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Monthly Archives: May 2008
Thuggery for Obama?
Wow. They beat the crap out of this elderly school teacher, because she chanted for Hillary at the Rules & Bylaws Committee meeting: video. (via FDL). I suppose that’s one way to put down internal insurrection. Not a very good … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Democrats, Hillary Clinton, meeting, Obama, rules and bylaws, thuggery, video, violence, youtube
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Harriet and the Spies
Politics makes for strange bedfellows. Vowing to vote McCain, an outspoken, paranoid and hopefully drunk Hillary supporter gets tossed out of the Democratic Rules & Bylaws Committee meeting, raving about race and CIA surveillance: video.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged CIA, democratic, Domestic Politics, drunk, harriet, Hillary Clinton, McCain, meeting, Obama, paranoid, rules and bylaws committe, spies, surveillance, video, youtube
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Exit Trinity. Exit Church.
Well, Mr. Obama has finally quit that ludicrous Chicago institution known as Trinity United Church of Christ. His membership had survived Rev. Wright, but was ultimately done in over the visiting Rev. Michael Pfleger’s bizarre self-hating white guilt trip, and … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Religion and theology, Uncategorized
Tagged Chicago, christ, church, conservatives, democracy, Domestic Politics, evangelical, God, Huckabee, Obama, pfleger, pirates, pulpit, religion, Trinity, wright
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The Initial Command
(photo: Department of Defense) The Obama campaign has categorically rejected John McCain’s proposal for a joint trip to Iraq, calling it a “publicity stunt.” Publicity stunt it most certainly is, but why is it automatically assumed that the publicity would … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Lee's Page
Tagged condescension, Democrats, Domestic Politics, election, immaturity, Iraq, joint trip, Kevlar, McCain, Media, national security, Obama, poll, progress, publicity, tour, war
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A Sexual Imagination is Not a Crime
(photo: Serguei Kovalev) Christopher Hitchens once said that the trouble with biographers of Thomas Jefferson, is that there appears to be the collective assumption on their part that the great man was without a penis. I’m reminded of this truth … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Al Franken, Christopher Hitchens, classics, criticism, Dan Franck, democratic, dildo, election, essay, fantasies, Greek, homosexual, humanity, imagination, kinky, lascivious, leather, Liza Porteus Viana, love, lust, magazine, market, minnesota, misogyny, nomination, NSFW, olisbos, penis, picture, Playboy, pleasure, political, porn, profit, Russian, senate, Serguei Kovalev, sex, thomas jefferson
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Michelle Malkin and I Have Something in Common
We both hate Rachel Ray and hipster scarves: Does Dunkin’ Donuts really think its customers could mistake Rachael Ray for a terrorist sympathizer? The Canton-based company has abruptly canceled an ad in which the domestic diva wears a scarf that … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics
Tagged Celebretards, dummies, fashion, keffiyeh, Michelle Malkin
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Negotiation Is Scary
I’m no fan of Obama—his social programs are enough to make him a no-go in my book—but much of the hoopla over things like his foreign policy are ludicrous. Take the “negotiate without preconditions” bit. Is that really so outrageous? … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Foreign affairs
Tagged diplomacy, foreign policy, Obama
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Synergy at ASHC
This post + this post = This.
Posted in Art, Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, Music
Tagged Obama, zz top
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Sample Dialogues on the Prospects of Barry Hussein
This is me and my friend Chris Bartlett, IMing me from somewhere in Central China. Josh: oh god please help us I’ve been reduced to voting for Obama just so I can watch all the starry-eye’d zombies feel crushing disappointment … Continue reading
It’s Not Just Baghdad
Our embassies used to be beacons of hope and freedom. Ever since 9/11, or perhaps even the 1998 bombings, however, they’ve turned into fortresses—something more at home in Baghdad than Berlin. Now we can say that is quite literally the … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web, Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs
Tagged Berlin, embassy, germanny, State
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Cheap Sunglasses: ZZ Top and the Price of Fame
Previously posted on last.fm, now with political addendum at the end. The concept of the price of fame is usually applied in the sense of the personal cost to the famous, from the relatively mild annoyance of not being able … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Music, Robby's Page
Tagged Bush, Music, velvet underground, zz top
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Obama’s Getting Repetative
But he still gives a great speech.
War, Peace, and Reconciliation
Some thoughts from Hal Moore on war, peace, and reconciliation. When the blood of any war soaks your clothes and covers your hands, and soldiers die in your arms, every breath forever more becomes an appeal for a greater peace, … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Keith's Page, Military Matters
Tagged Hal Moore, LZ X-Ray, peace, reconciliation, Vietnam, war
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Beirut Today
My buddy Alex compares the Beirut of today with the Beirut he remembers from 2005. This because he didn’t feel safe reporting anymore from Mogadishu. And he longs to go back home to his garden… in Kabul. His book on … Continue reading
Doing Their Dirty Work
How many of you were as excited to find out we were torturing or helping out the torture of China’s non-terrorist-but-oppressed Uighurs? That line about releasing all Uighurs despite their status as a dangerous threat is extra-rich, too: why release … Continue reading
Congress Critters
Buy a second house in Sacramento with no money down for 535k even as housing is going down in price. Run for congress. Need money for campaign, but can’t do that and make mortgage payments on a house losing value. … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Economics, Lance's Page
Tagged California, congress, housing market, politicians
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Of “Battle Fatigue” and National Caveats
Posted first to Registan.net, your one-stop shop for all things Central Asia, this is a tangent to a really excellent theme I’ve been tracking the past few weeks—the flow of press releases masquerading as journalism from Afghanistan to our largest … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Military Matters, Notes on the war
Tagged Afghanistan, Germans, military, NATO, policy
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Where Do Most of Our Problems Come From?
From Congress and the unintended consequences of their actions. Bruce over at QandO has a post discussing an excellent piece by Walter Williams. Most of the great problems we face are caused by politicians creating solutions to problems they created … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, energy, Environment, regulation
Tagged alternative energy, congress, gas prices, oil, unintended consequences
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Our Brave Ambassadors
It is kind of a cliché at this point, but I’m sick and tired of our military and its supporters defaming our diplomats as pansies and cocktail monkeys (I’m looking at you, Ralph Peters). This anecdote is one of many … Continue reading
The Danger of Funding Thugs
Sure it’s nice when you pay them to pretty please stop attacking us, but what of the consequences? This is the dark side of the CLC/Sons of Iraq/Awakening bandwagon we jumped on, and it’s one I’ve been mocked repeatedly for … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Notes on the war
Tagged Afghanistan, Iraq, warlords, WTF Mate
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Journals from the Earthquake
My China correspondent, Chris Bartlett, happens to live near where the earthquake in central China struck. He sent me an account of what happened there. He also reports now that, thanks to an “earthquake warning” from the government, tens of … Continue reading
Amazing New MPG Breakthrough!!!
Yes, after extensive research I can now offer to the public an almost guaranteed way of decreasing the amount of gas used in a week. While YMMV (Your Millage May Vary) I saw a 13% increase this past week using … Continue reading
Backdoor Kyoto — The Next Chapter
The march of the watermelons towards control of US policy continues apace: Polar bears will now be listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act. But in announcing the listing, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne said the decision should … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, energy, Environment, Law, MichaelW's Page, regulation, science
Tagged capitalism, climate change, climate policy, Dirk Kempthorne, Endangered Species Act, environmentalists, ESA, global warming, globalization, greenhouse gases, polar bears, socialism, Supreme court, threatened species, watermelons
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Two Iraqi Jokes
Both via Major John at Miserable Donuts, a milblog. First, a joke as told by an Iraqi Army captain: President Jalal Talibani summoned the leaders of the Iraqi parliament to his office for a meeting. In the middle of the … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, MichaelW's Page, Notes on the war
Tagged Humor, Iraq, Iraqi Army, jokes, levity
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This Kid Has a Bright Future Ahead of Him
Ralph Hardy, a 13 year old from Newark, Texas confessed to ordering an extra credit card from his father’s existing credit card company, and took his friends on a $30,000 spending spree, culminating in playing “Halo” on an Xbox with … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Humor, Law
Tagged halo, newark, politicians, prostitution, ralph hardy, tx, world of warcraft, wow, xbox
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Housing Incoherence
The New York Times thinks housing was in a bubble and prices are too high. Their solution? Try to keep housing prices too high.
Galaxy’s Two Worst Senators
Nice picture.
Fact-Checking 101
It should be clear by now to anyone who frequently reads blogs that the MSM is not terribly accurate in its reporting, nor does it seem to have any intention of getting better at it. Whether you think the media … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Foreign affairs, Media, MichaelW's Page
Tagged CIA, fact-checkers, fraud, Human trafficking, John McCain, Media, State Department, Statistics
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Failed Wars = Great Strategies!
One thing I’ll never understand about the military is how it looks to failed wars to prove the truthiness of its current strategy. What baffles me more is how earnest scholars, like Max Boot of the Council on Foreign Relations, … Continue reading
“Those poor school kids didn’t hire the right lobbyist.”
Congress is behaving atrociously: cutting assistance to hungry children abroad right when food prices are spiking, and preventing competition amongst our sugar producers. There’s more, of course. I normally scoff at the talk of “lobbyists” and “special interest groups.” I … Continue reading
The Other Credit Shoe Drops
If being upside down on your mortgage isn’t bad enough, consider how many people are into large pickups and SUVs for more then they are worth. And now with gas prices climbing they want to get out of them. The … Continue reading
Why the Taliban Cease Fire Won’t Matter
Published first at Registan.net, this is the culmination of some research I’ve been doing into the nature and history of Pashtun tribal militancy. It draws from a mixture of out-of-print ethnocgraphic and geographic surveys, as well as contemporary news accounts, … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, History
Tagged Afghanistan, British, History, military, Pakistan, Pashtunistan, Taliban
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And Pigs Will Fly…
Hmmm, oil states controlling production to just barely meet 35.6% of supply so they can keep prices high. That’s bad. http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0508/Clinton_OPEC_can_no_longer_be_a_cartel.html “We’re going to go right at OPEC,” she said. “They can no longer be a cartel, a monopoly that … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, energy, Keith's Page
Tagged Clinton, Election 2008, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, OPEC, pandering
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Roads, More Roads, and Still More Roads Indeed!
This is the latest post in a running commentary on a new meme to emerge from the PR folks in Afghanistan: the security benefits of building roads. The argument, advanced by a few American reporters and one David Kilcullen, is … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Media, Military Matters, Notes on the war
Tagged Afghanistan, COIN, gullible, Media, roads
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This is an Onion Headline Right?
Right? Please? University of Kentucky picks up commitment from 8th grader. Word is he wants to major in pokemon training.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged college basketball, kentucky, onion, recruiting, too young
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Pressing the Flesh
Robby and I got back to our roots a few weeks ago, garage band roots that is. We went to see the Fleshtones. Robby shared his thoughts over at Last Fm. I figure they belong here as well. First, my … Continue reading
Clinton Campaign Steppin’ In It – Updated
I agree with one of the commenters over on HotAir… How DARE they call us Indianans. We are called Hoosiers for some gawd damn reason, so call us that when you’re insulting us. I dare him to come here and … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2008, Keith's Page
Tagged Clinton, Election 2008, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, Mickey Kantor
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Political Coup in Nevada GOP Convention
Some political chaos going on in the Nevada Republican Convention. Ron Paul supporters amassed at the convention in hopes of taking it over and electing their own people as delegates. Outmaneuvered by raucous Ron Paul supporters, Nevada Republican Party leaders … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Election 2008, Libertarianism
Tagged Nevada, republican convention, Republican primary, Ron Paul
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Chicks Are Cool, ‘Long As They Know Their Place
Only in America’s Army: KHOST, Afghanistan — Pfc. Monica Brown cracked open the door of her Humvee outside a remote village in eastern Afghanistan to the pop of bullets shot by Taliban fighters. But instead of taking cover, the 18-year-old … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Military Matters, Society
Tagged DADT, military, women, WTFBBQ
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Hugo’s Road to Ruin Continues
I say it eventually ends in mass murder, but McQ has the latest intermediate step.
The Victims of Communism Day
Let us remember what May Day has really represented RJ Rummell gives us the toll of The Red Plague: As you can see, the total mid-estimate is about 110,286,000, an incredible total. It is around 65 percent of all democide … Continue reading
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