Browsing the Archive
July 2007
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Iran inches toward apocalypse
by Tammy on July 25, 2007A post by Maynard Drudge noted the latest Iranian defiance. This short editorial in the Economist offers a summary. In part: While the world has been distracted by Iraq, Afghanistan and much else, Iran has been moving relentlessly closer to...
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Sticking the Fork Into John “$50 Lettuce” McCain
by Maynard on July 25, 2007He's almost done! McCain's Media Team Resigns, Futher Shaking Up Campaign Sen. John McCain's well-known media team has resigned, an indication that his campaign shake-up is continuing to backfire and imperiling the Arizona Republican's presidential candidacy. Political ad-makers Russ...
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A Book I Will Not Be Reading This Summer
by Maynard on July 25, 2007The University of Iowa Press thought it would be a really good idea to publish the "poetry" of the terrorist barbarians being held at Gitmo. Perhaps next summer they'll release a coffee table book of Hitler's "art," combined with...
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The New World Disorder of the TSA, In Pictures
by Maynard on July 25, 2007So, just to make sure we're all on the same page. Here in pictures is the latest warning, which really isn't a warning at all, to the summer flying public now that the warning has been made, uh, public. Nothing...
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Thank Goodness We’re Allowing Lighters Back On Airplanes
by Maynard on July 25, 2007Great timing with loosening up the airplane rules. Those goofy foodies, After all, we do prefer our cheese a little warm and melty. TSA Warns Airport Security About Terror Dry Runs Airport security officers around the nation have been alerted...
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Scandal at the New York Times?
by Tammy on July 25, 2007A post by Maynard The New York Post is reporting a horrendous scandal at the New York Times. The claim is that a NYT editor got drunk at an office party and was heard to mutter the f-word. No, not...
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The Only Man Missing Is Chamberlain
by Maynard on July 24, 2007Chamberlain waving his 'agreement' with Hitler Now all we need to know is, will it be Maliki or Rice who waves a piece of paper while declaring, "peace for our time"? U.S.-Iran Talks Resume in Baghdad The United States,...
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Botulism Recall Issue Now Termed “Urgent” By FDA
by Maynard on July 23, 2007We're now being told tens of millions of cans of canned meat, both human and dog products, may be infected with deadly botulism. After what were somewhat casual recall notices, the FDA has stepped their warnings, with the latest FDA...
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Whatever They Want, I’ll Pay It
by Maynard on July 23, 2007Whatever. They. Want. Starbucks raising U.S. drinks prices next week Starbucks Corp will raise U.S. prices on coffee, lattes and other drinks by an average of 9 cents a cup next week to help offset soaring costs for milk...
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Alleged Child Molester Freed Because No Translator Could Be Found
by Maynard on July 23, 2007For get about the fact that the 'immigrant' from Liberia attended high school and a community college in Maryland, and spoke English to detectives. Instead, because of political correctness the court released this rapist of a 7-year-old because they couldn't...
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iPhone Browser Security Breached
by Maynard on July 23, 2007A bunch of research geeks at a security firm have figured out a way to exploit your iPhone, using email. Fortunately, they did this openly and as a test. They've even developed a patch for the Safari browser to keep...
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On Fox This Morning
by Maynard on July 23, 2007After missing last week, I'll be on Fox again this morning for the usual 10:20am ET (7:20am PT) segment. Apparently we'll be taking a look at pictures of some presidential candidate which reveal their fashion sense (or lack of it),...
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Meat “Country of Origin” Labeling Passes House Committee
by Maynard on July 22, 2007(Image by Dion Laurent) Actually, the law passed in 2002, but Republicans have delayed its implementation. Another stupid abandonment of conservatives by Republicans, fumbling the ball to the Dems. Pat S. has the details in this email to Tammy...
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Chinese Cloud of Crack Wafts Over California…Really
by Maynard on July 22, 2007Well, perhaps not a cloud of crack specifically, but that's been one Tammy Radio explanation of why certain Americans, like politicians and leftists, have so completely lost their minds. Little did I know the essence of my imagined scenario would...
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Canned Meat Botulism Recall Expanded to Dog Food
by Maynard on July 22, 2007Oh, for Christ's sake. On the 19th, I posted about a human food/canned meat recall because of botulism. Well, we're now being told to ignore the production date limitations and reject all the products regardless of date, and it involves...