On a Lighter Note…
Ok, maybe this isn’t a lighter note to the owner of the cows, or maybe even to the cows themselves I would suppose, but I’m guessing when you heard of stolen cows, you had the same response. How the heck do you steal cows? It’s not like you can just slip one inside your coat,…
H’mmm, do you suppose if we could get taxpayers reclassified as pets, Senator Tassoni would be a little more concerned about our welfare …? A Rhode Island lawmaker says it’s unfair that pets and other animals don’t get a voice in court when their welfare is at stake. State Sen. John Tassoni has written legislation…
Having presumably raked in a campaign haul for Rhode Island’s junior senator (which will be especially welcome in view of the senator’s latest approval numbers), Vice President Joe Biden has come and gone from Road Rhode Island. A couple of hours before his arrival, however, senatorial candidate Barry Hinckley released this … er, “public service”…
Maybe those of us trying to convince our politicians to attract business and people to our state are taking the wrong tack. Instead of using fiscal-centric arguments, how about this: According to Men’sHealth, Providence is the 25th best city to find the SINGLE LADIES. The best city in New England? #2 overall Portland, Maine (ahem,…
Terry Gorman of RIILE shared the following contradictory reply which he received from Rep Charlene Lima’s e-mail. From: Rep. Lima, Charlene To: riile2 Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 16:53 Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: Weekly Update: New Poll and Stealing Democracy DO TO TECHINICAL DIFFICULTY THIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS NOT FUNCTIONING Thank you for contacting…
This should be an interesting weekend in football as we’re down to the final four teams trying to become NFL champions. The Patriots will play the Baltimore Ravens and the New York Giants will take on the San Francisco 49ers. However, yesterday at a campaign fundraiser in San Francisco, Vice President Joe Biden didn’t make…
This gem from the Laura Ingraham Show; transcript via Real Clear Politics. (Good interviewing, Laura.) Ingraham: You know I am going to raise the issue of Texans for Public Justice, their analysis of your campaign contributions since 2000 you have received more than $7 million from private equity firms and private investment firms. Are any…
The views expressed by Mr. James Baron in tomorrow’s Pawtucket Times – about both caucuses and pig farmers – are not necessarily shared by yours truly. • Finally, the Iowa caucuses are tomorrow. How did it come to be that a bunch of pig farmers who apparently spend every fourth year sitting around in coffee…
Now all is clear. Andrew D. Basiago, 50, a lawyer in Washington State who served in DARPA’s time travel program Project Pegasus in the 1970’s, and fellow chrononaut William B. Stillings, 44, who was tapped by the Mars program for his technical genius, have publicly confirmed that Obama was enrolled in their Mars training class…
by Clement Clarke Moore or Henry Livingston Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions…
