Monthly Archives: May 2008

Setting the bar so low

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Phil Kadath

That anyone can step over it Who is to blame when students fail? If many students fail — a majority even — does that demonstrate faculty incompetence, or could it point to a problem with standards? These are the questions … Continue reading →

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RNS Quote of the Day: 05/15/08

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Phil Kadath

Please note that these temperatures are in Celsius Every day the government sends out an news report via SMS text message. I can’t read it, of course, it’s all in Chinese, but at the very top they have the weather … Continue reading →

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Benjamin Franklin, Smartass

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Alaska

Celebrated my 39th birthday yesterday in part by taking myself to a cherished haunt for lunch: a well-stocked used bookstore next to a Straw Hat Pizza to which I can retire to read my new acquisitions with a favorite dish: pineapple … Continue reading →

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A Damn Good Question

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Phil Kadath

The Mayor of Portland, OR gets to the nut of the problem of having “homeless” folks camp out at City Hall in protest of the city’s anti-camping/loitering laws Both the mayor and protest leaders seem to be feeling the pressure … Continue reading →

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RNS Quote of the Day: 05/14/08

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Phil Kadath

A reporter from The Hill has asked the 97 Senators not currently running for the Executive Office how they’d react if offered the VP spot I plan to stick with my current job until I get the hang of it. … Continue reading →

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About the only way

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Phil Kadath

That you would read a story of this nature in a Seattle newspaper is if the editor wanted to mock the person confused over the cans. A council refused to collect rubbish from a 95-year-old war veteran who is nearly … Continue reading →

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Must be sexism

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Phil Kadath

Apparently, some jackass thrashing an Obama campaign office, leaving slogans such as “Hamas Votes BHO” and “Goddamn Wright” spray painted on the wall equals racism to the MSM. So I am only able to conclude that the visceral hatred John … Continue reading →

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Followup to the Rifles of Boomershoot

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Phil Kadath

Most of y’all probably remember this unique set up from the post with all the Boomershoot rifle pictures Well, yesterday the designer of the very odd looking, but apparently very effective device stopped by. Bruce Da Squirrel Hunter The Tripod … Continue reading →

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Winners and Losers

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Phil Kadath

Recent elections both here and afar have left us with some very clear winners, such as the re-elected Mayor of Irvine, TX, Herbert Gears and the newly elected Mayor of Farmer’s Branch, TX, Tim O’Hare, both of whom ran on … Continue reading →

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Just in case osmosis doesn’t work

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Phil Kadath

The Portland Public School District is going to force feed all the bad things whitey has done to the chilluns Text fills in history of Oregon’s racist acts Portland Public Schools is poised to adopt a new curriculum today, making … Continue reading →

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