- Recent
- Popular
- Tags (0)
- Subscribers (1)
- Oh Dear Sweet Fancy Moses: LAT Finally Discovers Bias in the Press; Notes Israeli Press is Biased in Favor of IsraelToday
- Meanwhile, Hamas keeps digging "defensive tunnels." There was a Michael Keaton/Gina Davis movie called Speechless. They played speechwriters for opposing presidential candidates, just like Carville and Matalin. Keaton was the conservative, though. It was a crap movie. But I do remember one bit. Davis and her candidate were all up in arms about the conservative candidate's proposal to dig a ditch between America and Mexico to control the borders (horror!). The public began to sour on the plan, until Keaton branded the ditch "The Friendship Ditch" in a speech, and then everyone really got behind the "friendship" of it all....
- Hyuck: Man Seeks Donated Kidney Back From Wife in Divorce ProceedingToday
- I'm no stranger to bitterness and pettiness in such wrenching matters, so... I understand. Of course, this is a jackass claim. Here's the stupid analysis: When an organ is donated it becomes the property of the donee. And then it immediately stops being "property" at all, as it becomes part of her body. And just as a man can't attempt to get one of his wife's breasts as part of "equally dividing the joint property," or a woman can't claim a testicle, he can't sue for a kidney. There are better ways to say "I'm really, really angry at you"...
- Jimmy Carter: War Began When Israel Attacked Hamas' "Defensive Tunnels"Today
- Defensive tunnels? Let's check the record: IDF: Hamas built underground city In light of diplomatic pressure, army officials know forces must inflict heavy blow on Hamas in days left till completion of Gaza operation. Forces operating in Strip become familiar with enemy's modes of operation, say Hamas formed underground city of tunnels, weapons Hanan Greenberg ... IDF forces operating in northern Gaza have quickly become familiar with the enemy's modes of operation. According to commanders and soldiers, Hamas has built an underground city of tunnels and holes paved with weapons. Many Hamas members have dug tunnels for themselves under their...
- Speculation: New York Times May File for Bankruptcy by... May?!?Today
- It's more than just idle speculation. The Times is sitting on a lot of debt that comes due in that time-frame, and they have no obvious way to pay it off. They can't just keep selling their few profitable assets forever. Earnings reports released by the New York Times Company in October indicate that drastic measures will have to be taken over the next five months or the paper will default on some $400 million in debt. With more than $1 billion in debt already on the books, only $46 million in cash reserves as of October, and no clear...
- Obama Economic SpeechToday
- The President-Elect is about to give a "major economic speech" where he'll layout the rationale for his stimulus plan. Needless to say, it's pretty much the same demand side argument we've heard from him over the last year or so. President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. recession could "linger for years" unless Congress acts to pump unprecedented sums from Washington into the U.S. economy, making his highest-profile case yet on an issue certain to define his early presidency. "I don't believe it's too late to change course, but it will be if we don't take dramatic action as...