Author: BooMan

Silly Stuff

If you haven’t seen Noz’s account of being dive-bombed by bats, you gotta take a look. And the bat wars have continued. I’m pretty sure you have to get rabies shots in these situations, just in case you got a...

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U.S. Midwest: Open Discussion

In the category of ‘You Can’t Make This Shit Up’, Michele Bachmann’s son has joined AmeriCorp through their Teach for America program. Bachmann, of course, has said that AmeriCorps is the equivalent of...

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Diagnosing the Threat from the Right

John H. Richardson of Esquire spent some quality time with the Birthers. What he has to say about them is not comforting. Others argue that the whole thing is getting overblown because it’s August — the “silly...

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Do You Really Want to Sponsor Glenn Beck?

Three of the top recommended diaries at Daily Kos right now are about sponsors pulling their support for Glenn Beck’s television show on FOX News. Geico, Sargento Cheese, and Men’s Wearhouse have all dropped Glenn...

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Let’s Talk About Something Else

Looking at an Iowan take on the 2012 Republican presidential race, I’m struck by how implausible all ten of the proposed candidates are. I mean, Chuck Grassley, Bobby Jindal? Seriously? And they’re probably the pick...

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