Archive for July, 2008

Foreign Follies

The WSWS, predictably enough, has little regard for Obama’s Germany speech.
Frankly, it wasn’t very impressive._____
It is obvious Obama is auditioning for the title role of Jesus Christ Superstar._____
I am not the only one underwhelmed by Obama’s globetrotting.
The conversation everybody is talking about:
Cameron:“You should be on the beach. You need a break. Well, you need to […]

Campaign Chicanery

You don’t have to be a conspiracy theorist to believe something was and is rotten in this campaign season. You can see it all around with rigged caucuses, crossover voting, media manipulation, and the like.
You can also question whether so-called Democratic operatives really are Democrats to begin . In the linked piece, the writer questions […]

Madam Saigon: No wonder the Vietnamese are so slim!

Starter Sampler $29.90 (6pax)
This is a wild guess, but I reckon that more women like Vietnamese food than men. We are talking about Singaporeans of course. The reason I say this is because Vietnamese food is pretty healthy and low in oil and coconut milk. I think if we did a survey, the number of […]

Heather Mills is a (Rhymes with ‘Bunt’)

There is no doubt that Heather Mills is one of the most hated people in the world - especially when politicians aren’t involved.
After her highly publicized, messy divorce to Paul McCartney her image has only gotten worse. Blame that on no one but Mills herself. She has apparently gotten so bad, that even her publicist […]

Morning Joe and the Loudmouth

Naturally Chris Matthews tries to put his best spin on Obama’s boring speech in Berlin yesterday:
Frankly Disney is more of a comparison; however, I don’t like the “Obambi” nickname, for it is an insult to the memory of the great children’s author Felix Salten (real name: Siegmund Salzmann).
Speaking of Bambi, I didn’t know Whittaker Chambers […]

July 25th ought to be a holiday

Today is the birthday
… of Academy Award nominee Barbara Harris. The actress is 73. Ms. Harris was nominated for best supporting actress for Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
… of basketball hall-of-famer Nate Thurmond, 67 today.
… of Joey. Matt LeBlanc is 41.
And …
Henry Knox […]