precious to waste. vermicular \ver-MIK-yuh-ler\ adjective 1 *a : resembling a worm in form or motion b : marked with irregular fine lines or with wavy impressed lines 2 : of, relating to, or caused by worms Appropriate with...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 9, 2005 10:27 AM
This Saves Alot of Heartache
Eric Rudolph is pleading GUILTY and will serve four life sentences. I understand how angry many will be, but this assures a just outcome and gives no voice to the media circus that was sure to ensue. We've had enough...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 8, 2005 05:25 PM
Waffle House Littrachure
As the spouse of an educator (and I use that particular bromide solely because it will make her cringe), and particularly one who's specialty is English Littrachure, I have a heightened awareness of edjumacational issues, and my spider-senses are trained...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 8, 2005 04:53 PM
Oh Great, More Advice
Fight dementia with sex, crosswords and a run Mental, physical exercise key, researcher says CANBERRA - Sex, cryptic crosswords and a good run could help ward off dementia and other degenerative conditions by stimulating new brain cells, an Australian researcher...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 7, 2005 12:55 PM
Bingley...
...should about be in Augusta. We'll take it from here. RRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIPPPPPPPPPPP !!!!!!!! STOP that !! Stop that right NOW !! Every time I try to talk to someone it's Bingley this and 'let us play' that, and 'I'm not worthy'....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 7, 2005 11:48 AM
The Littlest Things Gang Aft Agley
Thank God for the dogs. If it wasn't for wanting to boot them outside to do their thing when the rain slacked off a smidge, I'd have never seen the waves lapping at the base of the patio and the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 7, 2005 09:59 AM
Tartan Day, Is It?
MacEwan, Barony of Otter, Loch Fyne. Motto:"Grow Strong Again".When we lost the big house, they sold us out to the Campbells. Bastards. Anyways, I've slogged my arse through the gorse and sheep droppings to take photos of the few...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 6, 2005 11:34 PM
Ode to Jimmy
There once was an ex Prez named Jim, who cavorts with tyrants on a whim, when denied space on a plane, cried like the rain, when I’m sure he'd get a seat with Kim. Long after the death of Billy,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 6, 2005 10:24 AM
Meet the Force With Force
If you had any intention of rousting a Florida Granny on the side walk, or even glaring at her rudely, I'd do it quick. We're not talking feral cats here. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday he intends...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 6, 2005 09:51 AM
The Slippery Slope In Action?
Kind, sweet and pure Eccentrica G (whom Ken so kindly informed me has a brother Kenny) has post up about some scary legislation being discussed in Britain. Here's the money quote: The government estimates binge-drinking costs Britain about £20bn a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 5, 2005 10:42 PM
Bingley Caught Cavorting With Green Lady ~ Film at 11
No, not this one... ...THIS one. He'd do anything (or anyone) to get to this green lady... Shameless hussy. Bingley, that is....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 5, 2005 04:28 PM
"I Did Not Come To Praise The Pope..."
...but to, er, drool on myself. Courtesy of Arthur Chrenkoff is this wonderful essay by a professor of 'cultural theory' at Manchester University....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 5, 2005 03:01 PM
Word of the Day
yawp \YAWP\ verb 1 : to make a raucous noise : squawk *2 : clamor, complain Example sentence: Bob was unpopular with the office supervisors because he was always yawping loudly about his working conditions. *Indicates the sense illustrated in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 5, 2005 02:20 PM
100 Common Sense Rules...
...for a dangerous world. Ten years old, but as valid as the day they were written. A few of the 'easy-to-follow' truisms: 34. I will not turn into a snake. It never helps. 42. When I capture the hero, I...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 5, 2005 11:05 AM
I Know Where My Dial Won't Be
Current Gorezilla is Chairman of the Board. That tells you all you need to know about how hip and happening, how current, this new network will be....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 4, 2005 02:58 PM
Seeing Red About...
...not seeing red. Apparently there is another excuse I can employee vis á vis the origins of my twisted sisterness. I am a smidge off plumb not only because of my parents, but because of my BASTARDly teachers and their...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 4, 2005 01:09 PM
John Paul Is Desperately Ill
I hope he gets through this, but it's raining outside and I'm crying inside. For all my earthmotherspook ways, I adore the man. Like the song says, "I say a little prayer for you..." **An Update: Italian news services are...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on April 1, 2005 12:44 PM
It's Very Sad To See
The abuse and bile being spewed about the net with regard to Terri Sciavo is amazing, and disgusting. The crap that Insta has had to put up with is simply vile. Sure, some guys clearly think it adds a few...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 31, 2005 11:26 PM
Let's Play: 'Name That Bandit' !
He's just dying for some snappy kinda tag line. Woman walking dog has poop bag snatched San Diego police searching for gunman; 'Misty' unharmed SAN DIEGO - The hunt is on for a different kind of burglar. Police in San...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 31, 2005 02:07 PM
Some Cheerful Economic News
And Lord knows, we can use cheerful. Iraq? Damn-they voted and attacks are down. The economy? Well, with reports like this, if Bushchimphitler can get the oil thing under control, whatever are the Democrats going to do? WASHINGTON (Reuters) -...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 31, 2005 12:37 PM
Tsunami Images from Phuket and Banda Acey.
A fellow on an Aviation board I am on put this link up to pics he took. Pretty incredible stuff....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 30, 2005 11:15 AM
A report from the earthquake zone....
I just got this last night from a close friend of Mrs Crusader who we attend church with. One of her co-workers has a son who works with Samaritan's Purse (yup, we would prolly qualify as Fundies in most of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 30, 2005 08:21 AM
I had a Lileks Day Today
And while I'm sure Gnat is a wonderful child, I of course much prefer my little girl. In fact, I had such fun while I was in the Big City today with daughter that I'm not going to look and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 29, 2005 05:20 PM
Tin Pots, Hot Spots, Tempests and Despots
You're right. Africa. I've been doing an admirable job, blonde-wise, of keeping up with the goings, comings and hand wringings about Sudan, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Chad...the misery list seems interminable doesn't it? Major Dad's photos from Somalia sit framed on our...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 29, 2005 01:30 PM
Annan Cleared in Oil-for-Food...
...MSNBCdotCom is reporting, from a AP flash. Can't wait to read the whole thing. I'll link when available. *Update: Here it is. He's the teflon secretary, so far. Damn! It's good to be king... NEW YORK (AP) -- Investigators probing...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 29, 2005 10:46 AM
Grey Lady, Your Knickers Are Showing...
In our house, say when Ebola conveniently 'forgets' or 'neglects to mention' some sort of pertinent fact, we call it 'selective memory'. When the New Yawk Times does it, it's still called 'journalism'. What a great system. The first batch...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 29, 2005 10:10 AM
A Video Giant Slayer ?
Or Slayer of Video Giant? Sony Ordered to Halt PlayStation Sales March 28, 2005 09:47:00 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sony Corp. said on Monday it was ordered by a U.S. court to halt sales of its blockbuster PlayStation...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 28, 2005 12:47 PM
Word of the Day
Saturday's was too good not to post: gorgonize \GOR-guh-nyze\ verb: to have a paralyzing or mesmerizing effect on : stupefy, petrify The bus driver could gorgonize any unruly child with a single glance. That isn't the only word that starts...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 28, 2005 08:59 AM
The Ted Kennedy VW Ad
It's getting hard to find it these days, so as a service to our loyal readers here it is. I scanned it out of the National Lampoon Encyclopedia Of Humor (copyright 1973) that I, um, borrowed from THS a few...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 27, 2005 08:52 PM
Culture Alert
Daughter has the week off from school, so I'm taking her to the Frick on Tuesday. And maybe tea at the Plaza, for the last time. And then we'll go look at the good stuff at the Met! (my sweet...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 27, 2005 07:19 PM
Some More Good News From Iraq (sorry Arthur)
MPs and Medics make us all proud during and ambush on a convoy. It's all about training and discipline in a firefight. Well done guys! (Thanks to Real JeffS for the link)...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 26, 2005 07:32 AM
Sod Off Swampy T-Shirt Photo Submissions
We have been promised (and are giddy with anticipation) a military beefcake photo shoot, courtesy of our Middle Eastern correspondant The Real JeffS. (Who has also been plied with cookies and Sumo videos to ensure his co-operation.) Oh...baby! Should any...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 25, 2005 02:27 PM
Because I Need A Laugh
I will link to this outrageous assault on my good name. I'm shocked, shocked. Now where are my winnings?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 24, 2005 11:09 PM
There's No Place Like Home...
...and now the Homeowners' Association can't sell it out from under him. Court: Marine can't be forced to sell home WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A retired Marine who has waged a five-year fight with his homeowners' association over...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 24, 2005 03:04 PM
Jutland: One Of The Greatest Games Ever
Bill has been on quite a tear of late with his "Name That Ship" series of posts, and has provided a lot of fun for us history buffs (though I do prefer the term "buff historians"). It reminded me of...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 24, 2005 09:09 AM
Warning! Religious Musings Ahead!
It's sad when you feel that any mention of religion has to be caveated. Or maybe it's indicative of a weakness (one of many) on my part. But anyway, so tomorrow's Maundy Thursday. My church's choir is performing Fauré's Requiem...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 23, 2005 09:00 PM
BANANA in Your Pocket Mel? Or Just Glad to See Me...
As the token resident treehuggingGreenpeacer/embracerofallthingsMiddleEarth/pinkocommieliberal, I feel compelled by the forces of fairness and logic (in my world, two mutually exclusive terms) to break with my earth mother principles. I noticed the other day, after the cats 'n dogs, back...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 23, 2005 03:32 PM
Correlation Is Not Causation
Diet soda causes obesity. Since you only ever see fat people drinking it, the proof is clear. Our audience is encouraged to provide other examples of this logic....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 22, 2005 09:53 PM
On This Anniversiary of GWII
I'd like to revisit that famous Jarhead PhotoShop job. You know...the one I sent to everybody? With the Iraqi kids holding a sign up that read: 'LCpl Schmuck killed my father and knocked up my sister'? I got an updated...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 22, 2005 04:21 PM
The Real Problem Facing The West
Mark Steyn has, as always, a brilliant column up today talking about how the lowering birth rates in western countries are at the core of many of the problems staring at us. Go read it, think about it...and crack open...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 22, 2005 11:12 AM
What Liberal Media?
The Editor of Playgirl was fired after admitting she voted Republican. Well, I'm sad. Thanks to Ken's efforts she gave me my big break......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 21, 2005 11:35 AM
Cowards
But what struck us about this as we were talking about it last night ( well, struck my bride, really, because she's the smart one) is the cowardice of it. Your wife is inconvenient? She's a burden? Stop feeding her,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 21, 2005 08:01 AM
Sounds Like a Pete Seger Song...
On a more sobering military note, an amazing piece appears in this month's Marine Corps Gazette's 'Commentary on the Corps' section (unavailable on the web, more's the pity). I say amazing but mean bold, ballsy, forthright, completely unvarnished and 'holy...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 16, 2005 12:12 PM
The Boys in Blue Are Back in Town
Woo hoo! That annual Spring rite of passage ~ the return of the Navy Blue Angels ~ to NAS Pensacola, FL has been completed and their spiffy 'lawn darts' (F/A-18 Hornets, for fighter types) are parked safely on the tarmac...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 16, 2005 10:11 AM
Well, the GENIUS in Charge of the UAW...
...has sounded retreat and offered the branch of olives to the Marines, rescinding his 'no parking' order. The Marines have acknowledged the gesture and, with their characteristic acumen in the face of adversity, considering all available courses of action and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 15, 2005 05:03 PM
Yet Another Satisfied Customer!
Andrea got hers; don't you feel left out? Tell a Swampy to Sod Off! today, and help a town that was harmed by the environment. I love how ironic irony can be sometimes....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 15, 2005 12:35 PM
The Union Label? Or Libel?
Sheesh, I was gonna vacuum the dump, but then Major Dad had to spoil all those good intentions with an email. With a headline like this: Marines driven out of UAW lot The union says Marines in foreign cars, displaying...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2005 09:48 AM
What if the Lights Are On But Nobody's Home?
As would seem to have been the case in the horrific Atlanta courthouse shootings. Video captures attack A video camera, which is supposed to be monitored by two guards in a command post, shows Nichols and the deputy arriving in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 14, 2005 09:25 AM
Something To Eat With A Nice Zinfandel
Here's a one-pan recipe (well, technically two, but the rice doesn't count...much) for chicken cooked with a curried tomato sauce. A Bingley Original™...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 13, 2005 03:17 PM
Holy Sheet !!
For those of you who think there isn't enough government intrusion in our lives, I offer this little gem Major Dad found in our daily Fish Wrap. Now appearing, to our utter constipa consternation, on the web, for the whole...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 11, 2005 12:13 PM
Giuliana Sgrena Saga Syndrome
...appears to be spreading, or is, at the very least, contagious. "A French judge placed Continental Airlines under judicial investigation on Thursday for ``involuntary homicide and injuries'' in the Concorde crash which killed 113 people near Paris in 2000. A...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 10, 2005 04:40 PM
IKEA: Sexist Pig-Dogs
I dunno, but this is one of those "what the..." stories. Firstly, a swedish company only has men or "cartoon figures whose sex is unclear" (for which I for one am thankful) shown putting together its furniture...and the Prime Minister...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 10, 2005 09:10 AM
2 Items in the Local Fish Wrap This Morning...
...caught my eye. At first glance they seem markedly dissimilar but, paired with a piece of paper found on our doorstep, therein lies one single recurring theme. The first is about a young lady whose sweet, radiant, 16 year old...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 8, 2005 02:29 PM
Being Teresa Heinz
In response to Nightfly's brilliant post below: I hope someone fisks this crap. "Ultraconservative" bishops refusing Kerry communion? Since when is it ultraconservative to actually take a stand in favor of something the whole Church teaches? Or to insist on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 8, 2005 02:06 PM
She's Baaaaaack!
Oh sweet baby jeebus please no more from Tuh-ray-zuh. Repeat after me: You. Lost. Why is this so difficult to accept?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 8, 2005 09:39 AM
The Rachel Corrie Award
I wasn't aware that such a thing existed, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Eugene Volokh reports that one Matthew Abraham, assistant professor of English at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, is the recipient of the 2005 Rachel...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 7, 2005 08:56 PM
Wonder Woman
After reading the latest version of the Giuliana Sgrena saga, all I can say is Lynda Carter had nothin' on this chick. Why, we learn that even though she faced, according to her fellow il Manifesto columnist Rossana Rossanda (who...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 7, 2005 07:31 PM
I Guess the VRWC Went After Him, Too
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co. Monday said it fired Chief Executive Harry Stonecipher, after a probe into a personal relationship he had with a female executive that it said ``reflected poorly'' on the No. 1 U.S. aircraft maker. Weird...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 7, 2005 09:24 AM
A Horrible Mistake...
And an attention whore. Via Ken we get a great post from Baldilocks about the terrible accident that occured this weekend in Iraq. I feel deep sympathy for the family of Nicola Calipari who was killed, but for this "journalist"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 6, 2005 09:18 PM
Tender Harvard Souls, Part II
Further to what THS posted below, what really struck me about this whole "issue" was the way it was first reported by the Harvard Crimson: After some students were offended by Jada Pinkett Smith’s comments at Saturday’s Cultural Rhythms show,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 6, 2005 07:05 AM
Bill Maher and Ward
Jeff Jarvis watched the "interview" that Bill Maher had with Ward Churchill. All I can say is Oh My God. What a completely offensive and simply incredibly vile show. After reading Jeff's comments, and those of Democracy Guy (who very...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 5, 2005 02:34 PM
Excuse me sir, is this the ladies room?
I'm still reeling from the current...insensitive climate at Harvard. At least they're trying to right the ship. Ms. Pinkett Smith's stumble is a reminder of how hard it can be to be sensitive. Who at Harvard would have thought, until...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 4, 2005 03:05 PM
The Wrong Approach To Ward
Insta links to a column in the Rocky Mountain News by Mike Rosen which to my reading strikes several wrong notes on the scandal. While I fully agree that campus speech codes and the like need to be abolished, what...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 4, 2005 01:02 PM
A Needed Reminder To The Supreme Court
I haven't posted anything on the recent SCOTUS decision in Roper v Simmons because, well, Volokh just does it better than I possibly could (go figure). But the issue of the US Supreme Court relying on foreign courts in their...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 4, 2005 12:14 PM
Male Teenage Fantasies Come Crashing Down
Well, with all these cases popping up of teenage boys being abused by their teachers: some guys were starting to think that maybe they'd like to go back to 8th grade. Gentlemen, it is my solemn duty to confront you...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 4, 2005 10:11 AM
So Hoos Gonna Be Virginia's Next Coach?
Man, we stink. I mean, we've always sucked wind at football, but I could always count on the basketball team to get us through the winter. But now? Blech....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 4, 2005 09:29 AM
Gee, If Only We'd Waited...
Proving once again that we read Playboy solely for the interviews ladies, Vodkapundit takes a look at Peter Arnett's latest bowel movement which makes the claim that kind, gentle Uday was just about to kick out dear old dad and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 4, 2005 08:37 AM
Somewhere For You to Wear Your Sod Off Swampy T !!
This festive gathering was mentioned by a British mate of Bingster's, concerned wearing his while attending might cause unintentional emotional harm. (Hint:Scroll allll the way down to the sponsors on the bottom of the page. Yup. That's them.)As I assured...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 3, 2005 12:20 PM
Fossett's Almost There!
This is just too cool. But can someone clue CNN in that Magellan didn't circumnavigate the globe? As anyone who listens to the Animaniacs knows: Yakko: They sailed due west To the Philippine Islands Magellan was pleased As the natives...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 3, 2005 09:40 AM
The Empire Strikes Back
Insta links to a Rockey Mountain News column about a piece by Ward Churchill's replacement as Chair of the Ethnic Studies Dept. at CU, Emma Perez, that appears in Counter Punch. I have several comments. Firstly, if the quality and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 2, 2005 02:00 PM
Oh Domino...
Y'ah know, who'd a thunk ol' Chimpy would get the domino-effect to work for us? heh....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 2, 2005 09:39 AM
More Ward Stuff
David Kopel has an excellent post up at Volokh that provides a great summation of the fraud that is Ward Churchill. As I've noted before, the real scandal here is not what he's said but that he was given tenure....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 2, 2005 08:27 AM
Let Me Get This Straight...
Troubled youths suffering from Post-Modern Parking Ennui have decided that their therapy should consist of jumping between buildings 80' high, and when their therapy fails to...take hold they are suing the city. Now, ignoring for a moment the awful typos...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 1, 2005 11:33 AM
Because of Winn-Dixie
If you recognize anyone, adjust their attitudes immediately. Cashiering Tips 101 Hello, I’m your friendly checker. Maybe you call me “the cashier” or “check out girl/lady/register bimbo/whore/missy. I’m a relatively normal person who, for some reason or other, whether it...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on March 1, 2005 10:50 AM
What I'm Drinking Tonight
How could I resist a wine named "Ball Buster"? Especially when it's from the Barossa Valley, is 60% Shiraz, 19% Merlot and 21% Cabernet Sauvignon? I couldn't. And neither should you. For the modest outlay of $15 you get a...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 28, 2005 06:14 PM
Give It A Rest?
I was sitting watching Nickelodeon with my 11 year old daughter the other day, Friday, I think it was, and a particularly sloth-like day at that, and every half hour there'd be one of those "Kids Today!" or "Kids Can...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 28, 2005 12:50 PM
The Lebanese Government Has Resigned
The Bush Freedom Train just keeps a rollin' along. As a world famous Muslim once sang, in a most satisfying and ironic fashion: "I been happy lately, thinkin' about the good things to come..." However, MSM, in their own peculiar...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 28, 2005 12:48 PM
The Real Ward Churchill Scandal
So now there are reports the CU is going to buy-out Ward Churchill's contract in hopes that he'll just go away. Typical. Spend several million dollars of taxpayer money to get out of the mess that the faculty at CU...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 28, 2005 08:30 AM
Hemingway ~ Garden of Eden
As far as the Hunter Thompson/Hemingway brouhaha (ala Andrea), I've only read this one of his books and it was a doozey. (I won't claim to be an academic of Bingley's ilk and am not even worthy to consider wiping...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 24, 2005 11:42 AM
Today's 'Here's Yer Sign' Story
Dateline:Late Saturday Night, Local Hotspot, Pensacola, FL An employee was taking out the trash when he noticed a fellow moving swiftly away from the dumpsters area. Once there, he was horrified to discover a badly beaten 22 year old woman,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 24, 2005 10:52 AM
T-Shirt Update
The first batch of the Sod Off Swampy t-shirts are getting printed this week. They will be only available in Large and Extra-Large*, as none of us are emaciated vegans. They will be printed using the finest carcinogenic inks on...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 23, 2005 06:15 PM
Ward Churchill: "I'm No Indian"
Gosh, I wonder what his Tenure Committee thinks? Seems like he represented himself in a fraudulent manner to them. *Update: Now the paper is saying they misquoted him. Stay tuned......
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 23, 2005 03:19 PM
Never NEVER Be TedI'mNothinButtaAsshole Rall...
...and say something mean about Captain Ed. He will hurt you. I love the smell of napalm in the morning....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 23, 2005 10:07 AM
I Propose a Writing Exercise
The ninehundredpound brains at Powerline have linked to a hilarious scholarly piece by Thomas Lipscomb in Oregon Magazine. A sample: Drowning in Cambodia By Thomas Lipscomb It has been a rough ten days for Senator John Kerry. First Democratic Party...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 23, 2005 08:09 AM
T-Shirts Coming Soon
Tree Hugging Sister* has done it again! Coffee leaves, symbolizing the 'green' aspect', sprouted by Bingley, nurtured to 10 foot trees by THS ~ KYOTO; well, duh ~ Handslashed red 'no' symbol with Solidarnosk/everyman protest typefont, sans punctuation. You Can...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 18, 2005 03:29 PM
Does the company own you off the clock?
Interesting post/comments on the idea. I have mixed feelings, as I see the Companies rights, but also see the potential problems. I do wonder if this is just not another attempt to demonize smokers, as they seem to be the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 18, 2005 11:46 AM
Oh, beloved fairness....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 17, 2005 12:19 PM
"Sod Off, Swampy"
Tim has a wonderful post up about some Greenpeace morons who invaded the oil trading ring in London and tried to shut it down...only to get the bejeebus beat out of them by the traders. God, it's wonderful. Listen to...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 17, 2005 08:49 AM
Conservative Blogs Foster Climate of Terror
Well, okay...at least fear then. I offer as proof this illuminating reality check from the oppressed masses. Come see the violence inherent in the system! (and all emphasis is mine): CNN chief news executive Eason Jordan discovered this the hard...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 16, 2005 12:58 PM
Ken Summers, Get Thee A
Minivan for some of that extreme driving action!...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 15, 2005 12:08 PM
It's Time to Come Clean
In the interest of full disclosure and to spare my loved ones public humiliation, I need to be honest with The Public: 1) I have no friends named "Darcy" 2) I have never rented a home called "Netherfield" 3) I...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 15, 2005 09:21 AM
My Valentine's Day Story
We all can point to one moment in our lives when the world comes crashing down, all of our sugar plum illusions are dashed, and flaming embers are placed in our bowels. Generally this is a good thing, the earlier...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 14, 2005 02:31 PM
The Westminster Dog Show
MacKinleywill be wearing his finest and watching the Black Labs get dissed yet again. He's hoping his cousin Claude handles the disappointment with grace and good humor. It's so hard on the young and idealistic. On the other hand, Miss...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 14, 2005 11:28 AM
September 11th Fantasies Rebuffed
Tim Blair has a link up to an important Popular Mechanics article which puts the lie to many of the September 11th Fantasy lies that abound on the internet; well, it does at least if one is a thinking creature....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 14, 2005 08:35 AM
NJ to Tax 401k?
This is outrageous. As my wife so clearly said this morning, "They are taxing our retirement savings to support their profligacy." Exactly....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 9, 2005 08:29 AM
More Ward Churchill
Marc Cooper has an excellent post up in which he quotes, hell, reproduces an essay from Swarthmore history professor Timothy Burke. Go read it. While I'm pretty sure I don't agree with their politics I do agree with their analysis...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 8, 2005 08:56 PM
Chair of the Department
There is one common misconception on this whole Ward Churchill brouhaha that I'd like to clear up: being chair of the department is not "the pinnacle of the faculty" as Horowitz alleges. In fact, in many departments no one wants...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 8, 2005 12:48 PM
Scam Reply Hall of Fame
As promised below, the Watchful Babbler was kind enough to send me his scam-reply-to-end-all-scam replies:...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 8, 2005 11:53 AM
Ward Update
Insta has an important update on the Ward Churchill mess, and to me it really cuts to the heart of the issue that I discussed below: should this guy ever have gotten tenure in the first place? If universities, and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 8, 2005 11:03 AM
China's New Reactors
An interesting technology. But why do I keep hearing in my mind Paging Steve McQueen! Paging Steve McQueen!?...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 8, 2005 09:20 AM
Hope in Persia?
I have a feeling this is how we are going to see real and lasting change in Iran. Just as much of it was the students the first time around, these brave folks are who are really going to make...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 8, 2005 08:37 AM
Currently in my glass 2
Bowmore's 12 year old Islay (sorry, I didn't get a chance to take a picture of it last night) If you want to find out what Islay is about, this may be a good place to start. A full bodied,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 8, 2005 08:35 AM
Why does Bush like Tootsie rolls? And what this tells us about how Evul he is
This kind of crap shows how low and desperate the MSM has become. Sadly, this sort of phsycobabble rumor mongering is all too common these days. The fact that Bush is able to read a Hamilton biography, the Bible and...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 7, 2005 10:26 AM
Vietpundit
Next time you think things are tough, read his story....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 7, 2005 07:43 AM
Academic Freedom
Eugene Volokh has a post up in the midst of all this Ward Churchill hoopla where he defends academic freedom. He defines it as follows: By academic freedom principles, I mean First Amendment protection for those of us at state-run...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 6, 2005 01:13 PM
Currently in my glass
I'm finishing off a bottle of "Casa Lapostolle" 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon Raphael Valley, Chile which was given to us by some friends. While I admit that part of this wine's appeal to me is the name (I said to my...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 5, 2005 04:40 PM
Boy, if there's one thing I'm a sucker for...
It's a "100 present risk free transaction"...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 5, 2005 01:39 PM
As I Was Saying...
Justin Katz provides yet another excellent example of what I was refering to below, the self-created cult of the 'expert', the all-consuming fervent belief that your knowledge equates to your Right and Goodness....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 5, 2005 01:10 PM
Halo
Rachel has a post on the lure of Halo over the SOTU speech. I agree with her except for one point: I prefer Halo to Halo2. Sure, the levels got repetitive after a while, but it was so darn exciting,...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 5, 2005 11:19 AM
Academedia
A little while ago Sheila started a wonderful discussion on Robert Conquest's book The Great Terror: A Reassessment (yeah, yeah, I know; big shock there, Sheila starting a great discussion. Work with me here.). My lovely bride, after only the...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 4, 2005 07:00 PM
Blech. Just Blech.
This is just so ick....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 4, 2005 12:48 PM
Of Iraq, Athens, and US
From QandO Blog: So died these men as became Athenians. You, their survivors, must determine to have as unfaltering a resolution in the field, though you may pray that it may have a happier issue. And not contented with ideas...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 4, 2005 09:02 AM
Flyin' Down to Rio
So I'm in Rio last week, waiting in the lobby of the Copacabana Palace Hotel to be picked up by my friend (of Tylenol fame). We were going out to dinner at Gero in Ipanema, which is currently 'the' italian...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 3, 2005 09:50 PM
Pssst! Hey little girl...want some Bayer?
My lovely and talented bride is a university professor (and no, none of her brilliance has rubbed off on me). One of her cardinal rules is that a student's cell phone is only allowed to ring if someone has died;...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 3, 2005 05:25 PM
Tylenol...that evil controlled substance
I recently went down to Brazil for a business trip. A friend there asked me to bring him some Tylenol Flu capsules, which for some odd reason he couldn't find there. Please note that one can buy Codeine over-the-counter in...
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 3, 2005 09:10 AM
Eeeek! Let a feller get dressed before you peek!
Yes, well we seem to be up and running, don't we? Well, once we get some content we'll let you know....
Posted in The Coalition of the Swilling on February 3, 2005 03:32 AM