A lion named Laith, yawns in its enclosure at Ghamadan zoo near Amman, Jordan
Jan 9, 2010
Jan 8, 2010
They’ll to anything to sell a diet book
While sifting through e-mails destined for the recycle bin, one caught my eye. The subject line said, Skinny Chicks Don't Eat Salads.
I think it was from Amazon. I’ve purchased books from them in the past and now they are trying to turn me into their best customer so I get a lot of e-mails from them.
That catchy phrase turned out to be the title of a diet book. Although it may be a great diet book, the title turned me off completely. It told me the book needed a gimmick to get it sold.
My personal (and unprofessional) opinion is: skinny chicks may not need to eat salads. It's fat chicks that need to eat salads if they ever expect to become skinny chicks.
I think it was from Amazon. I’ve purchased books from them in the past and now they are trying to turn me into their best customer so I get a lot of e-mails from them.That catchy phrase turned out to be the title of a diet book. Although it may be a great diet book, the title turned me off completely. It told me the book needed a gimmick to get it sold.
My personal (and unprofessional) opinion is: skinny chicks may not need to eat salads. It's fat chicks that need to eat salads if they ever expect to become skinny chicks.
Humor from the 2008 presidential primary election
This picture came out of the 2008 Democratic primary campaign.
Someone had fun ‘Photoshopping’ this illlustration turning it into a spoof of the 1989 movie Driving Miss Daisy with Hillary Clinton as the old Jewish woman played by Jessica Tandy and Barack Obama as her African-American chauffeur played by Morgan Freeman.
Someone had fun ‘Photoshopping’ this illlustration turning it into a spoof of the 1989 movie Driving Miss Daisy with Hillary Clinton as the old Jewish woman played by Jessica Tandy and Barack Obama as her African-American chauffeur played by Morgan Freeman.
Feeding the homeless in India
Indian Muslim women walk past free food being cooked on the side of the street for the poor as part of the Ashura observation in Allahabad, India.
Hair pulling affair
Manjit Singh, 59, from Leicester, England pulls a London bus with his hair.
Singh pulled the iconic Routemaster bus a record 21.2 meters by attaching a clamp on his hair and pulling the vehicle with straps setting a new Guinness World Record.
CNN rips Obama for lying about openness pledge
In the short video below, CNN’s Jack Cafferty, long an ardent cheerleader of the Democratic Party, rips Barack Obama on his failed openness pledge saying it was just another lie told to get elected.
(click on picture to see video)
The last sentence of Mr. Cafferty’s rebuke of Obama’s openness lie is, “Here's hoping the voters remember some of this crap when the midterm elections roll around later this year.”
When leftist crank Jack Cafferty turns on Barack Obama it is worth taking note. Others in the leftist media have already become critical of ObamaCare and the way congressional liberals have tried to ram it through by any means possible.
Lori Byrd wrote in a recent Wizbang report, “If Obama and the Democrats in Congress have lost Jack Cafferty they are in worse shape than I thought."
Lack of transparency and broken promises on health care are the reason for this comment from Cafferty.
How many other leftists in the media will turn on the Democrats in Congress between now and the November elections?
The last sentence of Mr. Cafferty’s rebuke of Obama’s openness lie is, “Here's hoping the voters remember some of this crap when the midterm elections roll around later this year.”
When leftist crank Jack Cafferty turns on Barack Obama it is worth taking note. Others in the leftist media have already become critical of ObamaCare and the way congressional liberals have tried to ram it through by any means possible.
Lori Byrd wrote in a recent Wizbang report, “If Obama and the Democrats in Congress have lost Jack Cafferty they are in worse shape than I thought."
Lack of transparency and broken promises on health care are the reason for this comment from Cafferty.
How many other leftists in the media will turn on the Democrats in Congress between now and the November elections?
Jan 7, 2010
Top political gaffes of 2009 #3
Number 3 is the Joe Biden stimulus stumble.
Vice President Joe Biden (pictured), speaking to members of the House Democratic caucus who were gathered in Williamsburg, Virginia on February 6, said, "If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30% chance we're going to get it wrong."
This was one of may times others had to jump in to say, “what Mr. Biden meant to say was...”
Biden’s gaffe-prone ways did not end when he became Vice President!
Link
Vice President Joe Biden (pictured), speaking to members of the House Democratic caucus who were gathered in Williamsburg, Virginia on February 6, said, "If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30% chance we're going to get it wrong."
This was one of may times others had to jump in to say, “what Mr. Biden meant to say was...”
Biden’s gaffe-prone ways did not end when he became Vice President!
Link
Skinny dipping in icy waters
A swimmer wades into the icy waters of the Songhua River in Jilin, China.
Frozen Gore returns to Fairbanks
For the second winter a huge ice sculpture of Al Gore has returned to Fairbanks, Alaska.
The two-ton “Frozen Gore” sculpture (pictured) isn’t exactly a tribute. It’s a tongue-in-cheek critique of Gore’s vocal belief in man-made climate change, complete with hot air pouring out of his mouth.
The hot air coming from the mouth of ‘Frozen Gore’ is provided by the exhaust from a pickup truck.
Local businessmen Craig Compeau and Rudy Gavora contracted the piece from award-winning sculptor Steve Dean and say they’ll keep erecting one each winter until Gore accepts an invitation to discuss the global warming issue in Fairbanks.
They may well be doing the “Frozen Gore” for many years because Mr. Gore refuses to debate his global warming views, called “globalony” by many.
Whenever Al Gore shows his movie presentation, questions are not permitted and in most cases the media is not allowed inside.
Link
Underwear bomber indicted on several counts
Umar Farouq Abdulmuttalab, the terrorist who tried to blow up Northwest flight 253 on Christmas Day with explosives hidden in his underwear, has been indicted on several counts:
1 Attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.
2. Attempted murder within an aircraft in the jurisdiction of the US.
3. Willful attempt to destroy an aircraft within the jurisdiction of the US.
4. Willfully placing a destructive device on an aircraft, which was likely to endanger safety of such aircraft.
5. Possession of a firearm/destructive in furtherance of a crime of violence.
Oz Wicked Witch display at Harrods
A pair of giant red shoes protrude from the store front as Harrods opens their Wicked Witch Of The East display on the first of December in London, England.
Chicago may scrap police entrance exam
A report at the link below says the Chicago Police Department is seriously considering doing away with the police entrance exam!
Dropping the exam would bolster minority hiring and avert legal battles, according to one source, while others confirm that the exam could be scrapped to open the process to as many people as possible.
However, the lack of an exam would make Chicago the lone major city without one, and experts contend that the exam is integral to eliminating unqualified applicants.
And as of last year, one in four patrol officers were African-American, but just one in 12 Lieutenants were of color.
Without an entrance exam, there would eventually be a much larger number of black patrol officers and almost no black Lieutenants as well as a less qualified police force in general.
This is a result of the failing public schools in Chicago that push kids through who often don’t have the basic skills.
It is disconcerting to realize that Mr. Obama chose Arne Duncan (pictured), the former Superintendent of Chicago Public Schools, to be the Secretary of Education.
Link
Jan 6, 2010
A serious case of pneumonia in the making
A bundled up family looks at a bare-chested man jogging in a snow-covered park in Minsk on Tuesday, Dec. 29.
Report: Democrats are dropping like flies
An ABC blogs report is titled: Democrats are dropping like flies.
Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter of Colorado, who was in for a tough reelection fight this year, canceled a scheduled fundraiser this evening and has decided not to seek reelection.
The all-but-assured Democratic nominee for governor in Michigan, Lt. Gov. John Cherry, ended his bid today.
Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota announced he will not seek reelection this year.
And then there is Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd who is possibly the most vulnerable statewide Democratic incumbent. Dodd will likely be asked by the party to step aside.
UPDATE - Dodd has already been asked to retire as reported here.
Back to the report on ABC:
LinkYou will certainly hear a lot of talk from Republicans that Democrats are beginning to face the reality of just how tough the current political landscape looks for them and they are running for the hills.
Nexus One superphone unveiled by Google
Google calls it their superphone. Unlike the iPhone, Google will sell it with a contract or they will sell it unlocked allowing the phone to be used with other carriers.T-Mobile is the initial service provider. Verizon in the United States and Vodafone in Europe will be coming on board later, and more operators are expected.
Nexus One runs the latest version of the Android operating system, Android 2.1, which is also made by Google but runs on other phones as well.
The phone will sell for $180 with a contract or $530 unlocked.
More here.
Airline pilot admits to drunk flying charge
American Airlines pilot Erwin Vermont Washington (pictured) of Lakewood, Colorado (Denver) was pulled from his trans-Atlantic flight to Chicago shortly before takeoff on suspicion of being drunk.
Mr. Washington has admitted being above the alcohol limit for flying a plane.
Washington was removed from UA Flight 949. He was due to fly from London's Heathrow Airport to Chicago on November 9 but the flight was stopped after a co-worker suspected him of being drunk.
The flight was canceled and the plane's 124 passengers were put on other flights
The 51-year-old pilot pleaded guilty at Uxbridge Magistrates Court near London on Tuesday. He was released on unconditional bail and will be sentenced on Feb. 5.
Link
Mr. Washington has admitted being above the alcohol limit for flying a plane.Washington was removed from UA Flight 949. He was due to fly from London's Heathrow Airport to Chicago on November 9 but the flight was stopped after a co-worker suspected him of being drunk.
The flight was canceled and the plane's 124 passengers were put on other flights
The 51-year-old pilot pleaded guilty at Uxbridge Magistrates Court near London on Tuesday. He was released on unconditional bail and will be sentenced on Feb. 5.
Link
Jan 5, 2010
ND Senator Dorgan will not seek re-election
North Dakota Democrat Byron Dorgan (pictured) says he will not seek re-election to the Senate in 2010, an announcement that could give Republicans an opportunity to pick up a seat from the Republican-leaning state.
Dorgan, a moderate Democrat, was first elected to the Senate in 1992 after serving a dozen years in the U.S. House.
Republican Gov. John Hoeven has been mulling a possible challenge to Dorgan and the veteran lawmaker's retirement could clear the path for the popular governor.
There will be other Democrats from conservative states who will retire or face an uphill re-election battle as a result of voting for ObamaCare against the wishes of their constituents.
Link
Dorgan, a moderate Democrat, was first elected to the Senate in 1992 after serving a dozen years in the U.S. House.Republican Gov. John Hoeven has been mulling a possible challenge to Dorgan and the veteran lawmaker's retirement could clear the path for the popular governor.
There will be other Democrats from conservative states who will retire or face an uphill re-election battle as a result of voting for ObamaCare against the wishes of their constituents.
Link
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