Courtroom Drama
Columbus, OH (AP) - A seven year old boy was at the center of a Franklin County courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him.
View ArticleObama- be bold and surprise us
Senator Obama has gotten lots of advice about strategy from the site and throughout the media and I'm sure that he has gotten more from his own advisers. But I have an idea that I believe has only...
View ArticleObama's trying to innoculate himself from Oct. surprise.
In 2004, a few days before the election, Osama bin Laden released a videotape in which he basically endorsed John Kerry. Now, obviously, those of us paying attention realized that GWB was the best...
View ArticleMcCain's Last Not-So-Unexpected Maneuver?
As his chances for winning the Presidency fade, we should expect another violent, aircraft-shaking avoidance maneuver from the self-proclaimed Maverick. The only consistent expectation we have...
View ArticleOctober Surprise
How did he do it? For the life of me I can't figure out how Obama got the credit markets to freeze up and cause the biggest panic since the depression. You know Bush isn't behind it. No way would he...
View ArticleOctober surprise...I’m a Troll Edition (Open Thread)
Rules: Each comment must started with Hi I’m (username), and I’m a concerned troll Each commentator should write there trolling concern and dispel that with a sentence starting with THE FACTS ARE...
View ArticleOUT OF A CLEAR BLUE SKY
I have long believed that the world can be divided into two groups; those who believe that the world is screwed up because a secret cabal is running things for their own advantage, and those who...
View ArticleThe lunacy in Arizona continues
It seems that one Arizona representative believes the victims in the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, because they were not armed, contributed to the harm brought on them. Please follow over the...
View ArticleOh. my. G*d.
I used to teach Sunday school to fifth graders. It will take those poor kids decades to unlearn what I taught 'em. We did the usual bible stories, and I would, well, explain things a bit from time...
View Article"Students Who Don't Follow the Rules Receive Painful Electric Shocks." Updates.
You may have thought the Middle Ages was over. You know, blood-letting, witch-burning, water torture, that sort of thing. But you would be wrong. Apparently its practices (albeit modernized with the...
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Dawn Chorus: Designated Hitter Edition
Surprise! Good morning Dawn Choristers! I’m sitting in for lineatus today so that she can catch up on some off-line life stuff. I thought we’d have a little fun with bird identification this week....
View ArticleI'm Looking Forward to Harry Reid's Sources Coming Forward -- Perhaps an...
I'm temporarily one-handed, so I have to make this short, but… Has anybody considered the possibility that Harry Reid's sources will come forward in due time -- perhaps an August or September...
View ArticleWhy is Rove insulting Romney?
What if the chorus of prominent Romney criticisms coming from the Republicans is not just the sound of their unstable coalition falling apart? What if there is a Rovian plan afoot, one that would...
View ArticleIt Shouldn't Be Surprising
I've seen this video described as "surprising" so many times today that I finally had to say something.
View ArticleDriving While Black in Arizona
It should come as no surprise that there's racial profiling in Arizona, especially in Surprise, Arizona. Jessie Thornton, despite taking a breathalyzer test which showed a Blood Alcohol Count of 0.0,...
View ArticleWell? DiFi is not happy. Who is driving this bus?
Feinstein: CIA searched Intelligence Committee computersThe head of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday sharply accused the CIA of violating federal law and undermining the constitutional...
View ArticleSurprise Brewing in Texas?
The Cook Political Report rankings are used by nearly everybody looking at how a House race might end up on Election Day in November. It ranks each district based on a formula that has somewhat...
View ArticleUtterly gobsmacked (in a delicious way)
Just go look.First the outlet.Then, the name of the op-ed author.Then, the accompanying graphic and the text that surrounds it.Rupert Murdoch purchased the WSJ and someone found themselves left behind,...
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An Alaskan Surprise? US House of Representatives
While the spotlight has been on the Senate race in Alaska, one fresh young candidate, Forrest Dunbar, has been quietly getting himself around the state and connecting with Alaskans.30-year old Forrest...
View Articlecredit when due, Mitt Romney says take down Confederate flag
say what one will about Mittens, but I have to give the man credit when due
View ArticleSurprise! If people only knew as a kid that you loved _________ music group,...
The answer for me is very simple.I am a die-hard Twisted Sister Dee Snyder fan.xYouTube VideoxYouTube VideoHow about you?
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Top Comments: Family Secrets Edition
When my mother was in her last illness, in the hospital, there was a moment when most of the family present left the room and she was alone with her sister (my aunt), and my sister. According to my...
View ArticleSmile, Hilary! You’re on Candid Camera!
After a two-year-long ruse, celebrities Dina Eastwood and Ashton Kutcher finally spilled the beans to US Presidential candidate Hilary Clinton, Tuesday in the White House Diplomatic Reception...
View ArticleIs there a need for a November surprise?
In ancient history, “October surprises” made or broke a campaign. Today’s news cycle, however, is much shorter. People don’t have to read it in the news or see it on TV—they see it on Twitter or...
View ArticleMy prediction for next October surprise story
I predict the Clinton campaign has been sitting on some more delicious video and audio of Trump making awful remarks. When the Access Hollywood Billy Bush tape came out, I think there was real fear...
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A Mom Lost Her Son. Then On Her Wedding Day, A Man Showed Up With A Gift. Her...
On her wedding day, Alaskan Becky Green, now Becky Turner, was missing her son very deeply. Along with her bouquet of flowers and rosary, she held two pictures of him. And there was a seat for him at...
View ArticleWhat musician do you like that surprises people that know you?
If my friends knew that I liked Eminem they would freak out… I mean freak out freak out.I do not like hip hop… I do not like rap but for some reason I love me some EnimemIs it because he is also from...
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The Daily Bucket - gull surprise: Bonaparte's!
The Daily Bucket is a nature refuge. We amicably discuss animals, weather, climate, soil, plants, waters and note life’s patterns.We invite you to note what you are seeing around you in your own part...
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Thanks Nancy! Open Carrying the First Amendment... and a Surprise!
I've always wondered why this possibility hasn't gotten more attention. It'd certainly explain why so many Republicans are behaving like such stone cold traitors. Lindsey mentioned it a while back....
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The Daily Bucket - unexpected sunset
The Daily Bucket is a nature refuge. We amicably discuss animals, weather, climate, soil, plants, waters and note life’s patterns.We invite you to note what you are seeing around you in your own part...
View ArticleWhat if the “OCTOBER SURPRISE” is THIS???
What if Trump and the Senate propose and pass a THIRD STIMULUS BILL with a massive payment for all just before the election?There has been talk of a $2000 per month payment retroactive to March.What do...
View ArticleTrump Campaign: "Not the 'October Surprise' we planned"
October SurpriseAnother fake news item from fake Andy Borowitz (namely, me):Since he has tested positive for Covid, doctors attending to President Trump have been very alarmed because he has not been...
View ArticleWhat concert or event have you gone to, that would surprise most people that...
When I was back in high school I used to love me some wrasslin.the biggest wrestling even that I ever went to was back in the Spring of 1987, Wrestle Mania IIILittle did I know at the time I was being...
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Duckling Surprise.
No, it's not a weird recipe your mom clipped from a 1980s women's magazine. It's what happens when the ducklings you bought back in the early days of the pandemic have grown up, and decided to make...
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Duckling Surprise, Update.
About five days ago I told you about the ducklings that recently hatched here. The mallard hen hatched three, from a clutch of eight eggs. I was allowing the ducklings to remain with their mom at least...
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Duckling Surprise: I'll Take a Half Dozen, Please.
The day after I posted my last update on the ducking situation here, I went out to the poultry pen and was greeted with the little one pictured above. It's the offspring of the lesbi-hens, appears to...
View ArticleArizona GOPer arrested for knob-polishing in a truck near a preschool in...
On October 4, Randy Kaufman — a GOP candidate running for a local college district governing board —pulled into a parking lot in Surprise, Arizona, to attend to some personal business. He came to the...
View ArticleGo Away, Green Sh*t Gibbon
Citizen Trump very carefully has worked to associate himself with the color orange. Shit, he even paints himself with an orange goo!Orange is an interesting color. Objects that are orange standout,...
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