Vice President Biden: “To avoid hitting bottom, keep digging.”
Okay, he didn’t say it in quite those words, but the words he did use were very close. Here’s what I mean: “Now, people when I say that look at me and say, ‘What are you talking about, Joe? You’re telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?’” Biden said. [...]
Running of the Fools
For the first time in 15 years, a man died after being gored by a bull during the annual Running of the Idiots. If I ever go to Pamplona, I’d be the one holding the sign that said “Go Bulls!”
The government has officially gone insane
h/t: Hot Air. I know it’s been a while since I posted something. In many ways it’s my fault for not simply sitting down at the keyboard and writing. In other ways, it’s sitting down at the keyboard, reading the latest news, then spending the next hour or so in somewhat of a state of [...]
It’s a vagina, not a clown car
One of the things that contributes to the stereotype of southerners being uneducated hicks is the oftentimes mistaken belief that southerners have very large families. For the most part, the stereotype is a load of bull, however…. Arkansas Couple Welcomes 17th Child 17 children? How does one manage to support that many children? Even more [...]
Sick, sick, sick, pt. II
Apparently, mommy is just as crazy as daddy. Mom blames Satan for burning baby in microwave GALVESTON — A woman blames the devil and not her husband for severely burning their infant daughter after the 2-month-old was put in a microwave, a Houston television station reported.Eva Marie Mauldin said Satan compelled her 19-year-old husband, Joshua [...]
Sick, sick, sick
Hat tip: Laurence. Man charged with burning baby in microwave in Galveston GALVESTON — A Galveston County grand jury will decide today whether to indict an Arkansas man accused of burning his 2-month-old daughter’s face and left hand by putting her in a motel microwave oven. Joshua Royce Mauldin, 19, faces indictment for felony injury [...]
Let’s play “Spot the Idiot”
I was making the rounds tonight, going through my usual sources of entertainment, and I ran across this little gem, which is almost Gore-ian in its hypocrisy. Let’s see if you can spot it. Belgium to impose tax on barbequing to fight global warming 12:27 | 03/ 04/ 2007 BRUSSELS, April 3 (RIA Novosti) [...]
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Idiot of the day
Taking a page out of my co-worker Laurence’s book, I’m going to post the Idiot of the Day. I came into work and discovered that the network engineer that usually covers my shift is going away on vacation. Immediately, I felt a bit of trepidation about this, as this one engineer is the only one [...]