Category: The Dish

This was sent to me and I cannot confirm it independently but it’s of a helicopter rescue mission in Afghanistan. Sometimes we forget what amazing people we have in the military – people with skills and balls most of us cannot even imagine. Whatever our differences about strategy and policy, I really don’t see any evidence that the vast majority don’t respect – even revere – the troops who are out there. I don’t mean this as a typical look-at-me-I’m-a-patriot-Fox-News kind of gesture. But these kids are astonishing.

Richard Knerr, RIP, inventer of hula-hoops,

Superball, so bouncy it seemed to defy gravity; Slip ‘N Slide and its giggle-inducing cousin the Water Wiggle; and Silly String, which was much harder to get out of hair than advertised.

In their defense: Ben Stein’s in it.

An insightful glimpse into their Rovian calculations.

We clearly need a constitutional amendment to ban it:

Marriage has historically, as long as there’s been human history, meant a man and a woman in a relationship for life. Once we change that definition, then where does it go from there?

The Bible is clear. Jesus is actually explicit on this – and never mentioned homosexuality. Divorce is clearly forbidden. If we have strayed from such a core Biblical principle, and the Constitution is the place where we are supposed to resolve social policy, then Huckabee must support a constitutional amendment to ban divorce everywhere for everyone. So how about it, GOP? Are you serious about the Bible as the basis for politics or not?

He’s running for Senate in Minnesota. The Shrummy message is lame. But the high-school teacher is cool.

Some more:

Here is the candidate Fred
And these are the words that he said
"I want Law and Order
so I’m closing the border
If you want me, I’ll be in my bed."

There once was the mayor called Rudy
Who went to Long Island for booty
The taxpayers paid
So that he could get laid
Did 9/11 come before Judy?

Others here.

Yes, that’s what the supporters of Rhode Island School Of Design’s hockey team shout. You should see their mascot.

Some useful perspective from three editors in the gay press.

A competition winner:

The pedal-powered machine successfully transports and filters water without burning fossil fuels or wood, which contributes to a reduction in CO2 emissions.

YouTube here.