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After an Isle of Palms (near Charleston, SC) patrol officer twisted his ankle on the beach one night, the morons on City Council set to work to regulate the villainous...
Posted on March 29, 2008 4:03 PM
What could be a better Halloween costume than dressing up as one of the victims of the Virginia Tech mass murder, complete with fake blood and bullet holes? WSLS in...
Posted on December 8, 2007 4:44 AM
Senators Carl Levin and John Warner are, in essence, calling for a vote of no confidence in the Iraqi government, reports Jonathan Weisman of the Washington Post: Declaring the government...
Posted on August 20, 2007 11:53 PM
One of the biggest lines of attack against Judge Samuel Alito was his memberhip in the Concerned Alumni of Princeton, which was denounced as sexist, racist, and just plain rotten....
Posted on January 17, 2006 6:00 AM
Last month, I mentioned a case in Massachusetts where one alleged drunk driver plowed into another alleged drunk driver, killing the second guy and injuring his passenger, then fled for...
Posted on January 13, 2006 2:00 PM
This morning's Boston Globe has a column by Derrick Z. Jackson, entitled "Diabetes and the trash food industry." Jackson notes the explosion in Type II diabetes, especially in children, and...
Posted on January 11, 2006 8:00 AM
Could the Right somehow persuade the Left to trade some of their more obnoxious members? They can have Pat Robertson if they'll give up Harry Belafonte. At least he can...
Posted on January 10, 2006 11:00 AM
Words I never thought I'd hear come out of Ted Kennedy's fat face, (paraphrasing) "you can't chalk it up as some youthful indiscretion." Kennedy, the new children's book author, who...
Posted on January 9, 2006 1:31 PM
Sunday, I wrote about being spammed by the Ayn Rand Institute. I said that I intended to call the spammer up and discuss this little practice of theirs. Mr. Holcberg...
Posted on January 3, 2006 6:00 AM
I enjoy receiving e-mail. I get quite a bit from readers, with suggestions for stories or links to their own blogs, and I read them all. I don't answer as...
Posted on January 1, 2006 3:00 PM
You know it is a good day when Hillary Clinton's office hangs up on you after only 3 sentences. So much for embracing diversity huh?...
Posted on December 22, 2005 11:46 AM
At least, that's the message one scumbag expressed in Londonderry over the weekend. Here's hoping the police catch him soon. (Update: Link added. Doh!)...
Posted on December 19, 2005 5:00 AM
With Wednesday's announcement that Mitt Romney would not be running for governor of Massachusetts, the state's Democratic machine kicked into high gear. One candidate immediately stepped up his attacks on...
Posted on December 16, 2005 8:00 AM
This is a painful piece for me to write. I've often described my political leanings as moderate, with libertarian and contrarian leanings. As the left has gotten more and more...
Posted on December 15, 2005 11:00 AM
Witnesses Against Torture is a Christian group that draws its purpose from the Bible, to perform the Acts Of Mercy. They hear the stories of abuse, and they are compelled...
Posted on December 13, 2005 6:00 AM
Apparently not. I've never had much respect for Markos "Screw them" Moulitsas, of "Daily Kos" fame. Between the infamous "screw them" response to American contractors killed, burned, and hung from...
Posted on December 12, 2005 11:00 AM
A little while ago, I praised our ambassador to the United Nations, the "controversial" John Bolton, for some of his successes since assuming his office in New York. It turns...
Posted on December 8, 2005 11:00 AM
Last October, two Lawrence, MA men came up to a Manchester night club, got drunk, and got into a fight. Security tossed them out, so they drove home. The driver...
Posted on December 7, 2005 8:00 AM
Christmas tends to affect everyone, in one way or another. Some get cheerful, some grumpy and surly, some downright litigious. But sometimes it just brings out the real jerk in...
Posted on December 6, 2005 11:00 AM
Well this has been predicted since the day after the storm.... The Secretary of State, who will probably be the next head of the Louisiana Democratic Party, wants to postpone...
Posted on December 3, 2005 9:53 AM
Last night, I was thinking of the "STOP SNITCHIN'" T-Shirts that have Boston's Mayor, The Honorable Thomas "Mumbles" Menino, all in a lather. They are favored by gang members and...
Posted on December 3, 2005 5:30 AM
John Kerry says that his loss in the election of November 2004 was because of events that took place in September 2001. In other words, he lost the race more...
Posted on December 2, 2005 5:30 AM
Well, it's official. Former Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Viet Nam war ace, has resigned his office in disgrace and pleaded guilty to accepting over two million dollars in bribes from...
Posted on November 30, 2005 2:00 PM
Last week, there was a bit of a dustup in Boston. It seems that the city was announcing the annual lighting of the Holiday Tree. This got certain fundamentalists' knickers...
Posted on November 30, 2005 12:00 PM
It's no secret that we here at Wizbang loathe Ted Rall. He's a subliterate, untalented, unmitigated, blithering, raving, unfunny, vile, noxious, scrawler who manges to make up for his utter...
Posted on November 29, 2005 11:00 AM
Some people are just blessed with gifts. Imagine being a respected judge, with a secure six-figure job for life and more time off than you know what to do with....
Posted on November 29, 2005 5:30 AM
Dear AP: When you have more photogs coving an event than you have people attending it: IT AIN'T NEWS Geeze they are so anxious to find something to make Bush...
Posted on November 27, 2005 9:25 PM
When Mothers Against Drunk Drivers started, I thought it was a hell of a great idea. At the time, drunk driving was practically at epidemic levels. MADD was one of...
Posted on November 27, 2005 4:00 PM
Every now and then, when I feel my blood pressure is getting a little too low, I wander over to a few places guaranteed to get me worked up. One...
Posted on November 26, 2005 2:00 PM
Last night, I received an e-mail notifying me of a despicable thing going on. A dedicated milblogger in Iraq, Grey Eagle, has been posting tributes to US soldiers in Iraq....
Posted on November 20, 2005 7:00 AM
Oliver Willis managed to find a comment over at Free Republic that has him all in a dither. Apparently a commenter (not even a poster, but a commenter) called for...
Posted on November 19, 2005 2:00 PM
Seems little Johnny Depp is a victim again: DEPP: 'I CAN'T STAY IN RIOT-RAVAGED FRANCE' Hollywood star JOHNNY DEPP is so shocked by the riots raging through France, he's considering...
Posted on November 19, 2005 8:26 AM
Last week WRKO's John DePetro (now my favorite talk show host) had "Illegal Thursday," where he had two illegal aliens who would like to attend Massachusetts state-run colleges at the...
Posted on November 14, 2005 2:00 PM
I've said before just what I think of Pat Robertson, but Andy Borowitz sums it up better than I ever could. And I think I'm gonna follow Mark from TxFx's...
Posted on November 14, 2005 8:00 AM
Yesterday, a miracle happened in Massachusetts. Governor Mitt Romney signed a new drunk-driving bill into law, toughening the penalties and removing some of the roadblocks that had been in place...
Posted on October 29, 2005 6:15 AM
There's good news and bad news out of Massachusetts this morning. Yesterday I mentioned that a bunch of illegal aliens held a rally at the State House to demand in-state...
Posted on October 26, 2005 2:00 PM
I've never been a fan of Tom Delay, and I've not paid much attention to his current travails, but the bits and pieces that have caught my attention have done...
Posted on October 18, 2005 2:00 PM
While hopping around the left wing of the Blogosphere this morning, I stumbled across a link to this page. It's an online petition for those who are against the war,...
Posted on October 12, 2005 2:00 PM
The International Atomic Energy Agency has to be one of the biggest jokes in the world today. Charged with enforcing the Non-Proliferation Treaty and shepherding research and development of nuclear...
Posted on October 7, 2005 6:30 AM
AL over at Sir Humphrey's thought he noted something odd about AP and Reuters photographer Bilal Hussein's pictures of "insurgents" in Iraq, so he did a bit of digging. And...
Posted on October 5, 2005 4:00 PM
Well, Hizzonor the Mayor has establish a panel to rebuild New Orleans. The newspaper report does not give all the names of those involved but from what they do list,...
Posted on October 1, 2005 11:30 PM
A while ago, a Taco Bell restaraunt had a scare. One of its employees came down with Hepatitis A, and might have infected customers and co-workers. The restaurant immediately reported...
Posted on September 28, 2005 2:00 PM
I just want to make sure you all get this message loud and clear... All of you who are watching CNN or FOXNews might be under the mistaken impression that...
Posted on September 23, 2005 1:31 PM
An unnamed Florida Congressman (or more likely their staff) took a letter from Orange County elementary school teacher Jan Hall and turned it over to a Spanish language newspaper. As...
Posted on September 20, 2005 7:49 PM
One of America's greatest strengths in the past has been our ability, in the time of great national crisis, to set aside our differences and pull together as one nation....
Posted on September 17, 2005 2:00 PM
Three stories in the news reinforced my long-held belief that crime, as a general rule, just doesn't pay. In Rochester, New Hampshire, a local dirtbag had reportedly been trying to...
Posted on September 16, 2005 8:30 PM
Today's Boston Glob has an op-ed piece written by one Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, who bears the incredibly burdensome title of associate director of the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict...
Posted on September 14, 2005 5:00 PM
In my post below about Kathleen Blanco not calling in Federal troop for days after the storm, Gary over at Rightpundit catches me sleeping. The second, and most significant point...
Posted on September 14, 2005 4:18 PM
On Monday, August 22, 2005 (my late mother's birthday, oddly enough), Markos "Screw 'em" Zuniga announced that he had a secret plan that would destroy the Democratic Leadership Conference. In...
Posted on September 14, 2005 8:00 AM
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I've always been skeptical of Obama's "consensus-building" skills, wondering how he'll be able to bridge the divide between Republicans and Democrats when it seems as if he's unable to bridge the divide between Democrats.
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Republicans are willing to put American lives in peril in order to protect their pals in the energy industries.
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Drew Barrymore and Justin Long have broken up, her rep confirms to PEOPLE. "I can confirm the split with no additional comment," said the spokesperson. Barrymore, 33, and Long,...
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Jennifer Aniston is reping Smart Water and her latest billboard has gone up on Sunset blvd....
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Former ESPN stars Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick will reunite in September to call highlights for NBC's "Football Night in America" on Sundays. Olbermann and Patrick are legendary in...
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Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman gave birth on Monday to her first biological child, a daughter named Sunday fathered by her husband and country music star Keith Urban. Earlier this morning,...
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Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves welcomed their first child into the world Monday afternoon in Los Angeles, his rep confirmed to Usmagazine.com. Alves, 24, gave birth to the as-yet-unnamed...
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The AFL-CIO officially endorsed Senator Barack of Illinois for president after representatives of the 56 member unions representing 10.5 million members voted on the General Board. During the primary process, these 56 member unions were split among support for Obama,...
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Just like Kobe Bryant did when he was caught cheating on his wife. But apparently the New York Yankees $350-million man Alex Rodriguez's didn't figure that out as his wife...
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Before your next party, consult the latest edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, which now includes edamame (immature green soybeans), pescatarian (a vegetarian who eats fish), prosecco (a sparkling Italian...
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