Sunday, January 29, 2012

From the "Fun facts" file...

...via Tbogg...
Top ten states for divorce:

1. Oklahoma
2. Arkansas
3. Alaska
4. Alabama
5. Kentucky
6. Nevada
7. Mississippi
8. Georgia
9. Tennessee
10. Arizona

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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Fun facts.

Matt Osborne reminds us...
Newt Gingrich is the only Speaker of the House ever to be sanctioned in office.

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Monday, January 09, 2012

Fun fact...

...from John Aravosis...
In French, the words "myth" and "Mitt" are pronounced the same.

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Sunday, December 26, 2010

Fun fact.

Via the DKos Diary Rescue...
It was on this day in 1865 that James Mason invented the coffee percolator, thus making this the only Holy Day of Obligation for Unitarians.
...and for most of the Norwegians I know. I'm not a Unitarian, or a Norwegian and I'm not much for holy obligations, but that's one I suppose I oughta observe (he says, taking a sip from his bedtime cup pot.)

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Thursday, June 18, 2009

They tried it with their budget…

…now they're using it for health care. Brad at Where's Eric Cantor? Offers the three stages of Republican policy...
1. Cut taxes
2. ?
3. Success
…and a fun fact...
...Americans trust health insurance companies more than they trust Republican leaders in Congress...

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