Comments on: Monday open thread

By: NC Cop

NC Cop — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:56:39 +0000

Stop the presses!!! Al Qaeda No. 2 Blames Obama, Egypt's President for Gaza

CAIRO, Egypt — An intelligence monitoring center reports that Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader is blaming Barack Obama and Egypt's president for the Israeli offensive in Gaza.

How can this be?!?!? We were assured that the world was going to love us now that the "One" had been elected. Didn't Al Qaeda get that memo?!?! Didn't they watch Obama's speeches?!?!?! WTH?!??!?!

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:13:32 +0000

LOL! Priceless.

By: Great White Rat

Great White Rat — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:09:34 +0000

This confirms what many of us already knew intuitively:

Now scientists have begun to examine how the city affects the brain, and the results are chastening. Just being in an urban environment, they have found, impairs our basic mental processes. After spending a few minutes on a crowded city street, the brain is less able to hold things in memory, and suffers from reduced self-control.
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this new research suggests that cities actually dull our thinking, sometimes dramatically so.

Which explains why almost every big city is run by left-wing Democrats.

By: Mwalimu Daudi

Mwalimu Daudi — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:20:34 +0000

A good summary of how Franken stole the election.

Key quote:

The Coleman campaign clearly misjudged the politics here, and the apparent willingness of a partisan like [Democratic Secretary of State] Ritchie to help his preferred candidate, Mr. Franken.

I don’t have much sympathy for Coleman, who is an idiot studying to be a moron and not doing very well. Is it possible – really, actually possible – that Coleman and the Republican Party bigwigs were the only one who did not see this coming?

It would seem so. This is what happens when RINOs run the GOP. Don’t be surprised if Republicans get clobbered again in 2010 and beyond.

Still – there is one less RINO in D.C., which I see as good news.

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:26:07 +0000

Thanks, steve!

By: Jillian Bandes

Jillian Bandes — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:57:21 +0000

Needed more heads up on the awards!

By: steveegg

steveegg — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:29:27 +0000

The voting’s now open (complete with a direct link). You do realize who I’m throwing under the bus to get you the award, don’t you?

By: Dana

Dana — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:09:13 +0000

Dang! Anthony beat me to it!

By: Lorica

Lorica — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:14:33 +0000

It will be interesting to see what happens in 2009. I rung in the New Year sick, so it has started out worse, than 2008. There is nothing on the horizon to prove that 2009 is going to be any better than 2008. Unless, of course, you are a multi-billion dollar business who has done some really stupid stuff, and you are expecting a multi-billion dollar “loan” from the Federal Government, then I would expect the year to be a pretty good one. But other than that, I just don’t see why 2009 will be any better than 2008. – Lorica

By: Anthony (Los Angeles)

Anthony (Los Angeles) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:58:37 +0000

Franken’s supposed to be certified today in MN

I don’t know about certified, but he’s certainly certifiable.

By: BeachBabe NC

BeachBabe NC — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:52:23 +0000

“Why 2009 will be worse than 2008″

Great!!!! I am looking so forward to it…

By: JAT

JAT — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:20:02 +0000

Why 2009 will be worse than 2008 -- LINK