May 17
It’s A Guy Thing
There are over 7 million patents registered in the United States, a great number of which describe practical inventions designed for use by everyday, ordinary human beings. Then there’s the “guy” stuff, ideas so lunkheaded and irrational they could only have come from that tiny portion of a guy’s brain not dedicated to scratching himself.
The following inventions have received actual patents from the United States government – proof positive that heavy drinking is not being discouraged at the patent and trademark office. The illustrations are those submitted by the inventors themselves, whose surnames have been withheld as an act of mercy.
Such as:
The principle is simple – two guys, disguised in a cow suit, amble out into an open field, conducting themselves in a cow-like manner (the guy in back may find ambling a bit difficult due to the placement of the udder). When the moment is right, the courageous sportsmen burst from various secret cow openings and blast away to their hearts’ content. As an aside, should the hunter in front wish to play a tremendously humorous prank on the hunter in the rear, he can amble seductively into the holding pen of Farmer Johnsons prize Brahma bull.
One hopes the thing is armor-plated for those unfortunate times when hunting season and beer season coincide.
May 16
Britain needs US-style think tanks to counter the Left
ritish think tanks, by contrast, generally eke out a subsistence existence in pokey offices, living hand to mouth, never quite sure not just what the future holds, but where the next pound is coming from. Rather than being permanent institutions, they are generally very ephemeral, prisoners of political fashion, enjoying 15 minutes of fame…
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May 16
Cash-strapped Drinkers Downgrade to Economy Beers
As people continue to watch their pennies, drinkers are are starting to trade down to economy beers, according to the CEO of Miller Brewer.
Well that is obvious in a slowing economy, The raised price of hops has not helped either,
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May 16
Stop The Presses!
Clearly, it was inappropriate for Obama to address the female reporter as “Sweetie.” This trivializes her professional status and causes her colleagues to make “kissy-face” noises behind her back in the staff lunchroom.
Instead, he should have used one of the honorifics that women have earned by bringing their gentle, nurturing sensibilities to newsrooms far and wide:
Bitch. Barracuda. Shark.
(If you don’t believe me, ask anyone who’s worked in the business.)
It’s somewhat reminiscent of something someone (I forget who, or in what context, so this quotation is approximate) said a few years ago:
“You have to remember, they [the Washington press corps] are probably the most cynical, hardbitten, foul-mouthed, hard-drinking group of people in America.(beat)
“And the men are even worse.”
Judging by the reaction, he left off one critical adjective: “Humourless.”
May 15
Maybe We Can’t
This story broke my heart. As the son of a Baptist minister, I can attest that Wright is and was an extreme aberration from how the overwhelming majority of black Christians worship. In church, black people hear about Peter, Paul, Mary, and how to get into heaven. How to forgive. How to love. Not how to vote.
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May 15
Watch out, the Gestapo are about | Eamonn Butler - Times On
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May 15
Blogging the cancer: hair and fingers…
You might have noticed that I am not being as prolific as I am normally of late. That is because one of the side-affects of the chemo is that the end of my fingers (and toes) are pretty sensitive and prone to cracking/bleeding. Not that it has curtailed that much of my writing as Kim does quite a mean taking dictation. She is able to turn my ramblings into the written word with great aplomb. As a result I am writing a bit less but doing a bit more reviewing.
My transformation into werewolf continues nicely with much of my face now covered with very black and thick hair. Its not soft peach fuzz either, but stiff hair you would find on a dog’s face. They tell me it all goes away once I finish chemo. Shedding this lot will be interesting to experience.
It has inspired some lyrics…
Chemo WolfShe called me a Full Moon Man
But does she see Im a hairy manAs Zevon sang
Werewolves of London
Are at it again
Trader Vics and all that Jazz
Lee Ho Fooks and all that rocksHair on my face
Clear skin not a trace
The Moon is calling me
Calling me to run freeIm a chemo wolf
The poison drew me out
Hair is my proof
A Chemo wolfMy abject latency
Is now in acendancy
Yeah my ole latency
Out of dormancy
May 15
Daniel Kawczynski MP: Elections demonstrated PR’s flaws
Having voted on the 1st May you will have seen the confusion at the ballot box as voters were faced with three ballot papers, each offering a separate voting system. We saw the problems a similarly confusing system brought at the elections in Scotland last May.
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May 15
THE END OF JEWISH SUPPORT FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Senator Barack Obama’s credibility gap resulting from his policies and disturbing pattern of association with anti-Semitic, anti-Israel, and anti-American friends and advisers is raising alarm throughout the Jewish community.
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May 15
Mid-May CoTV
Welcome to the May 15, 2008 edition of carnival of the vanities. I hope you have enjoyed May so far.
El Burro presents Otherwise “Nice Guy” Spring Breakers Dynamite Balcony, Do Not Understand Subsequent Arrest posted at wonky donky, saying, “Otherwise “Nice Guy” Spring Breakers Dynamite Balcony, Do Not Understand Subsequent Arrest.
SO, as a Refresher Course: Outside the confines of Hazzard County, Georgia, It would seem that complete or partial detonation of a public structure is in fact best left in movies with ‘House’ and ‘Animal’ in the title and not practiced in real life.”Barb A. Ryan presents Asset Allocation, Investment Asset Tax Location, and Emergency Cash Management posted at Pasadena Financial Planner.
Alvaro Fernandez presents Brain Research Interview Series posted at SharpBrains: Your Window into the Brain Fitness Revolution, saying, “Check out these interviews with leading neuroscientists and psychologists on a variety of topics: brain health, happiness, trading psychology, weight loss, memory…”
Walter W. Fouse presents Avoid Large Actively Managed Mutual Funds posted at Best No Load Funds.
Larry Russell presents The Financial Services Industry is Still the Largest S&P 500 Sector – Even after the Collapse of its Stock Values posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog.
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May 14
Global Warming: Mostly Hot Air
Too many interested parties have too much invested in climate change alarmism to admit that the game is up just yet, but sooner or later their position is going to become untenable. And when it does, while acknowledging that many people embraced climate change alarmism for genuine reasons, we’ll have to decide what to do with those who knew…
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May 14
McCain, Huckabee and the Evangelicals
John McCain, who has spent the last two months trying to consolidate right-wing support as the Republican candidate for president, has a problem of disputed dimensions with a vital component of the conservative coalition: the evangelicals….
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May 14
Dangerous Moonbattery on AIDS spreads
“A lot of money is being wasted to poison our community … a huge amount of money is spent on buying condoms, buying immorality,” Sheikh Mohamud Ali, of Garissa district, told IRIN/PlusNews. The Muslim leaders want to stop the provision of condoms and instead promote “observance of Islamic teachings such as fasting, regular prayer and shunning…”
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May 14
In UK, Conservative MP Blames Youth Crime Surge on Video Gam
David Ruffey MP seems to be keen to show himself to be an ignorant arse. I don’t suppose it might be a good idea for him to have some proof of his daft assertions. Does he not realise he is letting Labour off the hook by this form of idiocy?
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Why is this Tory trashing such a major British export? I mean would it not help if he had the slightest clue of what he was talking about.
More proof he is talking bollocks.
May 14
Writing in other places…
Music Review: Def Leppard, Night Ranger, Rush, Soul Doctor, Top Gun Cowboy, and Munk
Good stuff from Rush, Night Ranger and Def Leppard.
I have reviewed the Oban anime series for BNN.
May 14
Shoulda Let The Guy With The Glove Handle It, Numbnuts
As you are about to find out in the next 1/100th of a second. I haven’t seen so much panic since the Titanic went down.
Full size here.
May 13
Steyn on TV in Canada
PrimeTimePolitics hosts a good discussion with the man. Its in five parts and he handles his book plus the anti-free speech crusade in Canada. It makes for rather interesting watching. There is a face to face with several of his critics who seemed to whine alot.
May 13
How the neo-Nazis muscled in on middle England.
Good piece even though they keep forgetting that the BNP are socialists.
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May 13
Brown Loses Compass, Neal Lawson Calls for Him to Go
Neal Lawson runs Compass which is the liveliest of Labour’s soft-left factional campaigning organisations. He is a prickly character, some will attribute his knifing of Gordon today (Indy) to a mixture of disappointment and perhaps irritation that post-Blair he has neither been listened to, nor given any preferment by Gordon.
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May 13
Obama’s Lying Roots
According to an op-ed in the New York Time called “President Apostate,” Barack Hussein Obama was indeed born a Muslim: As the son of the Muslim father, Senator Obama was born a Muslim under Muslim law as it is universally…
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Steve Gill examined the curious lack of concern from Obama regarding those who endorse him of a dubious nature like Hamas.
May 13
Tica
A woman with the rather strange name of “Tica.” However, this isn’t a photograph; nor is it computer-aided graphics. It’s the stunning airbrush (mainly) work of a man with the rather strange name of “Dru.” More of his stuff here (safe for work—I took the liberty of cropping Tica rather than shrink her lovely visage). The menu is at the top.
May 12
post-Mother’s Day BOMS
Welcome to the May 12, 2008 edition of best of me symphony. I hope you had a good mother’s day; enjoy the collection of posts below.
Madeleine Begun Kane presents Ode To A Greedy Squirrel posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.
SomeGuy presents Recession—the REAL definition (hint: it’s not two months of declining GDP) posted at Hunting Happiness, saying, “Gives the CORRECT definition of a recession. We have seen the effects of the slowdown all around us, but thus far SomeGal and I have been fortunate to not have felt any serious negative effects.”
Sally Thompson presents 50 Awesome Open Source Resources for Online Writers posted at JobProfiles.org – Job Descriptions and Online Schools to Start Your Career.
Alex Blackwell presents The Secret to Life in One Sentence or Less posted at The Next 45 Years.
nickel presents The Value of Doing Your Own Taxes posted at fivecentnickel.com.
CreditAddict presents How to Place a Fraud Alert on Your Credit Record posted at CreditAddict.
Michael Law presents Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act: Questions and Answers posted at Online Casino Blog, saying, “Check out the new changes in online gaming law… it might affect you!”
Michael Law presents Virgin Gets Hammered By Adverse Inference posted at A Law Student and Young Lawyer Blog – Law Vibe, saying, “Check out this article about megacompany Virgin Entertainment getting hit with a massive lawsuit.”
Michael Law presents Condo-Hotels: Questions and Answers posted at Michael Emilio.
Silicon Valley Blogger presents The Brand New World Of Peer To Peer Lending posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Thank you!”
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Check out the Britblog lot. There is an SNN with a mother’s day theme as well.
May 11
Jews can’t vote for Obama and be pro-Israel at the same time
In the poll of Jewish voters (conducted April 1-30), it showed Obama getting 61% of the Jewish vote against John McCain (32%). Yet in the same poll Hillary Clinton beat Obama among Jewish voters 62% – 38%. So obviously Jews are lifelong democrats who would vote for Obama, whom they rejected in the primaries, rather than vote for McCain.
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More proof, if needed, of Obama’s anti-Israel friends.
May 11
Stop Picking on Video Games - and Video Gamers
Politicians are always looking for an edge to be seen to be doing something; especially if it involves children. Never is it more likely that during an election year or the lead up to a general election. Politicians all over the Anglosphere are eyeing the video game industry with ill intent.
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May 11
McCain Ahead In Electoral Vote Race?
National polls get big play in the media, but really don’t matter. After all, the Constitution doesn’t count the national totals for anything. It is the Electoral College totals that determine the outcome of the election—and polls show something very interesting there, according to the analysis by this blogger.
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