Rush Limbaugh learned this lesson a long time ago: Don't be dissin' no Chelsea Clinton.
NBC NEWS STATEMENT REGARDING CHELSEA CLINTON COMMENT:
On Thursday's "Tucker" on MSNBC, David Shuster, who was serving as guest-host of the program, made a comment about Chelsea Clinton and the Clinton campaign that was irresponsible and inappropriate. Shuster, who apologized this morning on MSNBC and will again this evening, has been suspended from appearing on all NBC News broadcasts, other than to make his apology. He has also extended an apology to the Clinton family. NBC News takes these matters seriously, and offers our sincere regrets to the Clintons for the remarks.
Guess he can kiss any aspirations of working in the Clinton White House goodbye.
Another thought: To be fair, the guy insulted someone on the Left for once, which means that he was either struggling to be unbiased or simply went temporarily insane.
Friday, February 08, 2008
Leprosy In Arkansas? How? Oh...Immigrants.
There's an outbreak of leprosy in Springdale, Arkansas, and city officials are blaming immigrants from the Marshall Islands, where the disease is endemic.
SPRINGDALE - The medical community is warning the public: a leprosy outbreak in Springdale could blossom into an epidemic, if something isn't done soon.
Doctors say at least nine cases of leprosy have been confirmed in Springdale. Local doctors say they would be shocked by even one case of leprosy in their entire career, so they say something must be done soon, in order to stop leprosy's spread.
They're being a bit hysterical. Only 10% of the population is even susceptible, and you have to be exposed over a long period in order to catch the disease even then.
SPRINGDALE - The medical community is warning the public: a leprosy outbreak in Springdale could blossom into an epidemic, if something isn't done soon.
Doctors say at least nine cases of leprosy have been confirmed in Springdale. Local doctors say they would be shocked by even one case of leprosy in their entire career, so they say something must be done soon, in order to stop leprosy's spread.
They're being a bit hysterical. Only 10% of the population is even susceptible, and you have to be exposed over a long period in order to catch the disease even then.
The Worst (And Best) Of America
A traffic judge apologized to a man who had been hounded for 17 years by officials trying to get his similarly named twin brother to resolve $1,800 in unpaid tickets and fines.
Judge Willie Adams refused to look at the paperwork that showed Harris was innocent, then told him to start paying the tickets or go to jail. That prompted him to take his story to the Philadelphia Daily News.
After the column ran Monday, a different traffic judge, Bernice DeAngelis, caught wind of the story. She apologized and said the court would give Edward Harris a refund.
"I'd like the chance to look him in the eye and apologize, from the bottom of my heart," DeAngelis told the newspaper for a story Thursday. "I see what we do in this court as a sacred trust. That might sound corny, but I truly believe it. I'm sorry for everything he had to go through."
This story typifies the worst aspects of the US: bumbling, stumbling, inefficient, stupid bureaucracy and apathetic justice system. It also shows, in case we have forgotten, what makes the US great: Individuals willing to take responsibility for mistakes made, to publicly acknowledge and apologize for those mistakes. Kudos to Bernice DeAngelis.
Judge Willie Adams refused to look at the paperwork that showed Harris was innocent, then told him to start paying the tickets or go to jail. That prompted him to take his story to the Philadelphia Daily News.
After the column ran Monday, a different traffic judge, Bernice DeAngelis, caught wind of the story. She apologized and said the court would give Edward Harris a refund.
"I'd like the chance to look him in the eye and apologize, from the bottom of my heart," DeAngelis told the newspaper for a story Thursday. "I see what we do in this court as a sacred trust. That might sound corny, but I truly believe it. I'm sorry for everything he had to go through."
This story typifies the worst aspects of the US: bumbling, stumbling, inefficient, stupid bureaucracy and apathetic justice system. It also shows, in case we have forgotten, what makes the US great: Individuals willing to take responsibility for mistakes made, to publicly acknowledge and apologize for those mistakes. Kudos to Bernice DeAngelis.
Congress Supporting Gun Rights
It's an election year, after all.
A majority of the Senate and more than half of the members of the House will file a brief today urging the Supreme Court to uphold a ruling that the District's handgun ban violates the Second Amendment.
All Senate Republicans except three -- Virginia's maverick Sen. John W. Warner was one of the missing -- signed on to the brief. Nine Democratic senators -- Virginia's other maverick, Sen. James Webb was among them -- joined the effort. The total was 55 senators and 250 House members, 68 of whom were Democrats.
A majority of the Senate and more than half of the members of the House will file a brief today urging the Supreme Court to uphold a ruling that the District's handgun ban violates the Second Amendment.
All Senate Republicans except three -- Virginia's maverick Sen. John W. Warner was one of the missing -- signed on to the brief. Nine Democratic senators -- Virginia's other maverick, Sen. James Webb was among them -- joined the effort. The total was 55 senators and 250 House members, 68 of whom were Democrats.
Archbishop Of Canterbury: Too Ecumenical?
He's willing to accept Islamic Sharia law in UK.
Weird picture of him in the article, he sort of reminds me of someone...
UPDATE:The Archbishop Backpedals Furiously.
Weird picture of him in the article, he sort of reminds me of someone...
UPDATE:The Archbishop Backpedals Furiously.
Backpedaling Furiously.
The Berkeley City Council and Mayor, that is.
BERKELEY, Calif. -- As six Republican senators devised a plan to yank $2.3 million in federal funding for Berkeley programs, the mayor of the famously liberal city apologized Wednesday for his hard stance against a Marine recruiting center.
Two City Council members vowed to soften their stance as well.
On the other hand, Code Pink wasn't too happy:
"I was under the impression that we have the right of free speech," said Xanne Joi of Code Pink. "To me, I thought free speech meant you get to say what you want without recrimination."
*laughs*
BERKELEY, Calif. -- As six Republican senators devised a plan to yank $2.3 million in federal funding for Berkeley programs, the mayor of the famously liberal city apologized Wednesday for his hard stance against a Marine recruiting center.
Two City Council members vowed to soften their stance as well.
On the other hand, Code Pink wasn't too happy:
"I was under the impression that we have the right of free speech," said Xanne Joi of Code Pink. "To me, I thought free speech meant you get to say what you want without recrimination."
*laughs*
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Romney Suspends Campaign
Bowing to the inevitable. Wonder if Hugh Hewitt will be getting drunk tonight?
A Thought On McCain
It's not that voting against Republican issues in the Senate is so heinous; you can have disagreements with the party on issues.
It's that McCain does it seemingly with the intention of angering conservatives, like a Katzenjammer Kid intentionally kicking over his mother's prize vase; he knows it's wrong, he has no reason to do it, but does it just for the entertainment factor of the act.
It's that McCain does it seemingly with the intention of angering conservatives, like a Katzenjammer Kid intentionally kicking over his mother's prize vase; he knows it's wrong, he has no reason to do it, but does it just for the entertainment factor of the act.
Volcano Tungurahua Erupting In Ecuador
via Reuters
PELILEO, Ecuador, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Ecuador's "Throat of Fire" volcano roared on Wednesday, spurting molten rock and huge plumes of smoke that showered villages with ash and prompted the evacuation of about 1,200 people.
The volcano, called Tungurahua in the native Quichua language, is 80 miles (130 km) south of the capital, Quito. It last erupted in August 2006 and has been rumbling and belching rock, gas and ash since January.
Volcanologists expect still stronger activity from Tungurahua, which is in the middle of an eruption cycle that began in 1999.
"This is an ongoing eruption and we still don't know the magnitude it could reach," said Hugo Yepes, the head of the country's Geophysics Institute.
PELILEO, Ecuador, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Ecuador's "Throat of Fire" volcano roared on Wednesday, spurting molten rock and huge plumes of smoke that showered villages with ash and prompted the evacuation of about 1,200 people.
The volcano, called Tungurahua in the native Quichua language, is 80 miles (130 km) south of the capital, Quito. It last erupted in August 2006 and has been rumbling and belching rock, gas and ash since January.
Volcanologists expect still stronger activity from Tungurahua, which is in the middle of an eruption cycle that began in 1999.
"This is an ongoing eruption and we still don't know the magnitude it could reach," said Hugo Yepes, the head of the country's Geophysics Institute.
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
She Can't Get No Respect.
Former Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney is desperately clinging to the vestiges of her career, but isn't succeeding too well.
Voters in her new home state of California have rejected former Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney in her bid for the presidency on the Green Party ticket. They voted instead — by a margin of more than 2 to 1 — for Ralph Nader in Tuesday's presidential primary.
But McKinney's defeat in California is a blow to the campaign she launched there last October. California and Illinois are considered key Green Party states. McKinney declared her candidacy in December after ending a campaign swing through the Midwest with a stop in Chicago.
McKinney, 52, served six terms as a Georgia congresswoman before losing her seat to Hank Johnson in 2006. She moved to the San Francisco area last spring to attend graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley.
I guess you know how this one will be filed.
Voters in her new home state of California have rejected former Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney in her bid for the presidency on the Green Party ticket. They voted instead — by a margin of more than 2 to 1 — for Ralph Nader in Tuesday's presidential primary.
But McKinney's defeat in California is a blow to the campaign she launched there last October. California and Illinois are considered key Green Party states. McKinney declared her candidacy in December after ending a campaign swing through the Midwest with a stop in Chicago.
McKinney, 52, served six terms as a Georgia congresswoman before losing her seat to Hank Johnson in 2006. She moved to the San Francisco area last spring to attend graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley.
I guess you know how this one will be filed.
Arrival
Dutch military surplus rocket bag, from Cheaper Than Dirt.
Wonderful heavy canvas bag, durably constructed, double-stitched everywhere. Approximately half the size of a seabag. It'd make a pretty good golf bag for a hobbit, I suppose. Less than $20USD.
Wonderful heavy canvas bag, durably constructed, double-stitched everywhere. Approximately half the size of a seabag. It'd make a pretty good golf bag for a hobbit, I suppose. Less than $20USD.
Did You Notice?
Bill Clinton appears to have been muzzled for Super Tuesday. We'll see how long that lasts.
Some personal details/interests.
Just so you know what sort of person I am.
Bald, fat, wears glasses, poor as a church mouse. Divorced, never remarried. Two grown children who by now probably can't recall my name.
Spent four years in the US Navy, the happiest years of my life. Should have stayed in and never gotten married, I'd be a much wiser and richer man if I had.
Interests include geology (volcanoes, specifically), knives, guns, history, hiking, music (have a guitar and concertina that I fiddle around with, so to speak), MMORPG's. Anything Navy-related. Politics. Snakes.
Political conservative, but moderate or even liberal on particular issues. Tend xenophobic/misanthropic.
Non-smoker, non-drug-user. Never experimented with such things much. Not much of a drinker, even. Main beverage is Diet Cherry Coke.
I live in the Charlotte, NC, area. Myself, my sister and my mother all live together. My mother is an invalid, and I spend my daylight hours taking care of her needs, my sister taking over in the evenings while I get my few hours of sleep. Family pets include a grey tabby-mix female housecat, now quite old, and a mix-breed Jack Russell bitch. I've kept snakes in the past and may do so again in the future.
I think that's enough for the moment.
Bald, fat, wears glasses, poor as a church mouse. Divorced, never remarried. Two grown children who by now probably can't recall my name.
Spent four years in the US Navy, the happiest years of my life. Should have stayed in and never gotten married, I'd be a much wiser and richer man if I had.
Interests include geology (volcanoes, specifically), knives, guns, history, hiking, music (have a guitar and concertina that I fiddle around with, so to speak), MMORPG's. Anything Navy-related. Politics. Snakes.
Political conservative, but moderate or even liberal on particular issues. Tend xenophobic/misanthropic.
Non-smoker, non-drug-user. Never experimented with such things much. Not much of a drinker, even. Main beverage is Diet Cherry Coke.
I live in the Charlotte, NC, area. Myself, my sister and my mother all live together. My mother is an invalid, and I spend my daylight hours taking care of her needs, my sister taking over in the evenings while I get my few hours of sleep. Family pets include a grey tabby-mix female housecat, now quite old, and a mix-breed Jack Russell bitch. I've kept snakes in the past and may do so again in the future.
I think that's enough for the moment.
Declaration of intent.
I'm going to be more active here than I have been in the past. The main reason for this is that I am finally becoming tired of playing MMORPG's, which have sucked away much of my free time for the last few years. I've maintained a LiveJournal for that same period, and much of my writing is there, instead of here, but my audience on LJ is so neglibible that I don't have to regret switching to over here instead. That means you'll see more personal stuff, instead of just politics, Navy, and volcano blogging.
I think I can fill a niche as a night-time blogger, since my job as a hotel clerk has me working 3rd shift, 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. I can blog on hotel work, too, since I have a good knowledge of that subject.
Blogging at night will allow me to notice stories before the day bloggers wake up, obviously.
I think I can fill a niche as a night-time blogger, since my job as a hotel clerk has me working 3rd shift, 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. I can blog on hotel work, too, since I have a good knowledge of that subject.
Blogging at night will allow me to notice stories before the day bloggers wake up, obviously.
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Super Tuesday Reflection
Looks like McCain and his VP nominee-to-be Huckabee have managed to castrate Mitt Romney. Huckabee may end up with more wins today than Romney.
I think that Republicans and conservatives will look back on the Bush 43 presidency as one of quiet dignity and adult behavior, once we're exposed to the next president, whether it be one of the two Democrats or that insufferable prick, John McCain.
I think that Republicans and conservatives will look back on the Bush 43 presidency as one of quiet dignity and adult behavior, once we're exposed to the next president, whether it be one of the two Democrats or that insufferable prick, John McCain.
Death Photo Of Ernie Pyle Found.
Ernie Pyle, the famed war correspondent soldier from WWII who was killed during the battle for Okinawa, is in the news again after a "death photo" of him surfaced.
The photo was taken by one of his companions, who crawled under fire to Pyle's body in order to get this momento of his friend's death. It's a well-composed shot made by a quality press camera.
The photo was taken by one of his companions, who crawled under fire to Pyle's body in order to get this momento of his friend's death. It's a well-composed shot made by a quality press camera.
Gunblogging
I bought a lanyard loop for my old S&W Victory Model .38 Special. One of the previous owners removed the original at some point in its long life. The old girl looks pretty good these days, I had her refinished from her original worn blueing to a military parkerized finish.
Here's a picture of a similar gun, not mine; the lanyard ring is circled in yellow, that is what I replaced:
Here's a picture of a similar gun, not mine; the lanyard ring is circled in yellow, that is what I replaced:
Monday, February 04, 2008
Holloway Suspect Confesses.
Not knowingly, but to a friend in a secretly taped conversation. Van Der Sloot says that he and Holloway were making out, and she died of a stroke/heart attack while they were doing so.
Which is bullshit, since the first thing he thought of when she was dead was how to dispose of the body. He wasn't concerned about calling an ambulance or notifying her parents, he just wanted to get rid of the girl's body. Why? I'm guessing he raped and strangled her.
This sort of evidence would be tossed out of a US court, probably, but will probably be admissable in the Dutch Antilles.
Which is bullshit, since the first thing he thought of when she was dead was how to dispose of the body. He wasn't concerned about calling an ambulance or notifying her parents, he just wanted to get rid of the girl's body. Why? I'm guessing he raped and strangled her.
This sort of evidence would be tossed out of a US court, probably, but will probably be admissable in the Dutch Antilles.
Saturday, February 02, 2008
My thoughts on McCain
I'm a Navy vet myself, so I have a lot of sympathy for fellow Navy people. McCain, however, is the sort of asshole I used to hate in the Navy as an enlisted man: an officer who treated people like shit, scornful and sardonic. Had McCain been Army or USMC during Vietnam, he would have been the sort to get fragged by his own men.
McCain, for the last ten years or so, hasn't been reliably conservative on a number of issues, and lets emotion get in the way of common sense, which is why he voted against President Bush's tax cuts: he was resentful of the outcome of the Republican primaries and wanted to show his ass.
I didn't vote for Carter, another Navy vet who turned out to be an asshole, and I won't vote for McCain. If Hillary or Obama screw up as much as I think they will, they will be booted after four years, and I'll count on the Republicans in the congress to keep gun rights safe until then.
McCain, for the last ten years or so, hasn't been reliably conservative on a number of issues, and lets emotion get in the way of common sense, which is why he voted against President Bush's tax cuts: he was resentful of the outcome of the Republican primaries and wanted to show his ass.
I didn't vote for Carter, another Navy vet who turned out to be an asshole, and I won't vote for McCain. If Hillary or Obama screw up as much as I think they will, they will be booted after four years, and I'll count on the Republicans in the congress to keep gun rights safe until then.
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