Archive for January, 2012

Naw, this ain’t class warfare at all

| January 25, 2012 | 27 Comments
Naw, this ain’t class warfare at all

The Washington Post this morning decides that for some reason they’d take some shots at Mitt Romney’s income taxes by publishing a chart from Citizens for Tax Justice who they say “is liberal-leaning but nonpartisan”. Yeah, I could almost imagine the Post calling an organization like the Cato Institute or the Heritage Fountation “right-leaning, but […]

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Jesse Jackson on the Republican Primary in SC

| January 25, 2012 | 8 Comments
Jesse Jackson on the Republican Primary in SC

So I’m sitting here with Fox News in the background (hoping to catch a glimpse of weather girl, Maria Molina) and suddenly, i noticed they were interviewing Jesse Jackson who was complaining that the Republicans are racist because in South Carolina none of the candidates bothered to visit Black churches or Black-owned businesses. In the […]

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Where was VoteVets on Kerry’s tax return?

| January 25, 2012 | 12 Comments
Where was VoteVets on Kerry’s tax return?

The other day, TSO wrote about Jon Soltz’ appearance on some derelict’s show on MSNBC calling for Mitt Romney to release his tax returns. Dicksmith wrote about it calling it “The Battle of the 1%“. They framed their complaint with some blathering bullshit about how veterans cared about Mitt’s tax returns. But now that Romney’s […]

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Pretend sergeant/model

| January 25, 2012 | 74 Comments
Pretend sergeant/model

An anonymous reader sent us this last night, and I couldn’t help but post it to get your eyeballs calibrated this morning. If only all of our pretenders looked like this; This is Tiffany Ginger, a professional model on the TV show, Sweet Home Alabama who claims to be a sergeant in the Army Reserve; […]

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SEALs free aid workers in Somalia

| January 25, 2012 | 3 Comments
SEALs free aid workers in Somalia

Two aid workers were rescued by Navy SEALs from Somali pirates in the early morning raid that came on two helicopters according to Fox News; The Danish Refugee Council confirmed the two aid workers, American Jessica Buchanan and Dane Poul Hagan Thisted, were freed “during an operation in Somalia.” Buchanan, 32, and Thisted, 60, had […]

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GO NAVY – Bravo Zulu!

| January 25, 2012 | 13 Comments
GO NAVY – Bravo Zulu!

American hostage in Somalia rescued by US Navy SEALs in overnight raid In a daring nighttime raid Tuesday, U.S. Navy SEALs rescued two hostages, including one American, who were being held by kidnappers in Somalia, U.S. officials tell NBC News. American Jessica Buchanan, 32, and a 60-year-old Dane, Poul Thisted, were working for a Danish relief […]

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No jail time recommended for Wuterich

| January 24, 2012 | 20 Comments
No jail time recommended for Wuterich

Fox News reports that the judge in the Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich court martial has recommended no time in confinement for the young sergeant; The judge’s decision Tuesday at Camp Pendleton, California, now goes to the commander of the Marine Corps Forces Central Command for approval. Yeah, I think he’s served enough time in the […]

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Who says the law isn’t fun?

| January 24, 2012 | 7 Comments
Who says the law isn’t fun?

Everyone always asserts, I believe incorrectly, that the law is boring.  Oh hellz to the no.  Dude, nothing funnier than a good law suit.  So a buddy of mine shared a case with me today that illustrates this perfectly.  You don’t need to read the whole thing of course, but a taste of this shows […]

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