September, 2011 archive
Truth, Justice, and the American Way 0
Wait a minute. Leonard Pitts, Jr., has some doubts about that whole “truth” thing. Here’s a nugget:
Facts? True believers don’t need no stinking facts.
Throw Away the Church Key 0
I do not believe that this will work out as expected.
(snip)
The city judge in Bay Minette will let misdemeanor offenders choose to work off their sentences in jail and pay a fine; or go to church every Sunday for a year.
If offenders select church, they’ll be allowed to pick the place of worship but must check in weekly with the pastor and police.
I wonder whether they will also be required to put something in the offertory.
QOTD 0
Sophia Loren, from the Quotemaster (subscribe here):
The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn’t know what war is except from television.
Hair! 0
Changing times means changing crimes:
Nearly 500 packages of hair was stolen around 5 a.m. Friday, and the thieves targeted two specific brands: Malaysian and Indian Remy, Lucien Poko, the store’s general manager, told the AJC. Poko runs all seven Beauty Master stores in the Atlanta area, and he said five have now been robbed.
Update from the Foreclosure-Based Economy 0
A buyer’s market, if the buyer still has a job:
Shortly after the Desais asked several friends and real estate agents to be on the lookout for a well-priced, well-equipped abode, Shah presented this newly bank-owned property in Chesapeake’s Emerald Greens community.
Intrigued by the $608,900 asking price, the Desais had to view it. They decided that day to make an offer.
By Their Humor Shall Ye Know Them 0
They claim it’s a satire of affirmative action:
This sort of stuff is funny only through the lens of racism.
Otherwise, otherwise.
The Circular Firing Squad 0
Shall the circle be unbroken?
TCF National Bank is suing a firm it hired to appraise nearly 3,000 homes.
In a federal lawsuit filed in Minneapolis, TCF alleges Market Intelligence Inc. of Milford, Mass., improperly inflated the value of the residential properties the bank was financing. One of the services Market Intelligence provided was a field assessment, or a drive-by inspection.
The bank, of course, had no responsibility in this.
A Brew of Hate 0
A snippet from Dick Polman’s comment on Thursday’s Republican debate provides supporting evidence (emphasis added)
It was also predictable that the Republican debate audience would act out in some repulsive fashion, and so it did, this time booing a gay soldier who had volunteered to put his life on the line for his country. The gay soldier appeared on video – which was fortunate for the cowardly homophobes, because this way they could safely bark their bigotry without having to confront the soldier, and his thick biceps, live and in person.
QOTD 0
La Rouchefoucauld, from the Quotemaster (subscribe here):
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
Dustbiters 0
The FDIC is dining close to home tonight:
Burke’s Law last night:Also, the local rag gave about a 54 pt. headline to the failure of the Bank of the Commonwealth, as if bank failures have not been weekly occurrences since the bursting of the Bushonomics Bubble.
DIY 0
The north wall of the garage is now lined with 68 linear feet of shelves.
Next: 70 linear feet plus pegboard for the south wall.
Mitt the Flip 0
The flips are so rapid as to be invisible to the naked eye:
Living on a $400,000 Shoestring 0
You really don’t need Jon Stewart to parody politicians. They parody themselves.
But Stewart does it so well.
Via Bob Cesca.
The Nut Counter 0
In the Philadelphia Inquirer, Leonard Boasberg wonders . . .
Follow the link for the rest his list of products from the Republican nut department.
