Monthly Archive for March, 2005

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If You’re On Vacation, Make Sure Paris Hilton Isn’t In The Next Room

Published on 2005/03/10 in Entertainment. 1 Comment

You might not get much sleep:


Paris Hilton


Disgruntled Caribbean hotel patrons have complained that they could not get any sleep due to Paris Hilton?s loud sex antics.


Her ceaseless moaning kept them up at night after she and her latest lover enjoyed sex at least four times each night at a luxury hotel in Aruba.


Holiday maker Lenny Goldstein, who stayed in the suite next to Hilton?s told Femalefirst.co.uk, “You could hear moaning and groaning and the bed bumping the wall. They were at it four times a night.”


I hear that, to make up for it, Paris sent Mr. Goldstein a copy of her home video.

The Obiligatory Farewell Dan Rather Post

Published on 2005/03/10 in Politics. Closed

The CBS Evening News has been in third place in a three-way race for what, ten years now? Cronkite says he can’t believe Rather wasn’t fired sooner. Mike Wallace said Rather was “not as easy to watch as Jennings or Brokaw.” He’s not exactly at the top of his game, he’s going out in a tailspin.


I can’t say I’m sorry to see him go. He’s rather biased (somehow that just doesn’t get old for me) and blatantly so. He got caught with the TANG documents, but who knows how many more stories he’s floated over the years that have no basis in reality? Maybe none, but that doesn’t seem likely at this point.


So enjoy your last night Dan, you’re lucky to have lasted as long as you did.  And don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

Tradgedy In The Phillipines

Published on 2005/03/10 in General Stuff. Closed

An ill-prepared snack of cassava has claimed the lives of twenty-seven children.


Wailing parents carried the bodies of their children from hospitals after a snack of cassava ? a root that’s poisonous if not prepared correctly ? killed 27 and sickened 100 others Wednesday at an elementary school in the south-central Philippines.

With the nearest hospital 20 miles away from San Jose school, in Bohol island’s Mabini town, some victims died while being carried in a variety of vehicles, including three-wheel motorcycle taxis.

Francisca Doliente said her 9-year-old niece, Arve Tamor, was given some of the deep-fried caramelized cassava by a classmate who bought it from a vendor outside the school.

“Her friend is gone. She died,” Doliente told The Associated Press. Her niece was being treated, she said.


Please keep these families in your prayers.

You Won’t Find This Mailbox in San Francisco

Published on 2005/03/10 in Humor. 1 Comment

Texas Mailbox


 

I’m Calling BS On The Commie

Published on 2005/03/09 in Politics. 7 Comments

There’s a photo up on  http://www.repubblica.it of the car that Giuliana Sgrena was travelling in. Here is is:


Italian Car


UPDATE: Here’s a better photo:


Italian Car


I’m not really seeing any bullet holes. As a comparison, here’s what Bonnie and Clyde’s car looked like after they were ambushed:


Barrow Car


See all those small, round holes, and the shattered and missing glass? That’s where the bullets entered the car. Not quite the same, is it?


Hat Tip: Malkin

Today In History

Published on 2005/03/09 in Entertainment and Humor. Closed

1988 - American soap opera writers strike begins. Americans are shocked to learn that soap operas actually have writers.

Call Off The Investigation

Published on 2005/03/09 in Geeky Stuff. Closed

Turns out Tutankhamun wasn’t murdered after all.

The results of a CT scan done on King Tut?s mummy indicate the boy king was not murdered, but may have suffered a badly broken leg shortly before his death at age 19 ? a wound that could have become infected, Egypt?s top archaeologist said Tuesday.

Zahi Hawass, secretary general if the Supreme Council of Antiquities, announced the results of the CT scan about two months after it was performed on Tut?s mummy.


Hawass said the remains of Tutankhamun, who ruled about 3,300 years ago, showed no signs that he had been murdered ? dispelling a mystery that has long surrounded the pharaoh?s death.

Well, I gues Aye and Horemheb can finally rest in peace, their names have finally been cleared.

Playgirl Editor Outs Herself

Published on 2005/03/09 in Entertainment. Closed

As a Rebublican…


Siding with the GOP when you live in the bluest state around is almost like wearing a Boston Red Sox jersey at a New York Yankees home game, says Zipp in the April issue of PLAYGIRL. I cannot tell you how many times a person assumed I voted for John Kerry in 2004. Most of the time, I don’t have the heart to tell them, or the energy to discuss my reasons for going red this election year. But this is Playgirl magazine so it’s about time I was the one who bared what’s underneath.

How could a member of the media who produces adult entertainment for women, advocating sexual exploration, fulfillment and adventure possibly side with conservatives from the red states? Zipp spells it out. Those on the right are presumed to be all about power and greed, two really sexy traits in the bedroom. They want it, they want it now, and they’ll do anything to get it. And I’m not talking about some pansy-assed victory, I’m talking about full on jackpot, satisfaction for all.


That’s all well and good, but if Playgirl actually thinks their magzine is being consumed by women, they need to pull their heads out of the sand.

You’re Fired!

Published on 2005/03/08 in Politics. 2 Comments

Donald Trump, speaking with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday:


WALLACE: What do you think of the whole Bush memo-gate?


TRUMP: Well, I think it was disgusting the way it was handled by Dan Rather. And I don’t know why they’re firing other people. He was the head of it, so why aren’t they firing Dan Rather? But I guess they want to let him go gracefully.


WALLACE: What would you do?


TRUMP: I would have fired him a long time ago.


WALLACE: How would you have done it?


TRUMP: I would have said, “Dan, you’re fired.”


I’m not much for reality TV shows, but that is one I’d definitely watch.

Another Gunfight In Tombstone

Published on 2005/03/08 in Politics. Closed

This time, not at the OK Corral, but at the border:


A leader of the violent, terror-connected Latin American gang Mara Salvatruchas, Ebner Anivel Rivera-Paz, has reportedly issued orders from federal prison to members of his international criminal organization to teach a lesson to a group of Americans taking border control into their own hands.

The American civilians, known as the “Minutemen,” say they have some 750 volunteers ready to show up in Tombstone to start policing the border and dealing with illegal immigration.


The Mara Salvatruchas, founded in Los Angeles, has become one of the most violent and widespread gangs throughout South America, the U.S. and even Canada. Many of its members and leaders have been deported from the U.S., but the group is said to be deeply involved in cross-border arms-running and drug-smuggling operations, according to U.S. law enforcement sources.


Lately, the gang has joined forces with former members of the Farabundo Mart