Category Archives: News

A man emerges from Lisi Lake in Tbilisi, Georgia.  Poor guy!  He went in as Igor and came out Anastasia.

The Southwest Indian Foundation is offering hand-carved art pieces for sale.  Proceeds will be directed towards Native American communities of the Southwestern U.S.

Etched Dreamcatcher pot

Young housewives and older moms are among nearly 2 dozen people who bought assault rifles from Texas gun dealers in an alleged weapons smuggling ring tied to Mexican drug cartels.  Federal agents announced February 8 they seized more than 200 weapons – including AK-47s and sniper rifles – and arrested 22 people.  That’s amazing – from soccer moms to sniper moms.  That’s quite a leap!  Then again, considering the out-of-control drug problem in the U.S., there may be some logic to it.  As usual, though, I’m sure the National Rifle Association (NRA) will say this is just an aberration.  To be fair, I’m a firm supporter of the U.S. Constitution’s 2^nd Amendment, as much as I am a supporter of the 1^st Amendment.  But, I don’t think our “Founding Fathers” had AK-47s in mind.

AP Photo/Eric Gay

In a true case of better late than never, more than 2 million Americans could benefit from a $25 billion deal federal and state authorities reached with some of the nation’s largest banks on February 9 to ease the home foreclosure crisis.  It is the largest settlement involving a single industry since a 1998 multistate tobacco agreement.  Five major banks – Ally Financial, Bank of America, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo will reduce loans for nearly 1 million households.  They also will send checks to about 750,000 additional households that suffered improper foreclosures.  The banks have 3 years to fulfill the terms of the deal.  Over 1 million households had endured foreclosure as of the end of 2011.

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, second from right, and others, watch as Attorney General Eric Holder announces a settlement regarding mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuse, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

“I’m glad that you played the Rachel Maddow clip because I think she is the best argument in favor of her parents using contraception.  I would be all for that.  And all of the rest of the crowd at MSNBC, too, for that matter.”

— Fox News pundit Cal Thomas in a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

Webster’s Dictionary:

ass – n., O.E. = Cal

hole – n., O.E. = Thomas

President Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1964 Lincoln Continental is being put up for sale in Smithville, Texas, on March 3 by its current owner, Dan Kruse Classics.  Proceeds from the auction will go to the LBJ Foundation.  The car is currently on display at the Central Texas Museum of Automotive History in Smithville.