As many may have noticed, my posting has been virtually non-existent over the past 10 days. This is due to a recent career change, joining a small company helping in the recovery effort in New Orleans. As a result, I have been in New Orleans for the past 7 days working in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC). This experience has been life changing. Those of you who have never … [Read more...] about Life change and New Orleans – a tale of two cities in recovery

She's been there before, but Mariah "Mimi" Carey is my Sign of the Apocalypse #26. Is there a reason? Do I need one? Okay, how about those eight Grammy nominations? … [Read more...] about Mariah Carey’s Grammy groundswell

From the New York Times: SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — In one of Australia's worst outbursts of racial violence, thousands of drunken white youths attacked police and people they believed were of Arab descent at a Sydney beach, angered by reports that Lebanese youths had assaulted two lifeguards. Young men of Arab descent retaliated in several Sydney suburbs, fighting with … [Read more...] about UPDATED: Race Riots in Australia

Via Boudicca's Voice comes a reference to how the system of government in the United States is beginning to resemble that of China in terms of ignoring property rights in favor of what is "best for the community." From Ogre's Politics & Views: What a damn nightmare. As many as 6,000 people may become homeless, directly because of direct government action. Why? So some … [Read more...] about Chipping away at our liberties, in the name of “what is best for the community”

Is it just US? Or do others (of both parties) find Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist as being a curious combination of the sincerity of Uriah Heep and the less lovable aspects of Republican Richard Nixon and Democrat Al Gore? We read stories like this and (a) shudder, (b) realize that any strategy he embraces is likely to be the worst one possible, one that will boomerang on … [Read more...] about Frist Is Ready To Use Nuclear Option To Confirm Alito

If you get a lemon, make lemonade. If you get worm crap, make fertilizer:TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) — Tom Szaky is wearing what he calls his "greed hat," turning worm excrement into profit. The 23-year-old Princeton dropout set out to be a smart entrepreneur, not an environmental hero. His growing business is built on organic fertilizer made from worm feces, then bottled … [Read more...] about A Crappy Story

Constitutional Law stars Sanford Levinson and Jack Balkin are debating the issues. Find out why Balkin has convinced me the answer is "yes." … [Read more...] about Should Liberals Keep Roe?

This is such a fascinating item, we just HAD to repost it today. Someone send THIS LINK to Iran's President. It takes you to a fascinating page on the critically acclaimed WMFU radio's website: a page of Nazi swing music.Last March, I posted what I thought was the first volume of music by Charlie and His Orchestra, a Nazi big band assembled by Hitler's minister of propaganda, … [Read more...] about Music To Goosestep And Hate Jews By (REPOSTED)

There have been a series of logistical and posting problems over the past week, particularly on Saturday during the day and early this morning. We still haven't resolved them totally. So until around the 19th you MAY see fewer posts than usual, although our co-bloggers may be able to post a bit more (depending on their schedules). Our post on Richard Pryor last night took … [Read more...] about Thank You For Your Patience

Arab News wonders why (if the controversial report is indeed correct) George W. Bush would want to bomb Al Jazeera....and asks about the whereabouts of let's-kill-'em-all-you-know-who:It doesn’t surprise me that George Bush had a plan to bomb the Doha headquarters of the pesky Arabic news channel Al-Jazeera back into the desert age. What shocks me is that he hasn’t sent … [Read more...] about The Ever Elusive Bin Laden

BBC: Massive explosions hit fuel depot. Three large explosions have rocked a fuel depot near Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire shooting flames hundreds of feet into the sky. Police say there are casualties and emergency services are at the scene. The first blast happened at 0603 GMT at the Buncefield fuel depot, close to junction 8 of the M1 motorway, 10 miles from Luton … [Read more...] about UPDATED: Blasts in Britain – Supposedly an Accident

For all the talk about rebuilding New Orleans from politicos of both parties (seemingly trying to outdo each other) it sounds as if the city may never rise again, as the New York Times writes:We are about to lose New Orleans. Whether it is a conscious plan to let the city rot until no one is willing to move back or honest paralysis over difficult questions, the moment is upon … [Read more...] about Is New Orleans On Life Support?

We're having some severe posting problems tonight and as a result can't do any more corrections on the Richard Pryor post that you can see below. Nor will we post anymore until after 7 a.m. tomorrow. … [Read more...] about Posting Problems

Comedian Richard Pryor, who died yesterday, had little, then he had it all, then he nearly lost it all — but in the end you could say he really had it all. Because Pryor died truly a comedy legend...a legend who DID it all...and did it all well...and towards the end of his life received expressions of appreciation for all he had accomplished: the struggle to get noticed … [Read more...] about Groundbreaking And Trendsetting Comedian Richard Pryor Dies

Jane Galt has 16 common sense ideas that will make you rich. Seriously. … [Read more...] about Need Great Financial Advice?

Matthew Holley was 21 when he give his life for our country. He was killed in Iraq by injuries he suffered from an IED. Shockingly, his body was very nearly shipped back to his family without full honors. Thankfully his mother and father stood up and demanded that Matthew be given the respect he deserved. However, some of the fallen are still being treated as mere baggage on … [Read more...] about Our Fallen Being Shipped As Freight?

Yesterday was one of the days with the fewest posts ever for TMV. The reason: co-bloggers were busy and TMV himself drove some 250 miles to do shows in several Southern California counties. We hope to have more posts on this site today. FOOTNOTE: One of TMV's shows was in a performing arts center in Southern California, where he did a backstage show for kids performing in a … [Read more...] about Apologies To Our Readers

I have neither seen the movie nor read the books, so this is not a reflection on either. However, I just wanted to point out a telling feature of The Family Research Council's rave review: At two hours and twenty minutes, Gresham says, he felt "that no time [had] passed...like Narnia-time in reverse." Australia's newspaper, The Age, noted Gresham's "enormous reserves of charm, … [Read more...] about Narnia Sends Women Back To The Kitchen

You know you want to see it. Prettier than Napoleon with the link. … [Read more...] about Serenity via Handpuppets

A man who appears to be unquestionably innocent of murder languishes on Mississippi's death row. … [Read more...] about While You Were Watching Tookie…