**Written by Doug Powers In 2008, Joe Biden said that paying higher taxes is an act of patriotism, and thanks to the “Patriotic Millionaires” that sentiment is still going strong. The PM group was formed a while back, and they continue to try like the dickens to convince the government to take more of their […]

**Written by Doug Powers All this time I thought that maybe ONE was an acronym or something, but it looks like the Bono’s organization is so named because just one percent of the money raised makes it to its promoted destination: Bono’s anti-poverty foundation ONE is under pressure to explain its lavish salaries after it […]

**Written by Doug Powers There’s a special place in hell for somebody who would rob some kids’ lemonade stand, isn’t there? From the Detroit Free Press: Calls offering donations have come in from as far away as Colorado and Cincinnati for a group of girls whose Pontiac lemonade stand was robbed Sunday afternoon. The outpouring […]

For “fun,” groups of amoral young thugs-in-training are roaming the streets of Philadelphia, intimidating passers-by and sometimes attacking them. The police are trying to crack down on so-called flash mobs, marauding bands of teenage pinheads with little or non-existent parental supervision, by threatening to hold parents responsible. From the New York Times: In the past […]

When I was 11 years old way back in the day, I still wanted to play with dolls (but was too embarrassed to ask for one for Christmas), and the most dangerous activity my friends and I engaged in was falling off our bikes. Today’s hormone-laden little monsters roam the streets like a pack of […]

“Transgressions.”

“…there was no intent to disrespect…”

Disconnected.

Iranian youth risked their lives to protest election fraud. L.A. youths set cars and buses on fire and took to the streets to riot…after their basketball team won: Losers. And looters! Compare and contrast: (Photo source: LA Times) (Photo source: Tehran Live)

What does Virginia look like? Not like this.

A bunch of punks trashed a mall in San Francisco over the weekend — causing untold damage after throwing food, tossing trash cans, and ransacking kiosks. Their ostensible reason for the “protest?” “Solidarity with Greek Uprising.” A band of demonstrators, many wearing black masks, stormed a bustling San Francisco mall Saturday evening, upending garbage cans […]

Stupid lawsuit of the day: Son hurt, Pa. woman sues Crocs firm. A Pennsylvania mother yesterday filed a multimillion-dollar federal lawsuit against the makers of the popular Crocs footwear after her 6-year-old son’s shoe was caught and trapped in an escalator at the National Aquarium in Baltimore this spring, mangling his right big toe. Kerry […]

You can pay whatever you like.

“And now it’s happening now!”

Take your daughter to work day. Plus: cops rule chainsaw decapitation was “not suspicious”.

Come down off the cross; we need the wood.

Like school in July.

Calm down.

Paradise Lost. UPDATED. (Um, the post is updated, not Paradise Lost.)

Ow, my wrist!

“Cuddle parties.”

Did you learn that word backstage at Godspell? Plus, Barry O’s totally spur-of-the-moment Budweiser photo-op. UPDATED with more toolish hackitude.

Arugula=murder!

BoJo has mojo. UPDATE: It’s official!

Ow, my wrist! That stings!