Speculation has been rampant on both the left and right recently about whether conservatives have a sense of humor.
If this isn’t it, then what does a sense of humor look like? Did conservatives have “it” at one time and have since lost it? If so, where should they be looking for it? Can it be […]
For the third morning in a row, I’m having my morning coffee outside near the former “Little Dig” in the backyard. Spring is sprung, and while the grass isn’t actually riz yet, I don’t have to wonder where the birdies is; there’s a Mockingbird on my fence telling me all about it.
This has me feeling […]
I don’t know about you, but I can only take so much of the gloom and doom today. It’s just too fine a spring day in Katy. Time to lighten up — so here’s my two bits.
Maybe these seemingly innocuous CD players had a scary Lite-Brite figure glowing on the cover?
SANTA […]
You’ve entered that gray area between day and night:
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 — In open defiance of the United Nations, Iran is steadily expanding — rather than freezing — its efforts to enrich uranium, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported today. The findings have prompted the Bush Administration to press for more severe sanctions against Iran, […]
(Apologies in advance to male readers, but rape is not a subject about which Polimom can claim to be moderate.)
Last spring came the news that American troops had brutally raped a 14-year-old Iraqi girl in Mahmoudiya, murdered her and her family, and then attempted to cover their crimes by burning her body and blaming insurgents. […]
No, this isn’t really another post about Britney, other than as a matter of convenience — because she’s merely the most current example (still alive, at least) of this very strange cultural phenomenon that has developed in our society.
I’m not a fan, nor does Adorable Child like her; I neither know her, nor care about […]
Reading Christiane Amanpour’s interview with an “unnamed Iranian official”, in which he talks about the U.S. and Iran being “natural allies”, it was hard to resist the lure of his message:
“We are natural allies. Why?” he said. “Because now the major threat for both Iran and the U.S.A. is al Qaeda.”
He said al Qaeda had […]
The TimesOnline (found via memeorandum) has an article about the very high levels of anti-Americanism in the Muslim world. Evidently, the War on Terror is “radicalizing” people — particularly (and to me, oddly) those who are more educated or wealthy.
However, this was the paragraph that jumped out at me:
Religion was found to have little to […]
Polimom’s family has one of those fun legends detailing a distant, tenuous connection to a celebrity.
My mother’s father’s uncle’s second wife was an aunt to two sisters who were second cousins to Greta Garbo.
Each ensuing generation gets to add a link, and the longer one can draw out the details, the more ridiculously funny it […]
Tony Blair has announced a withdrawal timeline for the 7200 British troops in southern Iraq. MSNBC reports:
LONDON - Britain will withdraw around 1,600 troops from Iraq in the “coming months,” aiming to cut its force to below 5,000 by late summer if Iraqi forces can secure the southern part of the country, Prime Minister […]
Polimom was just like every other little Janey who teeters out of Mommy’s closet in high heels 7 sizes too big. In fact, there’s even a picture somewhere of Polimom at age 10 or thereabouts, posing in the backyard.
I was wearing a (relatively) short skirt, scarf, and my mother’s go-go boots, which had long-since gone […]
A NY Times article this morning has everyone doing their best Gomer Pyle imitations:
American officials said there was mounting evidence that Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, had been steadily building an operations hub in the mountainous Pakistani tribal area of North Waziristan. Until recently, the Bush administration had described Mr. bin Laden […]