One more time with Carrie Prejean

Sorry, but I can’t resist. From the NY Daily News: Deposed beauty queen Carrie Prejean still owes $5,200 for breast implants floated by pageant organizers in January, a new lawsuit claims. Ex-Miss California Carrie Prejean stiffed pageant organizer K2 Productions even though she requested the surgery “to be more competitive” at the April 2009 Miss [...]

The buck stops where?

Joe Sudbay: I just don’t think these folks get how, hmmm, how can I put this, how nonsensical it sounds to say, Obama really thinks the public option is “the best possible choice,” but he won’t fight for it. Maybe they think that messaging works. It doesn’t. Sounds weak. If he’s not going to fight [...]

Monday Morning News and Views

Good Morning Conflucians! I’m a little bit under the weather today, so I’m getting a slow start on the morning news. I think it’s just a cold, but I’m mainlining Vitamin C and other nutrients and drinking lots of fluids. I can’t afford to be sick! AFGHANISTAN POLICY As a long-time insomniac, I often listen [...]

Sunday morning sticky buns and your morning news

Good morning Conflucians!  Next week at this time my husband and I will be celebrating our anniversary on a weekend getaway to a cozy bed and breakfast in Pennsylvania’s Grand Canyon.  Right now the leaves are in full color and we’re hoping they hold some of that natural beauty for us to enjoy.  For those [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Lazy Saturday Edition

Sorry Conflucians, I’m completely exhausted and I have been unable to put up the news. Nevertheless, below are a couple of stories that caught my attention. I’m still working on a couple of items. As always, you are invited to share what you are reading Health Care Clusterf*@k If you’re not confused by now, you [...]

Daggett wins second debate for NJ Governor

I got a call the other day from the Daggett campaign, the independent candidate for governor of New Jersey, to meet for a rally before the second and last debate in the race.  The debate was yesterday at William Paterson University in Totowa NJ.  All of the usual suspects were there.  Corzine’s crew brought in [...]

LIVE BLOG: New Jersey Governor Candidates Debate

For those who are interested in the New Jersey Governor’s race, Fox News is offering a live stream of tonight’s candidate’s debate. According to Fox News’ homepage, you can watch it here. At the moment, I’m just getting a discussion about the debate on The Strategy Room. They are discussing the issues and candidates. Use [...]

It’s hard to be humble when you’re One-derful

Oh Lord it’s hard to be humble when you’re perfect in every way. I can’t wait to look in the mirror cause I get better looking each day. From Tony Harnden at The Telegraph : The conventional wisdom is that President Barack Obama was embarrassed by the patently ludicrous award to him of the Nobel [...]

The three pillars of alpha male social dominance

The battle rages on between feminists over whether a “women-only” or “liberal women-only” strategy is the best path to upending the current patriarchal system.  This system is one that deprives the female gender of appropriate representation in the power structures of our nation.  I believe this is *the* question of our generation for women who [...]

Friday Morning News and Views

Good morning Conflucians! You know it’s a slow news day when the top story on all the popular news sites is a about a six-year old boy who may or may not have helped his family fake a crisis in order to get on TV. The New York Times even had this story linked on [...]