Birmingham Blues

A husband in Malaysia is recovering from surgery to reattach the penis he cut off last week. Seems he was trying to prove to his wife that he wasn’t having an affair. Isn’t there a better way to do that?

Bush’s new Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson, is the outgoing Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, which seems to be the go-to company for presidential appointments and political candidates.
Speculation that Paulson would take over from Snow increased after Joshua Bolten, a former Goldman Sachs executive who had worked with Paulson and was leading the effort to [...]

US Rep. Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) wonders just how much money the FBI should spend trying to dig up Jimmy Hoffa. I’m a big fan of Cold Case Files, and, yeah, it would be cool if they could solve the Hoffa case after all these years. But aside from the entertainment value for crime [...]

…and while I understand the sentiment behind the bill, I think it’s unconstitutional. That’s based on my layperson’s understanding of free speech; Wheeler, feel free to weigh in with the expert’s opinion.
The bill targets Fred Phelps and his minions from the Westboro Baptist “Church”, who have graduated from picketing the funerals of AIDS patients [...]

Brothel owners in the Australian state of Victoria are petitioning for an exemption from the new ban on smoking in the workplace because:
“People smoke when they drink, and people smoke when they fornicate,” [Australian Adult Entertainment Industry] association representative William Albon said. “These smoking laws are going to drive women back onto the streets courtesy [...]

Not really, but I’m not a happy camper right now. I took the laptop to Best Buy on Friday because the AC power connection wasn’t working properly. Of course it’s one of those repairs where the computer has to be shipped off to the Geek Squad. Instead of saying, “Yes, please send [...]

We’re off to Six Flags and then a visit with my parents. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend. This Memorial Day, let’s keep in mind all the servicepeople who have given their time and even their lives for this country. It’s my prayer that those who are deployed now [...]

Specter and Feingold voted against him. Here’s the breakdown.

This is what happens when I leave the house for a while. I’ve been listening to MSNBC on the satellite radio, and it sounds like the police are using, as they put it, “an abundance of caution” in shutting down buildings and searching for evidence of shots fired. That seems like a [...]

Now it goes to the House for what may be acrimonious negotiations. The Senate approach is fairly comprehensive, but many in the House want only punitive measures. Denny Hastert has a policy of making sure the only bills that come up for a vote are those supported by a majority of Republicans; he [...]