This link was passed on on a home schooling email list. It is a real time map with current school incident reports. On the one hand it freaks me out. I had no idea there was so much happening at once surrounding schools. It sort of gives me that usual “good thing I home school”… Continue reading How Does One React?
Category: Current Events
Obligatory papal post
So alas, I did not get tickets to attend the Papal Mass in Washington. I didn’t even watch the whole thing on TV.* I did catch part of the homily, and I’m looking forward to downloading Tom’s pdf and reading all of the Holy Father’s speeches and homilies. On the music I have nothing to… Continue reading Obligatory papal post
Tackling the Tough Theories
Alicia Keyes in an effort to keep up a reputation as someone who is intelligent, in touch with the world and not prone to crazy conspiracy theories was quoted by Blender Magazine stating: “a ploy to convince black people to kill each other … by the government,” etc. She later retracted the statement: “I wasn’t… Continue reading Tackling the Tough Theories
TSO does the heavy lifting so Peony can post
TSO has this cool post up in which he “plays the curmudgeon so [I] don’t have to.” He watched a bit of a recent Republican debate (a task I am more than happy to delegate) and came away with some quotes to make curmudgeonly remarks about (note that he only had to catch “a bit”… Continue reading TSO does the heavy lifting so Peony can post
“Please invade us”
OK to invade and remove Mugabe, Ncube tells Brits Saying that he is prepared to lead the overthrow of President Robert Mugabe but that the people are not ready, Bulawayo Archbishop Pius Ncube has told reporters that Britain would be justified in invading Zimbabwe. The Courier-Mail reports that Archbishop Ncube told London’s Sunday Times the… Continue reading “Please invade us”
piling on
Well, I guess I would lose my already endangered blogger cred if I didn’t say something about Don Imus. So here it is: Good riddance. Now, what about his enablers — the guests, sponsors, and networks that kept him and his foul mouth on the air all these years? Really, they’re like a bunch of… Continue reading piling on
Weighing In on the Imus Fiasco
I actually feel bad for the guy. My husband thinks he was probably always a closet racist. My poor husband is super jaded and thinks that about most people. Hemight be right, but I think Imus suffers more form stupidity than racism. The man has been on the air stating his thoughts about everything under… Continue reading Weighing In on the Imus Fiasco
I heard from the Edwards campaign!
That letter a couple of posts down? I really sent it. And this evening, I got a reply: Dear Peony, President Bush’s disastrous plan to escalate the war is no longer just a plan: it’s a reality. While the Senate was tied up in knots…. No response to what I actually wrote the guy about.… Continue reading I heard from the Edwards campaign!