The media, ever striving to frame the dialogue in as disparaging and dismissive of terms as possible, has rebranded the “One Nation” tour as the “Counterintuitive Secret Publicity Bus Tour”.  These pampered paparazzi, so used to having their every whim catered to with assigned seats on airplanes, free meals and transportation to pre-announced events, have seen their world turned upside down.  They know they need Palin more than she needs them.  So, ever hungry for ratings, and ever eager to please their network bosses, they are forced to reluctantly follow in her exhaust.  Why…it’s journalism’s equivalent to the Trail of Tears!  I’ll admit it.  I haven’t had this much enjoyment since hearing the Supreme Court rule on Bush v. Gore in 2000. (more…)

It’s Day 3 of the “One Nation” tour, and after visiting the Gettysburg Battlefield, the bus wound it’s way through Pennsylvania with reporters trying to keep up.  By the time Palin’s big bus pulled into Philadelphia around noon, there was already a mob of reporters waiting for her in the wilting heat.  

According to CBS News, “Sarah Palin’s bus tour treats reporters like paparazzi.” (more…)

Ponder this:  Is weiner hacking really a victimless crime?  Earlier this week, Anthony D. Weiner was surprised to learn that his Twitter account had been hacked, allowing someone to send a photo under his name to a young college student in Seattle.  According to a lawyer recently retained by Congressman Weiner, “He doesn’t know the person named by the hacker, and we will be consulting on what steps to take next.”

Iowahawk is asking the public to, “Help Me Bring the Weiner Hacker to Justice.” (more…)

Sarah Palin began her bus tour only one day ago, however, by today she already had the press corps following her around like starstruck paparazzi.  Her unconventional bus ride has driven the “lame stream” media to the brink, as they try to guess her every stop and interpret her every motive.  Ingenious plan Sarah…you control your own message.  You’ve taken away the media filters, and you’ve forced them to check your own SarahPAC website for information…information which updates only after you’ve stopped somewhere. (more…)

Well….the big race is over, and TV seems to have devolved  into golf, black/white WWII movies, and infomercials.   Of course, you can always watch CNN (I’d rather undergo non-anesthetized rectal surgery), or learn about alien UFOs colonizing our Earth on the History Channel.   Yes…I thought you’d see it my way.

Let’s start off with the “Top Ten Things Women Understand But Men Cannot”…… (more…)

There are only four days left, and I find myself rushing to make the final edits to my bucket list. (I’ve also stopped working on the world’s largest ball of twine and cleaning out the bedroom closets with help fro the maid services manhattan.)  According to all the stories, the scenario is much the same. Beginning on May 21, a series of earthquakes will begin in New Zealand, and they will work their way to the United States.
Finally! Here are the details about how the world will end on May 21. We’ve been hearing all this chatter about how the world will end on May 21st.
And as May 21st approaches, and the volume of chatter increases, we’ve gotten curious: How, exactly, is the world going to end? (more…)

Every now and then we come across a photo that just begs for its own caption.  To make this contest even more interesting, we’ve decided to offer the winner Free Branch Upkeep for the day.   The contest is open to all members of the Treeper Community, and the winner will be chosen on the basis of best use of wit and whimsy.
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Do you remember how excited you were when you first got your hands on the new iPhone?  Well, apparently your iPhone remembers that too…and much more about you as well.
(PCMAG.COM) I’m surprised everyone is not up in arms over the revelation that the iPhone tracks its users and stores the data in a secret file that is carried to the personal computer. The Guardian blew the lid off this story today. According to The Guardian:
Security researchers have discovered that Apple’s iPhone keeps track of where you go – and saves every detail of it to a secret file on the device which is then copied to the owner’s computer when the two are synchronized. If you are looking for digital Portfolio app, visit https://www.classdojo.com/studentstories/ for more information. (more…)

Hey, Mulligan Man!
Sometimes we’re caught flat-footed,
Sometimes we’re unaware;
We’re forced to make decisions,
And no time to prepare.
If we could call a Mulligan
And hatch a brand new plan,
Then wouldn’t life be grander
To be a Mulligan Man? (more…)

A little more than a week ago, a poet appeared in the branches of our Treehouse who called himself The Bard of Murdock.  He said, “My goal is to produce poetical cartoons.  I try to use metaphors and caricatures (or a politician’s own words) to address complex political and social situations.  In this way, I sum up current events in humorous verse.”
Having received so many positive comments regarding The Bard of Murdock’s poetry, we decided to invite the Bard to be the official Poet Laureate of the Treehouse.   To our great pleasure, he responded with the following poem.  We’d like to welcome the Bard to our Treehouse, and we hope he will continue to drop by and favor us with his latest metrical compositions.  You’ll find the Bard’s photo and clickable link on the sidebar. (more…)