The site for ranting and reporting by John Masters
“U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn challenged the accuracy of Terri Schiavo’s autopsy Thursday, saying he has a copy of the Florida woman’s medical file. I have on my desk a complete medical file of Terri Schiavo, and I would challenge the accuracy of many of the statements by people involved in that case in terms of her medical condition, and I would also challenge some of the autopsy findings based on what I have on my desk in Washington,” Coburn said.
Read moreAs you may know, the British invested a lot to cover a huge part of London with a closed circuit television system for “identifying terrorists.” Much is being made right now about the fact that officers have uncovered a shot of one of the terrorists from this system. I expect to see the U.S. Government and major U.S. cities now clamoring to install such systems, and they’ll point to this as the grand example for why we need it.
Read moreThese guys just get more wacky by the minute. Now it turns out that Senator Rick Santorum has uncovered the cause of the Priest Sex Scandals…and all the blame rests on liberalism in Boston. You can read the complete article here.
Read moreNot surprisingly, after spending a couple of years strongly denying that Karl Rove was involved in the Valerie Plame leak, and Bush promising to fire anyone that was involved…all of a sudden no one in the administration can discuss the matter because there is an on-going investigation.
Read moreConservatives who have long taken the support of evangelical Christians for granted are beginning to pay the price.
Read moreThe Senate is poised to vote this month on a bill to permanently repeal the estate tax (a.k.a., the Paris Hilton Benefit Act). Hard-pressed to defend a bill that benefits such a minute few at the expense of so many, President Bush has been claiming that the estate tax (which he calls the “death tax”) hurts America’s farmers. But now we know just how dubious that argument is.
Read moreThe biggest scorcher ever noted was on September 13, 1922, in El Azizia (also known as Al ‘Aziziyah), Libya, when the mercury hit 136 degrees Fahrenheit.
Read moreAs Earth is invaded by alien tripod fighting machines, one family fights for survival.
Read moreDennis’ impact on the Tampa Bay area has been relatively minimal. We have had some strong wind and rain bands pass through, but it has all been moving quite fast, so the overall impact has been limited. We haven’t even had the power flicker here.
Read moreThe Catholic Archbishop of Vienna tells us to back off on that wacky, scientific approach to science and evolution in particular. Never mind that the entire world has taken at face value Pope John Paul II’s statement in 1996 that evolution is “more than just a hypothesis.”
Read moreThey have adjusted the track of Dennis slightly more to the east again, so that means the projected track is even closer to the west coast of Florida. As it stands right, Key West lies directly on the projected path.
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