February 2002 – Page 5 – Richard Bennett

Impeach Jane Swift

— Back in the 70’s, a wave of hysteria swept the nation around Satanic Ritual Abuse of children and child sex abuse in general. Originally driven by radical feminists who believe that most American girls are raped by their fathers (I’m not kidding), the movement gained strength when opportunisitic politicians realized that prosecuting large scale sex abuse cases was the key to the headlines and all that notoriety has to offer. Janet Reno first became famous prosecuting these cases in Miami. The coercive investigative techniques
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The font of all curling stones

is linked by this nice little summary on techno-blog Saltire Blogging by Steve MacLaughlin: The best curling stones are all mined from the same location: the Ailsa Craig. The Ailsa Craig is a towering island of granite rising 1100 feet from the surface of the Firth of Clyde off Scotland’s west coast. The Ailsa Craig … Continue reading “The font of all curling stones”

is linked by this nice little summary on techno-blog Saltire Blogging by Steve MacLaughlin:

The best curling stones are all mined from the same location: the Ailsa Craig. The Ailsa Craig is a towering island of granite rising 1100 feet from the surface of the Firth of Clyde off Scotland’s west coast. The Ailsa Craig is sometimes known as Paddy’s Milestone as it sits between Scotland and Ireland.

Take a walk on the wild side and check out technoblogs.

If a tree falls in the forest

and nobody hears it, does it show up in your log? I was Instapundited on the ninth, and didn’t know about it until I poked around on Blogdex and saw the link. There was no unusual upsurge of traffic over here that day, either. It must have been one of those days when Blogspot had … Continue reading “If a tree falls in the forest”

and nobody hears it, does it show up in your log? I was Instapundited on the ninth, and didn’t know about it until I poked around on Blogdex and saw the link. There was no unusual upsurge of traffic over here that day, either. It must have been one of those days when Blogspot had the vapors, or my story was too lame, or something. Weird.

Well anyhow, I can shut down this site now and get back to work.

California Republican Death Wish III

— This letter to Andrew Sullivan epitomizes what the GOP is up against in terms of survival (www.AndrewSullivan.com – Letters) THE TROUBLE WITH DICK RIORDAN: I work in GOP political circles (and have for years) and have been following the California gubernatorial GOP primary race with great interest. You’re probably right that Riordan is the … Continue reading “California Republican Death Wish III”

— This letter to Andrew Sullivan epitomizes what the GOP is up against in terms of survival (www.AndrewSullivan.com – Letters)

THE TROUBLE WITH DICK RIORDAN:
I work in GOP political circles (and have for years) and have been following the California gubernatorial GOP primary race with great interest. You’re probably right that Riordan is the only Republican who can beat Gray Davis.

Let’s stop right here, GOP activist, because you’ve come to the end of your rational thought process. The party out of power has no ability to influence public policy, and with a 1/3 – 2/3 split in the legislature, you don’t even have a vote on the budget or urgency bills. If only one candidate has a snowball’s chance of winning, there’s no need for further discussion, unless losing is what you’re in politics to do. But he goes on:
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The Man’s keeping us (hic) down!

by Kevin L. Hoover Monday, January 28 7:38 a.m. 2:05 p.m. There was some telephone back-and-forth between a marijuana clinic and an individual. Everyone was advised to cool out. 3:01 p.m. A hysterical call came in from Western Avenue, with the caller reporting that people all hopped up on marijuana and methamphetamine were going to … Continue reading “The Man’s keeping us (hic) down!”

by Kevin L. Hoover

Monday, January 28 7:38 a.m. 2:05 p.m. There was some telephone back-and-forth between a marijuana clinic and an individual. Everyone was advised to cool out.

3:01 p.m. A hysterical call came in from Western Avenue, with the caller reporting that people all hopped up on marijuana and methamphetamine were going to try to run him over as he blocked their vehicle from leaving the scene. The line then went dead. Police found a more or less routine landlord/tenant dispute; not the dire druggie-drivey sitch earlier described.

10:25 p.m. Wanted on warrants
He scrammed when he saw police
Chased down, cuffed; look – pot!

Tuesday, January 29 9 a.m. A young man out on a sprainting spree, clad in a classic 21st Century hood uniform including the mandatory sweatshirt and identity-concealing hood, vandalized the Ninth and G phone booth and marked the PG&E box there. In this case, they actually snagged the little creepy crawly. Sure, he denied it at first, then admitted and erased the ugliness. Now he’s on file and effectively neutered as a graffiti tagger.

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Hot links

Hot off the referer log, we have some new linkers: A Dog’s Life Coyote at the Dog Show Kyle Still Free Press And the most intriguing Google search of the day: http://www.google.com/search?q=Male+Model,+Richard Thank you one and all. The best thing about this referer log dealie is that you can find all the most tasteful and … Continue reading “Hot links”

Hot off the referer log, we have some new linkers:

A Dog’s Life
Coyote at the Dog Show
Kyle Still Free Press

And the most intriguing Google search of the day:
http://www.google.com/search?q=Male+Model,+Richard

Thank you one and all. The best thing about this referer log dealie is that you can find all the most tasteful and discriminating blogs just by looking at who links you. Very cool.

Oh – my – God!

The Nando Times: Gore holds first fund-raisers since contested 2000 elections WASHINGTON (February 20, 2002 10:54 p.m. EST) – Former Vice President Al Gore is stepping up efforts to raise money for his political action committee, holding his first two fund-raisers since the contested presidential elections this week and scheduling money-raising events in coming weeks … Continue reading “Oh – my – God!”

The Nando Times: Gore holds first fund-raisers since contested 2000 elections

WASHINGTON (February 20, 2002 10:54 p.m. EST) – Former Vice President Al Gore is stepping up efforts to raise money for his political action committee, holding his first two fund-raisers since the contested presidential elections this week and scheduling money-raising events in coming weeks in Florida, New York and California.

Dropped on his head at birth, apparently.

Taint gonna get no respect

— The Nando Times: McCain says he was ‘tainted’ by donations LOS ANGELES (February 20, 2002 11:15 a.m. EST) – Although he has been “tainted” by donations from Global Crossing, Sen. John McCain says he never acted improperly on behalf of the troubled telecommunications firm. Oh to be as holy as McCain and Jeffords. They … Continue reading “Taint gonna get no respect”

— The Nando Times: McCain says he was ‘tainted’ by donations

LOS ANGELES (February 20, 2002 11:15 a.m. EST) – Although he has been “tainted” by donations from Global Crossing, Sen. John McCain says he never acted improperly on behalf of the troubled telecommunications firm.

Oh to be as holy as McCain and Jeffords. They do for morals what government cheese does for gastronomy.

The Nando Times: Pentagon says

The Nando Times: Pentagon says new office won’t deliberately spread lies WASHINGTON (February 20, 2002 3:55 p.m. EST) – Pentagon officials on Wednesday denied planning to use a new Office of Strategic Influence to plant erroneous information in the news media to promote U.S. war goals. “The Pentagon does not issue disinformation to the foreign … Continue reading “The Nando Times: Pentagon says”

The Nando Times: Pentagon says new office won’t deliberately spread lies

WASHINGTON (February 20, 2002 3:55 p.m. EST) – Pentagon officials on Wednesday denied planning to use a new Office of Strategic Influence to plant erroneous information in the news media to promote U.S. war goals.

“The Pentagon does not issue disinformation to the foreign press or any press,” Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said.

Too bad – I was looking forward to some standard-issue, government-produced fiction; the civilian stuff’s getting too predictable. But it probably would have read like government cheese tastes.

Yahoo! News – Sen. Jeffords

Yahoo! News – Sen. Jeffords to Campaign for Dems MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) – Sen. James Jeffords (news – web sites), an independent who abandoned the Republican party last year, said Wednesday he’ll campaign for some Democratic Senate candidates because he wants to prevent an “abuse of power” by an unchecked GOP majority. “If they have … Continue reading “Yahoo! News – Sen. Jeffords”

Yahoo! News – Sen. Jeffords to Campaign for Dems

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) – Sen. James Jeffords (news – web sites), an independent who abandoned the Republican party last year, said Wednesday he’ll campaign for some Democratic Senate candidates because he wants to prevent an “abuse of power” by an unchecked GOP majority.

“If they have total power then they will be very, very different from what my beliefs are what the government’s function should be,” Jeffords said. “I think it would be very dangerous for the country.”

Of course he does, and now that the New England Dairy Compact is history, government cheese will be better than ever.