Inmates escape from Wisconsin prison using forged release paperwork

Last month, two inmates being held at Stanley Correctional Institution walked out the front gates of the institution to freedom. While that’s not necessarily newsworthy, what is worth mentioning is the fact that neither inmate was eligible to be released; they used forged release paperwork to gain their release. According…

Continue Reading

Anthem hikes rates 39% for hundreds of thousands of customers

As yet more proof of how insurance companies really really care about their customers, the LA Times is reporting Anthem Blue Cross is hiking rates by as much as 39% on many of its individual policyholders: In a letter to the company’s president, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius…

Continue Reading

What was your favorite Superbowl commercial?

I’ll admit it – I love the Superbowl as much for the commercials as for the game itself, and Sunday’s Superbowl ads didn’t disappoint, at least in my opinion. Personally, my favorite of all the ads was the Careerbuilder.com “Casual Fridays” ad, but I’d like to know what you thought….

Continue Reading

A thought on the Tim Tebow Superbowl ad

“Sunday will be anything but super for abortion-loving liberals” So says conservative bomb-thrower Kevin Fischer, who’s clearly a subscriber to the notion that all liberals think exactly alike on every issue, allowing for all liberal to be lumped together in sweeping generalizations. However, as grumps of The Happy Circumstance notes…

Continue Reading