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December 2008

Congress Gets a Raise [Dan Collins]

It’s all about pay for performance. Wank you very, very much.

Islamists Even More Ig-Pignorant Than Christianists [Dan Collins]

It seems that overwhelming numbers of them believe that Sarah Palin is Trig’s biological mother.

Hagiocalypse Now [Dan Collins]

MEET Che Guevara. Just think of him as Jesus plus Abraham Lincoln with a touch of Moses and Dr. Doug Ross. After 4½ hours of watching Dr. Ernesto “Che” Guevara heal the sick, teach the illiterate, daze the women, execute the lawless, defeat the corrupt, uplift the peasantry and spew the sound bite, I was convinced there would be a scene in which he turned water to Bacardi. You can’t

Congress Issues Stern Warning to Asteroids [Dan Collins]

After further observations, astronomers reported that the asteroid would skim by Earth harmlessly in 2029, but it has a one in 44,000 probability of slamming into our planet on Easter Sunday, April 13, 2036. Small changes in Apophis’ path that could make the difference between a hit or a miss are possible, according to Jon Giorgini, a planetary analyst in NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. “We have not

Chicago Style, with All Da Fixin’s [Dan Collins]

At first it seemed that the outrageous acts of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich had resulted in an epiphany of transparency among some of the most reflexive stalwarts of the state’s Democratic junta. Close on the heels of the Governor’s arrest for, in part, trying to sell the President-elect’s Senate seat, the state’s senior Senator, Dick Durbin called loudly for a special election to be held to fill the position. Soon,

Teh Rape of the Scarf [Dan Collins]

A Muslim woman arrested for refusing to take off her head scarf at a courthouse security checkpoint said Wednesday that she felt her human and civil rights were violated. A judge ordered Lisa Valentine, 40, to serve 10 days in jail for contempt of court, said police in Douglasville, a city of about 20,000 people on Atlanta’s west suburban outskirts. Valentine violated a court policy that prohibits people from wearing

Iraqi Ambassador Explains Freedom [Dan Collins]

dignity and civility to Code Pink. Message sent, not received. One cannot fault his effort, though. On a related note, the troll problem has gotten bad enough that I’m going to recommend Jeff make the site registration only.

Trumping [Dan Collins]

NPR: Women still earn much less than men, and minority women fall even lower on the pay scale. This, according to a new report by Women’s Way advocacy group. Valorie Rawlston Wilson, a scholar with the National Urban League Policy Institute, and Melissa Weiler Gerber, executive director of A Woman’s Way, discuss gender discrimination in pay. NPR reported its five highest paid employees were: 1. Managing Editor Barbara Rehm, $383,139

What’s a Brother For? [Dan Collins]

I was relieved to give my sister the good news: “Your boy is straight, and he can ball.” Well, I can see where that would . . . um . . . be . . . a, uh . . . relief.

Colonel Mustard, in the Conservatory . . .

with the candlestick? No? Well, don’t ask Snopes. And at David Thompson’s, Atomica.