Friday evenin’ was pouring rain, with tornado watches and thunder-boomers all around — so Polimom wimped out on those now-famous pig races on Baker Road. Since I’ve been real interested in all the hollerin’ and carryin’ on over there about that new mosque thing, it was a real disappointment to me, but ya […]
NOLA’s Times-Picayune has an amazing story running:
Bar owner Frank Barrera acted quickly and quietly when he spotted two men pulling out pistols as they entered his newly opened Mid-City business about 2 a.m. Saturday.
Pulling an armed security guard behind a wall next to the bar, Barrera waited a few moments as one of the robbers […]
So. They hung him.
Saddam Hussein was a vicious, brutal tyrant who ordered the murders of thousands of his own citizens; a soulless beast that the world will not miss. From the NY Times:
BAGHDAD, Saturday, Dec. 30 — Saddam Hussein, the dictator who led Iraq through three decades of brutality, war and bombast before American […]
I remember the middle school ages well, and my own parents’ horror at the way we danced (and at our music!). Were they as horrified as Lawrence Downes is? Or as I sometimes am?
I think they probably were.
The last week of the regular season is here at last, and having set this precedent, I guess I’ll see it through. (FWIW — I was 10-6 last week against both the spread and straight up. Clearly a toin coss would be just as effective…)
NY Giants over WASHINGTON (+2.5)
Detroit (+12.5) over DALLAS
St. Louis over MINNESOTA […]
According to many sources, Saddam Hussein’s execution is imminent: this weekend sometime, and perhaps within hours (CNN):
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Saddam Hussein could be hanged as early as Saturday, one of the former Iraqi dictator’s lawyers told CNN on Friday.
“Different sources” said the death sentence would be carried out Saturday morning, defense attorney Najib […]
Of all the stories to come out of New Orleans in the days immediately after Katrina, the incident on Danziger Bridge was, and continues to be, the most opaque.
Fourteen people shot! No, eight! No, 5! They were shooting at the contractors! No, they were running away! No, they shot two police! The […]
According to a recent report by the US National Academy of Sciences, 70% of Iran’s budget is derived from its oil industry, but they’ve invested nothing to improve or even maintain this key revenue source.
I don’t know about you, but that really bothers me.
The blogosphere is in a tizzy this morning, reacting to Bob Woodward’s piece in WaPo that says (among other things) that Gerald Ford disagreed with Bush’s decision to go into Iraq:
“Rumsfeld and Cheney and the president made a big mistake in justifying going into the war in Iraq. They put the emphasis on weapons of […]
I’m having trouble reconciling this bit of news with the administration’s stance on global warming:
The Bush administration has decided to propose listing the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, putting the U.S. government on record as saying that global warming could drive one of the world’s most recognizable animals out of existence.
[snip]
“We’ve […]
Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States, died yesterday at 93.
This is the man who replaced Spiro Agnew as Vice-President when Agnew stepped aside, and then assumed the presidency after Nixon’s resignation, saying “Our long national nightmare is over.” According to WaPo, Ford had claimed his highest ambition as Speaker of the House, yet […]