http://tomburka.com/ Copyright 2012 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:01:59 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.21-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Republicans who aren't idiots about climate change on tape. HT: Mac McClelland and James West.... http://tomburka.com/archives2/2012/01/like-discoverin.php http://tomburka.com/archives2/2012/01/like-discoverin.php Links Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:01:59 -0500 Although New Gingrich came in fourth in the Iowa caucuses, the people of Iowa paid him $1.6 million for his participation, Gingrich spokespersons revealed this morning. Iy could not be determined what precisely Mr. Gingrich had been paid for, but Gingrich's people noted that Gingrich "rarely did anything" unless he could get paid $1.6 million to do it. "Iowa caucuses no exception," said one source. http://tomburka.com/archives2/2012/01/gingrich-lose-c.php http://tomburka.com/archives2/2012/01/gingrich-lose-c.php Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:59:06 -0500 An overview of the entire history of the Iraq War in satirical headlines. http://tomburka.com/archives2/2011/12/a-look-back-at.php http://tomburka.com/archives2/2011/12/a-look-back-at.php Best of Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:58:53 -0500 Courtesy of Christopher Duva, "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Gingrich":... http://tomburka.com/archives2/2011/12/some-holiday-ch.php http://tomburka.com/archives2/2011/12/some-holiday-ch.php Links Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:31:32 -0500 It occurs to me that Herman Cain would make a really good governor of Alaska.... http://tomburka.com/archives2/2011/12/thought-of-the.php http://tomburka.com/archives2/2011/12/thought-of-the.php Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:14:44 -0500 The Perry debate team was thrilled last night that Governor Rick Perry was actually able to name two of the three agencies he would immediately eliminate if elected President, noting that the Texas governor rarely was able to name even one. Melanie Sprim, a Perry debate strategist, could barely contain her glee. "Wow," she said, "He really nailed it! What a performance!" She explained. "When the moderator asked the governor to name three agencies, we were sweating bullets. Well, you can imagine our relief!" http://tomburka.com/archives2/2011/11/perry-had-lread.php http://tomburka.com/archives2/2011/11/perry-had-lread.php News Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:16:23 -0500 After withdrawing his proposal for a referendum on the debt deal to save the Greek economy, Prime Minister George Popandreou has proposed instead propping up the economy with a very large stick. "I understand that it would have to be... http://tomburka.com/archives2/2011/11/greek-leader-to.php http://tomburka.com/archives2/2011/11/greek-leader-to.php News Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:56:48 -0500 The physics world is abuzz with news that a group of European physicists plans to announce Friday that it has clocked a burst of subatomic particles known as neutrinos breaking the cosmic speed limit -- the speed of light --... http://tomburka.com/archives2/2011/09/tiny-neutrinos.php http://tomburka.com/archives2/2011/09/tiny-neutrinos.php Links Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:25:45 -0500 Nation Weeps A frightened nation held its breath today over final negotiations to replaster the debt ceiling even as GOP negotiators threatened even tougher stances on replacing the ugly debt wallpaper and debt carpeting. "Mark my words, we will not... http://tomburka.com/archives2/2011/08/debt-ceiling-ba.php http://tomburka.com/archives2/2011/08/debt-ceiling-ba.php Top Stories Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:45:23 -0500 AT&T and T-Mobile today announced plans to merge in order to vastly increase their reach and value, spokespeople said. "Now," explained Shirley Dickinson of AT&T, "we can fail to provide service to twice as many customers as before." http://tomburka.com/archives2/2011/03/attt-tmobile-me.php http://tomburka.com/archives2/2011/03/attt-tmobile-me.php News Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:03:00 -0500 , but other elemental Buddhas around the world shook their heads in despair at what they saw as terrific neglect by most of their worshippers.]]> http://tomburka.com/archives2/2010/11/aqua-buddha-thr.php http://tomburka.com/archives2/2010/11/aqua-buddha-thr.php Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:41:11 -0500 In a desperate eve of election tactic designed to dissuade voters from handing control of the House to Republicans, Democrats today made a last-minute announcement that they would seek to aggressively block their own agenda. "We think we can do a better job of blocking progressive reforms than Republicans," said Speaker Nancy Pelosi. http://tomburka.com/archives2/2010/11/in-last-ditch-e.php http://tomburka.com/archives2/2010/11/in-last-ditch-e.php News Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:30:00 -0500 Central, I am continuing my series of communications heavy with intelligence on American policy. As a deep cover operative in Montclair, NJ, I have gained access to the innermost thoughts and feelings of high level operatives in American government and industry. For instance, the Dickinsons next door have close ties to the Obama White House: they have an invitation to the Inaugural itself, signed by Biden and Obama , framed on their wall, and I therefore believe that they are very important financial contributors to the Democratic Party. They also have three SUV's. http://tomburka.com/archives2/2010/07/montclair-spy-j.php http://tomburka.com/archives2/2010/07/montclair-spy-j.php News Thu, 01 Jul 2010 06:45:56 -0500 Computer trading programs concluded Thursday that human-owned industries were poor investments and that Man himself was "much too high risk," starting a sell-off that sank the Dow by 6% in barely more than fifty minutes. http://tomburka.com/archives2/2010/05/computers-decid.php http://tomburka.com/archives2/2010/05/computers-decid.php News Fri, 07 May 2010 10:22:57 -0500 Americans were thrilled today to embrace a period of renewed austerity, jettisoning credit in favor of savings, rejecting needless extravagance in exchange for thrifty practicality, and they started with the American sandwich. Early this morning Americans threw away their buns and took up the KFC "Double Down" sandwich in signs that those who were making less bread were going to simply do without. http://tomburka.com/archives2/2010/04/kfc-double-down.php http://tomburka.com/archives2/2010/04/kfc-double-down.php News Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:52:55 -0500