top photo h/t Chicago Sun-Times
We always wanted to write a NYPost-style headline. Tonight, we got our opportunity.
The Illinois Senate has voted 59-0 to remove He who need not be referred to by name from the Governorship. Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn is about to become the new Governor.
Meantime, we wouldn’t be surprised if someone in the […]
Former Vice-President Al Gore is about to testify before Congress to advocate for green/renewable energy programs. He recorded this video:
No, not THAT circus…
THIS ONE!
Day 2 of the Impeachment Trial of Gov. Blago. He who need not be referred to by name.
Oy.
Cross-posted to Sturdy Roots Blog:
To paraphrase the late Rodney Dangerfield, “it’s tough out there!”
We read the day’s news headlines at our own peril (yesterday alone):
Caterpillar to cut 20,000 jobs…
Sprint/Nextel, 8,000…
The Home Depot, 7,000
Some economists are saying current economic forecasts for January 2009 – that total job losses in the U.S. will reach 500,000 – may […]
…it would be this clod.
But first, a working definition from the fine medical practioners at the Mayo Clinic:
Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance and a deep need for admiration. They believe that they’re superior to others and have little regard for other people’s […]
Happy Lunar New Year! Welcome to the Year of the Ox – 4706!
(It’ll be hard remembering not to write 4705 on my checks.)
From World News Australia:
People born under (the sign of the ox) are hardworking, caring and, like their animal counterpart, obstinate and sturdy.
Security is key for Ox-born people, and they make great efforts to ensure […]
A fortnightly rant, FL-S style with a h/t to #44:
As I write this post I am still in awe of the week that was.
Many friends of mine, bloggers and MSM reporters alike, have written tonnage, but have written tonnage well, about what the inauguration of President Barack Obama has meant to the millions of […]
photo h/t HuffPo
Secy. of State Clinton and President Obama in the Oval Office.
Would someone please identify the picture to the right of the curtains? Is that the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
Mr. President, you have got to get rid of #43’s fine art collection, and FAST!
In her Ask Laurie! column, F2B’s own Laurie Williams, a.k.a. The Dog-Trainer-In-Chief, offers her insight to a certain guy who just moved into a big white house, regarding a promised pooch…
WPIX TV in New York is reporting that tomorrow New York Gov. David Paterson will appoint Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand – a two-term congresswoman from Upstate New York – to serve in the Senate seat vacated yesterday by Hillary Clinton.
Rep. Gillebrand, who represents New York’s 20th Congressional District, serves on the House Armed Services Committee.
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