For those of you who did not live in California at some point during the last 25 years or so, you probably don’t know who Willie Brown is. He is probably the most colorful political figure of that quarter century, beating out Jerry Brown and even the Terminator himself. Willie is about as staunch a […]
It seems someone else noticed the resemblance between John McCain and Battlestar Galactica’s Colonel Tigh. It was a nagging worry, but then he selected Gov Palin to be his running mate. Well, she does have at least a passing resemblance to president Roslin from Galactica too. So what is going on here? Now I get […]
Today’s New York Times reports that the US government plans to take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: WASHINGTON — Senior officials from the Bush administration and the Federal Reserve on Friday called in top executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage finance giants, and told them that the government was preparing to […]
Purple Avenger (at Ace of Spades) posted the following video. Avenger’s not sure if it’s real or a parody, neither am I: This post over at Reason says that “Syndee L’ome Grace” is a real person, and her name certainly does show up via Google. But . . . sheesh. ..bruce w..
Courtesy of the ever-wonderful American Digest: As Gerard Van der Leun says, “Any questions?” ..bruce w..
Word from SFGate that during Wednesday night’s speech by Vice Presidential nominee (Gov) Sarah Palin, several members of Code Pink, the fringe / loon troupe that likes to protest Marines, attempted to storm the stage. From SFGate: On Wednesday, CodePink did it again, as co-founders Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans hit the floor of the […]
…comes from someone who doesn’t think highly of her: It was that good. No, she’s not qualified, and the substance was thin, but my God — that was perhaps the greatest bit of political theatre I have ever witnessed. Her critics in the media and in the opposition may regret having piled on quite so […]
US Magazine of course had its infamous cover story this week on Sarah Palin, titled “Babies, Lies, and Scandal”. Bradley Jacobs, the senior editor for US Weekly, has his head handed to him by Megyn Kelly at Fox News by virtue of the fact that she actually read the story: Hat tip to The Jawa […]
Why McCain Still Gives Me The Creeps
First off, I need to confess. I was as thrilled as Webster was when I found out last week that “Moose Blaster” Palin was named the VP pick. I have no clue why that happened, but I am very glad it did happen. Up until this point I was not going to cast any vote […]
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