March, 2012 archive
Droning On 0
This Week in Mixed Nuts 0
The Colbert Report
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Bunnies! 0
Officers were called to the home, on the 2100 block of Wolfsnare Road, Thursday night for a report of a foul smell coming from the house, said Virginia Beach police spokesman Jimmy Barnes. Officers arrived to find the house overrun by rabbits.
We had a pet rabbit once.
Nasty vicious beast that produced no end of raisins.
Chameleon Nights 0
Daniel Ruth considers how the South weaves its magic spells.
And out west, you hardly ever see a candidate from say, oh, Massachusetts showing up wearing a Stetson, because he would like a dork in the saddle.
But for some reason the South is different, transforming the hustings into one long-winded game of political kudzu charades. The problem was particularly acute for Romney, already widely distrusted for tailoring his positions on the issues based on the shifting winds of polling data.
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So there he was bouncing between Mississippi and Alabama, extolling the culinary charms of grits and pretending he has Loretta Lynn on his iPod.
To be a smidgen fair, perhaps Romney thought he could pull off his image as a Man of the Doublewide set considering Mississippi and Alabama Republican voters, by vast margins, believe Barack Obama is a Muslim and evolution is a myth.
State Rape, Exercising DOMinion Dept. 1
Ronnie Polaneczky considers Pennsylvania’s proposed policy of state rape. A nugget:
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Indeed, a statement from one of the bill’s co-sponsors, Rep. Thomas Killion, R-Chester, suggests that a social agenda, not a woman’s “right to know,” is precisely what this bill is about. Killion told the Inquirer that he had pulled back support, even though “I’m personally pro-life and I support anything that would discourage abortion.”
In other words, House bill 1077 is not at all about a woman’s “right to know.” It’s about discouraging a woman from exercising a right that others wouldn’t choose to exercise.
It’s all about control.
The Republican Party, the party of doms.
An-ti-ci-pa-tion 0
After considering this week’s results, Dick Polman looks forward to Mitt the Flip’s campaigning for the Illinois primary:
Update from the Foreclosure-Based Economy 0
New way for foreclosures set to hit the market.
Lenders issued 929 foreclosure-related notices last month, up 12 percent from the 826 issued in January but down 19 percent from the 1,149 reported in February 2011, according to RealtyTrac, a foreclosure-monitoring service based in Irvine, Calif.
Meanwhile, on the nation stage, a small setback for the foreclosers, but a rebound is predicted:
“February’s numbers point to a gradually rising foreclosure tide,” Moore said. “That should result in more states posting annual increases in the coming months.”
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Looking more like a trend every month.
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The number of people continuing to collect jobless benefits dropped by 81,000 in the week ended March 3 to 3.34 million. The continuing claims figure does not include the number of workers receiving extended benefits under federal programs.
Those who’ve used up their traditional benefits and are now collecting emergency and extended payments decreased by about 73,900 to 3.33 million in the week ended Feb. 25.
Republicans are no doubt celebrating with the rest of us, given their commitment to the greater good.
Also, pigs, wings.
QOTD 0
Edward Everett Hale:
‘Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?’
No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country.
Not Cases 0
Spill Here, Spill Now, Corexit, Stage Fright 0
Buccaneer Petroleum wouldn’t make stuff up, now, would they?
