CNN (12/10/06): Report: Diana’s Driver Was Drunk LONDON, England (AP) — New DNA evidence proves the driver of Princess Diana’s car was drunk on the night of her fatal crash in a Paris underpass in 1997, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported Saturday. The tests confirm that original post-mortem blood samples were from driver Henri Paul and that he had three … Read More
Women Talk Nod More Than Men?
Amanda Marcotte is responding with a hearty "bullshit" to the study by Dr. Louann Brizendine — a study which concluded that women talk three times more than men. Amanda points to Exhibit A — a New York Times interview with Dr. Brizendine, which features the following exchange: NYT: Your book cites a study claiming that women use about 20,000 words … Read More
Best Video Of The 1980’s
Maybe. Maybe not. But it’s a contender.
Mark Foley Report
Ethics Report says that the House Ethics Committee didn’t break any rules, but still were negeligent in not protecting the House pages from the very creepy Mark Foley. The full Ethics Report is here, but if you want to read 104 pages of AOL instant messages from Mark Foley, go straight here (PDF format). And emails here (also PDF format). … Read More
Where’s The Word “Christmas”?
Will the White House get listed on Jerry Falwell’s "naughty" list? Look at the Christmas holiday card that George and Laura are sending out: RELATED: MSNBC has the following headline: Man Arrested For Alleged Holiday Bomb Plot Don’t those heathens at MSNBC know that he was arrested for an alleged Christmas bomb plot?!?
Virtual World Becoming More Real
I visited the Second Life virtual world a few years ago, and was unimpressed. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, Second Life is an online virtual world with its own virtual economy. It’s not a game — you don’t go on quests and kills dragons. It attempts to simulate life — you have a 3D … Read More
Look What Happens To Children Of Man-Woman Marriages
Janice Shaw Crouse, head of the conservative Concerned Women For America, on Mary Cheney’s pregnancy: Mary’s pregnancy is an “in-your-face” action countering the Bush Administration’s pro-family, pro-marriage and pro-life policies. She continues to repudiate the work to which her father has devoted his life. Wait a second, Janice. If Mary was raised by a pro-family, pro-marriage, and pro-life father, and … Read More
Jerry On The Front Lines Of The War On Christmas
Jerry Falwell has a list (PDF format) of companies which are ‘naughty’ and ‘nice’ re: the War on Christmas. For example, here’s what the list says about "naughty" Eddie Bauer: Yes, that’s how we should celebrate Christmas, the birthday of the greatest Jew ever — by calling people "naughty" simply for their sensitivity to Jews and others. Some of Jerry’s … Read More
Say That Again?
This will tell you everything you need to know about the the way some Christian conservatives think: Carrie Gordon Earll, a policy analyst for the conservative Christian ministry Focus on the Family, expressed empathy for the Cheney family but depicted the newly announced pregnancy as unwise. "Just because you can conceive a child outside a one-woman, one-man marriage doesn’t mean … Read More
Dress Him Up Warmly And Send Him To School
Cleansing the palette of this blog with YouTube: — Andrew Gold, Lonely Boy (Live)
The Vice-President’s Grandchild Has Two Mommies
Congratulations to Mary Cheney, daughter of the vice-president, and her partner of 15 years, Heather Poe. It turns out that Mary is pregnant. I don’t understand how one of two women (who aren’t married to each other because women can’t marry women) can manage to get pregnant, so I went to the world’s most reliable source about, well, everything — … Read More
The War On Christmas: A Report From The Front Lines
Call me a chickenhawk, but I’m not fighting the War on Christmas(tm) much this year. But I’m happy to provide a front-line report from one of the soldiers on the front lines: I don’t know about you, but I had a hard day warring on Christmas today. First, I visited a lady with cancer who is currently undergoing chemo, and … Read More
Prager v. Ellison, Part Two
Shorter Dennis Prager: You know this controversy that came at my suggestion that Rep. Keith Ellison (a Muslim) get sworn in to Congress by using the Bible rather than his holy book, the Kuran? It would all go away if Rep. Ellison simply does what I suggested. Earlier posts: Dennis Prager: Clueless About America UPDATE: World o’Crap provides another shorter … Read More