February 2010 Archives

We're reporting over on our political site, Capitol Hill Blue, that President Barack Obama wants to expand the jurisdiction of the Department of Homeland Security to allow it become a national police force -- or an American Gestapo.

In proposals presented to Congress, Obama wants to extend the enforcement goals of DHS from the current four areas related to terrorism to 14 areas that includes immigration enforcement, cyber-crime, pandemics and other jurisdictions.

Obama is turning out to be more dangerous than George W. Bush -- the man he replaced.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

From The Kingsport (TN) Times-News

Two Gray residents, allegedly caught hiding out with about $300 worth of snack cakes taken from trucks parked outside a Kingsport bread company, were arrested Friday.

According to a Sullivan County Sheriff's Office report, a deputy responded to the Merita Bread Co., 5446 Fort Henry Drive, about 11:38 p.m. An employee had called to report that he could hear someone in one of the trucks.

Upon arrival, the deputy found footprints leading into one truck that had about $300 worth of Hostess snacks - Cupcakes, MiniMuffins, Streusel Cakes, Twinkies, Zingers and 100 Calorie Cakes - piled up beside it.

A search of the area revealed the two men were hiding underneath the truck with the cakes stacked beside it.

Leno's ego is obviously out of control and it is obvious as well that he fails to see that he is very much to blame for the mess at NBC over his failed prime-time show as well as the public relations disaster from the ouster of Conan O'Brien and his replacement on the Tonight Show.

You have to wonder why NBC is trying so hard to hold on to Leno.

 

We decided to build the new Doug Thompson Media site with Movable Type 5, the latest version of the Content Manage System (CMS)/blog software from SixApart.

With WordPress and Drupal dominating most of the discussion for open source CMS and/or blogs, MT has fallen out of favor with the mainstream but remains popular with hardcore designers and coders.

Still learning the ins and outs of this latest version of MT. Will have more as I put it through its paces.

Rip Torn was so intoxicated when he broke into a Connecticut bank carrying a loaded gun that he thought he was home, taking off his hat and boots and leaving them by the door, according to court records.

The 78-year-old actor was wearing the same battered boots Monday when he was arraigned on several charges after spending the weekend in a police holding cell near his hometown of Salisbury, in northwestern Connecticut.

Torn, who did not enter a plea, was released on $100,000 bond a few hours later and waded through a phalanx of media to a friend's waiting vehicle. He smiled and wished onlookers a nice day but did not answer questions about the arrest.

He is expected to enter an alcohol rehabilitation center in New York as early as Tuesday, according to his attorney.

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