Categories: Current Affairs, Legal Nonsense, Mainstream Media Narcolepsy, War on Christmas, Why my God is better than your God (or your non-God)
Warren Jeffs arrested in Nevada...
by Graham
The self-appointed leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), Warren Jeffs, who had been on the run for over a year, was arrested in Nevada on Tuesday.
After the style of Al Capone (who, despite his long record of intimidation, vi… more »
Alaska Governor loses primary
by Graham
Current Alaska Governor Frank Murchison was comprehensively beaten in the GOP primary election. It was interesting that this non-endorsement of a sitting representative, while mentioned in the media, did not immediately trigger a frantic discussion about… more »
Nice to know that some things never change...
by Graham
For many years it has been commonplace for people running for elective office to "optimize" their biographies to remove, well, those awkward things that they either did or said in the past.
Now that Wikipedia is becoming an increasingly important sourc… more »
The USA's real worldranking...
by Graham
..is a lot lower than #1 in a whole bunch of areas. See this article for a compilation of some less-than-stellar facts... more »
Lamont beats Lieberman in CT Democratic Primary - What Next?
by Graham
Sitting Senator Joseph Lieberman has been defeated by Ned Lamont in the Connecticut Democratic primary election.
Lieberman has conceded, but stated that he intends to run as an Independent. This must be causing conniptions in the Washington DC offices… more »
The bullying psychosis of the GOP
by Graham
As a school days victim of bullying, it has been very clear to me for a long time that bullying is the primary approach of the GOP at all levels in the context of the current administration. Everything I have read and seen convinces me that the administr… more »
R.I.P. Susan Butcher
by Graham
Susan Butcher, a four-time winner of the Iditarod, who had been battling leukemia for over a year, lost her fight with the disease on Saturday in Seattle.
She had been battling graft-vs-host disease following a bone marrow transplant in May. More recen… more »
Aother scything piece of satire from The Onion...
by Graham
....which would be hysterically funny if it didn't sail so close to current reality... more »
Presidential mistakes
by Graham
It has emerged that once again, President Bush has failed to understand that in politics, when in proximity to the media, there is no such thing as an off-the-record conversation.
Back in 2000, he and Dick Cheney were caught talking off-stage at a camp… more »