This doesn’t really have any real impact on the Jeff Roe rumblings at City Hall, but we just realized that this photo of Roe reminded us of the character “Murray Creature” in the bad ’80’s film Eat and Run. The plot involved an humanlike alien arriving on earth, and discovering he has a taste for eating people…specifically, those of Italian [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Separated at Birth?
Posted in Announcements, Funkhouser, Headlines, Jeff Roe, Politics, Scary stuff, tagged City Hall, Gloria Squitiro, Jeff Roe, kansas city on September 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
MCCAIN ARRIVES IN KANSAS CITY; PURVEYORS OF EARLY BIRD SPECIALS REJOICE
Posted in Politics on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So… here’s presidential candidate and extremely old man John Sidney McCain III arriving in Kansas City. He arrived at about 4 p.m. — just in time for the $4.95 prime rib special.
Posted in Politics on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
More political happenings that you’ve probably already heard: Michelle Obama visits KC tomorrow, while maverick populist and seven-house-owner John Sidney McCain III flies in tonight for some event at the Truman Library tomorrow. Ha ha, fun fact! JSM3 was almost 10 years old when Truman became president!
Mayor’s Brilliant Judgment Streak Continues With Possible Roe Hiring
Posted in Funkhouser, Headlines, Jeff Roe, Politics on September 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ah, it seems like only yesterday we were gently mocking Mayor Funkhouser, whose erratic behavior led to a national NPR story about how ridiculous our city government is. Wait, what’s that? It was yesterday? My, how time flies. Well, the mayor’s somewhat questionable judgment continues today, with a story on Prime Buzz that suggests Mayor [...]
Posted in Headlines on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Man, have we not written anything all day? Busy day for us. We’ll try to do more later, but here’s a quick headline roundup:
No one wants to take the blame for the Sprint Center’s terrible sound.
Oh, this should go well.
Hey, remember light rail?
More coming later, we promise.
KC in the News: Takin’ the Funk National
Posted in Funkhouser, Headlines, Politics on September 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Listeners of local public radio station KCUR received a special and sort of disheartening treat on the evening commute, when the national program “All Things Considered” elected to do a piece (listen or read the transcript) on the very strange and comical antics of our very own mayor, Mark Funkhouser. The piece was of course [...]
Posted in Funkhouser, Politics on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So we’re pretty busy today — at our day jobs, of course, but also monitoring the apparent collapse of the American Empire. But hey, here’ something: the mayor’s Chief of Staff is stepping down. This comes on the heel’s of Friday’s firing of an administrative aide. Is the mayor taking a Squitiro-or-nothing approach?
Paulie’s Deeply Reflective Weekend
Posted in Ink, Local Journalism, Paulie on September 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
You know, I’ve gotten so accustomed to the lighthearted, har-har antics of Paulie, our favorite “frink,” that I find it somewhat unsettling when he strays beyond his typical fare of frequent LOLs, annoying emoticons, and jokes about never meeting girls. Imagine my surprise when I checked in on Paulie’s activity over this past weekend and [...]
Just When You Think Sprint Has Bottomed Out, They Tunnel Slightly Deeper
Posted in Local Business, Sprint on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Local wireless company SprintNextelPCSGlobalTelephonium, always striving to disappoint customers and shareholders, is not doing so well lately. There was the whole “worst service” thing, that religious crusade thing, and, of course, the refusal to do anything to move the company forward. But if you dare to think they’ve finally burrowed through the crust and mantle [...]
Posted in Chiefs, Sports on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Kind of busy at our day jobs today, but we’ll be posting more later. In the meantime, how about this? Thanks for making me lose in my football pool, Chiefs. Even when you win, you somehow manage to disappoint someone.
