Entries written in December 2007
Written December 31, 2007 in Uncategorized
Wow, so 2007 is already over. I know, everyone says that. Just once I’d like to hear someone lament at how their year dragged on and on like a dog with a bad leg. This time however, it is totally true in my case as well.
The short version of this year is basically this — [...]
FactCheck.org has its list of the big Whoppers of 2007. Never pulling any punches and taking shots at both sides of the aisle, FactCheck.org does an excellent job of giving us the facts and sifting through all of the b.s.
Some notable lies:
Republican Rudy Giuliani made false claims over and over about his record as mayor [...]
My new nephew came into the world last night, on my brother’s birthday. How awesome is that?
Name still to be determined. I’m rooting for Maximus or Dexter, but that’s just me.
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GPS Used To Recover Stolen Baby Jesus
Baby Jesus was kidnapped this week. But thanks to modern technology, he returned home to Joseph and Mary in just a few hours.
The holy infant doll was snatched from his manger in front of the Wellington Community Center sometime late Wednesday. But because of a GPS tracking device planted [...]
Does anyone find it odd that Foreign Policy Magazine’s blog, Foreign Policy: Passport is really funny? The magazine’s mission statement reads:
Equal parts scout and translator, we draw on the world’s leading journalists, thinkers, and professionals to analyze the most significant international trends and events of our times, without regard to ideology or political bias. Whether [...]
In short, no. Keep reading for the long version.
After recently announcing that they would be returning to air, sans writers, John Stewart and Stephen Colbert have been both applauded and chided by colleagues and TV watchers.
A Facebook group popped up and I had a brief and ill-advised “discussion” with one of its members regarding this. [...]
Driver crashes into WLS-Ch. 7 studio during newscast
At least their ticker is staying current.
Cohen says goodbye to alter egos Borat, Ali G
UPDATE: Apparently there was an Ali G movie, and according to terpischord it was a stinker.
And hopefully the bad Borat impressions will die with it. The character is great, but enough is enough. I will, however, miss Ali G. I think Ali was Sacha’s stronger character and [...]
The Project for Excellence in Journalism has an excellent (pun intended) study on how the media has been covering the Iraq War.
Through the first 10 months of the year, the portrait of Iraq that Americans have received from the news media has in considerable measure been a grim one. Roughly half of the reporting has [...]
Roofing company billionaire dies after falling through own roof
The 91st richest man in the U.S., a roofing company billionaire, has died after falling through his home garage’s roof, local authorities said Friday.
Ken Hendricks, 66, was checking on construction on the roof over his garage at his home in the town of Rock Thursday night when [...]
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So today was the day that billionaire Sam Zell took the Tribune Company private (includes video). As some of you may know and many of you may not, I am employed by a Tribune-owned company now, The Orlando Sentinel. Because of this, Zell’s deal and press conference held a little more importance to me [...]
A fire broke out in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building today. The building apparently houses Dick Cheney’s suite of ceremonial offices. So far the cause of the fire is unknown.
Hmm, perhaps the shredder was down and they were burning documents instead. I know, that’s jumping to conclusions but I’m just saying.
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This is going to be awesome. Hopefully Chris Nolan will continue to do a few more Batman movies and not hand it off to some lesser filmmaker down the road (i.e., Joel Schumacher, Bret Ratner) to ruin.
Here are two photos of Ledger as The Joker from a hi-res trailer. He looks awesome, but I am [...]
Two words: Howard Dean.
Everyone is going nuts over Ron Paul raising $6 million over the Internet. Based on this they are now pegging him as a viable candidate. Sorry, but no. They thought the same thing about Howard Dean and his campaign went belly-up faster than a county fair goldfish.
Dean and his campaign manager, Joe [...]
KFC outside of the Grand Mosque in Mecca during the annual hajj pilgrimage.
Talk about the exporting of America. This KFC is located outside of the Grand Mosque and, in keeping with Muslim customs, has separate lines for men and women and all meat is halal (killed in accordance with Islamic law).
Why don’t the marketing [...]
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