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Ever hear someone say he has a beak, or that such-and-such a thing gives him the beak? We said it all the time in the USAF; “I have a beak” means I’m pissed off; “you give me the beak” means you make me angry. The beak must be secret military jargon, because when I Google […]
Sarah shows her true colors again. From Ben Smith at Politico (posted yesterday, December 3rd): Speaking to the conservative talker Rusty Humphries today, Sarah Palin left the door open to speculation about President Obama’s birth certificate. “Would you make the birth certificate an issue if you ran?” she was asked [ . . . ] […]
“If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?” Sarah Palin, Going Rogue. Good question, Sarah! Now you’ve got me thinking . . . If God had not intended for us to burn books, how come He made them flammable? If God had not intended for […]
Update (11/19/09): more than two months with no response. Time to ramp it up a notch: The Honorable Gabrielle Giffords November 19, 2009 U.S. House of Representatives 1728 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Congresswoman Giffords, I mailed the attached letter to the US Air Force Chief of Staff on September 16, 2009 […]
Last night a neighbor came over with some work shirts he wanted Donna to embroider. We asked him how things were going with his heating & air conditioning business. He told us business was great. With all the new green energy tax credits available to consumers, he’d been selling a lot of solar-powered water heaters. […]
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Steve Benen comments on the Washington Monthly blog: Long-time regulars may know I have quite a few “conversation enders.” These are comments that lead you to know, the moment you hear them, that the writer/speaker is either clueless or intellectually dishonest, and there’s really no reason to engage the person in a serious dialog. He […]
I’ve been away, attending a weekend hashing event in Colorado, shirking my duties as a blogger. We’re only just home . . . still unpacking, in fact . . . so this entry will be disorganized and short. Passing through Albuquerque last Thursday on our drive north, I heard on the radio that some New […]