Archive for January, 2006

Introducing Favatars

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

I have installed a new plugin on Conservative Dialysis called Favatars. This plugin will search for your favorite icon file from your blog when you leave a comment or trackback to a post and provide your blog’s URL. If found, it will place your blog’s favorite icon right next to your name on your comment [...]

Chertoff: Reports of Mexican Military Crossing Border Overblown

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says that the number of times the Mexican Military has stepped over the border into the U.S. without authorization has been overblown: Reports of Mexican soldiers frequently crossing onto U.S. soil are overblown, and many of the incidents are just mistakes, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said. Chertoff’s remarks followed [...]

Shatner’s Kidney Stone Sold for $25,000

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

Who is weirder: the person who sold the kidney stone or the people who bought it? LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Going maybe where no other actor has gone before, “Star Trek” star William Shatner has sold a piece of his body for charity. Shatner, famed for playing Captain James T. Kirk, commander of the starship [...]

Random Facts About Jack Bauer of 24

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

This has got to be one of the funniest things I’ve read lately: If you wake up in the morning, it’s because Jack Bauer spared your life. Jack Bauer got Hellen Keller to talk. Jack Bauer once forgot where he put his keys. He then spent the next half-hour torturing himself until he gave up [...]

Gays to Crash White House Easter Egg Roll

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

In their latest attempt to appear mainstream, an activist gay group is planning on ruining the annual White House Easter Egg Roll by turning it into a political demonstration: FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS children have gathered on the South Lawn of the White House on the Monday after Easter to roll Easter eggs across [...]

Return of the Gorebot

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

Al Gore has crawled out from whatever rock he is hiding under these days, and he still hasn’t learned anything about the government and how it works: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Vice President Al Gore called on Monday for an independent counsel to investigate whether President George W. Bush broke the law in authorizing domestic [...]

Ray Nagin: I Know What God Wants

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

In one of the silliest statements since Pat Robertson’s meltdown a couple of weeks ago, Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans says that God is punishing America: “Surely God is mad at America. He sent us hurricane after hurricane after hurricane, and it’s destroyed and put stress on this country,” Nagin, who is black, said [...]

New Feature on Conservative Dialysis

Sunday, January 15th, 2006

I found a WordPress Plugin the other day and have installed it here on Conservative Dialysis. The plugin is called Popularity Contest and was written by Alex King. What the plugin does is rate the popularity of each post as compared to the other posts on the blog. Each post’s popularity is computed and the [...]

Results of the CD Poll for the Week of January 9, 2006

Sunday, January 15th, 2006

The results of the CD Poll for this past week are in. What will happen at the Samuel Alito Supreme Court Nomination Confirmation Hearings? The Democrats will make a lot of noise, but in the end a vote will be held and Alito will be confirmed.: 71% (15) The Democrats will make a lot of [...]

Zhirinovsky Proves Russian Liberals Just As Stupid as American Liberals

Friday, January 13th, 2006

I’m beginning to spot a trend, as far as the relative intelligence of liberals all around the civilized world: The wacko leader of Russia’s Liberal and Democratic Party has surpassed his earlier screeds with a misogynist attack on our secretary of state. Speaking with Pravda this week, Zhirinovsky chastised Rice for calling on Russia to [...]

Town May Make Carrying Condoms Mandatory

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

Yes, this is as stupid as it sounds: BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) – A western Colombian city councilman wants to require everyone in town 14 or older to carry a condom to prevent pregnancy and disease, outraging local priests. William Pena, a councilman in Tulua, said Wednesday he will present a formal proposal to force all [...]

Boy, 11, OK After Truck Runs Over His Head

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

To most of you, this story is probably just one of those freak occurrences: MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) – An 11-year-old boy had a lingering headache two days after a pickup truck ran over his head. “All I remember about it was that when the truck ran over my head, I could hear my bones [...]