Les Enfants Terrible

• Rest in Peace Foge

  A little Vikings tidbit: Foge Fazio, defensive coordinator for the Vikings (1996-1998) has died of leukemia. The most significant thing I remember about coach Fazio was his unusual name, which is why the story caught my eye. It turns out he had a long, successful career in the thankless [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2009, 3:37pm EST
  

• It's Real Now

  Stiffed by Obama, "Save the Children" concert organizers came up with a solution:
  
  ...organizers replaced him with an Obama cardboard cutout.
  
  And thus, six years after the myth was born, the fake turkey finally makes an appearance.
  
  I wonder if Tim Blair [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 9:58pm EST
  

• Ward's karma is bad

  Roughly a week ago, Steelers receiver Hines Ward pounded his two-time Super Bowl champ in the media for not playing with a concussion:
  
  "This game is almost like a playoff game," Ward said. "It's almost a 'must' win. So, I can see some players or some teammates kind" [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 4:53pm EST
  

• Treat Us as Monkeys

  The problem isn't that we, as humans, have a natural and healthy skepticism or that we have the capacity to recognize bullshit when we see it. The problem, according to Karen Fish, is that we are too narrow-minded:
  
  The root problem with the names Climate Change, Global Warming' [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 7:06am EST
  

• Ideology is settled

  My hat is off today for Barack Obama, who has the courage to come forward and demonstrate a dedication to science over politics in the face of overwhelming pressure:
  
  ...we base our public policies on the soundest science; that we appoint scientific advisers based on their credentials and experience, [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 5:58pm EST
  

• At Last: Unity

  Monbiot, as disgusted was ever with the oil companies coordinated attack on climate science, nevertheless notes an irony emerging among the warm mongers:
  
  Confronted with crisis, most of the environmentalists I know have gone into denial.
  
  We're all denialists now!' [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 10:28pm EST
  

• Hiding the Decline of Global Warming Science

  And thus, the NYT proclaims Climategate a mere speed bump:
  
  The evidence pointing to a growing human contribution to global warming is so widely accepted that the hacked material is unlikely to erode the overall argument.
  
  Of course, the evidence comes from the very same models that [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 6:23pm EST
  

• Vindication is Sweet

  Mark Steyn has quotes from two leading warming-mongers today. Here's one from Aussie Tim Flannery:
  
  We’re dealing with an incomplete understanding of the way the earth system works… When we come to the last few years when we haven’t seen a continuation of that (warming) trend we don’t [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 4:28pm EST
  

• Beer Fridges Create Hookers

  Never let it be said that people lack imagination when it comes to finding things to lay at global warming's door:
  
  Suneeta Mukherjee, country representative of the United Nations Food Population Fund (UNFPA), said women in the Philippines are the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:09pm EST
  

• What the Hell, its Only Other People's Money

  A $100 million here, a $100 million there, and sooner or later it starts adding up to real money.
  
  If I was one of the senators not getting a $100 million payoff for my vote, I think I'd hold out.' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:36pm EST
  

• Eating Crow on Favre

  Eight games into the 2009 football season, let's revisit my reaction to the signing of Brett Favre back in August:
  
  I think it's a bad deal.
  
  An excellent illustration why my professional football coaching career never really got off the ground.
  
  Contrary to my stellar instincts, [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 8:10pm EST
  

• Doing My Part

  Don Surber argues that beautiful women are to be found on the cutting edge of social change.
  
  WILLisms adds: "Look for the babes, and that's where the social action is, that's where the success will be."
  
  I offer Scroo-Loo to further [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:57pm EST
  

• It's Like a Tumor

  Editor's note: GD4 (demonstrating how deeply ingrained technology is in the next generation) suggested I Google the topic of this post, and sure enough I am not the first person to notice.
  
  I just wanted to point out that Jon Gruden, who is terrific [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 7:41pm EST
  

• Enemy in the sky

  Hugo Chavez has had enough of bad weather and wants to go to war:
  
  "I'm going in a plane; any cloud that crosses me, I'll zap it so that it rains," Chavez said at a ceremony late on Saturday with family members of five Cubans convicted of spying [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:46am EST
  

• Sweet as Honey

  This song makes me miss making music. Nickel Creek is a three piece featuring guitar, mandolin, and fiddle, with vocals to die for. The song linked above, "Reasons Why" is sung by Sara Watkins, while this one, "When in Rome" is sung by Chris Thile:
  
  
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 8:58pm EST
  

• Getting on with life

  With a rather time-consuming and, at times, traumatic experience behind me professionally, life returned very much to normal today. Hopefully that will lend itself to more attention to this site in the near future.
  
  Sorry about the drop in activity. But at least I can say I wasn't even' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:54pm EST
  

• Are those horns?

  No one will remember this one, but it is a sweet groove just the same, from 1984:
  
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 4:31pm EDT
  

• Did I Miss a Meeting?

  Used to be I'd go to the doctor; they'd ask, and I'd answer, "yes, I still smoke."
  
  Not this time. Having been previously diagnosed as a smoker (dozens and dozens of times), it is now sufficient to simply note my existing condition on the paperwork.[...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 8:51pm EDT
  

• No sympathy here

  I'm not sure which is more absurd in this column by Tim Rutten; the almost biblical terms in which the far left sees a man whose "legend" remains strictly potential, or how he characterizes the response to Obama being awarded something for...well...nothing:
  
  It would have been unthinkable a' [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2009, 10:54am EDT
  

• More on Billy Mac

  Boz, feeling a bit swiney after catching Monday Night Football at our place (with a very sick GD3), clued me to a huge feature article on Billy McLaughlin in the PiPress. My favorite line was this one, from a friend of Billy's, describing what it was like to re-learn' [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 6:10pm EDT
  

• Wierder by the Day

  While the MSM is mourning Obama's Olympic foibles, another story - one much more disturbing - is flying under the radar; Obama's "Safe Schools" czar Kevin Jennings.
  
  Jennings appointment calls into question even more Obama's judgment, if that is even possible. Jennings is inspired by NAMBLA founder Harry' [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 11:16am EDT
  

• Pay No Attention To That Continent Over There

  It's interesting that, while the Democrats in America are so bent on creating a socialist utopia right here, countries that have actually embraced that form of government are moving strongly away from it.' [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 10:14pm EDT
  

• I'll Take Dim Journalists for $100

  Imagine comedian Andy Richter and prime time CNN national news anchor Wolf Blitzer faced off on Jeopardy. Who would win in a landslide?
  
  A no-brainer right?
  
  Well ya, if you picked Richter. [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 4:09pm EDT
  

• The Best Yet

  This becomes the greatest run yet by Adrian Peterson:
  
  
  
  It's amazing how fast he gets from the 40 to the 50 yard line. He covers ten yards in six steps and that's with a juke. Six guys had their hands on him in the first 20 [...]
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  Posted: September 15, 2009, 10:34pm EDT
  

• A Distinguishing Mole

  Almost 30 years later, this is still one of the funniest scenes on film:
  
  
  
  There is something innocent about Porky's (trailer here), despite the subject matter. I think it has something to do with being released before the PG-13 era, which hyper- sexualized everything' [...]
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  Posted: September 15, 2009, 10:14pm EDT
  

• Today on Geraldo...

  It's been a long time since I read something so powerful and that so masterfully deconstructs the cult of personality currently occupying the executive branch. I couldn't choose a quote, there's just too damn many.
  
  It also makes me wonder when I started forgetting to read VDH, and' [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2009, 6:22pm EDT
  

• No Word Yet on a Ransom

  Obama says pass health care reform or "more people will die."
  
  Wait. People have been dying? Does everyone? Will I?
  
  When did this start happening? [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2009, 5:54pm EDT
  

• WTF

  There sure is a lot of left-wing bullying going around these days. People are getting fingers bitten off, and locally, this poor guy is being constantly harassed by the carpenters' union.
  
  I guess the left is no longer pro-choice or non-violent.' [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2009, 5:22pm EDT
  

• Thanks for the Extra Work

  Obama has created a real mess for school districts across the country, which now have to figure out what to do about his speech to school children. And make no mistake, this is a quagmire created by Obama. Most of what he intends to say is great...work hard, pay [...]
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  Posted: September 02, 2009, 8:13pm EDT
  

• Change is Hard

  Via Loafer, Hitler gets the news about Favre:
  
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  Posted: August 30, 2009, 10:45am EDT
  

• They Both Had It

  So, these worms are a KICK ASS bait off shore too. GD4 caught this 3 1/2 pound bass offshore at the same park we've been shore-fishing from for years.
  
  Why is Scroo-Loo in the photo? Because 10 minutes before it was caught she snapped' [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2009, 9:15pm EDT
  

• Now With Real Photos

  Crappy cell phone photos at Get the Net have been replaced with real ones. The jealousy factor is guaranteed to climb. [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2009, 5:11pm EDT
  

• Confliction

  Regarding possible CIA investigations, Glenn Reynolds puts my mind at ease:
  
  "You know, I should feel bad about this, but given the CIA’s extensive efforts to undercut Bush, well, I hope they’re enjoying the new administration."
  
  Don't you feel better too?' [...]
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  Posted: August 24, 2009, 6:46pm EDT
  

• Worlds Colliding

  My worlds violently collided in the last couple of weeks when I learned from Boz that Tom D. was having outboard issues.
  
  They are my very best friends but, and despite living within about a mile of each other, until the fateful collision at both individuals' favorite superette only' [...]
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  Posted: August 22, 2009, 12:12pm EDT
  

• Love Me Do

  It's reality. My opinion?
  
  I think it's a bad deal. We might win a few more games this season, but I don't think we'll win a Super Bowl despite assurances from Tom "This time I know we won't be disappointed" D.
  
  Favre will eat time in the' [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2009, 5:53pm EDT
  

• Get the Net

  We have arrived home from our vacation, and has become the tradition, I have fish pictures and stories for you. Unfortunately, I had my camera phone set on small so most of the images are grainy. Sorry.
  
  We'll start with a story, and I swear' [...]
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  Posted: August 15, 2009, 11:44am EDT
  

• I'm Harry Ried and I'm a Rageaholic

  This just keeps getting better. It has become increasingly clear that Democrats simply have no idea how to deal with opposition:
  
  The Senate's most powerful Democrat on Thursday scolded health care protesters dogging his party's lawmakers at local meetings, arguing that some critics on the political right have [...]
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  Posted: August 06, 2009, 9:12pm EDT
  

• Help Us Make People Understand

  The White House is asking for people to turn in their neighbors:
  
  “There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through [...]
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  Posted: August 05, 2009, 9:38pm EDT
  

• Where Have All the Good Times Gone?

  Is it just me, or is the Obama administration in a flat-out free-fall?
  
  His approval rating is in the tank, he's getting slaughtered on health care since most people actually like their insurance, Cash for Clunkers is a disaster. Meanwhile, Obama needs a [...]
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  Posted: August 04, 2009, 10:07pm EDT
  

• "We, uh, kill the Batman"

  During the Bush years it was common to see him depicted as a monkey, a Nazi, or in any number of humiliating ways, so why not?
  
  Frankly, this depiction of Obama even made me cringe. It has the added churn of being devastatingly effective. [...]
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  Posted: August 03, 2009, 8:57pm EDT
  

• All Hail the Backup

  I was trying the get the mighty Johnson to cooperate this morning and not getting far. A lot of pulling on the rope, not much payoff. Covered in sweat, and heaving, I decided to give the other Johnson a try.
  
  We had been told it was running rough [...]
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  Posted: August 02, 2009, 5:23pm EDT
  

• President Skunky Beer

  The idiotic "Beer Summit" occurred to today, and it looks like it was a major failure by all counts. Gates is still a Harvard Faculty Asshole, and Obama is still pretending it is we who need to learn a lesson about "ginning up anger." [...]
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  Posted: July 30, 2009, 10:06pm EDT
  

• Put This in Your Pipe...

  This one's for the Wyoming Mole: I might be out on a limb assuming you have yet to make its acquaintance, but given the quality of the latest offering now seems like a perfect time to introduce you to the genius of Iowahawk:
  
  When I first learned of [...]
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  Posted: July 28, 2009, 8:29pm EDT
  

• Oh, My Freakin' Gawd

  This person shows all the qualifications to be a highly ranked Obama advisor, maybe in foreign policy:
  
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  Posted: July 27, 2009, 7:37pm EDT
  

• Hail to the Rube

  President Obama, who just days ago publicly maligned the Cambridge Police in defense of a friend who was flinging "racist!" around like so much poo, is today doing the mother of all backpedals. But that doesn't mean he can't find the energy to condescend:
  
  Obama said he hoped [...]
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  Posted: July 24, 2009, 4:05pm EDT
  

• That's One Small Right Cross For Man...

  Unfortunately, we live in a country where paranoid crackpots can call national icons "cowards" and "liars" to their face without any basis other than their sick pathology. Fortunately, we still live in a country where an honorable man can smack the shit out of paranoid crackpots.
  
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  Posted: July 21, 2009, 10:24pm EDT
  

• Alford Needs to Get in Step

  Watching the exchange between Sen. Boxer and Black Chamber of Commerce CEO Harry C. Alford is painful. Alford, a businessman, was testifying in opposition to the new energy bill. In response, Boxer appears to be attempting to explain to Alford that many of his race support the bill, as [...]
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  Posted: July 16, 2009, 9:03pm EDT
  

• It's always in the background but its ...

  It's always in the background but its one of those things you're not allowed to say: abortion rights were born in racism. Here's Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg this very week:
  
  Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and' [...]
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  Posted: July 11, 2009, 11:11pm EDT
  

• It's a Sickness

  At HuffPo, will the attacks on Sarah Palin using her children ever cease?
  
  In Sarah Palin’s resignation announcement she complained about the treatment of her son Trig who always teaches her life lessons. She said that the “world needs more Trigs, not fewer.” That’s a presidential campaign promise [...]
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  Posted: July 05, 2009, 10:01pm EDT
  

• No Brainer

  We're back.
  
  Lot's to tell but not right now. The starter cord on the Johnson is fixed, it's a beautiful day, and we're going fishing.
  
  At right is a picture of Scroo-Loo at Fisherman's Wharf. We had seafood there at Castagnola's with my' [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 9:57am EDT