Browsing the blog archives for September, 2010
Puffing on a cigar Fidel Castro admitted to reporters that the communist system he instituted in Cuba has not worked out according to plan. “Boy do I have egg on my face” said the long-time leader of Cuba. “I don’t know what went wrong. The government runs 90 percent of the economy and we have […]
In the latest disturbing trend on the front lines in Iraq, Afghanistan and here at home, once loyal dogs trained as bomb-sniffers have been going rogue. Some have refused to sniff. Others have taken a more activist approach, strapping bombs to themselves and blowing up handlers. Still others abandon all pretense to dignity, chasing cars […]
Hitting the campaign trail in the weeks before the midterm elections, President Obama has a new message for the public. “This is the autumn of recovery” Obama told cheering supporters. “The Republicans don’t want you to know about the good economic news. My policies are responsible for this.” As the Secret Service patrolled the […]
It’s happened to all of us. At some point in your life you will be pulled over by a policeman and given a speeding ticket. This will lead to a fine and points on your license. Both of these you naturally want to avoid. As part of my continuing series that provides life advice to […]
Ceremonies marking the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks were held at Ground Zero in lower Manhattan. As bagpipes played the names of all the victims were read aloud. A prayer was said. Then Mayor Bloomberg stepped to the podium and began his remarks. “If the attacks on that day have proven anything it is […]
After three years of painstaking remastering using the latest technology, the tapes sent to Impossible Missions agent Jim Phelps have been declassified and are now available to the general public. “It took us longer than expected” said the technician in charge of the project. “Most of the tapes had been doused in acid, burned, blown […]
From Cancun, Mexico where the U.N. is holding its latest climate change summit, Rajenda Pachauri, head of the IPCC, wiped the sweat from his brow. “It’s hot here in Mexico” he told assembled reporters. “Hot hot hot! If the fact that Cancun is sweltering through a heat wave doesn’t prove the validity of man-made global […]
“90 percent of this game is half mental” ~ Yogi Berra It was a bad weekend of baseball. Sunday I went to see minor league baseball. The Staten Island Yankees lost to the Vermont Lake Monsters 7-4. And today, on a clear, beautiful late summer afternoon, a holiday no less, the Yankees lost to the […]
With less than eight weeks until the presidential election of 1840 and trailing in the polls to the Whig challenger William Henry Harrison, President Martin Van Buren has accused his opponents of being motivated by racism. With the United States mired in its worst recession in 20 years many pundits are predicting an easy Whig […]
Recently I was lucky enough to snag an interview with one of the decades most fascinating personalities and one that everyone wants to interview: the Gulf Oil Spill himself. MI: Thank you for meeting with me. Let’s start out with some basic questions. How old are you? GOS: I’m about 65 million years old. Give […]