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Monday Open Thread

Forrest Gregg, Green Bay Packers 12/10/1960 in San Francisco, CA. Photo by Vernon Biever

Good Luck

I’m not really a fan of Stanford Cardinal football. Color me agnostic on Pac-12 football generally.  But Andrew Luck, their quarterback and Heisman favorite, sounds like a guy worth rooting for.  Here’s a great AP profile of him.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/sports/college/2011/08/luck-would-have-it-stanfords-qb-returns

Luck relishes that environment.

The way he sees it, the NFL will always will [...]

Land of the Free, Home of the Whopper

From yesterday’s Ny Times comes a commentary by a young Lieutenant who upon coming home from a primitive sometimes hostile foreign land discovers that the USA isn’t such as bad place after all.

July 14, 2011, 12:46 pm A Burger and a Happy Homecoming

By BRAD WILSON

I am a quarter of the way through [...]

Father of the Year: Anthony Weiner

Just heard this on Beck’s show, and I have not stopped screaming:

Mrs Congressman is pregnant. Huma is expecting a baby Weiner.

Honestly?  I came over to post this, and now I’m off to shower.  With Clorox and a steel sponge.

And the words I called him after the announcement?  Well, look for them at [...]

Classic Pick O’ the Day — May 3

The Kennel Murder Case (1933) Society sleuth Philo Vance investigates a murder tied to a Long Island dog show. Dir: Michael Curtiz Cast: William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette. TV-G. 10:30 AM EDT. TCM.

The great William Powell and Mary Astor knock it out of the park in this great Philo Vance murder mystery. [...]

Classic Pick O’ the Day — April 1

Bedazzled (1968) In this comic retelling of the Faust story, a short-order cook is given seven wishes by the devil, leading to money, mayhem and Lillian Lust. Cast: Dudley Moore, Eleanor Bron, Raquel Welch, Peter Cook, Alba. Director: Stanley Donen. TV-PG. 6:00 PM EDT. Fox Movie Channel.

Just look at how classic this movie [...]

The President of the United States on Gun Control

(The President wrote an opinion piece for the Arizona Daily Star last Sunday:)

President Obama: We must seek agreement on gun reforms President Barack Obama Special To The Arizona Daily Star Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Sunday, March 13, 2011 12:00 am

It’s been more than two months since the tragedy in Tucson stunned the [...]

The Battle of Ohio Part II

Woe the teary-eyed throngs in Wisconsin. It appears the government has decided to forgo those who have taken it hostage (literally, there are hundreds of protesters in the state capital, while Democrats have shut down the government by leaving the state). In the most ironic of terms possible, local Democrats have decried the use of [...]

Rock, Paper, SkyNet

Play rock paper scissors against a computer.

New Rose

Duff, thanks, man. It’s unfortunate these soldiers wind up in the hospital and appreciate you manning up to put aside your differences with the war to help.

Former Guns N’ Roses star Duff Mckagan has decided to donate the proceeds from his latest Loaded songs to help war veterans following a number of emotional visits [...]

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Saw it coming

Some random dude at Front Page Magazine read the future and predicted what we are now seeing in Ohio and Wisconsin – last year.

An example of what these consequences can lead to can be seen in Ohio, where officials can’t hide behind the monetary printing press or non-existent budgets. Last year Gov. Ted Strickland [...]

Friday Open Thread

Happy 60th Birthday Erin Gray!!

Happy New Year!

ASSerting Himself

North Korea Could Stage Nuclear Test to Boost Heir, Think Tank Says, http://fxn.ws/ekZ057 – Sent via the FOX News Android App.  

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Tuesday Open Thread

Just-As-Classic Pick o' the Day - December 11

FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (1996) Desperadoes (George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino) and a family (Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis) encounter vampires. Also featuring Cheech Marin, Danny Trejo, Fred Williamson, Ernest Liu.  107 min. | Director: Robert Rodriguez | TV-MA-LSV | Independent Film Channel | 10:30 PM EST

Always thought this one was better as two separate [...]

Friday Open Thread

Apparently from the 2009 Festival of Lights — East Peoria, IL