Archive for January, 2006
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 [...]
By: Nick | Category Blog Announcements, Blog Construction | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
By: Nick | Category Immigration, Military, Politics, War on Terror, World Opinion | 4 Comments »
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 [...]
By: Nick | Category Bizarre Stuff, Entertainment, Life | Comments Off
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 [...]
By: Nick | Category Entertainment, Humor | Comments Off
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 [...]
By: Nick | Category Culture War | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
By: Nick | Category Government, Law, Politics, War on Terror | Comments Off
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 [...]
By: Nick | Category Natural Disasters, Politics | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
By: Nick | Category Blog Construction | Comments Off
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 [...]
By: Nick | Category CD Polls | Comments Off
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 [...]
By: Nick | Category Government, Human Stupidity, Politics, World Opinion | Comments Off
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 [...]
By: Nick | Category Bizarre Stuff, Government, Health Stuff, Law | Comments Off
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 [...]
By: Nick | Category Bizarre Stuff, Human Stupidity, Humor | 1 Comment »