Mario IV, some states just never learn. Mario Cuomo sworn in for fourth term as governor, from Nick Reisman, Politics on the Hudson:
But Gov. Andrew Cuomo did take some time to enjoy being back in an old
Editor’s note:
We’ve been reposting this at BitsBlog for over a decade, now, each Christmas. It’s among the most popular and requested posts we’ve ever had. It’s become a site tradition.
A Bithead’s Christmas
I find myself wanting to take
Obami* stuck on Green, going green is not the same as going smart. from the Washington Post:
[Laurence] Anton has been out of work since 2008, when his job as a surveyor vanished with Florida’s once-sizzling housing market.
t was nearly the end of the day, today , when I finally realized that I had not written anything in terms of a comment on the day.
Usually I tend to take the attitude that if I don’t have
From Sky News:
Celebrites and friends have been paying tribute to actor Gary Coleman who has died after suffering a brain haemorrhage.
The former star of 70s sitcom Diff’rent Strokes was reportedly treated in hospital for a serious head injury
United Airlines – 1: Terrorist – 0, United Airlines shows the intestinal fortitude so lacking among the Obami, from Associated Press:
DENVER—A Qatari diplomat who created a bomb scare mid-flight earlier this week tried boarding the same airline
Jennifer Rubin on the Dim Won’s fading power of oratory, Commentary:
[Barack Obama’s] rhetoric (which to the amazement of many conservatives – who noticed he was largely talking New Age gibberish during the campaign – transfixed a great number
Pirates – 11, Navy – 0, Dana Hughes and Kirit Radia from ABC News:
A U.S. Navy ship has sunk a pirate “mother ship” in the Indian Ocean and captured 11 pirates, and then promptly let them go.
While
Standing up to the abortion industry, Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit:
IN KNOXVILLE, black pastors complain about abortions. You don’t see this kind of thing much.
Maybe you should. Planned Parenthood’s business is killing babies and they move in a
General Alexander M. Haig, United State Army, died today at age 85, from Mark Feeney, Boston Globe:
Alexander M. Haig Jr., who as secretary of state declared “I’m in control here” when Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981, and
Continue reading about Alexander M. Haig, General, United States Army: RIP(age 85)
Thoughts on J.D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye, from Pat Austin, And so it goes in Shreveport:
J. D. Salinger was not my favorite author ever, but I’m sorry he has died. I teach Catcher in the