Monthly Archives: June 2009

Final Score: Governor Palin 1, Gutless Pukes 0

The left’s pathological hatred of all things Sarah Palin continued this week with yet another hit piece masquerading as journalistic investigation, this time through from Vanity Fair which given the mindset of its aficionados is as appropriate a name as … Continue reading

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Bloodless On The Dance Floor

Now that everyone and their grandmother has chimed in on Michael Jackson’s passing, my turn. First, I’ll make it clear from the start I was and am not a fan of the man’s music. Granted, it was often brilliantly executed, … Continue reading

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Today’s Lesson In The Dual Nature Of Men

First, this most excellent and thoughtful post from the Anchoress (make sure you read the entire post): I have for too-long tossed my Holy Thing to the Dogs of appetite, marketing, impulse, expediency, poorly-healed woulds, excuses and recent sloth. I … Continue reading

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No, Seriously, This Is A News Article

The phrase “media bias” is flung about so freely we’ve become almost inured to its usage. It’s easy, far too easy, to slap it on every story we don’t like as a convenient means of dismissing its contents, be they … Continue reading

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A Playlist For When I’m In One Of “Those” Moods

Every once in a while I throw together a bunch of songs and make a playlist for Mr. iPhone (yes, I do use it to make phone calls every now and then).  The latest is one I’ve nicknamed For When … Continue reading

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Assorted Thoughts, Late At Night (Updated First Thing This Morning)

When we mourn the death of a celebrity, is it their death or how it notes our own aging we are mourning? The Iranian ambassador to Mexico has insinuated the CIA was behind Neda Agha=Soltan’s death. Yeah, let’s reach out … Continue reading

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It’s Not That I Don’t Care, It’s That I Care About Something Else

It’s a sign of the times that I am not so much thoroughly indifferent to yet another politician’s inability to control his libido as the reaction to same. The affair is what it is, and no amount of public tsk-tsking … Continue reading

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Pooh, Piglet and Eeyore vs. the Politics Monster

(This was originally going to be a Gord the polar bear post, but the more I got into it the less it worked.  So I went with more familiar characters.  Hope you enjoy it.) One fine day in the Hundred … Continue reading

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The Blogging May Be At Full Volume…

… but the blogger is barely able to register a whisper tonight.  Try it again tomorrow.

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Now The Struggle Has A Name

There’s a couple of pictures of a young woman currently circulating around the Internet. Her name is Neda Agha-Soltan. Neda. One picture reflects a serious yet serene demeanor, a look of calm resolution. The other shows a relaxed, winsome mood. … Continue reading

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