Archive for June, 2008

OH, YES, AND THEY’RE RIOTING IN AFRICA….

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

YAHOO, BOO HOO!
Everything seemingly is spinning out of control
By ALAN FRAM and EILEEN PUTMAN, Associated Press Writers
Sat Jun 21, 3:14 PM ET
WASHINGTON - Is everything spinning out of control?
Midwestern levees are bursting. Polar bears are adrift. Gas prices are skyrocketing. Home values are abysmal. Air fares, college tuition and health care border on unaffordable. Wars […]

CONSPIRACY THEORY

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

THE REASON WHY OIL PRICES ARE SPIKING?
SPECULATORS AND SPECULATION, ALL DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING…
ARE THE SPECULATORS REPUBLICANS??
NO, NOT AT ALL, THE SPECULATORS ARE THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS, RADICAL AND OTHERWISE, WHO RECOGNIZE THAT THE HIGHER THE PRICE OF OIL, THE LESS CARBON FOOTPRINTS WE WILL FIND ON THE PLANET EARTH.
NO REAL SURPRISE, EH?

DO WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS? A CELTICS PLOT?

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

LA TIMES THINKS THIS IS IMPORTANT…..
Shaquille O’Neal attacks Kobe Bryant in a freestyle rap
He takes a shot at the Lakers star for failing to win a title without him and helping destroy his marriage. He also takes jabs at Patrick Ewing and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Phoenix Suns center Shaquille O’Neal unleashed a verbal attack on former Lakers […]

YES, AGAIN, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AN ENGLAND….

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

THIS FROM THE GUARDIAN CAUGHT MY FANCY AND AMAZEMENT THAT ANYONE COULD WRITE AS MANY WORDS ON SUCH A SUBJECT…..
Here’s one they made up earlier
Speculation about her sexual orientation has endured for 30 years. But now, at 71, the former Blue Peter presenter Valerie Singleton has spoken candidly about the men in her life […]

ANOTHER DEATH, OF A GREAT CAT…….

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

EGO, OF TORONTO AND HALIFAX AND POINTS IN BETWEEN….OBITUARY SUBMITTED BY OLGA KITS, WHO TOOK CARE OF EGO FOR MANY WONDERFUL YEARS…….LIVES LIVED, (GLOBE $ MAIL) TAKE NOTE!
To All of Ego’s friends and acquaintances,
Ego (a.k.a. ’sticky rice’, ‘cranky cat’) died today after having been with me for 14 years. Lucky for her (and me) she […]

LO, THE GIANTS’ SAVIOUR?

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

FROM THE SAN MATEO COUNTY TIMES, AND JOHN HORGAN’S DESK…..
Neukom is coming home
By John Horgan
Saturday, May 17th, 2008 at 6:35 am in Uncategorized.
In one sense, Bill Neukom is coming home. He’s going to be the new managing general partner of the San Francisco Giants when Peter Magowan retires from that post later this year. Neukom, […]

ONE OF THE (TRULY) GREAT–GEORGE CARLIN — RIP

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

YES, A ROLE MODEL, AND A RARE ONE AT THAT
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES…..
June 24, 2008
George Carlin, 71, Irreverent Standup Comedian, Is Dead
By MEL WATKINS
George Carlin, the Grammy-Award winning standup comedian and actor who was hailed for his irreverent social commentary, poignant observations of the absurdities of everyday life and language, and groundbreaking routines like […]