I just love that rug
All of us would love to be flies on the wall and listening to that conversation,” said the White House press secretary Dana Perino beforehand, voicing the desire of every Washington journalist and presidential historian.
Drudge (LMAO)
Four rockets struck northern Israel from Lebanon on Thursday, wounding two people, Israeli police and emergency medical services said.
The rockets hit near the city of Nahariya, located about six miles from the Lebanese border, police said. The Israeli military said it returned fire toward the source of the rockets after the attack.
Schools and kindergartens were closed in Nahariya and the nearby town of Shlomi, the Israel Defense Forces reported.
The Israeli military warned civilians in the western Galilee region to stay close to shelters in the aftermath of Thursday’s attack.
The report comes as Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, aimed at halting rocket fire from the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory to the south, entered a 13th day.
Israel fought a similar campaign against the Lebanese Shiite Muslim militia Hezbollah in 2006, during which Hezbollah rained rockets on cities in Israeli’s north for a month before a cease-fire was reached.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Thursday’s attack.
Rain and high winds lashed Washington state Wednesday, causing widespread avalanches, mudslides, flooding and road closures as the heavy snowfall that has buried parts of the state began to rapidly melt.
More than 30,000 people were told to leave their homes in flood-endangered areas across western Washington as authorities warned of heavy flooding.
“This is going to be a memorable flood event,” said Andy Haner, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Seattle............
Caribou Barbie Speaks
I like this guy’s questions, more so, even, than her answers.
OR *clicky*clicky*
His overall question, How Obama Got Elected; Media Malpractice.
ozaoB
Bonus [for those who may have missed it from DougM] *clcky*clicky*
To the secret admirer who bought me the Oye to the World cd...Thanks!
I just picked it up at my PO box and I’m dyin here.
I’m 59 in PotUS years
This is not a broccoli-shunning, pork rind-eating, McDonald’s-popping guy. I mean, this is someone who eats arugula...
When a new president strolls into the White House, there’s a kick in his step and a twinkle in his eyes.
But as the years go by, the high-stakes decisions, constant criticisms and the fluctuating public opinion chip away at the president. His shoulders slump a little and his energy may seem sapped.
The president ages twice as fast while in office, according to a theory advanced by Dr. Michael Roizen, a chief wellness officer at the Cleveland Clinic.“The typical person who lives one year ages one year,” he said. ”The typical president ages two years for every year they are in office.”..........
better to know than not to know
better late than never
How’d I miss this?
George Soros is hosting a fundraiser… to help Democrat Al Franken win the recount in Minnesota’s Senate election.
The gathering at Soros’ Manhattan home will raise money to help Franken’s campaign cover the cost of monitoring the statewide recount.
“The special guest: Al Gore, who knows a thing or two about recounts,” the New York Post reports.
Yeah—but what AGWGore knows ain’t so helpful…
The inverted morality of a despicable, uncivilized coward:
Talkback #23: Fighting for the Prophet
That is why we have 4 wives and many children. They are to stand in front of us so that we are able always to fight another day. If one wife is martyred, I am never lonely; if a dozen of my children protect me, I can create more - allah willing! It is our right;it is our way;it is our religion, the prophet be praised
If your religion expects this, the prophet be damned!
If it doesn’t, blaspheming heretic be damned!
In any case, damn you personally!
Hubba two three four...
~pics~
not a plum!
He checked in his pants
Pulled out an endorsement for Leon Panetta
And said “What a good spy am I!”
yeesh. What a wombat am *I*…
Mojo
For a man about 6’1"- 6’3” with a 40-44 waist. I bought this new for $100 and used it to portray mexican painter Diego Rivera 2 years ago.
Suit it’s in a good condition. If interested call [redacted] and answer these 3 questions;
1.- Why should I give you this suit?
2.- What are you going to use it for?
3.- What is your name and phone number?
Please don’t take longer than a minute or the machine will cut you off.
Will make a decision within a week or so and make calls to pick it in downtown LA.
Bobo Justus: Ever hear about the oranges, Lilly?
...and that rhymes with “C” and that stands for cartooooon!
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian coffee growers are brewing up a lawsuit over a U.S. comic strip joking that violence is so rampant there, maybe “there’s a little bit of Juan Valdez in every can” of the country’s java…
The suit will be filed Friday and “would not seek any less than $20 million,” according to a note on the federation’s Web site. It will also demand a retraction from any newspaper that published the Jan. 2 cartoon.
~cartoon 1/02/09~
No riots in Bogota, though. That’s a relief.
Vice President-elect Joe Biden will visit Southwest Asia later this week as part of a congressional fact-finding tour, his office announced on Monday.
Biden spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander would not say which countries Biden will visit, saying that due to security reasons, details of his itinerary will be released as the trip progresses.
Biden, who has not yet resigned as Democratic senator from Delaware, is making the trip in his capacity as the outgoing chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He takes over the vice presidency on January 20.
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“The fact-finding delegation will make it clear to foreign leaders that they are not there to speak on behalf of the U.S. government, or convey policy positions for the incoming administration,” Alexander said.
“The delegation extends its thanks to the Bush administration for their cooperation in making this trip possible,” she added.
