Archive for November, 2007
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Friday, November 30th, 2007America has lost an icon. (CNN) — Evel Knievel, the motorcycle daredevil whose stunts — including an attempted leap over Idaho’s Snake River Canyon — made him a popular cultural figure, is dead, according to his Web site, evelknievel.com. He was 69. Over his career, Knievel was said to have broken practically every bone in [...]
Hostages Taken At Clinton Campaign Office
Friday, November 30th, 2007Volunteers at Hillary Clinton’s Rochester, New Hampshire campaign office are being held hostage by a man with a bomb duct-taped to his chest. The man is demanding to speak to Hillary. The standoff is continuing. A man walked into the office at about 1 p.m., Maj. Michael Hambrook of the New Hampshire State Police told [...]
Rodney King Shot
Friday, November 30th, 2007Can’t we all just get along? SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – Rodney King, whose videotaped police beating in 1991 led to deadly rioting when the officers involved were acquitted, was shot on a street corner, but his wounds were not life-threatening, police said. King, 42, was shot two or three times from a distance by birdshot [...]
Pamela Anderson Is Retiring
Thursday, November 29th, 2007From what, exposing her cans for all the world to see? LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Former “Baywatch” star and pin-up queen Pamela Anderson says she plans to quit her show business career within five years and retire to her native Canada, it was reported Thursday. Anderson, 40, told USA Today that despite regular movie and [...]
Have Yourself A Beery Little Christmas
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Christmas at Captain America’s house . . . (H/T – Uncle Ray)
Chinese Fireworks Explosion Kills 11
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Join me or die. Can you do any less? BEIJING – An explosion in a fireworks factory in central China killed 11 people and injured eight, the government’s Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday. The explosion late Wednesday afternoon reduced part of the Yangquan Xingtong Fireworks Co. workshop — on the rural outskirts of Yangquan city [...]
Rowe, Rowe, Rowe Your Boat
Thursday, November 29th, 2007This is Mike Rowe. Mike is the host of Dirty Jobs on The Discovery Channel. The show that is quickly becoming my favorite on that particular network. (No offense, Bear Grylls.) For those of you not familiar with the show, here’s the premise: Each week, Mike goes to work. Unlike many of us, Mike is [...]
Clash Of The Titans
Thursday, November 29th, 2007This is the most important story of our time. Like the Kennedy assassination and the September 11th attacks, you will forever remember where you were when you heard this news. Evel Knievel and Kanye West have worked it out. The 69-year-old iconic motorcycle daredevil said he and West met at his Clearwater condo recently. They [...]
Booze, Glorious Booze!
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007Mrs. Grim has the greatest test of all time. Well, if you’re Barney Gumble, that is. It’s the Booze Test, and it’s filled with alcoholic goodness. Try Your “Shot” HERE.
Can We Kick Massachusetts Out Of The Union?
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007Okay, this kid probably needs to get spanked . . . The People’s Republic of Massachusetts has finally gone too far. (New York – WABC, November 28, 2007) – There is a proposed law causing a lot of controversy Wednesday morning. Should spanking be illegal? Some lawmakers in Massachusetts want to ban parents from spanking [...]
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