Jan

22

Fox Sports: Joe Paterno Has Died

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A sad and swift addendum to an already horrible story: Joe Paterno, the iconic former Penn State football coach whose legend was tarnished when he was fired in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, has died, his family confirmed Sunday. He was 85. Doctors had said Saturday that Paterno’s condition had become ”serious” in [...]

Nov

22

Department of Homeland Security Warns of Holiday Threat

Filed Under Culture, Nat'l Security, Politics | 12 Comments

Now that Bin Laden’s dead the DHS has really gotten distracted: I’m more interested in knowing if somebody’s going to try and blow my ass up at the mall this weekend, but whatever. DHS linked to the video below. Isn’t assuming that a frozen turkey dunked in hot oil will explode in a ball of [...]

Jul

8

NY Mayor Bloomberg to Officiate Gay Wedding

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Mayor Bloomberg has muscled his way into officiating one of the first gay weddings in New York: New York City Michael Bloomberg will officiate his chief policy adviser’s wedding on July 24, the first day gays can marry in the state. The New York Times reports that this week, Bloomberg called John Feinblatt, who works [...]

Jul

5

Rush to Joplin

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Hopefully everybody had a nice Independence Day weekend! I still have all my fingers in spite of some fairly massive fireworks that we set off here at the compound, so I’ve got that goin’ for me. Yesterday Rush Limbaugh was in Joplin, Missouri and gave a rousing speech to a huge crowd in the town [...]

Jun

3

Jack Kevorkian Dies

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Years ago, I met Jack Kevorkian. It was “in passing,” but I did shake his hand and speak with him very briefly. He was cordial and so was I, but all I can remember thinking was how creepy it would be to sit in his rusty VW van… even creepier if he was hooking up [...]

May

3

‘Who is Osama bin Laden?’ — When Twitter and a Failed Educational System Collide

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Meet some of the people who one day (if not already) could be cancelling out your vote. From Business Insider as collected by Ned Hepburn, here’s a sampling: You know, I half expected to see a Tweet from James Clapper in that mix. Fortunately some are generously stepping forward to help explain: Better than nothing, [...]

Nov

5

The Media’s a Little Slow in Catching on to the Bert & Ernie Thing

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A section of my local paper offers a “scoop” about something I figured out when I was ten: The rest of America was thinking that by the mid-1970′s. I mean, come on: Bonus fun fact: There’s a 1 in 3 chance that Bert and Ernie voted Republican on Tuesday.

Sep

3

Chicago Gang Members Hold Press Conference to Criticize Police

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If you live long enough, you do indeed see everything: Conservative Vice Lords? I’d hate to see the liberal Vice Lords: At a news conference organized by self-identified gang members Thursday morning, several speakers complained that police and city officials do not respect them, and that the only way to curb violence is to provide [...]

Aug

21

Facebook: The Movie

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Actually the movie is called “Social Network,” but I guess it’s about the guy who started Facebook. I thought a better title was “The Unfriending,” but that didn’t stick. This is a movie from Aaron Sorkin, who wrote A Few Good Men, so look for some dramatic and memorable lines, such as “You can’t handle [...]

Jul

14

“I Condemn the NAACP”

Filed Under Culture, Politics, Tea Party | 2 Comments

All the people pictured above, and many more, have written pieces that appear in a series at Big Government condemning the NAACP for their resolution against the Tea Party for not being nearly as diverse as the NAACP. Shockingly however, the NAACP didn’t utter a word about the New Black Panther Party. Here are links [...]

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