http://www.wchstv.com/abc/portcharles/monaco.jpg
Notice the pun in
this lede:
NEW YORK (AP) — Low ratings have taken a bite out of “Port
Charles,” forcing ABC to cancel the daytime drama.
“Port Charles” has been mired in a vampire storyline for months. The
very few times I’ve seen it, the dialog has been horrible. Imagine
“Buddy […]
The Chicago Report has been sending
folks my way.
The /New York Times/ may hire an ombudsman
. There is
no way in Hell any editor of the NYT will ever give anyone that much
power. Can you image legendary A. M. Rosenthal putting up with that
nonsense?
An ombudsman is supposed to be readers’ last line of defense against bad
reporting and bad editing. The best newspaper in America […]
http://www.cabbage-soup-diet.com/images/cabbage-1.jpgI am on a diet.
It’s the “cabbage soup” diet . I am
in the middle of the fifth day of this week-long excursion into Hell.
Today. I get to eat three bananas and skim milk and all the cabbage soup
I can swallow. I’ve already dropped one pant size. But there are
drawbacks. Right now, I am so agitated […]
Normally, I’d rather rip my car’s stereo system, speakers included, out
of the dashboard than listen to Rush Limbaugh. But this afternoon, I was
inside someone else’s auto so I didn’t have the right to even change the
channel, much less rip out the radio. That’s why I heard Limbaugh spread
this intentionally misleading piece of propaganda concerning libertarians.
Libertarians, […]
Good news, via Wired:
/The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last Tuesday that Web
loggers, website operators and e-mail list editors can’t be held
responsible for libel for information they republish, extending
crucial First Amendment protections to do-it-yourself online
[…]
The Sunday, June 15, strip:
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I found a heart-warming story on Romenesko’s Obscure Store about a
worker-friendly strip club
.
Actually, it’s more of a peep show because instead of dancing on stage,
clients pay the dancers to perform in private, glass-enclosed booths
where, as they say, anything goes. In 1995, workers at San Francisco’s
Lucky Lady joined Service Employees International Union. Recently, they
bought the joint […]
I certainly hope everyone found their way over to MSNBC
where Eugene Volokh
(substituting for Glenn Reynolds ) blogged
about the paternalistic
attitude behind those (now paging Maureen Dowd [r.r.]
) who criticize
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for insufficient gratitude for
affirmative action. Volokh writes:
…Thomas? critics aren?t really faulting him for opposing policies
[…]
Ann Coulter isn’t just a lying, foulmouthed religious bigot who got
where she is today on her looks, she is also a tease. It’s been days
since it was announced she is starting a blog and /there is yet to be
one single entry/. Hrmph!
When — more likley ‘if’ — she actually starts blogging, I will eat my
shoe […]
I’m trying the sucker out and
I like it so far. It includes an automatic popup blocker (which I like),
an autofill feature (which I haven’t tried yet) and a ‘Blog This’
feature which I used to have but never used back when I used Blogger. It
has a wide variety of other options for the toolbar itself, […]
… from “Disarranging Mine,” who
also linked to Jeff Trigg, another
Peoria blogger. The blog’s author is Marie, who describes herself as
central Illinoisan who “once inadvertently altered the course of history
of the United States and the world in a major way.” I am afraid to ask.
The Associated Press
has a report
that sheds more light on the situation:
A former Iraqi nuclear scientist has provided American authorities
parts and documents from Saddam Hussein’s nuclear weapons program
from over 12 years ago, a U.S. intelligence official said Wednesday.
The scientist, […]
I have a feeling some people are going to have to eat their words
:
(CNN) — U.S. personnel searching in Iraq for unconventional weapons
and their components are making rapid progress and the world could
expect surprises soon, the CIA’s chief weapons inspector told CNN.
[…]
http://billscontent.com/images/ren2.gif”How many times do I have to tell
you! I’m the pitcher, you’re the catcher!” I always suspected that about
Ren and Stimpy. Well, they can move to Texas now, if they want. I’m glad
to see their new show on the “New” TNN. Spongebob Squarepants it ain’t.
