RIP, Jack
On February 3 I reported that Congressman Jack Murtha of Pennsylvania was in the ICU in the wake of complications after gall bladder surgery. Today he is dead.
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Happy Days…If You Are a Drone
It used to be the mantra that one became a government worker out of a sense of both civic pride and a willingness to sacrifice what could have been a higher salary in the private sector for a lower salary but greater job security in the public sector. Truth is that ever since JFK signed the executive order permitting government workers to unionize in 1962, working for Uncle Sam has little to do with civic pride and everything to do with a competitive salary and a benefits/retirement package that private sector employees can only dream about.
Video Listerine®
Yesterday's Video Listerine was so sublime it got only one comment. Well, today we will shift gears and go from the sublime to the deliciously funny and absurd.
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Why Blame Islam?
After reading an excellent article in The Independent regarding the ongoing feud between Christopher Hitchens and Gore Vidal (talk about pots and kettles accusing each other) I perused the comment section and came across this classic that is deliciously worthy of Fisking.
Video Listerine®
Lent has not yet begun and already I'm plunging into the culmination of Pascha, but I could not resist sharing this jewel. For several years all I had was just a sound clip of the first minute or so of this mind-blowing and spiritually moving performance.
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Great Scotch!
Holy Moly, it's the mother of all historical and archaeological discoveries. The Ark of the Covenant? Nope. Hammurabi's Tablets with all his laws intact? Nah. A fully intact version of the original Magna Carta? Pfffft. Trifles...all of them mere trifles. No my friends, this discovery by far surpasses anything uncovered by researchers since Tutankhamen's tomb.
The Petulant President
*** By Guest Blogger Kingsjester ***
Petulant
1 : insolent or rude in speech or behavior
2 : characterized by temporary or capricious ill humor
Going Down?
That's certainly what the Drive-Bys are crowing about with regard to the recent batch of unemployment statistics recently released by the gummint. Not more than a week has passed since the Man-Child delivered his State of Obama address in which he promised there "will be more jobs" and, mirabile dictu, the jobless rate has fallen from 10.2% to 9.7%.
I Hate It When I’m Right
Not long after a dark complected Mohammedan attempted to blow up an airliner over Detroit, I observed that the idiotically knee-jerk response of Jackboot Janet's Department of Homeland Insecurity was...well....idiotic. Recall that for a brief period, airlines were obliged to order passengers to clear their laps completely one hour before the flight approached its destination.
