You Blame Oprah’s Thyroid All You Want, I’ll Go Drink Myself Into Insouciance

12 01 2009

MOAA:  Missourians Refuse to Pay More to Hunt and Fish

Why not?  With the depression, hunting and fishing will be called mealtime.

SEMO:  Cape Girardeau and Jackson experience rash of burglaries

Gee, this wasn’t in the Chamber of Commerce brochure.


P-D Political Fix:  Photos but no questions to be allowed at Nixon’s first appearance as governor

I remember when another Nixon was so inhospitable to the media.  Then again, this Nixon reminds me of the other Nixon in a lot of ways.


P-D Race:  Will you miss the voluntary deseg program?

Depends on the definition of “you.”

P-D Race:  King’s legacy includes tribute to the Jefferson Bank protest

Well, it’s certainly Clay’s legacy, because that one protest set both him and his son for life.

Malkin:  Michelle Obama Wants You!

Why?  Is she not happy with Barack?

Mpls. Star-Tribune:  Bush cautions GOP not to become `anti-immigrant’ as it tries to win back power from Democrats

With that kind of mentality running the Republican Party during the last eight years, and they wonder why the Party lost its ass over the last two cycles.

NYDN:  Make room for mom-in-law! First Grandma moving to White House

Somehow, I get the feeling that everyone in the White House is gonna take Oregon State in the tourney pool this March.

WND:  ‘Beware, we are coming!’ – Islamic rule ‘from Alaska and Chile to South Africa’

They’re gonna take Alaska?  Better make sure those burquas are extra thick and made of moose.

KSDK:  10-year-old reporter gets credentials for Presidential Inauguration

Was initially denied when they thought he was too young and inexperienced to be for real, by someone associated with a 47-year old half-term U.S. Senator that’s about to become President.

Take Two: KSDK:  10-year-old reporter gets credentials for Presidential Inauguration

Too bad he couldn’t have covered the inauguration of the outgoing President, they both go to bed at 9.

Reuters:  U.S. judge allows Madoff to stay out of jail

Well, at least one person in New York City didn’t invest with Madoff.

USNAWR:  Oprah Can Blame Her Thyroid. Can You?

I could, but then I’d be the perrennial laughingstock of Carbondale when they find out that I blame all my life’s problems in Oprah’s thyroid.

AP:  Go East, young man? Californians look for the exit

It’s more like “Go East, white man.”


Business Weak:  Baseball’s New Austerity

George Steinbrenner only spent $400 million this offseason.

NPR:  Michigan Governor Asks Obama For Electric Grid

Maybe Jen needs Obama’s electricity to run Al Gore’s internet.


Reuters:  Young adults may underestimate heart risk: study

Through all the bad news, I am pleased to learn that I’ll be a young adult for another 18 years.


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