for their enormous pie-holes, the c*nts.
January 9, 2008
A Little Lower Than the Angels [Dan Collins]
It takes a village: Jones added that in recent months he had noticed a “strange odor” coming through his vent.”We thought it was probably dead mice in the vent or something,” he said, adding that he had talked to the landlord about it. D.C. Council member Marion Barry, who represents the neighborhood where the bodies were found, questioned why no one had reported the four missing.” Somebody should have known
Dems 2008: Clearing up confusion on MI and FL [Karl]
Although I have previously posted about the Michigan primary, it seems that there is still confusion over what has happened — and what will likely happen. Take Michigan as an example: The reason for the confusion is a fight between Michigan’s leading Democrats, including Sen. Carl Levin and Gov. Jennifer Granholm, and the Democratic National Committee. Frustrated that Iowa and New Hampshire were getting so much attention, Michigan’s political elites in both
Lori Drew, Turn of the Screw [Dan Collins]
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has begun issuing subpoenas in the case of a Missouri teenager who hanged herself after being rejected by the person she thought was a 16-year-old boy she met on MySpace, sources told The Times. The case set off a national furor when it was revealed that the “boyfriend” was really a neighbor who was the mother of one of the girl’s former friends. Local
Les Bloggeurs, President of Facebook, Embarrass French Media [Dan Collins]
Bwahahaha: This is probably the biggest hoax in the history of Facebook. It happened in France and is one of the most discussed stories in the French blogosphere right now. It all started a few weeks ago with a simple third-party Facebook application that was aimed at designating, every quarter, a new “Facebook Worldwide presidentâ€Â. A young 28 year-old French man by the name of Arash Derambarsh decided to run for the
New Definition of Whistleblower [Dan Collins]
CIA whistle-blower Philip Agee dies in Cuba Philip Agee, a former CIA agent who exposed its undercover operations in Latin America in a 1975 book, died in Havana, the Cuban Communist Party newspaper Granma said on Wednesday. Thanks, Reuters!  Captain Ed wishes him merde voyage. As for me, I wouldn’t have mentioned him if not for Reuters: “Fama di loro il mondo esser non lassa; misericordia e giustizia li sdegna: non ragioniam di lor,
O Sex, There Is Thy Sting! [Dan Collins]
Talk to the hand. In the brief, Craig’s legal team argues that the senator’s actions were not criminal because Minnesota’s disorderly conduct law requires that conduct alarm or anger “others,†while Craig’s actions only affected a single individual  the officer who made the arrest. The brief also argues that Craig’s hand gestures are a form of constitutionally protected speech.
Winter and Spring, to an Old Egoist [Dan Collins]
Hillary, are you grieving Over Iowa, deceiving? Power, like the breath of air, you With your selfishness can’t spare you? Age! as by ruth heart made softer Sheds its tears for others ofter, By and by, nor lets a sigh For grief in politicians’ eyes; But blubber still you will I’ll tell why. Now no matter, Hill, what’s true: Sorrow’s springs are just for you. Nor mouth had, no nor
Election 2008: The “How could the NH polls have been so wrong?” post
Mickey Kaus lists the most common theories, but there are at least three reasons they are not completely convincing. First, the NH polling average for Sen. Barack Obama was 38.3% and the ultimate result was 36% – within the margin of error and thus not supportive of the Bradley/Wilder effect theory. Whether Obama benefitted from a reverse-Bradley effect in Iowa is an interesting question, but one I think is unanswerable. Obama’s
Panasonic Claims World’s Smallest HD Camcorder [Dan Collins]
Panasonic unveils the HDC-SD9, the “world’s smallest and lightest” HD camcorder, weighing in at just 0.6 pounds and about as tall as an iPhone. This is absurdly untrue, of course. Some time ago I developed a camcorder much smaller than this. So small, in fact, that having carelessly placed it on my desk I am unfortunately unable to locate it anymore.
