A New Way To Lose At Jeopardy (and Open Thread)
He managed to lose without even playing!
Tag: Asshats
The Legislature of the State of California Has Officially Gone Crazy
Thinking of taking your sweetie out for dinner and movie this Friday night? Looking for a babysitter? Show us your papers first, please. Per State Senator Doug LaMalfa (R, …
Build a castle in the sand, pay a fine out the butt
After an Isle of Palms (near Charleston, SC) patrol officer twisted his ankle on the beach one night, the morons on City Council set to work to regulate the …
Penn State students dress as Virginia Tech victims
What could be a better Halloween costume than dressing up as one of the victims of the Virginia Tech mass murder, complete with fake blood and bullet holes? WSLS …
Senators call for Maliki’s ouster
Senators Carl Levin and John Warner are, in essence, calling for a vote of no confidence in the Iraqi government, reports Jonathan Weisman of the Washington Post: Declaring the …
Hypocrisy from Ted Kennedy? Who'd have suspected it?
One of the biggest lines of attack against Judge Samuel Alito was his memberhip in the Concerned Alumni of Princeton, which was denounced as sexist, racist, and just plain …
A darned good question
Last month, I mentioned a case in Massachusetts where one alleged drunk driver plowed into another alleged drunk driver, killing the second guy and injuring his passenger, then fled …
The dog that didn't bark in the night.
This morning's Boston Globe has a column by Derrick Z. Jackson, entitled "Diabetes and the trash food industry." Jackson notes the explosion in Type II diabetes, especially in children, …
An idle speculation
Could the Right somehow persuade the Left to trade some of their more obnoxious members? They can have Pat Robertson if they'll give up Harry Belafonte. At least he …
Ted Kennedy And "Youthful Indiscretion"
Words I never thought I'd hear come out of Ted Kennedy's fat face, (paraphrasing) "you can't chalk it up as some youthful indiscretion." Kennedy, the new children's book author, …