Daily Archives: January 14th, 2009 «

 

Humorous story about Grace and Calvin Coolidge

Posted by: ST on January 14, 2009 at 9:09 pm » 4 Comments

Shortly after Christmas, I made my usual calendar run to pick up any I didn’t get for Christmas (I’m a calendar junkie – I have one several in rooms around the house and the 8-5) and picked up a neat page-a-day one I had not previously seen in all my years of calendar shopping. It [...]

 

Obama meets with liberal columnists – PLUS: Andrew Sullivan hypocrisy watch update

Posted by: ST on January 14, 2009 at 7:19 pm » 2 Comments

Well, it was to be expected, seeing as to the dinner he had last night with select conservative columnists, and his near-obsession with trying to please everyone – which I fear will get the US of A hurt in the long term. It was virtually a who’s who of liberal loyalists: [...] the Atlantic’s Andrew [...]

 

Weds. Open Thread

Posted by: ST on January 14, 2009 at 4:34 pm » 4 Comments

Be back later tonight. In the meantime, here’s a fun link: Women Can Smell a Man’s Sexual Intentions It’s not hard to tell when a guy is “happy to see you.” The twinkle in his eye, his swagger, that sexy smile — all are clear signs he’s in the mood. And, at least subconsciously, a [...]

 

Good news: More “unfairly imprisoned” Gitmo detainees are now back on the battlefield

Posted by: ST on January 14, 2009 at 10:53 am » 4 Comments

Any guesses as to how many on the far left pranced around with glee when they read this news? God help if we get attacked again, and if it happens and it turns out that even one of the released Gitmo Hotel guests had any role to play in it, there will be hell to [...]

 

Obama has dinner with conservative opinion writers

Posted by: ST on January 14, 2009 at 9:15 am » 7 Comments

… and I wasn’t invited? Seriously, the writers in question were Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol, the WaPo’s Charles Krauthammer, David Brooks from the NYT, and the NYT’s George Will, at whose house the dinner was hosted. I’m not sure what to make of this. The non-cynical side of me says this is a good-faith effort [...]