I don't usually cover the abortion issue here, but I've been loosely following the Illinois Review's coverage of the Planned Parenthood fight in Aurora, and it's taken a really weird direction. As I understand it, a front company called Gemini Office Development built a medical building in Aurora, putting it through the whole city approval process without ever … [Read more...] about The Great Abortion Zoning Fight
Iowa
I often tell people I do political blogging, but the truth is that while I cover political issues, I don't usually cover actual politics. However, there was some sort of event in Iowa yesterday that everyone is talking about, and according to the rumors I'm hearing, it wasn't just another debate or poll but an actual election, so maybe I should say something about it. I … [Read more...] about Iowa
2007 In Review
I've been reviewing what Windypundit was all about this year, and it turns out 2007 was the year in which I backdated my 2006 year-in-review posting to make it look like I posted at the last minute on New Year's Eve when I really posted it around 11:15 on January first. A mysterious object crashed to earth. The Windypundit Media Empire expanded. Slightly. The War on Drugs … [Read more...] about 2007 In Review
RIAAx2, Illegal Checklists, Penis Police, and the Worst Prosecutor of the Year
Random shots around the web: When the revolution comes, can somebody make sure that these RIAA jerks are the first ones up against the wall? Seriously, I'd probably vote for any presidential candidate that will pledge to screw the recording industry into the ground for this crap. Improving medical care may be illegal if you skip the stupid paperwork. … [Read more...] about RIAAx2, Illegal Checklists, Penis Police, and the Worst Prosecutor of the Year
Sex Sells
Looking through the server logs for Windypundit, I noticed that my bandwidth usage was up to 40 gigabytes this month, which is pretty high. A little investigation showed that just over half the bandwidth consisted of this stock photo from last year: That photo was served to the web 170,000 times this month. Since Windypundit didn't have anywhere near that many visits this … [Read more...] about Sex Sells