The S.O. was watching the Ski aerials tonight. And bitching about how many Chinese competitors there were were. I have to admit I was more than a little annoyed when the Chinese women won the short track-on a technicality and the Americans were forced to finish third. Of course the
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Naval leadership casts the last vestige of its manhood down the toilet. Unsurprising, but disgusting nonetheless: The Pentagon on Monday notified Congress that women will be able to join submarine crews within 30 legislative working days, making good on the wishes of top Navy commanders announced last fall. As required
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Today was simply a glorious day weather-wise. The day was beautiful and temperatures where in the high 50’s. As a result I persuaded the S.O. that golf was in order today. For both of us not having played in four months-we actually did pretty well. However, to engineer that little
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The Weather Underground: An extreme group dedicated to overturning the US government. The Tea Baggers: An extreme group dedicated to overturning the US government. Rachel Maddow may have hit on something here. I’m not really a fan of hers-but she is clever and usually well armed with facts. By their
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Because they still understand the meaning of the word satire. Which is apparently, a word Sarah Palin learned , in any one of the six colleges she attended: Mr. MacFarlane said in an e-mail message that “Family Guy” was proud of the way that the Ellen character was portrayed. “She
Continue readingWhat Tiger woods should have said.
I was at lunch with a co-worker yesterday. As it happened I was eating an oyster Po-boy sandwich when Tiger woods speech came on the television in the restaurant / bar we were eating at. The sound was turned down but it sure seemed like it went on for a
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Can still smell bad…………. Say goodbye to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Effective Sept. 1, the war in Iraq will acquire a new official moniker: “Operation New Dawn.” Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced the move Wednesday in a memo to Gen. David Petraeus, chief of U.S. Central Command, that was first reported
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Haven’t been able to post so much in the last couple of days. I’ve been tied up in the Alternate Universe-where its not so fun: But hopefully, I will be able to bridge the gap-starting tomorrow! I have been thinking about what life in the alternate universe is like-for example
Continue readingThe real purpose of the Olympics…
To kick the shit out of teams from countries who deserve it. Thus-this news brought a big smile to my face: VANCOUVER : A rampant United States hammered China 12-1 on Sunday to make it a miserable start to the Year of the Tiger for the Asian team as the
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Happy manufactured holiday! What we all are really waiting for:
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