Year: 2005
Commandress in Chief
I keep seeing ads like this: This Fall A Woman Will Be President Commander In Chief It’s a TV series on ABC. That’s all I know about it. I don’t know who’s in it or who made it, and I don’t want to know. I guess it’s about a woman president. How does that make… Read more
Sportif Importer Ltd
Photo Archive Google Earth Ever since the Supreme Court decided against private property owners in Kelo v. City of New London, local governments all over the United States have returned to the task of taking properties from their current owners and giving them to developers and corporations, under the supposed justification that the new owners… Read more
One of Those Weeks…
I haven’t been posting anything because I’ve been having a rough week. My car’s oil light lit up on Saturday just as I pulled up at a friend’s house. There was plenty of oil according to the dipstick, so I decided to leave the car there until Monday then have it towed to the shop.… Read more
Get Yourself Killed
Got a few dollars to spare? Here’s one way to spend it. Read more
The Police Nab a Looter
Public defense blogger David Feige notes that the police did manage to catch one looter: That’s Merlene Maten, who’s 73 years old. My immediate thought was that the police must have picked her up because she was easier to catch than all the younger looters. Apparently, that’s what everyone else thinks, too: Family and eyewitnesses… Read more