Month: July 2006

Cafe Closed ~ Happy Hour II Open.

Froggy Bottom Cafe ~ Early Happy Hour George Is Your Bartender ~ FM Is Napping Newcomers welcome and join the fun. Your first drink is on us! Rude, Crude and Lewd language is encouraged. Please recommend (and unrecommend the...

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Casey Gives Back Gay-Tainted Contribution

When I was at the Philly book signing for Crashing the Gates, a Casey staffer came warily up to me and said something to the effect, “Pleased to meet you, BooMan, I’m so-and-so from Casey’s staff…I know...

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Steady game of brinkmanship in Lebanon

… It’s the weak and defenseless who die in any conflict; seldom the ones who either spark or perpetuate the spilling of blood. The hunt for Hezbollah leaders is translating into civilian casualties, and even if...

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Connections: Dead Zones, Exxon Mobil and Wars

Compare the following two stories. First this one from an AP Business writer, Steve Quinn: DALLAS – Exxon Mobil Corp. said Thursday it earned $10.36 billion in the April-June period, the second largest quarterly profit...

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Seeking a voice of reason

([ed]Also posted at After Downing Street and MyDD) Oxymoron:  A combination of contradictory or incongruous words. (Webster) Jonathan Tasini is a long overlooked, hardworking and truly progressive Democratic candidate...

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