tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770882012-01-19T21:25:39.830-08:00skippy juniorSometimes there's too much for even Skippy the Bush Kangaroo to report on. That's the mission of this Addendum Blog.skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.comBlogger1001100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-35043329321031679312009-01-29T16:17:00.001-08:002009-01-29T16:17:17.694-08:00skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com59tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-83483094714298205722008-08-31T22:56:00.000-07:002008-08-01T23:00:22.682-07:00healed! hallelujah!after only a day of incommunicado w/skippy international's original home, blogger has fixed the problem and we are now able to post back at the wonderful skippy the bush kangaroo.thanks to all of you readers who followed us here to skippy junior, and we hope you'll continue to enjoy our work back at the original site.skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-36016831255260805242008-08-06T22:24:00.000-07:002008-08-04T22:34:06.910-07:00the over-flow from the mix tapehello, moue magazine readers! welcome to the 12 songs we couldn't fit onto the original mix tape.in no particular order, they are:b 52’s - dance this mess aroundjohnny cash – hurt - brilliant rendition of the nin song. also, we believe, the man in black's last music video.roger waters - pros and cons of hitchhiking - from post-floyd waters, who was much better than skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-10713151189213037102008-08-06T12:55:00.001-07:002008-08-06T12:56:10.380-07:00happy pdb daygraphic by tengrainwhiskeyfire reminds us, it was 7 years ago today that awol ignored the pdb warning that "bin laden determined to strike in us."skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-73886542030487727362008-08-06T12:40:00.001-07:002008-08-06T12:40:55.946-07:00skippy's lunch hour music clubwe were quite flattered when skippy was asked to do this week's mix tape for moue magazine. go over and check out skippy's selections (plus the overflow at skippy jr.)!skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-44332783643736011852008-08-06T09:00:00.000-07:002008-08-06T12:41:44.316-07:00that's hotsign the petition to tell obama to pick paris as veep!skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-72266328273629984982008-08-05T12:43:00.000-07:002008-08-06T12:43:35.322-07:00the only response imaginablein light of mcmuffin's recent spate of attack ads, here are the only sane responses we could hope for:mccain girl and the enchantd republican forestvia all spin zoneSee Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad and more funny videos on FunnyOrDie.comsee more funny videos at funny or dieparis hilton responds to the attack advia balloon juiceskippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-67659617098200611892008-08-05T12:42:00.000-07:002008-08-06T12:42:25.493-07:00taking a bitewe opened memeorandum today to find a myriad of articles showing how the polls in the presidential race are now neck and neck. concern troll david brooks wonders where's the landslide?why isn’t barack obama doing better? why, after all that has happened, does he have only a slim two- or three-point lead over john mccain, according to an average of the recent polls? why is he skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-72340071118061409862008-08-03T23:19:00.000-07:002008-08-03T15:20:15.678-07:00skippy junior's sunday nite music clubelectric light orchestra - evil womanskippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-58249680554893868892008-08-03T14:56:00.001-07:002008-08-03T14:56:46.824-07:00mcmuffin has a senior momentvia the jed report, gramps spaces out:steve benan of the carpetbagger report points out that even after mcmuffin got back on point, he misconstrued his real position on mlk.(thx to memeorandum for the links!)skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-41461621084060829342008-08-03T14:38:00.000-07:002008-08-03T14:39:50.797-07:00in other knews, satan purchased a new pair of ice-skateswe are proud of our good friend and original benefactor jerlayn merritt of talkleft.there was hardly a more ardent supporter of hillary clinton than jeralyn, and she was faithful thru-out the senator's campaign.let it be said here that we often were on record as having the opinion that sen. clinton would make a better president than sen. skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-29802926364137614742008-08-03T14:01:00.000-07:002008-08-03T14:02:22.210-07:00down the penrose laneskippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-84019407489464897122008-08-02T23:03:00.000-07:002008-08-03T14:04:11.045-07:00skippy junior's saturday nite music clubkitsch rules tonite...olivia newton john - xanaduthe finale from the 80's movie, currently reborn as a hit broadway play (where, we understand, they play it for laughs).at least here you get to see gene kelly on roller skates...skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-40578123990159289562008-08-02T13:22:00.000-07:002008-08-02T13:23:04.686-07:00happy blgiversaryto left i on the news!5 years, and that's 102 in blog years! here's to another 5 years!skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-10170115080539442042008-08-02T10:47:00.000-07:002008-08-02T10:54:47.089-07:00you know things are bad if you're a repubbblican and even howard kurtz disses youjohn mcmuffin's latest ad campaign (comparing barack "to the future" obama w/paris & britney) has drawn the ire of most dems and progressives.but worse for mcmuffin, the usually-gop-brown-nosed howard kurtz thinks it's dumb:at the same time, analysts questioned what message mccain was sending by interspersing footageskippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-87438954112184683902008-08-01T23:59:00.000-07:002008-08-01T17:50:18.058-07:00skippy's friday nite music clubjenny lewis & the watson twins - rise up with fistsinteresting video making fun of hee haw, and since jenny & the twins are part of the new alt-folk scene, it works. but what the hell is sarah silverman doing there?we like jenny's solo work much better than her stuff w/rilo kiley; maybe it's because she was a former child actress, and skippy can relate.skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com284tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-30531483658067214492008-08-01T19:14:00.000-07:002008-08-01T19:41:19.915-07:00technical difficulties? must be a lefty conspiracy!skippy junior, as you may know, is the temporary home of skippy international, and eveyone who has made their way here (both of you) are aware that blogger has blogged up and incorrectly "locked" several blogs, which were mistakenly designated as "spam blogs" by the blogger bots.on today's blogger buzz page, there was this message:spam fridays skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-26123042084353444542008-08-01T09:31:00.000-07:002008-08-01T09:32:30.977-07:00vote now!usatoady is running a poll: who released the first negative ad?go vote at the bottom of the article, tho you may not need to. at this point, the repubbbs are leading, 77% to 17%skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-70018531138694741122008-08-01T09:24:00.000-07:002008-08-01T09:30:21.054-07:00brother, can you spare a job?while the great echo chamber makes fun of tires, the real stories, as usual, are getting the short shrift.unemployment rises to almost 6% as job losses mount. nytimes:the nation’s employers eliminated 51,000 jobs in july, the seventh consecutive contraction in the labor market, as the unemployment rate reached a four-year high, signs that the pressure on business skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-18110427413049425672008-08-01T00:05:00.000-07:002008-07-31T21:56:16.121-07:00How Did This Happen?Hello, folks. It's me, Jim. And I have no idea what Blogger is doing with skippy's main blog. All I'm certain of is that skippy's being railroaded.Had this happened at some earlier time, I would have automatically assumed it was something I wrote that caused it -- I've mutated into a bit of a black sheep over the years. But I haven't contributed any posts lately, in large partJim Yeagernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-39695573645112945342008-07-31T23:59:00.000-07:002008-07-31T19:58:57.038-07:00SKIPPY JR.'S THURSDAY NITE MUSIC CLUBgodsmack - whatever - live!live at camp pendleton...w/special guest shredder sgt. wesley dimwittyskippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-51943938394715233412008-07-31T19:48:00.000-07:002008-07-31T19:59:07.140-07:00SAY HELLOto spook and muffin's relaxed politicsskippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-19921347802698369102008-07-31T19:07:00.000-07:002008-07-31T19:59:18.083-07:00WE ALWAYS THOUGHT BOB NEWHART HAD GOOD TASTEwe are as proud as a platypus for our blog buddy mad kane, whom bob newhart hand-picked to win the 2008 robert benchely award for humor.mr. benchley himself wasn't available for judging, having died in 1945, but had he been, we are sure he would have agreed w/bob and given mad the award. mad tells us:back in june i was thrilled to announce that i was a skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-18917907117268303432008-07-31T18:46:00.000-07:002008-08-02T10:53:48.238-07:00WELCOME SKIPPY READERS!We are so sorry but Blogger has locked Skippy the Bush Kangaroo until further notice.For some reason the Blogger bots have determined that Skippy is a "spam blog." Or else they are in cahoots w/Karl Rove.Until we can resolve this issue, please visit us here at Skippy Jr. for your daily dose of News and Snark.update: rants from the rookery tells us several blogs have been skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-23928869519911534182007-05-20T20:59:00.000-07:002008-07-31T19:19:08.172-07:00pick hillary's theme song!it's the end of the world as we know it - remcomfortably numb - pink floydmoney - flying lizardssecond hand news - fleetwood macsister madly - crowded housepsycho killer - talking headsthe temples of syrinx - rushFFO FFO FFO and I have an idea of how the only real and I have the veteran of the psychic wars - blue oyster cultlyrics to you don't want to f*ck with me - old skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-1152657861558488732006-07-11T15:43:00.000-07:002006-07-11T15:46:24.203-07:00contents of email from the jawa report to skippy:skippy –i can't think of a non-lefty blogger who doesn't despise and publicly denounce fred phelps. (i use "non-lefty" instead of "conservative" because i don't necessarily consider myself a "conservative.") i don't regularly correspond with that many lefty bloggers, but i assume they feel the same way.if you think the non-lefties have anything at skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-1150507202839137912006-06-16T18:15:00.000-07:002006-06-16T18:20:02.853-07:00Skippy Live Blogs YearlykosDay One plame part one - jane hamsher's introplame part two - amb. joe wilsonplame part three - dan froomkinplame part four - murray waasplame part cinco - empty wheel plame panel inadvertantly not numbered - larry johnsonplame part 666 - christy hardin smithplame part seven - q & a science panel w/gen. clarksen. barbara boxerMetaKos PanelMetaKos Q&ADay Two Progressive skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-1149308143957755182006-06-02T20:57:00.001-07:002006-06-02T21:15:43.970-07:00take back america conferencelooks like the ykos won't be the only bang-up conference for progressives this june. the very next week after what happens in vegas stays in vegas, the right coast will be seeing the "take back ameria" conference, hosted by the campgain for america's future.we're sorry we can't be there (we can only afford one gigantic progressive convention per june), because the lineskippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-1149308143053325692006-06-02T20:57:00.000-07:002006-06-02T21:15:43.066-07:00take back america conferencelooks like the ykos won't be the only bang-up conference for progressives this june. the very next week after what happens in vegas stays in vegas, the right coast will be seeing the "take back ameria" conference, hosted by the campgain for america's future.we're sorry we can't be there (we can only afford one gigantic progressive convention per june), because the lineskippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-1146155876274220232006-04-27T09:15:00.000-07:002006-04-27T09:41:05.826-07:00first (actually, second) email sent from skippy to ykos corporate sponsorship committeehi guys,what's the specifics for sponsorship?this is my second email.s.first email from ykos corporate sponsorship committee to skippyYikes, sorry about that! Attached is our Sponsorship Packet. Let me know if you have any questions. By the way, since we are getting so close to the convention, we are asking forskippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-1144892939254809472006-04-12T18:45:00.000-07:002006-04-12T18:48:59.270-07:00god told me to hate youone of the more virulent and despicable manifestations of hardly-ever-right wing bigotry comes out in the fundamentalist insistence that it's not only all right to despise homosexuals, but it's downright holy to do so.the latest case in point: a young woman is suing for her right to be intolerant. the latimes:ruth malhotra went to court last month for the right to be skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-1098201803839582402004-10-19T08:59:00.000-07:002004-10-19T09:03:23.840-07:00fanmail from some flouders
let's open the ol' skippy mailbag:
who's lying, deciding that since reality doesn't matter, has an interview with awol.
dave johnson at seeing the forest muses on how (ny) times have changed.
skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-1098200681277666032004-10-19T08:29:00.000-07:002004-10-19T08:44:41.276-07:00a wringing endorsement
the talent show points out that american conservative magazine doesn't endorse awol, and in fact, only 2 of the 7 editors can bring themselves to endorse anyone...the constitution party’s michael peroutka.
maybe awol should change his catch phrase to "compassionate neo-con."
skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-1098199289562773542004-10-19T07:51:00.000-07:002004-10-19T08:29:00.860-07:00sinclair out your desk, you're fired!
reader and contributor rose sends us this washpost piece that tells us sinclair broadcasting fired its washington bureau chief for speaking out against their plans to force it's affiliates to air the anti-kerry film "stolen honor":
jon leiberman, who also was the lead political reporter for the 62-station television chain, told cnn last night that he was skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-1098197247144753572004-10-19T07:41:00.000-07:002004-10-19T07:47:27.146-07:00freep yahoo
while technically not a "freep," we'd direct your attention to this yahoo news article outlining jon stewart's smackdown of the crossfire kids last week.
we'd ask that you'd go to the bottom of the article and give it a '5' rating, so that it appears in the "top stories" segment on the yahoo news front page.....skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-1098196876929374282004-10-19T07:34:00.000-07:002004-10-19T07:41:16.930-07:00tainted glove
[ed. note: referencing a motorcycle clothing accessory for that pun is a bit of a stretch, don't you think?]
appropos of nothing except that we loved their hit and their band name, we bring you the news that marc almand, half of the 80's group soft cell, was injured in a motorcycle crash. reuters:
british singer marc almond, who had a worldwide hit in 1981 with "tainted love" asskippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-1098196220750138782004-10-19T07:30:00.000-07:002004-10-19T07:31:05.230-07:00freep yahoo
while technically not a "freep," we'd direct your attention to this yahoo news article outlining jon stewart's smackdown of the crossfire kids last week.
we'd ask that you'd go to the bottom of the article and give it a '5' rating, so that it appears in the "top stories" segment on the yahoo news front page.
skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-1097799521148664112004-10-14T17:18:00.000-07:002004-10-14T17:18:41.146-07:00dueling polls
only proving the irrelevance of national polls, cbs has awol ahead "by a hair," but usatoady has kerry ahead by one point, while zogby has them tied.
cbs tells us:
a new poll by cbs news released tuesday gives mr. bush a 48-45 percent edge over kerry among likely voters – a lead that's within the poll's margin of error. the survey found that kerry has the advantage over mr. bush skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-1097799375471842742004-10-14T17:16:00.000-07:002004-10-14T17:16:15.470-07:00fanmail from some flounders
elise of afterschool snack links to a tom tomorrow report about atrocities in iraq.
the kids at the daily cookie send us the skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-1097799330464866972004-10-14T17:15:00.000-07:002004-10-14T17:15:30.463-07:00voter registration, dems need not apply
several instances of registration fraud, all facilitated by organizations tied directly to the rnc, have recently come to light in at least three different states.
one quick thinking librarian in oregon discovered that sproul & associates was not affiliated with the non-partisan america votes! group, as first claimed. the jackson co. mail tribune:
a skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-1097799253756929852004-10-14T17:14:00.000-07:002004-10-14T17:14:13.756-07:00the "no spin" erogenous zone
thanks to a heads up from holden caufield at first draft, we find out that an associate producer on the "o'reilly factor" is contemplating suing bill o'reilly for sexual harrassment. but, in this age of pre-emptive strikes, o'reilly has filed a suit already, charging the woman with extortion. reuters:
fox news personality bill o'reilly sued one of his associate skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-1097799223497761162004-10-14T17:13:00.000-07:002004-10-14T17:13:43.496-07:00those darn cookies
the kids at the daily cookie send us a few morsels:
that's uncalled for has awol's debate notes;
a new blog, rufnkiddingme?;
and this nation piece about james baker's manipulations of the iraqi debt after the first gulf war.skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-1097799123393630332004-10-14T17:09:00.000-07:002004-10-14T17:12:03.393-07:00happy ramadan from the bush economic team
initial unemployment claims jumped more than anyone expected today, to the highest figure in more than seven months. reuters:
the number of people filing an initial claim for u.s. jobless aid rose more than expected to 352,000 last week, a government report showed on thursday.
initial jobless claims rose 15,000 from an upwardly revised 337,000 in the skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-1097798516444295032004-10-14T16:58:00.000-07:002004-10-14T17:01:56.443-07:00hello, this is a test
this is only a test.
skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-1083094557675271612004-04-27T12:35:00.000-07:002008-07-31T20:57:03.283-07:00dkos bloggers
here's a list of dkos contributors with their own blogs
2 + 2 = 5
60s Reloaded
American Dissent
American Footprint
The Angry Robot
Annatopia
The Answer Guy Online
Apostropher
ArchPundit
Articulatory Loop
Baby Fight
Bad News George
Balta
Barking Moose
Beat Bush Blog
Begemot
Big, Left, Outside
Blog Free or Die
Bloggin' Buffalo
Bogonomicon
skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-930861802003-04-22T19:40:00.000-07:002008-07-31T20:57:03.288-07:00friends don't let friends make "mr. and mrs. north"
who knew we were joanne woodward's personal friend? not us. but we got this important email from her concerning global warming, and thought we'd share it with you:
dear friend:
this earth day, please join with me and my husband paul newman to help secure the health of our planet for future generations: add your name to environmental skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-882843952003-01-30T12:12:00.000-08:002008-07-31T20:57:03.291-07:00who said media was f.a.i.r.?
here's an action alert from fair, concerning the fact that none of the electronic media are reporting about the new fcc rules for owndership consolidation of the electronic media. what a co-inky-dink, eh?
FAIR-L
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
Media analysis, critiques and activism
ACTION ALERT:
Broadcast Networks File FCC skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-876478852003-01-18T11:31:00.000-08:002008-07-31T20:57:03.296-07:00letters, we get letters
mr. helpful's entire email fisking our post about bush's disingenuousness about the demonstrators in dc:
skippy...
here is the full text of my comments to your comments...i decided to take on every link you posted but there is a limit of 2500 characters in your comment section and this is 4200...wow...anyways...here you go....
skippy...
after considering your skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-875448372003-01-16T10:32:00.000-08:002008-07-31T23:37:04.531-07:00free event about how poor you are
we received this email from fairness & accuracy in reporting, announcing some upcoming media events in new york, and we thought we'd share it with you:
FAIR-L
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
Media analysis, critiques and activism
**TWO FAIR EVENTS IN NYC**
FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) presents
The Underreported skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-872847912003-01-11T17:28:00.000-08:002008-07-31T23:37:04.561-07:00those nutty, yet non-violent, anarchists
we received this email from fairness & accuracy in reporting, and thought we'd share it with you.
MEDIA ADVISORY:
Media Missing New Evidence About Genoa Violence
Police in Genoa, Italy have admitted to fabricating evidence against globalization activists in an attempt to justify police brutality during protests at the July 2001 G8 Summit. In searches ofskippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-859202562002-12-12T16:52:00.000-08:002008-07-31T23:37:04.571-07:00not "fair" to lott
we got this email from fairness & accuracy in reporting, and thought we'd share it with you.
FAIR-L
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
Media analysis, critiques and activism
MEDIA ADVISORY:
Media Play Catch-up on Lott’s Latest Endorsement of Racism
Coverage mostly omits senator's history of support for skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-857645852002-12-09T20:10:00.000-08:002008-07-31T23:37:04.577-07:00vigil for peace in hollywood next saturday
we got an email from a friend of ours....
On Oct. 26th I was proud to join 42,000 other concerned Americans in San Francisco to protest the potential war with Iraq currently being pursued by the Bush administration. Another 100,00 protested in Washington DC the same day as well as hundreds of thousands of others across America and around the world. It skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-848826722002-11-21T11:17:00.000-08:002008-07-31T23:37:04.586-07:00the little twit responds
lynn sislo, who for some reason took such great umbrage at our recent tip jar rant that she began her post about it by calling skippy a little twit (there's some damn fine writing!) has responded to our (we thought) calm and reasoned discourse on her blog comments section. aside from her claim that she's a better writer than skippy (could be) and at least a good a skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-845148112002-11-13T23:26:00.000-08:002008-07-31T23:37:04.597-07:00never let it be said we are not open to all views
we are quite unsure why we received the following email, but we share it with you:
"fear, false accusations, and slanted polling data have always seemed to work for minnesota's left - but not this november. institute chairman bruce sanborn writes on the local victory. we invite you to link to the piece at: http://www.claremont.org/writings/skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-843893922002-11-11T16:30:00.000-08:002008-07-31T23:37:04.602-07:00more from senator boxer
the senator from california just keeps sending those emails. here's her latest (and very aprorpos for today)
STATEMENT OF UNITED STATES SENATOR BARBARA BOXER
VETERANS DAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2002
As we pause to celebrate Veterans Day, we remember the tremendous sacrifices America's veterans made to defend the freedom and democracy of our nation. And we reflect on their skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-842453252002-11-08T12:00:00.000-08:002008-07-31T23:37:04.607-07:00fair may be limbaugh, but limbaugh isn't fair
we got this email from fairness & accuracy in reporting, and thought we'd share it with you:
FAIR-L
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MEDIA ADVISORY:
Limbaugh's Liberal Media Proof: Too Good To Be True
November 7, 2002
On the topic of biased skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com62tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-841299852002-11-06T11:27:00.000-08:002008-07-31T23:37:04.611-07:00whoops!
did we say that the polls will be shown to be incorrect by 7 points to the right? sorry, we apparently meant to the left.
we don't know what happened last night, but it looks like we're in for a few years of oliver cromwell. we have no explanation, but zack exley of angry dems.com and gwbush.com, sent us his opinions in an email, and here they are:
Don't blame the media.
Don't blameskippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-839705042002-11-03T13:10:00.000-08:002008-07-31T23:37:04.616-07:00clinton rally in florida
we got this email from our florida correspondent kathie k, who attended one of the bill clinton get-out-the-vote rallies in florida. here is her report:
Imagine a more perfect evening: 70° and balmy, on the white sand in South Miami Beach across from the world’s most beautiful examples of Art Deco architecture on Ocean Drive. [ed. note: we've been there on such a skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-838055032002-10-30T19:52:00.000-08:002008-07-31T23:37:04.637-07:00a message from michael moore
we got this email from michael moore forwarded to us by a friend, and we pass it on to you:
October 25, 2002
Dear friends,
Yesterday, Larry Bennett, a 16-year old, was shot in the head after he was involved in a minor traffic accident. You probably didn't hear about it because, well, how could he be dead if he wasn't shot by The Sniper?
Yesterday, an skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-837290772002-10-29T11:01:00.000-08:002008-07-31T23:37:04.641-07:00how many protesters does it take to get screwed in the media?
we got the following emai from fairness & accuracy in reporting, so we thought we'd pass it on to you:
FAIR-L
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
Media analysis, critiques and activism
ACTION ALERT:
NPR, New York Times Count Out Anti-War Activists
October 28, 2002
skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-834342842002-10-23T18:00:00.000-07:002008-07-31T23:37:04.646-07:00and now a word from our sponsor, the anti-dick
we got this email from zack over at gwbush.com:
It's taken a very long time, but we finally got the Cheney-Saddam radio ad on the commercial airwaves in Washington DC! It's playing during political talk shows such as Bill O'Reilly, Ollie North (really!), and Dateline Washington.
Several months ago, GWBush.com readers collaborated to write, skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-834175372002-10-23T11:53:00.000-07:002008-07-31T23:37:04.651-07:00a question from florida
our florida correspondent, kathie k., is planning to help keep florida's upcoming vote honest. but she has a question, and hopes that one of our readers can help her with an answer. here's her email:
Hi Skippy,
Well, it's less than 2 weeks until Jeb Bush goes down and apparently it's taking a toll on his marriage. Check this out: Go to www.match.com and search skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-833253552002-10-21T17:50:00.000-07:002008-07-31T23:37:04.658-07:00more from boxer
got another email from the email bot in sen. barbara boxer's office. this one concerns her record on the clean water act of here it is:
I thought you would be interested in the following message.
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Dear Friend:
October 18 marks the 30th anniversary of the passage of the Clean Water Act. I thought you might be interested skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-832291972002-10-19T16:27:00.000-07:002008-07-31T23:37:04.664-07:00let's be fair in new york
we got this email from fairness & accuracy in reporting:
FAIR-L
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
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Upcoming FAIR event in NYC--
FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) presents
"Showdown" with Iraq?
Media hype threat, miss human costs
a talk by Anthony Arnove, skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-831941242002-10-18T17:48:00.000-07:002008-07-31T23:37:04.672-07:00doesn't seem like old 'times'
here's our letter to the la times concerning the massive changes in their calendar section:
Dear Los Angeles Times,
I'd like to thank you for adding the most valuable commodity possible to my life: Time.
I used to spend a couple of hours every Sunday morning lounging with my wife and a cup of coffee, perusing the Sunday Times. But now, thanks to the new skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-831937192002-10-18T17:36:00.000-07:002008-07-31T23:37:04.679-07:00win the war with bumperstickers
we got this email from gwbush.com:
Check out the new feature at GWBush.com:
Also, the Anti-War stickers are now available in bulk. Please forward...
http://gwbush.com/store
These are a huge hit, and so we're selling them in bundles
of 10, 50 and 100 -- at cost, pennies per sticker.
Stick these up everywhere!
1. "Regime Change Starts at Home"
2. "Anyone But skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-831816432002-10-18T12:05:00.000-07:002008-07-31T23:37:04.684-07:00say hello
to dr. limerick and changing the canvas and the story so far and john quiggin and how appealing (a very fine law blog).skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-831812592002-10-18T11:56:00.000-07:002008-07-31T23:37:04.688-07:00guest hostess with the mostest
be sure to drop by eric alterman's column today, where our good friend jeralyn merritt of talkleft is pulling guest host duties, and she's doing her usual fine job!skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-831809992002-10-18T11:50:00.000-07:002008-07-31T23:37:04.716-07:00thanks
so many great blogs have linked to us this past week, and our site meter counter went up so high, we thought we were glenn reynolds for a second! we must now take time to thank everybody who was kind enough to direct net surfers to our words...
most recently, we thank avedon carol of the sideshow for taking off on our rant about bloggers being as good as media talking heads. dr. carol skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-827654702002-10-09T17:21:00.000-07:002002-10-09T17:21:00.650-07:00not enough debates these days
Got yet another email, this one from Action-LA, for those of you in the Los Angeles area, about a debate over civil liberties at Cal State LA on Oct. 17. You may want to attend:
A Panel Debate on Civil Liberties
Thursday, October 17, 2002, 6:30 P.M.
Los Angeles Rooms A & B, 3rd floor, University-Student Union, Cal State
L.A.
"Is the Constitution under attack fromskippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-827652972002-10-09T17:16:00.000-07:002002-10-09T17:16:30.130-07:00forget the war, how about my stand on medicare?
We got the following email from Sen. Boxer's office, and thought we'd share it with you:
Boxer Scores 100 Percent on the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare Scorecard
At the close of each session of Congress, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare examines the votes of all members of the House and skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-827646882002-10-09T17:01:00.002-07:002002-10-09T17:02:58.000-07:00act for change part 1
working assets sent us an email with this action alert included:
maintain and independent judiciary
The Bush Administration is continuing its aggressive efforts to remake the Federal appeals courts by nominating ideologically driven candidates. While much of the public’s attention is distracted by the drumbeat of war, Mr. Bush and his conservative allies are trying to skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-827646832002-10-09T17:01:00.001-07:002002-10-09T17:05:37.000-07:00act for change part 2
working assets also included this action alert:
Protect Arctic Refuge
Key senators are negotiating to resurrect a Bush energy plan that includes drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Any energy plan that can pass this Congress will be destructive to our nation’s energy security, air quality and natural areas. At this point, it would be better for skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-827646772002-10-09T17:01:00.000-07:002002-10-09T17:30:09.000-07:00act for change part 3
working assets also included this action alert:
Time Is Running Out to Register to Vote
The upcoming November elections will have a serious impact on the balance of power in Washington as well as on local and state issues in your community. Time is running out to register to vote, and in some states the deadline has already passed. If you’ve recently moved or are not skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-827646612002-10-09T17:00:00.000-07:002002-10-09T17:29:27.000-07:00act for change part 4
working assets also included this action alert:
$130,000 Matching Grant to Stop the Impending War With Iraq
The Iraq Peace Fund (IPF) has been established by the Tides Foundation to make strategic grants over the next three months focused on preventing war in Iraq by elevating the voice of peace and justice in this nation.
Grants have already been made to the Anti-War skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-823400952002-09-30T18:00:00.000-07:002002-09-30T18:03:07.000-07:00forget the war, let us kill those foxes!
here's another action alert from fair.
FAIR-L
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
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ACTION ALERT:
Fox Hunting Trumps Peace Activism at Washington Post & New York Times
Last Saturday, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of London to skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-823393432002-09-30T17:40:00.000-07:002002-10-01T11:33:26.000-07:00it can't be this easy
we received this email, and thought we'd pass it on:
Stop the War, spread the word as far wide and fast as you can to join us in Washington DC and San Francisco on Saturday, Oct. 26th.
Details at international answer
Even if you can't come, SPREAD THE WORD. Below are 800 activist discussion groups you can post this appeal to to urge activists to spread the word.
URGE skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-821562702002-09-26T11:37:00.000-07:002002-09-26T11:46:50.000-07:00sen. boxer, isn't your arm getting tired
patting yourself on the back so much? here's another email report we got from the senator:
SENATOR BARBARA BOXER'S UPDATE ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
The Need for an Effective National Forest Fire Prevention Plan
The Senate is continuing debate on fire prevention and firefighting in our National Forests. I recently addressed my Senate colleagues about skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-821189512002-09-25T16:51:00.000-07:002002-09-25T16:51:56.813-07:00i spy
another action alert from fairness & accuracy in media:
FAIR-L
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
Media analysis, critiques and activism
(**Special NYC event this week: details below)
ACTION ALERT:
Spying in Iraq: From Fact to Allegation
Nothing makes a newspaper prouder than a juicy foreign-policy scoop. Except, it skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-820033042002-09-23T11:05:00.000-07:002002-09-23T11:05:04.246-07:00does pbs stands for pretty benign suckers?
we got another action alert from fairness & accuracy in reporting, this time concerning the softball questions jim lehrer asked sec. of defense donald rumsfeld. we ourselves did not see the program in question, so we pass this on to you without endorsement, other than to said fair is usually pretty correct in their observations.
skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-818043552002-09-18T20:24:00.000-07:002002-09-18T20:31:17.000-07:00peter jennings cries wolf
we got an action alert from fairness & accuracy in reporting concerning a recent story on abc news by peter jennings about the reintroduction of wolves into the idaho forests. we post it here for you.
FAIR-L
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Media analysis, critiques and activism
ACTION ALERT: Peter skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-817349412002-09-17T12:14:00.000-07:002002-09-17T12:14:15.450-07:00more from boxer
here's another email from senator barbara boxer, or at least from a mailbot programmed by one of her staff:
I thought you would be interested in the following update.
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An Update on Children's Issues from Senator Barbara Boxer
BOXER TO INTRODUCE VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN ACT OF 2002
I wanted to let you know about a bill I skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-813806992002-09-09T17:45:00.000-07:002002-09-09T17:50:28.000-07:00letters, we get letters
we got an email from reader kkirschbaum who wondered about our bad joke concerning the fox tv show '24' : "sounds as if you did not like 24 if so i was wondering why not"
here is what we replied:
hi,
first of all, thanks for reading my blog. please come back. feel free to leave comments. we appreciate your patronage.
actually, i was a little more flip about skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-813793942002-09-09T17:11:00.000-07:002002-09-09T17:50:47.000-07:00message from truthout
we got this email from truth out, thought we'd post it here for you. disclaimer: the opinions stated in this email do not necessarily reflect those of skippy and his staff, except for one guy, but we're letting him go soon anyway.
Time is critical !! YOU can help stop the war against Iraq !! MASS INT’L ACTION!!
YOUR EARLY ACTIONS RIGHT NOW (on your computer) AND IN skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-813793662002-09-09T17:10:00.000-07:002002-09-09T17:51:11.000-07:00message from fair
we got this email from fairness & accuracy in reporting, and we thought we'd post it for all of you to read:
(disclaimer: skippy and his staff, while admiring fair's work, do not necessarily endorse the buying any materials mentioned herein. we leave it up to our readers to make up their own minds, because, unlike other blogs, this one has readers with minds to make up).
skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-812839792002-09-07T11:05:00.000-07:002002-09-07T11:07:47.000-07:00report from florida
our sunshine state correspondant, kathie k, sends us this report in anticipation of next tuesday's florida primary:
Hi Skippy, I haven't been a very good correspondent lately, have I? Sorry about that, I've gotten really busy with work. [ed. note: you've been doing just fine, kathie, not to worry!]
Yes, I am so looking forward to Tuesday because if McBride wins, there skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-812588022002-09-06T17:36:00.000-07:002002-09-06T21:21:05.000-07:00the great echo chamber of lies - continued from skippy the bush kangaroo
the story so far: the washington times published an article, "the nea delivers a history lesson," on august 19. after the washtimes ripped the nea a new one for promoting tolerance, mr. george "i wear bow ties to baseball games" will, put in his two cents worth in the washington post. we commented on mr. will's incorrectskippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-812114592002-09-05T17:10:00.000-07:002002-09-05T17:10:29.163-07:00government or spam: text of email from barbara boxer's office
I thought you would be interested in the following update.
Sincerely,
Barbara Boxer
United States Senator
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Support for Wilderness Bill Continues to Grow
In May, I introduced the California Wild Heritage Act of 2002 (S. 2535) to protect approximately 2.5 million acres of skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-809396652002-08-30T17:48:00.000-07:002002-08-30T18:11:46.000-07:00movie review - one hour photo - spoilers!!!
one of skippy's staff saw one hour photo recently. here are his thoughts: (warning, this review contains major spoilers, not only for one hour photo, but also the upcoming hannibal lecter film, red dragon).
not a great film, but, not a complete waste of time, either. however, at the end, i felt a little wanting. there just wasn't a great deal to skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-808112782002-08-27T22:12:00.000-07:002002-08-27T22:37:46.000-07:00report on reno-mcbride-jones debate
from our correspondent in florida:
Reporting on the first and only Florida Gubernatorial debate between Daryl Jones, Bill McBride and Janet Reno, let me first dispense with a gratuitous sexual comment: Daryl Jones would be the hunkiest hottie governor of any of the 50 states!
Actually, Mr. Jones did very well in this debate, often outshining the other skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-797180172002-08-01T20:43:00.000-07:002002-08-01T20:43:03.590-07:00america isn't the andy griffith show
skippy was pleased to find this editorial in the atlanta constitution (the paper, not the legal document). what was pleasing was that it argued against the ill-advised tips program, that mr. bush wanted to use to pit americans spying on americans. but what was most pleasing about this editorial was that it was written not by a pundit or talking head or skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-797081342002-08-01T15:59:00.000-07:002002-08-01T15:59:38.000-07:00happy ending for kidnapped girls, lousy ratings for cable news
we are so happy to report that those two mojave desert teenage girls kidnapped at gun point this morning are free and safe. the daily news reports that man who abducted tamara brooks, 16, and jacqueline marris, 17 "was shot and killed thursday after a shootout in neighboring kern county."
thank goodness, this kidnapping had a happyskippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-797073222002-08-01T15:37:00.000-07:002002-08-01T16:00:15.000-07:00perhaps possible progress in the anthrax case, maybe
the fbi seems to appear to be making some possible progress perhaps in the anthrax case maybe. at least, they are looking at a man as a possible suspect. well, not really, but they're back at his house looking around again. that's progress, isn't it? cbsnews is reporting that the feds are searching through the garbage cans outside of, as skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-797065262002-08-01T15:11:00.000-07:002002-08-01T17:14:40.000-07:00more trouble for the man who would be governor
poor bill simon can't get a break if he sold his stock options for one! this story in the san francisco chronicle tells of a recent court judgement against mr. simon's company in a fraud liability case. apparently paul hindelang's phone company pacific coin was seized by banks after a risky public offering, so he sued william e. simon & sons, who skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-797051142002-08-01T14:33:00.000-07:002002-08-01T14:33:01.543-07:00due to technical difficulties
skippy is forced to come to this web site. we are unsure why the original skippy site is no longer publishing. our emails to blogger go unanswered (oh well, what do you expect for free?) until then, please direct your browsers to this site. hopefully can fix the problem before long.
the staff at skippyskippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-797045022002-08-01T14:16:00.001-07:002002-08-01T14:16:20.023-07:00we didn't make a profit so it doesn't count
while congress decries the "unpatriotic" use of off-shore tax havens, the new york daily news reports that harken energy set up an off-shore subsidiary while mr. bush was on the board of directors. "harken registered harken bahrain oil co. on sept. 1, 1989, according to cayman islands government documents," the article states. but in defense of our skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-797044892002-08-01T14:16:00.000-07:002002-08-01T14:16:05.540-07:00will wonders never cease
skippy is wondering if this is a sign of the coming apocalypse, but here is a commentary by phyllis schlafly that we agree with. its seems that ms. schlafly is as opposed to operation tips as we are, and for much the same reasons.
"operation tips calls on americans...to monitor and report 'suspicious' activities to a central reporting center," ms. schlafly writes. "skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-797044772002-08-01T14:15:00.001-07:002002-08-01T14:15:52.023-07:00you'll be sleeping with the fishes, or at least scott hamilton
in a development that shows just what a rank amateur tonya harding was, the associated press is reporting that the russian mob was behind the skating judge gold medal scandal in the last winter olympics.
"an alleged russian crime boss was arrested in italy on u.s. charges he tried to fix the ice dancing competition at the 2002 skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-797044462002-08-01T14:15:00.000-07:002002-08-01T14:15:04.880-07:00plugging the holes
united press international reports that our favorite republican senator, john mccain, introduced his own legislation to "close major gaps in the federal firearms background check system that in a 30-month period allowed some 10,000 felons and others prohibited from gun ownership to obtain weapons." apparently the nation's data bases are in terrible shape, allowing people skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677088.post-797044372002-08-01T14:14:00.000-07:002002-08-01T14:14:45.303-07:00put it all on 22 black, uh, i mean, worldcom!
harley sorenson of the san francisco chronicle writes a pretty entertaining essay comparing the stock market to las vegas. "from what I've seen, the stock market is the world's biggest casino," he says. "its most salient feature is that it provides off-track betting. all you need to place a bet in the market is a telephone or a mouse."
that's not skippyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962670107823271639noreply@blogger.com0