Mastermind? Really??

Who would have thought that these two things would end up in the same sentence... Sarah Palin and Mastermind.  But, nonetheless, they have.  An Alaskan, Theodore Thoma, is suing Ms. Palin for $100,000.  He claims that as Governor of Alaska, she "undertook a campaign against [Theodore] ... to punish, embarrass, discredit and silence" him, when he criticized a serious issue with traffic in the neighborhood surrounding the Governor's Mansion back in 2009. (TMZ.com)

Thoma's suit claims "Sara Palin is the mastermind of a dark conspiracy to punish" him.  Does Mr. Thoma know what "mastermind" means?

Thanks to @ElaineBoosler for pointing it out:

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Just in case you hadn't heard...

President Obama really is a citizen.  Today, the president released his long-form birth certificate proving that he is eligible to serve as president.  But of course there are some who still want a battle.  (HuffingtonPost.com)

The obvious ones of course, Trump:  "I want to look at it, but I hope it's true. ... But he should have done it a long time ago."

Palin:  "Media: admit it, Trump forced the issue. Now, don't let the WH distract you w/the birth crt from what Bernanke says today." 


Romney:  "What President Obama should really be releasing is a jobs plan."


And there are some who still think he shouldn't be allowed to be president. WorldNetDaily senior reporter Aaron Klein with researcher Brenda J. Elliott, wrote a book about it - well before the revelation today.  He says "It is undisputed that Obama's father was not a U.S. citizen," and therefore is not a "natural born citizen." (WND.com)

However, by definition of the Fourteenth Amendment "making all persons born within the United States and subject to its jurisdiction citizens of the United States," he is now a proven one.  (Wikipedia.org)


But then anything Obama does is wrong for some.  Damn, can't even get born right.

What exactly would be impartial?

So, the Prop 8 supporters are all up in arms because the judge that struck down California's gay marriage ban is actually --- a gay man.  Judge Walker, a 67-year-old Republican appointee, declared Proposition 8 to be an unconstitutional violation of gay Californian's civil rights last summer. He retired in February.  This month he told "courthouse reporters about his 10-year relationship" with a man.


Lawyers for Protect Marriage, the coalition of religious and conservative groups that sponsored Proposition 8, filed a motion in San Francisco's U.S. District Court, arguing that Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker should have removed himself from the case or at least disclosed his relationship status because his "impartiality might reasonably be questioned."  (CBSNews.com)


But, what would be impartial?  If a married, straight, religious or conservative judge sat on the bench for the appeal, would that be impartial?  Well, Protect Marriage probably wouldn't have a problem with it.


All asexual judges please report to the appellate court.  Thank you.

Oh so that's why they do it...

Well at least according to the founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network.  Yep, good ol' Pat Robertson says that it is all the lesbians fault that the left wants legal abortions.  Somehow, abortions give lesbians an advantage.

Because you see, "if these married women don’t have children, if they abort their babies, it kinda puts them on a level playing field.”  And of course he backs this up because the far left is livid about killing babies and are creating some culture of death.  (NetworkedBlogs.com)

Not sure exactly what Pat would think if a lesbian decided not to have an abortion.  Would that mean she was going against the whole plan??

Bribery Will Get You Everywhere?

Well, that's what a church in Minnesota thinks anyway.  They are offering bribes to parishioners to get them in the pews on Easter Sunday.  Those in attendance have a chance to win a 3D television or a new Nintendo 3DS gaming system . (HuffingtonPost.com)


Finding God through 3D.  What a concept.  The pastor, Eric Dykstra, says he has "no problem bribing people with crap in order to meet Christ." But one would think, on this most holy day, that a church would be more into finding God through less sinful manners.


Even the bible tells us so:

Exodus 23:8
And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

Proverbs 17:8
A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers. 
(OpenBible.info)


Ahh, that explains it.  The one offering the bribe shall prosper.  This church is expecting 5,000 people on Easter Sunday.  Start that good ol' collection plate around and Dykstra is sure to get a good return on his investment.

Here they come to save the day!!

So the question is - is spending $14,000 the best way to help the unemployed in Central Florida?  Or perhaps the question is - how do you identify the unemployed in Central Florida?  Well, the answers would be maybe and they are wearing the red capes.


Workforce Central Florida came up with an "out-of-the-box creative campaign" to help the unemployed.  They purchased 6,000 red capes for $14,000.  It was called the "Cape-ability Challenge" and gave red capes to the jobless as a "way to boost their job-seeking prospects" and fight the villainous "Dr. Evil Unemployment."  (MotherJones.com)

Needless to say, job-seekers were a bit offended by the cape idea.  Gregory Bryant said the capes are a waste of money and that he wouldn't wear one.  Today, though, the Workforce group announced it was canning the cape idea.


Maybe they would do better with referrals from The Daily Planet.

Oh The Games People Play UPDATED

THE STATE HAS CHANGED ITS PLANS - THE KIDS GET TO PLAY (FoxNews.com)

But let's not let the kids play.  Everybody is ranting about how obese America's children are.  There are lawsuits against McDonald's for unfairly using toys to lure chilren into restaurants. Yet now, the state of New York wants to  legislate fun and maybe take away instead of promote activity for kids.


"The New York State Department of Health created the list of risky recreational activities."  This list includes such scary things as Dodgeball, Flag Football, Kickball, Red Rover, Tag (all varieties) and Wiffle Ball.  Any one of these "poses a significant risk of injury" according to lawmakers in Albany. (FoxNews.com)

So, the kids should just stay at home and play video games, or something else.  Although the risk of carpal tunnel is there.  And technically the games are not banned at camps, but they come at a play-at-your-own-risk cost.  The state then can charge camps $200 registration fees if they allow the kids to play a deadly game of Red Rover.


So, maybe it is a money issue more than a playing issue.