MOsanthrope

Missouri Republican Governor Matt Blunt’s disapproval rating has reached an astounding 62%. Fired Up! Missouri has the details.
The Governor has his own problems, of course, but it probably does not help that his dad served as first mate aboard the S.S. Abramoff and spent shore leave with the crew of the S.S. […]

Filed under: Politics, Missouri

After about a week of news isolation brought about by intensive deck-building, football viewing and turkey consumption, I caught the lead stories this morning.
Yesterday’s resignation of Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-CA) led several newscasts. The story did not strike me as particularly newsworthy. Perhaps because recent sniping between Nick and Jessica and […]

Filed under: Politics, News, U.S., Economy

I know, I get way too worked up about the stuff people plaster all over their cars.
I just saw the following bumper sticker:
“I PRAY AND I VOTE!”
What in the Sam Hill does that mean? It’s nice that you pray. I’m catholic. But what does that have to do with voting and […]

Filed under: Politics, Religion, Culture, U.S.

What a buffoon.

Filed under: Politics, U.S., Humor

Number one on my current pet peeves list is this: For far too many Americans, “support the troops” means nothing more than an arduous journey to Wal-Mart and $1.99 for one of those asinine yellow ribbon magnets.
Perhaps I’ve grown too cynical to appreciate the generosity and profound sacrifice behind that gesture. I don’t […]

Filed under: Politics, Culture, U.S.

Rising Hegemon’s Attaturk cracks me up.
Yes, that’s the same “Mean Jean” Schmidt who in August narrowly defended her seat, in a historically Republican district, against Democratic challenger and Iraq war veteran Paul Hackett. This week she caused a bit of a stir in the House by questioning the courage of Congressman Jack Murtha:
He […]

Filed under: Politics, U.S., Humor

Tristero over at Hullabaloo found an interesting post about our other war slash nation-building experiment.
RAWA - the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan - was one of the most vocal groups speaking out against the Taliban when no one was listening. Now, one of their members responds to the bromides being wholesaled by […]

Filed under: Politics, U.S., World

You may recall that we recently had a minor incident involving a 1994 Oldsmobile, our car and our front porch. On Wednesday, I wrote our Alderman to request that something be done about the dangerous intersection across the street.
Today, we received a letter from the City of St. Louis Department of Public Safety, in […]

Filed under: St. Louis, Family

Seriously. As if its roving censors (”guides”), restrictive software, screaming ads and often poor network performance were not reason enough to get your packets elsewhere, now you may add this: AOL has opted to unilaterally add gibbering bots to all of its instant messenger users’ “friend lists.” With them, users may […]

Filed under: IM, Internet

Canadian poachers are attempting to bag robotic moose planted by Nova Scotia Natural Resources.
I admire Natural Resources’ creativity, and a pun would be too easy.

Filed under: Sports, Humor, Environment

Krauthammer’s piece in today’s Washington Post is worth a read:
Because every few years this country, in its infinite tolerance, insists on hearing yet another appeal of the Scopes monkey trial, I feel obliged to point out what would otherwise be superfluous: that the two greatest scientists in the history of our species were Isaac Newton […]

Filed under: Science, Religion

I’ve always said that a judicial career has its perks.
Superior Court Judge Kevin Ross was also cited Wednesday for filming a pilot television series called “Mobile Court” in a Los Angeles strip club.
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The commission said he violated judicial ethics by getting paid $5,000 in 2002 for a TV pilot that was never […]

Filed under: Law, Ethics

Remember the heated exchange between senate Democrats and Energy Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-AK — yes, that Ted Stevens) at the start of last week’s Joint Senate Hearing on Energy Pricing and Profits? At issue was whether the oil company executives should be sworn to testify under oath. Stevens reminded the panel that
[t]hese […]

Filed under: Politics, U.S., Ethics

We live in a great neighborhood. Its population is diverse, generally progressive and disproportionately young. It’s filled with rehabbed historic homes, ethnic restaurants, corner bars and eclectic shops all within walking distance. These days it seems that a cool new place opens its doors every month. We love […]

Filed under: St. Louis, Family

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The blog uses WordPress publishing […]

Filed under: Announcements, Blogs, Internet

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