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1115’s favorite dictator is in the news again, and not just because he suddenly canceled his plans to attend the Beijing Olympics.
The ruling coalition in Pakistan has sparked a minor crisis by threatening to impeach President Pervez Musharraf.
Pakistan’s ruling coalition parties say they will begin impeachment proceedings against President Pervez Musharraf.
Party leaders Asif Ali Zardari […]
Yet another story has surfaced about Diebold engaging in cyber-tampering with election results.
This one relates to the 2002 Georgia elections, which produces these two striking surprises:
Some critics of electronic voting raised questions about the 2002 Georgia race even at the time. Incumbent Democratic Sen. Max Cleland, who was five percentage points ahead of Republican […]
US Airways will stop movies on domestic flights - AP (7/10/08):
Better bring a book on flights. US Airways says it will start removing in-flight entertainment systems on domestic flights in November to save about $10 million annually in fuel and other costs.
Spokesman Phil Gee says the movie systems weigh about 500 pounds each, forcing planes […]
Living in the Bay Area means that every third car I pass is sporting an Obama sticker. I’m sure it will come as no surprise that this gives me road rage.
Ever since the absurd Democratic primary essentially ended in March, I have been trying to figure out what kind of bumper sticker […]
At the beginning of April we brought you news of a San Francisco group’s efforts to honor President Bush by renaming a sewage treatment plant after him.
Those efforts are bearing fruit, and the issue may soon be in the hands of San Francisco voters:
If you’ve attended an event or festival in San Francisco lately - […]
Our president who art divorced from both reality and truthfulness, expressed both those aspects of his character during his radio address on Saturday, when he addressed the defense spending bill recently passed by the Senate and now due to be taken up by the House. The bill, you may recall, includes a 3.9% pay […]
State Supreme Court says same-sex couples have right to marry SF Chronicle (5/15/08):
Gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry in California, the state Supreme Court said today in a historic ruling that could be repudiated by the voters in November.
In a 4-3 decision, the justices said the state’s ban on same-sex marriage violates […]
Bibles to be Delivered with Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Editor & Publisher (5/12/08)
A religious group is planning to distribute 250,000 Pittsburgh-themed New Testament Bibles in advertising pouches to be delivered with editions of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper.
Pittsburgh-themed? If they do it in Pittsburghese, I’m going to need someone to send me a copy, because […]
Man sues airline over flight spent in toilet - Reuters (5/14/08):
A New York man who says he was denied a seat on a five-hour JetBlue flight and was instead told to “hang out” in the plane’s bathroom has sued the airline for $2 million, saying he suffered “extreme humiliation.”
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At one point, the airplane experienced turbulence […]
That isn’t my headline. Reuters gets to take the bow for it (even if they’re short a period).
If you can resist reading the story, you’re a better man that I, Gunga Din.
One of the punchlines: “How do you know if you haven’t gone home and tried it?”
