Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008, al franken, eighth circuit, election, minnesota, news, norm coleman, politics, samuel alito, tim pawlenty on June 30, 2009 | 7 Comments »
The drawn-out saga of Minnesota’s 2008 senatorial election appears at last to be coming to a close. Or is it?
After recounts and lawsuits galore, the Minnesota State Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that Alan Stuart Franken is the winner of the hotly-disputed race.
Regrettably, the court stopped short of directly ordering Governor Tim Pawlenty to issue [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged depression, michael jackson, news, rip on June 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I have to admit that I was never a big fan of Michael Jackson. Nevertheless, it’s sad to see the passing of such a cultural icon – especially right on the back of news about Ed McMahon and Farrah Fawcett.
Jackson was a controversial figure at the best of times, often reeling from crisis to crisis [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged america, soccer, wtf on June 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In the furore over Sanford, I had forgotten to mention something rather amazing.
Yesterday the US men’s soccer team defeated the world’s #1-ranked team – Spain – to reach the final of the Confederations Cup.
Spain were undefeated in the last 35 games (a joint world record), and are the reigning European champions.
Congrats to coach Bob Bradley [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2012, ensign, gingrich, gop, jindal, news, palin, politics, republicans, sanford on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, as all the world now knows, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has become the latest politician publicly revealed as being unable to keep it in his pants.
It’s no secret, especially in these troubled times, that people in positions of power have stressful jobs and sometimes need to get away from their day-to-day lives. However, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cranial trauma, medical, red tape, swine flu on June 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
So I do not, in fact, have the swine flu.
Thanks to everybody who expressed their concern, here and elsewhere.
Apparently there are a couple of viruses doing the rounds which present with roughly the same symptoms, which I’m sure makes things inconvenient for those in the medical profession.
So I picked up the test results in writing [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 19, 2009 | 11 Comments »
The Universe is laughing at me.
Remember my two-posts-ago about being underwhelmed by the talk of the H1N1 flu virus?
All three of us have been sick the last few days. Upon describing the symptoms to our doctor, we were told that she thinks it’s probably the good ol’ swine flu.
The doctor thinks We Have. The Fucking. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ahmadinejad, crime, iran, politics, theocracy on June 17, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Proving that there’s more than one place where the far-right hardliners know how to rig an election, the handy victory supposedly scored by Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in his re-election bid looks decidedly fishy.
It’s not the result that bothers me, it’s the sound of millions of hopes being ruthlessly crushed by the ruling elite. I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged disease, information overload, pandemic, phase 6, swine flu on June 11, 2009 | 4 Comments »
So the World Health Organization has now declared a Phase 6 global pandemic.
Okay.
In these days of information overload and the constant barrage of news, I fear I am becoming inured to the kind of concern that such a pronouncement should theoretically elicit.
In this instance, it’s hard to get worked up about it because the disease [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2nd amendment, anti-semitism, holocaust museum, john ensign, news, racism, shooting, sick fuck, washington dc on June 10, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Today there was a fatal shooting at the Holocaust Museum in DC. The question which immediately comes to mind is “What kind of sick fuck would do that?”
Here, for your edification, is a picture of said sick fuck:
Let’s bear in mind that this guy denies that the Holocaust took place. He wrote a book entitled [...]
