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Really? “Schweddy Balls” ice cream? Really?
Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream is working furiously at exposing themselves as a gang of culturally tone-deaf jerks: Schweddy Balls ice cream is an homage to a 13-year-old “Saturday Night Live” skit featuring Alec Baldwin as bakery owner Pete Schweddy, whose unique holiday offerings included a delicacy called Schweddy balls. The company’s not worried about offending Read more
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Undefeated no more
Just like last week, fans at today’s UTSA-McMurry game were admonished to stay off the field after the game. UTSA’s football team discovered a way to make that happen: they lost 24-21. Lots of “Monday morning” quarterbacking going on already, but from my seat (in the north end zone) it appeared that a game UTSA Read more
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Terrorizing ourselves
“The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.” Read Lynne Kiesling’s take on the legacy of 9/11: “Be indomitable. Refuse to be terrorized.” Update (10 September). Richard Fernandez thinks we should go on the offense: “We have no right to forgive. We have no right to forget.” Read more
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What to do with the Rowdy Ryans?
In yesterday’s post about UTSA’s inaugural football game, I failed to mention the student fans rushing the field after the game. Roughly what happened was Before the final play of the game, there was a clear announcement over the PA system to refrain from running onto the field, with a warning that you could be Read more
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So you think you can dance?
Check this out: Tip from American Digest. …and this! Tip from The Corner. Read more
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Roadrunners pull off a miracle
UTSA’s inaugural football game was nothing short of spectacular. After years of hard work and a solid year of publicity build-up, the University delivered a game day that fans will be talking about for decades. The pre-game activities were as big as anything I’ve seen in Austin, even though we Roadrunners are a bit inexperienced Read more
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Pay no attention to the C-17 behind the curtain
The President’s recent bus tour, revealed as eyewash. Big surprise. Tip from the Parkway Rest Stop. Read more
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If there is no God, then everything is permitted…
I’ve often wondered about this statement, and now I’ve found it: If there is no God, everything is permitted; if there is a God, it’s even more terrifying, because then some things are not permitted, and men have got to find out which are which. Tip from the Instapundit. Read more
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That’s it, Obama’s toast…
…he’s lost the all-important Texas Jewboy vote. Kinky Friedman indorses Rick Perry: …I have a covenant with God. I leave him alone and he leaves me alone. If, however, I have a big problem, I ask God for the answer. He tells Rick Perry. And Rick tells me. So would I support Rick Perry for Read more
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Hey, Big Spender
An anonymous White House source has dropped a dime on Michelle Obama’s vacation spending habits. Apparently it’s so bad even Barack-0 is alarmed …Mrs Obama, whose fashion choices are widely followed, had been going on ‘wild shopping sprees’, much to the distress of her husband, who, its sources reveal, is ‘absolutely furious’ at his wife’s Read more
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