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November 2008

The Insane Generosity of Starbucks [Dan Collins]

You buy a $4 coffee and they will give away a WHOLE NICKEL!!! Sponsor Starbucks goes (RED). Join us for World AIDS Day. On Dec 1, buy any hand-crafted beverage and we’ll give 5¢ to the Global Fund to help save lives in Africa. Time: December 1 at 7:00am Location: Participating Starbucks locations in the US & Canada Attendees: 77,037 people RSVP: YesMaybeNo How about skipping your freaking overpriced fey

Things Famous People Did Not Do [Dan Collins]

Contrary to popular belief and legend, Daniel Boone not only did not wear a coonskin cap, he detested them. Instead, Boone wore a felt cap.

The Unbearable Heaviness of Being [Dan Collins]

With apologies to The Spinners: This, is my fork in the road Next to that dead toad Guess it fell from my load, oh no It’s on the ground, now it’s up to me To bow down gracefully Though my stuff’s heavy, and get it Whenever I need it, it’s still there I use it to eat and, yes I care I’d rather I lost my underwear There on the

eHormoney Facebook Group [Dan Collins]

Homophobes are right, Gays can’t be trusted Global Basic Info Type: Common Interest – Sexuality Description: We just want the equal right to be married. We would never use state power to force a church, mosque or synagogue to marry us under their auspices. But the the queers sue EHarmony and force it to accept gays. Because Manhunt, AfterEllen, JDate, Yahoo Personals, Men4SexNow, SilverDaddies, Bearhunt, Tribe, Tagged, and all the

Coulter Silenced, Nutroots Excited [Dan Collins]

Refurbishing their Hot Topic Sally Dolls from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Nine Irish Convicts [Dan Collins, from Enoch Root]

In the Irish Uprising of 1848, nine men were captured, tried and convicted of treason against Her Majesty, Queen Victoria. All were sentenced to death. The condemned men were: Patrick Donahue Charles Duffy Michael Ireland Morris Lyene Thomas McGee Terence McManus Thomas Meagher John Mitchell Richard O’Gorman Passionate protests from all over the world persuaded Queen Victoria to commute the death sentences. The men were banished to Australia – as

“Barack Obama to keep Robert Gates in Defense, Fox reports”

Nuance.

Ends, Means, and progressivism

Evidently, it being a “Living Constitution” means we are free to shun it like a trailer park Governor should it be so obnoxious as to, you know, stand in the way of its betters: Pittsburgh City Council gave its first approval today to legislation requiring that anyone report a lost or stolen firearm report that within 24 hours or potentially face a $500 fine. The 6-1 vote, with two abstentions,

Kondracke: Key to Republican Success? Surrender principles and get rid of those who give them voice

Because asking that the laws be followed and the Constitution respected is now gauche and “fundamentalist” — whereas the opposite, doing whatever the zeitgeist seems to suggest, is labeled approvingly as “pragmatism.” Well, sorry, Mort. But I happen to know crass populism when I read it. And what Kondracke is advocating for here is nothing more than an overtly political and topically detailed version of the story of the Wise

More on Queens and the Hate

…only this time, we’re talking about the Canadian university and their student facilitators. Again.