The war on bottled water begins in Chicago

Live in Chi-town? Better buy your bottled water before midnight, or you’ll be paying more for it next year (h/t: ST reader JM):
Chicago’s impending bottled water tax has thrown the city into an uproar. A group of politicians, including Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., staged their own version of the Boston Tea Party, by pouring bottled [...]

Hillary the risktaker

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s SuperHill! In response to Barack Obama’s jab at her time as First Lady being nothing more than a “glorified tea party,” here’s what she had to say (h/t: ST reader NC Cop):
On Saturday night in Dubuque she pounced, arguing she risked her life on White House [...]

Happy New Year :)

Been a super-busy day, thankfully it’s almost over. The whole week promises to be just like today, as I will continue to have to catch up from being off all last week, so please bear with me. Wanted to get this thread started so everyone can get in their New Years greetings and [...]

Caption This – Sunday edition

Photo courtesy of Andy Clark and Reuters. Actual caption follows:

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) addresses supporters in the Denison, Iowa Fire Station December 27, 2007
My caption:
Hillary Clinton’s two personalities surface while she addresses supporters in Iowa. No word on which personality is which.
Your turn!

Sunday/Monday open thread

Haven’t started one of these in a while, and wanted to go ahead and post it because tomorrow morning is going to be crazy for me as I’ll be returning to the 8-5 after being off all week. In fact, my blogging tomorrow will likely be in the evening, as I plan on [...]

Panthers at Tampa Bay (UPDATE: PANTHERS WIN 31-23)

It’s the last game of the season for the struggling Cats, who have suffered from a number of injuries this year, with the biggest one of them all being QB Jake Delhomme’s season-ending elbow injury he suffered against the Falcons back in week three.
For the Panthers, who stand at 6-9, this game is meaningless. [...]

” … of the year” – continued

The Goracle may have just missed out on being named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year, but some of his fellow Tennesseans gave him the ‘honor’ of voting him as Tennessean of the Year:
Al Gore, seated on the side porch of his Nashville home, couldn’t be challenged on this one.
This year, the documentary An Inconvenient [...]

NYT hires William Kristol as once-a-week columnist

… and the far left, predictably, are losing it. Publius Pundit has the details on the official NYT announcement of the Weekly Standard editor’s hiring, as well as links to the foaming at the mouth frenzy on display this weekend by The Usual Suspects, who are wondering if the NYT will “balance” Kristol with [...]

Saturday night funny: Pizza Hut ad “outrages” Kucinich supporters

The Cleveland Plain Dealer blog reports today that a few Dennis Kucinich supporters are outraged about a new ad Pizza Hut is running, which features all the presidential candidates, including Rep. Kucinich:
“Are people seeing lower prices now?” the announcer in the ad asks before cutting to a debate segment where Kucinich says: “More people in [...]

Will the hunky Tom Brady and the Patriots make history tonight? (UPDATE: PATRIOTS DEFEAT GIANTS 38-35, GO TO 16-0)

Consider this an open thread for tonight’s big Patriots/Giants game. Game time is 8:15. For all of us who aren’t privileged enough to have the NFL Network channel, it will be simulcast on NBC and CBS.
Predictions, anyone?
For the ladies who read this blog who couldn’t care less about football, here’s something to get [...]