This is goofy, but the girl is nice

"Boing Boing" has a pic of a girl in a German helmet and in a bikini, and she is holding a toy-looking weapon. The weapon is actually a purse.

Beyonce wants to be hot

Quite obviously, Beyonce Knowles is trying to cultivate a reputation for being hot. I think that she is succeeding quite well.

My first attempt at a Lindsay Lohan naked pic (fake, of course)

This is my first attempt at a naked Lindsay Lohan pic (a fake, of course). I started with a pic from a girl friends amateur news group and went from there.

An amazing number of guys are looking for racy pics of Emma Watson

I am amazed at how many guys in different parts of the world are searching for racy pics of Emma Watson. All such pics are necessarily fakes, of course. Still, Google has decided not to help you find them. If anyone can find us, we either have some or have links to some. As of the last few days, only Yahoo Image Search and Altavista would let you find them. We may be down to just Altavista. Our benevolent overlords at Google have decided not to let us see them, and there may well be pressure on Yahoo to censor them, as well.

Google Image Search is embargoing Emma Watson racy pics

This morning, we can see clearly that what is happening is that Google is censoring Emma Watson racy pics. They relented for a short period, but that ban is back in force. If you want to find Emma Watson racy pics (fakes, in other words), you need to use Yahoo Image Search or Altavista.

We use the Gimp

For image altering, we primarily use the Gimp (GNU Image Manipulation Program). We have been using the Gimp for about 2-1/2 years. We primarily have used the Gimp for making fake ship photographs (photographs of ships that never existed).

My fake of Jennifer Granholm in a tiny bikini

I have this new fake of Jennifer Granholm reclining, wearing a tiny bikini.

My first Emma Watson fake

I have just been making fake celebrity racy pics for a short time. This is my first, original Emma Watson fake.

Mischa Barton, anyone?

Mischa Barton was a child star, as well. I would be interested to see pics of her when she was young, as well as adult. This is a pic that I have seen of her.

We seem to be "under the ban" by Google

Today has been very bizarre. We seem to be "under the ban" by Google Image Search. I saw reason to wonder if they have decided to excise us from "Safe Search" searches, which I can understand. I took the small step of moving the really extreme AVN Ads down on the page so they are not so intrusive. I don't like the idea of removing them, as there is no real substitute for advertising, given that our traffic comes from guys looking for racy pics of celebrity women (Molly Ringwald, Emma Watson, and Nicole Kidman, for example). I also like to be blogging about what is happening on binary news groups, as I have not seen anyone else doing it.

Has Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks put on weight?

Karol Sheinen, writing at Alarming News links to a pic of Natalie Maines, lead singer of the Dixie Chicks, at a party with Paris Hilton. The picture makes Natalie Maines look like she has put on a great deal of weight. What do you think? (look at how wide her arm is)

If you have a way to search for files on Usenet, look for "Deep Throat"

Seemingly, a failing of Newsrover, is that when you do a filesearch, you cannot see the newsgroup where the file is found. As an experiment, I tried searching for "Deep Throat". If you can, you might try to see what you can find.

A little Jody Foster from Backtrack on Hussy

From the recent Jody Foster posting on the newsgroup Hussy, there is a pic of her in the movie "Backtrack", showing off a bit of her bare chest.

Eva Ionesco pics

Eva Ionesco is the darling of binary news groups. Here is a page of her pics on the web, not just he UseNet. It is amazing that she is now in her forties.

Jodie Foster, from a Sci Fi pic

I had not recognized her in this pic, but this is Jodie Foster, showing a good bit. The latest post on the Hussy news group (alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.hussy) includes this pic.

We would hate to see Lindsay Lohan stop doing crazy stuff

Lindsay Lohan has nice looking lower lips, as we can see in this pic found "out there". What would we do if she stopped going without underwear?

Liv Tyler

Ever since I saw her in Armageddon, I have liked Liv Tyler. I found a pic of her posted to a news group in the last three years that shows some breast from the side.

Jackie Warner?

OK, Jackie Warner only likes girls, but that doesn't mean that guys can't like her. In this pic Jackie really looks hot. Tammy Bruce has a blog post about "The Cure For Homosexuality" (Rosie O'Donnell), and then has a pic of Jackie Warner as the "cure for the cure".

This Virginia Madsen pic, from "Class" is "floating around out there"

I sort of vaguely recognize Virginia Madsen, the more that I see if her (what there is, is very nice). This pic was "floating around out there", and shows her in an old movie "Class". She is showing a breast for our perusal.

Another new post on Hussy has Virginia Madsen pics

Another post in the last day on the news group Hussy (alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.hussy) is a set of Virginia Madsen pics. One shows her in the movie "Hot Spot".

Oneof the latest sets in Hussy has Melanie Griffith in "Working Girl"

There are several new sets posted to Hussy (alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.hussy). One is a large set of Melanie Griffith pics. One shows her "dressed up" for the movie "Working Girl".

Israeli girls buying ice cream

The Diary of a Mad IT Manager has a great pic of three Israeli girls, armed with assault rifles (as we like to call them in the US).

"In Fat City"

I date myself, because I still use the phrase "In Fat City". Answers.com says that "In Fat City" is slang from the 1960's.

A Jessica Alba pic from Hussy

Another recent posting on Hussy (alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.hussy) is a set of Jessica Alba pics. This is a representative pic.

From Hussy: Nicole Kidman in the mirror

A recent post on the Hussy news group (alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.hussy) shows Nicole Kidman in the mirror. This is part of a pic from a large posting of Nicole Kidman from various movies. This is apparently from "Eyes Wide Shut".

A hot topic: Theresa Duncan

The story is that Theresa Duncan had committed suicide and that her companion, Jeremy Blake, had walked into the sea, presumably to commit suicide. The Rigorous Intuition blog has more about the story (this is apparently a temporary version of the blog). The author, Jeff Wells, has some doubts about the story. Theresa's "suicide note" was typed on a computer. No one had a clue that she might be prone to suicide. She and Jeremy were very paranoid about Scientologists being after them. The "witness" to Jeremy "walking into the sea" can't be found. This is a small, year-old pic of Theresa, showing more leg than face.

The blonde, tattooed, naked German lady and her Ferrari

"Gigi Lala" has the picture of the tattooed naked blonde German lady who has caused such a buzz for shopping naked. The pic shows her getting into her Ferrari. The Gibbs12.com blog has the Reuters story and a pic of the Ferrari:

BERLIN (Reuters) - A mysterious blonde paid a visit to a petrol station shop in the small eastern German town of Doemitz on Sunday — wearing nothing but a pair of golden stilettos and a thin gold bracelet.

The tall, slender woman strolled into the shop in the town of Doemitz on the warm afternoon and bought cigarettes, petrol station employee Ines Swoboda told Reuters on Monday.

Young Jenny Agutter

Three or four years ago, I had gone looking for Jenny Agutter pics on UseNet. I had seen Walkabout a long time ago, and she looked really nice then (I thought it was a weird movie). This is apparently a young Jenny Agutter.

Sorry that we have become offensive to some

Rather unfortunately, I have gone off in risky directions since last fall, in what I am posting. That, along with the explicit ads (I would prefer to keep them R-rated, rather than XXX) makes us extremely "Not Safe For Work". I am not going to change what I am doing, but may need to move current events commentary and links to regular bloggers to a different place. Clayton Cramer was not happy with what we are currently doing, although we do it because there is an audience for it and I have an interest, of course, as well. I won't link to Clayton's blog, as that is what got his attention in a negative way. You can my link, below.

A Nicole Kidman pic from "Eyes Wide Shut"

I got this Nicole Kidman pic from a news group about four years ago. The pic is a still of her from the movie "Eyes Wide Shut".

Bill Dyer (Beldar) likes the new Harry Potter book

I was interested to see that another blogger I like, Bill Dyer (Beldar), also likes the new Harry Potter book:

Rowling did a remarkable job of weaving together not only the characters from the preceding books, but their plot lines, places, devices, and themes. I'd re-read the first five books before the sixth was released, and I've seen all of the five movies so far (all but the most recent one, more than once), so I'd describe myself as fairly well-steeped in Potter lore. All that is to say, I'm probably very much the type of reader to whom Rowling particularly targeted this final book, because I was prepared to appreciate the degree to which she was able to pluck threads from the previous books and draw them forward into the weave of this one.

I like Ralph

Marc Cooper responds to Todd Gitlin, writing in the LA Times. Marc comments that he likes things about Ralph Nader. Oddly enough, so do I.

Harry Potter commentaries

You might be interested to see these positive commentaries on Harry Potter:

JustOneMinute: "mad-about-harry"

Clayton Cramer: "on Harry Potter"

Captain's Quarters: comments on Harry Potter

PhD Comics: the musical

Jorge Cham has a cute sequence of the PhD student's summer as a musical. It starts when the guys ask the PhD student who is Jorge Cham's alter ego about his summer and the girls ask Cecilia about her's. The second comic is about "Goofed around, don't got no data". Presumably, the last one is "Summer's gone".

A real Ashley Olsen pic of her showing off

This is a nice Ashley Olsen pic (think Olsen twins) of her showing off what she has, up to a point:

(I wasn't able to find a linkable version of this pic, although the pic is out there and of better quality)

An Olsen twins fake from a news group

I found this Olsen twins fake in the last five years in postings on a news group. This was before they started to acquire a lot of negative publicity.

"Tiny Tove"

I had only seen still shots of Tove Jensen ("Tiny Tove") until the last few years. The Horny Rob newsgroup (alt.pictures.erotica.hornyrob) had a complete set as far back as 1999. Now, video can be found by searching simply by the "Tiny Tove" search string, at least using the News Rover "File Attachment Locator". Pictures of her seem to be few and far between on the internet, apparently be design, as Color Climax wants it that way. She is deemed famous enough to be able to have a Wikipedia page.

Tiny Tove movies

If you have the capability to do a file search on the UseNet, look for a search string of "Tiny Tove". You will find some Tiny Tove (Tove Jensen) videos, mostly .avi files, but also a .mov (QuickTime) and a .mpg version.

Megan McArdle points out an observation by Scott Adams (think Dilbert)

Megan McArdle points out an observation by Scott Adams about the value at being pretty good at doing multiple things and then she comments further.

Hillary Clinton showing cleavage?

What? Hillary Clinton has succeeded in creating some buzz by showing some cleavage in the Senate, while giving a speech.

A Molly Ringwald pic

I found this Molly Ringwald pic on the UseNet by using the file search on NewsRover.

Google has embargoes Emma Watson fakes, but you can still find them with Altavista and Yahoo image search

You may not be aware of this, but Google seems to be embargoing Emma Watson fakes from their image search. You can still find them with Altavista (altavista.com), Yahoo Image Search (images.search.yahoo.com), and All the Web (alltheweb.com).

Classic porn movies

I hear that some of the classic porn movies are available from places such as alt.binaries.erotica.pornstars.80s and alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.vintage (newsgroups). One example is the original "Debbie Does Dallas".

One of our toads

A feature of life in North Central Texas is that we have toads. They tend to be big, when grown. This is one of our big toads:

I took this picture outside our front door about 5:15am this morning. He didn't think much of me taking his picture, as he disappeared into the bushes.

Yes, Heather Mills USED to be nice

Back in her prime, with two legs, Heather Mills was "nice". This was from her porn book shoot. I don't think that I have used this pic previously.

OK, so my pics look like they were made with crayons

I have been making fake warship pics ("photoart") for two-and-a-half years:

From some previous efforts, I had known that doing pics of people was harder. I figured that I needed to make a start on doing them, as Google is doing some weird things in the last week or so, so I needed to have my own pics, independent of anyone else. That also means using pics from the UseNet, from celebrity groups, particularly.

A Business Week article about bloggers finding a unique niche

I was interested to read this article about the people behind "I Can Has Cheezburger" and what they did to make their blog take off since January 2007.

Is Google moving against the Emma Watson fakes?

I just looked at Google Analytics. I see indications that Google Image Search is trying to choke off the Emma Watson fake traffic. The result is that traffic from Yahoo and Alta Vista is increasing. That is the downside to Google, that they lose traffic to other search engines. We need to try things like Bloglines and Blogger search to see what they are doing.

My world travel map

Karol Sheinen, at Alarming News, had a map of her travels in the US. Here is my world map showing the few countries to which I have traveled:

create your own visited country map or check our Venice travel guide

(I had to redo the map, as I had forgotten my two stops at London Gatwick Airport)

Some "Emma Exposed"

"Emma Exposed", the new name for the best Emma Watson fakes site has the usual good pics, such as this one.

Ok, the Emma Watson fakes site didn't go away, it changed its name

I was concerned that the Emma Watson fakes site had been nuked, but they just changed their name to Emma Exposed. I will need to relink to pics, apparently.

So, can I link to this Google thumbnail of "Savannah"?

I cannot link directly to this pic of "Savannah" from FTV Girls, but perhaps I can get the Google thumbnail:

The StrangeCosmos pic of Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, and Cynthia McKinney is still good

While looking for more Emma Watson pics, I ran across this pic of Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, and Cynthia McKinney that is still good fun. The "three girls", showing off.

Here is another Emma Watson fake pic of her "showing off"

There seems to be an active move afoot to shut down Emma Watson fake pics, but here is one of her "showing off"

Scronk.com also has an Emma Watson fake

Scronk.com still has an Emma Watson fake pic. Even if someone has been shutting down Emma Watson fake sites, the pics are still "out there".

Webcindario has Emma Watson fake pics

Webcindario.com has Emma Watson racy fake pics, such as this one.

I was not familiar with Reshma

I had not been familiar with Reshma, who is apparently a south Indian adult star. Has a pic. Indian Amateur has blog post and pics (such as this one) (they call her "Mallu babe Reshma").

This is a pic of Fred Thompson's present wife Jeri

This picture of Jeri, Fred Thompson's present wife, doesn't do anything to prove Ace's theory about Fred liking women with big tits (Ace doesn't use that term).

Ace thinks that Fred Thompson likes women with big tits

Ace, of Ace of Spades HQ, has a theory that Fred Thompson likes women with big tits, and that was why he had been interested in country singer Lorrie Morgan. I think that Ace might be on to something:

This pic REALLY shows what Lorrie Morgan has:

A set of Pam Grier pics are the latest set posted at Hussy

At the Hussy newsgroup (alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.hussy), the latest set of celebrity racy pics are a set of Pam Grier pics with indexes. "Black Girl Juice" has a Pam Grier article with links.

How about a little Jennifer Connelly (from Hussy)

Jennifer Connelly is definitely "all right". This is from the UseNet (newsgroups).

Osama Bin Laden is dead: no, he is just outside looking in

A new El Qaida video shows Osama Bin Laden. The only problem is that the footage is of a much younger Bin Laden than he would be now. Any thinking person would suspect that he has been dead for a while. Ed Morrissey has the story.

Theo Spark's blog

Ace, of Ace of Spades HQ, pointed out Theo Spark's blog. Not only is he interesting to read, but he has good racy pics of women. He has a feature called "The Daily Totty".

The Daily Mail has the story about the world's tallest man getting married

I enjoyed this article from the Daily Mail about the Mongolian man who is 7 feet-9 inches tall (the world's tallest man) and his wedding to a young woman who is 5 feet-6 inches tall.

Lindsay Lohan in "I Know Who Killed Me"

Linday Lohan's new movie is called "I Know Who Killed Me". She is supposed to be a stripper, but I understand that she never actually gets naked, or even close. This is a pic of her. Feed Me Gossip has the trailer.

The Star Telegram has the pic of the negligent mother, Ebony Thorne

Ebony Thorne is said to be a cocaine addict. She is in jail for neglecting her 2 year old son, who died after falling down the stairs. The Fort Worth Star Telegram has Ebony Thorne's pic.

Some changes coming down the pipe

I expect that I will be making some changes. They include actually including pictures inline, hosting them with a service that will allow adult pics, and possibly licensing celebrity pics, if that can be done in a cost-effective way. In any case, it will mean inline pics that I am hosting or licensing. That is the plan, although it may take some time to implement. It should mean better pics and do away with having to pop the pics.

Rona de Ricci at Hussy

One of the sets of racy celebrity pics posted at the Hussy news group (alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.hussy) was a set of Ron de Ricci pics. One is of her from the movie Pit and the Pendulum. Robbs Oops Celebs has a whole page on her.

The answer to what has been happening

The apparent reason for odd behavior by Google is that Adsense Ads don't want to be displayed along with "adult content". They recently figured out that with the AVN Ads, there is "adult content", hence the concern on Google's part. We are now Adsense-free on Former Naval Person, so we should be compliant!

More Koreans: Kim Yun-Jin

Another Korean cutie, Kim Yun-Jin.

Another Kim Ah-Jung pic

This seems to be another Kim Ah-Jung pic.

Kim Ah-Jung?

I believe that this honey is Kim Ah-Jung. She is pretty nice, although I did not find any skin pics.

The Natalie Gulbis calendar

The golfer, Natalie Gulbis, is not afraid to capitalize on her looks. There is a calendar for 2006 of her.

Do you like Michelle Rodriquez?

Ken Levine links to this Socialite Life pic. Socialite Life hs this pic of Michelle Rodriquez. She is pretty nice, don't you think?

Sabrina Kay looks pretty hot

While I was looking for Mirthala Salinas pics, I saw this one pic of Sabrina Kay, who looks pretty hot, herself. There is an article about here at the International UCLA site.

Helen Hunt on Hussy

Another recent posting at Hussy (alt.binary.pictures.erotica.hussy) was a set of Helen Hunt racy pics.

Google Image Search

Google Image Search changed what they were doing early yesterday. We have benefited from Google Image Search returning our pages in results where we linked to pictures from other sites. Inside-SEO.com has a piece from yesterday bemoaning the practice, but it seems to have taken a hit from Google, so it will not be so lucrative.

There is weird stuff happening with Google today, and it is nasty

I don't really understand the reason, but our traffic is still largely driven by Google Image Search, and that has not changed. Either there is less today, or else there is some technical reason why the volume is reduced. Yesterday was over 2700 SiteMeter visits, while today is shaping up to be much less. I wish I knew why this was the case, but "only Google knows".

A large Chloe Sevigny set is posted at Hussy

One of the most recent posts at the Hussy newsgroup (alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.hussy) is a set of Chloe Sevigny racy pics with indexes.

I'm glad that Duane Patterson is posting again at Radio Blogger

I was glad to see that Duane Patterson is back to posting more frequently at Radio Blogger. When I was working in Minneapolis, I would listen to Hugh Hewitt's radio show on the way home (it was on there during the evening drive time). Duane is Hugh's producer. His blog has been great because he would not only comment but would post transcripts of the radio program interviews.

The Noelia sex tape?

Ireland: the Voice of the Nation claims to have the Noelia sex tape links.

I like the "Snorg Tees" pic, at least

I don't know anything about "Snorg Tees", but I like the girl in the pic.

Locking down a Win2000 PC is bad news

I don't know if you have experienced this, but locking down a Win2000 PC so tight that there is no room to wiggle really has bad effects. It has something to do with virtual memory and paging, among other things. I am used to using Windows XP Professional, where I have admin rights, and that really makes a difference. XP Professional seems quite well-behaved, at least in comparison to Win2000 and even XP Home Edition.

Amy Poehler fills out a nice sweater

Amy Poehler, topless, and filling out her sweater in a good way.

Would we like to see racy pics of Amy Polumbo, Miss New Jersey?

Would we like to see racy pics of Amy Polumbo, the current Miss New Jersey? Yes, we would like to see them (of course). Will be we get to see them? Sorry to say for her, we hope to see them.

Tara Conner still looks good

Yes, I still like Tara Conner, the 2006 Miss USA.

The eccentric genius, Nikola Tesla was born on 10 July

I had not realized that Nikola Tesla, the eccentric genius (I wanted to say, mad genius), had been so long ago as 1856. He was born on 10 July, as noted by Tom Elia, at The New Editor. The most wild and visionary concept he had was to broadcast energy.

Finding new binary news groups

I don't usually remember this, but I happened to notice that an mpg file had been posted to another binary news group that I had not known about. I subscribed and found that I needed to check it out further. Many times, not everyone cross-posts multimedia files to multiple groups, and you may only find a certain video on one group and not the others that have similar material. In general, I am only looking at news groups in the alt.binary tree.

Emma Watson is horny?

At Pop on the Pop, the comment is that Emma Watson is horny, and they wonder why (in an ancient blog post).

Where is Paris Hilton when we need her?

We would go 24X7 Paris Hilton, if she would provide enough new and interesting material (such as this pic, one of our favorites, as you already knew).

the "aqua car"

The Detroit News has a story, with pics, of the Aquada, the "aqua car".

Sarah Dunn (a Holloaks girl)

In a modification of what we have been doing, here is Sarah Dunn (a Hollyoaks girl) at the beach in "not much".

Just to prove me wrong: another small girl in a bikini

Despite what I thought had been the case, here is another small girl at the beach, in a bikini (it is what it is, after all. What did you want?).

You find weird stuff while searching

While I was searching for Lauren Jones pics, I found this pic from "In Bed With Faith's Vulva", a Faith Nelson pic from the "MyBoobSite" blog.

I had thought that Google Image Search had scrubbed all of these

I have thought that Google Image Search and other engines have made a concerted effort to scrub their results of all pics of little girls in swimsuits. This pic at least proves that it has not been a total wipeout, although it is obvious why this is not eliminated.

An experiment with TrueDime.com

While searching with Google Image Search for Lauren Jones pics, I ran into this Latina pic that is rather nice. I wanted to see if the site, TrueDime.com, would let me link to it. The answer is "yes", at least for a few views.

Deborah Jeane Palfrey looks good for being 50

There are some better pics of Deborah Jeane Palfrey available. She is pretty well-preserved for being 50 years old. We should find her list rather good entertainment, as they are talking about releasing her customer list to the public. Our leftist buddies figure that there are some high-profile Republicans among her customers.

Rob Port points out why Patrick Fitzgerald would have "gone after" Libby

I had not known this, but Patrick Fitzgerald had a grudge against Scooter Libby, dating from the latter 1980's, when Libby defended Mark Rich. Rob Port has the details:

Well here’s one possible reason. It turns out that Patrick Fitzgerald and Scooter Libby have butted heads before, and Fitzgerald apparently has no love for Libby.

As it happens, Messrs. Fitzgerald and Libby had crossed legal paths before. Before he joined the Bush Administration, Mr. Libby had, for a number of years in the 1980s and 1990s, been a lawyer for Marc Rich. Mr. Rich is the oil trader and financier who fled to Switzerland in 1983, just ahead of his indictment for tax-evasion by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Bill Clinton pardoned Mr. Rich in 2001, and so the feds never did get their man. The pardon so infuriated Justice lawyers who had worked on the case that the Southern District promptly launched an investigation into whether the pardon had been “proper.” One former prosecutor we spoke to described the Rich case as “the single most rancorous case in the history of the Southern District.”

Obama girl?

How about "Obama Girl"? The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has the YouTube link.

So, are these guys going to let me link to this Noelia pic?

The question always is: if I am able to link directly to a pic, rather than to the page. This is a nice Noelia pic, but we shall see.

Another pic of Mirthala Salinas and Antonio Villaraigosa

The Daily News has another pic of Mirthala Salinas that shows just how nice she is. No skin found, yet, but we can hope. In this pic, she was interviewing Antonio Villaraigosa in 2005.

The most recent Chinese SSBN

World Tribune has the story and a pic of the latest Chinese SSBN. Overall, the "Red Chinese" are not our friends, even if their people generally are.

Paris Hilton?

This looks like Paris Hilton. Now, the question is if they will let me link to the pic.

What do you think of Mirthala Salinas?

Mirthala Salinas has made a big splash has Antonio Villaraigosa's "girlfriend". I suspect that she is one of the "perks" that comes with being mayor of LA. There are not that many pics of her. This is her with a different hair style.

Fergie, anyone?

The Boobie Blog has some rather old, at this point, pics of Fergie in a bikini. Don't you think that she is "all right"?

web-l.com has the Jessica Simpson GQ cover pic

I was looking for a nice pic that showed Jessica Simpson as she was on the GQ cover. Web-l.com has the pic. This is the web-l.com page.

The old reliable: Paris Hilton

I am hoping that Paris Hilton doesn't reform, as she has been a reliable source of interesting pics, such as this one (XXX).

Sex and race in Canton, Ohio

I knew about the murder of a pregnant woman by the father of her child and that the Canton Repository's web site was being hammered by the big jump in traffic. I had not realized, until I saw Bobby Cutts' picture today that he was black and the dead woman was white. They have a story today with more pictures. Jessie M. Davis had a previous child by Bobby Cutts, a police officer. She was eight months pregnant with a girl when she was murdered, apparently by Cutts. The co-defendant is apparently a black woman. I have the impression that Bobby Cutts also had a black girlfriend and that perhaps she was jealous of his white girlfriend. I suspect that she also did not want the complication of Mr. Cutts having a second mixed race child.

"7-Eleven Becomes Kwik-E-Mart for 'Simpsons Movie' Promotion"

I had not understood that the 7-Eleven transformation into "Kwik-E-Mart" was just for a movie promotion. I had thought it was for real. There is an AP story on the Fox News site.

The latest post at Hussy has many Jennifer Connelly pics

The latest post at Hussy (alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.hussy) has a large number of Jennifer Connelly pics, with indexes.

Professor Galbraith should seek immediate medical attention

Tom Elia, writing at The New Editor, points out this reading recommendation from Prof. Galbraith, at UT in Austin. I think that this is a nice touch by Prof. Galbraith, in reference to former Vice-President Gore: "he won the presidential election of 2000". I must say that I would highly recommend that Prof. Galbraith seek immediate medical attention, as he is obviously delusional.

I like this Cox & Forkum cartoon: it is about right

Cox & Forkum has a cartoon, with commentary, that seems right on. (I like the wild-eyed Elephant). There are many Republicans who have lost their way, and this particular crowd is pretty far off in the weeds, in my opinion.

The new Yahoo Mail Beta

I have stopped switching back and forth between the traditional Yahoo Mail and the Beta. Since Friday, I have been using the Beta exclusively. The good news is that it works much better. The bad news is that my researcher in the Netherlands has lost the ability to send me seven or eight photographs of old documents as attachments. The new found unlimited storage is useless if I cannot receive the photographs. I still have a lot of mail targeted at Yahoo mail, including mail forwarded from my domain, so I will continue to use it. I am just unhappy about not being able to receive the photographs to support my research.

iPhone activation... whoops!

Yahoo Finance has an article about how AT&T fumbled the ball on the iPhone.

Clayton Cramer points out a Cato Institute goofball event

I guess that the Cato Institute was making a political statement when they named an event "". Clayton Cramer, who is to my right, doesn't think much of it:

The Cato Institute Can Do Better Than This

They have an event planned:

Invasion of the Party Snatchers: How the Holy-Rollers and the Neo-Cons Destroyed the GOP

BOOK FORUM
Thursday, May 10, 2007
12:00 PM (Luncheon to Follow)

Featuring the author, Victor Gold.

The Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

Vic Gold was deputy press secretary for Barry Goldwater's 1964 presidential campaign, which launched the conservative revolution in the Republican Party. He went on to collaborate with President George H. W. Bush on his autobiography and to coauthor a satirical novel with Lynne Cheney. But today, he says, the Republican Party is run by people Barry Goldwater wouldn't recognize-some of whom are identified in his polemical subtitle. His new book is a lively jeremiad against "a fiscally irresponsible, ever-expanding federal government," a messianic foreign policy, a theocratic view of church and state, and a Republican Party that has accepted all those unconservative ideas. Join us to hear Vic Gold discuss the war for the soul of the GOP and the prospects for restoring its commitment to limited government and a constrained role for politics.

There are so many things wrong here.

Marc Cooper's reaction to the iPhone

Predictably, Marc Cooper disses the iPhone. Marc uses a Blackberry and has been happy with the Blackberry on Verizon. Marc went out, at the time of the iPhone debut and upgraded to "a 8830 global model". He paid about a third of the price of an iPhone. It seems like his main problem with the iPhone is AT&T.

Leftist "thinking"

Ken Silverstein, in the LA Times, has an opinion piece that seems to reflect the normative leftist thinking. The basic premise is essentially that the ends justify the means. The subtext is that business and conversatives are evil, so lying to them is perfectly acceptable. They are lying, anyway, so lying to expose them is fine. The botched Food Lion exposee by ABC News is held up as an example of "what to do".

Crazy consulting rates

I just received an email from my Monster search that says: "Mid-level Java/J2EE Consultant to $40/hr". How could someone work in the LA area at that rate? Are you suppose to live on the street or a tent? Rates in the Dallas area are better than that!