I swear I remember Cousin Larry from Perfect Strangers doing this.
A 19-year-old Hutchinson man was arrested after allegedly breaking into his own home and stealing a car, jewelry, some money, and other items. Police said he allegedly lured his other family members away Friday afternoon by making a dinner reservation for them in Chanhassen. Then, [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Weird Robbery Or Wacky Sitcom Plot?
December 31st, 2008
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RICO For Catholic Abuse
December 31st, 2008
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Way back when I was writing about Cardinal Law and the coverup by the archdiocese in Boston, I was in favor of using RICO to go after the church for their systematic hiding of pedophiles.
Connecticut’s Catholic Church is charged with racketeering in a suit that claims church officials covered up alleged sex abuse by priests, [...]
Mystique Is Pregnant
December 31st, 2008
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Mostly stupid but I like that Jerry O’Connell indulges in the same kind of stupidity I would if I were married to Rebecca Romijn. I understand that Teri Hatcher and Erica Durance are still open to playing Lois… (Kate Bosworth? Eh…)
Really Annoyed
December 31st, 2008
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I’m really annoyed by the people on the right who simply accept everything Israel has said and done without a hint of skepticism. I’m equally annoyed by people on the left side who excuse away Hamas’ actions and pile on Israel.
But then, I’m on the disengage with the Middle east faction, so maybe I see [...]
Cynthia McKinney Delivers
December 30th, 2008
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Still crazy, 9-11 truther and hairdo activist Cynthia McKinney makes waves in the Middle East. Sigh.
Dead Celebs Sell Junk
December 30th, 2008
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Apparently this ad with John Lennon selling the One Laptop Per Child is upsetting some people. Folks, from the minute Fred Astaire sold a Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner and Gene Kelly sold a VW, that was the sign that the jig was up.
Do Not Mess With The Gods Of Football
December 30th, 2008
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The Patriots were warned.
As if having a perfect season spoiled with a loss in the last Super Bowl and losing MVP quarterback Tom Brady to a season-ending knee injury less than eight minutes into this season were not enough to punish the Patriots for their videotaping scandal of last year, missing the playoffs after posting [...]
Tom Brokaw Gets To The Heart Of What Was Wrong With Tim Russert’s “Meet The Press”
December 29th, 2008
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The sad thing is, Brokaw has written a profile of Russert and thinks this is a positive aspect of his work to note:
“Tim Russert was in the next generation of broadcast journalists, and his role model was none of the above,” writes Brokaw. “As he often told me, Tim was a John Madden man. Madden, [...]
44-6
December 29th, 2008
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Up front: The Redskins season was a mess. I had low expectations going in, then high expectations when they were 6-2, only to see them lose game after game for no good reason culminating in the embarrassing loss to the Bengals to effectively get knocked out of the playoffs. And Sunday’s loss to the 49ers [...]
Dallas Cowboys Getting Pwned
December 28th, 2008
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As I write this, the Redskins are strug-gl-ling to come back versus the lowly 49ers (tied 24-24 after giving up 17 free points and now relying on a likely Joe Nedney kick to send the Skins to 8-8), but oh my goodness the Eagles are killing the Cowboys 44-6. Wow.
UPDATE: *SIGH* Nedney field goal is [...]
Little Big Sony
December 28th, 2008
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I’m an XBox 360 owner (and apparently in the majority in the Sony-Microsoft battle, though Nintendo is winning the wider war) and played Little Big Planet for the first time this Christmas at my cousin’s house.
This is what all the noise is about? Oh sure, the game looks cool and I understand the appeal about [...]
Gaza
December 28th, 2008
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It’s our land!
No, it’s our land!
Ceasefire.
Suicide bombing, rocket attack.
Retalliatory rocket attack.
Condemn!
U.S. negotiated ceasefire.
Rinse, lather, repeat.
The sooner we get off oil the sooner we can leave the yahoos in Israel and in the Palestinian/Arab world to their own devices, free to blow each other to smithereens.
The Next Right = The Same Right
December 27th, 2008
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As Vice President-elect Joe Biden noted during the 2008 convention, the GOP continues to offer more of the same.
Chip Saltsman, a candidate for chairman of the Republican National Committee, sent committee members this month a holiday music CD that included “Barack the Magic Negro,” a parody song first aired in 2007 by talk show host [...]
Amazon.com iPhone/iPod App
December 27th, 2008
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If you’re a book junkie like me and you like to check Amazon.com to either see reviews of a book while you’re in a book store or cheat and use Amazon’s recommendation engine, you should use the new Amazon.com app I just found yesterday from them. It works much faster (for me at least) than [...]
Wasilla’s Hillbilly Heroin
December 26th, 2008
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Bristol Palin’s boyfriend’s mom seems to have been arranging an Oxycontin hookup, which led to her arrest. Couldn’t they just have called up Rush Limbaugh?
