Marquette, mostly ok !

Photo of the Day...

2009-03-08T17:52:00.002-04:00

Two thumbs up to Gunnar Vaht Photography for this excellent photo!

Special thanks to Photo.net for this photo!

2009-03-08T17:07:00.003-04:00

Be afraid.. very afraid.

Also from McSweeney’s:

SELECTED PERSONALS FROM THE AMERICAN
PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION’S DATING WEBSITE.

“Waiting, with heart wide open”

Claustrophobic female seeks male (age not an issue) with empty 50,000-square-foot warehouse with high ceilings.

My Favorite:

THIS RECESSION IS AWESOME!

Via Tim McSweeneys blog

Photo of the Day...

2009-03-06T16:19:00.002-05:00

Two thumbs up to R Gentry for this photo!

Special thanks to Photo.net for this photo!

2009-03-06T14:49:00.002-05:00

Hypocrisy Week

It is only fair that in response to "Israeli Apartheid Week", there should be "Hypocrisy Week". Ha'aretz explains:
The original Canadian poster was an advertisement for an annual series of anti-Israel events held on campuses around the world.

It shows a gunship bearing the word "Israel" firing at a kaffiyeh-clad boy holding a teddy bear.

The poster was banned from two Ottawa universities over complaints that it displayed Israelis as child-killers.

The spoof shows the same boy being used as a shield by militants launching rockets at Israel, while journalists film the boy.

from Sense of Events

Photo of the Day...

2009-03-02T21:04:00.000-05:00

Two thumbs up to Juan De Santa Anna for this photo!

Title: "Saying good-by"

Special thanks to Photo.net for this photo!

All hail our comander and chief...

2009-02-28T20:36:00.001-05:00

Quote of the day...

2009-02-27T22:35:00.000-05:00

“President Obama was awfully vague about some of his plans, but I think I heard him say that government is responsible for educating a child from birth—from birth—to its first job.

Photo of the Day...

2009-02-26T20:32:00.002-05:00

Two thumbs up to Alberto Gomez for this photo!

Special thanks to Photo.net for this photo!

An Inconvenient cartoon truth

2009-02-26T20:10:00.005-05:00

Click on image to enlarge...

via Small Dead Animals

Personally, I like the smiley faces and the Layes chip bag in this NY Photo!

2009-02-26T19:38:00.001-05:00

In the land of hopenchange

2009-02-26T15:35:00.000-05:00

2009-02-23T11:04:00.001-05:00

What really happens when you sign up for freecreditreport.com

This is nothing like what you see on those funny TV commercials!

Bars open till 4 AM!

2009-02-23T10:14:00.003-05:00

February 22, 2009
I can't wait to hear the MADD comments

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is proposing big changes in the state's liquor laws that could produce more than $13 million for the state's cash-strapped budget.

Granholm's proposal includes keeping bars open until 4 a.m. and having liquor sold on Sunday mornings.

via clickondetroit

My humble stimulus request

2009-02-20T18:03:00.000-05:00

wireless and broadband deployment grant programs

(including transfer of funds to Orlin Bowman for the Orlin Bowman Personal Economic Stimulus Program)

For necessary and unnecessary expenses related to the Wireless and Broadband Deployment Grant Programs established by section 6002 of division B of this Act, $2,825,000,000, of which $1,000,000,000 shall be for Wireless Deployment Grants and $1,825,000,000 shall be for Broadband Deployment Grants: Provided, That an additional $1,500,000,000 shall be paid directly to Orlin Bowman in the form of subsidized loans that do not require repayment. Provided Further, That the funds be used by Orlin Bowman to Beer Fund or for whatever. Provided Even Further, That Orlin Bowman will receive free Snow Shoeing tickets for life. Provided Even Further Still, That Orlin Bowman shall be treated as a cabinet-level appointment for the purpose of income tax reporting, and therefore no taxes shall be paid on any of the aformentioned benefits. And one more thing: Debbie Stabinow is hereby expelled from Congress, effective immediately upon enactment.

The Crisis of Credit Visualized

2009-02-20T10:17:00.001-05:00

Here's are two "must see" videos that explain what is happening in our credit crisis. They are well worth watching

Part 1 is 7 1/2 minutes

Part 2 is 3 3/4 minutes

bump bump bump what was that? oh, that was Kyrgyzstan

2009-02-19T18:36:00.002-05:00

Russia one, USA zero

The new administration just got an object lesson in power politics, and now has given Russia control over the supply lines to the biggest effort in the war on terror. Just when Barack Obama announced an increase in troop levels in Afghanistan, the Kyrgyz parliament almost unanimously backed President Bakiyev’s decision to evict the US out of Manas AFB, a key part of our lines of communication into Afghanistan.

This should have been an easy move for the Obama administration...A child could have seen this coming. After Putin played the card two weeks ago, the Obama administration still could have responded by upping the ante. Instead, for some reason, Obama sat on his hands and allowed himself to get punked by Putin

ht/ Hot Air

The whole story at PasteSourceHere

Capitol One -- is NOT in my wallet!

2009-02-19T16:49:00.003-05:00

Is Capitol One as stupid as Bank of America?

Beverly, who always pays on time and recently started paying off her balance in full every month, just saw the rate on her Capital One card more than double, from 13.9% to 29.4%. That'll teach you to not help sink the economy, Beverly!

Beverly is closing her account. Good for her!

ht/ the consumerist

Bank of America credit card APR is 91.29%

2009-02-19T16:44:00.002-05:00

David's effective APR on his Bank of America credit card is now 91.29%. It's not a typo or a scam, it's math.

"This was my first credit card and I've had it since 1997," writes David. "I only keep it for the history and I only use it every now and then as a backup. Am I reading this right that they bumped me up to a 91.29% APR?"

Via the consumerist

The tax man taxes taxes!

2009-02-19T16:15:00.002-05:00

Gov. David Paterson's proposals to tax non-diet soda, iTunes downloads and even haircuts are well known by now. But did you know he wants to tax your tax filings, too?

Tucked into the governor's 2009-2010 budget proposal is a plan to levy a $10 fee for income taxes that are filed on paper rather than electronically. State budget officials believe the paper filing fee could generate $6.8 million during the next fiscal year.

Cross Posted at Ace if Spades

2009-02-17T14:11:00.001-05:00

Hell Freezes Over in the Land of Hopenchange

Via Jamie Wearing Fool!

2009-02-17T11:43:00.000-05:00

Don't wanna be "Obamas Elf."

Great short video!

Milton Friedman on Greed and Capitalism

2009-02-17T11:17:00.002-05:00

Thanks to...Power Line

2009-02-16T21:48:00.001-05:00

Not one member of Congress read Obama's bailout boondoggle

I feel a bit sick right now...

“If all of that wasn’t enough, here I have, 1,100 pages, not one member of this body has read. Not one. There may be a staffer in the appropriations committee that read all of this last night. I don’t know how you can read 1,100 pages between midnight and now. Not one member’s read this...

...our ideas weren’t considered. We weren’t allowed in the room. We weren’t allowed to participate at all. And all the talk about bipartisanship that we have heard over the last several months went down the drain.

This is what I call bi-partisanism "thrown under the bus!"

Via The California Yankee

This guy is amazing!

2009-02-15T12:18:00.001-05:00

Rufus, the Sling Shot Man

Hats off to Iowa Hawlk

2009-02-12T11:59:00.000-05:00

hey....