Wizbang: May 2005 Archives

Three New Meta Blogs Launched

Posted by Kevin · Published: May 31, 2005 · Comments (5)

Patrick Riffini's 2008 Presidential Wire, the first news aggregator and buzz tracker devoted to the next Presidential campaign. John Hawkins' Conservative Grapevine is looks at the the right side of the blogosphere and feature daily links to some of the best posts made by right-of-center bloggers. Josh Marshall's TPMCafe is... [Full Story]

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Ex-FBI Official Mark Felt Says He's 'Deep Throat'

Posted by Kevin · Published: May 31, 2005 · Comments (34)

Click for larger version Ending over 30 years of speculation, the anonymous source behind Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's Watergate reporting known as 'Deep Throat' stepped forward out of the shadowy garage.MSNBC.com - W. Mark Felt, who retired from the FBI after rising to its second most senior position, has... [Full Story]

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Morning Blend

Posted by Kevin · Published: May 31, 2005 · Comments (11)

Jaques Chirac has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, two days after French people rejected the EU's proposed constitution. In his place he's named loyalist Dominique de Villepin to the post. "It's like re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Chirac has a lame duck government now and the... [Full Story]

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The heckler's veto

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: May 31, 2005 · Comments (37)

Recently, the Minuteman Project held a meeting in Las Vegas. You might recall these are the volunteers who are concerned about the government's failure to adequately secure our borders, and took it upon themselves to patrol and report illegal aliens entering the country. Naturally, the idea of people taking responsibility... [Full Story]

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Take Me Out To The Ballgame

Posted by Kevin · Published: May 31, 2005 · Comments (2)

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, since the current three-division + wild card format was adopted 1995, 67 percent of the teams in first place on Memorial Day have gone on to make the playoffs. That means of the six teams leading their divisions on Memorial Day this year --... [Full Story]

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Quote Of The Day - Double Entendre Edition

Posted by Kevin · Published: May 31, 2005 · Comments (6)

"They're not pitching tents."Stephen Payne, founder of Desert Shadows Inn Resort & Villas in Palm Springs, Calif., where rooms start at $200 a night and clothing is optional. Apparently the nude tourism industry is thriving and going upscale... In semi-related tourism news you could be going nude, whether you like... [Full Story]

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Weekend Caption Contest™ Winners

Posted by Kevin · Published: May 30, 2005 · Comments (5)

This weeks Weekend Caption Contest™ actually caused me to shed a few tears of laughter... The top three are as different from each other as they could be, but all are gold medal worthy captions in their own right. Don't forget the stellar honorable mentions either. Here are the winning... [Full Story]

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Bonfire of the Vanities #100 - Reminder

Posted by Kevin · Published: May 30, 2005 · Comments (0)

Bonfire of the Vanities entries for this weeks edition (Week 100 - to be hosted at Ravings of John C. A. Bambenek) are due by midnight (Eastern), Tuesday May 31st (due to the holiday). Send a link to your worst post along with any self serving excuses or clever self... [Full Story]

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99 and 44/100-percent pure crap

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: May 30, 2005 · Comments (34)

I recently had an e-mail exchange with a reader who was a smidgen disappointed with something I wrote. I won't go into the particulars, but one thing that came up as a tangent I thought bore expanding into a full posting on its own. "Purity" is, to me, an overrated... [Full Story]

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Forget the pick-a-nick basket, Booboo, go for the fuel tank!

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: May 30, 2005 · Comments (8)

In the ongoing quest for an alternative for gasoline, one fuel is getting more and more attention. "Biodiesel," made from used cooking grease and diesel fuel, is one of the more popular home-made options. Proponents say that one of the side effects is that the car's exhaust ends up smelling... [Full Story]

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$50 million can buy a lot of rope...

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: May 29, 2005 · Comments (14)

Last week, when President Bush met with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and pledged $50 million dollars in aid, a lot of people whom I respect were outraged. There has been absolutely no sign of a true crackdown on terrorism by the Palestinian Authority, and the "cease-fire" the pundits bring up... [Full Story]

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See what happens when you have six straight weekends of rain?

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: May 29, 2005 · Comments (8)

New England's getting its first sunny weekend in over a month, and it's just about time. Apparently, there are a lot of people who have been driven stir-crazy by the weather. First, we have the story of a seventeen-year-old Nashua, NH girl driving to work when a Jaguar pulled out... [Full Story]

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Weekend House Projects

Posted by Kevin · Published: May 29, 2005 · Comments (18)

What are you working on this weekend? At Casa Wizbang, it's mulch and garden (finished) and rearranging kids rooms (in progress). Surely I can't be the only one locked in the house disassembling and reassembling children's beds... Venting on the horror stories of your weekend household improvement project is encouraged.... [Full Story]

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Racer Accuses Female Indy Driver Of Unfair Advantage

Posted by Kevin · Published: May 29, 2005 · Comments (33)

Earlier this week Wizbang featured the provocatively posed Danica Patrick, the female Indy 500 contender, who experts say is the first of the 4 females to have qualified at Indy with a legitimate shot at winning. Other drivers have noticed as well...CONCORD, N.C. (AP) -- Robby Gordon accused Danica Patrick... [Full Story]

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Quote Of The Day - Captain Obvious Edition

Posted by Kevin · Published: May 28, 2005 · Comments (1)

"I think he realized a cat only has nine lives and he's on about life 10."Tennessee State Senator Tim Burchett (R), commenting on the resignation of State Sen. John Ford (D) in the wake of the FBI sting operation where he was caught taking $55,000 in bribes and threatening to... [Full Story]

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Carnival of the Trackbacks XIII

Posted by Kevin · Published: May 28, 2005 · Comments (6)

Reader recommended stories for Saturday May 28, 2005: Want To Participate?... [Full Story]

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When squeegees are outlawed, only outlaws will have squeegees

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: May 28, 2005 · Comments (14)

I always thought that road rage happened on the road, not at the gas station. And I also thought that lawyers would be above getting into fistfights at the drop of a hat. Apparently, I was wrong...... [Full Story]

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Is There More To The Filibuster Compromise Story?

Posted by Kevin · Published: May 28, 2005 · Comments (6)

Possibly... James Kuhnhenn, of Knight Ridder's Washington Bureau, reports on Sen. Trent Lott's secretive participation (limited though it may have been) in the deal between 7 Republicans and 7 Democrats on filibusters and the "nuclear option." Patterico reports on a segment on Fox News that indicates two of the seven... [Full Story]

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Guess The Tattoo

Posted by Kevin · Published: May 27, 2005 · Comments (27)

Who does this belong to? Click for larger version Last time I had a mystery picture contest it lasted less than 5 minutes... Maybe this one will be harder, but I doubt it... Update: Answer below the break...... [Full Story]

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Senators May "Have Nothing On" Galloway, But Blogger Does

Posted by Kevin · Published: May 27, 2005 · Comments (6)

Nearly two weeks ago I wondered if Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) and Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) were playing a bit of rope-a-dope with British MP George Galloway during his blustery and confrontational testimony before a Senate committee looking into the UN Oil-For-Food scandal. Galloway's bombastic performance was widely seen as... [Full Story]

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Elementary School Principal's Racy Calender Causes Controversy

Posted by Kevin · Published: May 27, 2005 · Comments (13)

ANDOVER , Mass. (Eagle-Tribune Online) -- School was almost out for the year and a group of women colleagues wanted to give retiring Shawsheen Elementary School staffer Betsey Jankauskas a memorable send-off. Principal Moira O'Brien and seven of her staff joined in the fun by posing on desks and in... [Full Story]

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Hey, teachers, leave them kids alone!

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: May 27, 2005 · Comments (19)

This morning, I looked at three separate stories out of Massachusetts. All involved sex and schools. Naturally, my prurient interests were aroused. In the first case, a father was outraged when his 12-year-old daughter came home with a "health risk" survey. One of the questions she was being asked was... [Full Story]

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Wizbang Weekend Caption Contest™

Posted by Kevin · Published: May 27, 2005 · Comments (82)

It's Friday, which means it's time for the Wizbang Weekend Caption Contest™. Enter your best caption for the following picture: Winners will be announced Sunday Monday evening (due to the holiday). Update: Winners announced. Comments are now closed.... [Full Story]

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"Star Trek" has a lot to answer for

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: May 27, 2005 · Comments (12)

Last fall, when the Red Sox came back from losing three games to the Yankees and won the American League pennant, Bostonians were understandably excited. Excited enough to turn out and riot. In their attempts to disperse the crowds, Boston police used a variety of new weapons -- including an... [Full Story]

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Australia Shocked At Guilty Verdict For Schapelle Corby

Posted by Kevin · Published: May 27, 2005 · Comments (29)

An Indonesian court has found Schapelle Corby, 26 year-old Australian beauty school student on holiday to Bali, guilty of drug smuggling and has sentenced her to 20 years. Corby was convicted smuggling 9 pounds of marijuana into Bali in an unlocked boogie board bad, though she has no criminal... [Full Story]

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