dating tip for women

The prettiest dress in your closet is always the first one.

Oh Danny Boy

Via the Drudge Report, Dan Rather admits he is a dangerous reporter:

In my heart, my marrow, I am a reporter. And one who doesn't play it safe.

He also says:

I believe in the dream, the magical mystical kingdom of CBS News. It may exist only in our minds, but that makes it no less real.

He then produces documents personally typed by the Easter Bunny, which cast doubt upon Karl Rove's attendance record as an ROTC student at Halliburton Junior High School in Camelot, Alaska.

Eminent Domain Abuse

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Kelo v. City of New London Connecticut regarding the abuse of eminent domain laws.

A Google News search shows several references to the case. Some of these cases are stronger than others. but it should be obvious that individual property rights need to be more vigorously defended, especially from greed-driven projects.

This page has one of the best summaries:

We have nothing against large corporations and wealthy developers, but they should get property the old-fashioned American way: through negotiating with willing sellers, rather than by convincing cities to use their police powers to take property from those who don’t want to sell it. We hope the Supreme Court puts the brakes on this abusive practice.

Maybe it should be decreed that the profits of any new development must be shared in perpetuity with those who were forced to leave?

Terry Schiavo Update

Via Blue Goldfish, LaShawn Barber says:

Liberals will hold vigils for murderous thugs on death row, thugs who are receiving the due penalty of their errors, but when an INNOCENT brain-damaged woman whose husband has two kids with another woman and may have put her in this state is facing death by starvation, they’ve got nothing to say. The greatest cause is protecting INNOCENT human life. Where are the feminists? Where are the Mumia Abu-Jamal clowns? (Visit the site of slain Officer Daniel Faulkner to clear the stench.)

shoulda linked to this earlier...

Just click right here
and you'll hear a tale,
the tale of a real long flight.

That started down
in Florida
aboard this pretty kite.

sensible nonsense

No Oil For Pacifists has a list of nonsense up with which he will not put!

surrealist update

the black dog has really been barking at the skylights lately, but at least there are no sentient donuts stalking my cat...

UPDATE: Lileks kicked out his black dog today.

Not bad for a quagmire.

In case you missed the headlines, Banner of Liberty has this Iraq update.

funny stuff

Viewpoint has a great punchline.

Rightwing Duck has no proof.

Lileks' mistake

As much as I like practically everything James Lileks writes (Bleats, Backfence, Newhouse, Joe Ohio, the list goes on...), he's mistaken in thinking that facts point to evolution. He makes a good conclusion, however, that "we could avoid conflict if teachers felt free to lead the class in philosophical speculations". That's all that we are asking for in the first place - the right to discuss rational alternatives to the cult of Darwinism.

UPDATE: Proverbs Daily says the debate is important.

random roundup

better late than never...?

Extreme Space Suits

Abbott and Costello Shop For Computers

Iowahawk manages to insult everyone (profanity)

Douglas Adams' Asteroid

(for an extremely limited audience - you know who you are:) The Start and End of US385. Apparently, I'm "into subtlety"...

Terri's Fight

In case you haven't followed any other links in the Terry Schiavo case, go read these two at TerrisFight.org:

The Timeline

Myth vs Fact

Also, it looks like anyone instrumental in removing the feeding tube would be breaking the law:

825.102 Abuse, aggravated abuse, and neglect of an elderly person or disabled adult; penalties.--

(1) "Abuse of an elderly person or disabled adult" means:

(a) Intentional infliction of physical or psychological injury upon an elderly person or disabled adult;

(b) An intentional act that could reasonably be expected to result in physical or psychological injury to an elderly person or disabled adult; or

(c) Active encouragement of any person to commit an act that results or could reasonably be expected to result in physical or psychological injury to an elderly person or disabled adult

...

(3)(a) "Neglect of an elderly person or disabled adult" means:

1. A caregiver's failure or omission to provide an elderly person or disabled adult with the care, supervision, and services necessary to maintain the elderly person's or disabled adult's physical and mental health, including, but not limited to, food, nutrition, clothing, shelter, supervision, medicine, and medical services that a prudent person would consider essential for the well-being of the elderly person or disabled adult; or

2. A caregiver's failure to make a reasonable effort to protect an elderly person or disabled adult from abuse, neglect, or exploitation by another person.

Neglect of an elderly person or disabled adult may be based on repeated conduct or on a single incident or omission that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, serious physical or psychological injury, or a substantial risk of death, to an elderly person or disabled adult.

(b) A person who willfully or by culpable negligence neglects an elderly person or disabled adult and in so doing causes great bodily harm, permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement to the elderly person or disabled adult commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084...

...and violating her rights:

744.3215 Rights of persons determined incapacitated.--

(1) A person who has been determined to be incapacitated retains the right:

(a) To have an annual review of the guardianship report and plan.

(b) To have continuing review of the need for restriction of his or her rights.

(c) To be restored to capacity at the earliest possible time.

(d) To be treated humanely, with dignity and respect, and to be protected against abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

(e) To have a qualified guardian.

(f) To remain as independent as possible, including having his or her preference as to place and standard of living honored, either as he or she expressed or demonstrated his or her preference prior to the determination of his or her incapacity or as he or she currently expresses his or her preference, insofar as such request is reasonable.

(g) To be properly educated.

(h) To receive prudent financial management for his or her property and to be informed how his or her property is being managed, if he or she has lost the right to manage property.

(i) To receive necessary services and rehabilitation.

(j) To be free from discrimination because of his or her incapacity.

(k) To have access to the courts.

(l) To counsel.

(m) To receive visitors and communicate with others.

(n) To notice of all proceedings related to determination of capacity and guardianship, unless the court finds the incapacitated person lacks the ability to comprehend the notice.

(o) To privacy.

oh no

Loonatics must be running WB these days - they're "re-imagining" the classic characters of Bugs Bunny, Road Runner, et al.

The truth behind the quote is: “We've all gone insane. Wow, what a horrible way to take the classic Looney Tunes franchise and stomp it into the mud. If anything, it’s a destruction of the legacy instead of an homage.”

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p.s. This is obviously very unimportant in the grand scheme of things, but still...

looking forward to baseball?

Why Is Baseball So Much Better Than Football? by Thomas Boswell (1987)

FrankJ, the new EvilGlenn

Oh the humanity... er, the, um... bloganity of it all!

Looks like FrankJ has surpassed EvilGlenn on the evilosity scale. It's one thing to be a puppy blender, but FrankJ is now blending ducks, rabbits, monkeys, parrots, and gun-toting couples! Sick! (Look out iowahawk, you may be next.)

The chicken-fried alligator strips should have been a warning sign.

FrankJ, Zooblender.

Indeed.

Finally!

Updated HIH Free Desktop Wallpaper Image page, with two new designs.

go read...

The American Thinker skewers several left-wing dogmas in one post.

Viewpoint comments on Dennis Prager's five-part case for Judeo-Christian Values.

Vitamin Ban?

In the interest of "public health", EU to Ban 300 Vitamin & Mineral Supplements. Yet somehow, tobacco, alcohol, and escargot remain legal...

Mars

Scientists have found life on Mars!

The giveaway was high localized concentrations of methane. At first the scientists suspected a “chemical bioreactor in the subsurface – an underground microbial ecosystem of sorts" - such as they had previously found at Rio Tinto.

Turns out that the methane source was only Bin Laden.

scandal, scandal, who's got the scandal?

Rathergate: the gift that keeps on giving. C-BS scapegoats are no longer cooperating.

KofiPot Dome: No Oil for Pacifists has a roundup.

Opengates: Michelle Malkin's latest so far.

Easongate: One roundup at the Captain's Quarters.

UPGATE, er... I mean UPDATE: Mark Steyn on a scandal that should not be reduced to a catchy-gate name.