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Associate Supreme Court Justice David Souter is reportedly set to retire at the end of this term according to NPR’s Nina Totenberg. This makes perfect sense. So long as the Justices leaving during Obama’s tenure are Souter, Ginsberg, Stevens, or Breyer then we’re OK. If Kennedy leaves we’re screwed for sure. [...] Share on Facebook Dr. Walter Williams has a good piece on the economics of central planning; why socialized medicine will be worse than non-socialized medicine. It’s a cogent, well-written piece although I take issue with one aspect. To understand my concern you have to read the article first, so read it, and then I’ll meet you at the [...] I’m currently a sports writer, which means I spend copious amounts of time watching ESPN and its innumerable sister networks. Today, for my viewing pleasure, the WorldWideLeader’s narrative (I really hesitate to say story) is Alex Rodriguez and a salacious new book by former New York Times columnist and current Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts. Roberts [...] So I saw Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” for the first time yesterday. What the hell was that about?! Share on Facebook Kelly McGillis — of Top Gun fame — has finally made it official — she’s Perez Hilton gay. It wasn’t hard to tell — especially from this still from the sequel Witness 2 coming out in 2010. Share on Facebook Father Ron made a comment about the state eventually interfering with what Priests say and do from the pulpit. Our more loyal readers may remember a spirited debate on this subject vis a vis marriage brought on by this post; http://www.threedonia.com/archives/998 I predict that if we allow marriage to be defined by state governments this will inexorably [...] The above sisters (ages 70 and 65) were arrested yesterday for selling heroin . Now where could they be from? Oh yes. Pennsylvania. Share on Facebook After seeing a request for more Top 5 lists in a previous post, here’s one that tugs at the ol’ JohnFNWayne heartstrings. Top Western movie characters and the men/women who played them and my personal favorites (yes, I know this could have went 10, or 20, or 50 or even 100). Hopefully Big Hollywood/Dirty Harry [...] Two of my personal favorites. Chris Duarte, veteran blues guitarist and damn nice guy, along with southwest Ohio’s own Scotty Bratcher, tearing it up in Columbus some summers ago. Bratcher regularly performs a wicked variation of Duarte’s “My Way Down” during performances. Bratcher has become a regional sensation, regularly opening up for national acts such [...] Share on Facebook The Liberty Manifesto by P.J. O’Rourke P.J. O’Rourke is the Cato Institute’s Mencken research fellow. Remarks delivered at a gala dinner celebrating the opening of the Cato Institute’s new headquarters in Washington. P.J. O’Rourke is the Cato Institute’s Mencken research fellow.Remarks delivered at a gala dinner celebrating the opening of the Cato Institute’s new headquarters in Washington. The Cato [...] great idea, Wankette! America wasn’t founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damned well pleased. – P.J. O’Rourke Share on Facebook (warning: language) Just because The Apology Tour got me in the mood to use this, only I was on the road at the time… I was having dinner…in London…when eventually he got, as the Europeans always do, to the part about “Your country’s never been invaded.” And so I said, “Let me tell you who the bad guys [...] This website, http://www.illinoisloop.org/salary.html has some great statistics on public school salaries and pensions in the state of Illinois. This will give you some perspective on how out of control administration costs are, and how much they eat into the budget available to educate students and provide resources. And Illinois is no different from most states when [...] This article in the New York Times claims 760 teachers out of a New York city work force of 80,000 are being paid full salaries NOT to teach. That equates to about 1% of the annual budget. October 10, 2007 ON EDUCATION Where Teachers Sit, Awaiting Their Fates
Those of you who are American and have spent any amount of time in a European country are aware that Europeans get a lot of joy from telling Americans how awful our country is. The French find themselves particularly superior. To the French we in the U.S. are immature rubes and they never miss a [...] President Barack Obama has ended the successful DC school voucher program. Here’s a good commentary by CNN’s Roland Martin on the issue, http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/11/martin.vouchers/ Juan Williams has a very good and very emotional piece on the subject here, http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/04/20/williams_obama_dc/ 1,700 kids who were achieving in good, DC schools will now return to the poor performing schools in their [...]
Not to make light of any family’s loss of a child, but if only this kid’s parents entered the border in the Golden State. we luh-uh-uh-ove to overcrowd our emergency rooms and give illegals whatever health care they desire. Share on Facebook Alright, for today’s installment you again have use of the patented, Threedonia.com time machine. If you could have been along on any expedition which would you choose, and why? Share on Facebook Prince, for the love of God, in the words of the almighty Frank Zappa, please just shut up and play yer guitar. Share on Facebook This woman was arrested for breastfeeding while intoxicated. From the report: Grand Forks Police Department officers watched as an “extremely intoxicated” Anvarinia “began breast feeding her infant in front of us,” according to an incident report. Since alcohol can pass from mother to child via breast milk, Anvarinia was arrested for neglecting her six-week-old infant. A little overkill. [...] I don’t see any special undergarments around here. From the L.A. Times story: Hardy, 32, is the creator of “Men on a Mission,” a calendar series that sends up the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with photographs of hunky former missionaries in poses, characters and settings familiar to the faithful. Like adults of many [...] Oliver Stone and Michael Douglas are in for a sequel to Wall Street. As long as the cell phones are small and Darryl Hannah is not in it — nah… who am I kidding? This thing will blow chunks. Don’t do it Oliver! A prequel to U-Turn is more well-advised than [...] Christopher Hitchens falls predictably on the side of the supposed saints when it comes to the torture debate, but his latest Slate article makes a point you won’t hear from MSNBC, the New York Times, CNN or the usual who were chattering in fear days after Sept. 11. Democrats can easily distance themselves from waterboarding, [...] Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter switches to the Democrats. At least now it’s official and Pat Toomey can actually stand before the entire Pennsylvania electorate. This might actually be a good thing in the long run, though it hurts for the next 2 years. The tide is rising I think — and it’s [...] True, I have yet seen any of these, but the question remains – why would I? Here we have, my bottom five predictions for the summer. Some I may give in and see, some I may not. Writing this list, these five movies have much in common – formulaic, too politically correct, chronological confusion, lack of [...] Share on Facebook No, it’s not Randy Quaid and company’s ode to Chief Wahoo. It’d be the other one you’d expect from me, despite its Victimology 101 history lessons straight out of the dreadful Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Embed’s been disabled, so just UP THE IRONS HERE. Share on Facebook Share on Facebook Barack Obama was busy dueling with his teleprompter today when one of his Presidential jets sent downtown New York into a panic. Why? Some type of mechanical malfunction? Possibly a terror aversion excercise? No, a photo op.
Mayor Bloomberg went ballistic Monday after the U.S. military – without any warning to the public – buzzed [...] Share on Facebook I cannot believe my blog-mate Floyd did a post on Earth Day that featured a Norse band performing in a natural, wooded setting without giving credit to the genius of Seebach. You, Floyd, are worse than Hitler. Share on Facebook I think I’ll not complain about anything again. The Today Show did an interview that is making the rounds, but I refuse to give Ann Curry, Matt Lauer and crew any link-love. This is a video we showed at my church a couple of years ago. You get the point. Share on [...] One of the ideas that was to enthrall conservatives about Barack Obama was the maturity, statesmenship and bearing he was supposedly bringing back to the White House. No more gaffes, no more faux pas, but a more intellectual approach to the Presidency following “cowboy diplomacy,” choking on pretzels and the foibles of our previous eight [...] The leader of Britain’s Tory Party — the bastion of conservatism (so-called) makes a joke about murdering Miss California — you know because she’s a bitch and a gay hater. If this this is what passes for a conservative in the UK maybe we should leave Afghanistan and move for regime over there. Share [...] Share on Facebook Conan O'Brien Harvard Class Day 2000 Conan O’Brien’s Harvard Class Day Address from 2000. Ah a simpler time it seems. I wish my grad ceremony speeches were this memorable. I’ve heard dozens — and I don’t recall any of them. It’s 20 minutes, but it’s pretty funny and there’s some wisdom to [...] John Romano over at Big Hollywood sings the praises of Meg Whitman as California’s governor in 2010. Romano writes: Meg Whitman is first and foremost a businesswoman. She grew a company from 30 employees to 15,000 in ten years. The 52 year old mom of two is a Long Island native and Princeton graduate. [...] |
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