The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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There She Blows, Miss America!!!

I just caught something at the Baltimore Sun. It is kind of a rehash of Rush Limbaugh by two of the reporters from Mediamatters.com. But it is short and hilarious.The point of the article is that Rush is going...
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How I Know I Am Not A Good American

In order to decide whether or not you are part of a community, part of a culture, part of a nation; you must examine your values. I mean if all those around you worship something that you despise, you...
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NORTHCO-X: Invasion of the UFO's

Sean got to the Castle Bar with the full intent of making the shuttle a designated driver. The word was that Frank was awake, like nothing had happened. But they were keeping him in the hospital for observation.He looked...
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PROFESSIONAL DISTANCE: A Discussion of Health Care Reform

On April 13, 1919 there was a massacre at a place known as the Jallianwala Bagh (Garden) in the northern Indian city of Amritsar. Thousands of people gathered in the Jallianwala Bagh (garden) near the Golden Temple in Amritsar, on...
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NORTHCO-IX: Onslaught of the Armadillos

Sean got to work that morning early. More than an hour early; which was strange for the man who never wished to give more than one minute extra to the slave owners, as he mentally referred to them. It...
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THE MORTGAGE JIHAD

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As Los Angeles housing advocates launched a campaign warning of mortgage rescue scams, a couple hit by foreclosure are charged with torturing two loan-modification agents they suspected of fraud, authorities said on Monday.The couple, Daniel...
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NORTHCOVIII: Strange Fauna

                                                    Yesterday morning when I went out to feed the rabbits I noticed some blood on the straw in several places and also up the ramp to the feeder hutch. The blood seemed diluted, not bright red and thick and...
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TAKING ONE FOR THE TEAM

div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } I found this little tid bit of comedy from theonion.com dated 2/01/06: "Tonight, by executive order, I am creating a permanent department with a vital mission: to ensure that the...
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NORTHCOVII: The Pink Slip

                                                                                              Miniature horses and foals Algie would feel soooooooooooo free at times like this. The pink and lavender ensemble was so perrrrrrrrfect.The stereo was blaring: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwy1x0-cZaI The silk panties were 'form' fitting. Hard to find things like this in...
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THE RAID

Eliot Ness Bureau of Prohibition Eliot Ness April 19, 1903(1903-04-19)-May 16, 1957 (aged 54) Oh good news on the drug front. I mean assuming you are not short a nickel bag or something.Federal officials arrested more than 300 people in...
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NORTHCOSEX: Gloucester Cathedral

Gloucester Cathedral The western end of the cathedral Frank greeted Sean and Bernice from accounting at the same time. Along with that damn mutt. (shivers) Frank sat his guests down. Bernice of all people wanted a matini as Sean smiled...
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HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND FLUMMOX THE PEOPLE; GEORGE W. BUSH THE MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER

Dale Breckenridge Carnegie This just in from our TPM Site:Former President George W. Bush has got a whole new gang. Goodbye, Condi, Cheney and Rumsfeld. Hello, Terry Bradshaw, Zig Ziglar and Rudy Giuliani.Bradshaw, Ziglar and Giuliani are among the...
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NORTHCO CINCO

Tinker Bell (2005, bronze) by Diarmuid Byron O'Connor Sean got home that night late but sober, more or less. Certainly the beers took the edge off but the enormity of dangers, dangers created by NORTHCO, to the area was...
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CAFE'S LIBERTINE RELEASED FROM FEDERAL HOLDING TANK

The following was discovered at HuffPo this Morning: The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the legal guidance before it is issued. "This is a major step forward," said Bruce Mirken, communications...
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NORTHCO QUAD

Flying and glowing Photinus pyralis, a firefly. Female of Lampyris noctiluca, the Common Glowworm. My Dad, he worked in a quandary in Northern Minnesota for thirty five goddamn years and never smiled except when he had the Three Stooges...
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Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Liar and so is Joe Scarborough

Rush that magic slab of bacon fat is a very evil man. He gets to lie, propagandize, distort and preach hate every day for three hours and then get the MSM to quote him and replay his pontification. This week...
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NORTHCO TRE: The Munchkins

Wednesday came and there were still no signs of Frank. Sean had to take the shuttle to work from the project--as they like to call it. He told Bernice in accounting that the damn car was in for repairs.I...
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DARTH VADER ET ALIA

This is certainly the age of superheroes. I say this as I pay close attention to Hellboy (Heracles) cutting off the arms (heads) of the monster (hydra).  You see these 'creatures' are not created ex nihilo.Superman, Xmen, Spiderman, Batman,...
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NORTHCO TOO

Ocellaris Clownfish Scientific classificationFrank awoke in a sweat. Something was not right.There it was again. The noise is what woke him. He gathered himself and quietly exited the bed, moving quietly to the bureau and opening the lowest drawer...
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ANTHONY PERKINS: THE NEWEST PSYCHO

Tony Perkins I was channel surfing about a month ago and there was Pat Robertson pontificating on the importance of off shore corporations and attacking the Obama Administration for attempting to enforce corporate tax laws at the same time as...

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