Archive for January, 2008
Mukasey - Dumber Than ‘Berto?
Closed Published by Bob January 31st, 2008 in My Embarrassment - My Government, Torture, News, Current Events, Opinion I think we all know where our ex-AG stood on waterboarding, he knew damn well it was illegal torture. Our newest AG doesn’t seem to be able to make that leap of intellect. After three months of ‘review’, Mukasey still can decide if simulated drowning, condemned by every civilized nation, is actually torture.
It’s kind […]
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Today in 1747, the first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.
Today in 1929, the Soviet Union exiles Leon Trotsky.
Today in 1945, US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed, the first American soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion.
Today in 1958, in NASA’s Explorer program - Explorer I is the first […]
One Less Democratic Hopeful
Closed Published by Bob January 30th, 2008 in Indecision 2008, Election, Current Events, Thoughts, Opinion This morning it was Rudy Giuliani (and good riddance!) this afternoon it’s John Edwards. Returning to the 9th Ward, literally blocks away from where he originally announced his candidacy, John declared his bid for the Democratic nomination was at an end.
He plans to throw his support behind the candidate that can convince him that […]
Giuliani rides 9/11 into the dirt
1 Comment Published by Bob January 30th, 2008 in Indecision 2008, Republican Antics, Current Events, OpinionRudy Giuliani is expected to drop out of the 2008 Republican presidential race today after having suffered yet another crushing defeat at the hands of McCain and Romney in the Florida primaries. Rudy just can’t keep up the pace, he gaining 200,000 less votes in all of the primary elections added together than Mitt […]
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Today in 1649, King Charles I of England is beheaded.
Today in 1835, in the first assassination attempt against a USA President, a mentally ill man named Richard Lawrence attempts to assassinate President Andrew Jackson in the United States Capitol. Both of Lawrence’s pistols misfire, and Jackson proceeds to beat his would-be assassin with his […]
State of the Union (It’s Disheveled!)
Closed Published by Bob January 29th, 2008 in Impeachment, Opinion Our much hated leader had the audacity to stand before a combined congress last night and lie through his teeth for more than an hour (and that’s time I’ll never get back!). Some of the nonsensical things that he said are listed below:
We have faced hard decisions about peace and war, rising competition in […]
Today is Constitution Day in Gibraltar.
Today in 1845, "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe is published in the New York Evening Mirror.
Today in 1861, Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
Today in 1886, Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
Celebrating Birthdays today are Thomas Paine, Moses Cleaveland, William McKinley, John D. Rockefeller […]
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Kennedy’s Endorsement of Barack
Closed Published by Bob January 28th, 2008 in Indecision 2008, Election, News, Current Events, OpinionThree famous Kennedy names are now linked to Barack Obama’s campaign. Both Caroline, daughter of John, her cousin Patrick, and Edward ‘Ted’ Kennedy have endorsed Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination. Using the Kennedy flair for oratory, Edward delivered a speech full of support and promise for Barack and full of insults and criticisms for […]
From ABC News:
Bush’s Legacy: Partisan Politics
By RICK KLEIN Jan. 20, 2008
He squeaked into office by the narrowest of margins — a Texas governor from outside the Washington orbit who promised a new brand of politics to heal a divided nation.
Yet George W. Bush never governed like a […]
Well, we don’t need the village idiot to tell us that we’re F&%Ked, do we? In some kind of deluded effort to define his presidency as something other than a failed war and economic disaster (like father, like son), George ‘Dumbya’ Bush will address the nation and try, once again, to convince us that […]
Today in 1754, Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity.
Today in 1902, The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
Today in 1935, Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
Today in 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger, mission STS-51-L, breaks apart […]
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Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Today in 1870,the first college sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, is formed at DePauw University.
Today in 1888, in Washington, D.C., the National Geographic Society is founded.
Today in 1967, in the Apollo program: Apollo 1 - Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a […]
Barack Sweeps South Carolina
1 Comment Published by Bob January 27th, 2008 in Indecision 2008, Election, News, Current Events, OpinionAmid a small controversy regarding the polling machines used in South Carolina, Barack Obama is basking in a decisive victory over opponent Hillary Clinton. Clinton has once again attacked the Obama campaign after having taken a step back from the bickering last Friday.
Barack has commented that it’s difficult when you have to compete on two […]
Today is Australia Day, Republic Day in India, and Liberation Day in Uganda.
Today in 1500, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.
Today in 1808 was the Rum Rebellion, the only successful armed takeover of the government in Australia.
Today in 1837 Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
Today in […]
Daily Internet Bargains 1/26/08
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In a daring decision to remain a strict party hack and personal indentured servant of Bush, AG Michael Mukasy has refused to budge on his unethical, immoral and un-American stance on a number of issues:
He refused to say whether he has completed his review of the legality of waterboarding.
He refused to say if he would […]












