Godspeed.
December 5, 2008
WTF? [Dan Collins]
Totally harsh. What else don’t I know about the Salvation Army? OSHKOSH, Wis.  The leader of a Wisconsin Salvation Army will lose his job if he goes ahead with plans to marry outside the organization. Capt. Johnny Harsh of Oshkosh is engaged to a woman who’s not affiliated with the Salvation Army. They’re planning to marry in June. Harsh says he’s well aware of the agency’s rule that says
December 5, 2008
Lori Drew May Serve 18 Months in Prison [Dan Collins]
Oh, wait. It’s some shmuck in Colorado: FORT COLLINS, Colo.  A man accused of making unflattering online comments about his former lover and her attorney on Craigslist has been charged with two counts of criminal libel. “It’s not a charge you see a lot of,” Larimer County District Attorney Larry Abrahamson said of the 1800s-era state law that can put people in jail for the content of their speech
December 5, 2008
Headline of the Day? [Dan Collins]
Easy-to-Use ‘Palm Pistol’ Aimed at Elderly, Disabled
December 5, 2008
More On the Racist Stampeders Who Killed the Wal-Mart Employee [Dan Collins]
A line-cutting dispute among shoppers who waited for hours outside a New York Wal-Mart and those who stayed inside their cars led to the stampede that killed a store worker, Newsday reports. Nassau police said Wednesday that the conflict among shoppers who remained in their cars and those who waited in the cold weather fostered a “mob mentality” that led to the death last week of 34-year-old Jdimytai Damour, according
December 5, 2008
Wherein I Am Denominated a Sociopath [Dan Collins]
In the comments section to a post by Instaputz on my post immediately below. I’ll not link it, because there’s nothing of note to see over there, but really, I think that being lectured by a guy who sits in his own piss all day telling other people that they’re stinky, it’s a bit much. The debate (which in this case would be a euphemism for much flinging of monkey
December 4, 2008
Swept Away [Dan Collins]
What is the matter with me, that this makes me laugh? NESKOWIN, Ore. – A romantic marriage proposal on the Oregon coast turned deadly for the bride-to-be when a wave swept her out to sea. Scott Napper had taken 22-year-old Leafil Alforque to Proposal Rock near Neskowin Beach to pop the question at a place that got its name from couples ready to marry. Napper and Alforque had been dating
December 4, 2008
Chris Matthews: “It’s Really Hard to Salute Sarah Palin” [Dan Collins]
When Obama sends tingles up your leg, I can understand how that might be. NTTAWWTAITYKWIM.
December 4, 2008
Music Calms the Savage Breast [Dan Collins]
Picture yourself beside a glassy calm bahia on Mexico’s Pacific coast at sunset, with your favorite companion, having a nice margarita as the seabirds wheel in the distance. You are tanned, sated, happy, relaxed. You feel the still-warm sand between your toes as as the gentlest of breezes stirs your hair softly. You still have many such days ahead of you, and you plan to return to your nicely appointed
December 4, 2008
Victory! [Dan Collins]
Obama hasn’t even taken office, and already sea levels have stopped rising.