You go to sleep all grumbly but voila! (as French is required), you could wake up Canadian! Thanks to a new law, Canada will bestow citizenship Friday on what its government believes could be hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting foreigners, most of them Americans. The April 17 amendment to Canada’s Citizenship Act automatically restores Canadian […]

Vote early but do not vote often. I hear that second part is frowned upon now (even in Chicago). And thankfully, there is no IQ test to vote … FROM THE LOCAL NEWS … TODAY’S TMJ4’s John Mercure spent an afternoon at the mall, and was more than a little surprised at some of the […]

(Shhh, nobody tell Al Oft and those Lightyear Guys) Lightning McQueen #95 wins the 3rd Round of Super GT300 Series in Japan (click on the 300GT Tab) at the Fuji Speedway (all in Japanese, BTW). Official Circuit Website page for the #95 Team with driver info.* Cool – actual working headlights, I like it. Here’s […]

This is the funniest drawing I’ve ever seen in the WSJ … okay, not exactly much of a competition but still … Some conspiracy theorists have ideas why India & parts of the Middle East have lost most of their internet connection as several underseas cables have been severed. It could be sharks with lasers […]

Ron Paul was recently asked about Dennis Kucinich becoming his running mate which he supported.  That’s like a fat chick asking her fatter roomate to attend the Tappa Kegga Beer house party…no one cares and worse they get ignored like hippie at a VFW bar. While the Republicans race toward mediocrity, the Democrats are finally […]

Dan, Dan, Dan. You screwed the pooch once.  Is it really worth it to do it all over again? Page Six:  “It will just remind the public of the dark ending to his career,” said venerable publicist Michael Levine. “Time has a way of softening the public’s collective memory. This suit will just bring an […]

I ran across the blog, Scholars & Rogues today and was surprised to read some of most cogent commentary on the upcoming 2008 election. The post titled “Why Hillary will lose the primary – the hidden cross-over vote” is a balanced and informed look at how voters will be gunning for anyone but Mrs.Clinton in the […]

Over the long Labor Day weekend visiting family in South Carolina, I was enjoying jetskiing on Lake Murray, eating picnic food, and drinking beer. Not all at once although tempting. On Monday morning, there was to be a parade in a little town called Chapin which proved to be a real eye opener about politics […]

With South Carolina’s Republican party’s decision (to be announced in NH later this week) to move up their primary to January 19th in 2008, South Carolina has effectively helped encourage a stampede of other states to consider (or defacto move) moving their primaries farther up in the process. This is a bad idea in my […]

While Mitt Romney easily won the recent Iowa straw poll among Republican candidates, it was Mike Huckabee‘s second place finish that is getting all of the ink. The Romney camp spent millions on their effort in Iowa to earn a ‘must win’ for the dollar drives coming soon to fill up ye olde coffers with […]