Tuesday, March 18, 2008
They Never Do
PITTSBURGH - Vicki Van Meter, celebrated for piloting a plane across the country at age 11 and from the U.S. to Europe at age 12, has died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Crawford County coroner said. She was 26.
Van Meter died Saturday and her body was found in her Meadville home on Sunday.
Her brother said she battled depression and opposed medication, but her family thought she had been dealing with her problems.
"She was unhappy, but it was hard for her to open up about that and we all thought that she was coping," Daniel Van Meter said. "This really is a shock, because we didn't see the signs."
Monday, March 17, 2008
I'm Glad To See Somebody Stand For Something, You Go Jim!
Jim Barron, 80, says he plans to risk arrest Wednesday, March 19, 2008 by engaging in an act of civil disobedience to protest the 5th anniversary of the start of the Iraq war. Barron, seen here during an interview at his home in New Haven, Conn., Thursday, March 13, 2008, says although he has participated an several protests he has never been arrested.(AP Photo/Bob Child)
Why My Brother Was Never Allowed To Play In The Horn Section
Moscow parade : A Russian policeman plays the trombone during a St. Patrick's Day parade in central Moscow.(AFP/Michael Eckels)
Happy St. Pat's
Simon Rielly enjoys the festivities at the 184th consecutive St. Patrick's Day Parade in Montreal, Canada on Sunday, March 16, 2008.
(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes)
Thursday, March 13, 2008
The Death Of The Feminist Movement 1950 - 2008, R.I.P.
Thank you to feminists for all that you have done for women. Now shut up and we'll take it from here.
"We're Going To Win In 2008", george w. bush - president
Quote of the Day
Retiring Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-VA): "The House Republican brand is so bad right now that if it were a dog food, they'd take it off the shelf."
--David Kurtz
Pentagon Spokesman Seems To Think This Is Hilarious
On Sunday, the AP reported that contractor KBR has been providing “unmonitored and potentially unsafe” water to U.S. troops in Iraq. According to a Pentagon Inspector General’s report, dozens of soldiers fell sick, suffering “skin abscesses, cellulitis, skin infections, diarrhea and other illnesses” after using the “discolored, smelly water for personal hygiene and laundry.”
k.b.: What a slimeball. Just makes you want to go out and serve our country.
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